Reborn as an Ugly Wife in the Countryside

This year’s lantern riddle event is more exciting than ever.

The first round was a drinking contest, which already had everyone in high spirits.

The second round was riddle guessing, pushing everyone’s emotions to a climax.

This third round is bound to be spectacular as well, so everyone perked up their ears, listening to the host speak.

"Once again, the topics will be decided by drawing lots, and within these lots are different subjects. Whatever you draw is what you must deal with, and this time two people must work together to complete the task."

"How will you complete this task together? Let me give an example: after drawing the topic, one of you answers the question, and the other writes the answer on paper."

As soon as these words were spoken, the crowd began to chatter.

"Wow, this is a test of the knowledge of two people."

"Isn’t it though? If one can answer but the other can’t write, it’s all in vain."

"Yes, indeed. Look at those participating in the event, just now it seems only the scholars answered, while the women haven’t spoken yet. Wonder how knowledgeable they are?"

"Who knows, but presumably they can write. After all, they are the wives of scholars, quite different from us who don’t know our letters."

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"..."

Among the crowd

"Honey, do you think the fourth brother can guess?" Xiaoxiao asked doubtfully, suspecting that in such a scenario, Li Chuntao would likely be the one writing. The fourth brother’s handwriting was indeed quite atrocious.

"Not likely!"

Yang Ming replied tersely, not out of pessimism but because he knew his fourth brother well; he definitely wouldn’t be able to guess.

...

Meanwhile, a few young ones were nervously discussing.

"Don’t let fourth uncle guess, he won’t be able to figure it out."

"Don’t let fourth uncle write, his handwriting is atrocious."

"It’s over, it’s over, fourth uncle is going to lose."

"It’s over, it’s over, fourth uncle is definitely going to lose."

"..."

"..."

Hearing his kids talk down about their fourth uncle, Yang Chun shouted, "You bunch, don’t say that! Your fourth uncle isn’t that bad. Maybe he’ll surprise us. Everyone just watch quietly."

Though inside, he himself was sweating nervously, hoping his younger brother would pull through.

On the viewing platform, the freshly victorious Zhao and Zhou gentlemen confidently assured their female companions.

"Don’t worry, I’ll do the guessing later, you just need to write down what I say, your handwriting is beautiful."

"..."

Seeing their opponents’ confident demeanor, Yang Dong was uncomfortable at heart.

Literary games were truly not his forte; he feared he wouldn’t be able to guess the riddles, nor write properly, having only learned a few words and his writing was all shaky and unpresentable. What could he do now?

Li Chuntao seemed to see Yang Dong’s embarrassment, she spoke up, "It’s alright, the important part is to participate."

Although these words made Yang Dong even more awkward, in his haste he blurted out, "If we don’t win the prize, I’ll buy it for you."

Saying that made Li Chuntao’s cheeks flush hotly, unsure how to respond.

At this moment, the host spoke again, "In the second round earlier, some of you already participated in the guessing, so this round requires the partners of those previous participants to guess, while the participants from the second round handle the writing part."

This announcement surprised everyone, because just now Mr. Zhou and Mr. Zhao planned to guess themselves, and even Li Chuntao thought she would be the one guessing. Now, it’s hard to say who will win the jade hairpin.