Farmhouse Green Plum

Chapter 313 Ridicule

It turns out that the students on the left are not only from Jiahu Academy, but also from Qingshui Academy.

When scholars visit the lantern festival, they naturally have to guess riddles. Several students from Qingshui Academy, like Song Ying and Lin Wenxuan before, competed in guessing riddles, complimenting each other while guessing.

The five people on the left who were passing by heard it and burst into laughter, mocking them for being frogs in a well. It was really hilarious that they were praised for such a shallow knowledge.

Upon hearing this, the students of Qingshui Academy were naturally angry, but seeing that the five people were all wearing blue shirts and were people of honor, they did not dare to act rashly, and only replied softly that the Lantern Festival riddles were meant to be enjoyed by both the elite and the masses, and that students who had just learned to read could join in the fun, just for fun. Compliments between friends were also for the sake of festive joy.

But the five people were disdainful of their explanation and still laughed at them. They couldn't even guess such a simple riddle, so why bother taking the imperial examination? They should just go home and farm early.

Finally, he said that Qingshui County was indeed a poor and remote place, and even such a simple riddle was worthy of praise and not worth staying any longer.

It turned out that these five people were not from Jinchuan, but from the Min area. They passed the college examination last year and became scholars, and came here to study.

This humiliation is not only for the students of Qingshui Academy, but also for all the scholars in Jinchuan.

The scholars in the crowd naturally refused to stand for this, and they called their friends and quickly gathered students from the two major academies in Qingshui County to compete with these five people.

These five people are worthy of being able to pass the imperial examination at such a young age. So far, the riddles they have solved so far have not even stumped the youngest scholar, and he almost solved them without thinking.

In contrast, students from Qingshui County were not so fluent. Some riddles required a long period of thinking before someone came out to write the answer.

Fortunately, although I stumbled a bit, I guessed it right in the end and did not lose.

Below, the boss of Jin Man Lou once again read out the riddle, "When drawing, it is round; when writing, it is square; when in winter, it is short; when in summer, it is long; guess one word."

The youngest scholar on the right quickly wrote down the answer, but after a brief whisper, no one from Qingshui County on the left stepped forward to write down the answer.

Song Ying also started thinking about it, but she still had too little experience. This riddle did not conform to the riddle rules she had summarized at all, and she had no idea at all.

The youngest, round-faced scholar, pulled out a folding fan from somewhere, tapped it on his palm, and said in surprise, "You can't be unable to guess such a simple riddle, right? In our Quanzhou Prefecture, even a yellow-toothed child can guess it."

The faces of all the students in Qingshui County suddenly turned pale. Although Mindi had a strong literary style that was far superior to Jinchuan, not everyone could guess such a difficult riddle.

However, even if they brought out facts to refute, they were still at a disadvantage because the other party had guessed it and they had not.

A very gentle and handsome young man among the five snorted heavily and said, "You are a bunch of two-legged bookworms. You can only show off in front of a country bumpkin who can't even read a single word!"

Not sure if it was Song Ying's illusion, but she felt that the expressions of many students in Qingshui Academy became very subtle, and many of them seemed to inadvertently look at Shen Yonghui standing in front of them.

The crowd was just there to watch the fun. Although they hoped that the students from Qingshui County would win, it didn't matter if they didn't win. After all, for most people, their own children were not among them.

But the young man's last sentence clearly scolded them as well. Someone angrily said, "What country bumpkin? All the country people have gone back home now. We are all city people!"

"Pfft!"

"Hahaha……"

Three scholars were laughing so hard that they fell backwards. The round-faced scholar who was writing the answers at the desk tried hard to keep a straight face, but his eyes were full of ridicule.

Many people looked puzzled, wondering what was wrong with what the man said.

The common people who heard the hidden meaning of the other party were about to curse back, but the oldest scholar gently rebuked his companion: "Brother Wu, please don't be rude. We are scholars, how can we be on the same level as the common people?"

After the reprimand, he bowed slightly to the people in the audience and said, "Brother Wu is young and hot-tempered, and he spoke too quickly. He did not mean to offend you. I will apologize to you on his behalf."

Although many people were still unhappy, he was a scholar and apologized to them, so they could not take it to heart no matter how unhappy they were.

After calming the people in the audience, the old scholar looked at the students from Qingshui County on the stage and said, "If no one of you can guess it, you lose."

Although they felt guilty, some students from Qingshui Academy still insisted, "What do you mean even if we lose, we may not be sure whether your guess is right or not!"

Song Ying looked and found that the person who spoke was Shen Yonghui who was standing in front. He glared at the scholar named Wu and was very angry!

His words were supported by many people, and many people immediately responded: "Yes, we don't know whether it is right or not, it's too early to be happy now..."

"Hmph, I think you won't cry until you see the coffin. Guys, hurry up and send our answer to the boss!" The scholar surnamed Wu raised his chin and looked at Shen Yonghui with disdain.

Shen Yonghui was so angry that he was about to explode, but there was nothing he could do. He watched helplessly as the waiter took the answer from the table and walked towards the owner of Jin Manlou who was in the center of the stage.

The owner of Jin Man Lou looked at the answer, looked at the students from Qingshui County helplessly, and nodded, "They guessed right."

Wu Xiucai sneered, "Now, what else do you have to say?"

At this point, the students from Qingshui County turned pale and blue in the face, and some even had their lips trembling with shame and anger.

The round-faced scholar who had guessed the riddle was not as petty as him. He smiled slightly, still looking gentle, and said, "I am sorry to show my ugliness."

The students from Qingshui County began to look at their companions and asked each other quietly, "Did anyone guess it?"

"I'm so ashamed, I really can't guess..."

After laughing for a while, Mr. Wu urged impatiently: "If you can't guess it, just admit defeat. Don't dilly-dally like a woman."

Song Ying frowned as he listened. His impression of this scholar named Wu dropped to the lowest level. What did he mean by "like a woman"? There were no women on the stage, and no women could provoke him.

At this moment, Yuan Qing suddenly walked out and said loudly: "Let me give it a try."

Hearing this, the students of Qingshui County were filled with hope, and the onlookers were also excited. Many people couldn't help but stand on tiptoe and stretch their necks, not caring whether they could read or not, or whether they could see from this angle, as if they could see what Yuan Qing was writing in this way.

He did not go to the desk to write, but directly said: "The answer is a sun, right?"

The owner of Jin Man Lou was so happy that he nodded vigorously, "Yes, yes, the answer is the word sun!"

It can be seen that as a member of Qingshui County, he was also very angry with the five scholars.