Zhao Yiming curled his lips and said without even frowning, "It's an egg."
Everyone immediately looked at the stall owner, who smiled and nodded, saying, "You are right, sir. It is eggs."
"What a fool! Another correct answer."
"This young master is truly amazing!"
"Well, I only got two questions right. What's so great about that?"
As everyone was discussing, the stall owner pulled out another piece of green paper, glanced down at it, and read: "Two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, guess an idiom."
This time, Zhao Yiming said without hesitation: "We are short of food and clothing."
This time, without anyone urging him, the stall owner immediately put down the green paper, pulled out another blue one, and read: "Red Lady, go up to the high building. My heart aches, tears flow. Guess an everyday item."
Seeing the stall owner like this, everyone knew that the answer to the previous question was correct without him saying anything, so they all focused their attention on the current question.
But before they could figure it out, they heard Zhao Yiming on the stage say casually, "The question is about candles, right?"
Everyone immediately looked at the stall owner, only to see him nod with a forced smile, "It is indeed a candle."
Zhao Yiming has answered four questions correctly so far. As long as he answers one more question correctly, he can take the lipstick away.
Even though lipstick is the cheapest of all the prizes, for the stall owner, it is his blood!
Soon, he recited the fifth riddle in disbelief: "Wearing green clothes, walking in the fields, the pests are scared away.
Guess an animal."
The crowd watching below also subconsciously thought, "If it's wearing green clothes, it must be an animal with green fur. But what animal has green fur?"
"Parrot?"
"No, no, the parrot doesn't have two knives on its shoulders."
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Everyone was still speculating when they heard Zhao Yiming say nonchalantly, "It's a mantis!"
"Green clothes, two knives, walking in the fields..."
"Ah! It's a mantis indeed. Only a mantis can match it!"
"Hey! Why didn't I think of that just now!"
Without the stall owner saying anything, everyone knew that this question must be correct again.
Sure enough, the stall owner continued to read the next question with a bad look on his face.
Zhao Yiming also did not put in any effort at all. He answered the questions almost the second the stall owner finished reading them. His speed was so fast that it was a naked mockery of the simplicity of the questions.
The stall owner read out the question again, and the next second Zhao Yiming's answer was heard. As expected, he got it right again.
The stall owner put down the puzzle paper with the correct answer and was about to read the next question when he realized that the colored paper with the puzzle written on it was gone without him realizing it.
The onlookers carefully reminded him, "This gentleman has already answered fifteen questions correctly. According to the rules, he can now take the hairpin."
The stall owner was naturally a little unwilling. He counted the colored papers filled with puzzles again and confirmed that there were indeed fifteen questions. Then he reluctantly picked up the hairpin from the table and handed it respectfully to Zhao Yiming.
However, even though the item has been given away, he cannot waste this great opportunity for publicity.
He immediately adjusted his expression and said to the audience with a smile: "Come on, come on, don't miss it if you pass by! The prizes are real and valid, everyone can see it for themselves!
This young man is very talented and has won a peony velvet hairpin. There are many prizes, so come and try them all!"
With Zhao Yiming's success story, the stall really attracted a lot of people.
In a short while, the stall owner had collected about a hundred coins, and the resentment he felt for losing the hairpin was quickly compensated.
Zhao Yiming held the hairpin and compared it with Tian An's bun for a long time before finally choosing a position that he thought would best suit Tian An's beauty and put it on her hair.
Turning back, I saw Xiaokang still picking and choosing among a pile of riddles, and I couldn't help but urge him, "If it really doesn't work, forget it! We still have to go check ahead!"
"I'll be there soon." Xiaokang replied to Zhao Yiming while selecting the puzzles he was confident about.
He was deeply stimulated by the limelight Zhao Yiming had just shown. No matter what, he had to get that doll tonight.
And he was not the only one who was stimulated by Zhao Yiming.
Princess Yonglin has been staying in the deep palace for many years. This time she finally came out because of her marriage. How could she miss such a lively occasion?
Regardless of the fact that Jiang Junfan had not yet fully recovered, he dragged him out of the house to visit the lantern festival.
Not long after walking around, I saw Tian An and Zhao Yiming guessing riddles to win prizes.
She and Tian An didn't get along well, and she felt uncomfortable whenever she saw her doing well.
Especially now that she saw the two of them, a perfect match, like a golden boy and a jade girl, she felt even more unbalanced and felt that Jiang Junfan was not worthy of her.
But she also knew that her marriage to Jiang Junfan had displeased her father, and it was probably impossible for her to really get rid of Jiang Junfan in this lifetime.
Since she couldn't change people, she found another way and forced Jiang Junfan to win the hairpin for her so that she could show off.
But Jiang Junfan is a lazy guy on weekdays, how could he know how to guess riddles?
He knew his own limitations, so in order not to embarrass himself, he refused to go.
Unfortunately, Yonglin was so jealous when she saw Zhao Yiming personally putting the hairpin on Tian An that she refused to let him go. She threatened him directly, "If you don't go, I will go back to the palace tomorrow and complain to the Queen Mother about you. I will ask her to send someone to watch you and make you recite your lessons every day. If you don't recite well, you won't be allowed to eat."
Jiang Junfan was a rich second-generation rich kid, and what he feared most was endorsement. Yonglin brought up the Empress Dowager again, and he was immediately frightened. He decided to go on stage and deal with it casually.
But just as he had this thought, he heard Yonglin say sinisterly behind him: "If you don't win a hairpin for this princess, you will have no good life."
He suddenly felt a lot of pressure, and his mind was racing as he went on stage to choose the riddles.
You know what, it actually gave him an idea.
He pretended to choose riddles as seriously as others, and after someone else had chosen one, he followed them to find the stall owner to check the answer.
However, the stall owner was currently discussing the answer with Xiaokang, so he had no choice but to wait on the side and prepare for the strategy later.
It was worth it that Xiaokang spent so much time picking from the numerous riddles. Finally, his hard work paid off. After trying all twenty riddles, he got them all right and successfully got the doll he wanted to give to Yaoyao.
The stall owner's heart ached again, but fortunately, because people won prizes one after another, the stall was more popular than ever before.
Many young men dressed as scholars saw that even a half-grown child had won a prize, and they immediately felt that the puzzle was not difficult, so more people paid ten cents to try it out.
Before he could finish being sad, he started collecting copper coins and his wallet soon became fatter.
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