Even if she couldn't arrange Qi Mo and Song Lingyue to go to the Flower Dynasty Festival to enjoy the lanterns and watch the fireworks, she couldn't let Qi Mo and Lingyue have time alone!

Just let them bring Xiangling and Yanzhi these two little assers, thinking that with them, that Qi Xiucai would definitely not dare to act rashly.

Thinking like this, the corners of Aunt Li's lips hooked up a meaningful smile.

Qi Mo turned the cup as if he didn't see it, and drank the tea in the teacup by himself.

After a while, Liu Liang helped Aunt Li out of the Eight Immortals Tower. Before leaving, Aunt Li did not forget to tell and advise, so that Xiangling and Yan should not run around, and follow up with Qi Mo and Song Lingyue.

"Shall we rest here for a while, or shall we go to the market now? Looking at the scene, I'm afraid that the lantern hasn't been hung up yet. Qi Mo was in a good mood, and even the curvature of the corners of his mouth was a little more raised than usual.

"In that case, let's wait a little longer, and when it gets darker, let's go to the market." Song Lingyue thought about it for a while, and asked the shopkeeper to remove the dishes on the table, put on some dried fruit snacks, and change the position to the window.

Song Yanzhi pulled Xiangling to lie on the windowsill, Xiangling was still a little depressed, and it seemed that she was still worried about Aunt Li's situation.

In order to make Xiangling happy, Song Yanzhi tried his best to make a grimace to amuse Xiangling, and finally made Xiangling laugh.

Song Lingyue couldn't help but curl the corners of her lips when she looked at this scene, revealing a shallow smile.

The two have no guesses, and the childhood sweetheart probably describes the scene in front of her.

"By the way, is there any other activity in this flower festival besides watching fireworks and guessing lantern riddles?" Song Lingyue picked up a piece of osmanthus cake and took a small bite, her memory of this festival has always been very vague, but she also knows that many boudoir girls will never forget this festival.

"Naturally, there are other activities." Qi Mo hooked the corners of his lips and smiled gently, "You can also go to the Qinghe River under the Qingqiao to put river lanterns and pray for blessings." How about it, do you want to go too? ”

"It seems interesting to put a lantern on the river, but I don't seem to have anything to pray to the heavens." Song Lingyue supported her chin with one hand and watched the sky outside the window gradually darken. Her profile face is particularly touching in the afterglow of the setting sun.

As the light of day left, the bazaar resumed its daytime bustle. Residents living on both sides of the street have hung lanterns under their windows, and the lanterns bloom in a long glow, lighting up the entire street.

Vendors on both sides of the street have set up their stalls, greeting customers with warm smiles on their faces.

"Sister! Hurry up, hurry up! The place in front is the place to guess the lantern riddle, let's go quickly! Song Yanzhi took Song Lingyue's hand and rushed forward vigorously.

"Slow down, slow down!" Song Lingyue followed behind Song Yanzhi, and from a distance, there was already a large circle of people around the stalls that guessed the lantern riddles, some were reading the riddles written on the lanterns, and some were admiring the chic lanterns.

The riddle stall is very simple to set up, using only four wooden stakes, each with hemp rope tied between them to form a square, and the hemp rope is hung with lanterns.

In the middle of the square is the owner of the riddle stall, who stands in a circle surrounded by several mahogany tables.

There are pen and ink on the table, so that visitors who guess correctly can write down their answers. Of course, if you can't write, you can just talk to the stall owner.

Seeing that the tourists were gathering more and more, the boss touched the mustache on his lower lip and said happily: "Today is our annual Flower Dynasty Festival, and I, Li He, wish everyone a happy Flower Dynasty Festival here." ”

As soon as Li He's words fell, there was a burst of applause from the crowd.

"This year is the fourth year that I, Li He, have placed lantern riddles in our Jizhou Mansion. Despite this, the rules of this lantern riddle will have to be repeated, but anyone who wants to guess the riddle needs to pay fifty yuan here, and fifty yuan to guess once. Don't think it's expensive, as long as you guess the riddle, there will be a prize. ”

Li He said as he opened the drawer facing him, took out a tray of rosewood, and selected a silver hairpin with a unique shape from it, and showed it to the onlookers: "Look, this is the prize I prepared for you today." ”

In addition to Li He personally displaying the prizes, the little maid he brought also held a tray in his hand, showing the gifts prepared today to the surrounding visitors one by one.

"I, Li, promise here that the lowest value of the prize I prepare will not be less than forty wen, and the highest value will even be as high as twenty taels of silver."

"It's fifty wen for one guess, and the prize you prepared is only forty wen, this is a good deal!" A man in green clothes shouted in the crowd, and then the tourists behind him also chimed in.

was dismantled like this, but the boss Li He didn't even frown, but smiled slightly, and explained to the man:

"As for why the lowest prize is only worth forty wen? I calculated for everyone: it costs money to rent this stall, and these lanterns are also specially customized by me by skilled craftsmen, and the lantern riddles on them are even more helpful to the master of the Lush Academy.

You answered the riddle correctly, redeem a prize, I only earned you ten cents, it should be fair, right? ”

"It seems to be quite fair and reasonable." The crowd resounded with the sound of ear-to-ear chatter.

Li He struck while the iron was hot, cleared his throat and said: "According to the value of the prize, there are also requirements for the number and difficulty of guessing the riddle. You can look this way, this red list clearly writes how many riddles you guess correctly correspond to what prizes can be redeemed, so I won't introduce it here. ”

"What if we give us fifty dollars for the entrance fee and we don't get a riddle right?" The man in Tsing Yi asked again.

Li He still only smiled slightly: "Even if you don't guess correctly, it doesn't matter." Look, everyone......"

Li He pointed his finger upward, "If you don't guess a lantern riddle, you can take a lantern back." The lanterns I have here are all made by craftsmen from the capital, and you can see how lifelike this orchid is, and fifty wen is not too expensive. ”

Li He motioned to the little guy on the side to step forward, and the little guy stood in front of everyone with an eight-treasure glazed lantern, showing the orchid picture drawn on the lantern.

Under the reflection of the candlelight, the orchid picture swayed in the candle flame, as if it was really lifelike.

"Hey, there's a smell in this lantern." I don't know who interjected such a sentence, and a sound of sniffing suddenly sounded around him.

Song Lingyue also took a deep breath, "There is indeed a faint fragrance of flowers. ”

"It smells so good! Xiangling, you smell! Song Yanzhi also twitched his nose like a puppy.

Qi Mo raised his eyes to observe the lantern hanging overhead, and after a while, his thin lips were lightly raised: "The boss is so thoughtful, he actually mixed incense in wax." As the wax melts, the fragrance comes out. Such a unique lantern is not expensive to cost fifty yuan. ”

Li He glanced in Qi Mo's direction, and immediately grinned: "This son has good eyesight. This method of making lanterns with added fragrance was only introduced in the capital last year, and it is very popular with the nobles in the capital. ”

"The fragrance inside this candle is made of fine petals that are ground and crushed after baking and drying, and then mixed with wax and oil, so that as long as the candle is lit, it will always emit fragrance. Just such a candle would cost twenty dollars for such a small section. Li He stretched out a little thumb and pointed out.

When everyone heard Li He's introduction, and looked at Qi Mo's majestic posture, they believed it even more.

Song Lingyue lowered her voice, and the corners of her lips curled upward.

"What are you laughing at?" Qi Mo looked down at Song Lingyue, and the woman's delicate lips lightly opened to reveal an intoxicating fragrance.

"I laughed at him for being really shrewd, but he was a man who could do business." Song Lingyue's voice was very low, and Qi Mo could only hear her voice by lowering his head close to her cherry lips.

Hehe was like an orchid, sandblasting on his earlobe, and a tingling itch made his heart beat a beat.

"How so?" Qi Mo exhaled deeply, still smiling lightly.

"If nothing else, let's just say that his scented candle could never have been made of the finest petals, as he said. I'm afraid that it will be used up to those flowers that are not in good condition when the bottles are used up for the noble doors, and it shouldn't cost too much money to buy them back.

The poor family can't even afford to eat meat, how can they have the heart to buy some flowers to insert, so they will be fooled by him so easily, and the value of that candle is a little inflated.

As for the lanterns he said were all made by skilled craftsmen, I took a look, except for the eight-treasure glazed orchid grass lantern he showed before, which was quite chic, the others were very crude, and the paintings on it were also very ordinary, so it was still a question of whether it was worth fifty wen.

And I just glanced at the puzzles on the lantern, some of them are still very difficult, and he should not suffer a loss, but will make a small profit from it.

He made money, and the villagers around him still thought that he was an honest and honest boss, and he gained fame and fortune this night. ”

Song Lingyue's soft and shallow voice came to Qi Mo's ear, Qi Mo lowered her eyes, Song Lingyue raised a determined smile at the corner of her lips, and her eyes rolled up with confidence.

"Fame and fortune? Then let him take less money tonight. Seeing her smiling like a flower, Qi Mo couldn't help but feel excited.

"Looks like you're on your way?" The corners of Song Lingyue's lips raised an arc, "That's not as good as this, let's compete to see who guesses the more riddles, how about it?" ”

Song Lingyue tilted her head, her long hair hung down, and landed on her chest, lining her skin with snow-white skin.

"Okay. Since you want to compete, you have to have a lottery, otherwise I won't compete with you. Qi Mo puffed up his chest and looked arrogant.

Song Lingyue's handkerchief covered the corners of her lips, her eyebrows bent slightly, and she smiled: "Okay!" What do you say bet on? ”

Qi Mo's eyes rolled and he muttered for a moment: "If I win you, you will give me a gift today." It doesn't need to be too expensive, as long as it's a gift. ”