The Prodigal Son’s Happy Life - Chapter 31

[Chapter 31 Lantern Riddle Party]

“You are actually willing to give out one thousand taels of silver. This is a bit too generous.”

On the edge of the crowd, a young man stretched his neck and said in disbelief.

Next to him, another man wearing a Confucian shirt answered: “If you knew who the master behind the Chunfeng Tower was, you wouldn’t think so.”

The young man looked at him and asked doubtfully: “Who is it? Another

person

smiled and said: “The owner behind Chunfeng Tower is Fang Xiu, the prodigal son of the Fang Mansion who is rumored to be suffering from mental illness.”

When the young man heard the name ‘Fang Xiu’, a look of surprise appeared on his face. , said: “It’s him, no wonder he was so generous. For every correct lantern riddle, he was rewarded with ten taels of silver.”

“What kind of lantern riddle is it?”

Zhao Yan heard the conversation between the two, looked at them with interest, and asked .

The two people were enjoying their conversation when they were interrupted by others. They were naturally unhappy. When they turned around and saw that the person who interrupted them was a woman, their eyes showed even more disdain.

One of them frowned and whispered: “It’s not easy for a woman to stay at home and take care of her husband and raise children. Why would she go out to hang out?”

Although his words were soft, they could not escape Zhao Yan’s ears.

Her face darkened, and she looked at the person who spoke coldly: “What did you say? Do you dare to say it again!”

The man looked at Zhao Yan unwilling to be outdone, and said disdainfully: “It doesn’t matter if you say it again, just listen.

He paused, seemed to remember something, and said: “…Forget it, you are a woman, I won’t argue with you, go home quickly.”

Although

Zhao Yan is a woman, she has been talking about swords and swords since she was a child .

He is very interested in the martial arts world, and the most disgusting thing is to look down on women.

What happened to the woman?

Women can’t help the strong and support the weak, can’t they fight for justice?

Who stipulated that women must stay at home, take care of their husbands and raise their children, and be a bird in a cage?

The more Zhao Yan thought about it, the more annoyed she became. Finally, she couldn’t hold back the anger in her heart and was about to rush forward.

According to her temperament, that person would not be able to escape a severe beating.

Compared with ordinary martial arts practitioners, Zhao Yan’s martial arts skills are far inferior, but compared with those who have never practiced martial arts, they are not weak.

At the very least, it would be okay to confront a scholar, knock him down, kneel down, choke him, and beg him not to die.

At this moment, Zhao Yan had already made up her mind to teach that man a lesson.

Unexpectedly, as soon as he took a step forward, he was pulled back.

Looking back, it was Fang Xiu.

Fang Xiu took Zhao Yan’s slender arm and said: “According to the law, if a crowd gathers to fight in the capital, you will be imprisoned.”

Zhao Yan broke away, looked at Fang Xiu, and said coldly: “Then what happened in the capital? Yiren Juli, what does it matter if you indulged the evil slave and severely injured that foreigner?”

Bai Xiaochun smiled awkwardly and whispered: “Miss Zhao, the young one is not considered an evil slave, haha. “

In Bai Xiaochun’s eyes, Miss Zhao and her young master must be having an affair.

She also comes from a wealthy family and can be considered a lady. It is not impossible for her to become the young master’s first wife in the future.

Therefore, these days, he treats Zhao Yan like a young lady. When he hears her calling him an evil slave, of course he can’t help but defend himself.

Zhao Yan also knew that Bai Xiaochun had a good attitude towards her, so she did not dwell on this issue any longer.

Instead, he stared at Fang Xiu, with the meaning of “If you don’t explain why you stopped this girl, I will never give up today.”

Fang Xiu originally wanted to say: As a woman, if you beat up a weak scholar on the street in front of so many people, aren’t you afraid that you won’t be able to get married in the future?

But looking at her expression, I guess if she said this, she would really fight to the death with him.

Fang Xiu thought for a while, looked at her and asked, “You are sure that if you hit someone, how can you still make them not report to the official?”

Zhao Yan said angrily: “If you report to the official, then report to the official, who is afraid of whom?”

“Then you Aren’t you afraid that when you get to the Yamen in Kyoto, your family will know your whereabouts, take you back, and force you to get married?”

“I”

Zhao Yan was startled, lowered her head, and gritted her teeth and said, “I just can’t swallow this breath.”

Fang Xiu smiled. Laughing, she said, “It’s not easy to be angry. Come here and I’ll tell you.”

After a moment, Zhao Yan looked up at Fang Xiu and asked, “How do you know the answers to those riddles?”

After she finished speaking, she immediately Some regrets.

I was so stunned by the popularity just now that I forgot that this lantern riddle party was organized by Master Fang himself. Of course he knew the answer to the lantern riddle.

This time,

Zhao Yan was not expecting to be laughed at by him. Fang Xiu did not make fun of her, but just replied lightly: “I came up with these lantern riddles. Of course I know.”

Did he think of it himself? Didn’t you listen to what others said or copy it from a book?

Zhao Yan’s eyes showed surprise, and the way she looked at Fang Xiu became different.

No wonder she had never heard of these lantern riddles, and each one was so obscure that it would have been impossible to solve it without a flash of inspiration.

It turned out to be his own idea

In Zhao Yan’s eyes, although Fang Xiu was uneducated and incompetent, the most important thing in his mind was clever ideas.

He said that he came up with these lantern riddles. Zhao Yan didn’t question it too much. She just nodded and said softly: “Thank you.”

Hearing this ‘thank you’, Fang Xiu was even more surprised than she was.

To hear the word ‘thank you’ from this eldest lady today, it was no wonder that he had to put a lot of thought into coming up with the riddle to tell her.

Looking up again, I saw Zhao Yan walking towards the crowd.

There are too many people who come to join in the fun, or want to try their luck and receive reward money.

The lanterns with riddles written on them were surrounded by crowds of people. Unless you were a very strong person, you wouldn’t be able to squeeze in.

Zhao Yan stood on the edge of the crowd, thought for a while, and suddenly shouted loudly: “If I want to guess lantern riddles, please get out of my way -!”

At the age of fourteen or fifteen, a girl’s voice is at its sharpest.

Everyone heard the shout unexpectedly and were startled. They thought it was the legendary female ghost in white who had appeared again, so they rushed back.

The commotion lasted for a while, and then a boy from Chunfeng Tower came out to maintain order. Soon, the crowd returned to calm.

“You little girl, what are you yelling at?”

“Just enjoy the lantern festival and don’t yell at me!”

Most of the people here were grown men, but they were frightened out of their wits by a little girl, and they all felt that their faces were dull.

, one after another opened their mouths to complain.

When the man who was very disdainful of Zhao Yan saw this, he looked at Zhao Yan and said, “What are you yelling at? I just asked you to go home, why don’t you leave?”

Zhao Yan ignored the man and just said coldly. Glanced at him.

The man saw the look in her eyes, and for some reason, he remembered the legend of the female ghost in white.

Somewhat frightened, he shrank his neck, not daring to say any more.

(End of chapter)