After the two people left, two more people came to the stall.
They were none other than the Guan Ting siblings who had closed their stall early.
They were luckier this year, as all the calligraphy and paintings they brought were sold out. As soon as the stall closed, Guan Ting and Guan Qiu went to the most lively place of the Lantern Festival.
It was still the same rabbit lantern, and Guan Ting guessed the correct answer with just one glance.
“It’s osmanthus.”
The stall owner unfolded the note, took down the lantern and handed it to her with a smile, "Girl, can you read?"
Guan Ting nodded, "I've read a few of them."
"The little girl is quite amazing."
Guan Ting remained calm, took the rabbit lantern and walked to the next place.
The stall owner touched the beard on his chin only after seeing the people leave.
The little girls who came tonight are more talented than each other. When he goes back, he will ask his eldest son to teach his little girl how to read.
The annual tuition cannot be wasted. One person studies, two people learn, and when my daughter learns, she can guess many lanterns and bring them back from the Lantern Festival.
By then, he could sell these lanterns and get another sum of money.
The stall owner thought his idea was feasible and decided to talk to his eldest son about it when he got home.
On the other hand, Li Shuyao had already overcome all difficulties and put all the lanterns that Yuan Tianwei liked into her pocket.
Yuan Tianwei followed her everywhere with excitement on her face, her hands full of lanterns of various shapes and sizes.
There are animal lanterns, flower lanterns, and all kinds of strange lanterns.
These lanterns were held in their hands, attracting envious glances from the women present.
The woman who got so many lanterns must be literate. Most of them have not read many books, and they can only scratch their heads when faced with these lantern riddles.
It was their brothers who saw that they didn't have a lantern and took the initiative to help them win one.
However, when they looked at the simple lanterns in their hands, they suddenly felt uncomfortable.
Why can't they go to school...
Li Shuyao has now reached the last level.
The reward for the last level of the Lantern Festival is said to have come from a distant country.
I heard that colored glass is produced in abundance there, so the lantern in the final level is a blue lotus square palace lantern made of colored glass.
As soon as this palace lantern appeared, it attracted the attention of everyone present.
The palace lantern is rectangular in shape, with four pieces of colored glaze emitting azure light.
At the top of the lamp, extending from the four corners, there is a small lotus-shaped bell hanging on each.
Inside the lamp, there is a lotus-shaped candle. Every drop of candle oil emits a faint lotus fragrance.
Yuan Tianwei fell in love with the palace lantern at first sight. She tugged at Li Shuyao's sleeve and looked at her pitifully, "Sister Yao, the jackpot is right in front of you. You must keep working hard!"
Li Shuyao exhaled slowly, "Don't worry, Weiwei, I will definitely win it back for you."
"laugh!"
A sneer rang in their ears. They all frowned and looked towards the group of people behind them.
There was a scholar wearing a turban and a hat looking at them with disdain.
The scholar was holding a folding fan in his hand and wearing a half-worn robe. He was standing under a tree with a group of men dressed in the same way, commenting on Li Shuyao's previous remarks.
"The little girl is young, but she's quite arrogant."
The scholar fanned himself with a fan, and the loud noise attracted a group of people to join in.
"That's right. The previous ones were just minor fights. This last level is the highlight."
"A woman brazenly claims to want to win the jackpot. I'm just asking how many characters do you know? Have you read the Four Books and Five Classics?"
"Why read the Four Books and Five Classics? Maybe they can't even write their own names!"
"Hahahahaha! Brother Wang is absolutely right. This woman guessed a few lanterns correctly, but she even dreamed of getting the last glass lantern. I think that's simply a foolish dream."
Yuan Tianwei was so angry after hearing these sarcastic words that her face turned red and she immediately wanted to go up and argue with them.
However, Li Shuyao held her back and walked up herself.
"I am not very talented. I have only read a few books of poetry and literature. Of course, I cannot compare with the well-read young masters. After all, how could they be so talented as to be interested in palace lanterns that only women like?"
Li Shuyao put on a forced smile and silenced the scholars with just one word.
How could they not like this palace lantern? Not to mention that they could give the lantern to others later, just the fact that they could win the first prize at the lantern festival was also a great opportunity for them to become famous.
Now the woman said that they looked down on the glass lamp. Wasn't this a veiled criticism that they thought they were very capable and didn't need to fight for the glass lamp to become famous?
Several scholars felt like they had something stuck in their throats. They had underestimated this woman, and just one sentence put them in a difficult position.
There are so many people watching here now, it would be difficult for them to participate or not.
If they participated, it would mean they had to admit in front of so many people that they were not that great at all. If they did not participate, it would prove that they really looked down on this glass lamp.
If the glass lamp appears in the hands of any of them in the future, what they did tonight will be criticized by all the students.
[Look, this is the self-proclaimed scholar who clearly said he disliked the glass lamp, but he secretly gave it away as a gift.]
Finally, in this quiet atmosphere, the scholar who spoke first flicked his sleeves and turned away.
It’s better not to participate in this lantern festival!
The other scholars followed suit, put away their fans, and also left with a flick of their sleeves.
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