Farmhouse Green Plum

Chapter 316 Tie

Looking at the character 辤 written by Lin Wencai, Wu Mingzhi and others suddenly understood, and then couldn't help but praise: "Brother Lin is really knowledgeable! He is so familiar with variant forms of characters!"

Lin Wencai smiled and said modestly: "It's just a coincidence."

On the other hand, facing everyone's praise, Yuan Qing was also humble.

Shen Jing patted Yuan Qing on the shoulder and exclaimed: "You are so talented! You can even guess such a difficult riddle!"

"Yes, you can guess this. The previous riddles must have had answers long ago. Brother Yuan is really modest, otherwise there would be no chance for us to show off tonight!"

"You are too much of a compliment! I don't deserve it..."

They were praising their partners, and the people waiting to see who would win were getting anxious. "Such difficult riddles are all tied. What should we do next? Can we really decide the winner?"

"Yes, this is really rare. No one had been able to guess this riddle before, but now two teenagers have guessed it! Who should the guqin be given to?"

"Hey, if you hadn't told me, I would have forgotten about this. This riddle has a prize! Now..."

The crowd became lively again, wanting to know how Jin Manlou would solve this matter in the end.

The Luqiqin that Mr. Jin took out as a prize is a famous zither that cannot be bought simply by having money. Both of them guessed it, and they couldn't split the zither into two.

After hearing their words, the young master Jin Manlou on the stage immediately started to have a headache. Who should he give the Luqiqin to?

"That's not difficult. Just keep guessing, and the final winner will take it." Shen Yonghui looked relaxed. Yuan Qing also guessed this extremely difficult riddle. The face of the scholars in Qingshui County was saved. Even if they lost in the subsequent competition, it would not be a big deal.

Since they can guess such a difficult riddle, who will dare to look down on the scholars in Qingshui County in the future!

Shen Jing immediately rejected it: "That won't work. The prize is set for this riddle. If they encounter something they have never seen before and fail to guess it, will the Luqiqin be given to someone else?"

Shen Yonghui thought about it and felt that it made sense. Although Yuan Qing and Lin Wencai were both good at guessing riddles, they might run into their blind spots. It was impossible for the person who guessed the riddle to fail to get Luqi and let someone else get the advantage instead.

After thinking for a moment, he said, "If we win the competition, the Luqiqin will be given to Yuan Qing. If they win, the qin will go to Lin Wencai. How do you think?"

This proposal was unanimously approved by everyone. Although many scholars present also wanted the Luqiqin, they still had to save face and the owner of the qin could only be Yuan Qing or Lin Wencai.

Unexpectedly, after they had made their decision, the young master of Jin Man Lou looked embarrassed: "Everyone, I just said that this is the last riddle. You have guessed all the riddles here."

Everyone was stunned. How could they have forgotten about this? What should they do now?

On the tree, Song Ying suddenly remembered what the shop assistant said when they were guessing riddles before. To guess the riddles, one needs to be very familiar with those things. Is there anything that Yuan Qing knows but Lin Wencai may not know?

She looked at Lin Wencai, her eyes fell on the white jade crown on his head, and then she saw a white and lustrous jade pendant hanging around his waist, it seemed that he came from a wealthy family.

Glancing around, she discovered that it was not just Lin Wencai. Although the other four people were all wearing Lan shirts, the other items on their bodies all showed that they were from wealthy families.

After a brief moment of surprise, she quickly understood that only the scholars from wealthy families had the money to travel abroad to study. Scholars from poor families could not even afford the money for daily pens, ink, paper and inkstone, and had to scrape together the travel expenses to go to Beijing for the imperial examinations, so how could they have the spare money to travel abroad to study?

In this case, if the answer to the riddle is something common to farmers or ordinary people, but rarely touched by rich people, it should be able to stump the five scholars from Min.

Song Ying began to think back on the journey he had taken today, and which riddles were both difficult and had answers that were common to the people.

After thinking for a moment, she thought of a suitable one. The riddle was a couplet. She only guessed the lower couplet at that time, while other people in the city guessed the upper couplet.

Song Ying cleared his throat and said, "I saw a lantern riddle somewhere else before. Why don't you try to guess it?"

The sudden female voice startled everyone on and off the stage for a moment, and then they all began to look for the person who spoke.

Yuan Qing frowned in confusion. Why did this voice sound familiar?

Just as he had thought about it, he heard Shen Jing beside him say curiously: "Hey, why do I feel that this voice sounds a little familiar?"

It seemed that it was not his illusion. Yuan Qing looked around for the person who came, while thinking about who the other person was. A woman that both he and Shen Jing knew...

Before he could figure out who it was, the man spoke again: "This way, this way, I'm in the tree!"

Yuan Qing looked up and saw Song Ying sitting on a thick branch, waving at him. He was shocked and looked again, and found that the tree was full of people, all of whom he knew, including his sister!

"Hey, sister Song Ying! Why is it you?" Shen Jing was surprised and happy when he found Song Ying. "Ouch! Why are you guys in the tree?"

Song Ying smiled sheepishly, "We came too late and couldn't squeeze in, so we climbed up the tree."

Shen Jing: ???

If you can't squeeze in, climb a tree! Song Ying is really unique, completely different from most girls!

"Brother! Brother!" Yuan Shan waved at Yuan Qing excitedly. She had wanted to do this for a long time, but there was a competition going on below and she didn't have the courage to shout to attract everyone's attention.

Now that Song Ying had called out, it wouldn't matter if she spoke again. Everyone wouldn't focus their attention on her. Besides, her brother had just guessed such a difficult riddle, and knowing that she was his sister, he could only envy her.

Yuan Qing held his forehead helplessly: "I saw you. Be careful, don't fall down."

"Brother Yuan, who are they?" someone asked curiously.

Yuan Qing pointed at Yuan Shan helplessly and said, "That's my younger sister. The others are from the village next door."

The person asking the question ignored Song Ying and the others and looked at Yuan Shan. "It's your sister. It's dangerous up in the tree. Why don't you let her come down first?"

Shen Jing also nodded vigorously, "Yes, Sister Song Ying, please come down quickly and stand next to us and watch."

Then he ordered his servant, "Mo Fang, go and lead them over here."

Song Ying was reluctant to go down, as the view from the tree was excellent and he could see the entire scene at a glance.

Yuan Qing thought of the traffickers on the first day of junior high school, hesitated for a moment and said, "It's okay. They have been climbing trees since they were young. As long as they are not too careless and don't fall down, let them stay in the tree."

The person asking the question was just being polite, and after hearing that he didn't say anything more.

Song Ying was so happy that he spoke again: "What do you think of my proposal?"

"Hey, Doctor Song, you can climb trees!" Someone in the crowd recognized Song Ying and couldn't help but teasing him.

The young master of Jin Man Lou's eyes lit up, "So you are the female doctor of Huichun Hall!"

Song Ying smiled at him and several familiar faces in the crowd, and asked again: "Do you want to try it?"