The Farm Girl’s Charismatic Fortune
Chapter 173 - 169 She’s Not Stupid

Chapter 173: Chapter 169 She’s Not Stupid

The year quickly passed away in a merry and lively atmosphere.

Today is the Lantern Festival, and there are lantern displays in the city.

Xuanbao wanted to see the lanterns, and so did the other children, so Ruo Shui took them into the city to enjoy the lantern display.

The rest of the Ruo Family were not going, they had seen it before, and although it was the New Year, they had not been idle at home. As long as there were no relatives to visit, they spent their time at home copying books or making furniture, busy until late into the night, never resting.

The whole family was working hard to earn silver, hoping to live better and better.

So it was just Ruo Shui and her spouse who took the children out; after watching the lanterns, the children would need to return to school the next day.

Xuanyuan dowager and Xuanyuan Que also went, which is why Ruo Xuan was riding in their carriage.

Xuanyuan Que sat inside the carriage, reading a book.

Ruo Xuan had been looking forward to this for a long time and couldn’t sit still. Reading was out of the question. She occasionally lifted the curtain to look outside, "Grandmother, are the lanterns beautiful?"

The Xuanyuan dowager smiled and said, "They are indeed beautiful!"

Back in the Capital City, she used to wish to take her grandson to see the lanterns every year because he was too reserved, but he always declined.

The lanterns in the Capital City and within the palace were even more spectacular.

Xuanbao was impressive, having successfully persuaded her grandson to come out.

With that, Ruo Xuan became even more excited; she had never seen the lanterns before.

It wasn’t long before the carriage entered the city. The sky had just started to darken, but lanterns were already hung in the shops along the main streets of the city.

Luckily, it was dinner time and the sky was not completely dark, so although the streets were crowded, they were not yet overflowing with people.

The carriage reached Bogu Pavilion smoothly. The two families planned to park their carriages in the back courtyard and then go enjoy the lanterns.

As soon as Ruo Xuan got out of the carriage, she saw Zhang Xiaoli and her family of four. She frowned slightly.

Xuanyuan Que glanced at her.

Zhang Xiaoli’s eyes lit up upon seeing Ruo Shui’s family!

She hurriedly pulled her husband and two children forward, greeting them very warmly, "Oh, auntie, uncle-in-law, what a coincidence! Are you taking the children to see the lanterns in the city too?"

She knew the Ruo Family would come to the city to see the lanterns tonight.

She had asked her elder sister, but her sister claimed she was unaware and didn’t hear about them coming.

Hmph, deliberately deceiving her!

And on the second day of the New Year, they had intentionally gotten up early to return to their maternal family and hadn’t included her, but this time, she was not going to miss out.

Ruo Shui, with a composed expression, glanced at their family of four, nodded in greeting, and then went to help Madam Liu off the carriage along with the shopkeeper.

Madam Liu responded coolly, "You’re also here to see the lanterns? How about my elder sister and brother-in-law?"

Zhang Xiaoli looked towards the elderly lady being assisted off the carriage by Ruo Shui and the shopkeeper.

The noble elegance of her demeanor was a clear sign of a lady from a wealthy and prestigious family.

This lady must be the matriarch of Bogu Pavilion.

Indeed, the Ruo Family seemed to be very close with the people from Bogu Pavilion!

She said with a smile, "My sister and brother are coming out later in the evening. I came to Bogu Pavilion to have a look and thought of buying something."

As soon as the Xuanyuan dowager alighted from the carriage, upon hearing the conversation, she asked Ruo Shui, "Is she a relative of your family?"

If she was a relative, she would need to instruct the shopkeeper to take special care of them.

Ruo Shui said softly, "She is the younger sister of the children’s great auntie. We met her once when she came to deliver New Year’s gifts."

Ruo Xuan nodded, "If I’m not familiar with them, I forget them completely."

The elderly Madam Xuanyuan understood, if they were truly close relatives, being married for so many years, how could they not be familiar?

Suddenly behaving so affectionately, there’s usually just one reason for relatives to do that, there’s profit to be had.

She also noticed Zhang Xiaoli and her husband frequently sneaking glances their way, and knew exactly what the couple was thinking.

At that moment, Zhang Xiaoli inquired about the elderly Madam Xuanyuan from Madam Liu, and even purposefully pretended to mistake her for Granny Lei, saying with a smile, "Did our dear mother-in-law come too? We should go say hello, otherwise, it would be terribly rude."

She didn’t wait for Madam Liu to respond, immediately calling over her husband, and, with their two children in tow, approached the elderly Madam Xuanyuan and greeted her warmly, "Greetings to our dear mother-in-law!"

Zhang Xiaoli’s husband Jia Shijie also pretended to be unaware of anything, bowing with his hands clasped, "The junior has the honor of meeting our dear mother-in-law."

The elderly Madam Xuanyuan smiled, "I don’t deserve such honor, you’ve mistaken me for someone else; I am not Madam Ruo."

Zhang Xiaoli and her husband quickly said with apologetic faces, "Ah! We have mistaken someone for another. My apologies, Madam, our mother-in-law hasn’t been coming to the city in recent years, and I haven’t seen her for a long time, no wonder I thought she didn’t look like her. But seeing you with my older brother and sister-in-law made me mistake you!"

Calling them "my older brother and sister-in-law" so affectionately!

Madam Liu rolled her eyes.

One moment an aunt and her husband, the next an older brother and sister-in-law, was she planning to go through all her relatives?

The elderly Madam Xuanyuan smiled, "No, we’re just neighbors. I heard you mention shopping at Bogu Pavilion; I know the shopkeeper there. Since we’re all relatives here, and this gentleman looks like a scholar, coincidentally tonight is the Lantern Festival. If you guess three of the riddles right, the item you wish to buy from Bogu Pavilion, I’ll ask the shopkeeper to gift you one of them."

The couple’s eyes lit up!

Zhang Xiaoli quickly said, "Oh my, thank you, Madam, it’s too kind of you!"

Her husband was great at solving riddles, and with so many riddles hanging in Bogu Pavilion this evening, it was impossible not to guess three right!

If they could solve three, they would get an item from Bogu Pavilion without spending a penny, what a huge gain!

Thankfully she was clever; she hadn’t even eaten dinner, coming early to Bogu Pavilion to wait for the Ruo Family.

The elderly Madam Xuanyuan smiled, "You’re welcome, hurry up and go guess! Otherwise, once more people arrive, the easy ones will all be guessed by others."

To deal with these types of people, you have to take the initiative, keep control in your hands, and not let them take any advantage.

The riddles of Bogu Pavilion, are they so easy to guess? Every year, there were only one or two people who could guess more than three, and those were truly learned and talented.

The elderly Madam Xuanyuan had seen many genuinely learned and talented people, and they certainly weren’t like this scholar, with barefaced schemes laid out in front of them.

Upon hearing this, the couple quickly took their leave, "Thank you, Madam, then we’ll go solve the riddles right away!"

Leaving these words behind, the couple hurried back to Bogu Pavilion.

Every item in Bogu Pavilion was a treasure, with even the cheapest costing over a hundred silver!

Xuanbao was anxious; this couple was not good-hearted!

She tugged on Xuanyuan Que’s hand and whispered, "Brother Xuanyuan, this couple is insatiably greedy, not good people, we mustn’t gift them anything, we need to find a way to stop this! Shall I go to Bogu Pavilion and cast a spell, to prevent them from solving the riddles?"

Xuanyuan Que replied, "Don’t worry, I wrote the riddles of Bogu Pavilion, they won’t be able to solve them."

Upon hearing this, Xuanbao was relieved!

After the couple left, Madam Liu and Ruo Shui were very embarrassed.

Ruo Shui said, "Elder Madam, you didn’t have to do that, we’re not close to them at all."

Madam Liu also nodded, "That couple is greedy, Elder Madam, Mr. Bogu, make sure you instruct the shop assistant, the next time they come to the shop wanting to claim relations, don’t be polite! Charge them as you normally would for the silver."

The elderly Madam Xuanyuan smiled and patted Madam Liu’s hand, "Don’t worry, the riddles of Bogu Pavilion are not easy to guess!"

She wasn’t foolish!