The next day, the fifteenth day of the first lunar month.
Lantern Festival.
Also called Shangyuan Festival.
In the previous life, this was a festival that did not even have a legal holiday, and its existence was extremely weak. However, in this other world, the Lantern Festival is no less and even more lively than the New Year's Eve.
Because New Year’s Eve is celebrated by one’s own family, but during the Lantern Festival, people all over the world celebrate together!
Li Qingfeng took leave early and arrived at an alley in Jin'an Lane.
The twelfth day of the first lunar month was an auspicious day. On that day, Zhang Ting, her mother and her grandmother moved directly to Jin'an Lane.
Walking to the end of Jin'an Lane, the newly purchased yard is still decorated in red and colorful, retaining the joy of the day we moved.
Take out the key and open the door.
There was an extremely lively noise coming from the kitchen, the crackling of firewood, and the clatter of spatulas turning in the pot.
It was the two mothers-in-law and daughter-in-law who were teaching Zhang Ting how to cook.
Zhang Ting's mother: "Listen to me! This is what you have to do for this dish! You have to blanch the ribs first! Then add cold water to cook!"
Zhang Ting's grandmother: "Bleach water? There is no oil and water in the first place, why do you blanch water? And add cold water? It's obviously heated water! Now I wonder how your mother taught you how to cook?"
The two mothers-in-law and daughter-in-law each had their own opinions. Zhang Ting held the spatula blankly and didn't know what to do.
Two teachers, especially two teachers with different opinions...
Li Qingfeng walked into the kitchen: "I'll do it."
The quarrel subsided and the two old ladies watched with satisfaction as Li Qingfeng was busy there.
"Look! I told you to blanch it! Look, Xiaofeng also blanch it first!"
After a while, the old woman also said proudly: "Look! I said to use hot water to cook, but you have to add cold water. Look, what Xiaofeng added is not hot water?"
This kind of noise seems to be the real fireworks in the world.
Li Qingfeng had a faint smile on his lips and explained to Zhang Ting from time to time what ingredients to add and why.
When night falls,
The entire imperial capital suddenly became lively, with lights and colorful decorations everywhere. The wealthy ladies from various families who rarely appeared on weekdays also walked to the streets and alleys accompanied by their families, curiously looking at the strange and lively streets.
The poor people also put on new clothes that they could only buy one set every year and went to the lantern festival happily.
"Brother Feng!"
"They are guessing lantern riddles over there, let's go and have a look too!"
Li Qingfeng smiled and nodded.
Squeeze through the crowd,
There were no less than a hundred lanterns hung in front of the stall.
Each lantern has a word puzzle written on it. As long as you guess it, you can take away that lantern. Some of the lanterns with particularly difficult word puzzles have vague objects placed inside.
There is such a lantern, and the shadow of a hairpin shines through it.
"Young gentleman, do you want to give this golden hairpin to your loved one?"
The stall owner smiled and said: "The young man must first guess five ordinary lantern riddles before he can guess this kind of lantern riddle with prizes!"
Li Qingfeng: "Okay."
Zhang Ting: "It's better not to give it up. I took a look and I don't know anyone..."
Li Qingfeng looked at Zhang Ting tenderly: "I remember you wanted a gold hairpin."
The people around started cheering: "Well, young man, you have to work harder! Don't let the little girl down!"
"That's right! The golden hairpin you got from solving lantern riddles during the Lantern Festival as a token of love is really something that will make you laugh like a rotten tomato when you think about it!"
“So romantic!”
"The little girl is so beautiful!"
"The young man is so good-looking too! Oh my god! How come there is such a good-looking young man, and he is so famous and has a wife... Oooh! It's all my mother's fault for locking me up at home every day..."
"I'm so envious of this little girl for finding such a good man!"
Zhang Ting's cheeks turned red as she listened to the words of the people around her.
Li Qingfeng quickly looked towards the lantern,
The people who were guessing around stopped thinking hard, and the people who were making noises also stopped making noises. They all turned their heads to look at Li Qingfeng, as if they wanted to see if this good-looking young man could get the golden hairpin.
Zhang Ting became a little nervous.
After Li Qingfeng glanced at all the ordinary lanterns, he looked at one of them.
The word puzzle above is - a cow, type one word.
"A cow?"
Others laughed and said, "Young gentleman, you want to choose this? I have been looking at this lantern riddle here for an hour. At least a hundred people have looked at it, but they haven't been able to solve it yet!"
"Xiao Langjun, you'd better change to Jane..."
But before he could finish all his words, he heard Li Qingfeng softly say: "Life and death!"
The stall owner was stunned: "Correct answer!"
The people around were slightly surprised.
Someone quickly wrote the words "life and death" in the palm of their hand, and then slapped their thighs: "It's true! If you add a "1" under the word "ox", it means "life"! Isn't it just a cow!"
"Hey! I almost thought of it!"
"..."
When the people around me sigh in various ways,
Li Qingfeng looked at the other four lanterns without hesitation: "The answer to the riddle of 'January 7th' is the fat of rouge!"
Someone else suddenly realized it.
Li Qingfeng's speed in solving puzzles was as fast as endorsement.
"As for this night after night...nights are evenings, and double evenings are more! The answer is many!"
"A family of eleven is auspicious!"
"One arrow pierces the heart... it must! It must!"
Li Qingfeng quickly took down the riddles of five ordinary lanterns, and then looked at the boss: "Can I guess the riddle of the golden hairpin lantern?"
Stall owner: "Please, sir!"
People around him also looked at Li Qingfeng in surprise.
"Wow! Xiaolangjun is so awesome! He's good-looking and smart!"
"Why can't I meet such a beloved person!"
"You can guess so much in one breath?"
Someone said disdainfully: "These word puzzles appear every year. He must have encountered them last year and memorized them by rote!"
Many people think so.
A young man holding a folding fan laughed and said: "Even if you memorize it by rote, that's still your skill! Why are you so weird here?"
"If you have the ability, memorize these word puzzles and you will be able to amaze the students next year!"
The man rolled his eyes at Mr. Folding Fan, but still said proudly: "Even if that is his skill! But the riddles on the golden hairpin lantern are not something he can memorize by rote. A blind cat meets a dead mouse!"
"This anagram was written by a noble man just now when he passed by. It has never been seen before!"
Someone echoed: "Yes! I also remembered it. It was left behind by a very good-looking daughter of a wealthy family when she passed by about two hours ago."
"She seemed to say her name was Yayin? I just don't know what her last name was."
The stall owner nodded: "Yes! It's the crossword puzzle left by that girl Yayin! She also gave me the answer."
While everyone was making noise, Li Qingfeng just looked at the word puzzle quietly.
The word puzzle is: nothing is one thing, nothing is one thing, spring water flows! Type a word!
Zhang Ting read the word puzzle three times, and the more she read, the more confused she became.
Others were also confused: "What does this girl want to express?"
The man who said before that Li Qingfeng was just memorizing by rote became even more proud: "What? You can't do it if you haven't memorized it before?"
"If you know how to do this lantern riddle! I'll eat the five lanterns you just got on the spot!"