After transmigrating into the body of a widow, I became the richest man in the capital.

Chapter 41 Sanlang lends a helping hand
Su Xiaoxiao thought she was going to die here today. While she was in the tree, she kept regretting why she had to go into the mountains alone to hunt tigers, and why she was so greedy, insisting on killing several tigers at once.

Just as his sapling was about to be broken, the tiger beneath it was suddenly struck dead by a beam of white light.

Su Xiaoxiao saw that it was an embroidered dart that pierced the tiger's throat. The technique was swift and ruthless, a fatal blow.

After the tiger fell dead, Su Xiaoxiao saw a person walking towards her from a distance. He was wearing a white shirt, and in the moonlight, Su Xiaoxiao thought she was seeing a god descending to earth.

At this moment, Su Xiaoxiao was unaware that as the person slowly approached her, her heart seemed to skip a beat.

"Su Xiaoxiao, come down here quickly!"

A deep, magnetic male voice came through the air; it was Sanlang's voice.

It turned out that Sanlang had taken his weapons and come up the mountain to find Su Xiaoxiao since she hadn't returned home so late.

Thanks to Sanlang's timely intervention, otherwise Su Xiaoxiao would have been filled with lingering fear.

But Sanlang's move just now was too powerful, and Su Xiaoxiao began to look at him with new respect.

Do you know how to use darts?

Sanlang scratched his head, a little embarrassed, and said, "I don't really remember. Anyway, I was in a hurry just now, and the embroidered dart happened to be in my hand, so I threw it."

Su Xiaoxiao thought it was easy for him to say, but in reality, such skill and technique could not be achieved without more than ten years of practice. One dart could kill a tiger.

Two large tigers were lying on the ground, and Su Xiaoxiao's eyes were practically slits from laughing.

"These two big tigers are like two houses!"

What she meant was that if the two tigers sold for a good price, they could buy two houses.

Sanlang was stunned, not understanding what Su Xiaoxiao was talking about. "Thank you, Sanlang!"

Sanlang said it was nothing; Su Xiaoxiao had saved his life, so this was a way of repaying her kindness.

"Sanlang, you're out. Are the children home alone?"

Sanlang shook his head and said, "Sister Sun came to our house today and brought us a chicken. Her children played well with Da Bao and Xiao Bao. Sister Sun said that since you weren't home and there was no one to cook for them, she took Da Bao and Xiao Bao to stay at her house."

Saburo paused for a moment and then said, "I waited for you at home all day, but you didn't come home. I thought something might have happened to you on the mountain, so I came up the mountain to find you right away."

"Oh, that's how it is!"

Sister Sun brought her two children to stay at their house, and Su Xiaoxiao was quite relieved by this arrangement.

Otherwise, she wouldn't feel at ease leaving her two children at home.

Su Xiaoxiao didn't sleep all night. She and Sanlang dragged the two tigers back to the village overnight.

After Su Xiaoxiao returned home, before dawn, she and Sanlang began skinning the tiger in the yard.

Tiger skin and tiger bones can be sold for money; anything from a tiger is valuable.

This time, Su Xiaoxiao wanted to sell the tiger skin as soon as possible. She didn't want to set up a stall at the market to sell it, as that would be too conspicuous.

Su Xiaoxiao then thought of Mr. Li from Ci'an Hall. Although Mr. Li wasn't a merchant who specialized in buying furs, Su Xiaoxiao knew that he offered high prices and was very generous. So, Su Xiaoxiao decided to try her luck with Mr. Li again.

Sanlang helped Su Xiaoxiao skin the tiger. He asked Su Xiaoxiao how she planned to sell the tiger skin. Su Xiaoxiao replied, "I'll still sell it at the market, but I already have a buyer in mind."

After peeling off the two intact tiger skins, Su Xiaoxiao was so busy she was practically running around. Sanlang offered to go to the market with Su Xiaoxiao, but she refused, telling him to go to Sister Sun's house to pick up the two children. She said that after selling the tiger skins that evening, she would bring the children some treats and have them wait patiently at home.

Sanlang dared not disobey Su Xiaoxiao's orders, so he had no choice but to agree.

As soon as it got light, Su Xiaoxiao, without even having breakfast, drove the oxcart with the tiger skin on it towards the town.

On the way to town, the villagers also saw that Su Xiaoxiao had put two large tiger skins on her oxcart this time.

Some of the men were stunned, and they pointed and whispered behind Su Xiaoxiao.

"Is this woman a monster? How did she do that? The best hunter in our village has been hunting all his life and he's never even caught a tiger. This woman, in just a few days, she's killed three tigers."

"This is not something a human could do."

"That's right. Last time, Wang Tieniu kept bragging to us, saying that Su Xiaoxiao got her job because of him. He said that if he hadn't set a trap, Su Xiaoxiao wouldn't have been able to kill the tiger. Now he should have nothing to say, right? She killed two big tigers."

"Yes, Su Xiaoxiao is really no ordinary person!"

Under the shocked gazes of the villagers, Su Xiaoxiao carried two tigers to the market.

As soon as Su Xiaoxiao stepped into the market, a bald man with a very fierce appearance blocked her car.

This man was nearly nine feet tall and stood in front of Su Xiaoxiao, looking extremely fierce.

Su Xiaoxiao stopped the oxcart, sat down, and asked calmly, "Brother, what brings you to my cart?"

The newcomer looked very fierce, but when he spoke, his tone was pleading.

“I remember you. You came to town a few days ago and sold a tiger skin. To be honest, I was too late last time and missed out on buying that tiger skin. I’m not going to miss out this time.”

It turned out that this man was a merchant who specialized in collecting animal hides, and he seemed very interested in the tiger skin on Su Xiaoxiao's cart.

"My shop is just ahead. Can you deliver this to my shop? I'll give you the money then."

Su Xiaoxiao thought for a moment, then shook her head and said, "No, I already have a buyer for these two tiger skins. I'm sorry, I can't do that."

Upon hearing this, the vendor became a little anxious.

"A buyer already? So fast? Here's what you'll do, young lady, no matter how much that person offers, I'll offer five taels more than him. What do you say?"

Su Xiaoxiao's eyes lit up. "You mean each one is five taels more expensive?"

Wouldn't that mean Su Xiaoxiao could get ten taels of silver more than the market price, which would be quite a lot?

Su Xiaoxiao thought for a moment and said, "Alright then. Since you're so agreeable, I'll sell it to you!"

On the way to the vendor's shop, the bald vendor suddenly tried to get closer to Su Xiaoxiao by asking, "Are you from Baihua Village, which is under our town?"

Su Xiaoxiao nodded.

"Oh, so it really is you. I heard you're the young widow from Old Liu's family, that's really impressive!"

"It seems you've heard of me?"

Su Xiao was also quite shocked. Was she really that famous now?
(End of this chapter)