Chapter 253: Guess the lantern riddle
"It's really strange that the county lord was able to let us all go and play just now!" Xie Yaoyao hasn't come to her senses yet.
The county lord of Huayang guessed the lantern riddle on the side, and after saying hello, he fell into his own contemplation, and he didn't think about dealing with them at all.
Xie Yaoyao clutched her chest and said, "It's so bad that I thought she was going to say something more to embarrass us, but I still didn't say it, I actually studied the anagram there by myself, is this still the county lord of Huayang?" ”
Tang Chu and his entourage walked to the other side of the lantern shop at this time, and there was still some distance from the position of the county lord of Huayang, so they began to whisper.
Zhao Zhenzhu also nodded, although he had not been in contact with the county lord of Huayang a few times, but the other party's temperament and personality were almost understood, that is, a rude and willful and unreasonable person, relying on his own identity, embarrassing others, and being jealous, if it weren't for Tang Chu helping him out of the siege several times, Zhao Zhenzhu felt that even if he used the power of the Zhao family, he would have to make the county lord of Huayang suffer a little, and she couldn't bear this breath.
"Okay, for whatever reason, since she didn't find fault, let's start guessing the lantern riddle!" Tang Chu comforted the two.
"Look, there's a lantern of Chang'e running to the moon, it's really beautiful!" Xie Yaoyao pointed to a lantern at the top of the shop and said.
At this time, not only Xie Yaoyao noticed it, but many other people were also looking at this lantern.
"Did you hear that? The top lantern is the master of the lamp shop invited to the capital to make three days and three nights to come out of such a good light, not to mention how the workmanship is, just this price, it is enough to make people look at it. ”
"How much is it? Isn't it just a lantern? How expensive can it be? ”
"I just asked the guy at the counter, and he said a hundred taels of silver!"
"What? One hundred taels! Want to rob? ”
People start to talk about who will end up with this lamp. Although there are a lot of rich people in Suizhou City, not to mention whether the value of this lantern can be accepted, even if the rich people want to play today, if they can buy it with money, it is not interesting.
Ordinary people are even less likely to spend money on this thing.
After all, the lantern is just a plaything, and it is time-sensitive, most of them are used in the temple fair, when the boys and girls go to the river to put the lantern, so that it will go away with the river with good wishes. No one buys this thing on weekdays, so if you spend so much money to buy a flashy lantern, if it is known, you will only be told from behind that that person is wronged.
The people in the lantern shop also know this, but they also have to mark the price to distinguish the grade, and let the people have the desire to guess the lantern riddle here.
Although expensive lanterns may not be sold, there are still many people who can afford cheap lanterns, which is also the main place where lantern shops make money.
"Man, what's that lantern riddle of Chang'e running to the moon? We'll have to guess too. Shuangxi saw that several young ladies took a fancy to the lantern of Chang'e running to the moon, so they went to the shop with great vision to ask.
The guy at the lantern shop was already surrounded by many people, and at this time, he didn't even turn his head back after hearing Shuangxi's words, so he handed over a note.
"Whoa! That's it! The movements reveal skill, as if they have been done countless times.
Shuangxi took the note and asked for two more before walking to Tang Chu and the others.
"Miss, this is the puzzle of Chang'e's moon lantern." Shuangxi handed the note to Tang Chu and the other two young ladies.
"The waning moon and the Big Dipper are sinking, is this going to be typed?" Xie Yaoyao muttered.
"Yes, this lantern riddle is indeed a bit difficult, no wonder so many people are standing here." Tang Chu said with a smile.
"I can't do it, Jizhu, it's up to you this time!" Tang Chu went on to say that she had been in the limelight enough today, and she had to consider the feelings of others.
Zhao Zhenzhu looked at the words on the note, and began to mumble to himself.
She thinks she is the woman with the highest literary talent in Suizhou, but the lantern shop obviously deliberately made such a difficult lantern riddle, just to make a gimmick and let more people concentrate here.
People have a herd mentality, and she has known this for a long time, once a group of people stop in a certain shop, it will soon attract more people to the shop, and the customers will last for a long time.
Looking at the note in his hand again, Zhao Zhenzhu thought about it, but still couldn't think of it.
"Brother, Sister Tang seems to be guessing lantern riddles there, let's go and see it too!" Zou Shichu pulled Zou Shiyan's shirt and said.
"Let's go, Brother Zou, I see that there are so many people there, there may be some interesting riddles, why don't you go and take a look, and say hello to Miss Tang by the way." Wang Chuan said with a stitch.
When he got closer, Zou Shiyan hesitated a little, he wondered if Tang Chu would think that he intended to follow? Would it be thought that his appearance was too coincidental?
Although Zou Shiyan's face did not change too much, his frowning brows had already exposed everything.
Wang Chuan gently patted Zou Shiyan's shoulder, "Let's go, what else do you want?" We're just going to guess the lantern riddles, not to go on a blind date, look at you like this, like a little daughter-in-law, where is the heroism of that manly husband on weekdays? Wang Chuan couldn't help but quip.
"Brother Chuan, don't talk about my brother like that!" Zou Shichu couldn't listen to it anymore, he didn't think that his brother was girly, but very powerful.
Wang Chuan snorted and was happy, he gently rubbed Zou Shichu's round little head, and said softly, "Knowing that you are protecting your brother, Brother Chuan is just joking!" ”
Zou Shichu's face flushed, his eyes lowered, and he said embarrassedly, "Okay then!" ”
"Let's go!" Zou Shiyan took the two of them and walked towards the lantern shop.
The three of them also got a note with riddles written on it, and after opening it, Wang Chuan couldn't help but scratch his head.
"The waning moon and the Big Dipper are sinking?" Wang Chuan muttered.
He looked at these words, and countless thoughts flashed through his heart, but he still couldn't think of what the words were.
"Brother, I know what it is" Zou Shichu suddenly had a flash of inspiration and blurted out.
"What word?" Zou Shiyan and Wang Chuan asked in unison.
Zou Shichu smiled mysteriously, and whispered in his ear, "It's a Qin character." ”
"Qin?" Wang Chuan muttered.
"Yes, it's Qinzi, it seems that the books you have read these days have not been in vain." Zou Shiyan said, he smiled and stroked Zou Shichu's hair, very satisfied.
"Brother Chuan, look, the Big Dipper is only six points, isn't that just one star sinking?" Zou Shichu looked at Wang Chuan's still confused appearance, and couldn't help but explain.
"Chu'er, you can, you are so smart at such a young age, it seems that there is hope for the imperial examination in the future!" Wang Chuan said in surprise.