Farmhouse Green Plum

Chapter 307: Riddles (Part )

Hearing this, Song Ying's eyes lit up and he looked at Lin Wenxuan: "Brother, how about we have a competition?"

It’s a good opportunity to test which herbs you’re not familiar with!

"Okay!" Lin Wenxuan was also full of fighting spirit. "I have practiced guessing this kind of riddles before. Junior sister, you are sure to lose today!"

"That's not necessarily true!" Song Ying rubbed his hands together.

The shop assistant nearby felt his eyes go dark when he heard this. What he feared was exactly what happened.

Unfortunately, he had no way to stop the two of them. The Lantern Festival naturally encouraged everyone to compete in guessing lantern riddles.

Luo Yanxing and the others were less disappointed that they couldn't guess the riddles, and they immediately became excited. As soon as Song Ying finished speaking, Luo Yanxing immediately said, "I'll help Song Ying remember it. Who of you will help Brother Lin remember it?"

"Me, me, me!" Song Yuan jumped up and down anxiously, "I'll help Brother Lin remember!"

"Then let us read the riddles to you!" Erni said.

Everyone was literate, so they immediately started looking for riddles and found the herbal medicine category.

Yuan Shan was the first to find it and said loudly, "Go through the forest. Who of you will come first?"

"You are the senior brother, you go first." Song Ying smiled.

Lin Wenxuan did not give in and replied, "Akebia!"

Song Yuan immediately looked at the clerk and asked urgently, "Brother Xiaoer, is that right?"

The clerk nodded bitterly and reached for the lantern.

Song Yuan jumped up happily and shouted at the top of his voice: "Brother Lin guessed one right!"

The sound was so loud that it startled Song Ying and the others. People passing by also looked over here, and some asked curiously, "Kids, what are you doing?"

Song Yuanzheng was so excited that he didn't feel scared at all. He answered loudly: "My sister is competing with Brother Lin in guessing lantern riddles!"

As soon as these words were spoken, many people who were looking over here turned around and gathered over. When visiting a lantern festival, they would naturally go wherever there was excitement.

As more people gathered around, the girls became a little nervous. Luo Yanxing urged them: "Who among you has found the herbal riddle? Read it out quickly."

Hearing this, Zhou Meiyue suppressed her shyness and said, "Sister Song Ying, it's your turn. The beauty of April is over."

Song Ying paused for a moment and said, "Spring is gone."

"Correct." The clerk's face became even more bitter. He guessed such a difficult answer so quickly.

Luo Yanxing immediately shouted happily: "Song Ying guessed it right!"

Although most of the onlookers did not understand why this was the answer, nor did they understand what the riddle meant, it did not stop them from cheering, and the atmosphere suddenly became lively.

Tian Fang held a lantern and chanted: "Flowers bloom on the hill."

Lin Wenxuan blurted out: "Shanxiang."

The clerk didn't want to say anything else and went to get the lantern.

Song Yuan waved his arms excitedly: "Brother Lin guessed two correctly!"

Erni read what she found: "Two words multiplied by twenty-one."

"Three seven!" Song Ying blurted out as well.

The clerk went to get the lantern silently.

Someone in the crowd was surprised and asked, "Don't you have to tell them what you're guessing when you're guessing a riddle? How can they guess it without me telling them anything?"

Yuan Shan was very close to the man, and immediately explained: "They are all apprentices of the medical clinic, so they are only competing in guessing the herbs."

"So that's it." People suddenly realized.

There were also neighbors who came out early and recognized Song Ying and Lin Wenxuan. They shouted in the crowd: "Doctor Lin, you are the senior brother, you have learned a few years earlier than your junior sister, you can't lose to your junior sister!"

Then he turned to Song Ying and shouted, "Doctor Song, I am optimistic about you!"

Song Ying and Lin Wenxuan were both speechless. This bowl of water was really fair.

Song Ying shook his head and urged his companions, "Don't stop. Whoever finds it should read it quickly."

"When I return from stepping on flowers, butterflies will be around my knees."

Lin Wenxuan thought for a moment, "Xiangfu."

"He keeps talking."

Song Ying frowned and began to think.

After a long time without her answering, people started to get nervous. Someone asked, "Is this difficult?"

"How would I know? I'm not a doctor. No, I can't even read!"

"Eh? I think I encountered this riddle last year, but I couldn't figure it out no matter how hard I tried..."

"Song Ying, think about it quickly!" Listening to the discussions in the crowd, Luo Yanxing became even more nervous and kept urging them, as if she was the one competing with others.

"Yanxing, don't rush her." Erni pulled Luo Yanxing's sleeve, "Don't say anything, let her think for herself."

Seeing that Song Ying was still frowning in thought, Luo Yanxing went to look at Lin Wenxuan and found that he was also frowning. He probably didn't know either. He couldn't help but sigh that his good friend was unlucky to have encountered such a difficult situation.

The clerk saw hope and immediately jumped out: "There must be a time limit for the competition, right?"

The crowd started to make a noise, "Yes, yes, yes, if she can't guess it, we can't just sit there and wait!"

The clerk took out a stick of incense from somewhere, lit it, and scratched a mark on the top with his fingernail: "When the incense burns to this position, if you can't guess the answer, you lose!"

Luo Yanxing was as anxious as an ant on a hot pan. He wanted to urge Song Ying, but was afraid of interrupting her thoughts, so he paced in a small area while looking at Xiang.

Song Ying was not disturbed. She tried hard to recall. The names of various herbs flashed through her mind quickly, but none of them matched.

The clerk became even more excited and said with a smile, "Many people tried this riddle last year, but none of them guessed it correctly. This year, our boss specifically told us to put it inside this mushroom lantern."

After hearing what he said, people noticed that the lantern had a unique shape and was made of fine silk.

Just as everyone's attention was focused on the lantern, Song Ying suddenly spoke up: "I know! It's the long flowing water!"

Seeing her start to guess, people looked at the clerk, who froze there for a long time before forcing a smile: "Oh, Dr. Song is really amazing, the answer is long flowing water."

Luo Yanxing looked puzzled: "What kind of herb is this? The name doesn't sound like a herb at all."

Song Ying smiled and said, "This is indeed not a herbal medicine, but a method of preparing herbal medicine. When preparing herbal medicine, the effect will be better if you use running water. Big rivers and small streams are all flowing water, so they are called long flowing water, also known as east flowing water."

With this explanation, "Taotaobujiu" should indeed be "long flowing water", but the answer is to guess the name of an herb. Luo Yanxing immediately said to the clerk, "The answer is misleading. It says to guess the name of an herb, but the answer is the water used to make the herb. Is it that deceptive?"

The onlookers thought it made sense and began to question the clerk, especially the person who tried last year but failed to guess correctly, who was so angry that he wanted the clerk to compensate him.

Song Ying didn't care. She took the lantern and handed it to her partner next to her, signaling them to continue reading the riddle.

She competed in guessing riddles to test the extent of her learning, and preparing herbal medicine is also a related thing.

After this incident, she would never forget this point, and the purpose of tonight's competition had been achieved.

"Planting grass beside the road."

"Roadside Green."

"It's the 39th day of the lunar month."

"Tiandong."

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