Chapter 80: Guess the lantern riddle
In the past few days, Qiubai has nothing to do, and people are also idle and panicked, looking forward to it, and finally it is the fifteenth day of the first month.
During the day, a large family gathered around to eat, and in the evening, Qiu Yuanzhi slipped out of the Wei Wangfu with a large and small to see the lanterns.
Along the way, the red lanterns hung up on a street, and the streets, which had always been deserted as soon as it was dark, were also full of people tonight, all smiling and talking loudly.
The coachman found a secluded place by the Dongqing River and parked the carriage, and the Qiubai sisters and brothers rushed to the lively street.
Akimoto Zhi hurriedly exhorted loudly, "Xiaobai! Be sure to watch them and don't get scattered. ”
Qiu Bai smiled and nodded, "Got it!" ”
Qiu Yuanzhi hugged Qiu Yuanyuan, watched a few children run away, and smiled quietly, with love in his eyes.
At the beginning of the month, the princess was afraid of getting into trouble, so she sat in the carriage and did not get down, but secretly lifted the curtain to look at the lively street scene outside.
Akimoto Zhi stood by the carriage and said a word to her, talking and laughing for a while.
Let's go back to Qiubai's side.
The sisters and brothers were dazzled by the beautiful street scene, and they stopped and stopped, and they were very happy.
When I walked to the door of a spacious restaurant, I saw that there were lanterns hanging neatly in the empty courtyard next to the store, all of which were of different shapes and exquisite.
There was an old man standing by the lantern, his temples were a little pale, and he was smiling loudly and shouting, "...... If you can guess 10 in a row, you can eat a free meal at our restaurant! The price is not limited! All-you-can-eat! ”
As soon as these words came out, the crowd boiled, and they didn't care if they would start squeezing in.
"Slow down, slow down! Come one by one, but before starting, the old man has to make it clear, not to avoid the boring people to stir up the situation, and pay a deposit of one or two silver before picking up the lantern. ”
As soon as these words came out, the crowd immediately sighed, and there was a tendency to disperse.
Seeing this, the old man did not panic, only smiled indifferently, and added in a deep voice, "As long as you can answer a lantern riddle correctly, the old man will return the silver to you. ”
In this way, those who were dissatisfied and left again retracted their feet and walked back.
One by one, they were not confident that they could guess one or several riddles, but stayed to watch the fun.
Qiu Xiaobao relied on himself to read for a few days, and he also pulled Qiu Bai into it excitedly.
Qiubai looked funny, "Slow down, slow down, and no one will rob you." ”
Although there were many people around, no one stepped forward to guess the riddles.
Qiu Xiaobao was also a little afraid that he wouldn't be able to answer, it wasn't a matter of one or two silvers that he lost like that, but he lost his face!
People look at me, I look at you, and finally a neatly dressed young man with green eyebrows and eyes came out, he took out a tael of silver and handed it to the old man, shuttled between the lanterns for a while, and picked a red lantern in the shape of a lotus.
The old man took off the lantern and lifted the tassel at the bottom, and when the tassel was scattered, he saw the paper rolled into thin strips exposed.
The old man pulled the note down hard, opened it, and read it aloud.
"White and square, tender and fragrant, can cook, can cook soup, beans are its father and mother, it is different from father and mother."
After reading the puzzle, the old man handed the note back to the boy.
This puzzle is really super simple, and Qiubai, a riddle idiot, has guessed it, isn't this tofu!
"Tofu." The boy didn't have to think about it to say the answer.
Although the puzzle was simple, the old man uncovered the mystery at the bottom of the lantern and read it out loud, "Tofu!" ”
"Congratulations to this little boy!" Then he returned the tael of silver to him very honestly, and then handed him the lantern as well, and said, "You answered the puzzle correctly, this lantern is yours, do you want to continue guessing?"
"Nature." After the young man took the lantern, he picked one up and handed it to the old man.
The old man took the lantern and read the puzzle aloud.
"Enter the hole like a dragon, and go out of the hole like a phoenix. The phoenix gives birth to a hundred sons, and a hundred sons become dragons. ”
After listening to this question, Qiubai was in a fog and couldn't figure out the direction.
"Xiaobao, do you guess?"
Qiu Xiaobao pondered for a while, and said with a serious face: "I don't know."
“……”
The young man was also smart, thought quietly for a moment, and spit out a word, "Silkworm!" ”
The old man laughed when he heard this, and said loudly after revealing the mystery: "Silkworm! This little boy got it right again! ”
Qiu Bai looked at the two beautiful lanterns that the young man held in his hand, and couldn't help but feel a little envious.
When it came to the third riddle, the boy was finally defeated, and although he didn't guess the third, the lantern still belonged to him.
Qiu Bai secretly stabbed Qiu Xiaobao's back and said in a low voice: "Don't you know all of them?" As long as you can get it right, you'll earn it. ”
Qiu Xiaobao was a little depressed, he also knew that answering one was to earn, but the key thing was that he was afraid that he would be unlucky, so he would choose a super difficult one for the first puzzle, and it would be a shame if he didn't lose money.
The young man seemed to take the lead, and as soon as he left, a young man stepped forward.
As a result, I went up with confidence, but I only guessed one question correctly and came down, but fortunately, I didn't lose money, and I earned a lantern.
Just when the riddles were guessing the lantern riddles here, there were several Chinese costume boys at the gate of the restaurant, all of whom were extremely handsome, each with its own characteristics.
The girls who played on the street were all fascinated, and some of the little girls who were in love for the first time, the throbbing spring heart was immediately hooked, and they entered the restaurant with the footsteps of several sons.
When Yan Ning entered the restaurant, he inadvertently turned his head to look at the lantern riddle guessing contest that was in full swing, and at a glance, he saw Qiubai crowded in the crowd.
He stopped, stood silent for a moment, and then waved his hand to the group of fox friends and dogs, "You go up first, and I'll come when I go." ”
"Oh, hurry up!" Lin Xiao also waved his hand at Yan Ning.
Yan Ning nodded, raised his legs and stepped down the stairs, walking towards the crowd.
Qiu Ling and Qiu Doudou did not squeeze into the crowd, but stood outside the crowd eating sugar gourds, and the two were licking happily when they saw Yan Ning coming over from the side.
"Brother Yan!" Qiu Ling shouted excitedly, "What a coincidence! You're here too. As he spoke, his eyes involuntarily looked behind him.
Yan Ning was amused and quipped, "Don't look at it, Lin Xiao went upstairs."
Qiu Ling was a little embarrassed when she heard this, but she didn't blush, "Oh, my eldest sister is guessing lantern riddles inside." ”
Yan Ning nodded, "I know." With that, he squeezed into the crowd.
Qiu Bai saw that two more people took away the lanterns, and the jealousy in his heart kept whispering in Qiu Xiaobao's ear, "You haven't read books for so long, why can't you read a single one?" ”
Qiu Xiaobao was about to die of depression, only puffing out his face and not speaking.
"You want a lantern?" The voice Qiubai was so familiar that he couldn't be more familiar, and he couldn't help but stiffen when he heard the words, but his mouth couldn't stop going up.
She bit her lip and waited for the upturned mouth to return to its original position before turning her head to look at him, "What a coincidence." ”
Yan Ning smiled: "I saw you, so come and see, do you want a lantern?"
Qiubai nodded, and said without the slightest shame: "I can't guess it."
Yan Ning felt that his brain was quite smart, so he said, "I'll give it a try." As he spoke, he raised his leg and stepped forward.
The old man seemed to recognize Yan Ning, and when he saw him, he was about to salute, but was stopped by Yan Ning raising his hand, "What are the rules?" ”
The old man said respectfully: "If you guess one puzzle correctly, you can take a lantern, and if you guess ten correctly, you can eat a table for free in our restaurant."
Yan Ning nodded, just wanting to pick up the lantern.
The crowd eating melons watching the excitement next to him was not happy, and someone said loudly: "Hey, hey, didn't those people in front of me pay a tael of silver just now to let me guess, why doesn't this son have to pay silver, is it a privilege to be handsome!"
The old man was a little embarrassed when he heard this, and just as he opened his mouth to explain, Yan Ning had already taken out a tael of silver and handed it over.
The old man hurriedly caught it, "You can pick whatever you want." ”
Yan Ning deserves to be Yan Ning!
Qiubai watched him guess five lantern riddles in a row, his heart was happy, his eyes were full of stars, and his heart, which had forgotten half of him, was revived again, and he smiled at him shuttling between the lanterns, and the ups and downs came to his heart together.
Qiu Ling and Qiu Doudou had finished eating the sugar gourd, and were standing boredly outside the crowd looking at the crowded streets.
At this time, there was a sudden commotion on the originally orderly street.
The two of them looked along the commotion, and saw a man and a woman slowly walking towards this side.
The man was wearing a white robe, and his handsome but unattractive face was slightly hard.
The woman was also wearing a moon-white shirt, her hair was half-hanging, and her white and delicate face was put together with the man's hard face, which was really a match made in heaven, and it was very eye-catching in this dim street.
It's just that the painting style and atmosphere between the two are a little wrong.
The man remained expressionless and stared ahead.
The woman, on the other hand, kept laughing affectionately, pointing to the beautiful scenery on the street from time to time, but unfortunately she didn't get a response from the man.
Qiu Ling looked at the pair of men and women and let out a surprised "huh".
Qiu Doudou was also muttering, "Isn't that the prince?" ”
Qiu Ling pushed Qiu Doudou, "Be quiet, it's not good for the prince to hear it." ”
As he was talking, Ye Zhiheng and Princess Chaoyang had walked in front of the two.
Ye Zhiheng also instantly spotted Qiu Ling and Qiu Doudou on the side of the crowd, and his eyes as cold as water immediately looked at the crowd, just in time to see Yan Ning who guessed the lantern riddle.
The county lord of Chaoyang also looked over with his gaze, and also saw Yan Ning, his little face like a spring breeze immediately wrinkled, and his face was unhappy.
Just as he was about to pull Ye Zhiheng away, he saw Ye Zhiheng raise his legs and walk towards the crowd.
The county lord of Chaoyang hurriedly followed.
Yan Ning had guessed nine riddles correctly in a row, and there was a chorus of applause around him, and Qiubai couldn't help shouting, "Yan Ning, you are so amazing!" ”
Yan Ning looked at her with a smile, but when his gaze was fixed on her, the smile froze.
Qiu Bai felt that something was wrong, and turned his head to look at Yan Ning's line of sight, and saw Ye Zhiheng looking at him quietly with his eyes down.
Qiu Baileng was stunned for a moment, and immediately shouted, "Lord Wang." He turned his head and shouted, "County Lord." ”
The county lord of Chaoyang looked at the white and red face and bright eyes, and suddenly smiled.
Qiubai didn't understand where her laughter was, but she laughed with goosebumps.
Yan Ning looked at the Chaoyang County Lord's eyes a little complicated, and after a pause, he picked out a lantern casually, and easily guessed the answer in the nervous waiting of everyone.
Qiubai was very excited and happy, and wanted to jump up and cheer, but Ye Zhiheng was still standing behind her, so she could only stop this thought, and only looked at Yan Ning with a smile. 2k reading web