Chapter 143: The Daily Life of the Demon Lord Princess Consort Chapter 142: Wanting to Help Him

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Protagonist:

Yan Qianqian

Yan Shuang'er tightly held Qianqian's small hand, walking forward slowly while earnestly saying to her: "Qianqian, you must know that good intentions do not necessarily result in good deeds. If we casually give money to this performer, he might feel that this job yields rewards too easily, thus losing the motivation to continue striving and honing his skills."

Furthermore, if everyone were as generous as us, over time, people would develop a habit of relying on others' relief and no longer be willing to obtain life's necessities through their own hard work.

So, although we want to help him, the best way is not to give money directly, but to encourage him to rely on his own abilities to live a better life through other more appropriate methods." Yan Shuang'er immediately added: "Furthermore, there are as many pitiful people in this world as cow hairs, and our abilities are ultimately limited!"

For example, if you give him a banknote of one hundred taels from your purse, perhaps some ill-intentioned people will secretly watch him, and when no one is around, to snatch that banknote, they might ruthlessly kill him. In that case, wouldn't your original good intention become a bad thing?

Therefore, giving him only six copper coins is the most proper approach." After Yan Shuang'er finished speaking, Qianqian nodded eagerly and replied: "Third Elder Sister, I have completely understood now."

Yan Shuang'er smiled slightly, then continued: "Each of us should have a kind heart, but at the same time, we must learn to properly protect ourselves, absolutely not letting ourselves suffer any harm, nor causing others to suffer because of our actions."

Qianqain responded obediently: "I know, Third Elder Sister." Just as the two were talking, without realizing it, they had arrived at a place ahead where a Lantern Riddle Guessing Activity was being held lively. Only to see the shop boss speaking fluently and introducing the rules; it turned out that as long as one could answer ten riddles correctly in a row, one could win the first prize of this activity—an exquisite heavy-work flower lantern.

Looking at that flower lantern, all four sides depicted a complete giant dragon pattern, the dragon depicted vividly as if a real thing, even some fine details were carved deeply, it can be said without exaggeration that such a flower lantern is unparalleled in the world and one of a kind!

Just as the boss was speaking fluently and boasting about how exquisite and ingenious his own flower lantern was, a group of eager people had already gathered around. In the blink of an eye, more than a dozen challengers had stepped forward, but regrettably, they all ended in failure.

It turned out that these lantern riddles were not easy to guess, but were carefully divided into four different difficulty levels. Among them, there were three relatively simple questions, three medium-difficulty ones, three relatively difficult ones, and the last riddle was extremely difficult.

The rules were very clear: as long as one could successfully answer all ten lantern riddles, one could take the exquisite lantern home for free.

Qianqian beside them, upon seeing this, instantly became excited and danced with joy. She tightly grabbed her Third Elder Sister Yan Shuang'er beside her and shouted in a tender voice: "Third Elder Sister, Third Elder Sister! Qianqian really wants to get that beautiful lantern!"

Yan Shuang'er lowered her head to look at Qianqian, who was full of anticipation, and said with a troubled expression: "But, Qianqian, we have to guess the riddles first, and Sister cannot guarantee that we can guess them all correctly." However, the clever and quick-witted Qianqian blinked her big eyes and replied: "Third Elder Sister, didn't you teach Qianqian a lot of knowledge before? Even if we can't guess them all correctly this time, we should still enjoy the process of guessing riddles. Getting the lantern would be best, but if we don't get it, it doesn't matter either!"

Yan Shuang'er, hearing Qianqian's sensible words, had her original worries instantly dissipate by more than half. She smiled and nodded, replying: "Mm, alright then. Since Qianqian says so, let's go try together!" After speaking, Yan Shuang'er gently took Qianqian's small hand, and the two walked quickly toward the flower lantern stall together.

At this moment, the boss who was busy attending to customers saw the two sisters walking toward them and enthusiastically asked: "Two young ladies, do you also want to try guessing these interesting lantern riddles?" Qianqian smiled and replied: "Yes!" At this time, the boss smiled and said: "Little girl, I'm afraid you can't guess them." Qianqian answered: "It's not Qianqian who wants to guess, it's San Jie who guesses~"

The boss then enthusiastically replied: "Then this young lady, you try it?" Yan Shuang'er nodded slightly and softly replied: "Alright then, Boss, let me try." The boss smiled and nodded, handing over a bamboo tube. Only to see the bamboo tube filled with many bamboo slips, each slip with a different riddle written on it.

The boss smiled and said to Yan Shuang'er: "Little girl, to ensure fairness, you first casually choose a bamboo slip; the lantern riddle is on the slip." Yan Shuang'er carefully reached in and casually drew one slip from among the many bamboo slips. She looked closely, and the slip clearly read: "The sun sets to the west, guess a character."

Yan Shuang'er almost without thinking blurted out: "The answer should be the character 'shai'!" The boss, upon hearing this, flashed a hint of appreciation in his eyes, then said: "Not bad, not bad, little girl is quite smart! Next, please continue drawing. Among these relatively simple lantern riddles, you need to draw three slips in total. Moreover, if you can answer two more questions correctly, we will increase the difficulty!"

Yan Shuang'er confidently nodded and replied: "Okay, no problem!" Immediately after, she quickly drew another bamboo slip from the tube. This time, the slip read: "Two three four five six seven eight nine, guess an idiom."

Yan Shuang'er pondered slightly, then said confidently again: "The answer to this riddle must be 'que yi shao shi'!" The boss smiled and said: "Answer correct! Then let's continue." Just as the words fell, Yan Shuang'er quickly drew another bamboo slip from the tube.

Only to see this slip had a riddle written on it: "Mountains on all sides, mountain after mountain connected, guess a character." Yan Shuang'er thought for a moment and confidently replied: "Tian." The boss, upon hearing this, nodded with satisfaction and smiled: "Congratulations on answering correctly! But next the difficulty will increase, please draw from this bamboo tube." Saying this, the boss handed the bamboo tube beside him to Yan Shuang'er.

Yan Shuang'er took the bamboo tube without hesitation, and then actually drew three bamboo slips at once from it, and said: "This way would be faster." The boss, seeing this, smiled slightly and indicated tacit approval. He looked at the bamboo slips in Yan Shuang'er's hands with great interest, expecting her to successfully solve these riddles.