Chapter 51: Ten Years of Cold Window
When the little girl heard this, she nodded and said, "Well, she's just cursing people, scolding my father."
Xu Jie was extremely puzzled when he heard this and said, "The fragrance has gone to the sunset and the fragrance has become the wheat. Sweep away the heart and the wheat has become the bald one. The fire is gone. Then tie the horses to the horses, and the horses are the donkeys. It is the bald donkey. Why did your mother call your father a bald donkey?"
When the little girl heard Xu Jie answered the riddle, she felt a little reluctant to let go. She guessed the lantern. After earning eight cents, it was just capital. If she could earn ten cents, it would be considered two cents. It was also her mother's advice. If no one came to guess, the price would be reduced to eight cents.
After hearing Xu Jie's question, the girl replied, "My father went to Baotong Temple to be a monk."
The girl said, while tiptoing to get the lantern that Xu Jie guessed.
Xu Jie was confused, so he took out another handful of copper coins and said, "Don't take it down first, take it together later, I'll guess a few more."
When the girl heard this, she stood firm and took the copper coins given by Xu Jie, counted them, handed them back two more, and said, "It's only eight words."
Xu Jie didn't go to answer, but just smiled and said, "If others have ten cents, you should collect ten cents, and you can't suffer any losses. Your mother can read and write, why did your father become a monk?"
The girl took back two cents, smiled on her face, looked up at the generous young master, and seemed to have more trust, and replied, "My mother said, Dad is a useless person. She always fails to pass the exam. She drinks when she is laughed at by others, and sells things from the house after drinking too much. Later, she goes to be a monk and leaves us mother and daughter at home without caring about it. Later, she doesn't want to be a monk, and runs back, but fails to pass the exam, and is laughed at by neighbors. After drinking, she beat my mother and become a monk again."
When Xu Jie heard this, he seemed to have a scene in his heart. A lost scholar was often away from his studies and exams. He was also laughed at by classmates, drinking, beating his wife, and leaving his family and property to become a monk. He couldn't bear the hardship of becoming a monk, so he came back to take the exam, but failed the exam, so he went to become a monk again.
All things are inferior, but high school students are unfair, which is an unfairness for people from other classes. It is not a tragedy for scholars. After ten years of hard work, they have no diligence in their limbs and no distinction between grains and no way to do anything. Only exams, but there are many who can pass the exam. If they fail the exam, it is the situation for most people. Those who fail the exam and know nothing is so sad.
The meaning of this riddle is obviously to make the person who has become a monk and not to torture people like this. Obviously, this monk has been unwilling to be a monk recently, so he has this riddle that looks like a couplet. He scolds the bald donkey for not being a good person, and always tortures the poor mother and daughter.
Most of those who have lost their family and are forced to study dream of getting the best and changing their destiny in one go. But how many people can really dream of becoming true? I think this kind of sorrow has happened in countless families. If the family is lost, they cannot make a living, fail the exam repeatedly, and will be hit by the cold words of the world. How can they not end up in a miserable end?
Everyone likes to tell those stories that stand out, but those stories are only a few, only individual.
When Xu Jie heard this, he stopped asking more questions and looked up again at the riddle.
But at this moment, a woman came over not far away and looked at Xu Jie with a look of alert. The little girl walked to the woman and whispered: "Mom, I've earned 18 cents."
As he said that, the girl took out the money and handed it to the woman. The woman did not take over, but then looked at Xu Jie and the other two and said, "Young Master is polite, and you are a trivial matter. Please don't ask for information casually."
When Xu Jie heard this, he looked at the woman with a bit of determination. Although the children were seven or eight years old, they were only in their early twenties. They looked pretty and pretty, but their palms looked rough. In this Dajiang City, this woman could support herself and her daughter, and even support the bald husband's errands, so there was no need to think about it. They could only seam and repair and wash and brush.
And the woman's appearance is so good that it will inevitably bring other troubles. This is why the little girl is guarding the lantern. The woman finally wants to avoid showing up, but she dares not really put her daughter on the street, so she has to hide in the corner of the alley behind and pay attention.
When Xu Jie heard this, he bowed and replied, "Say a few more words in front of him, please forgive me, my wife."
Seeing Xu Jie's manners, the woman was less alert. She nodded slightly to accept Xu Jie's apology, and then covered her daughter's hand and rubbed it to keep warm.
Xu Jie also knew the woman's resolute personality, otherwise she would not have written this swearing couplet to curse men who became monks to avoid reality, nor would she say to her face that Xu Jie shouldn't have asked random questions.
So Xu Jie stopped talking, but looked up and continued to read the riddle. After watching for a moment, he smiled with the little girl, "I can't guess the others, you really earned ten cents this time."
When the girl heard this, she hurriedly said, "The rest is not as difficult as the one just now. You are guessing, you can guess it."
Xu Jie shook his head when he heard this, turned around and left, but turned around and smiled with the little girl.
The little girl unconsciously raised her hand and waved it, saying goodbye to Xu Jie.
Ouyang Wenfeng followed and said, "Brother Wenyuan, I just guessed one, and you are leaving."
Xu Jie just said: "I won't guess, leave it to others to guess. Although the lanterns are average, there are still people who can guess it if you only have eight articles."
Ouyang Wenfeng laughed and said, "Brother Wenyuan, I understand that you are kind-hearted. You can't guess it, so they will naturally earn ten cents more."
Xu Jie didn't answer, just moved forward.
There are countless lanterns, and those with strong financial resources can be pasted with gold foil. The lanterns are shining with golden light, which is very beautiful and can attract countless guests.
Suddenly Ouyang Wenfeng raised his arms and kept waving in the air, shouting: "Sister, we are here, here."
Not far ahead of him, he came towards each other. A woman and several servants were searching around the lantern with gold foil.
Xu Jie looked closely and saw that the silk skirt was light blue, the hair was blowing in the wind, and the black hair fell on the corner of his mouth. The girl was graceful and beautiful, between her eyebrows and eyes. Who else could she be if she wasn't Ouyang Wenqin?
It turned out that Ouyang Wenqin went home with the carriage and changed her clothes. On this Lantern Festival, she could be wearing women's clothes openly, so where could Ouyang Wenqin miss it?
Ouyang Wenqin was already hearing the shouts, and saw Ouyang Wenfeng's arms waving in the air, and quickly got up and walked towards her. Several servants on both sides also protected her in the middle.
Xu Jie stared at his eyes, looking a little stunning, and seemed to be a little excited.
Yun Shuhuan also stared at the eyes, looked at Ouyang Wenqin who was approaching, and then looked down at herself unconsciously. However, he looked up at Ouyang Wenqin, looking at the girl's hair bun, looking at the slightly pink white face, looking at the rosy lips, and the silk skirt.
Ouyang Wenqin's face was full of smiles, and perhaps she finally found the happiness of others. When she got closer, she smiled with Ouyang Wenfeng and said, "Wenfeng, I think you are probably here to guess riddles."
Ouyang Wenfeng also flattered: "Sister is very smart."
Ouyang Wenqin then had a little blessing and greeted Xu Jie.
Xu Jie quickly bowed and said, "I have met Miss Ouyang."
Ouyang Wenqin was not shy. It was a rare opportunity to be so generous today to travel with others, but she asked: "You don't even have a lamp in your hands. It seems that you can't even guess a riddle."
Ouyang Wenfeng hurriedly said, "Sister is too underestimating people. Brother Wenyuan guessed something difficult in front of him. It's just... I forgot to take the lantern away."
Ouyang Wenqin seemed to be disbelief on her face, turned her head and pointed, and said, "Let's guess the lamp with gold foil pasted, how about it?"
Chapter completed!