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

Chapter 95 Visiting the Lighting Fixtures

Su Xiaoxiao was taken aback, then patted Sanlang on the shoulder.

"What are you being so vain about? Hurry up, it'll be late soon."

Su Xiaoxiao brought Dabao, Xiaobao, and Sanlang's family to the town, only to find that the place was packed with people, filled with laughter and joy, and adorned with beautiful lanterns that were dazzling and impossible to look away from.

Su Xiaoxiao noticed that there were stalls set up by the roadside where people could solve riddles. They did this to attract customers, and if you solved the riddles, they would give you pretty words or something.

If you can't guess, you have to give the shopkeeper one coin each time.

Everyone was just joining in the fun, because there weren't many entertainment programs in ancient times, and this riddle-guessing game was quite attractive.

Su Xiaoxiao and the others finally managed to squeeze in. In order to show off in front of Su Xiaoxiao, Sanlang volunteered to go in and guess the riddles.

"Can you do it?"

Su Xiaoxiao looked at him and said, "I just saw that all the people who came to guess the riddles lost money. Don't waste my money!"

Although Su Xiaoxiao didn't care about the money, she needed to make things clear first.

"no problem."

Sanlang seemed very confident, and Dabao and Xiaobao were also eager to try it out.

"Alright, here's the money."

Su Xiaoxiao had no choice. She saw that the stall owner seemed very shrewd. The rules of his stall were that the riddle slips corresponded to a certain amount of money, but if you couldn't guess it, you had to use the corresponding amount of money to buy the lantern.

Some even spent over twenty coins only to end up with a lantern worth less than one coin. There was nothing they could do; that was the game. If you guessed correctly, the stall owner would not only give you the lantern for free but also compensate you for the price shown on it.

Su Xiaoxiao never expected that this stall owner would have such a sharp business mind. She estimated that he could make a fortune in just one night of the Lantern Festival.

When Su Xiaoxiao and Sanlang appeared before him at the same time, his eyes lit up. What a perfect couple, a golden boy and jade girl pair, with two adorable children beside them—they must be a family, right?
The shopkeeper hurriedly came over and greeted them, "Gentlemen, would you like to come and guess our riddles?"

Saburo nodded confidently and said, "Yes."

Seeing such a beautiful group, more and more people gathered around to watch the spectacle, and the boss realized that a big business opportunity was on the horizon.

He then promoted the riddle even more enthusiastically, explaining that the first riddle was actually quite simple.

Su Xiaoxiao never expected that it already existed in this era.

"A small, hempen house with a red curtain, inside lives a fat, white man."

"That's very simple," Saburo thought for a moment, and then blurted out confidently.

"Potato."

Su Xiaoxiao was so angry that she almost turned into an alpaca and spat in his face.

"I really want to spray you with a mouthful of salt well water. You idiot, boss, this should be peanuts."

The boss was about to say that this fool had guessed wrong, because he looked like a smart and handsome guy, but he turned out to be a silly handsome guy.

"Excuse me, boss, he actually meant to say peanuts."

"But he clearly said potatoes just now!"

Upon seeing Su Xiaoxiao's expression, Sanlang immediately changed his tune.

"I have a slight accent, so you might have misunderstood me, boss."

Those watching the commotion all spoke up for Sanlang, saying, "Yes, I just heard him talking about peanuts too."

There was nothing they could do; Sanlang and the others had guessed correctly. The shopkeeper had no choice but to give them the lanterns, and since the lanterns were marked with three coins, he gave them those as well.

Despite the initial setback, Saburo wasn't discouraged at all; on the contrary, he seemed to grow stronger with each setback. The boss, however, looked increasingly displeased. He thought to himself, "Just you wait, the real show is yet to come. I'll make sure you spit out everything you've swallowed."

The boss continued, "Do you want to continue? If you continue, the difficulty will increase. Do you still want to try?"

With the cheers and jeers from the onlookers, Sanlang's confidence soared once again.

"Of course."

"Then I'll let you choose this time."

It seems the boss was so afraid of losing money that he personally chose a lantern for Sanlang.

Su Xiaoxiao guessed that the riddles on these lanterns couldn't be simple.

"From afar, the agate looks purple and smooth; up close, the pearl looks round and smooth; pinch a handful and it's watery; bite into it and it's sour."

This is a bit difficult. The people around are also racking their brains and discussing it cautiously below.

Saburo's eyes widened upon hearing this.

Its eyes darted around, looking up at the sky and then around at the ground, as if searching for the object.

Su Xiaoxiao looked at him and thought, "Isn't this just a handsome but stupid guy?"

How can his head be so empty? It's as if his brainstem has been drained from under that beautiful skin.

Su Xiaoxiao was so angry that she was afraid he would point to the stars in the sky and then answer with something like "stars." That wouldn't do.

"It's grapes."

Before Su Xiaoxiao spoke, Sanlang really wanted to point to the stars in the sky and say they were stars.

Upon hearing Su Xiaoxiao say it was grapes, he immediately changed his tune.

"Boss, were we right?"

The boss's face turned pale as soon as he heard the word "grapes," and he looked at Su Xiaoxiao in shock.

After all, grapes weren't a very popular fruit at the time, and few of the onlookers knew about them.

"You guessed right."

Upon hearing this, Da Bao and Xiao Bao immediately clapped and cheered.

"Wow, Sanlang is amazing!"

Actually, some people in the town had already started selling it in the West Market, so the stall owner had to admit that they had all guessed correctly.

After the note behind the lantern was opened, it showed that the prize money was twenty coins.

The stall owner was really at a disadvantage now; this question was their shop's prized possession. Saburo, seeing this, wanted to press his advantage, but the owner simply waved his hand and said, "Sorry, we're closing up shop."

The boss thought that if things continued like this, he would be bankrupt by the end of the day, so he decided to cut his losses.

Sanlang and Su Xiaoxiao happily accepted their prize money and the two free lanterns, while Dabao and Xiaobao each received one.

They went to the lantern market in high spirits, and bought anything interesting they saw without hesitation.

With money in his hands, Sanlang could spend it freely. He would buy whatever Da Bao and Xiao Bao saw that looked good without hesitation.

Seeing his smug look, Su Xiaoxiao gradually forgot about how stupid he had been just now. She was still bewitched by his handsome and charming appearance, and she forgot about how he had looked at the sky with his head tilted at a 45-degree angle, looking silly and unable to guess the answer.

Su Xiaoxiao smacked her head, "You fangirl."

(End of this chapter)