Chapter 14: Lantern riddles
Arrived at Wenxing Bridge, there are all kinds of lamps displayed on both sides of the bridge, some lamps are painted with bangs and toads, there are also patterns such as birds and beasts, and there are special sales of delicate filaments, fish carp, colored beads, bright angles, carved sheepskins, tassel treasure belts and other lanterns specially customized for the rich businessmen's courtyard.
Zhuang Zhiyong stared at Wu Yuan to prevent her from going far, and the small houses on both sides were even more tightly guarded around, and after a while, Wu Yuan was attracted by a group of people who were guessing lantern riddles on the heavenly street, and the simple stalls made of bamboo and wood were covered with colorful lantern riddle papers, and the corresponding paper strips were hung with strings of colored lanterns of different forms.
Wu Yuan tore off a lantern riddle on tiptoe, only to see the red note written "Fragments of flowers into the painting", Wu Yuan thought left and right, puzzled, only heard the person next to him say "Bi Zi", Wu Yuan was puzzled, looked up to the side, and saw that it was the young man in white who almost scared her to the ground in the pharmacy in the afternoon, and pouted.
"This is the majority of the remnants of the flower characters to take two 'daggers', the painting buckles "ten", combined into the word. The young man in white said, pointing to the red note.
"I see, thanks!" Wu Yuan held the note high and said proudly to the boss, "Boss, I guessed it, it's Bizi." ”
"I'm sorry, I guessed that."
The note in Wu Yuan's hand was intercepted halfway, and the young man in white had slender fingers with distinct joints, and it was the strip of red paper that was sandwiched between his index and middle fingers.
"Hey, I tore off this piece of paper first and guessed it, and give it back to me! Hey, why are you so unreasonable! Wu Yuan staggered to get there, but he was small and short, so he couldn't reach it.
"But you didn't guess it, the rewards of the riddles are all rewards for those who guess. I'm sorry, I guessed it, this lantern naturally belongs to me. The man in white turned around and was about to ask the boss for the lantern, "Also, I don't call Hey, my name is Chen Yi." Li Yuyi, Chen Yi, do you remember? ”
Wu Yuan stomped his feet angrily, and the owner of the lantern riddle stall happily took down the lantern with the jade rabbit painted on it and handed it to Chen Yi. Wu Yuan saw that the lantern had been held by Chen Yi in his hand, and he turned around angrily and was about to leave, Zhuang Zhiyong hurriedly stepped forward to relieve the siege, "Don't be angry with Yuan Niang, uncle will buy a better one for Yuan Niang, don't you see that the bridge in front of you sells more exquisite, let's go to the bridge to buy a better one." ”
"Guessing what you get makes more sense." Wu Yuan stubbornly held his head high and refused.
"This 。。。。。"
Zhuang Zhiyong is naturally a good hand at business, but guessing lantern riddles is a matter of learning, and he, as an elder, can't snatch a small lantern in Chen Yi's hands, which will inevitably lose his identity. Zhuang Zhiyong is now in a dilemma, one head and two big, and he only thinks that the proposal to take his niece out to guess the lantern riddle is really stupid.
"Here you go, I guessed it for you, I didn't expect you to be so funny."
Wu Yuan stretched out a pair of hands in front of him and put the lantern firmly on Wu Yuan's hand, "Take it and keep it well." Chen Yi blinked and smiled slyly.
Wu Yuan returned the lantern again, "Don't, gentlemen don't eat the food they come." ”
Chen Yi was stunned, the little girl still knew the food that came to her, and suddenly she didn't know how to parry, and looked at Zhuang Zhiyong in embarrassment.
Zhuang Zhiyong coughed, "Yuan Niang, don't thank you to your Chen family brother." ”
Wu Yuan reluctantly accepted the lantern and said in a mosquito-like voice, "Thank you Chen Gongzi." ”
When Chen Yi heard a hard sentence of Chen Gongzi, his scalp suddenly went numb, "Sister Wu is polite." He turned around and bowed to Zhuang Zhiyong, and said: "The juniors still have some friends to meet, please ask Uncle Zhuang to greet the old lady on behalf of the juniors, and the juniors have said goodbye." ”
After that, he looked at Wu Yuan, who was tilted to the side, and walked to the restaurant with a small smile apologetically.
"Okay, Yuan Niang, it's not early, let's go to the lamp shop at the head of the bridge in front of you to choose the best lantern for your mother to bring back."
Wu Yuan was in a better mood at this time, and went to the lantern shop to select several lanterns, including flowers and birds, tourists and landscapes, and a peony-shaped colored lantern, so he left the lamp market and returned to Wu's house with satisfaction.
As soon as he entered the middle courtyard, Wu Yuan hurriedly asked the little girl to take out the peony lantern and hold it to his mother in person. Seeing Wu Yuan walking towards him with a peony lantern taller than her, Zhuang couldn't help but let himself laugh, and said with a straight face, "Do you still know how to come back?" Didn't you come back sooner? I think you're a wild horse with the reins off, and you've lost track of the time. ”
Wu Yuan saw that his mother was angry, so he hurriedly put the peony lantern on the table, and took out the flower and bird lanterns he bought and the tourist landscape lantern, and said flatteringly, "The daughter is delayed in order to choose the best and most exquisite lantern for her mother, so don't be angry." After speaking, he pretended to be pitiful.
Seeing this, Zhuang couldn't hold back any longer, laughed out loud, and poked Wu Yuan's head, "You are a ghost, a small ghost, you know how to use these to make your mother happy." ”
Although Zhuang was annoyed that Wu Yuan was greedy for fun, he always felt sorry for Wu Yuan more, and told Chun Tao to bring the Lantern Festival made in the small kitchen, "This is newly made in the kitchen today, there is your favorite osmanthus nectar, hurry up and eat it, little ancestor." I knew that I was playing crazy with your uncle outside, and I forgot that my mother was still waiting for you at home. ”
As soon as he saw the Lantern Festival, Wu Yuan suddenly had a bitter face, reluctantly picked up the spoon and stirred it in the bowl, and slowly ate the next one under Zhuang's gaze, really looking at the Lantern Festival and remembering the embarrassment of the afternoon.
"What's wrong? Not to your liking? Zhuang asked anxiously.
Wu Yuan hurriedly ate another one, and in the end, he couldn't drag it out anymore by Zhuang's eyes, so he ate a whole bowl of Lantern Festival.
In the second half of the night, Wu Yuan really had an upset stomach, and Mama hurriedly turned on the lamp and went to ask for a doctor. Hearing Wu Yuan humming and chirping in the blue yarn cupboard, Zhuang thought that he had been out for too long and was cold, so he was so anxious.
The doctor came to ask about the situation and said that it doesn't matter if it just has a swollen belly, Zhuang is still not at ease, and wants the doctor to take the pulse well again, and diagnose it again, it is really just bloating, Zhuang is a little bit of a brain, so he used a small bowl of Lantern Festival, how can he have a swollen belly, I have never seen Wu Yuan so noisy in the past.
Wu Yuan said that he had eaten the Lantern Festival drunk in the restaurant in the afternoon, and Zhuang was angry and didn't know what to say: "When you come back after eating the Lantern Festival, you will say that you have eaten it, and you will hide what your mother is doing, and you will eat another bowl of it, I really don't know if you are stupid or stupid." ”
Wu Yuan blushed and muttered in a low voice, "It's not that I don't want you to know that I got drunk after eating a wine-making Lantern Festival." ”
Zhuang was helpless, rubbing Wu Yuan's ball-like belly, and he didn't know when he fell asleep on the bed.
The next morning, the master and servant of the middle courtyard all got up with dark circles under their eyes, and Wu Yuan got up a little embarrassed and pretended to be calm.