Chapter 50 Lantern Festival Riddles
Ma Ziliang suddenly had no deep hatred with Xu Jie, but Xu Jie still remembered what Ma Ziliang said in his heart during the poetry meeting.
Li Yishan was embarrassed because he was embarrassed. After all, the Ma family came up the mountain to give gifts every year, but Li Yishan agreed to go out to teach people this lesson, so he had to do it.
After hearing Ma Ziliang's misunderstanding, Li Yishan didn't explain much, but took a few steps forward, put the sword in his hand into the scabbard, and said, "Mr. Ma, don't worry, the bruised nose and swollen face are not serious injuries. It will be better to take a few days to take care of. The injury medicine from my Fengchi Sect is excellent. I will send it to you at the time and I will also send some medicine fees to you. I'm really sorry."
Ma Ziliang was stunned when he heard this, but he didn't understand it. He asked, "What does Li Daxia mean?"
Li Yishan looked back and looked He Zhenqing, who was walking further and further away, no longer explained, and he thrust his hand and then slapped his nose and face. It was not difficult to have a blue nose and swollen face.
Although Xu Jie walked a little far away, he could hear screams, smiled slightly, and said, "Li Yishan, not bad, he is also a person who keeps his words."
Ouyang Wenfeng asked after hearing this, "Brother Wenyuan, what's wrong with Li Yishan?"
Yun Shuhuan replied: "I'm beating Ma Ziliang."
Ouyang Wenfeng laughed when he heard this: "Haha... I fought well, this Fengchi Mountain man is really good."
Even Ouyang Wenqin covered her mouth and smiled slightly when she heard this.
On the Chinese New Year Festival, Dajiang City is lively, and every household is decorated with lights. If it is the entertainment and entertainment venues, the lights are even brighter. There are also preparations for the Lantern Festival in the county magistrate's yamen, so that the streets are filled with beautiful lights.
A wealthy family like the Ma family can even pay money and decorate the streets near the mansion.
On the street, artists and businessmen have already occupied a position on the street.
The four of them entered the city by carriage. The street was blocked, so the carriage could only go back to the alley first, and a few of them could only walk in the bustling and bustling place. Only three people were left on foot, but Ouyang Wenqin also went home with the carriage.
The world of Dahua is rich.
The most lively place is the streets near the county magistrate's yamen, where several yamen are located. However, the main commercial street is not far away.
The buildings on the street are all places of entertainment, with the sound of silk and bamboo and songs constantly flowing. Even the courtesans in the pleasure boats by the East Lake were mostly disembarked and entered the city. Relying on the crowds of the Lantern Festival, they found a building opened by their owners in the city.
Traveling on a pleasure boat is elegant, and buildings in the city are convenient. Businesses can always do their best.
If Xu Jie had been to Dajiang City for a long time, he would have been out of the building to have fun. However, Xu Jie had not been familiar with him for a while, and Ouyang Wenfeng was not the one who was too many diplomatic people. Therefore, these two people did not really join the circle of literati in Dajiang City. There were many gatherings of literati tonight, but they left these two people behind.
The big stone was broken on his chest, and Xu Jie was amazed when he stood aside. One man was lying naked on a board covered with nails. There was a large stone slab weighing hundreds of pounds on his chest. The other man brought a big hammer and jumped up and smashed it down angrily.
The hammer hit the big stone and sparks flew everywhere. The big stone shattered. The lying man stood up and exposed his back lying on the nail board to the audience, without any blood. After the display was finished, he put on a thick piece of clothing.
The onlookers cheered.
Xu Jie also cheered and thought in his heart that this should be practiced horizontally. With such a skill, why can you only make a living by practicing skills on the street? This is a bit confusing.
Confusion is doubt, and it does not prevent Xu Jie from taking out a handful of copper coins from his waist and throwing them in.
When you go forward, juggling is even more exciting. The excitement lies in the excitement. A person lying on the ground, using only his legs to hold up, can kick the other person into the air and roll continuously, and then land steadily on the feet of the man below, and is kicked up and rolled again.
Xu Jie threw out another handful of copper coins.
There is also the unique skill of the blindfolded flying knife, which burst out all kinds of surprises, so that the person who is flying knife can shoot the flying knife to the orange above his companion's head with his eyes blindfolded. It is amazing. However, in Xu Jie's eyes, the speed of the flying knife is too slow and its power is too small, so it is not enough to compete with the people in the martial arts world.
Today is different. The women I saw in this city were either children or women with clouds combed together. Even if you could see a girl, you could know where the maids or girls who were needed to work in a poor family. Today, you can see many gorgeously dressed girls everywhere, which has also caused countless young men to comment on, and guess which daughter is so young and beautiful.
The daughters of wealthy families cannot go out so generously for a few times a year. This is the difference between family members. It is also the daughters of these wealthy families who look particularly beautiful when dressed up, but it is also the reason why these street teenagers can only comment far from the bottom of the road.
Xu Jie was happily walking around, but he also spoke to Yun Shuhuan, "I wonder if your sister and Hu Zi and Gou'er have gone out for a walk."
Yun Shuhuan nodded after hearing this and said, "I'm leaving."
Yun Shuhuan obviously knew that the people in his family were discussing going out, and Xu Jie had no regrets when he heard this. Such a lively scene was still lively for those kids. As for Ershou and Sanba, there was no need to worry about it. Even if they didn't go out tonight, it would definitely not be a regret. What else had these two people not seen before?
Walk forward and there are riddles, and riddles are also business. Lanterns with different shapes are placed on the street, and the riddles are hung on the riddles. If the person who is walking by, if he thinks he can guess which riddle, he will take down the note of the riddle, give the person who guards the riddles some copper coins, and guess the answer to the riddle.
If you guess it, the beautiful lantern belongs to the guesser, and it is a good decoration to take it home. In fact, for the riddle boss, you probably won't lose money anyway, because you can get some money anyway, but only some extremely exquisite big lanterns. If you guess it, you will lose a little. Overall, you will make money. Therefore, the exquisiteness of the lantern is proportional to the difficulty of the riddle.
For those who are traveling, it is also an entertainment method, and it is a way to show their talents. A few copper coins are nothing. If you guess a riddle, you will naturally be praised. If you have a woman around you, you should guess more and show the talents of different people.
Looking in a row, hundreds of steps of the street are full of riddles.
Whether the lantern looks good is also a way to attract customers. Most people still care about the cost-effectiveness, which is whether the lantern is worth the copper coins.
So there is a place where the seven or eight lanterns hanging in front of a little girl were too ordinary in shape, so no one gathered around to ponder.
When Xu Jie walked to his head, he looked up and glanced at him. Not only did the lanterns be ordinary, but the riddles were extremely difficult, which further explained why there were few people lingering in front of these lanterns.
The little girl guarding the lights again looked like she was seven or eight years old, with her two braids on her head, but her little face was red with cold. Although it was already spring, the night in Dajiang City was still extremely cold. The little girl kept rubbing her hands and stomping her feet from time to time, so that she could keep warm.
The little girl looked anxious, and no one came to guess her riddle.
Xu Jie stopped and looked at it for a while. The lanterns were just as well-made, but the riddles were quite difficult. It is not difficult to guess that the little girl must be a little poor at home, so she can make money like this. She has no money to make such exquisite lanterns, but she doesn't want the lanterns to be easily guessed, and she also wants to make some money in this Lantern Festival. Only the explanation of poverty is this.
Xu Jie walked up to the little girl and asked, "How much can I guess?"
Seeing that someone finally came to the door, the little girl quickly squeezed out a timid smile and replied: "Others usually have ten ounces, but I only have eight ounces here."
Xu Jie nodded when he heard this, took out the eight articles and handed them over, and said with a smile: "Then I'll guess one."
The little girl quickly reached out to pick up the money, but she shrank back and said, "You can look at the riddle first, think you can guess it and then give it money. If you guess it wrong, you won't refund the money."
Xu Jie stuffed the copper coins into the little girl's hand that was retracted and replied, "Don't worry, I won't ask you to return if I can't guess."
In this way, the little girl took the copper coins and replied to Xu Jie with a smile, carefully putting the copper coins in her arms. Then she stood up and introduced to Xu Jie: "This riddle is the simplest, please guess this, young master."
Xu Jie turned around and asked with a smile: "Which one is the hardest?"
The little girl thought about it, reached out and replied, "I think that is the most difficult. It is a riddle that my mother thought about for a long time last year. It was originally hung at the door of her house and was written on this lantern tonight."
When Xu Jie heard this, he walked towards the most difficult lantern, looked at the riddle, and began to ponder.
Ouyang Wenfeng also followed and looked at the riddle. Yun Shuhuan did not approach her head, but squatted beside the little girl, looking at the streets where people were coming and going, and looked back at the little girl, as if she was guessing something in her heart, and her eyes seemed to be much softer.
Mystery: The fragrance is gone when the sun sets, sweep away the heart a little. When the fire is gone, you need to tie the mind and horse.
Chapter completed!