Stepmom's Farm Life

Chapter 238 Riddles

All the women on the street were attracted to the lantern and wanted to see if anyone would buy it and answer the riddle correctly.

If you don't guess correctly, you can just take the huge dragon boat incense rice dumpling lantern, which is not a big loss.

Where had Dalang and his sister, who had always lived in the countryside, seen such colorful and sparkling lanterns?

He had just eaten a full meal and now his energy had been replenished. He looked at Qin Yao eagerly, "Mother, shall we go and take a look too?!"

Qin Yao nodded, and the four siblings shouted "Woo!" in joy and started to run.

However, the two older ones did not forget to hold the younger one's hand each.

With an adult following behind and watching over him, there is no need to worry about him running away.

There weren't many people there just now, but now a family of six has gathered there, and many more people have come to watch the fun.

Because they were short, they couldn't see anything. Sanlang and Si Niang turned around anxiously, trying to find a wooden stake or stone pillar to stand on.

In the end, Qin Yao picked up one in each hand, and the twins then saw the super luxurious dragon boat incense rice dumpling lantern in front of them.

Dalang and Erlang also wanted to hug, but when they looked back at their father's sad-looking face, they shook their heads and chose to squeeze to the front of the crowd.

With a little help from Qin Yao, the family of six successfully reached the front and saw the full view of the dragon boat rice dumplings lanterns.

The lantern is based on a dragon boat and is almost one-to-one in size with the real thing. Various kinds of rice dumplings are stacked on the boat, including square, pillow-shaped, triangular, diamond-shaped, and almost every style of rice dumpling you can see is included.

The various types of lights have different colors, and among them there are exquisite lanterns such as osmanthus lanterns, lotus lanterns, and beauty palace lanterns. When they are lit together, they are very beautiful.

"It's so big!" Sanlang looked up in surprise at the more than three-meter-high dragon boat rice dumpling lantern, and felt that he could sit on it.

Si Niang blinked her big eyes and was stunned.

Liu Ji and his two sons briefly forgot the unpleasantness that had just occurred in the dark alley and immersed themselves in this unique classical romance.

The luxurious headlights are just for fun, but the small lights can be fun to play with.

Seeing the four brothers and sisters looking longing, Liu Ji coughed twice, successfully attracting his wife's attention, and stretched out his hand fearlessly, "Well, the children have come here with great difficulty, so it's not too much for each of them to guess a lantern, right?"

Qin Yao's mouth curled up slightly, which made Liu Ji sweat on his forehead. He hurriedly explained: "I don't have any money, otherwise I would definitely pay for the children to play."

As he said this, he smiled at the four brothers and sisters, as if saying that if dad had money, he would definitely be more generous than mom.

Qin Yao looked at him and smiled without saying anything.

Liu Ji frowned suspiciously. What does that mean? You won't buy four lanterns?

"Father!" Erlang tugged at his father's sleeve, but accidentally used too much force. Liu Ji felt a sharp pain on his arm. He immediately took a breath and asked through gritted teeth, "What! Are you doing?"

Then Erlang patted his chest and whispered, "Mother gave us the money a long time ago."

They get pocket money every month, fifty cents per person, and there is some left over every month. Now each person has saved almost a hundred cents.

So, under Liu Ji's envious and jealous gaze, the four brothers and sisters held hands, surrounded Qin Yao and came to a shop nearby where there were fewer people, and each bought a lantern to guess riddles.

Si Niang was very generous and said, "Second brother, use my money to buy one for me too. I want the one with plum blossoms. I'm sure it will look really good on me."

Liu Ji came forward weakly and said, "Little Fourth Lady, can you buy one for Daddy as well? The one with the rose."

Si Niang agreed immediately, "Okay."

Liu Ji: Wow, this little cotton-padded jacket is still so caring.

Si Niang asked the shopkeeper how much the rose lantern cost, and the shopkeeper said, "Thirty cents."

Si Niang was so frightened that she waved her hands hastily, "No, no, no, then I don't want that. I want a ten-cent one."

The little girl looked at Liu Ji, who was expecting her, with a painful look on his face: "Dad, you, you choose another one."

The cheapest is the best. The little girl looked at him eagerly with her big eyes twinkling.

Liu Ji thought, well, it's better to have one than nothing, so he said, "Then I want a plum blossom one, like my wife."

The shopkeeper smiled and was about to take it, and Erlang quickly asked, "How much is the plum blossom one?"

"Twenty cents." The shopkeeper smiled and said, "It's not expensive. If you guess the riddle correctly, you can choose rouge and a wooden hairpin."

Si Niang said anxiously, "Shopkeeper, please get my father the cheapest one, just the one with plum blossom pattern."

She also needed to save more money to buy rouge and jewelry for her mother. Ten cents for her father alone was already a lot!

Seeing how cute she was, the shopkeeper didn't mind her changing her clothes. He happily selected two lanterns for her and handed them over.

One is in the shape of a plum blossom, and the workmanship is more exquisite.

One is crescent-shaped. It cannot be said to be simple, but it can only be said to be very perfunctory.

Si Niang was happy and asked her second brother to deduct fifty cents for her.

She and her mother both had plum blossom lanterns, and she handed a moon lantern to her father, who couldn't smile.

"Dad, you guess first." Si Niang said expectantly.

Liu Ji rubbed his daughter's head helplessly, "Okay, Dad will guess first."

Even if it's so hot that you get prickly heat, you have to wear your own cotton-padded jacket!

The five of them looked over, and Liu Ji took out the puzzle from the bamboo tube.

"Two hairs on its head, wearing a colorful robe, dancing among the flowers, happy and carefree." Liu Ji thought for a moment and looked at the shop owner uncertainly, "Is it a bee?"

When Si Niang saw the shopkeeper shaking his head, she said anxiously, "Dad, you idiot, it's a butterfly!"

"Pfft~" Qin Yao laughed unceremoniously.

Liu Ji looked at Qin Yao unconvinced, "Madam, stop laughing at me and take a look at your riddle."

Under the curious gazes of the father and his five sons, Qin Yao pulled out the puzzle and said to herself, "Guess the word."

[None of them]

Seeing this riddle, the family of six were all confused.

Qin Yao made a random guess, and the shopkeeper shook his head and told her that the correct answer was the word "sin".

"Hahaha, idiot, you can't even guess that!" Liu Ji laughed loudly! Danger, danger, let's stop.

Qin Yao retracted her sharp eyes and looked at the four brothers and sisters of Dalang gently, "You come."

The more expensive the lantern, the more expensive the prize and the more difficult the puzzle.

On the contrary, the riddles for the ten-cent lanterns are relatively simple, and most of them involve guessing objects.

Dalang and Erlang took the ten-cent lanterns and guessed correctly one after another. Sanlang chose the twenty-cent lantern, but was unlucky and had to guess the right word, so he failed.

Si Niang couldn't wait to unfold her riddle, and immediately sighed, "Oh", it was another word riddle.

[Remember half, forget half]

Liu Ji was excited, he knew the answer - it was the word "ji".

Unfortunately, the father and daughter had no telepathy. The old father's eyes were about to twitch, and the little Si Niang scratched her head and said, "Chicken?"

The shopkeeper laughed and said, "Wrong, it's a taboo."

Si Niang and Daddy looked at each other and sighed.

However, Dalang and Erlang guessed correctly, and each of them could choose a prize, so it was not a complete failure.

(End of this chapter)