The whole family travels through time: escape from famine! No cheat codes yet!

Chapter 400 Unexpected Popularity

It may be because some people in the city saw so many Kongming lanterns rising into the sky, and many people also bought Kongming lanterns, whether they were from Jiu Zu or other vendors.

Whether standing on the street or in their own yard, the whole family will light up the Kongming lantern and send it into the sky.

If there were a god who could overlook the entire Shuntian Prefecture at this moment, he would see that in every corner and in many places in the city of Shuntian Prefecture, there were sky lanterns rising into the sky.

Slowly gathering into a sky full of stars.

This scene was also seen by the nobles attending the banquet in the palace.

The Prince of Yan immediately sent someone to investigate and found out that it was the people who spontaneously prayed for blessings during the Mid-Autumn Festival. He then instructed his subordinates: "Pass the order down and pay attention to the situation inside and outside the city. Notify the officials below as soon as possible and pay attention to fire prevention."

He turned and entered the banquet to report the matter to King Yan. King Yan might be busy with state affairs day and night, but he did not look very healthy.

When he heard the report, there was no blame on his face, but he reminded the prince: "The people are praying and lighting lanterns to celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival, but we can't relax and we must prevent fires."

The prince responded, "Yes, father, I have already arranged it."

King Yan nodded with satisfaction: "I am naturally relieved that Yan'er is doing the job. Please take a seat."

At the palace banquet, there was a burst of praise for the prince, and the atmosphere was harmonious and joyful.

Not only in the palace, but also many people in Shuntian Prefecture, no matter where they were, had stopped to gaze at the lights in the sky.

"Jinyulou, has anyone won two sets of gold headgear?"

When this news spread throughout the streets and alleys along with the gossip-loving people of the capital.

Most of the people were shocked at how lucky that person was and how generous the owner of Jinyulou was.

However, many literati and scholars were very interested in the two couplets that were circulated.

Riddles are always present at lantern festivals, whether it is the Lantern Festival or the Mid-Autumn Festival, and there are also some difficult ones that no one can guess.

In Daqing, although riddles are a niche genre, they are regarded as elegant word games by literati and scholars, and many literary masters are experts in making riddles.

But this year, the difficulty of guessing lantern riddles has increased again. It’s not that the answers are difficult to guess, but that the ways of answering are too tricky.

We've all seen the puzzle-pair format, but for your puzzle couplet, the answers to the two couplets must be able to be combined into a word?

What's more outrageous is that the answers to the two couplets must be of the same type, and the answers must be able to be combined into a pair of short couplets?

The riddle of a double riddle is antithetical, the answer is also antithetical, and it is required to conform to the tones!

“It is neither black, nor white, nor red or yellow; it is like a fox, wolf, cat or dog, neither a domestic animal nor a wild beast.

It can be found in poems, lyrics, and the Analects; it is vague about east, west, south, and north, and although it is a short piece, it is also a wonderful piece of writing. "

The first line means “guess” and the second line means “riddle”, which together means “guess the riddle”.

Many people have thought about trying to come up with more couplet comparisons, and found that no matter for the situation at that time or just looking at the couplets now, there is no couplet more appropriate than this one.

Qingshan Academy, in the corridor:

There was a teacher who couldn't help but sigh: "Dean, I didn't expect that the riddle you set would be solved in one day. It seems that there are experts among the people. I heard that the person who guessed the riddle was an old man with white hair and beard? He is very likely a hermit master."

That’s right, the owner of Jinyulou paid for the construction of the Qingshan Academy, and that’s why he invited this old dean to help.

Another teacher wrote: "When the sun is high, people look up at the fan; when the white frost begins to fall, you should add more clothes." These two sentences are well-matched. The first sentence refers to "Great Heat" and the second sentence refers to "Minor Cold". "Great Heat" and "Minor Cold" are also in parallel. I also heard that this was written by a father and son? It seems that they have a family tradition!"

The old dean was quite dazed. Kyoto was full of talented people, and he didn't think that the answer to the riddle he came up would stump so many people. But why did he hear that the time to come up with the second line should not exceed five breaths?

How much time did it take you to come up with the first half of these two riddles?

"It seems that there are always people better than you!"

Suddenly everyone was silent. It is true that one should not underestimate the people in the world.

As a result, not long after, an even more explosive news came out: "What? The person who answered the question is actually a farmer? Or a refugee from famine?"

There was a young man with a smug look on his face, pointing to the bamboo-shaped soles on his feet and saying, "Brothers, you should know that the rubber shoe soles that are popular in Shuntian Prefecture now were made by the person who researched this thing."

"A farmer who sells things on a street stall? No, absolutely impossible. Senior brother, you'd better not make such jokes."

A Confucian scholar blurted out that this news was too fantastic and he absolutely did not believe it.

But the young master assured again and again: "I was there at the time, and Master Fu and Master Ning were also there. By the way, Master Ning also participated in the competition, but he didn't get these two questions right."

As luck would have it, this sentence was heard by several masters who walked out of the corridor. The one who sighed that the master was among the common people asked, "You were there, can you tell us what happened at that time?"

The teacher was also curious.

After the young man paid his respects, he folded his folding fan and began to talk incessantly about what happened yesterday. He told nearly 90% of the story and even remembered several difficult riddles.

The teachers were even more shocked: "You said the person who answered the first couplet was no more than thirty years old?"

The young man was stunned. Why didn’t their teacher grasp the point? Shouldn’t he say that the man was extremely smart?

But he still answered obediently: "He should be under 30. This should not be difficult to find out. Has anyone in your family ever sold shoe soles? Just ask and you will know. When they still had a stall, that person often set up a stall in Shuntianfu."

Several teachers looked at each other in surprise. They thought he was some kind of hermit, at least at the same level as their dean.

Then the teacher thought of something and said, "You said his son could come up with the second couplet? How old is his son?"

"He looks like he's only about eleven or twelve years old. No wonder my dad always says I'm uneducated. Now I'm convinced."

When he sighed, the teachers were so shocked that they didn't know what day it was.

But as the conversation at Qingshan Academy spread, Shen Zhiqiu and his friends were almost snapped up like crazy for their shoes.

If it is something valuable, perhaps many ordinary people cannot afford to participate because of the limited money in their pockets, and can only talk about gossip and spread rumors.

But who can't afford a few dozen cents for shoe soles?

Therefore, in the capital, many grocery stores where Shen Zhiqiu and his team had shopped were packed with people.

"Give me a pair of soles. I want them for my child. Maybe my child will be as smart as the one who answered the couplet if he wears them."

"Oh, brother, I thought so too. We really think alike. Shopkeeper, please give me two pairs so that my son can wear them alternately."

The shopkeeper said: "Hey, don't rush. The children's ones are all sold out. Do you want some for adults?"

"I, I want it, sir, the last time I bought number 39, give me number 39!"

"The child is gone, you should quickly arrange for someone to buy the goods. If you don't go, we can go to the village to buy them ourselves. Why are you not enthusiastic about making money?"

The shopkeeper was sweating profusely: "I have sent someone there a long time ago. You will not be able to buy it yourself. I heard that there is a long queue of people waiting to buy goods at the village entrance."