Chapter 111: The Prize
In other words, he personally picked out the skirt she was wearing. He had a good taste and she liked it very much. However, the tone of his words was really ambiguous, so Su Wan pretended to be natural and replied:
"I love it, thanks!"
After saying that, she lifted her skirt and caught up with her mother. Jiang Yu chuckled and followed her.
The Zhengdan Lantern Festival has officially begun. The streets are decorated with lights and more people are coming. Rows of small lanterns are connected between the buildings on both sides of the street, and many vendors have started to set up stalls to sell lanterns.
There is also a lantern riddle guessing session to win lanterns, and a variety of local snacks, jewelry, beaded handkerchiefs, and everything else is available.
The Moon Full in the West Tower also offered a prize this year, which was a top-quality wolf-hair brush and a piece of Hui ink, worth one hundred taels.
Every year during the New Year’s Lantern Festival, the riddle of Moon Full in the West Tower is the most difficult, but his is also the best jackpot. As soon as the riddle is posted, many people gather around to solve it.
They were all scholars and men of letters who came for the prize of "The Moon is Full in the West Tower". If the prize of "The Moon is Full in the West Tower" was converted into silver, it would be a considerable amount, and everyone came for the silver.
But there are also people who come for the things themselves, like Su Jing. After observing the wolf-hair brush and Hui ink up close, he realized that the brushes and inks he had used before could not be compared with them at all.
He was also a scholar, so he was naturally interested in the four treasures of the study, so he also joined the riddle-guessing team.
Su Wan and the others watched the fun from the side and helped to solve it. Yue Man Xi Lou posted the riddle. On the bright red paper, the black handwriting was written in a flamboyant style. The riddle was:
The principles of destiny and human effort are endless, and even if one has effort but no luck, it is hard to come by. Why is there so much chaos all day long? It's simply because of the different yin and yang numbers!
------Guess an object (The riddle is quoted from Baidu. The author still doesn't have such literary talent. Sorry, sorry!)
At first glance, this riddle has no idea what the object is, but soon many people started to answer it, using guesses such as Go, a brush, and chopsticks. Almost every possible guess was made, but no one guessed it right.
In the entire Su family, Su Jing is the most educated. The others can only read and do arithmetic at best. In short, their knowledge is far inferior to Su Jing.
Although Su Wan is a college student, she still has a hard time solving riddles. However, she is better at using puns.
Su Jing was deep in thought, his brows furrowed. Everyone was waiting for his answer and was nervous for him.
On the contrary, Jiang Yu, who was standing next to Su Wan, looked calm and composed, as if he had already figured out the answer. There was no way around it, as he was the one who set the question, and he was still looking forward to Su Jing's answer.
Amidst the noisy chatter of the crowd, Su Jing's frown gradually relaxed:
"The answer to the riddle is, an abacus?"
As soon as he spoke, the people around him fell silent and looked at him. Seeing that he was a handsome and elegant young man, everyone looked at the shopkeeper above them.
Shopkeeper Luo smiled brightly and looked at Su Jing:
"I never thought that this year's puzzle would be solved so quickly. Young Master, you have a very quick mind. The answer to this year's puzzle is indeed, the abacus!"
When the correct answer was announced, some were happy while others were worried. Su Wan excitedly turned into Su Jing's little fangirl, pulling at his sleeve, overjoyed:
"Brother, you are so smart!"
The Su family was very excited because they had won a prize worth one hundred taels of silver. What a great fortune!
But those who came for the prize lamented their defeat and blamed themselves for being so slow to react.
I watched helplessly as Shopkeeper Luo handed this year's lottery to Su Jing with both hands.
"Congratulations, Master Su!"
Su Jing really liked this wolf-hair brush and Hui ink, and he took them with both hands:
"Thank you, Shopkeeper Luo!"
The people in Yuemanxilou began to disperse gradually and went to other places to win prizes. Any well-known business in the state capital would hang up prizes.
Everyone in the Su family followed the crowd and walked forward. Everything the children saw was new to them. Su Yun walked in front. He was wearing a light blue robe with his sleeves tied up and a high ponytail. He was a handsome boy of fifteen or sixteen, full of vigor and vitality.
Su Yi wore a dark blue robe, just like his personality, calm, gentle, and neither revealing nor revealing.
The third brother Su Chen was wearing black. When Jiang Yu was choosing clothes for him, he really didn't know what color would suit him. In the end, he chose this black suit.
Su Chen is a very low-key person. He doesn't like crowds and always follows quietly behind others. Too flashy colors are not suitable for him. Instead, black is the most suitable color.
There is a game of pitching arrows on the street. If you hit three arrows in a row, you can choose a pearl flower of your choice, but each arrow you throw costs one penny.
Many people were eager to try, but the results were not satisfactory. The young men all wanted to choose the pearl flowers they liked for the girls, but they didn't have the skills.
Su Chen helped Su Yun with his work and saved up ten taels of wages. He bought fifty arrows at once and started to play tossing arrows to win pearl flowers for Su Wan.
He pulled Su Wan to the front of the stall, pointed at the dazzling array of various beaded flowers on the tray, and said arrogantly:
"Wanwan, if you like that one, tell Third Brother and he'll win it for you!"
Su Wan really liked the domineering speech of the third brother. She nodded vigorously. After all, the third brother was a martial arts master, so this kind of game was a piece of cake for him.
The price of each of those pearl flowers ranges from a dozen to several dozen coins. Some of the styles are quite elegant and beautiful, and some are very suitable for Su's mother.
Su Wan observed a three-second silence for his boss, and then waited for his third brother to clear the area.
Su Chen hit the target every time, and each one landed in the middle pot, drawing cheers from the people around him. It wasn't long before Su Wan's hands were full of pearl flowers, and when he couldn't hold any more, he asked his mother to pick some.
The boss's expression became increasingly grim. If he allowed Su Chen to continue, he would suffer a huge loss. So when Su Chen was about to add another fifty arrows, he stopped him in time:
"Sir, our limit here is fifty arrows, what do you think?"
The other person's meaning was very clear. Su Chen looked at Su Wan, asking her what she meant with his eyes. Su Wan smiled and nodded. Anyway, she had won so much, so she might as well leave some space for the other person. It would be nice to leave some space for them so that they could meet again in the future!
The brother and sister gave up the game of pitching pots and ran away with their spoils. The boss even broke out in a cold sweat in the middle of winter.
The other brothers were guessing riddles and winning lanterns in other places. They planned to each win a lantern, and then release it into the lake to make a wish.
Su Mu came towards him, holding an exquisite rabbit lantern in his hand, and handed it directly to Su Wan:
"for you!"
This rabbit lantern is for viewing and playing with. The one placed in the water is a lotus lantern. After a while, Su Yun also came running over with a lotus lantern in his arms:
"Su Wan, look, do you like the lotus lantern I won for you?"
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