After the old lady announced the Lantern Festival, Su Meng came to Haitang Courtyard the next day, and when she came, she happened to see Su Wan practicing needle threading.

Su Wan used to practice with a five-hole needle, and on the day of Qixi Festival, it was best to use a seven-hole needle, or even a nine-hole needle.

Naturally, the more holes, the better the intention, but you have to be able to wear it.

"The fifth sister has also started to practice," Su Meng said with a smile.

The implication is that Su Wan is not the only one who is practicing in advance.

However, Su Wan is different from others, other girls' families really want to have good intentions when they reach her age, and she is just curious about ancient customs, so she is interested in playing.

Moreover, quietly practicing needle threading is also a kind of tempering of the mind.

"The third sister must have no problem with the seven holes, but I don't know if the nine holes are sure?" Su Wan tilted his head and asked.

Su Meng smiled and pushed Su Wan, the force was very light, just joking.

"The fifth sister can also talk, don't you just want to know if I have practiced in advance?"

Su Meng smiled and exposed Su Wan.

"You don't have to guess, if you want to be clever, you naturally have to be prepared, I was able to pass through the seven holes smoothly last year, and this year it will definitely be no problem, as for the nine holes, in fact, there are skills" Su Meng said with a smile.

Su Wan nodded in understanding.

Except for this year, she didn't participate in these activities in previous years, but Su Meng is different, and she must be familiar with it last year.

And there are top embroiderers in Su Cheng in the house, and they are all good at threading needles, with their teaching, as long as Su Meng is not stupid, seven holes are not a problem, and nine holes are naturally not difficult.

"We were born in a wealthy family, occupy a lot of advantages, this can always be one step ahead, but many ordinary people's homes, that is really powerful, last year's begging festival, I saw a peasant woman, fingers are stubby, but in a very short time, through the nine-hole needle, it is really powerful"

Su Meng said while reminiscing.

"Where did you meet the third sister?" Su Wan asked curiously.

Since she is a peasant girl, she is outside the house, and last year's begging festival, Su Meng did go out of the house to play.

It's just that even if you go out to play, the probability of seeing someone wearing a nine-hole needle is very small.

"It's a Douqiao competition, last year's Qixi Festival, the Douqiao held in the city is a needle threading competition, and you can participate in it regardless of whether you are rich or poor," Su Meng said with a smile.

Being able to wear more than seven holes in the needle threading competition is 'skillful', and although it is possible to rank well below seven holes and have corresponding rewards, they are all 'clever losses'.

Although anyone can participate in such an event, they generally don't participate in the Su family and Su Rui's in-law's Li family, just to watch the excitement.

For example, Su Meng was just a bystander last year, but he didn't participate in person.

It's not that they look down on these civilian activities, or that the ladies don't want to show their heads.

On the contrary, Su Meng and other high-ranking ladies do not participate, for the sake of fairness and justice of the competition.

Otherwise, there are activities they participate in, and those girls from small families don't have the ability in their hands, and if they have, they don't dare to perform better than the ladies of big families.

In this way, the meaning of the game is gone.

Moreover, the rewards for such activities are very generous.

When the girls of those ordinary people's families stand in the ring, the purpose is almost always to reward.

If the final benefits are won by the ladies of the high-ranking families, it is inevitable that there will be resentment in public opinion.

"If the fifth sister can wear seven holes, try to make more clever fruits," Su Meng said again.

Su Wan immediately understood the subtext of these words, this was revealing the test questions.

However, Su Meng was able to know in advance, and Su Wan was not surprised at all.

"This year's fight is a coincidence, but I don't know if it's a noodle fruit or a flower melon?" Su Wan asked curiously.

Dough fruit is made from flour and fried in various shapes, while flower melon is carved into various shapes based on melon fruit.

Su Wan thought of some of the little pleasures of the orphanage.

When I was a child, I lived in an orphanage, and the director planted a lot of vegetables in the yard, among which cucumbers are indispensable, which can be fried and eaten as fruits.

And Su Wan really knows a little bit of cucumber carving.

"It's a flower melon," Su Meng replied.

Seeing that Su Wan was a little distracted, Su Meng herself was also distracted.

She came to Haitang Courtyard today, naturally for the instructions of her grandmother yesterday, to mention Su Wan.

But after talking for a while, Su Meng really realized that after a serious illness, Su Wan was really different.

There was no jealousy or resentment in Su Wan's eyes, there was only peace.

And Su Wan can always quickly understand the subconscious meaning of her words, which makes Su Meng a lot easier.

"I still don't understand, even if it's a flower melon this year, why does the third sister want me to try more" Su Wan asked bluntly.

Su Meng was stunned for a moment, and then a relieved smile appeared.

"The fifth sister is really smart, let you try, thinking that if you have some talent, let the cook give you more guidance, this time I can't get a ranking," Su Meng explained.

Then, Su Meng continued to explain.

It turned out that after setting the topic of all flowers and melons this year, the organizer proposed to let the ladies of the big households participate together.

The flower melon is different from threading needles, even in a poor home, there are always a few needles and some silk threads.

The raw materials of flower melon are diverse, but most of them can be eaten.

Ordinary people from ordinary families are generally reluctant to use melons and fruits for carving.

Therefore, this flower melon carving is inevitably a little less commoner.

The organizers proposed to let the ladies of large families participate in order to make up for this shortcoming.

Since it is not civilian enough, let the event be more wealthy.

First of all, large families who want to participate in the competition must contribute a share of the money for the prize.

Secondly, it's not so simple to come up with money, ten places, the highest price wins.

Again, in last year's Douqiao Competition, there were a total of 20 places that could get rewards, and this year it is 30.

In this way, with these ten shares of absolutely not low money, it is evenly distributed among thirty people, even if it is the eleventh place, it will be more generous than last year's first place, and in the end, it will be the common people who take the advantage, so naturally it will not cause dissatisfaction among ordinary people.

Su Wan was a little moved in her heart, she had been an orphan for more than 20 years, and she had seen a lot of the unfairness of the world.

Suddenly learned from Su Meng's mouth that a corner of Sioux City was harmonious, and Su Wan was very happy.

"Forget it, it's good to be able to enjoy the lanterns, Douqiao should be handed over to the third sister" Su Wan shook his head and said.

Curiosity and interest are real, but participation is not necessary.

"I may not participate, I just don't know if the fourth sister is interested," Su Meng also shook her head and said.

Su Wan looked at Su Meng in surprise, saying that it was not necessarily, but in fact, she didn't participate.

But Su Meng didn't have anything else, and turned to other topics.

Seeing this, Su Wan didn't ask, she and Su Meng were not so familiar that they didn't have anything to say.

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