She gave birth to three daughters in a row, and was kicked out by her mother-in-law who favored boys

"I was planning to go to the dental clinic, but I was delayed today." Wen Wuyan said with an apologetic look on his face.

"Why rush? If there is a suitable house or land, the guys from the real estate agency will definitely come to us. Selling and buying are both big matters, so it's normal that you can't find the right one at the moment." Gu Qingqing comforted him.

While they were talking, the noodle stall owner brought over two bowls of noodle soup and said, "Brother and sister, you must be tired from shopping. Come and have a bowl of noodle soup."

Wen Wuyan and Gu Qingqing quickly reached out to take it, "Thank you, brother."

"Don't be polite. No one is coming at this time anyway, so we can take a break."

Gu Qingqing took the bowl of noodle soup but stood up and moved aside to let the two men chat. It was not appropriate for a woman like her to chat in front of a man with a different surname, so she carried Sanhua to the table at the stall and chatted with the woman.

Gu Qingqing had not originally planned to see the lanterns, but since she was already there, she thought that it would be good to take the two children to see the world.

So they waited until night fell, the lanterns were hung high, and children from unknown families ran on the streets holding lanterns, thus kicking off the lantern festival.

There is a temple fair in the evening, and Taohua Town is particularly lively under the night sky.

It is lively, but there are too many people, it is almost crowded.

Gu Qingqing was worried that the silver in the bamboo basket would be stolen by a thief, so she stuffed the entire piece of silver into the top section of the bamboo pole in Wen Wuyan's hand and then stuffed it tightly with a handkerchief.

In order to prevent the silver from rustling inside, a ball of bamboo paper was stuffed on the top to prevent it from falling out.

If it could be stolen while Wen Wuyan is holding it in this way, it would be really hard to guard against.

Before entering the temple fair street, Gu Qingqing told Erhua who was holding onto her clothes, "Erhua, you must hold onto my clothes tightly and don't let go, okay? If you let go, we'll get lost, and if we get lost, we won't be able to find you."

Erhua was originally very happy, but after hearing what her mother said, she became a little nervous.

"You must hold on to Sister tightly with your other hand and don't let go, understand?"

"I understand, mother. I will never let go." Erhua said as he tightly grasped the corner of Gu Qingqing's clothes with one hand and clasped her fingers with Dahua with the other.

Wen Wuyan followed behind the four of them, mother and daughter, and took them all in.

While Gu Qingqing had to take care of two children, she also had to look back at Wen Wuyan from time to time.

She didn't dare take the child into the crowd, so she could only walk close to the edge as much as possible, and sometimes even walk behind the stalls. In this way, although the road conditions were not good, at least she didn't have to squeeze with the people inside.

"Ouch, who stepped on my shoes? Stop pushing and let me find my shoes."

"Who is it? Are you trying to take advantage of me while there are so many people here?" An obese woman weighing about 200 pounds howled with pleasure, not caring about the looks of the people around her.

"Don't push the people at the back, the front can't move fast enough!"

"..."

Gu Qingqing and her family were hiding in the corner, watching the crowds on the street. She said worriedly, "There are more and more people."

Wen Wuyan had somewhat underestimated the town's bustle. After looking around, he pointed to a stall selling lanterns not far away and said, "Qingqing, since we're here, let's go over there. Today is a festival, buy a lantern for the child, and we should also celebrate the occasion."

Gu Qingqing looked at the place he pointed to and saw that there were not many people there. She nodded and said, "Okay, let the sisters choose one they like later, and you pay."

Wen Wuyan smiled softly, "Qingqing, you can also choose one."

"I'm an adult now, how can I play this?" Gu Qingqing said no.

Then I took them to the stall selling lanterns.

Dahua chose a rabbit lantern, and Erhua chose a puppy lantern.

In Erhua's words, she can show it to Dahei when she gets back.

Wen Wuyan was happy to see them happy, and he took out thirty cents from his lapel and paid them to the stall owner.

After Gu Qingqing looked around, she discussed with Wen Wuyan, "Let's go a little further? Then find a place with fewer people and go back?"

"Okay, let's walk around first. If we come across an unpopular stall, we can guess the riddles while we're at it!" Wen Wuyan replied.

In addition to seeing various performances on the street, the most exciting thing tonight should be the lantern festival activities organized by various stall owners.

"Zhiweilou is hosting a lantern riddle contest. As long as you guess two questions correctly, you can get a gift here. The highest prize can be exchanged for five taels of silver. Anyone who wants to try can actively participate."

Zhiweilou is one of the best liquor stores in town. Every year they set up three spots on the street for guessing lantern riddles, and because of the generous rewards, there are many people around.

"Let's go around that side, there are too many people!" Gu Qingqing looked at the sea of ​​people. If she were alone, she would like to join in the fun. But look at her, there are three little ones around her, and one of them has difficulty walking. Why would they join in the fun?

"Let's go over there." Wen Wuyan suddenly pointed to another stall.

Gu Qingqing saw that there were few people there, so she nodded without thinking too much and said, "Let's go."

The stall owner was an old man. He looked at the family of five who had gathered around and said with a smile, "Join the lantern riddle guessing game. If you can guess one, you will receive a lantern or a carved toy. If you can guess all of them, you will win a big prize!"

"Old man, other people have to guess two to get a prize, but you can get a prize for just guessing one. I guess the question is not easy." Wen Wuyan asked with a smile.

As if Wen Wuyan had hit the nail on the head, the stall owner laughed and pointed to the row of fifteen lanterns above his head and said, "You can go from left to right. It's not that difficult."

Gu Qingqing followed what the stall owner said and glanced over the row of lanterns. She could tell them apart from the surface, because the lanterns towards the right were more delicate and beautiful in appearance.

There is a piece of paper hanging under each lantern with a riddle on it for everyone to guess.

Although Gu Qingqing is a college student, she stays away from the couplets, riddles and poetry that ancient scholars used to entertain themselves.

So, when Wen Wuyan saw Gu Qingqing's eyes shining and looking at him expectantly, he gritted his teeth and said, "Let me try?"

"Try it. It doesn't matter if you guess wrong. There aren't many people here." Gu Qingqing comforted him, and then she negotiated with the stall owner in a flattering way, "Old man, can we guess together as a family?"

The purpose of holding the lantern riddle guessing game today was to have some fun, and the stall owner didn't care whether they guessed together or not. Besides, how many women in the town could read?

"You can guess together."

"Then I'll show you my ugliness." Wen Wuyan said to the stall owner.

Here, Gu Qingqing got the consent of the stall owner. She first asked Dahua to pull Erhua and stand still in the open space inside. She held Sanhua and Wen Wuyan and went over to look at the hanging riddles.

The first one was indeed simple. It said “one person, one word” on the piece of paper.

Gu Qingqing was happy after seeing it, it seemed not difficult at all.

Wen Wuyan, who was standing next to him, seemed to have thought of the answer as well, and wrote a word using the pen and ink prepared on the stall.

Big!

When Gu Qingqing saw Wen Wuyan’s calligraphy for the first time, she felt it was vigorous and powerful.

Subconsciously, people will feel that it doesn't seem to be his work at all.

After the stall owner took Wen Wuyan's words, he said happily, "Congratulations, you guessed it right."

After finding Wen Wuyan's opinion, he took out a small wooden carved toy from a basket nearby and handed it to him.

Wen Wuyan handed it to Gu Qingqing, who then gave the toy to Dahua and Erhua. Dahua and Erhua jumped up happily after receiving the wooden sculpture, "Dad is so awesome."

"Ohhh, we won the woodcarving."