Along the way, Li Jin took Qin Muwen to buy a sugar blowing man, a feather mask and a little rabbit carved out of wood.
In fact, the stall owner didn't intend to sell this wooden rabbit, but he knew Li Jin.
It rained heavily in the first ten days of the year, and his youngest child wore less clothes, so he got hot. Thanks to Dr. Lai's wonderful rejuvenation, Yao'er's life was saved.
The stall owner had planned to go to Xinglintang to thank Dr. Li, but this time he happened to give the woodcarving directly to Li Jin.
"It's not a valuable gadget anyway. Doctor Li, please don't refuse."
Li Jin had no choice but to accept it.
In his last life as a doctor, he was used to not accepting any gifts from his patients, but in ancient times, it was different. Of course, he did not need to come to the door to thank him for healing a minor illness, but if he saved the elderly or children in the family, the family must come to thank him solemnly.
This is an unwritten rule. Last time, Li Jin delivered a pair of decoction to the daughter-in-law of the shopkeeper Song, and she also received a thank you gift.
The main street was not long, Li Jin soon took Qin Muwen to the end and saw the sparkling river.
The riverside is noisier than the main street. The vendors selling lanterns and snacks kept shouting, and there were even jugglers performing fire-breathing.
Not so lively.
Li Jin even saw a high platform built with bamboo poles on the other side of the river, with painted lanterns hanging on it, and the crowd rushed over there.
Li Jin caught the comments of the people around him, saying that the girls in Piaoxiangyuan would dance there.
He frowned slightly, although he was not afraid of the shadow, and the card was completely broken.
But the previous two years left the teenager too much hurt, and he didn't want to reopen the scars.
Li Jin saw that the boy was still staring at the juggling child, but he didn't hear this.
Therefore, I took the teenager to avoid the crowd and walked towards the place with fewer people by the river.
Qin Muwen only heard that there were lanterns and snacks at the temple fair, how could he have imagined that it would be so lively
This is just a small town. If it is really put into the capital, it will be very prosperous.
Qin Muwen was very well-behaved. Although he wanted to continue watching the juggling show, Li Jin dragged him away, and he followed obediently.
Anyway, with A Jin by his side, he thinks everything is fine.
Li Jin took him to a place with few people.
I'm not in a hurry to buy lanterns. After all, there are lanterns on the way. He has to find a place where he can put lanterns by the river.
It just so happened that there was a street stall selling lanterns beside a large flat rock by the river, looking at the variety of styles, it was also festive.
Li Jin asked Qin Muwen to choose a lamp that he liked. The young man was full of joy, but he was dazzled by looking at these lamps.
However, he also knew that since A Jin let him make up his mind, then this kind of trivial matter couldn't trouble A Jin.
In the end, he held the wooden rabbit carving in his hand, and also chose a river lantern with a jade rabbit painted on it.
It's not that the stall owner has never seen newlyweds come to put river lanterns together, but husbands are rarely seen.
The brother with moles on the eyebrows in front of him smiled innocently, and the young man standing beside him had a noble temperament. Although he didn't smile, his eyes kept falling on the brother.
The stall owner noticed that the man was wearing a robe and looked like a scholar.
The stall owner said, "We can still guess lantern riddles here. If we guess three of them, we will give away lanterns. If we guess all of them, there will be a grand prize!"
Qin Muwen looked at Li Jin, his eyes sparkling and full of anticipation.
Li Jin shook his head helplessly. Although he was good at endorsement, he was a layman in the pastimes of ancient scholars such as pairing, guessing, and writing poems.
Although these are the most basic qualities of the ancient literati, even in their teens, they would recite poems, write poems and guess lantern riddles, but they had to be influenced by their ears and eyes from a young age.
Li Jin is a thorough modern medical student, and he also studied science in high school, so he has never been nurtured.
But looking at the expectant look in the boy's eyes, Li Jin didn't want to pour cold water on him.
Isn't it just guessing lantern riddles, he has memorized the book for so long, as long as it is an allusion in the book, he can know it.
Li Jin thought, even if he couldn't guess all of them, he would probably still be able to make a lantern for the boy by guessing three correctly.
Just when Li Jin was about to guess the lantern riddle, a man who came to buy lanterns asked, "You created this lantern riddle?"
The stall owner smiled and waved: "That's not true. The lanterns in our river are all managed by a shopkeeper, and they also create lantern riddles. There are three points in this river where you can guess lantern riddles, and I am just one of them.
There were quite a few people around me just now, but the platform on the other side of the river was about to be erected, and they all ran over. "
The man asked again: "Then if I read lantern riddles in the other two places and come to you to guess again, wouldn't I be able to guess all right soon?"
The stall owner replied: "No, our three lantern riddles are different. If the guests can guess all the lantern riddles correctly, they can win the grand prize."
The man asked the stall owner to take out a lantern riddle to take a look. The stall owner pointed to a row of fifteen lanterns above his head.
"Lantern riddles are written on the lamp body, and the guests can guess which one is right, just write it down."
Perhaps it is because there are not many scholars in the town. Even if someone sees lantern riddles and goes back and asks a capable person, it is estimated that they will not be able to answer all the lantern riddles in one go.
So the stall owner didn't bother to cover it up, and directly hung the lantern riddles in a row.
Then, he pointed to the rough edged paper and pen and ink at the front of the booth.
"Guests are free, if you don't want to guess lantern riddles, you can also inscribe the lanterns you bought."
Li Jin thought that the person who asked the question would pick up a pen and paper to write, but he didn't expect that after the question, he picked up a lotus lantern and paid the money to leave.
"I see that your lantern riddles here are too difficult, go to other places to guess."
The stall owner smiled: "Please do it yourself."
Immediately, he turned to Li Jin, "Would you like to try it?"
Li Jin said, "It's a shame."
He looked at the first lantern, and there were only four words written on it 'It's Yefiye'.
No wonder that person just said that lantern riddles are difficult.
Li Jin's expression was the same as usual, he thought, these four words have neither source nor clue, so naturally he has to think in a clever direction.
- It is Ye Fei Ye, homophonic 'yefeiye'.
Li Jin remembered that there was a sentence in the Analects of Confucius that he had recited, "Qi Jinggong asked Confucius...", so he wrote Zhan Mo and dropped three words on the rough, rough-edged paper.
Father is not father.
The stall owner was holding hands with the old god, and he didn't think anyone in the town could answer these riddles. After all, the final grand prize... was rich.
But Li Jin's answer to the first puzzle was too fast.
The point is, he got it right.
The stall owner kept calm, took Li Jin's first piece of paper, and said, "Do you still want to continue guessing?"
Li Jin said, "Naturally."
This is the first guess. The idea of the ancients' lantern riddles is actually not as active as the modern people, and most of these lantern riddles have sources.
Li Jin thought, after memorizing the book for so long, he can finally check the effect.
If Mr. Song knew about this idea, he would probably beat him up in anger.
Is the purpose of endorsement to guess lantern riddles
The stall owner said, "Since this is the case, then I have to follow the rules and give the result after you have finished guessing."
Li Jin replied indifferently: "It should be so."
Qin Muwen had already walked to Li Jin with the rabbit lantern at this time. Although he knew a little about lantern riddles, he didn't play much.
He looked at those lantern riddles, and he probably had some ideas, but he didn't know how to solve them.
On the contrary, watching Li Jin's writing, he suddenly realized that the answer to the mystery is like this.
The stall owner felt very strange. He looked at people with accurate eyes, and when he looked at this guy's expression, he seemed to be literate.
There are few literate daughters in town, let alone brothers. No wonder she was so spoiled by her husband.
Li Jin quickly wrote five answers, and the booth owner's eyelids jumped, feeling that tonight's grand prize was going to fall on his slightly out-of-the-way booth.
The stall owner saw that Li Jin had solved five mysteries, but his speed of solving the riddles was not slow at all, on the contrary, there was a trend of getting faster and faster.
I really feel like my heart is bleeding...
But he thought about it, anyway, the big shopkeeper behind the big prize came out, not him, so he should encourage this guest.
Li Jin's side is also a coincidence. Originally, he liked to cite scriptures for guessing in ancient times, and he just finished these books by memorization.
As for the remaining small skills, it is nothing more than homophonic and splitting words. As long as you are a little more active, you can quickly guess it.
Li Jin handed the last answer to the stall owner and said, "Should you guess at least three?"
The stall owner: "More than that! All guessed correctly!"
Li Jin was happy, but he didn't expect that he still had the talent to guess lantern riddles.
The stall owner said: "Wait a minute, this guest, you have guessed all the riddles, and I will give you this rabbit lantern.
As for the final grand prize, I have to wait until I send someone to report to the shopkeeper before it can be honored. "
Li Jin stopped him and said, "The grand prize is unnecessary. I just want to win a lantern for my wife. That's enough."
Qin Muwen is not a petty person either. He holds the rabbit lamp in his arms and is completely reluctant to let go.
Li Jin pinched his face and said, "I'll write what you want."
Qin Muwen whispered, "A Jin, can I write it myself?"
Li Jin handed him the pen full of ink.
Qin Muwen held the lamp and turned his back to Li Jin. He carefully wrote two lines of words, trying to block it with his body, hiding his own thoughts.
Li Jin definitely wouldn't do something like peeking, but he could also guess the little guy's shy and careful thoughts.
Thinking about it this way, Li Jin felt that he had committed some sins. He was only seventeen when he was a teenager, and he was not yet an adult in modern times.
Li Jin waited for the young man to finish writing, and then took him to the river to set a lantern and make a wish.
The flowing water carried a bright rabbit lamp away, and there were two lines of jerky, but affectionate wishes on it.
They didn't go back until Li Jin and the boy could no longer see the lantern.
On the stall owner's side, although Li Jin said that he didn't want the grand prize, it was only for a rabbit lamp.
But he wasn't the one who finally made up his mind, he still reported the matter to the shopkeeper who covered the next river.
After listening to his description, the shopkeeper smiled: "Do you know who that person is?"
The stall owner shook his head: "I don't know."
"That's Li Jin, the little genius doctor of Xinglintang."
The shopkeeper said, "Since it's him, then I won't force him to give him a grand prize. He's not uncommon anyway."
The stall owner doesn't understand at all, but the grand prize is... The Mid-Autumn Festival night of the Hua Kui in Piaoxiangyuan can be described with the word 'not rare'.
Moreover, judging from the shopkeeper's tone, he seemed to know what Doctor Li was like.
The shopkeeper added: "Although Dr. Li is not uncommon, he has to spread the word about all the lantern riddles he guessed correctly, so as not to be told that I am stingy.
As for the final prize, needless to say. "
Fortunately, only the shopkeeper, the three stall owners, and the actress herself knew what the prizes of the grand prize were before, so there was no need to spread it out to Piaoxiangyuan.
That night, Li Jin carried a basket on his back, pulled his husband, put on the stars and wore the moon, and followed the villagers back.
Completely unaware of all this.
Early the next morning, the well-informed Mr. Song seemed to have forgotten what happened to the pair yesterday, and was in a good mood to praise Li Jin's ability to guess lantern riddles.
Mr. Song said: "It is good to break lantern riddles, and in the future, it will be good to take the examination of Xiucai and write eight-gu essays."
Li Jin thought, this is really serious nonsense.
However, since Mr. Song is not a person who likes to joke, he believes this sentence for the time being.
At the same time, in Piaoxiangyuan, Lingmei threw one of her favorite hairpins, and there were many remains of rouge gouache on the ground.
Her voice was trembling: "Li Jin he... refused?"
Before the maid had time to answer, the maid, who usually takes care of them, pushed the door directly in.
"Not only did he refuse, but he also said that guessing lantern riddles is only to win a lantern for the husband."
Mammy's tone was calm, but what she said was like a knife stabbing in Lingmei's heart.
"In the end, he only took the lantern."
The author has something to say: [The answer to the mystery 'Father is not father' comes from the following sentence. Because there are too many words, it will not be included in the text.]
Duke Jing of Qi asked Confucius about politics.
Confucius replied, "The ruler is the ruler, the minister is the minister, the father is the father, and the son is the son."
The Duke said, "How good! Faith is as if the ruler is not the ruler, the minister is not the minister, the father is not the father, the son is not the son, although there are grains, I can eat all of them?"