The Farm Girl’s Charismatic Fortune
Chapter 174 - 170: A Prodigy Arrives

Chapter 174: Chapter 170: A Prodigy Arrives

After sending off Zhang Xiaoli and his family, Ruo Xuan and the others went to the main street to see the lanterns.

The Lantern Festival’s lantern display was a major event in Xuanyuan Country, with every shop on the street hanging lanterns, lighting up the night, and creating an extraordinarily lively atmosphere.

Each shop was adorned with lanterns and lantern riddles, attracting patrons to enter.

If one guessed the riddle correctly, they could win a lantern or some products put up as prizes by the shop owners, or they might even get a discount on purchases.

Therefore, every shop was packed with people.

It was said that during the Lantern Festival, many shops could earn what usually took them a month or even more.

Ruo Xuan and her brothers were excited and entered every shop to guess the lantern riddles, winning a bunch of lanterns and each had their hands full with lanterns and other items.

Ruo Xuan mostly guessed the word riddles right but knew nothing about the riddles related to objects, as she had only been a human for a few months and didn’t recognize many of them.

But for a little girl of three or four to guess so many riddles correctly, she already amazed the shopkeepers!

The shopkeepers all watched them leave with a pained expression; they had guessed too many correctly!

Madam Liu even specifically purchased two large bamboo baskets for Ruo Shui and the old shopkeeper to carry their winnings.

Soon both baskets were filled, and every shop assistant sent them off with a scowl. Madam Liu then said, "Alright, take it easy, both baskets are already full. Don’t strip every shop of its wool."

After that, the children only guessed riddles whose prize was candy, and they didn’t guess much else.

After all, snacks could be eaten right away.

As they passed a silver store, Ruo Xuan saw that it was exceptionally lively and immediately pulled Brother Xuanyuan’s and her own brothers’ hands: "Let’s go in and see!"

Madam Liu silently lit a candle for the silver store!

But still, she excitedly followed them in!

And she said to the children, "You can guess as much as you want in this store."

Old Madam Xuanyuan also smiled and nodded, "That’s right, guess everything that doesn’t cost money! If you guess right, it’s a big win! It’s more valuable than all the things we got before!"

She lacked nothing, but who would pass up the opportunity to advantageously gain something for free? Only a fool would not try.

Old Madam Xuanyuan was wealthy, but she was not foolish!

The excitement in the silver store was for good reason. The store was displaying an extremely beautiful glazed palace lantern. The lantern, crafted from glaze and gold with gemstones inlaid, had the four "Gentlemen" flowers carved on it.

It was truly beautiful!

Whoever guessed the riddle attached to it would win it.

It was said that the glazed palace lantern was worth five hundred taels!

Besides that, every riddle in the silver store had a prize, ranging from free small earrings, a little ring, a silver bracelet, half-price purchases of any item in the store, or a twenty-tael discount for every one hundred taels spent on jewelry.

Therefore, it attracted many young masters and misses from wealthy families to come and guess the riddles.

Because guessing correctly meant earning a profit!

Ruo Xuan liked beautiful things and set her eyes on the palace lantern, "I want that palace lantern."

Ruo Hang and his brothers immediately chorused, "Second Brother will guess it and win it for you!"

"Third Brother will definitely guess it right and win the palace lantern for sister!"

"Brother will also go and guess, and if I win, I’ll give it to sister."

The three brothers immediately linked hands and squeezed their way in.

The reason they held hands was the fear of getting separated by the crowd, which is why the children had been holding hands all along.

Ruo Xuan quickly grabbed Brother Xuanyuan’s hand, following behind her brothers as they squeezed in.

Ruo Shui and the old shopkeeper were guarding Old Madam Xuanyuan as they followed closely behind the children.

The riddle hanging under the glazed palace lantern was, "Where is the dry anvil now, there are mountains upon mountains above, when shall the big saber rise, and the broken mirror fly to the heavens?"

Many people in the store pondered for a long time but couldn’t come up with the answer.

Seeing this, the brothers also furrowed their brows and thought hard.

Ruo Xuan glanced at it and this time she also couldn’t figure it out, she looked towards Xuanyuan Que, "Brother Xuanyuan, do you know?"

Xuanyuan Que was about to say something, but the four brothers hurriedly exclaimed in unison, "Don’t say it! Let us guess first!"

The four brothers now knew how formidable Xuanyuan Que was; he could guess even the ones their father couldn’t, what they themselves couldn’t figure out!

It’s just inhuman!

Seeing this, Ruo Xuan let her brothers have a go first, "Brother Xuanyuan, let’s guess the others first!"

The riddles in the silver shop were much more difficult than those in other stores, so there were many people engrossed in deep thought under each lantern riddle.

Ruo Xuan saw the shop assistant in the silver shop had just hung up a riddle. Whenever someone guessed a lantern riddle correctly, the shop would hang up another one for people to guess.

After the shop assistant finished hanging the riddle, he loudly announced, "Guessing this new lantern riddle correctly will earn a pair of red-gold earrings worth five taels each."

Many people who couldn’t guess the other riddles heard this and all flocked over!

Ruo Xuan was almost squeezed by the crowd, but Xuanyuan Que moved behind her and used his body to protect her from the people around them.

The shopkeeper stood behind Xuanyuan Que, shielding him from the crowd.

The hidden guards were lurking in the crowd, protecting Xuanyuan Que from both sides.

Ruo Xuan took one look at the riddle, "A round moon hangs in half the sky, a lady and a gentleman, lotuses growing with joined stems. Meeting by the green pond at dusk, reading poetry in quiet without speech."

She figured it out right away, it was a word riddle, and not a difficult one; she had to beat everyone to it. Ruo Xuan shouted loudly, "I know!"

The people around still hadn’t finished reading the riddle when they heard a milky voice shouting "I know." They instinctively looked towards the source of the sound, then saw Ruo Xuan raising her hand.

Everyone spontaneously thought, which family’s little girl is here to disrupt?

They didn’t care much and continued to pay attention to the lantern riddle.

Indeed, they didn’t believe a three- or four-year-old girl could guess it right.

The shopkeeper, smiling, looked at Ruo Xuan, "Little girl, what did you guess?"

Ruo Xuan, "There’s good wine for sale!"

Most of the people present were educated, and upon hearing this, looked at the poetic phrases of the lantern riddle... she was correct!

Upon hearing this, the shopkeeper laughed and said, "Haha... Little girl, you’ve guessed it right! This pair of red-gold earrings is yours!"

Ruo Xuan happily stepped forward and took them, "Thank you, Shopkeeper!"

It was a pair of red-gold lotus flower earrings with a simple design, suitable for an elderly person to wear, perfect for grandma.

Seeing Ruo Xuan receiving a pair of red-gold earrings, everyone was enviously unable to accept how the little girl had beaten them to it!

This lantern riddle really wasn’t difficult!

Immediately, someone said, "Shopkeeper, this riddle has been solved, are you going to hang up another one?"

"Right! Shopkeeper, hurry and hang up another one!"

"No problem!" the shopkeeper happily said, then instructed the shop assistant to fetch a new lantern riddle to hang up.

As soon as a lantern riddle was solved, another one would be hung up straightaway.

All night, the silver shop had over a hundred lantern riddles, and more than twenty were guessed right, though most required some silver to buy. Including the one that Ruo Xuan won, only five were given away for free. The gifts given away cost less than ten taels of silver in total, and Ruo Xuan’s earrings were the most valuable but had cost only two taels to produce.

However, the silver shop had already earned over a thousand taels that evening, and so the shopkeeper didn’t mind at all!

The night was still young, and they could earn even more.

After all, their lantern riddles were written by learned and talented scholars, and few could guess them right.

The shopkeeper was smiling happily, but soon he couldn’t smile anymore!

Because while the shop assistant was fetching the new lantern riddle to hang up, Ruo Xuan had guessed another one!

And it was a pair of child’s silver bracelets worth ten taels of silver!

Good heavens, had a prodigy shown up?