547 Chapter 547 “Tiger, Lamb and Grass“
"What? We’re bu-" Shu Chen was about to chase away the old fisherman, saying that they were busy, when suddenly Li Shi Ying cut off his words.
"What can we do for you, old man?" Li Shi Ying had a feeling that this old man here could somehow help them to find aromatic wood.
"I get jobs to deliver three things across the river, but my boat can only fit for one thing..." The old fisherman sighed as he sat down looking like he was facing a great problem.
"Li Shi Ying why would you listen to this old man’s blabbering??" Hearing the old man start his ’story’, Shu Chen’s lips twitched. He nudged Li Shi Ying and whispered as he asked why the hell she still wanted to listen.
"I think this old man here can be the key for us to find the aromatic wood. I just have that feeling." Li Shi Ying whispered back to Shu Chen as she kept her eye on the old fisherman.
"The three items I am entrusted with are a tiger, a lamb and a stack of grass." The old man kept on continuing his story, making even Long Ao Zhen have the urge to shut the old man’s mouth.
"Go on, we’re listening." The more Li Shi Ying listened to this old man’s story, the more she found it familiar. She had heard about this kind of problem before, but where...
"You see, I can’t leave the lamb with the grass since it will eat it. Nor can I leave the tiger with the lamb since the tiger will eat the lamb. I need these three to safely arrive at the other side of this river..." The old man kneaded his temples, looking like he had tried everything he could, but to no result.
"Can’t you just tie up the tiger or the lamb first?* Shu Chen raised his eyebrow, thinking that the so-called problem of this old man was not a problem at all.
He could just get a bigger boat right?! Or tie up the tiger and the lamb, so both can’t eat other beings.
" I can’t tie them up, I don’t have rope. Please help me think of a solution so I can deliver these three things to the other side safely, while my boat can only bring one thing each time I cross the river."
The old man finally ended his story with the real problem he asked Li Shi Ying and the others to solve.
"Can’t we just help you to bring those three to the other side?" Long Ao Zhen couldn’t understand why the old man didn’t ask for their help to get those three things cross the river. He only asked them for a solution to this problem. This is getting weird and suspicious!
"No, no, I can’t burden you youngsters. I just want to know if there is a good solution for this problem, so I can get these three things crossing the river safe and sound. If you youngsters help me, I can give you aromatic wood."
The old man answered Long Ao Zhen as he finally stated what Li Shi Ying and the others had been searching for. Aromatic wood!
This old man here had aromatic wood? Unbelievable. This isn’t a scam, right?
"Do you have three pieces? We need three." Li Shi Ying eyes shone since her guess was proven to be right. This old man was the key to finding that aromatic wood!
"Yes, I have three." The old man stood up and walked toward the river as he said so. When he walked past the three of them, Shu Chen could smell a nice aroma coming from the old man’s body.
Eh! This is a unique aroma that could only be produced by the aromatic wood! So, this old man didn’t lie to them about having aromatic wood!
"Li Shi Ying, this old man is telling the truth! Let’s help him solve his problem." Shu Chen, by now, also realized what was going on with this old man.
If his guess was right...this was another test for participants so they could find the aromatic wood! He bet this old man had a bunch of the wood somewhere else.
By appearing to be an old man, the participants who came to this river knowing aromatic wood grew near the water, would tend to ignore him without knowing he was the key to getting the aromatic wood!
He also thought that all aromatic wood around this river had been stored away by this old man. If his guess was right then...this old man must be one of the staff from the tournament!
"Now, what can we do so this old man’s problem...🤔" Long Ao Zhen too began to think of a way to solve this old fisherman’s problem
Somehow he had a feeling that this...was more like a quiz? Could it be...this is the intelligence test?
"He said he can’t tie up the tiger and the lamb, can only bring one thing with his boat, if he left the lamb and grass together the grass would be eaten. If he left the tiger and the lamb alone, the lamb would be eaten..." Shu Chen repeated the ’hint’ given by the old man as he thought things over.
So...what should they do to solve this ’quiz’? There must be a way!
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