Farmhouse Green Plum

Chapter 308: Riddles (Part )

Time passed, and Song Ying and Lin Wenxuan won one lantern after another. Their hands were full and they had to put some on the ground.

The clerk was already numb and silently comforted himself in his heart that no matter what, their store was popular enough tonight to catch up with those big stores like Jin Man Lou.

Their shop only hangs some lanterns, and it's already popular, so it's worth it.

At this moment, someone in the crowd suddenly shouted, "These riddles are too simple. It's not a good idea for the two young doctors to continue competing like this. I also have a herbal riddle here. Why don't you try to guess the riddle of my lantern?"

Song Ying and others looked over and saw that the person who said this was a wealthy man with a big belly and a melon-shaped hat on his head and a brocade robe.

In his hand he held an extremely gorgeous lantern, which had three layers and was shaped like a miniature pavilion. The bottom layer was a bright red base with colorful paintings on it.

In the middle is a pavilion with lifelike figures painted on the white gauze on all four sides. At the top is a pavilion with large windows covered with gold foil.

The overall look is gorgeous, elegant and very beautiful.

The people near the man automatically made way for him to walk in front of Song Ying and others.

"Hey, isn't this Boss Zhang from Jinyifang? He's carrying his lantern again." Someone recognized him.

"Hey, big brother, what do you mean by 'again'? Isn't this Mr. Zhang's lamp newly made this year?"

"Hey, you may not know that this Mr. Zhang is the owner of Jinyi Pavilion. The lantern in his hand was not made by our local craftsmen. He brought it back from Suzhou and Hangzhou several years ago."

"Su Hang!" the crowd exclaimed, "You brought a lantern back from so far away? What were you thinking?"

"Rich people think differently from us. This lantern is really beautiful and unique. Many people came to buy it, but Boss Zhang refused to sell it. He said he wanted to put it on the lantern festival for people to guess the riddle. If you guessed it correctly, you could take it away.

Unfortunately, for several years, no one has been able to guess his riddles correctly."

After hearing what this person said, people became curious about what kind of riddles could not be guessed for several years.

Listening to people's discussions, Boss Zhang became more and more proud. He looked at Song Ying and Lin Wenxuan with a smile and said, "How about it, two young doctors, do you want to give it a try and decide the winner in one go?"

Song Ying withdrew his gaze from the lantern and nodded, "You can give it a try."

Lin Wenxuan also agreed. It was just a try. Even if he couldn't guess it, it didn't matter. After all, no one had been able to guess Boss Zhang's riddle for several years.

Boss Zhang smiled even more and handed him a note.

Lin Wenxuan took it and opened it, then found that he had taken it upside down. He immediately turned the paper over, but it was still blank without a single word. He looked up and said, "Boss Zhang, you took the wrong one. This is a blank piece of paper."

Boss Zhang smiled and shook his head: "You got it right, this is the riddle."

"What?" Lin Wenxuan was stunned. "But there's nothing written on it!"

Not only him, but the crowd was also in an uproar. Nothing was written, so how could people guess.

Boss Zhang was holding a lantern, looking calm and smiling without saying a word.

Lin Wenxuan turned the piece of paper over and over again. The shape was the same as other pieces of paper with riddles written on them, and the material was also very ordinary jade button paper.

He guessed, "Yuzhu?"

Boss Zhang smiled and shook his head: "No."

Lin Wenxuan then pondered over it for a long while, then hesitantly asked, "Yuzhu Silkworm Recipe?"

"wrong."

Song Ying originally thought about it from the material and shape of the paper, and the first thing he thought of was Polygonatum odoratum, but he felt it was a bit far-fetched. Then he saw Lin Wenxuan thinking about prescriptions.

She felt that this direction was definitely wrong. Just like Yan Xing's previous idea of thinking about the medicinal properties, it was too tricky.

The answer should be pretty straightforward, but they were going in the wrong direction.

She looked at the note in Lin Wenxuan's hand. Which direction should she think about it?

Riddles all have puzzles. What is the puzzle of this lantern riddle?

It's not written, but it can't be said that it doesn't exist...

Wait, no riddle, blank paper!

"Baizhi!"

Everyone was looking at Lin Wenxuan, waiting for his answer, and was startled by her sudden shout.

Realizing that she had guessed, people went to see Boss Zhang to find out if Song Ying's guess was correct.

Song Ying was also looking at Boss Zhang, but she didn't wait for Boss Zhang to answer. She said confidently, "It's Bai Zhi! It must be Bai Zhi!"

Boss Zhang stood there stiffly, his face twitching, and he didn't speak for a long time.

Luo Yanxing was anxious and asked, "Boss Zhang, is that right?"

"Yes, Boss Zhang, is it right?" The crowd watching was also very anxious, especially those who had seen Boss Zhang carrying the lantern and parading around the city in previous years, asking people to guess riddles.

For years, they have been eager to know the answer to the mystery.

Boss Zhang still didn't say anything.

Song Ying took two steps forward with a smile, tilting his head slightly, "Boss Zhang, everyone is waiting, whether it's right or not, please say something."

Boss Zhang laughed dryly twice and had to speak: "That's right, that's right, little doctor, you are really amazing. In recent years, many people have wanted my lantern, including many talented people who are well-read in poetry and books, but none of them guessed that you are even more amazing than those talented people!"

Song Ying was very self-aware and was not flattered by his flattery. "Boss Zhang, you are exaggerating. Those scholars don't understand herbal medicine. Otherwise, this riddle would have been guessed long ago."

There are many scholars who are good at guessing riddles. If she accepts Boss Zhang's flattery, some dissatisfied scholars might come to challenge her.

Boss Zhang laughed, "Young doctor is quite modest."

Song Ying smiled at him and looked at the lantern in his hand. The lantern was really beautiful and she liked it very much!

Boss Zhang smiled back at her.

Song Ying: ...

How can you be so unconscious?

"Ahem," she cleared her throat and pointed at the beautiful lantern, "Boss Zhang, this lantern..."

"Oh yes, the lantern. I should give it to you." Boss Zhang seemed to have just remembered and slowly handed the lantern over.

Song Ying reached out to take it, but couldn't lift it at all - Boss Zhang didn't let go.

Song Ying had no choice but to smile and remind him again: "Boss Zhang, I've got it firmly in my hand, you can let go now."

Boss Zhang reluctantly let go and said, "Haha, hold on tight, this lantern is a bit heavy."

Song Ying took it and found that it was heavier than the other lanterns. He shook the lantern and the candlelight inside flickered. The figures painted on the four sides of the pavilion in the middle moved. There was Xi Shi washing silk by the stream, Diao Chan dancing under the moon, Wang Zhaojun going out of the frontier, and Yang Guifei sleeping drunk among flowers.

"That's great!" She praised sincerely again and thanked Boss Zhang again, "Thank you Boss Zhang for giving me this."

"No way, if you win, it should be yours." Boss Zhang responded with a forced smile and left quickly.

If he stayed any longer, he would be even more heartbroken.

As soon as Boss Zhang left, the crowd of onlookers slowly dispersed.