The restaurant owner saw that the pair of children were very beautiful, like golden boys and girls, and he liked them very much.
He said hurriedly and diligently: "Little miss, the mystery of this lotus lantern is: the eldest sister uses needles without thread, the second sister uses thread without needles, the third sister lights the lamp but does not work, and the fourth sister works without lighting the lamp. The answer is four kinds of animals.
, you guess!"
When Xing'er heard this riddle, she immediately clapped her hands and said with a smile: "Wow, I've read this in a book. The answers are bees, spiders, fireflies and ants, right boss?"
The hotel owner immediately smiled and said: "Yes, of course, little girl, you are smart too. Come, I will give you this lotus lantern."
As the hotel owner said, he took off the lantern and handed it to Xing'er.
Xing'er immediately said politely: "Thank you, boss, you are so kind."
Then, she also handed the lantern to Nanfeng and said, "Brother, this is for you."
"Thank you, sister, you are so awesome." Nanfeng took the lantern and smiled softly.
Next to them, Chu Xuanchen and Yun Ruoyue were very happy to see the two brothers and sisters being so harmonious and friendly.
Chu Xuanchen said: "Okay, since you two have the lantern, let's go look elsewhere."
He also wanted to buy a lantern to give to Yue'er.
Seeing this, the hotel owner hurriedly said: "Guests, you can come in and drink for free. Do you want to come in and have a seat?"
"Thank you, no need, boss, I wish you a prosperous business." Chu Xuanchen said and nodded towards Moli.
Moli took out a piece of silver and placed it on the table in front of the boss.
Then, several people left!
The boss was very excited when he saw the ingot of silver on the table.
I didn't expect these people to be so generous. They only got two lanterns from him, but they actually gave him such a large ingot of silver.
At first glance, these people are either rich or noble. They have extraordinary temperament and must not be ordinary people.
"Here's the couplet. Dear guests, as long as you can match our first couplet, you can eat a bowl of glutinous rice balls for free in our store." At this moment, another woman's shouting came to everyone's ears.
Seeing this, Xing'er hurriedly said: "Mom, I really want to eat glutinous rice balls. The glutinous rice balls from the boss's wife's family look white and round, like pearls, so beautiful!"
"Okay, let's go over and take a look." Yun Ruoyue said, and she and Chu Xuanchen took the children to the door of the glutinous rice dumpling shop.
The proprietress standing at the door of the shop saw a few people coming over and said with a smile: "Guests, do you want to make couplets? As long as you make the couplets successfully once, you can eat a bowl of glutinous rice balls for free!"
"Okay, then come and listen." Yun Ruoyue smiled.
The proprietress said hurriedly: "The first couplet is, spring never sleeps in thousands of homes."
Yun Ruoyue rolled her eyes. She had read this couplet in a book.
She then replied: "The second couplet, the moon is thousands of miles long and the night is continuous."
"Wow, mother, you are so awesome, you answered so quickly." Xing'er immediately clapped her hands and looked at Yun Ruoyue with admiration.
Yun Ruoyue smiled and glanced at Xing'er, "Silly girl, as long as you read more, you can too."
"This madam is so smart, let me test you again." The landlady said with a smile.
"Okay, no problem." Yun Ruoyue said.
The landlady thought for a while and said: "The earth is happy and Tian is happy, and the earth and heaven are happy together on the Lantern Festival Night."
Yun Ruoyue replied: "The lamps shine brightly and the moon shines, the lamps and the moon shine together in peace and spring."
Just after Yun Ruoyue finished speaking, the landlady suddenly stared at her in trance, and then she murmured: "This little lady, you look like the same person."
"Who do I look like?" Yun Ruoyue asked doubtfully.
Chu Xuanchen also looked at the landlady in confusion.
The landlady stared at Yun Ruoyue carefully, and suddenly said: "I remember, you look like the young man who wrote poems for me in Tiansheng Kingdom, like the man named Yun Li."
When Yun Ruoyue and Chu Xuanchen heard this, they immediately thought of it.
It turns out that the lady boss who sells glutinous rice balls here is actually the same woman who sold sky lanterns in Tiansheng Kingdom.
They still remembered that the landlady liked to collect poems, and she asked Yun Ruoyue to write several poems for her.
At this time, the proprietress had already shouted to a man who was making glutinous rice balls next to her: "Ms. sir, come here quickly, I see little brother Yunli!"
"What? Brother Yunli? That great poet back then?" When the male boss heard this, he quickly washed his hands and walked over excitedly.
As soon as the two people came over, they stared at Yun Ruoyue and Chu Xuanchen.
As soon as the male boss saw Yun Ruoyue's face, he said excitedly: "Madam, I recognize it. This is little brother Yun Li, but how did he become a woman?"
The landlady smiled and said: "Fool, haven't you noticed that she was a woman disguised as a man back then?"
When Yun Ruoyue heard this, she couldn't help but chuckle and shook her head.
The male boss said enthusiastically: "Great, madam, we finally met a fellow from Tiansheng Kingdom here!"
Yun Ruoyue immediately said: "Sorry, actually I am from Chu country, not Tiansheng country. I went to Tiansheng country to find someone."
"Ah? So you're not from Tiansheng!" When the couple heard about it, they were a little disappointed.
However, the landlady immediately smiled and said: "It doesn't matter. It doesn't matter that we are not fellow villagers. Anyway, the people of Chu are so kind. It is also our blessing to know someone like Miss Yunli."
When Yun Ruoyue heard this, she smiled slightly.
Then, she looked at the two of them and said, "Two of you, aren't you in Tiansheng Kingdom? How did you come to Chu Kingdom?"
When the proprietress heard this, she sighed helplessly, "Hey! Madam, you don't know that since our Prince Lingtian was defeated by the Chu State three years ago, our Tiansheng Kingdom has been weakened and unable to recover. The emperor is warlike again.
, there have been frequent wars and military disasters; moreover, the officials above are all corrupt and ruthless. In addition, there have been natural disasters in the past two years, so the people are homeless and have a hard time living. We really can't live there anymore.
So I came to Chu State to do business, thinking about supporting my family, but I didn’t expect that I met you just a few days after arriving!"
"That's it." Yun Ruoyue said and looked at Chu Xuanchen.
It turns out that the situation in Tiansheng Kingdom is more serious than they imagined.
Thinking of this, Yun Ruoyue asked again: "How about your business here?"
The landlady immediately smiled and said: "Okay, okay, your Chu country is different from our Tiansheng country. In the past few years, under the governance of your Chu emperor and queen, your Chu people have become so rich, and they are so willing to spend money."
We don’t have enough money to eat out, so our business is very good.”
The male boss also said excitedly: "Yes, we will continue to work hard to make more money and buy a few houses here so that the children can have a home."
Seeing the two of them full of hope and eager for life, Yun Ruoyue also felt very comforted.