Chapter 200: Sweeping the Lantern Festival

Although Chen Shanshan has also gone through nine years of compulsory education and has also gone to college, he really doesn't know much about these literary crepe things of the ancients, and he has always wanted to be able to get along with Wu Xu.

came to a couplet stall, asked the boss, and said that there was a fried rice ball for the couplet, so he wrapped Wu Xu's arm and said coquettishly: "Na, I want to eat fried rice balls." ”

Wu Xu's eyebrows tightened slightly, this was the first time after getting married that Chen Shanshan took the initiative to stick up and make some intimate moves, but it was a little accident. Since Chen Shanshan wanted to eat, it was not difficult to make a couplet, so Wu Xu stepped forward and looked at the couplet stall: "Plant bamboo and pine, bamboo hidden phoenix and hidden crane."

It seems that it is a topic made by a literati student, this is not yet the champion, everything is in forbearance.

Although Wu Xu does not take the imperial examination and has no interest in official career, he still has this bit of ink, and this level is still very easy. Wu Xu asked the boss for pen and ink, and wrote the following couplet: "Pei the mountain and cultivate the water, the mountain hides the tiger and the leopard and the water hides the dragon."

"Good sentence! Good sentence! The stall owner is also a literati, and when he saw Wu Xu's pair, he kept clapping and praising him, "It's been two years since this Shanglian came out, and someone only got on it this year, Mr. is so literate!" Seeing that Wu Xu was dressed extraordinarily, he was still a young master of a noble family, and his favorability towards Wu Xu in his heart rose by several points.

There are really many gentlemen in Beijing, and the literati and writers are very ashamed of them. Obviously, Wu Xu has an extraordinary background, and he has such a literary talent, which has won their favor.

After speaking, he turned to the guy and said, "Quick, serve a bowl of fried rice balls to the gentleman." ”

After the guy hurriedly got out of the pot and fried it on the spot, he packed it and gave it to the boss, who took the fried rice balls and offered them to Wu Xu with both hands, "Sir, please." ”

Wu Xu was not pretentious, took it and handed it directly to Chen Shanshan, "Madame, please." ”

After Chen Shanshan took it, he poked a rice ball with a toothpick and held it up in front of Wu Xu, "Husband, this is your prize, you taste it first." ”

Wu Xu was stunned, feeling that Chen Shanshan's behavior was a little abnormal, but there was an illusion of returning to the modern day to visit the night market, and he was inexplicably a little nostalgic. Then he looked at her dotingly, and ate the fried rice balls in one bite, "It's delicious." ”

"Really?" Chen Shanshan's eyes lit up, and he hurriedly poked another fried rice ball and tasted it, the taste was really good, the rice ball was still peanut filling, wrapped in white sesame seeds on the outside, and it was fried just right, sweet but not greasy. "Boss, your fried rice balls are really delicious."

The boss, who has not yet married a wife, witnessed the scene of the dog slaughter, and his face was a little unbearable, so he only smiled embarrassedly: "It's good if you two like it." ”

Leaving the couplet stall, Chen Shanshan looked at the lantern of a little rabbit while eating fried rice balls, which required a poem, the specifications are uncertain, the content is uncertain, and you can play, but it should be smooth and transparent, and it is best to be able to cater to the New Year weather.

Wu Xu was just about to put pen to paper and put up a poem, but was stopped by Chen Shanshan, and hurriedly put the fried rice balls in his hand in Wu Xu's hand, patted his chest and said: "It's so simple, I'll come!" ”

Wu Xu was slightly surprised, how did he not know that Chen Shanshan could also compose poems?

In addition to Wu Xu, the maid and the owner of the stall who followed were even more surprised, why hadn't they heard of this person? Since ancient times, women have no talent is virtue, the early Wu Dynasty was dominated by martial arts, and now it is dominated by literature, and women have also begun to pick up books, but most of them only stop at the "Four Books of Women", which are "Female Commandments", "Internal Training", "Female Analects", and "Female Fan Jielu".

So very few women read other books, because these four are enough. There are also famous talented women in Beijing, most of whom were born in scholarly families, but they only use poetry to lyrical, write good words, and have a certain cultural heritage. There is a woman who can compose poetry in this cold place, and the Wu Dynasty really doesn't have it.

Chen Shanshan really doesn't know how to compose poems, but as a child who came out of nine-year compulsory education, how could he not have memorized 3,000 ancient poems when he was a child! So it's not okay to compose poetry, it's okay to borrow it.

Immediately picked up the pen and wrote a poem that appeared in a primary school Chinese textbook in his crooked font, from the poet Wang Anshi, "Yuan Ri".

"In the sound of firecrackers, the spring breeze sends warmth into Tusu, and thousands of households always exchange new peaches for old charms."

The boss looked at Chen Shanshan with an amazed face, and hurriedly gave the little rabbit lantern to Chen Shanshan in person, and praised: "This lady is really good at writing." ”

Chen Shanshan smiled embarrassedly, it was not her who was literate, it was Wang Anshi......

Wu Xu's eyebrows furrowed slightly, as if he had heard this poem somewhere, but he couldn't remember where he had seen it. He has always been unforgettable, and he has a super good memory, but there are times when he can't remember it.

Immediately afterwards, Chen Shanshan swept all the eye-catching things on this street with "Three Thousand Stories", from lanterns to snacks, as long as they looked good-looking and delicious, they all hugged back. But there are also hard injuries, such as couplets, charades, she can't do it, only when she encounters brain teasers and inscriptions, it is her turn.

So when Wu Xu and Chen Shanshan went from Zhuangyuanfang to another street next to them, the two maids and a servant who followed behind them each held two lanterns in their hands, and carried a bag in the other hand, because they also packed a lot of snacks.

This street also belongs to the scope of the literati street, specializing in the sale of pen, ink, paper and inkstone. And the largest shop selling pen, ink, paper and inkstone on this street is the paper mill in which they have a stake in Yalinju, for this lantern festival, a platform was specially built on this street, on which there were a hundred exquisite lanterns, from the smallest to the largest one, placed in ten layers, each lantern on each floor, there was a piece of silver ingots, and the smallest amount to the top of a piece of gold ingots of one or two.

Whoever has the talent to guess correctly, the lantern and the silver money inside are given.

Wu Xu was still a little surprised when he saw the stage, he didn't expect that the paper mill usually just pulls out the paper and sells it, why did he still engage in such an activity? Those shareholders also agreed?

As soon as Chen Shanshan heard that there was money to take, her eyes immediately lit up, although she had a lot of 'pocket money' every month, which was enough for her expenses, but this money was placed in front of her, how could there be a reason not to take it?

Hurriedly pulled Wu Xu's arm and said coquettishly: "Husband, I want that gold ingot, can you help me take it?" ”

Today's Chen Shanshan is very sweet and greasy, and Wu Xu is used to being tired of it, so he hurriedly said yes and walked directly to the most gorgeous lantern. There were less than ten people there, and one of them called out to him when he saw him, "Big brother? ”

When the words fell, two little guys immediately ran to Wu Xu's mouth, and Wu Xi shouted glutinously: "Big brother, why are you here?" ”

Wu Yun accosted: "Is the eldest brother here to make money?" ”

Wu Chen rolled his eyes, raised his hand and patted Wu Yun's head gently, "What is the name of fishing for books, didn't I earn some pocket money for you to buy snacks to eat?" You two think that the little guy doesn't want to pay his own red envelope money, but you can eat hard, and all you spend is your second brother's red envelope money, which is not much, and it will be spent for you. ”

Wu Chen's words are a bit exaggerated, but they make people feel quite funny.

"Then why is it called Laoben?" Wu Xu was still a little puzzled.

"Because this is sponsored by Yalinju, in addition to the silver, there are also coupons and exchange coupons for Yalinju." Wu Yun took it for granted, and then revealed Zou Baba's little face, and asked suspiciously: "Big brother, isn't Yalinju under your control?" You don't know this? ”

Wu Chen cut off disdainfully, "I did this plan, how does he know, at that time, the eldest brother was still in love with his sister-in-law." As he spoke, Wu Chen glanced at Chen Shanshan, who was looking forward to the audience.

Wu Xujun's face couldn't help but blush, and he immediately glared at him with a cold face, and quickly changed the topic, "Since it's your plan, don't you know the answer?" What are you guessing here? ”

"It's just sponsorship, I'm not responsible for the problem. What's more, it is said that this riddle has been out for several years, and no one has solved it, and I have been watching it for a long time, and I have no clue at all. Saying that, Wu Chen felt a little frustrated, although he didn't study books seriously when he was a child, but he didn't even know how to solve a puzzle, he really encountered a difficulty today.

"You didn't read much when you were a kid." Wu Xu glanced at him with disdain and looked up at the riddle.

The riddle is very simple, just seven words, "bamboo leaves are green and golden".

Seeing this, Wu Xu also twisted his eyebrows slightly.

"Haha, the eldest brother can't solve it." Seeing his sad face, Wu Chen was immediately happy. If you ask the eldest brother to talk about himself like this, the eldest brother will not be able to solve it in the end!

At the same time, several readers next to him were also thinking about this question.

This riddle is interesting, just seven words, and it doesn't tell you what to type, noun? Animal? Plant? A person's name or something else?

Wu Xu stared at the seven words for a long time, his tightly furrowed eyebrows never spread, and the longer he saw him, the happier Wu Chen who was standing next to him became, and he also pulled Wu Yun and Wu Xi to educate, "Look, the eldest brother can't guess it, so you can't blame the second brother for not guessing the riddle." ”

God knows that he watched it for ten minutes just now, Wu Yun and Wu Xi went from anticipation to disappointment to impatience, and finally the two brothers and sisters pulled Wu Chen to leave, not wanting the second brother to be embarrassed here.

Wu Chen, who was despised by his younger brother and sister for the first time, immediately couldn't stand it, but he didn't expect his reputation to be ruined in the hands of a riddle!

Suddenly, Wu Xu left their side, walked to the table set up next to them, sharpened the ink one by one, and wrote four words on the white paper: wine-colored wealth. Then it was handed over to the person in charge.

The person in charge of managing the event glanced at Wu Xu in surprise, and then went to the backstage with the riddle, and after a while, he ran out and rang the gong, "This gentleman's riddle is correct, this 'Fish Leaping Dragon Gate' lantern and one or two gold in this lamp and the use coupon of Yalinju's seven-day luxury suite have been given to you." ”