The largest one was a huge lantern shaped like a gold ingot, mounted on a handcart.
The procession passed quickly, and the main road was lined with all kinds of small lanterns for sale.
Just then, Xiao Liu pointed to a lantern in front of him and exclaimed in surprise, "Look, that rabbit lantern, why does it only have one ear?!"
Xiao Youran's heart skipped a beat.
Looking up, I saw a familiar folded-ear rabbit lantern.
Haha, Shi Wenxia said that this is a folded-ear rabbit lantern from her hometown, and she was right.
She deliberately walked over to a goldfish-shaped lamp next to her. "A rabbit with a broken ear isn't very lucky. Don't you think this one is cuter? It's golden, so festive!"
She ran to the smaller gold ingot lantern on the other side, "Look, doesn't this one have a better meaning?"
Xiao Liu was immediately drawn to the gold ingot and ran to it, saying, "Mmm, I want this! I want to earn lots and lots of gold ingots like my cousin!"
Yu: ...
Xiao Tianjiao, you're only four years old, there's no need to be in such a hurry.
Xiao Youran looked up and exclaimed, "Don't rush! Let's guess the riddles!"
Shi Wenxia, who was hiding not far away, frowned. Jiang Youran walked past the folded-ear rabbit lantern without stopping at all, and... she even guessed the riddles that she hated the most in her previous life with great interest. Could it be that she didn't actually have any memories of her previous life?
The mother and her two children did not come to Wufeng County in their previous lives. Is it just a coincidence that they came to help the Yun family in this life?
Since her fruitless return on the second day of the Lunar New Year, she has sent people to inquire about Sanyang Village over the past ten days. The news she has heard is that the Jiang siblings are lucky stars, with extraordinary good fortune.
Thinking of Jiang Youran, whom she had suppressed so completely in her past life, she was even more convinced that this little bitch had actually stolen Jiang Youchen's good fortune.
Otherwise, how could this little bitch have such good fortune?
A quick glance to the side revealed that the little girl she had bought had already brought two beggars to the corner as requested, and they were even wearing masks.
She shrank back and walked over there.
Soon the main street became lively, and the space originally cleared for the parade was immediately filled with people.
The vendors on both sides also set up riddles.
Yun Tiankuang, intending to give Xiao Wu and Xiao Liu a hard time and, incidentally, to inspire their desire to learn and improve, enthusiastically began guessing riddles.
He thought that as the oldest, he should be good at solving riddles, but... he was repeatedly beaten down by reality.
After looking at more than a dozen riddles, he could only guess one or two correctly.
Seeing the adoration in Xiao Wu and Xiao Liu's eyes disappear, he felt that he was the one who was most hurt.
Jiang Youchen fared even better than him, guessing three correctly and already taking three lanterns to distribute to Xiao Wu, Xiao Liu, and Xiao Youran.
In her previous life, Xiao You Ran really hated guessing riddles.
That year, she took her husband out to see the lantern festival, only to find out upon boarding the carriage that her husband had already arranged for his beloved concubine to wait inside.
Her carefully planned trip for two turned into a trip for three.
Then she could only follow the two people with their hands clasped tightly, feeling like a mistress even though she was the legal wife.
She watched them go to buy Shi Wenxia's favorite rabbit lantern, and on the spot asked the shopkeeper to fold one of the ears forward, saying that it was a special kind of rabbit lantern with folded ears from her hometown, and that it was very cute.
She watched as her husband, whom she had formally married, held hands with other women and enthusiastically guessed riddles. The riddles and lanterns he won were so numerous that she couldn't hold them all in one or two hands, while she herself left empty-handed.
She watched as he used his light-footed skills to fly up to the second floor of the Lantern King's Palace for the sake of his beloved woman, and folded down the highest riddle on the lantern. Unfortunately, he was one step behind and failed to guess it, missing out on the most generous prize.
Actually, she also glanced at the riddle.
She probably already knew the answer to the mystery.
But she just didn't want to say it.
She didn't want to see the most beautiful lotus lantern fall into Shi Wenxia's hands.
Moreover, it is said that there are valuable treasures hidden inside the lotus lantern.
Hmm... it seems that later on, it was Wen Yuanbai, a relative of the Yun family who lived in the mansion, who guessed the riddle correctly?
Oh well, no matter who it is, that lotus lantern will never be theirs.
Lost in her thoughts, she didn't notice that her brother had already led her by the hand to the giant gold ingot lantern.
The lanterns that had paraded through the streets had now come to rest in the largest square in the very center of Wufeng County.
The giant lantern was surrounded by long ropes with colorful flags, each flag representing a riddle.
To reach the top of the Lantern King and find the most difficult riddle, you must choose a rope path to climb to the top.
That is, to answer all the riddles on all the colorful flags tied to a rope correctly.
Of course, you have to pay first to solve the riddle.
It usually costs ten coins per piece.
Lanterns cost at least twenty coins each, so it's worth it if you can guess correctly.
But the Lantern King is different. One rope and ten riddles cost one hundred coins. Only by answering them all correctly can you reach the top and win the title of Riddle King. If you answer even one wrong, you lose all one hundred coins.
Seeing his sister's enthusiasm, Jiang Youchen threw out a string of coins, randomly chose a rope, and began guessing from the outside in.
Xiao Youran originally didn't want to reveal anything, but she really wanted to reach the top. She heard that the prize for guessing the riddle king was a jade hairpin, which was very attractive to people in the small county, so many people were eager to try.
Jiang Youchen guessed the first six correctly, but the seventh one was a bit more difficult. However, how could it be difficult for Xiao Youran? With her hints, she actually guessed them one by one.
Yun Tiankuang felt even more heartbroken because he realized that the admiring gaze his fifth and sixth children had previously shown him had completely shifted to his younger cousins.
But he soon realized that an opportunity had come.
Because they guessed all the way to the Lantern King, and the final riddle king was on top of the lantern.
Jiang Youchen, whose lightness skill was not yet up to par, looked at his younger sister with some shame, "Is it a bit too high?"
Jiang Youran was staring at the ground beneath everyone's feet, looking for any stones that could knock down the Mystery King.
Yun Tiankuang rolled up his sleeves, lightly touched the ground with his toes, and flew up in a flash. He reached out and plucked the riddle king from the sky.
The onlookers applauded and cheered.
The fifth and sixth children clapped and cheered, "Third Brother is awesome!"
Xiao Youran then remembered that Yun Tiankuang's internal strength had been taught by his maternal uncle since childhood, and his lightness skill was much better than hers, who couldn't even find his dantian.
However, those who saw the riddle pondered it deeply.
"A waning moon and a lone star in the Big Dipper have fallen..."
Just as the group was racking their brains trying to figure it out, a voice suddenly came from behind them, "It's the character '沁'."
Xiao Youran turned around and exclaimed in surprise, "Senior Brother Da Bai!"
Wen Yuanbai nodded.
Jiang Youchen was somewhat unconvinced, "How do you know it's the character '沁'?"
Xiao Youran clicked her tongue for a moment, "It really is the character '沁'!"
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