Traveling through troubled times to escape famine and cultivate crops as a grain merchant

Chapter 856 Lantern Riddle

Zhou Guo looked at the lanterns on both sides of the street and saw the words on them and said, "You can also guess lantern riddles. Let's go to the front and take a look. If you like something, guess it."

As the sky gradually darkened and the lights came on, more and more people appeared on the streets, and men, women, young and old were all dressed up very beautifully.

There are indeed many young ladies here who are just like Zhou Guo, wearing men’s clothes and holding their heads higher than hers!

Zhou Guo said to Zhou Dacang proudly: "You see, there are so many young ladies wearing men's clothes, can you say they are all ugly?"

Zhou Da Cang pointed at the young ladies who were dressed in fancy clothes and said, "Look at yourself. Don't the young ladies look good dressed like this? They look so pretty, like colorful butterflies, with all the jewels on their heads shining brightly."

Zhou Guo really couldn't say anything against his will, so he could only say, "They all look good. As long as you are good-looking, you will look good in anything you wear. For someone as ugly as you, you will look ugly in anything you wear."

Zhou Dacang didn't care. As a grown man, why did he need to look so good? As long as he was strong and capable enough, it would be fine.

Li was also envious when she saw these young ladies. She glanced at Zhou Guo and said, "It's been a long time since you last wore a dress. I'll buy you a maid who specializes in combing your hair later, so you don't have to comb your hair yourself."

Zhou Guo said, "Do I have to take a maid with me wherever I go? It will be such a hassle! It's very troublesome to comb my hair, dress and put on jewelry in the morning."

Li said unhappily, "Then wear it at home. You can't always stop wearing women's clothes. Don't forget that you still have a bright red woven fox cloak. You only wore it once and then put it in the bottom of the box. How can you let such a good thing go to waste?"

Zhou Guo thought about the dress and thought it was really pretty. He said, "There's no need to buy a maid to comb your hair. Aren't there women in the farm who can comb their hair? The two sisters who came later knew how to do it and they combed it pretty well."

Li said, "Aren't those two people of unknown identity? How can we let them stay at home? There are so many important things at home. If they do something bad, can we just sit at home and watch over them all day?"

Zhou Guo nodded, "Mom, what you said makes sense. Don't ask me about this kind of thing. Just handle it yourself. Haven't you always been in charge of this part of the family?"

After saying that, he couldn't take his eyes off the flower trees in front of him, "How beautiful!"

This is built with lanterns, like a tower, with lanterns of various shapes placed on it, which looks very beautiful.

Zhou Su and others couldn't wait to go to the front.

The old man was very impatient to look at these things, and after walking for a while he disappeared.

Zhou Gu, Wu Ya and Xiao Hua fell behind. Xu Shi couldn't live without Xiao Hua. The little girl was interested in every lamp on both sides of the street and wanted all the good-looking ones she saw. This made it difficult for Zhou Gu, who had no knowledge at all.

There were only three people left.

Zhou Guo pointed at a rabbit lantern and said, "Mom, can I guess a rabbit lantern for you?"

Li said, "Then you read it and I'll guess it too."

This was a pastry shop. When the shopkeeper saw the three people, he smiled and said, "Gentlemen, do you want to guess a riddle?"

Zhou Guo smiled and nodded.

He read the words on the rabbit lantern aloud, "It has a face but no mouth, it has feet but no hands, it listens to people talking and drinks with them."

The shopkeeper smiled and said, "A daily item."

Li frowned and thought for a long time, but couldn't figure out what this thing was.

Zhou Guo and Zhou Dacang stood by quietly.

Zhou Guo said, "Mom, let's talk about daily necessities. Think about the things we can use every day at home. Which one is similar to what is described above?"

Li's eyes lit up, "I see, table, right?"

Look at her and then look at Zhou Dacang.

Zhou Dacang smiled and nodded, "Yes, that's right."

The shopkeeper took down the rabbit lamp with a smile and handed it to her, "Here, ma'am, take your lamp."

Li got a lantern, looked at the fish lantern next to it, and said to Zhou Guo and Zhou Dacang, "I'll give you two another guess."

Zhou Guo looked down on these lights and shook his head, "I don't want them. You can guess one for your uncle."

Zhou Da Cang didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and said, "How can a grown man like me hold a lamp? It will make people laugh. I don't want it."

Li looked forward and backward, but could not see any of her family members. She sighed. She was just getting into the mood of guessing the riddle.

Zhou Guo pulled her and said, "Come on, let's go to the front and take a look. There are a lot of lights ahead, maybe we can see something good-looking."

There are more and more people lining the streets, and more and more people gathering around to guess riddles.

But there are only a few people on the street who can read. If one person reveals that he can read, he will be caught by everyone and asked to read riddles to everyone. One person reads and many people guess.

Zhou Guo said to Zhou Dacang who was standing beside him, "Uncle, you are so tall, why don't you also read riddles for people?"

Zhou Dacang's eyebrows jumped. "You want me, a general, to read riddles to everyone?"

Li said, "That's right, what is your uncle's identity... Hey, look, aren't those Zhou Su and Li Lai?"

She pointed forward.

The two looked in the direction her finger pointed, and saw two young men in front of them reading riddles to everyone with a smile on their faces at the door of the shop.

Someone kept saying, "Young man, young man, read that one, the red one, yes, yes, yes, I've already taken a fancy to it, please read it to me."

Li asked in confusion, "Strange, where are your two brothers?"

Zhou Dacang was tall and could see far. He pointed to a shop in the back and said, "Reading riddles over there."

Zhou Guo smiled and said, "Let's go and take a look and guess what looks good."

Zhou Su was just listening to him reciting: "The shell is hard, the shell is brittle, four sisters sleep on the wall, from childhood to adulthood, back to back, covered with a quilt. Let's eat!"

The man thought for a long time but couldn't figure it out.

The others around him were anxious, "Hurry up, it's so easy to guess, how about I guess it for you?"

"Okay, I'll trouble you."

"Walnuts, isn't that what walnuts are like? Think about it, isn't it?"

Everyone laughed happily, "Yes, yes, it is a walnut."

Li Lai recited again: "A small and exquisite boat, coming and going on the river bank, not afraid of wind and rain, only rowing but no sail. Kill an animal."

Someone recognized it immediately, "Duck!!"

A group of people laughed and said, "Why duck? Can't goose be used?"

The styles of lamps that are easy to guess are relatively simple, while the riddles that are good-looking are relatively complex.

Someone pointed at an exquisite flower basket lamp and said to Zhou Su, "Brother, read that one, the one at the top, the most beautiful one."

Everyone looked up at the lamp.

Zhou Guo saw that it was a lantern with flowers of various colors, which was more exquisite than other lanterns and he fell in love with it at first sight.

Zhou Su looked at the piece of paper in front of the lantern and said, "This is a riddle."

When they heard the riddle, everyone sighed in disappointment. They didn't even know the words, so how could they guess such a riddle?

But as more and more people gathered around, there were still people who could read and said, "Read it to me."