Farmhouse Green Plum

Chapter 318 1

These lanterns were half made possible by the five scholars from Min. Since they had taken someone else's lanterns, it was naturally not appropriate to laugh at them. The people echoed Yuan Qing's words, and some even stepped forward to thank the scholars on the stage, selectively forgetting the fact that they had just laughed at the scholars from Min.

They forgot, but the five scholars from Min could not easily forget. Although they were not stopped from taking the lanterns, they were unwilling to stay any longer and just left with a wave of their sleeves.

The scholars from Qingshui County on the stage felt very relieved. Some of them tried to pick up lanterns, while some directly refused. They surrounded Yuan Qing and congratulated and praised him.

On the tree, seeing the crowd dispersed and there was nothing exciting to watch, Lin Wenxuan held onto the branch tightly and said, "It's over, let's go down first."

Although the view is good when sitting in the tree, it is still scary because your feet are off the ground and you are swaying.

Song Ying nodded, looked at the bright full moon above his head, and said, "It's getting late, let's go shopping for a while and then go back."

Everyone had no objection. The riddles at Jin Manlou's place were the most lively in the entire Qingshui County. Now that the most lively place was over, there should be nothing fun to do in other places.

After getting down from the tree, everyone decided to leave. Yuan Shan was not happy about it: "I want to wait for my brother and talk to him."

Everyone looked at Yuan Qing, who was surrounded by a group of people and was a little confused: "There are so many people. I don't know when your brother will come out."

"Don't worry, he knows I'm here and will definitely come out to find us soon." Yuan Shan was full of confidence.

Everyone also wanted to talk to Yuan Qing and see the famous Luqi musical instrument that people said was priceless, so they agreed to let Yuan Shan go and wait by the side.

Fortunately, Yuan Shan really understood her brother. After they waited for a while, they saw Yuan Qing coming out of the crowd. When he saw them, he walked straight towards them.

"Brother Yuan Qing, where is the piano?" Song Yuan was even more excited than Yuan Shan. He asked anxiously without waiting for Yuan Qing to come closer.

"It's still at the master's place. It's inconvenient to carry it because of the crowd. The young master will take it to the academy for me."

"Then we won't be able to see it." Song Yuan was very disappointed.

The others were the same, only Yuan Shan was slightly disappointed and then happy, "What's the big deal? If you want to see it, come to my house later."

Song Yuan and other boys were happy again, but the girls were still disappointed. Yuan Qing was so special in several nearby villages that they didn't dare to go to Yuan's house casually. They didn't know what outsiders would say about them.

Song Ying suppressed his disappointment and said to Yuan Qing, "I haven't congratulated you yet, you are really amazing! You even guessed such a difficult riddle!"

Luo Yanxing and others also remembered that they had not yet congratulated Yuan Qing, and immediately praised Yuan Qing.

Yuan Qing pretended to be helpless: "Stop praising me, my ears are going to get calluses tonight."

"You don't like being praised." Song Yuan expressed his incomprehension. "If it were me, I wouldn't get tired of being praised every day!"

Song Ying patted his head and said, "Listen to the words and the tone. This is a joke. Didn't you hear it?"

Song Yuan shook his head blankly, making everyone laugh.

"Yuan Qing, you slip away really quickly." A complaining voice sounded from behind.

Everyone turned around and found that the young man in brocade clothes who had stood next to Yuan Qing was walking towards them.

Those who could enter Jiahu Academy were either extremely educated or had an extraordinary family background. This man was dressed in gorgeous clothes, a golden crown and a jade belt. It was not clear how educated he was, but his family background must have been extraordinary. He was most likely the son of an official.

After realizing this, everyone changed their previous relaxed attitude and became a little reserved. There was no other way. The people were afraid of the officials, especially since they were the poorest people.

After complaining, Shen Jing smiled again, "Sister Song Ying, well done! Did you choose that riddle on purpose?"

Seeing that he was so familiar with Song Ying, Luo Yanxing and others were extremely surprised, but because Shen Jing was present, they did not dare to ask and had to keep it to themselves.

"You are talking nonsense. Am I that kind of person? I thought that since you are scholars, the riddles you guessed must be very cultured, but the ones I remember were all very simple, only that couplet looked very cultured."

Song Ying immediately retorted that she was just an ordinary peasant girl. What if those scholars knew that she did it on purpose and wanted to take it out on her?

"Really?" Shen Jing hesitated. From what he had seen, Song Ying was indeed very clever. But just as she said, she was a peasant girl who memorized medical books every day. She had not yet finished copying the first volume of "Su Nu Qi Fang". How could she have the leisure to read books about riddles?

Song Ying nodded sincerely. If Yuan Qing had not seen a flash of cunning in her eyes after she asked the question, and if he had not known that she had an extraordinary memory, he would have believed it.

"Well done! It really vented our anger. Let's see how they can be so arrogant in the future and whether they dare to look down on ordinary people!" Shen Jing felt extremely relieved when he thought of what happened just now.

Then, he remembered the important matter and said to Yuan Qing, "Brother Shen has chartered a boat. We won't go home until we are drunk tonight."

Hearing this, Song Ying hurriedly said, "Then go ahead, we'll play for a while and then go back to the clinic."

Yuan Qing shook his head: "I won't go. I'm worried about my sister being alone."

Song Ying quickly added: "I forgot to tell you that your sister will stay with us in the clinic tonight, and will go back with Yan Xing and the others tomorrow. You can go and play with them without worry."

Yuan Qing still insisted: "It doesn't make sense to leave my sister behind and go play by myself. I'll go with you guys. We're going to have fun anyway."

Seeing that he insisted on not going, Shen Jing felt that there was not much point in going, so he said, "Okay, I'll go with you."

As he said this, he was about to tell the servant to tell Shen Yonghui and the others, but Yuan Qing quickly stopped him: "You can't."

Shen Jing was puzzled: "Why can't I do that?"

Yuan Qing paused, looked at the Bai brothers not far away, then glanced at his sister, and said meaningfully: "You are a foreign man, what's the point of following us? If you ruin my sister's reputation, our schoolmate relationship will be over."

Shen Jing followed his gaze and saw Bai Liang chattering in the crowd, then looked at the girl next to Yuan Qing. He immediately remembered that Bai Liang and others had mistaken Song Ying for Yuan Qing's sister and mocked Yuan Qing for deliberately trying to use his sister to establish a relationship with him.

Shen Jing understood that Yuan Qing was worried that Bai Liang and others would say the same thing later, tarnishing his sister's reputation. He was immediately furious. "The clean are clean. People with dirty hearts can see nothing dirty. Didn't you say that? We don't need to care."

Yuan Qing: "...If they just want to slander me, I don't care, but a girl's reputation cannot be taken lightly."

Shen Jing thought about it and realized that his sisters were in trouble when they lost a handkerchief. He had to find out the whole story. He couldn't insist and said angrily, "Okay, I'll go on the boat with them."