dhibooks Chapter 165 I Want That!
Chapter 165 I Want That!
Besides, Wu Youwei and the others left this unopened rouge and gouache shop and went to the next one, which was an embroidery shop, and the next one was a grain store, and after that was a grocery store.
Until the door of a cloth shop, this is a branch of Jixiang cloth shop.
A platform was set up at the door, and many light poles were erected on it, and many lanterns were hung on it. Because Jixiang cloth shop is very rich, the lampstand at the door is also very delicate.
On the top is a revolving lantern, which is actually made of crystal, and inside is a pattern with the theme of the Three Kingdoms, Taoyuan three knots, Guan Gong riding alone, Lu Fengxian shooting a halberd at the gate, Diao Chan worshiping the moon and so on.
This one was Meigui's fancy, and she begged Wu Youwei boldly: "Master, can you win it over for this servant?
Of course Wu Youwei would not refuse: "Okay! Let's see your master win one for each of you!"
The female relatives were overjoyed, but the men didn't care, but who wouldn't want to get a lantern for nothing?Everyone booed: "Master, come on!"
The riddle of the walking horse crystal lamp is a doggerel: no head on the left, no head on the right, either no head or no head.
Type a word.
Many people have already guessed, but they didn't guess right.
Wu Youwei also thought for a long time before he realized that this was an opportunistic doggerel, so he went up and splashed ink, and wrote a word to the steward who guarded the table there. The steward took the answer, looked at it, corrected it again, and then laughed He said: "Congratulations to this talented man, your answer is correct."
So he took down the Zouma crystal lamp: "This lamp is for you, please leave us another mystery."
Wu Youwei thought for a while, and said: "Since it is a horse-riding crystal lamp with the theme of the Three Kingdoms, I will also leave a puzzle related to the Three Kingdoms.
He picked up a pen and wrote three words, and then wrote the answer.
Those three words are: Go to Maicheng.
Type one word for the answer, and the answer is the word "cui".
Wu Youwei gave the Zouma crystal lamp to Rose after changing hands, and then another little girl took a fancy to a row of bunny lamps, and they wanted them all.
Wu Youwei won the quiz for them. Many people were carrying lanterns, which was very beautiful.
Only Wantong was on the sidelines, watching Wu Youwei sulking for winning lanterns for others, what about me? ?
Someone else took a fancy to tiger lanterns, and Wu Youwei got them too. After shopping all the way to the end of the street, everyone had a lamp in their hands, but a few elders had none. Wu Youwei was empty-handed, in case... Wantong's face became even colder.
The thieves on this street are so scared that they can't wait to get into the cracks in the ground!
After passing this street, it was near Dashilan. Originally, Wu Youwei didn't want to go this way, but because it was close to Dashilan, it was a street of rouge and gouache. Of course, girls liked it here.
I had no choice but to make everyone pay more attention to the crowd. A group of people walked in slowly. Unexpectedly, there were quite a few female relatives here, and they all came here for cosmetics!
There are cosmetic shops on half of the street, and the remaining half of the street is full of lampstands built by brothels and Chu pavilions. Among them, there is Qunfang Pavilion, which Wu Youwei visited once.
Wu Youwei was still acquainted, and he smiled when he saw the signboard of Qunfang Pavilion standing in mid-air: "Hey, look, Qunfang Pavilion!"
He not only watched it by himself, but also took Wantong beside him to watch it together!
"En." Wantong nodded, but looked at the lampstand in Qunfang Pavilion.
Qunfang Pavilion is the boss of the Qinglou Chu Pavilion in the capital, the lampstands are almost built into a lighthouse, especially the top one, which is a particularly gorgeous concentric lamp.
Concentric lights?
Good stuff!
Wu Youwei is looking at those lanterns with great interest. To be honest, the ancient lanterns are really exquisite, but the candles inside are not very powerful. If the light bulbs are replaced...
Wantong looked at the concentric lamp, pulled Wu Youwei, pointed and said, "I want that!"
Wu Youwei: "..!!"
Wu Youwei looked dazed, okay?
That concentric lantern, bright red, or two hearts leaning on each other, such a pink girly lantern, are you carrying it alone with the tall and burly Jinyiwei who is known for his ferocity?
Isn't this too out of tune?
"Aren't you going?" Wantong looked at Wu Youwei calmly.
.....I go! "I'll fuck it!
Wu Youwei wiped his face: "I'll win it for you!"
When the time comes, I'll see if you can leave without mentioning it!
When Wu Youwei got on the lampstand, there was already a queue at the front. There were many people who looked like they were either rich or expensive, and some of them were talented people.
After many people guessed the riddle, they won the lantern, but they did not take it away, but gave it to someone to hang behind.
Wu Youwei was at the back and couldn't see what was going on ahead, so he could only wait patiently, and soon it would be his turn.
The lantern riddles in Qunfang Pavilion have their own characteristics. It is a boudoir grievance poem, and the answer is not written or typed.
Since Wantong wanted the concentric lantern, Wu Youwei had no choice but to bite the bullet. Looking up at the lantern riddle, he saw that it read:
On the night of the Lantern Festival, sit under the lamp window;
Ask the heavens, whose house is the person in;
I hate Yulang for not having any intimate words;
Make the slave want to stop;
I will not speak of him now;
In terms of friendship, it was not bad;
Dirty soap is hard to speak in vernacular;
I can't wait to divide the two families with one knife;
The poor slave is powerless and hard to let go
Design a plan for the present to make him speechless.
Wu Youwei looked familiar, thought for a while, went in and wrote ten words with a pen, and handed it to the bustard standing there.
He didn't know this old bustard, but her temperament should be more advanced than Mother Fang's, because she only looked a little bit dusty, and she actually looked like a noble lady.
After receiving Wu Youwei's answer, he glanced at it and smiled: "Congratulations, young master, your answer to the riddle is correct.
All the talents were in an uproar: "What's his answer?"
They thought about it for a long time, but they didn't want to understand that they let a later come to the top. There was some dissatisfaction in their hearts, but since Wu Youwei came out, of course he had to wear clothes that represented his identity. Don't dare to make too many mistakes, but the dissatisfaction is certain, but seeing Wantong's attire, no one really dares to do anything, just make a fuss, and depends on the answer and explanation.
It turned out that there were not only the bustards on the stage, but also the four oiran ladies. They were all sitting behind the curtain and could only see their faint figures.
Whoever gets the lantern will be sent to them, the oirans will accumulate the number of lanterns, and whoever has the most lanterns will be the oiran jointly recommended by these brothels and Chuguan.
Many people came here for this, especially the concentric lamp on the top. If someone really wins the concentric lamp and gives it to the oiran, it means that it is very possible to redeem the oiran!
No wonder I waited in line for so long!
Wu Youwei got the concentric lamp, turned around, got off the lamp stand, and handed the concentric lamp to Wantong: "Hey, here is your lantern."
Wantong held it in his hand happily, and asked him deliberately: "What's the answer to the mystery?"
"It's one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, ninety." Wu Youwei replied.
Um? Wantong was taken aback: "I asked you to tell the answer, but didn't tell you to count." "
"This is the answer to the riddle." Wu Youwei said, "One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, ninety."
Seeing that Wantong still didn't understand, Wu Youwei explained it to him in detail, and also let those people listen to it by the way:
On the night of the Lantern Festival, I sit under the lamp window; if the word "Yuan" is missing, there is only "one" left.
Ask the sky, whose house is the person in; if there is no person in the sky, there will be only "two".
I hate Yulang for not having any intimate words; without the jade, there will be no heart, and if there is a little less, there will be "three".
Make the slave want to stop but can't stop; "stop" goes to "go", and "four" is left.
I will not talk about him today; if "wu" is gone, only "five" is left.
In terms of friendship, it was not bad; "Jiao" went to the big fork below, isn't there only "six" left.
It is difficult to speak vernacular for dyed dust soap; the character "zao" without the character "white" on the head is "seven".
I can't wait to divide the two families with one knife; the word "fen" is gone, and the "eight" on the head is left.
The poor slave has no strength to throw it away; the word "throw" has lost both "hand" and "strength", leaving the middle "nine" character.
Design a plan for the present to make him speechless. The word "ji" is missing next to the word "yan", and there is only "ten" left.
So the answer is "one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten"!
"That's not right!" A man who seemed to be a scholar said, "How can one character be a horizontal?"
"The one you mentioned is the normal way of writing. I'm talking about the abbreviation used by businesses to keep accounts. You can go back and read the Nine Chapters of Arithmetic." Wu Youwei looked at the scholar: "You don't even know numbers, you ...hehe!"
The traditional one two three is naturally correct, but the simple one two three is also the same!
In addition, for the convenience of merchants' accounting, they generally use "one, two, three" to represent numbers.
Everyone tasted it carefully, don't know how to count?
Wantong was the first to laugh out loud: "Hahaha!"
Although it was a sneer, it was also a laugh!
Others didn't care anymore, and burst out laughing.
The scholar himself also laughed: "Xiaosheng is ashamed, his family is rich, but he has never learned numbers well, well, he must study hard when he goes back!"
If he was angry or hid his face and walked away, he would have fulfilled his reputation of being "ignorant of numbers". However, such a generous self-deprecating immediately made people feel better. He is a good young man who is willing to face up to his own shortcomings.
In fact, many people didn't think about it at the first time, and only after they figured it out did they realize that this poetry fan is not difficult at all.
It's not right when everyone sees that Wu Youwei gave Wantong the concentric lamp in his hand, and Wantong still carries it.
Shouldn't this concentric lamp be given to women?
How did you send a man?
If it was an ordinary man, I'm afraid everyone would have been delusional, but this man looks like a royal guard!
After laughing, everyone winks at each other, which is really a spectacle.
Especially this lantern doesn't suit a man, he's carrying it a bit...unconventional.
Wu Youwei didn't expect Wantong to actually carry it, so he was embarrassed at the time: "Well, are you really carrying it?"
"Of course." Wantong had a straight face, holding the concentric lantern in his hand that was extremely out of proportion to him.
Wu Youwei is the first and the second eldest, so he really carried it away?The rate of return on this road is not good enough?
The most important thing is that I am still walking side by side with him!
This is even more embarrassing!
Brother, aren't you cold and dazzling?
What kind of trouble is such a young girl going to do?
But there were still people who didn't let him go, so the old bustard came over generously and blessed him: "Since the young master has no intention of being the oiran lady of the Qunfang Pavilion, please give the young master another poem fan for the Qunfang Pavilion.
Wu Youwei was taken aback: "Do you still want poetry fans?"
"Not bad." The old bustard said again, "Please.
The oiran ladies in the back also heard that a talented man who won the concentric lantern didn't give it to any of them, but turned around and gave it to others!
"That man must be his wife." Miss Xia He said faintly, "His wife is so kind."
"Is that man's wife good-looking?" Miss Qiu Ju asked the old bustard: "It must be wearing a gauze hat?"
It was another old bustard who came in to report, and she smiled awkwardly: "Well, that young master gave the concentric lamp to a Master Jin Yiwei who came with him.
The four oirans were stunned.
Miss Chunlan asked incredulously, "What did you say?"
The old bustard continued to say in a low voice and embarrassed, they are also embarrassed, okay?
In the past, the concentric lantern was a gimmick of Qunfang Pavilion, but now it is no longer a gimmick!
And not only was it gone, but it was also embarrassingly given to another man by one man!
Outside, Wu Youwei had already written the poem fan and the answer, and gave it to the old bustard who was the host, and then led the people away.
Everyone gathered around to see the riddle, but the old bustard agreed, but kept the answer tightly so that no one would even glance at it...