In a dimly lit place, crowded with people, all kinds of talking, laughing and applauding merged into one place.
"It seems that the riddle guessing at this year's Lantern Festival is more lively than in previous years!" Qiao Zizhang put one hand behind his back, and gently straightened his clothes with the other.
"Master Zizhang, I heard that this year's quiz prizes are quite generous! Why don't we go and have a look?" Rourou said with a grin.
"It's boring. The prizes are so rich every year, so I never guessed it right! I won't go." Er Gou drooped his eyelids, showing no interest.
"Hey, brother Ergou, this year is different from previous years! You see, we have so many cobblers, we can always surpass Zhuge Liang! Besides, there is still Master Zizhang!" Rourou quickly cheered Ergou up.
"That's right, there's me too! I'll go too!" Wen Ting leaned over and straightened his back.
"You?" Ergou looked at Wen Ting and shook his head.
"What do you mean!" Wen Ting was annoyed, he was a scholar after all, how could he be laughed at by a boy who learned to cook.
Just as he was about to punch Er Gou to teach him a lesson, Wen Rou gently grabbed his sleeve.
"Hmph!" Wen Ting gave Ergou a blank look, thinking about his status as a scholar, he shook his sleeves, and walked away with his hands behind his back with an air of dignity.
A group of middle-aged and middle-aged men came to the riddle guessing place with two girls talking.
Along the shore of the lake, all kinds of colored lights are hung on the trees, corridors, and houses. Not far from the center of the lake, a beautiful cruise ship is full of colored lights, rippling leisurely in the lake.
From every household, young masters and young masters dressed in different styles, some in small groups, or chatting with each other, are very lively for a while; Together, or whisper, or cover your mouth and laugh.
"Eat the oxtail in one bite!" Yuanzi pulled a lotus-shaped lantern. Take the note on the bottom of the lamp.
"Brother Yuanzi, what is this? The tail of an ox can be eaten, I know that, but if he eats the tail of an ox in one bite, could he be a man with a big mouth?" Xiao Wu squeezed over. Scratching my head for a long time.
"Hehe. I know this!" Wen Ting snatched the note from Yuanzi's hand and went to the exchange office.
"Hey! Wen Ting, let me tell you, can you do it! If you guess wrong, you will be punished with chili peppers!" Ergou hurriedly followed. This Lantern Festival guessing riddle, if the answer is correct, the prizes will naturally be rich, but if the answer is wrong... Ergou touched his mouth, it seems that the redness and swelling of the peppery lips that lost consciousness for a few days last year is still fresh in his memory!
"That's the word 'report'!" Qiao Zizhang lowered his head, and whispered in Hong Xiu's ear.
The warm breath and pleasant voice made Hong Xiu's ears itch. It was the first time for her to have such close contact with a member of the opposite sex.
Hongxiu immediately felt like a deer was bumping around in his heart.
"Sister Rou'er, tell your brother quickly, it's a 'report' word, if he makes a mistake, you can help him!" Hongxiu immediately pulled Wenrou away. whispered.
"Sister Hongxiu, don't worry! My brother will never guess wrong!" Wenrou didn't chase after her, but just patted Hongxiu's hand reassuringly.
Sure enough, within a few words, Wen Ting rushed over holding a box of mung bean cakes!
"Come on, come on. Anyone who sees it will get a share! This year's prizes are really rich!" Wen Ting hadn't been this happy for a long time, and he gathered everyone to share and eat.
"Delicious! Delicious!" Everyone could only focus on their mouths for a while.
"Hey, let me tell you, no one praised me!" Wen Ting looked at the group of foodies and got angry.
"Brother, Master Zizhang also guessed it, I let you!" Rourou said with a smile while swallowing the sweet mung bean cake.
"Cut! Who told him to give up, next time I'll make a difficult guess! Just make sure he doesn't know!" Wen Ting snorted, and bit into the soft mung bean cake.
"Brother, I heard that this year's prizes are all gourmet food! I think it's better for you and Master Zizhang to guess, and we will eat along with each other, and each has a division of labor. Wouldn't it be great?" Rourou took another piece of mung bean cake, her eyes curved like the moon, Especially naughty in the night.
"Okay! Wen Ting, why don't you and I compete to see who brings more food to everyone tonight?" Qiao Zizhang raised his eyebrows and his eyes lit up.
"Compare, who is afraid of whom! But let's agree, don't play around, don't use your own money to buy food and make up for it!" Wen Ting raised his chin and ran away in a hurry.
Rou Rou hurriedly stuffed the last bite of mung bean cake into her mouth, and ran after her, "Brother, wait for me!"
"Hongxiu, wait for me here, and watch me defeat that kid!" There were people competing, and others watching the battle. Qiao Zizhang was only fifteen years old, and he was in the prime of life, so he cleared his throat and strode forward. I also went to places with many colorful lights.
"Xiao Wu, let's go and see the excitement, maybe we can earn some candied haws for Miss Hongxiu and Rou'er!" Yuanzi was eager to try, and took Er Gou and Xiao Wu to guess the riddles.
Hong Xiu was alone, standing quietly, slowly chewing the sweet and delicious mung bean cake.
"Yo! This little beauty, why is she alone!" An impetuous voice was so familiar.
Before Hongxiu could react, a folding fan had already been stretched out and gently rested on her delicate chin.
Hongxiu tilted her head angrily, and just about to get angry, she caught a glimpse of the owner of the fan. It was none other than Fan Jian, the unreasonable and frivolous son of the richest merchant in Xianyang who made a scene in Zuixianlou that day!
"It's you again!" Hong Xiu suddenly found it difficult to breathe.
"Little beauty, do you recognize me?" Fan Jian obviously forgot about his misdeeds in Zuixianlou that day. After all, the girls he likes to moleste in Xianyang can't be counted every day!
"Look, what am I talking about? I, Fan Jian, are well-known as the number one prince in Xianyang!" Fan Jian smiled wildly, pulled his fan, and turned his head to face behind him.
At the back there are two other teenagers dressed as sons of a rich family, about the same age as Fan Jian, although they are very familiar, but they are all full of exaggeration and debauchery, it is true that birds of a feather flock together!
"Brother Fan, your girls in Xianyang are really different from those in our capital! The fragrance of the Baihualou yesterday still makes me feel unfulfilled. Today, this little lady seems to be more pure in it." Oh! I like it..." The fat young man in a satin emerald mask and several jade pendants on his body also waved a fan and said with a lewd smile.
"Mr. Wu has good eyesight, and I think this little lady has good looks too! How about..." Fan Jian turned to look at the fat man surnamed Wu, with one hand on Hongxiu's waist. The whole person came together.
"Mr. Fan, you have misunderstood the person, my little girl doesn't know you." Hongxiu was in a hurry, struggling to break free, looking for help with unstoppable eyes.
"Hey. Don't! You're born once and acquainted the second time! Besides, you all know that I'm Mr. Fan, so there's nothing you can't do. At worst, I'll come back into the mansion with you. I'll give you a title, and it's justified Serve me! Little lady, tonight is a beautiful day, why don't you and I try it first..." Fan Jian refused to let go, but took a step closer, holding Hongxiu's waist tightly with one hand, and dishonestly with the other. He began to caress Hongxiu's face.
"Mr. Fan, please respect yourself!" Hong Xiu turned her face away, desperately resisting, but she was helpless. Without the strength to bind the chicken, I can't break free no matter what.
"Let her go!" A clear and powerful cry came out.
"Hey! I've only seen heroes save the beauty, but I never thought that the beauty would save the beauty too!" Fan Jian shook his hand and turned his head, only to see Wen Wen still in the same old blue cotton jacket, standing with her plain face facing the sky. In front of him.
"Young Master Fan, the number one young man in Xianyang. You actually molested women from good families in the street, and you're not afraid of being laughed at if you say it!" Wen Rou and righteous words took a step forward, holding a pack of hemp balls that Wen Ting had just won in a quiz.
"It's you!" Fan Jian looked at the pretty girl who couldn't hide her clothes in front of him, and couldn't help being happy again. "What did I say so familiar, you are from Zuixianlou!"
"Knowing that I'm from Zuixianlou, why don't you hurry up, Mr. Fan forgot the lesson that day?" Rourou pressed her forward again.
"Hahahaha! Now that you said it, I remembered it. That day Zuixianlou fan had been coveting the beauty of the two girls, but there was a distinguished guest present that day. Hey, I heard that the distinguished guest left years ago, tsk tsk tsk , Today I sit in the manor and take the two girls to swim in the lake, how about making amends for that day?" After finishing speaking, Fan Jian raised his hand and called a servant, muttered something softly, and the servant ran away quickly.
"Thank you, Mr. Fan's kindness should be reserved for the girls in Baihualou! We came with our friends from Zuixianlou, so let's take our leave first!" Wen Rou turned around, flashed to Hongxiu's side, and took the opportunity to pull over Hongxiu is about to leave.
"Young lady, why are you in such a hurry? Do you know that the boat I invited you to board today is only for the dignified sons and daughters of the Xianyang Lantern Festival! Come, come, let me introduce you, these two are Mr. Wu and Mr. Liang from the capital came to Xianyang from the capital to celebrate the New Year, how about the two young ladies giving me thin noodles to accompany the two young masters?" After finishing speaking, he stretched out his hand to pull Wen Rou and Hong Xiu to the lakeside .
At this moment, the luxury cruise ship that was still rippling in the center of the lake just now slowly docked.
When the crowd on the shore saw the cruise ship approaching the shore, they rushed forward one after another, and the crowd of onlookers became commotion for a while.
"I said, this is a cruise ship that only the young masters with prominent status in Xianyang can board!"
"Yes, I heard that the conditions have been relaxed this year. The government allows talented students to board the boat, but they must be educated from famous families!"
"Look, this boat is approaching. I wonder how many people are lucky enough to board the boat tonight!"
The crowd chattered.
Fan Jian was seventeen or eighteen years old, with great strength, he dragged the two girls with both hands, and dragged them to the side of the boat step by step.
"Look, Mr. Fan!"
"Ah! Why are you still dragging the two girls!"
"It's a pity, I don't know whose girl it is, but it looks like a girl from a good family!"
"Hey! Mr. Fan has a crush on it, so you don't have the right to intervene. You should be careful about your own daughter, and be careful that one day the Fan family will also fall in love with you!"
"Bah, you crow's mouth!"
Seeing Fan Jian dragging the two girls, followed by two well-dressed young men, no one in the crowd dared to stop him.
After all, in Xianyang, the Fan family is rich and powerful, and colluding with the government, who dares to meddle in such business
In the crowd, an agile figure passed by, and was about to make a move, "This stupid girl, who said she was saving people, actually put herself in!"
Sudden.
"Let them go!" shouted again.