Chapter 41: The Lantern Riddle (I)

Because of Mrs. Dai's thunderous methods and the speed of blocking the news, this matter was quickly suppressed, and the whole New Year was peaceful.

On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, according to the usual practice, Xuanzhou Mansion does not ban supper at night, and the official and non-governmental cooperation hold a lantern festival for the Lantern Festival. Mrs. Dai did not change her routine because of her children's affairs, but put a group of maids on leave and allowed them to go out to play. Because Xia Meizhen only specializes in pastries, she is naturally among the people on vacation.

The eldest girl of Zhaohui Courtyard, Furong, and Ling Yanglai and Xia Meizhen of Tonghua Courtyard are better, so the three of them discussed and went to the lantern festival together when the lights were on.

It's not the first time she has had a lantern festival in ancient times, but because her family was running around for a living before, and she didn't have the conditions to stay in Fucheng at night, so Xia Meizhen said that this was the first time she had a Lantern Festival.

"Later, how about we go to the street to guess the lantern riddles first, and then go to the river to put the river lanterns?" The round-looking Fleur proposed. This person loves to eat the most, and before he went to the street, he already had melon seeds in his hand that he didn't know where to get them.

Ling Yang smiled, "It's good to pay attention to this, there are a lot of things on the stall, and you won't be able to pick up good things when it's late." Although he said so, Ling Yang is also a child of a hard-working family, and he is taught to his family every month, and the odd flowers on his body are limited. Among the three of them, Xia Meizhen should have a little more money, and Ling Yang also explained to her when he said this.

The group talked and laughed and left Kangning Square after a while, and then there was a stick of incense to go to the downtown area. From afar, I saw the long lanterns hanging on both sides of the gatehouse at the entrance of the street, and the three big characters written by the Lantern Festival were pasted in the middle, all of which were red and gorgeous, and they were very festive at a glance.

The streets are full of people rubbing shoulders with each other, and the lanterns of different shapes can't be seen, and all kinds of lights reflect each other, which is really lively.

This ancient Lantern Festival, in addition to the lantern festival, is also a time for those vassal and elegant scholars to show off their talents, and it is also a good time for lovers to have a tryst or young men and women to find a partner. Such a wonderful environment is naturally the same since ancient times.

was taken by Furong, Xia Meizhen really saw a few good-looking talented and beautiful women, and she herself attracted the peeps of several men because of her delicate appearance, and then when she saw Furong on the side, she withdrew her gaze one after another.

"There's a stall in front of me, I grew up, and the candied fruit is delicious." Furong ate all the melon seeds, so she pulled Ling Yang and Xia Meizhen to squeeze forward, she was strong and strong, and she squeezed out a way after a while.

Ling Yang smiled in the back: "Still eating?" If you eat it again, aren't you afraid that you won't be able to get married? "Furong is seventeen years old this year, which can be regarded as an older leftover girl in ancient times.

"What are you afraid of? That guy was lucky to be able to marry me! Fleur pursed her mouth, half-jokingly. However, with her round figure, it is inappropriate to say that it is a blessing, Xia Meizhen looked her up and down, and couldn't help laughing, and then Ling Yang also reacted and laughed.

After buying the candied fruit, the group walked forward again, and when they arrived at a place to guess lantern riddles, they saw a large circle of scholars and individual masked women, Xia Meizhen was also curious about what kind of lantern riddles there were in ancient times, so she said to the other two: "Let's go over and take a look, it's very interesting to watch." ”

At this time, the lantern riddles are similar to the modern Lantern Festival lantern riddles, and there are rewards for guessing correctly, so for this kind of free thing, Furong and Ling Yang are very interested, so they go over together.

When I got closer, I saw that there was a platform in front of me in the ring, and there were shelves around it, and lanterns with riddles were hung on the shelves, and the riddles were divided into seven or eight kinds of riddles, word puzzles, name riddles, dumb riddles, etc., and there were many categories.

Xia Meizhen looked at the words on a lantern nearby, and said: 'An dare to change her skirt into men's clothes, anagram,' Xia Meizhen frowned, and heard a voice next to her: "This is 'Ning'."

When I turned to look over, I saw a young man with picturesque eyebrows and extraordinary instruments.