Chapter 379 Win the Lantern
"Which lamp do you want? I'll help you win it."
Gu Jingzhe pointed at the sea of lights in front of him and asked Lu Zhaozhao, unaware that Tong Huaqiong and Old Lady Huang had already come to their side.
"I want that lotus lantern." Lu Zhaozhao pointed to the lotus lantern not far away.
The girl's beautiful face is as pure and beautiful as a jasmine flower under the light.
The lantern seller took down the riddle and read it to Gu Jingzhe.
Gu Jingzhe guessed the answer without any hesitation. The lantern seller handed the lantern to Gu Jingzhe with a smile, and Gu Jingzhe took it and handed it to Lu Zhaozhao.
Lu Zhaozhao took it in her hand and the smile on her face never stopped.
It was from this moment that Tong Huaqiong knew that she could not stop the relationship between Gu Jingzhe and Lu Zhaozhao.
If she really wanted to break up the marriage, she would be listed on the same level as Jiao Zhongqing's mother and Lu You's mother as the evil mother-in-law who broke up her son's marriage in history, and the old pious woman who was written about in poems and books by literati and poets for future generations to curse.
The only thing she could do was to stop Gu Jingzhe from going astray.
Fortunately, Lu Zhaozhao is now involved in the Lu family's business. Even if Gu Jingzhe is taken away by the princess again in this life, she will not be as isolated and helpless as in her previous life.
What's more, Lu Zhaoyang's fate has been completely rewritten. With Lu Zhaoyang around, Gu Jingzhe dared not betray Lu Zhaozhao easily.
Old Lady Huang looked at Gu Jingzhe and Lu Zhaozhao, a perfect couple, and tried to test whether Tong Huaqiong had any intention of marrying into the Lu family.
Tong Huaqiong changed the subject.
Gu Jingzhe hasn't even gotten the title of scholar yet. Even if she doesn't object to him renewing his relationship with Lu Zhaozhao in this life, it's too early to get engaged now.
As Gu Jingzhe won the riddle, people around him couldn't help but join in the riddle guessing game, and the atmosphere was heated up.
Most people guessed wrong.
After all, merchants have to run a business, so most of the riddles are tricky and weird, with the main purpose of getting people who watch the lanterns to participate, rather than winning all the lanterns.
In the past, Lu Zhaoyang was in poor health and rarely participated in lively entertainment activities like this.
I was particularly curious about this lantern riddle guessing activity at this time, and with Huang Jingshan right in front of me, I had a strong desire to win.
Whenever a tricky riddle was thrown out, Lu Zhaoyang could guess it correctly after a little thought.
The usually aloof Huang Jingshan also showed enthusiasm to participate today.
Every time Lu Zhaoyang guessed one correctly, Huang Jingshan would take over the next one. In the end, the crowd stopped guessing the answer and just watched the two of them throwing answers back and forth.
The two of them guessed all the riddles carefully prepared by the merchant.
The guy's face changed from happy at first to calm and finally to despair. He mechanically read the riddle and took the light.
Soon, the area in front of Lu Zhaoyang and Huang Jingshan was filled with lights.
Maner, Xiaolong, Yaozu and Duoer clapped happily around the lantern.
Several children were discussing which one to choose.
Huang Jingshan let the children choose.
The other children watching showed envy in their eyes.
"How can I take so many lanterns back after winning them?" Old Mrs. Huang smiled so hard that her teeth were showing.
Her granddaughter and grandson-in-law really make her proud.
"You can only use this lamp on the 15th. If you take it back, it will be covered in dust." Tong Huaqiong said.
Huang Jingshan said: "Why don't we distribute the lights to the children."
There were many children watching the scene.
Not every child has a lantern to choose from.
After all, the money for a lantern is enough to buy a bag of salt, and many families are reluctant to spend this money to buy lanterns for their children.
Lu Zhaoyang had the same idea and nodded in agreement quickly.
Tong Huaqiong said quickly, "These lights were won by Miss Huang and Mr. Lu for the children."
You can’t just do good things without promoting them.
This time, Huang Jingshan must be given a good reputation for being kind-hearted.
When the children who were watching heard that the lights were about to be turned on, they swarmed forward.
Huang Jingshan, Lu Zhaoyang, Gu Jingzhe and others stood in front of the lights and lit them one by one.
"Don't crowd."
"Everyone has."
Taking advantage of the opportunity to distribute the lanterns, Lu Zhaoyang turned around and quietly handed the money for the lanterns to the merchant.
We can't let the boss lose money.
The boss said too much, then pointed to the lamp on the shelf and said, "Use the extra money to buy the lamp on this shelf."
Soon all the children on the street knew that Miss Huang had won all the lanterns and gave them to everyone, and the children who had no lanterns ran to get them.
This scene naturally fell into the eyes of Tong Huaqiong and others. Huang Yuanwai praised it again and again and became more and more satisfied with the marriage arranged by Tong Huaqiong.
"These lanterns are for children who don't have lanterns. You have one, so why are you here to get one? If you get one, other children who don't have lanterns will have one less." Maner suddenly pointed at a child and said.
Tong Huaqiong saw Xiaolong grabbing a child's wrist. Tong Huaqiong also knew the child, he was Chunni's younger brother Chunwang.
Chunwang tried to hit Maner relying on his height, but Xiaolong grabbed his wrist.
Tong Huaqiong hates Chunwang very much.
Chunwang's family bought him two lanterns. When he heard the man in front of him handing the lantern to Mrs. Luo, he came to Huang Jingshan to ask for it.
Although Xiaolong is small, he is very strong. He held Chunwang's wrist tightly. Chunwang felt pain and could not hold the lantern he was given. Maner took it and handed it to the child next to him who did not have a lantern.
"I'll beat you every time I see you." Xiaolong said.
Chunwang struggled for a while, but seeing Tong Huaqiong and Su Chengmin staring at him fiercely, he did not dare to fight back.
"Mrs. Luo, you already have two lanterns in your hands, why do you let Chunwang take them? This is not the way to take advantage. The child is ignorant, don't you understand it either?"
When Mrs. Luo saw her grandson being bullied, she rushed over with two lanterns, but was stabbed rudely by Tong Huaqiong.
The people around expressed their disgust at Luo Po's behavior.
Even those who already had lanterns but wanted to take advantage and let their own children carry the lanterns left in shame.
Soon, Huang Jingshan, Gu Taohua and others finished distributing the lanterns.
"This is for you." Su Chengmin said to Gu Taohua holding a lantern.
Gu Taohua had just helped Huang Jingshan distribute lanterns and even distributed her own lantern. Su Chengmin left a peach blossom lantern and handed it to Gu Taohua.
"Oh, this is exactly the peach blossom lantern I wanted to keep." Gu Taohua said with a smile.
She had long had her eyes on this peach blossom lantern, but because so many children had received the lanterns, she felt embarrassed to keep it for herself.
Just when she was regretting that the peach blossom lantern had been taken away by someone, she didn't expect that Su Chengmin had hidden it for her.
Gu Taohua was holding a peach blossom lantern and her face was as beautiful as a peach.
Su Chengmin raised his eyes and saw Gu Taohua's smiling eyes through the lantern.
The lights on the fifteenth night in Yanguan Town cannot be compared with those in Shengjing, but he feels that both the moonlight and the lights tonight are much more beautiful than those in Shengjing.
At the end of the street there was a circus performing fire-eating.
Not to mention the children, even the adults can't stand this bizarre and exciting performance.
Especially Xiaolong, he grew up in the palace and almost never left the palace, let alone watching folk acrobatics outside.
Seeing it with his own eyes, he was so curious that he opened his eyes wide, took Maner's hand and got into the bustling crowd.