OBS Chapter 857 On the Roof
Chapter 857 On the Roof
Zhou Sulin said, "Gone without a trace. Guess a word."
"Gone without a trace? What does this mean?" Everyone looked at each other, "Do you know?"
"Bah, I can't read a single word, how would I know? Is it the wind? The wind is like this, you can't see or touch it."
A group of illiterate people said: "It's the wind, isn't it the wind?"
The shopkeeper smiled and shook his head, "No."
"It's not the wind? It's a bird?"
"Big bug?"
Finally even the ghosts came out.
The thought of recognizing words disappeared without a trace and I couldn't think of anything for a long time.
Zhou Guo looked at Zhou Dacang and said with a smile, "Uncle, can you give me an answer?"
Zhou Dacang said seriously: "I can kill two people for you."
Zhou Guo: “…”
She raised her hand and said, "Check!"
The crowd quieted down and everyone looked over.
"Check? What are you checking? What is there to check here?"
Zhou Guo said: "The answer to this riddle is 查!"
The shopkeeper smiled and said, "Yes, young master, you guessed it right. This lantern is yours."
The lantern was carefully held on a long pole and handed to Zhou Guo. Zhou Guo happily took it and looked at the lantern over and over again.
Li said happily: "It's really beautiful. As expected, this beautiful lantern is not something that ordinary people can get. The answer to the riddle is also difficult."
Someone asked: "Hey, young master, what is the word for "查"? Why is it "查"? "
"You don't even know Cha, what are you asking?!"
"Then I'm asking this for the people here who can read. They haven't guessed it yet, so they definitely can't. I'm asking for them, why is it called 查?"
Zhou Guo smiled and said, "This is Cha. There is a 杳 on the top and a 一 on the bottom. The word 杳 means to disappear without a trace. Once it disappears without a trace, it means Cha."
"Ah~~"
Everyone suddenly realized, "So that's how it is."
Everyone thought about it and said, "These riddles are really interesting. Brothers, read another one, and then another one."
Zhou Su and Li Lai welcomed everyone who came and read out the riddle to them with a smile, "Cows and sheep live in groups. Also a word."
This lantern is also very beautiful. The more difficult the riddle is, the more beautiful the lantern is.
Zhou Guo stopped showing off once and pulled Li to walk forward.
Zhou Dacang was afraid that something might happen to the two boys, so he stayed where he was.
There were many people guessing riddles in front, and Zhou Guo took Li to guess all the way. Li guessed quite a few of the common riddles correctly. After half an hour, the two of them had more than a dozen lanterns in their hands.
Unable to take it, Li still felt unsatisfied.
Zhou Guo smiled and said, "Mom, let's go and let others guess."
There was a brother and sister who stood in front of the lanterns, looking left and right, but they didn't guess. They looked at Zhou Guo and the other man with so many lanterns in their hands, and felt a little envious.
Li smiled and stepped forward and said, "Which one of you two likes? Tell us."
The young lady pointed to a round lantern that looked like a drum and said softly, "This one."
Zhou Guo went forward to look and recited: "He wears a lotus crown on his head and does not need scissors to cut his brocade clothes. He is indeed a hero. His singing opens thousands of doors."
Before Li could figure it out, the young lady's eyes lit up and she said, "I know it's the big cock! When it crows, all the houses open!"
I only understood the latter sentence.
She looked at the lamp for an unknown amount of time before it finally appeared in her hands.
The brother and sister thanked the two men and left happily.
The two of them walked around for more than half an hour. By this time, the streets were already crowded with people and the noise was deafening. If you were a little far away, you couldn't hear clearly what others were saying.
Li's face was full of smiles. "It's so lively, it can be compared to the Lantern Festival in Yunzhou."
Zhou Guo said, "Come on, Mom, let's go a little further ahead. I heard there will be a fire dragon dance tonight."
"Really? How do you know so clearly?"
"I know everything. After all, I have been dealing with the government for so many years. How could I not know this information? Besides, we have our own shops in this city, quite a few."
Speaking of this, Li said, "I haven't remembered yet where your shops are. Let's go and have a look. You said you were not here, so who prepared these things?"
Zhou Guo smiled and said, "Er Pang and Dapang like to play, so I'll leave it to them. The mountain goods shop is on the other side. We can go and have a look when we get tired of shopping."
Li's mood changed when she looked at the lanterns on the street. She said happily, "I didn't expect that our family would be in these shops. I guessed so much."
He held up the lamp in his hand and looked at it. "If I had known, I wouldn't have guessed."
Zhou Guo asked, "What's wrong? Are you feeling distressed?"
Li said, "When I think about the lanterns we have at home, I feel like I'm guessing our own lanterns. It's a waste of time and it's meaningless."
Zhou Guo held up her exquisite lantern, not quite understanding her mother's thoughts, and pulled her forward, "Then let's not guess the lanterns, let's go watch the fire dragon, the Lord of the Mansion has lost a lot of blood this time."
As Zhou Guo walked along, he simply distributed the lanterns in his hands. It was quite troublesome to hold them, so each person kept one lantern.
After one street, there are fewer lanterns and the street is wider, but it is more lively here than the Lantern Street.
There were so many people in front that it was impossible to squeeze in.
Zhou Guo is now taller than Li, and he can't see what is happening in front of him even when he stands on tiptoe.
The surrounding, second floor and big trees were also crowded with people.
She looked up at the roofs on both sides, and they didn't seem very high.
Li stood on the roof in shock. She felt dizzy when she looked down and said tremblingly, "Is this okay? This is someone else's roof. If you step on it and damage it, they will have to pay for it."
Zhou Guo pulled her forward and comforted her, "Don't worry, I'm here with you. You won't fall. Besides, this is the roof. It has good tiles, not paper. How can it rot if you step on it?"
Li took each step with great difficulty and said, "I, I, I, I won't come out with you next time. I won't watch it if I can't. But you insisted on going up to the roof. If you fall down, you'll be a meat paste."
Zhou Guo said with a smile: "No, that's not how high it is. Don't worry, I'm so strong that I can drag you."
He pulled her closer so that she could see what was happening below by lowering her head, and then she sat down on the spot.
He said, "Mom, open your eyes and look down there, it's so beautiful!"
She looked down excitedly.
The dragon dance hasn't started yet.
I saw that the long dragon was full of burning incense sticks, and the air was filled with smoke. The strong smell of burning incense permeated all over it.
Li opened her eyes, looked down, and said, "This will take a while."
Zhou Guo said: "It won't be long, the incense will be burned out soon."
Sure enough, after a while, someone shouted: "Move aside, make way!"
Everyone immediately rushed back and the street instantly became twice as wide.
Zhou Guo said excitedly: "It's about to start, mom, look!"
After a moment, the crowd was silent, and then there was a loud "boom" and the sound of a big drum rang out.
"Boom boom boom..."
The long dragon started to move slowly, and then its movements became bigger and faster.
The flames of the burning incense on the dragon's body danced out a light in the darkness.
Zhou Guo stared at it intently.