Traveling through ancient times: daily life on the run

At the start of the competition, Luo Yu wrote with her left hand. The same thing happened with Mr. Liu next to her, who also wrote with his left hand.

The first puzzle is not simple. It only has three words: the 15th day, guess one word.

Luo Yu thought about it, wouldn't she be fat after half a month? Was he deliberately making fun of her for being fat?

As expected, after the four people announced their answers, everyone smiled meaningfully.

Mr. Zhou quickly explained, "Today is the fifteenth day of the lunar month, so I've specially picked some puzzles related to the fifteenth day. I hope everyone present here will not take them personally."

It would have been fine if she hadn't explained it, but after Mr. Zhou gave her an unnecessary explanation, Luo Yu became so angry that her face turned pale and red. Is there anyone here who is fatter than her?

Luo Yu thought angrily, I will fight to the end in the ring, so that you guys will look at me, a fat woman, with new eyes!

Zhou Xiucai saw Su Xiaoxiao glaring at him intentionally or unintentionally, wiped his sweat silently, and continued to ask questions.

The second riddle is, "Don't go out on the 15th day of the lunar month." Guess an idiom.

The fifteenth day was called the "wangri" by the ancients, so the answer to the riddle is obvious: it is daunting.

After the answers were announced, all four of them got it right. Mr. Zhou quickly explained to everyone: "The first day of each month is called 'Shuo', the fifteenth is called 'Wang', the sixteenth is called 'Jiwang', and the last day of the month is called 'Hui'."

Hearing this, the people below nodded in approval.

After Zhou Xiucai finished explaining, she secretly glanced at Luo Yu again. Now she couldn't blame him for deliberately targeting her!

Luo Yu smiled knowingly and thought, forget it, he won’t bother with him anymore.

After passing the first level, you will get 100 wen, which will increase to 200 wen after the second level, and can be doubled to 400 wen after the third level. Luo Yu and Old Man Liu have no intention of quitting. The two scholars next to them have already collected more than one or two taels of silver and will not go down easily.

The following levels were very interesting. Luo Yu passed ten levels easily and had collected 1800 coins. A scholar in front of him got three taels of silver and said that his wife asked him to buy things and go back early, so he chose to withdraw from the competition. Then another young man came up.

The following questions went very smoothly. Whether it was guessing the poetry riddles, none of the four made any mistakes.

Until, an interesting math problem came out, the title is:

Five chickens lay five eggs in five days. One hundred eggs are needed in one hundred days. How many chickens are needed?

Luo Yu, upon hearing this, thought, "Isn't this a math quiz for elementary school students?" He easily wrote down the answer, but the others seemed to be doing conversions on paper, seemingly stumped. Unfortunately, time was limited, only half a quarter of an hour at most. When the others held up their answers, only Luo Yu had written "five chickens." The others had different answers, and Luo Yu thought to himself, "It seems that arithmetic needs to be better promoted."

The audience below sighed and talked about it. Most people thought Luo Yu's answer was the most outrageous.

When the results were announced and it was discovered that only Luo Yu had passed, the audience was amazed.

The subsequent puzzle levels became more and more interesting. Luo Yu passed all the levels and could easily solve any puzzle.

However, every time the math puzzles came around, some contestants would be eliminated. One of the puzzles was: 1 coin can buy a can of sugar water. After drinking it, two empty cans can be exchanged for another can of sugar water. If you have 20 coins, how many cans of sugar water can you drink at most?

Luo Yu thought about it for a moment and wrote down the answer 39.

The rest of the people frowned, silently counting on their fingers or converting on paper.

Luo Yu smiled indifferently. It seemed that he would definitely get the ten taels of gold and the gold hairpin.

The audience in the audience originally didn't think much of this plump white girl, but now everyone is talking about her, and word has spread from one person to ten, and from ten to a hundred. There are even more women who come to watch her answer questions.

Luo Yu greeted everyone without reservation. Although she didn't like to show off, she felt that this trip was worth it because she made people realize that women can be knowledgeable and erudite, and can show their excellence in front of everyone without hesitation.

Besides, Murong Huai was talking with Murong Jingjing at the Sunny Sky Restaurant today, and mentioned Su Xiaoxiao by the way. When Murong Jingjing heard it, she wondered why the name sounded so familiar.

She smiled meaningfully and said, "Fifth Brother, you've always only cared about Miss Qin and Miss Luo, so why is there suddenly another woman?"

Murong Huaijin was too lazy to argue with her and just said that he would bring Su Xiaoxiao over to see her in the evening.

Seeing him about to leave, Murong Jingjing suddenly called out to him: "Fifth brother, if Miss Luo Yu is really gone, you should let her go. There will always be a woman as good as her in the world, and you will definitely meet her."

Murong Huaijin didn't say anything. He just wanted to arrange Su Xiaoxiao's affairs, and then find time to go to the capital to ask Zhu Jinyou for an explanation.

Just then, a servant came in and said excitedly to the shopkeeper, "The library is bustling with activity. I heard there's a girl who's almost won the whole arena. She's even answered sixty puzzles in a row correctly."

Upon hearing this, Murong Jingjing looked at Murong Huaijin and said, "Fifth Brother, you were the one who came up with most of these questions. Didn't you say it was impossible for anyone to answer fifty questions correctly in a row?"

During the two days that Murong Huai was in Murong Mansion, he was busy planning the Lantern Festival riddle guessing activity. He originally thought it was just for fun, but he didn't expect that some people would actually go for all levels.

The shopkeeper saw the boy gasping for breath and asked quickly, "Are you sure it's a girl?"

"Yes, there are a lot of people watching the fun now. Many of them are here for this girl. I heard that she is the best at math, and she can do it mentally. Oh, and the girl isn't dressed very well. She doesn't look like a daughter of a wealthy family. She is white and plump, and her smile is very pleasing."

After hearing this, the shopkeeper laughed and teased him: "It seems that the brat has taken a fancy to the girl?"

The servant scratched his head and said sheepishly, "Her composure on stage is very attractive. Many people are fascinated by her, especially many young women, who are cheering for her."

After listening to the servant's words, Murong Jingjing smiled and said to Murong Huaijin, "Fifth brother, this is truly a coincidence. You just asked me to find a job for Su Xiaoxiao, and she actually went up to the arena to win the grand prize of ten taels of gold."

Mr. Murong's face remained calm, and he simply asked her, "How can you be sure it's her?"

"I just had a hunch. I saw her briefly yesterday, and I felt she had a unique aura. She didn't look like an ordinary girl at all. Oh, and she seemed quite interested in this painting of a scene from the Wutian legend I had hanging. She has quite good taste."

Master Murong's eyes moved slightly. So, he felt that Su Xiaoxiao was somewhat similar to someone, so he wanted to help her without hesitation?

Murong Jingjing noticed his subtle change, gently tugged at Master Murong's sleeve, and smiled: "Fifth brother, should we also go and watch the girls' competition? It gets more and more exciting as it goes on!"

I thought he would refuse, but unexpectedly, Master Murong replied without hesitation: "Okay!"