Take the system to ancient times

A man in green robe next to him sneered when he heard this: "Forget about the lantern riddles, someone will always guess it. The hard part is that the shopkeeper still needs the correct guesser to come up with a couplet of lantern riddles."

Xinghe took a closer look, and sure enough, there was a line of small characters under the lantern riddle: typing daily necessities, and the second line is also a mystery.

Xinghe was dumbfounded, this boss is too tricky, he sent a beauty lantern and also took back a matching lantern riddle, is this going to be saved for next year? !

Xinghe didn't know what to match - he didn't learn from the old scholar, but usually the old scholar would compose poems and couplets for self-entertainment, and Xinghe could always listen to it, and he was more or less influenced by it.

He couldn't think of a second line for a while, so he squeezed out of the crowd and continued to visit the night market.

He doesn't like ordinary lanterns, but he can't answer the riddle of the second line if he likes them, so he has no interest in lantern stalls.

At this time, there are witches wearing masks and dressing up as gods, dancing and parading through the streets, praying for the people to drive away evil spirits, and the people believe in gods. , to ensure a safe and smooth year ahead.

Xinghe was also pushed by the crowd to the vicinity of the parade. Originally, he was still interested in pushing over to gain the blessing of the "god", but there was always a fat woman pushing next to him. This fat woman had a very strange smell. When she got closer, Xinghe felt dizzy, and as soon as the fat woman squeezed beside him, Xinghe even slowed down his breathing a lot.

But he dodged twice, and the fat woman was pushed beside him twice by the crowd.Xinghe had no choice but to squeeze out of the crowd. At this time, most of the crowd gathered around Wu Ji, but the surrounding area was much cleaner.

There are also a lot of snacks sold in the night market. Xinghe couldn't get "blessing", so he ran to a stall called "fragrant melon seeds" and bought a catty of melon seeds.

The owner of the stall was very talkative. While taking out the scale to weigh melon seeds for him, he kept saying: "The melon seeds in my house are very good. They are fragrant and crispy. They were just fried today. You can feel them and they are still a little bit sweet." It’s very hot. I’m not going to lie to you, little ones, I’ve weighed them for you, look, they’re tall.”

The boss doesn’t seem to be a local, and he speaks with a weird accent, but fortunately he can understand him. Xinghe was amused by his pronunciation, and when he heard him talk, he looked at the scale where he was weighing melon seeds. In a flash of inspiration, he thought of the previous lantern riddle.

Then Xinghe muttered: "White snake crosses the river, with a red sun on its head. White snake... white snake... red sun on its head..."

The boss over there saw him in a daze, packed the melon seeds neatly, and was about to hand them to him, pointing behind him and asking, "Is that your lord? It looks like he's looking for you..."

Xinghe didn't wait for the boss to finish speaking, let alone the melon seeds in his hand, jumped up and ran, shouting as he ran, "I know! I know what's wrong with the second line!"

The boss yelled at the back if he wanted melon seeds, and Xinghe turned around and yelled at him with a smile on his face: "Yes! I'll come back later to get them!"

There was a fat woman in front of the boss's booth looking at him with a strange expression, she was the one who was always pushed to Xinghe's side in the crowd, and also had a strange smell all over her body.Xinghe was happy, but he didn't care, and ran away in three or two steps.

When we came to the booth of the Beauty Lamp, there were still many people, but the Beauty Lamp hadn’t been taken away yet, obviously no one had come out with the next couplet.

Xinghe squeezed inside and said to the boss, "I'm right!"

The people around him hissed when they saw what he said like a child, obviously they didn't believe it.Some people laughed at him: "Young man, don't talk big, or you will be laughed at if you don't."

The boss was kind, and said with a smile: "Since Mr. Xiao Lang is right, he must first guess the answer correctly."

Xinghe ignored the boos around him, and first explained the answer to the lantern riddle: "White snake crosses the river, with a red sun above its head, it is naturally an oil lamp."

Boss: "The answer is right, Mr. Xiao Lang is really smart."

There were people booing around again: "There are quite a few people who have guessed the answer to the riddle, how about the second line?"

Xinghe squinted at him: "Of course I want to talk about the second line, listen!"

After finishing speaking, he coughed: "My correct second line is: Oolong on the wall, wearing ten thousand gold stars!"

After speaking provocatively, he glanced at the person who made a fuss with the corner of his eye, but the person was speechless, Xinghe raised his chin proudly: "Boss, can this second line be done?"

The boss smiled and said, "Naturally, I just want Xiao Langjun to give me the answer to your second couplet quietly."

The boss handed the beauty lamp to Xinghe, and Xinghe took advantage of the boss to lean over and whispered the answer to the second line of the riddle "Scaling Steel" in his ear, and then squeezed out the crowd with the beauty lamp.

Xinghe walked away with the beauty lamp, but the group of people in front of the booth did not disperse. The answer to the mystery of the first couplet was found, but no one knew the answer to the new second couplet except the boss.

Although this group of people was disappointed that the beauty lamp could not be obtained, they were not in a position to compete with a child. At this time, they gathered together and began to discuss the answer to the mystery of Xinghe Xialian.

"Oolong on the wall, wearing ten thousand gold stars. It's a battle, but I can't think of the answer for a while. Brother Zhang, you guessed that the answer to the first couplet was an oil lamp. Maybe you can guess the answer to the second one?... Zhang Brother, what's the matter with you?"

A young scholar poked the dazed man next to him with his arm. It was the one who was being provoked by Xinghe before.

"Ah?...Ah! It's okay...I'm fine..." Brother Zhang said it's okay, but he still didn't come back to his senses, and stared straight at the direction where Xinghe was going.

The young scholar didn't care, and sighed to himself: "It's been a waste of years of reading sage books, and I can't even compare with a ladle dancing boy. Brother Zhang, tell me, how old is that kid just now? Is it the age of ladle dancing? "

Dance spoon is a kind of dance that boys start to learn to dance at the age of 13, so 13 years old is called the year of dance spoon.However, this custom has long since disappeared, but the age title Wu Shao has been handed down.

Only then did Brother Zhang come back to his senses a little: "I don't see it, if you practice martial arts, I'm afraid you won't be able to reach Wu Shao at such a high level."

Although he said so, he actually believed in his heart that Xinghe might have reached the age of dancing spoons.

Martial arts are practiced here, but it is not easy for ordinary people to support one in their families, so they will definitely give the best food to children who practice martial arts. If they eat well, they will naturally grow taller.

Xinghe was wearing ordinary cotton clothes, such a small child came out alone, without Xiaosi's guards behind him, and he didn't look like a rich man.

Xinghe is taller than children of the same age, but thin and not as stout as children who practice martial arts.

Especially since he is good at writing, how can such a big kid have the energy to practice both writing and martial arts?Therefore, Brother Zhang determined the age of Xinghe from this.

The young scholar was still asking: "This kid's couplet just now is really beautiful! By the way, Brother Zhang, can you guess the answer?"

"Yeah... really beautiful..." Brother Zhang was taken aback by his words again, although he echoed the young scholar's praise, but he couldn't stop recalling the stare that Xinghe gave him when he provoked him before .

The child was dressed in an ordinary cotton-padded jacket, which wrapped him round and round, and the raised collar covered the lower half of the child's face. When he looked over, he only left the pair of red phoenix eyes, which were slightly raised. The corners of the eyes, as well as the sparkling ones, seemed to reflect his and the starry eyes.

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Xinghe took the beauty lamp and went to a place where there were few people and looked at it carefully.

The main body of the beauty lamp is made of thin ceramics, in the shape of a flying fairy holding a flying fairy temple.The fairy is wearing a wide-sleeved flowing cloud skirt, holding a flower basket in her hand, and stepping on clouds under her feet.

A blooming lotus protrudes obliquely out of the basket. There are three holes in the center of the flower, which are just the right size for candles.As for the base, the cloud is completely enclosed, leaving no holes.

So it's not like lighting candles inside the beauty...

Xinghe understood the structure of the beauty lamp, and it was a pity. If she could light a candle inside the ceramic beauty, the halo would shine through the thin ceramic shell of the beauty lamp, it must be very beautiful.

But after thinking about it, if it is okay to use light bulbs in modern times, the candles of this era must have smoke. If the inside of the beauty lamp is smoked to black, it is not easy to clean.

Letting go of the little pity he had felt before, Xinghe bought a few short candles to put in lotus lanterns, the kind of small candles that girls put into the river to make wishes, and inserted into the lotus flower hearts of beauty lanterns. All the small candles were lit together, it was really beautiful.

Satisfied, I found a stall selling melon seeds with a beauty lamp.

The boss with a strange accent weighed melon seeds for him, but he came up with a second couplet on the spur of the moment and threw it aside. He just asked the boss to keep it for him, without even giving him money.

The boss saw that Xinghe came over with a smile, and he really didn't have a good face.

Xinghe rubbed his nose. After all, he was really not very authentic before, so he didn't care about the bad face of the boss.

Wu Zhi's team had almost reached the other end of the night market, but most of the people were still gathered next to Wu Zhi's parade team, and there were not many people at the melon seed stall.

Xinghe took out a copper coin and handed it to the boss: "I'm sorry, boss, do you still have the melon seeds I told you to keep?"

The boss didn't borrow any money, and stretched out his hand to hold Xinghe tightly: "There are still melon seeds, but it seems that your adults have come to look for you."

Xinghe frowned: "What sir? Let me go!"

This boss doesn't seem right!He just started to be alert at this time, but it was too late, a strange smell came from behind, Xinghe turned his head, and saw the fat woman he met before rushing forward with a panicked face, a pink sweat towel brushed over Xinghe's nose, then The dizzy smell suddenly increased.

The fat woman hugged Xinghe and patted him on the top of his head, howling: "Little bastard, who told you to run so far! You are going to die of anxiety!"

Traffickers! ! !

Xinghe finally knew what he had encountered. He wanted to struggle, but he was not prepared enough to inhale some strange smells, and he was dizzy badly.

Xinghe finally passed out.