16. Leave a leg for the old lady
Shi Shi pouted and handed a copper coin to Xiong Er.
There was a commotion around, Xiong Er laughed, and proudly waved around. And the scholar who really guessed this mystery pursed his lips and was proud.
"Congratulations on passing the first level, do you want to pass the second level?" Zhou Quan asked with a smile again.
Without spending any effort, he got a penny in his hand, Xiong Er looked at the second level, on the pile over there, there was a small cloth bag, Zhou Quan was putting five copper coins in it, and while putting it, he was smiling at him.
Xiong Er thought about it, anyway, this penny is easy to come by, if it is the next level, it is still so easy, wouldn't it be another five penny?
Moreover, he was ordered to stare at Zhou Quan, and to guess the riddle was to make trouble for Zhou Quan.
"Beat the second level!" Xiong Er shouted.
Zhou Quan nodded to Shishi, and Shishi came to the second level and took out a piece of paper from a small pocket.
"The left side does not come out, the right side does not come out, either it does not come out, or it does not come out...... What the hell is this! ”
Xiong Er is only slightly literate, and the riddle in the first level is also helped by others, so he can only pass, and this second level is slightly more difficult, so he can only stare dryly.
Zhou Quan was not in a hurry, and gestured to Li Bao over there, and Li Bao lifted a small drip up.
According to Zhou Quan's rules, there is a time limit for guessing the riddle, and Xiong Er saw that the water in the drip was getting less and less, and his heart gradually became a little anxious, and he desperately squeezed his eyebrows around, wanting to get help from the people around him.
It's just that this time the mystery is a little more difficult, and although the scholar can solve it, he doesn't say anything more, just laughs beside him.
Time slipped away bit by bit, and Xiong Er became angry in the end: "What a bullshit riddle, your mystery is clearly embarrassing, it doesn't count, it doesn't count!" ”
"I have already said the rules when I said it, and if the participants are not satisfied, they can use the same amount of money as the reward in exchange for the open mystery. This is your second level, and you only need five pennies to know the mystery. ”
Zhou Quan was not in a hurry, and when Xiong Er shouted loudly, Xiong Er's eyes rolled, and he was about to take the opportunity to make trouble, but he saw that a few soldiers seemed to be coming over, so he took out six copper coins: "I just paid you back, and there are five cents here, you make the mystery public, if there is no reason, don't blame me, you're welcome!" ”
Zhou Quan didn't move, and Li Bao took the money. After the money was in hand, Zhou Quan signaled to the teacher, and the teacher stepped forward: "The riddle is a forest character, and the double trees are the forest of the forest!" ”
The literate people on the side thought that the word "wood" really came out of the word "no", the left side did not appear, and the right side did not appear, but it was not a "forest" word!
This mystery is actually not difficult, but Xiong Er doesn't know how to guess the riddle at all and can't solve it.
Xiong Er was also convinced, he laughed, and then left.
After him, the crowd was quiet for a while, and then someone came to "break through the sky".
It was the scholar who watched the excitement.
He is not greedy for money, but guessing riddles is one of the favorite entertainment methods of literati at this time, he is idle and bored, and he saw that Zhou Quan's "breaking through the sky" is a little interesting, so he came to participate.
The participation fee of five cents was just ordinary for him, and the little servants around him were directly given to Li Bao.
Xiucai is worthy of being a scholar, just a moment of effort, he passed the first three levels, if according to the rules, the lottery money has to give him sixteen wen.
"This talented official is a master!"
Seeing that this scholar had broken through three levels in a row, there was a lot of discussion around him, and they all felt that Zhou Quan and they were going to suffer a small loss, and Li Bao, a short and stout boy, was so anxious that he kept glaring at the scholar with his eyes.
"Do you want to continue?" Zhou Quan still kept his composure and asked the scholar.
"Naturally, I want to continue, today Lin is going to break through the sky, see what other means you have as a little guy." The scholar laughed.
He wanted to see the panic on Zhou Quan's face, but he didn't see anything, and Zhou Quan was still calm.
The fourth level of the puzzle comes out, guess an idiom, but the puzzle is a series of numbers: ten, hundred, thousand.
The scholar surnamed Lin looked at this mystery and finally frowned.
The drip was dripping little by little, and seeing that the time was approaching, the scholar surnamed Lin suddenly raised his eyebrows: "I thought of it, it should be foolproof!" ”
"The talented officials are really talented, and the mystery is foolproof!"
This result made Li Bao finally anxious: "You and you can't make the riddle!" ”
Zhou Quan ignored him, but smiled: "Show talent official, do you want to continue?" ”
"Naturally, the bonus reward is second, and today you will get a good fortune!" The scholar laughed.
However, after seeing the mystery of the fifth level, he fell into deep thought again.
"One two three Wu Lu Qi Jiu...... Guess the title of the book......"
This scholar Lin is talented and well-read, but in a hurry, it is not easy to find a title from thousands of books. After thinking about it for a long time, he finally shook his head, and said with a dumb smile: "This fifth level, if you want to know the answer to the riddle, it should be fifty yuan, sir, take fifty yuan to go out, and return the bonus you just received to them!" ”
At this moment, Li Bao was suddenly happy, and the little guy who changed the scholar Lin pouted unhappily.
"The mystery is 'Gleaning'." The teacher was on the side, full of energy and proud.
Zhou Quan gave her a thumbs up approvingly, the mysteries of the first five levels were actually made by the teacher, but I didn't expect to be able to stop this Lin scholar.
Lin Shusheng lost and retreated, this time, others were cautious, and after a while, another person took out five cents to guess the riddle.
However, after this person guessed two levels, he stopped guessing, and on him, Zhou Quan posted six cents.
A few more people tried to guess the riddle, and the more passed the three levels, and the first level of the few was stopped. More and more people watched the excitement, and for a while, even the roads were congested.
After the twentieth guesser stopped at the third level, the sun was setting, and some luxurious places had been lit up in the lantern box, Zhou Quan smiled and made a group gesture around: "Everyone, it's too late today, we are here the day after tomorrow, there are more lively things to do, please come back the day after tomorrow!" ”
The people who were still queuing up to pay the money at Li Bao's place could only sigh and disperse at this time.
The people here are leaving, and the teachers over there have also calculated today's income and expenditure, don't look at the excitement, but after deducting the expenses, today's income is only a mere twenty wen.
The teenagers around were all excited, thinking that they had finally done something, but when they knew the result, they couldn't help but be a little disappointed.
It's only 20 yuan, but so many people are busy for most of the day.
"Not bad, yes, I made a lot of money, hahahaha, twenty wen, twenty wen, I will earn twenty wen in an afternoon, Zhou Quan, you really have a chance now!"
The master reported to Zhou Quan, and he heard someone laughing wildly next to him, it was the fat boy.
Zhou Quan already knew from Li Bao that this person's surname was Jia, his name was Da, and his place of residence was not far from Zhou's house, but he was a small tyrant nearby.
In fact, his identity is similar to Zhou Quan, and his father Jia Yi is also a minor official in Kaifeng Mansion, but he is not from the forbidden army, but a scholar.
Scholars are officials, so they are naturally a little unwilling, so Jia Yi, the father of Jada, has been working hard to drill the camp, wanting to turn officials into officials and obtain grades. But this matter is complicated and not easy to operate, and Jia Yi is now doing everything he can to camp.
Jada's clamour, Zhou Quan turned a deaf ear, but the other teenagers became angry one by one. However, Jada's ridicule also had some justification, so they were even more depressed.
"Everyone, everyone, you see, more than a dozen people, busy for most of the day, a total of 20 yuan, really a good livelihood, this little brother Zhou Quan, come up with such a way to make money, it is really smart...... I have never seen such a boring person in my life, who only earns twenty wen most of the day, hahahaha! ”
The fat man Jada was unrelenting, still shouting there, and several of his followers around him were also laughing at him.
Zhou Quan sighed, looked at the fat man and shook his head: "I have never seen such a boring person in my life." ”
The fat man was happy, and just wanted to sarcastically say a few more words to Zhou Quan, but suddenly realized that something was wrong: "What do you mean?" ”
"We people are bored here, and we have made twenty cents anyway, and there are people who are even more boring than us, who have watched us for most of the day and helped us win the market, but we haven't made a penny, do you say those people are boring?"
"Huh?" The fat man was stunned for a moment, his mouth was wide open, and he couldn't close it.
He really didn't know how to refute Zhou Quan's words, in his impression, Zhou Quan was reckless and irritable, clumsy and clumsy, and couldn't say anything about him at all, but today it was much different!
"I'm the most courteous, Jia Fatty, you helped me out, I have to give some thanks, hey, this money is for you."
Zhou Quan stuffed a penny directly into the fat man's gaping mouth, and kindly supported his chin, helped him close his mouth, and then waved his hand: "Let's go back!" ”
"Phew!" Jada spit out the coin from his mouth, saw the rust on it, and retched twice. When he raised his head, Zhou Quan had already walked away with the people.
"I, I, I'm going to kill you!"
Jada was furious and was about to rush towards Zhou Quan with a fat fist, but was stopped by the people around him.
"Don't, don't, we can't beat that guy, we can't beat it!" His followers were so nervous that if they really rushed forward, they would be the ones who would be beaten.
And at this moment, Li Bao, who was beside Zhou Quan, turned his head and glared at Jada fiercely.
This guy is not tall, but his eyes are fierce, and Jada was stunned, and his momentum suddenly leaked.
Zhou Quan can fight among these market teenagers of the same age, but when it comes to ruthless people, he is not as good as this Li Bao. Jada scolded, but didn't rush out again.
"I'll talk about it the day after tomorrow!" He threw down a sentence hatefully, thinking in his heart how to summon people and make trouble for him when Zhou Quan came back the day after tomorrow.
Not to mention the fat man Jada, when Zhou Quan and the others returned home, it was already dark, Zhou's father and Zhou's mother were at home, and politely let Li Bao eat another meal, and after Li Bao left, Zhou's mother closed the door, and Zhou's father grabbed a white wax rod.
Feeling that the atmosphere was wrong, Zhou Quan jumped up: "Dad, mother, what are you doing?" ”
"I heard that you have done a great job, and I have to leave you some memory." Zhou Futie said with a blushing face.
"What's wrong with me?" Zhou Quan was inexplicable.
"You go to be naughty, I don't blame you, you go to watch other people's little ladies take a bath, I don't blame you, only this gambling word...... How dare you take someone to gamble! If Lao Tzu doesn't break your leg today, Lao Tzu won't be surnamed Zhou! ”
Zhou Quan was shocked, seeing Zhou Fu pulling the white wax rod towards him, he hurriedly dodged and fled behind Zhou's mother.
As a result, Zhou's mother just turned around and grabbed his arm, and without knowing how to use his strength, his whole person was restrained and he couldn't move.
"Don't interrupt Qi, you only interrupt one, and leave one for the old lady to fight!" Zhou Quan was about to beg his mother for mercy, but when he heard Zhou's mother say this, he was stunned.