Chapter 139: Guessing the riddle

Chapter 139

After the dinner, the eldest lord cheered up and accompanied the old lady to the hall. The hall was brightly lit, and many riddles were prepared on the octagonal palace lamps hanging around, but everyone was only eating refreshments and chatting quietly at their respective tables, and no one came forward to guess the riddles.

Seeing that the atmosphere was really dull, the eldest lord said to the old lady:

"Look at this fan lantern is so beautiful, my son will try to guess one first"

When the old lady heard this, she smiled, and said:

"Okay, okay, I see that everyone is too restrained, you can start and guess two, if you guess right, there will be a reward, and if you don't guess, you will be punished."

The eldest man was busy, pointed to a lotus lamp and said, "That's it." ”

The waiter hurriedly took down the riddle and handed it to the old lady, who took it and read:

"A small and delicate boat, coming and going by the river, not afraid of wind and rain, only to see the oars without sails, hitting an animal"

The eldest lord thought about it. guessed that it was a duck, but in order to make his mother happy, he guessed a few animals randomly, but they didn't hit, and the old lady was really happy.

The five girls saw that the grandfather couldn't guess, so they helped guess, after all, they were children, they guessed a few, but they didn't guess right, but the atmosphere was warm, the old lady had already begun to laugh, the eldest master saw the atmosphere up, and was about to tell the riddle, Xiao Chun jumped up at once, and shouted:

"Duck, it's a duck, grandpa, it must be right this time, isn't it, grandma?"

The old lady Junle said: "That's right this time, Chun'er is so smart, good boy, give a reward quickly"

As he spoke, he turned back and instructed the waiter to reward the things. Looking at Chun'er's eyes as if she was inviting merit, the eldest lord nodded approvingly.

The old lady came to the excitement, pointed to a lotus lantern and said:

"That's it, the old body also guesses one"

The waiter hurriedly stepped forward to take down the riddle, and came over and read:

"A dragon in the mud. A canopy on the top of the head, a knots on the body, a belly full of small holes, and a plant"

The old lady frowned and thought for a long time, the waiter saw this, and was busy looking at the waiter, and the waiter went over to get the teapot, as if he was inadvertently passing by the waiter's side, secretly glanced at it, and came back and whispered to the old lady, the old lady thought about it, and felt that it was also very consistent, so he said to the old man:

"It's a lotus root"

The waiter was busy clapping his hands and applauding, the old lady really experienced harm, and he guessed it, the eldest lord quickly took out the gift, and the eldest man listened to it, and pretended to be very reluctant to say:

"My son guessed for a long time, why did my mother guess it, it's so unfair"

As he spoke, he took out a jade pendant from his waist and handed it over, and the waiter hurriedly took it for the old lady. The old lady listened to the words of the eldest master. Laughing.

Seeing that his mother was happy, the eldest man pointed to a few more lamps, guessed, and after a few, the old lady saw that the eldest master was tired, and knew that he had responded to a day's guest, and this time was just to be happy with himself, so he said:

"You and your daughter-in-law are tired for a day, go down early to rest, you go, the children are less restrained, we will sit for a while, and then we will disperse"

The eldest lord and the eldest lady listened, got up and said goodbye to the old lady, and left first.

After watching a day's farce with the old lady, Mengxi was tired, and when he saw that the eldest man was gone, he also wanted to go back, and he opened his mouth to call Zhiqiu, but he saw that the four of them were very excited, and they were chattering endlessly.

Looking at them, Mengxi felt that in ancient times, it was really rare to have such a happy opportunity, in her previous life, in school, every New Year's Day and other major festivals, there were this kind of activities, and at that time she guessed riddles with her classmates. Dancing, playing all kinds of small games, often staying up all night, having a good time, but after two lifetimes, there is no such passion, but Zhiqiu they are different, thinking like this, they sit there and accompany them, and a few girls make trouble.

Xiao Jie and Xiao Fei came back from afar, they were already tired, as soon as the eldest master left, they also followed, Xiao Jun was also the same as the eldest master, a guest for a day, seeing the two cousins leaving, he also wanted to rest early, but he rarely had such an easy opportunity to be with Mengxi, even if the two didn't talk, he felt comfortable, seeing that Mengxi didn't leave, he didn't leave, just sat there and drank tea. Quietly watching a few people guess the riddle.

Zhiqiu uncovered a mystery again, took it to the second grandmother and read it:

"If you don't wash it, it's not clean, if you don't wash it, someone eats it, if you wash it, no one uses it, you can use it" After reading it, his eyes sparkled and looked at everyone.

Zhichun thought about it for a long time, but he couldn't think of it, and frowned:

"This one is too difficult, change another one, the one you just guessed is very simple, why are we looking for such a difficult one when it's our turn?"

"You picked the lamp. At this time, it is difficult to say, obviously Laipi, third master, guess what? ”

Zhiqiu glanced at Zhichun dissatisfied, then turned his head to the third master with an excited face and asked.

"Grapes"

"No, it's punished first" Zhiqiu said happily, and then turned his head to look at the second grandmother:

"Why isn't the second grandmother interested, guess it"

"It's not that there is no interest, it's that these are too simple, and the prizes are too thin to be motivated"

As soon as the third master heard this, he immediately became interested, looked at the second sister-in-law and said:

"The second sister-in-law said simply, you guess this first, if you guess right, we will make a riddle ourselves, whoever guesses it, I will reward a gold ingot"

As he spoke, the third master took out two gold ingots and put them on the table.

Gold ingots! Genuine gold, Mengxi looked at the gold ingots on the table, her eyes were shining, in her previous life, the gold market was bought and sold by "grams", and now she actually put two ingots as big as in front of her eyes, if she wins it back, it will be sent.

I don't blame Mengxi for being greedy for money, I just blame her memory of her previous life is too deep, the gold investment in her previous life is a popular personal financial investment, and it seems that the "paper gold" in her previous life has been fried. In this life, of course, she has a soft spot for gold.

She didn't know that the lilac Tianshan Snow Lotus hairpin on her head alone was not something that two gold ingots could buy, and if she knew, she would have exchanged it for gold bars.

Xiao Jun saw Mengxi's eyes shining when he looked at the gold ingots on the table, and he didn't feel funny, he didn't realize that she was so wealthy.

"Don't go back on what the third master said, so let's do it, I'll guess this first, and then I'll come up with one, if the third master can't guess, the two gold ingots will belong to me"

"Two! Then I'm out of the puzzle. If the second sister-in-law can't guess, what will be punished? ”

The third master didn't expect the second sister-in-law to be so greedy, as soon as she opened her mouth, she would have paid for one, this is still rewarded by the head of the Situ family, don't look at him as a master, but he is also a poor person, how can there be so many gold ingots!

"If you come out and I don't guess, I'll be fined"

How can she have gold ingots, gambling pills are almost the same, thinking that the third master will not like the pills, so she did not hesitate to discount, and seeing that the third master had an uneven face, he added:

"Don't be laid, good men don't fight with women"

Xiao Jun and Xiao Yun listened and shook their heads in unison, Xiao Jun saw Mengxi's childish side for the first time, and looked at her with a doting face.

Mengxi was busy staring at the third master, afraid that he would not agree, but she noticed the second master's expression on her face. She didn't notice it, but Miss Xiu did, and when she saw that her cousin's soft eyes looking at her cousin-in-law were full of love, she overturned the vinegar jar in her heart, and she hated to tear her cousin-in-law apart immediately, so she interjected:

"Xiu'er has never found out that her cousin-in-law loves money so much, and she is not short of a gold ingot, and her sister-in-law can't bully her third cousin like this, right, third cousin".