Fu Jiu held Jiang Yuan's hand, perhaps because of the government examination, or to cater to these candidates.
Many activities are related to poetry, quizzes, and painting.
There were also many girls gathered in twos and threes, all dressed up.
Because Jiang Yuan was still dressed as he was during the day, and his mustache was still curled unruly around his mouth.
Some people saw two men holding hands intimately and casting strange glances from time to time.
There are so many delicate and beautiful girls on the street holding hands instead of two grown men holding each other's hands. It's simply too much!
However, others just took a look, and speaking of it, the folk customs of the Western Song Dynasty were quite open.
Similar to exam candidates, there are many people who have good relationships, fall in love with each other at first sight, stand shoulder to shoulder, and feel overwhelmed.
After thinking about it for a while, it seemed like nothing.
It feels weird, and it also feels like the time is not right.
After all, today is Women’s Day, a festival for daughters! Why don’t you show your daughter some respect?
The two people came to a place where people gathered.
The front is covered with various lanterns.
"What is this for?" Jiang Yuan poked Fu Jiu next to him with his arm.
Fu Jiu raised his head and read the rules, and then said: "Guess the lantern riddles. If you guess correctly, there will be a prize. If you guess them all correctly, the prize will be three thousand taels. If not all of them guess correctly, no matter how many you guess correctly, it will be a lantern."
"It's for free!" Jiang Yuan poked Fu Jiu again, "Come on."
Fu Jiu glanced at her and found that she seemed to have great trust in his knowledge.
The same goes for betting, and so does lantern riddles.
He sighed, seeing how she was staring straight at the three thousand taels on the table, he couldn't let her down no matter what.
The rules of the competition are very simple. It takes one stick of incense to guess the lantern riddles of the thirty-three lanterns above.
Form a group of five people, each person distributes a large number of signs with different colors. After writing, put the signs under the lantern, and the person in charge will report the answers one by one.
Fu Jiu signed up, and there happened to be one spot left in the group.
The color of the brand he was assigned was blue.
With the sound of gongs and drums, the five people walked towards the lantern at the same time.
In order to prevent collisions and save time, try to choose different riddles for each person.
Fu Jiu first picked one at random, then took the sign of his own color, wrote down the lantern riddle and placed it under the lantern.
Then he went to see another one.
The time it takes to burn an incense stick is actually not that long, at least for the thirty-three lantern riddles, it is very short.
These lantern riddles range from easy to difficult. As soon as you see a difficult riddle, you must immediately give up answering the other one, otherwise you will waste your time by sticking to one.
While others were panicking, Fu Jiu was very calm and basically read and wrote one by one.
Occasionally, if something is difficult, I just think about it for a moment and then write.
Someone has read all thirty-three lantern riddles and has written all the ones he can write. The remaining ones he can't write have no choice but to struggle.
There are also those who can’t get through it and just give up.
When the time for burning incense came, Fu Jiu had almost finished writing.
The principal read out every riddle on the lanterns for everyone to see.
What you guessed and what you didn't guess can basically be seen clearly at a glance.
"The first one is ninety-nine. See what everyone guessed? Oh? Bai, Bai, this lantern riddle is simple, everyone guessed it!"
The person in charge read several words, and the audience below became very enthusiastic.
When I read a lot later, someone's sign was completely blank.