Along the way, Li Jin took Qin Muwen to buy a sugar blower, a feather mask and a little rabbit carved out of wood.

In fact, the stall owner didn't intend to sell this wooden rabbit, but he knew Li Jin.

It rained heavily in the first ten days of the year, and his youngest son got a fever because he didn't wear much clothes.Thanks to Dr. Li's ingenious rejuvenation, Yao'er's life was saved.

The stall owner had originally planned to go to Xinglin Hall to thank Dr. Li, but this time it happened so that he gave the wood carving directly to Li Jin.

"Anyway, it's not a valuable gadget, Doctor Li, don't refuse."

Li Jin had no choice but to accept it.

As a doctor in his previous life, he was used to not accepting any gifts from patients, but it was different in ancient times. Of course, he didn't need to come to thank him for curing a minor illness, but if he saved the elderly or children in the family, the family must come to thank him solemnly.

This is an unwritten rule. The last time Li Jin delivered a soup to shopkeeper Song's daughter-in-law successfully, he also received a thank you gift.

The main street is not long, Li Jin quickly led Qin Muwen to the end, and saw the sparkling river.

The riverside is much more noisy than the main street. Vendors selling lanterns and snacks kept shouting, and even jugglers performed fire breathing.

It’s not lively.

Li Jin even saw a high platform erected with bamboo poles on the other side of the river, with painted lanterns hanging on it, and the crowd rushed there.

Li Jin caught the discussion of the people around, saying that the girls in Piaoxiangyuan would dance there.

He frowned slightly, although he was not afraid of the slanting shadow, he had completely broken away from the card at the top.

But the previous two years had left too much damage to the young man, and he didn't want to reopen the scars.

Li Jin saw that the boy was still looking at the kid juggling, but he didn't hear this.

Therefore, I took the young man to avoid the crowd and walked towards a place with less people by the river.

Qin Muwen only heard that there would be lanterns and snacks at the temple fair, how could he have imagined that it would be so lively?

This is just a small town, if it is really put in the capital, it will be so prosperous.

Qin Muwen is very well-behaved, although he still wanted to continue watching the juggling, but Li Jin pulled him away, and he obediently followed.

Anyway, with Ah Jin by his side, he felt that everything was fine.

Li Jin took him to a place where there were few people.

He was not in a hurry to buy lanterns. After all, lanterns were sold along the way, so he had to find a place where he could put lanterns by the river.

It just so happened that there was a stall selling lanterns by a large flat rock by the river, and there were a lot of styles, and it was also festive.

Li Jin asked Qin Muwen to pick a lamp he liked.The young man was full of joy, but he was dazzled when he saw how beautiful the lights were.

However, he also knew that since Ah Jin let him make up his mind, he couldn't bother Ah Jin with such trivial matters.

In the end, holding the rabbit wood carving in his hand, he also chose a river lantern with a jade rabbit painted on it.

It's not that the stall owner has never seen newlyweds come to release river lanterns together, but couples are rare.

The brother with the mole on the brow in front of him smiled purely, and the young man standing next to him had a noble demeanor. Although he didn't smile, his eyes kept falling on him.

The stall owner noticed that the man was wearing a robe, and he looked like a scholar.

The stall owner said: "We can also guess lantern riddles here, if we guess three lanterns, we can guess all of them, and there will be a big prize!"

Qin Muwen looked at Li Jin, his eyes sparkling and full of expectation.

Li Jin shook his head helplessly. Although he was good at reciting books, he was a layman when it came to pastimes for ancient scholars such as pairing, guessing, and composing poems.

Although these are the most basic accomplishments of ancient literati, even teenagers can recite poems, compose puzzles and guess lantern riddles, but they have to be influenced by their ears and eyes from childhood.

Li Jin is a thoroughly modern medical student. He also studied science in high school, so he has not been educated at all.

But looking at the boy's expectant eyes, Li Jin didn't want to pour cold water on him.

Isn't it just guessing lantern riddles? After all, he has memorized the books for so long. As long as there are allusions in the books, he can know them.

Li Jin thought, even if he couldn't guess all of them, it might still be possible to guess three correctly and earn a lantern for the young man.

Just when Li Jin was about to guess the lantern riddle, a person who came to buy a lantern asked, "Did you come up with this lantern riddle?"

The stall owner smiled and waved his hands: "That's not true, the lanterns in our river are managed by a shopkeeper, and the lantern riddles are also produced by them. There are three points in this river where you can guess lantern riddles, and my place is just one of them.

There were quite a few people around me just now, but when the platform on the other side of the river was about to be erected, they all ran over. "

The man asked again: "Then if I read the lantern riddles in the other two places and come to you to guess again, wouldn't I be able to guess all right soon?"

The stall owner replied: "No, the lantern riddles in our three places are different. If the guests can guess all the lantern riddles in any point correctly, they can win the big prize."

The man asked the stall owner to take out a lantern riddle first, and the stall owner pointed to a row of fifteen lanterns above his head.

"Lantern riddles are written on the lamp body, and whichever one the guest guesses, just write it down."

Perhaps it is because there are not many scholars in the town, even if someone saw the lantern riddles and went back to ask a capable person, they might not be able to answer all the lantern riddles in one go.

So the stall owner didn't bother to cover it up, and directly hung up the lantern riddles in a row.

As he spoke, he pointed to the raw paper and pen and ink at the front of the booth.

"Guests are welcome, if you don't want to guess lantern riddles, you can also write inscriptions on the lanterns you bought."

Li Jin thought that the person who asked the question would pick up a pen and paper to write something, but he didn't expect that after the questioning, the person picked a lotus lantern, paid the money and left.

"I see that the lantern riddles here are too difficult for you, go to other places to guess."

The stall owner smiled: "Please do what you want."

Then he turned to Li Jin, "Do you want to give it a try?"

Li Jin said, "I'm showing my ugliness."

He looked at the first lantern, on which there were only four words 'Yes Yefeiye' written on it.

No wonder the person just said that the lantern riddles were difficult.

Li Jin's expression remained the same as usual, he thought, these four words had no source or clue, so naturally he had to think in a clever direction.

——It is Yefeiye, which is homophonic for 'Ye Fei Ye'.

Li Jin remembered that in the "Analects of Confucius" he had recited, "Qi Jinggong asked Confucius...", so he wrote three words on the rough, rough-edged paper.

Father is not father.

The stall owner was originally holding the hands of the old god. He didn't think that anyone in the town could answer these riddles. After all, the final prize...was huge.

But Li Jin's answer to the first puzzle was a little too fast.

The point is, he got it right.

The stall owner remained calm, took Li Jin's first piece of paper, and said, "Do you want to continue guessing?"

Li Jin said, "Naturally."

This is the first guess. The ancient people's way of thinking about lantern riddles is actually not as flexible as modern people's. Besides, most of these lantern riddles have their origins.

Li Jin thought, after memorizing the books for so long, he could finally check the effect.

If Mr. Song knew about this idea, he would probably beat him up in anger.

Is the purpose of endorsement to guess lantern riddles?

The stall owner said: "In this case, I have to follow the rules and give you the result after you finish guessing."

Li Jin responded indifferently: "It should be so."

At this time, Qin Muwen had already walked to Li Jin with the rabbit lantern. Although he knew a little about guessing lantern riddles, he didn't play much.

Looking at the lantern riddles, he probably had some ideas, but he didn't know how to solve them.

On the contrary, watching Li Jin write his pen, he suddenly realized that the answer to the mystery was like this.

The stall owner was very surprised, he had a good eye for people, and looking at this guy's expression, he seemed to be a literate person.

There are very few literate daughters in the town, let alone brothers.No wonder she is so favored by her husband.

Li Jin quickly wrote five answers, and the stall owner's eyelids twitched, feeling that tonight's grand prize was going to fall on his slightly out-of-the-way booth.

The stall owner saw that Li Jin had already solved five of the riddles, but his speed of solving the riddles was not slow at all, on the contrary, it was getting faster and faster.

I really feel like my heart is bleeding...

But he thought about it again, anyway, the big shopkeeper behind him gave the award, not him, so he should encourage this guest.

It was also a coincidence on Li Jin's side that guessing riddles in ancient times liked to quote classics, and he just happened to memorize all these books.

As for the remaining small skills, they are nothing more than homonyms and split characters. As long as you think a little bit more flexibly, you can quickly guess them.

Li Jin handed the last answer to the stall owner and said, "Should I have guessed at least three right?"

Stall owner: "It's more than that! You guessed everything right!"

Li Jin was happy, but he didn't expect that he had the talent to guess lantern riddles.

The stall owner said: "My guest, please wait a moment, you have guessed all the lantern riddles correctly, this rabbit lantern will be my gift to you.

As for the final grand prize, I have to wait until I send someone to report to the shopkeeper before it can be honored. "

Li Jin stopped him and said, "The grand prize is unnecessary, I just want to win a lantern for my wife. That's enough."

Qin Muwen is not a person who is greedy for small things, he hugged the rabbit lamp in his arms, and he was completely reluctant to let go.

Li Jin pinched his face and said, "If you have any wish, I'll write it down."

Qin Muwen whispered, "Ah Jin, can I write it myself?"

Li Jin handed him the ink-stained pen.

Holding the lamp, Qin Muwen carefully wrote two lines with his back to Li Jin, trying to block it with his body, hiding his little thoughts.

Li Jin would definitely not do such a thing as peeking, but he could also guess the little guy's shy thoughts.

Thinking about it this way, Li Jin felt that he had committed some crimes. He was only seventeen, and he would not be an adult in modern times.

Li Jin waited for the young man to finish writing, and then took him to the river to light a lantern and make a wish.

The running water carries a bright rabbit lamp away, and there are two lines of wishes on it that are jerky but full of affection.

It wasn't until Li Jin and the boy could no longer see the lantern that they walked back.

As for the stall owner, although Li Jin said he didn't want a big prize, he only wanted a rabbit lamp.

But after all, he was not the one who made up his mind in the end, and he reported the matter to the shopkeeper who chartered a river channel.

After listening to his description, the shopkeeper smiled: "Do you know who that person is?"

The stall owner shook his head: "I don't know."

"That is Li Jin, the little miracle doctor of Xinglin Hall."

The shopkeeper said, "Since it's him, then don't force him to give him a big prize. Anyway, he doesn't care too much."

The stall owner didn't understand at all, the grand prize was... the Mid-Autumn Festival night of the oiran of Piaoxiang Garden, which can be described by the word 'not rare'.

Moreover, judging from the shopkeeper's tone, it seems that he knows what Dr. Li is like.

The shopkeeper added: "Although Dr. Li is not rare, we have to spread the news that he has guessed all the lantern riddles correctly, so as not to be accused of being stingy by interested people.

As for the final prize, needless to say. "

Fortunately, only the shopkeeper, the three stall owners, and Lingmei herself knew what the reward of the grand prize was, so there was no need to spread it to Piaoxiangyuan to embarrass it.

That night, Li Jin carried a basket on his back, dragged her husband along with him, and walked back with the fellow villagers in the stars and moon.

Completely unaware of all this.

In the early morning of the next day, the well-informed Mr. Song seemed to have forgotten what happened to the couple yesterday, and he was in a good mood and praised Li Jin's ability to guess lantern riddles.

Mr. Song said: "It is good to solve lantern riddles, and you will also be able to solve them well in the examination of scholars and writing eight-legged essays in the future."

Li Jin thought, this is really serious nonsense.

However, since Mr. Song is not a person who likes to joke, he will believe this sentence for the time being.

At the same time, in Piaoxiangyuan, Lingmei dropped her favorite hairpin, and there were still many remains of rouge and gouache on the ground.

Her voice was trembling: "Li Jin...he refused?"

Before the maid had time to reply, the nanny who usually took care of them pushed the door open and entered.

"Not only did he refuse, but he also said that he only wanted to win a lantern for Fu Lang by guessing lantern riddles."

Nanny's tone was calm, but what she said pierced Lingmei's heart like a knife.

"In the end, he only took the lantern."

The author has something to say: [The answer to the riddle 'Father or not' comes from the following sentence.Because there are too many words, it is not included in the text. 】

Qi Jinggong asked Confucius about politics.

Confucius said to each other: "The emperor, the ministers, the father and the father, and the son and son."

The duke said: "Good! Faith is like a king is not a king, a minister is not a minister, a father is not a father, and a son is not a son. Although there is millet, I have it and eat it?"

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