Chapter 4: Lantern Festival

At both ends of the large stage, two large rotating lanterns hang high, in which various paintings change with the rotation of the lights. Lan Ruoyan didn't want to squeeze into the crowd. She found a place on the big tree beside her and found a comfortable place to lie down.

At first glance, Lan Ruoyan was a little surprised. I don't know what it was made. Although the ancients were a little behind in thought, other aspects should not be underestimated.

Luban, papermaking, compass, printing and gunpowder in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, these things that are still used in the modern world were all invented by the ancients, and now people have only improved them on the basis of that time.

"Tonight is the annual large-scale lantern event in our town. According to the old rule, as long as anyone passes the three levels, he can get the things in this treasure box." A rich middle-aged man with a rich face sounded.

As soon as the voice fell, the people below cheered. Lan Ruoyan was a little puzzled. Didn't she say anything? Those people are so excited to do something, as if they have seen through what's inside. Curiosity together, more focused on every move on the stage.

"I don't know what good things Boss Mu has prepared this time. I heard that things are not repeated every year, and it is extremely rare. I don't know what good things will be this year?" One said.

"I don't know what it is, but it's by no means what we can think about. Boss Mu changes his tricks every year. I don't know what ideas he will come up with this time. He has tried poetry fighting and drinking a few years ago, but I don't know this year..."

"Everyone be quiet!" The middle-aged man on the stage smiled calmly and said, "Don't be excited. I won't announce what's in it. I'll wait for the final winner to tell you. Tonight's topic is to guess the lantern riddle!"

Before the words fell, everyone shouted happily. Compared with previous years, lantern riddles can be said to be the easiest. They are eager to try and want to win the first place in one fell swoop.

"Now, we send a lantern to everyone present. Each lantern has a riddle, word puzzle, and puzzle. At that time, everyone will write the answer on the back and give it to me in a piece of incense, and the correct person can participate in the next round of competition." After saying that, he smiled and waved his hand, and immediately someone came out from behind the stage and came out with many lanterns in one hand.

Lan Ruoyan looked at the place where she was hiding and then looked at the sea of people. Her heart was a little shaken. Originally, her open hands wanted to jump down to participate in it, but now she shrank her hands and stayed honestly on the tree.

Everyone present held a lantern with a smile and looked left and again. They didn't know where the note was hidden. Some reckless people directly broke the lantern, the candle burned the lantern, almost burned his hand, threw it down in panic, and stamped out the flame with his foot. There was no note on the dark thing on the ground.

When others saw it, how dare they be so reckless? They carefully studied the lantern in their hands. The man just said that the note was hidden in the lantern, but why didn't it disappear now? Could it be that he didn't want to burn to ashes just now? Some people directly put their eyes close to see if there was something hidden in it.

Lan Ruoyan laughed when he saw this scene. The note will definitely not be in the lantern. Tonight is a large lantern party. If the lanterns are torn one by one, what kind of lantern party is it? But the note must have a hiding place. If it is not there, there is only one place to hide. Lan Ruoyan's eyes lock the handle of the lantern and the round bamboo tube. As expected, it should be hollow.

When everyone was thinking hard, Lan Ruoyan saw a woman walking straight to the stage with the note in her hand. Seeing this, the others raised the handle in their hands and pulled it gently, revealing a corner of the folded very neat note. Suddenly, he hurriedly pulled it out and meditated again.

The middle-aged man on the stage nodded and smiled with satisfaction. Lan Ruoyan couldn't help thinking that this man is not only rich, but also likes to play pranks!

"Cough! Have you thought about it? It's time for a fragrance. Please think about it and bring the answer to the stage. We are about to go to the second round. The stage began to speak.

When they heard this, the people under the stage were sorry, sighed, happy, and had all kinds of expressions.

"It's not easy to meet someone who is a little sure, but I didn't expect this, so I can only look forward to next year!" The man said with regret.

"I didn't think it was that simple, but I didn't expect it to hide this trick. It's fun!"

"The second game begins! I just got it right. Please come here.

A few lucky people walked to one side confidently, but it was still full of old people and children.

"These two rounds, tea fighting!"

As soon as the words fell, everyone was in an uproar. Tea culture prevailed in the Xiaqi Dynasty, and every family loved to drink tea. But tea fighting is just a kind of "elegant play" with money and leisure culture. They usually even see it. Today, they can see it with their own eyes and look interested. I don't know if it's just for the mysterious treasure box.

The content of tea fighting includes the following three aspects: tea fighting, tea ceremony, and tea opera. The people who participated in the tea fight offered their own hidden names

Tea, take turns to taste, it has been decided. After laughing, he looked at the people below with a little expectation. The master of the tea ceremony was good. If anyone found something interesting here, it would be in vain today's grand event.

The content of the competition includes the hue and aroma of tea, the aroma of tea soup, the advantages and disadvantages of tea sets, the urgency of boiling water, etc. Tea fighting should go through collective evaluation, and those who have the best will win.

Tea-fighting places generally include large-scale tea shops. These stores are most divided into two front and back, and the front hall is large, which is a storefront; the back hall is narrow and has a small kitchen - easy to make tea. Elegant inner rooms or ancient courtyards with flowers and trees, or those near the river and the West Lake, are all good places for tea.

"Then where are we going to compare?" One of them shouted that it is absolutely difficult to compare here, and there is no such condition.

"Don't be impatient. What do you need to prepare for the few winners? There is a ray of incense to prepare. In this round of competition, we will go to Linjiang's tea competition." After saying that, the middle-aged man nodded gently to one side of the stage.

Everyone was full of interest and was not a little discouraged by the opportunity to seize the treasure. As soon as they heard this, they spontaneously dispersed and walked in the direction of "tea tea".

Lan Ruoyan stayed in the tree for a long time, stretched out and was about to leave. Suddenly, I saw the first woman who found the mystery of the lantern riddle just now and walked to the restaurant beside her, looking at home, as if she didn't pay attention to the game at all. No, it's not that she doesn't pay attention to the game, but that there is no need to prepare too much, as if everything is under her control.

Seeing her sitting opposite an old man who is addicted to alcohol, dancing and saying something vividly, she is full of childishness. I only faintly heard the woman say that she was determined to win in the treasure box.

Several people participating in the competition have rushed to the event site, rubbing their hands one by one and eager to try, and the onlookers surrounded this place. Lan Ruoyan relied on her flexibility and found a relatively loose place to stand on her side. It was not very close, but she could just see the whole process of their tea fighting.

Prepare, wash and take. Several people's skillful movements are up and down. Lan Ruoyan can't help sighing that this is really a country that advocates tea style, and even ordinary citizens can learn the craftsmanship of making tea so well.

The water is slowly poured into the teacup. At the moment when the water is poured, the tea rolls up, hits a few heels, unfolds, and slowly sinks into the bottom of the cup, some floating on it. For a moment, the fragrance of tea overflowed, and everyone smelled it and smelled greedily.

"Tieguanyin!" One person exclaimed.

"The big red robe of Wuyi Mountain! So fragrant!" One person couldn't help sighing.

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The victory or defeat of tea fighting is mainly in two aspects: one is the color of soup and the color of tea. Brown is expensive and white, "green and white is better than yellow and white." The second is soup flower, which refers to the foam from the soup noodles. After the soup flower rises, the early one with water marks will be defeated, and the late one will win.

The middle-aged man walked to the contestants one by one and looked at the brown color carefully. With his palm as the wind, the fragrance of tea overflowed. He rushed to his face and sniffed gently at the tip of his nose. Take up the teacup and sip it slowly. Without a sound and a closer look at his expression, you can't see any difference. Just took a bite, paused for a moment, put down the cup, and walked to the other side. In this way, he occasionally exclaimed, but then he silenced.

There is a saying called "Smell the fragrance and know the girl". Although everyone has not tasted tea, they know that some of them are top-quality.

At this time, the participants were silent. When several people in the competition saw that their tea skills were not well received, their nerves suddenly tightened. His eyes turned with the movement of the middle-aged man, but when he never said a word, he couldn't help but look suspicious and couldn't figure out what he thought.

Take turns to try it. He walked to the middle and said, "Please calm down for a moment, and the result will come out immediately." Raise your hand to teach people to withdraw these teas, and you also go to the background.

Inside, Boss Mu sat behind the curtain and said, "Is there anything good?"

The middle-aged man bent down respectfully and said, "The owner expected it well, but there are some people who are quite right about tea art research, but this is what surprises me." After saying that, he magically took out the pot of tea he brought and poured it into the teacup.

Boss Mu leaned out from behind the curtain, with his fat body and eyes shining. He picked up the tea on the table and drank it. He savored it carefully and said, "The soup flowers are fine and even, bite the edge of the cup, and gather for a long time. This is the best effect of the soup flower. If there are really two things, what are the characteristics of the rest?

"I thought that no one could compare with this flavor of tea, and the owner would like it." Middle-aged man.