My Sisters Excel in Both Literary and Martial Arts - Chapter 914

[Chapter 888: Lighting Fees (First update, please subscribe)]

Today’s Juxian Building is indeed newly decorated. Compared with when Jing Zhe left in the evening, all the tables and chairs in the hall have been moved to one side of the hall, making the whole hall look… Be spacious.

There are hundreds of small lanterns hanging directly above the hall, with a piece of paper tied under the tassel of each lantern. Many people are gathering under a lantern, discussing something there.

No need to ask, they must be guessing lantern riddles!

Since he had already spent money to get in, there was no point in getting angry. Chen Jiannan went over to take a look and found that everyone was gathered under a lantern, talking about something.

These people look like they are dressed like scholars. They must have read books. Although the lantern riddles are very difficult, the guessing is just for the atmosphere. And these scholars, not to mention guessing the lantern riddles, not even one of them has solved the lantern riddles. It’s really strange!

Don’t worry about whether it happens or not, at least take one apart!

If you don’t even dismantle it, how do you know if it will happen?

What time are you wasting here?

It seems that this small place is just a small place, and it is incomparable to our Jingzhou!

At this time, Chen Jiannan, who was full of self-confidence and sense of superiority, stood up and sneered in his heart: Then I will show you how Jingzhou talented people guess lantern riddles!

So he reached out and as soon as he took out a piece of paper from under the lantern tassel, people around him looked over. This made Chen Jiannan even more proud. When he was about to open it, a hand blocked him.

Chen Jiannan looked up and found the bald waiter.

“What’s wrong?”

The bald waiter stretched out his hand: “Give me money!”

“Give me money? Give me money for what?”

Chen Jiannan was a little confused, and then became angry: “Are you crazy about money? You took it when you first walked in. Five taels of silver, why are you still charging?”

The bald waiter looked contemptuous: “Then I paid the entrance fee, and now I pay the light fee!”

“Why, you didn’t hear that just now

?

Are there any rules for guessing lantern riddles? “

“…”

Chen Jiannan was stunned. Whether it was Yongzhou or Jingzhou, he had participated in many lantern riddle guessing activities. Which one didn’t he just open and guess? When have you ever heard of a light charge?

“We just entered, how do we know the rules?”

“Okay, let me tell you again!”

At this time, the bald waiter shouted loudly, and everyone stopped talking and looked over.

The bald waiter then said: “Since there are many people who have just come in and don’t know the rules of guessing lantern riddles, I will introduce them again. You all listen carefully, and don’t say you don’t know the rules again later!”

He said, even harshly. He gave Chen Jiannan a hard look.

“This lantern riddle guessing is jointly organized by our Juxian Building and Zhoujiabufang, and there are many benefits. Of course, this lantern riddle is not just guessing, but requires a lighting fee.”

“The so-called lighting fee means that you only need to When you take a lantern, you have to pay one or two silver to open the lantern riddle, and then tell me the lantern riddle you guessed. If the guess is wrong, the riddle will be put back and someone else will guess it. Of course, there is a time limit. Otherwise, how can everyone guess for ten days and a half?”

“Well, even if you don’t guess correctly, we, Ms. Zhou, will give you a new cotton-padded coat made by Zhoujia Clothing Factory! But it’s five hundred pieces of silver, so even if you don’t guess correctly, it’s still very profitable!”

“If the guess is correct, we, Juxianlou and Zhoujiabufang, will give fifty taels of silver to the talented person who guessed correctly!” !”

“Wow!”

As soon as these words came out, the whole place was in an uproar.

One or two bets, fifty taels, the odds are too high!

And if he didn’t guess correctly, it would be equivalent to buying cotton-padded clothes from Zhoujia Cloth Factory for twice the price. Not a loss…

well, a small loss.

…

“Do you understand?”

At this time, the bald waiter looked at Chen Jiannan who was in a daze and asked.

“I understand.”

Chen Jiannan nodded. At this time, he finally understood why so many people gathered around the lantern and pointed, but no one tried to guess the lantern riddles!

It’s all about money!

“Pay for it if you understand!”

Seeing that Chen Jiannan just answered but had no reaction, the bald waiter was a little dissatisfied and urged.

“What’s the price? I don’t want to guess!”

Chen Jiannan is not stupid, he knows that it is not easy to take advantage of it. In a situation like this, there must be something fishy! When the time comes, I won’t be able to get fifty taels of silver, but I’ll lose another one tael of silver in vain!

The group of them spent hundreds of taels here just for the room fee. Just now they came in and spent dozens of taels. Although the money was not paid by him, it was still bleeding!

Therefore, he will not pay even one more tael of silver!

But the bald waiter quit: “You have taken the note off the lantern tassel. You have to pay if you guess, and you have to pay if you don’t guess. These are the rules!”

“…”

Chen Jiannan was about to retort, He saw several burly men with sinister faces coming to him and surrounding him. Looking at this posture, if he dared not to fight with his front legs, he would be beaten on his back legs!

At this time, he glanced at Jing Zhe helplessly. When Jing Zhe nodded to him, he had an idea.

“Isn’t it just one tael of silver? I’ll just hand it over!”

He said, took out a tael of silver and handed it over, then opened the note and stared at the lantern riddle on it, frowning.

Just as he thought, this lantern riddle is very difficult, and these fifty taels of silver are indeed difficult to get!

“Have you guessed it?”

Chen Jiannan broke out in sweat after being urged by the bald waiter.

“Five, four, three, two, one, okay, time’s up. Since you can’t guess it, put the riddle back in and let others guess again. Oh, I’ll give you a voucher. Wait until the poem is over. You can go to Zhoujia Cloth Shop to get a cotton coat!”

The bald waiter counted a few numbers very casually and interrupted Chen Jiannan. Everyone looked at each other and looked at each other.

“Okay, who else is going to guess the lantern riddles next?”

“…”

Looking at Chen Jiannan’s dress and conversation, everyone is not stupid. They can guess that he must have some talent, but he is like this, and most of the others are also good. almost.

Just lose money!

So everyone remained silent, and no one wanted to try it again.

Jing Zhe approached Chen Jiannan who had retreated and asked, “What’s going on? What’s the mystery?”

“It’s clear at the beginning of the long rain, type a Chinese character.”

After hearing this, Jing Zhe was stunned and even more puzzled: “This is right. It shouldn’t be difficult for you, right?”

Before Jing Zhe arrived in Yongzhou, Chen Jiannan was the most talented person in Yongzhou, and Jing Zhe still believed in his talent.

As for this mystery, it is difficult to say it is difficult, and it is not too simple to say it is simple. But Jing Zhe feels that for Chen Jiannan’s level, the answer to this mystery can only be said to be average.

Chen Jiannan sighed and said: “Now that I look at the answer to the mystery, it is indeed not difficult. I also figured it out. But I was too nervous just now and was pushed by him, so I couldn’t concentrate at all, so I didn’t figure it out. Alas, again A tael of silver was wasted!”

Chen Jiannan said angrily.

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(End of this chapter)