Chapter 257: Two Brushes
There were a total of forty-five people participating in the lantern riddle guessing game, most of whom were soldiers, with military dependents still making up a minority.
As soon as the first riddle was announced, many people gave up and left the stage because they couldn't guess it and had no idea at all.
"Everyone on the stage now, I'll count to one, two, three, and everyone will tell your answer together."
"one two three……"
"kind."
"round."
Yu Hui glanced at the military family member next to her who was shouting "round". The riddle was about reunion after the Mid-Autumn Festival, so how could the answer be round?
Generally speaking, when guessing riddles, the answers are related to the words in the riddle.
When the soldier's family heard everyone shouting "Zhong", they were a little confused. Could it be that they guessed wrong?
Isn’t the Mid-Autumn Festival about family reunion?
"That's right, it's a species. Comrades who answered incorrectly, please step down."
Those who answered incorrectly left the stage with regret.
"My mom is right, my mom is right." The three children raised their hands and cheered loudly, they were so happy.
Qian Lan blinked, "Wow, Xiao Yu really knows how to guess riddles."
Liu Qin gritted her teeth and said, "I guessed it. It must have been a guess."
Half of the people on the stage were eliminated in the first round. As the number of people decreased, Ye Xuelian also noticed Yu Hui.
After not seeing her for such a long time, she looked a little different from the last time I saw her. Her skin looked whiter and her face had more flesh to it. She was no longer as dark and thin as before.
I didn't expect that she, an illiterate person, would dare to come on stage to guess riddles, and she even guessed the first riddle correctly.
Ye Xuelian felt that she must have heard the person next to her shouting out the answer, and it was not something she guessed on her own.
After all, this kind of riddle is still quite difficult. People who have not read much will definitely not be able to guess it.
"I told you my sister-in-law is okay." Wu Hai raised his chin proudly towards his comrade.
"Gu Huai, your Xiao Yu is pretty good. He guessed it right." Political Commissar Gao turned his head and said.
Gu Huai smiled without saying anything, his eyes full of pride.
"The second lantern riddle is: Look up at the bright moon and guess the name of a medicine."
As soon as the puzzle was revealed, everyone frowned and thought about it.
Ye Xuelian had already thought of the answer to the riddle. She glanced at Yu Hui and looked around. She thought that Yu Hui must want to hear the person next to her say the answer and shout it out, so she raised her hand.
"I think it's a bit inappropriate to have everyone shout out the answer at once. It can easily give some people who don't know the answer a try and cheat. When they hear someone else shout out the correct answer, they just shout it out along."
After hearing what she said, everyone on the stage nodded in agreement. This possibility was indeed possible.
The host thought for a moment and said, "Well, let's do this. Now there are over twenty people on stage. Those who have guessed the answer, please whisper it to me one by one."
Ye Xuelian nodded and glanced at Yu Hui to see how she would cheat again.
Yu Hui narrowed her eyes slightly when she noticed her gaze.
No, I can't be the one she wants to protect from cheating, right?
Next, everyone whispered the answer to the host. After everyone said the answer, the host directly told them whether they were wrong or right.
Anyone who guessed wrong would be fired immediately.
Ye Xuelian's eyes widened in surprise after seeing Yu Hui tell the host the answer and the host replied "Right."
She actually guessed it right?
How is this possible!
Realizing that Ye Xuelian was looking at her again, Yu Hui met her surprised gaze and curled her lips in a sarcastic smile.
It was a response to her thinking that she would cheat.
Ye Xuelian's expression froze, and she took Yu Hui's ridicule as a provocation to herself.
After everyone quietly told the host the answer, the host announced the correct answer.
Angelica.
In the second round, almost half of the people left the stage, leaving only ten people.
"Liu Qin, could it be that Xiao Yu is just guessing this?" someone asked Liu Qin.
The latter frowned and kept silent.
"I didn't expect Xiao Yu to be so powerful."
"Xiao Yu is a down-to-earth person. He wouldn't be on stage if he didn't have some skills."
Host: "Everyone is very good, right? I'm going to tell you the third puzzle. This puzzle is quite difficult, so everyone listen carefully."
"The blind men and the elephant, guess an idiom."
Ye Xuelian thought about it carefully and soon had the answer in her mind. This time the answer to the riddle was an idiom, which this illiterate country woman would definitely not be able to guess.
Is this difficult? Yu Hui smiled. It was too easy.
Two people who couldn't figure out the answer to the riddle left the stage immediately.
The remaining eight people, just like last time, quietly told the answer to the host.
Three people guessed wrong, and there were five people left on the stage.
"The answer to the riddle of the blind men and the elephant is lack of perspective." The host announced the correct answer, and the people in the audience suddenly realized it.
Someone even laughed and said, "This is like a blind man touching an elephant. He really doesn't know the big picture. How big is the elephant? How can he feel it clearly?"
This caused a burst of laughter in the auditorium.
Ye Xuelian looked at Yu Hui and couldn't understand how she, an uneducated country woman, could have guessed it.
"There are mountains on all sides, and the mountains are connected. Make a word."
The answer to the riddle is Tian. Two people guessed wrong. Ye Xuelian, Yu Hui and a logistics officer were left standing on the stage. The first, second and third places would be among them.
"The full moon shines on the beach. What is the idiom?"
"The full moon on the 15th shines on the beach, shines on the beach..." Ye Xuelian frowned and muttered, unable to think of the answer to the riddle.
Yu Hui also thought about it carefully. The full moon on the 15th is shining on the beach? What is on the beach?
There is sand on the beach, sand...isn't that just a pile of loose sand?
Yu Hui was the first to tell the host her answer, and the host smiled and nodded, "Right."
Seeing that Yu Hui guessed correctly, Ye Xuelian, who still couldn't think of the answer, became anxious.
After thinking about it, the logistics officer also gave his answer, and he also guessed correctly.
"Comrade Xiao Ye, it's your turn. Just tell us your answer directly." The host looked at Ye Xuelian and said.
The other two people were correct, but she hadn't said the answer yet, so there was no need to whisper.
"The waves are sparkling." Ye Xuelian said her answer uncertainly.
"Puchi." Yu Hui laughed, and when she realized she had laughed out loud, she quickly covered her mouth with her hands.
Ye Xuelian felt that she was being ridiculed, and at the same time realized that her answer was wrong.
"Comrade Xiaoye, we're looking at the beach, not the water. How can it be sparkling? The beach is all sand, it should be a pile of loose sand!"
Ye Xuelian gritted her teeth and lowered her head. She had clearly come this far, and even if she lost she would still be third and could get a prize, but at this moment she felt extremely ashamed.
"Congratulations to Comrade Xiao Ye for winning third place. This thermos is yours." The host awarded the thermos to Ye Xuelian.
The latter took the kettle and ran off the stage in shame.
Not to mention thanking the leaders in the audience, he didn't even bow.
Chen Min, the head of the art troupe sitting in the audience, frowned. This Xiao Ye is too unbecoming!
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