Chapter 95: Lighting Shopping
Su Xiaoxiao was stunned for a moment, then patted Sanlang on the body.
"What's so beautiful about it? Hurry, it's going to be late."
Su Xiaoxiao brought Dabao, Xiaobao and Sanlang's family to the town, only to find that the road was crowded with people, full of laughter and beautiful lanterns, which made people dazzled and couldn't stop at all.
Su Xiaoxiao noticed that there were stalls on the roadside dedicated to guessing lantern riddles. They also did this to attract business. If you guessed it, they would give you beautiful words and so on.
If you can't guess it, you have to give the store one penny at a time.
Everyone joins in the fun, otherwise there wouldn’t be many entertainment programs in ancient times. This small game of guessing lantern riddles is quite attractive.
Su Xiaoxiao and the others finally squeezed in. In order to show off in front of Su Xiaoxiao, Sanlang volunteered to go in and guess lantern riddles.
"Can you do it?"
Su Xiaoxiao looked at him, "I just saw that those who came to guess lantern riddles all lost money, don't waste money on me!"
Although Su Xiaoxiao didn't care about the money, she had to make this clear first.
"No problem."
Sanlang seemed very confident, and Dabao and Xiaobao were also eager to give it a try.
"Okay, I'll give you the money."
Su Xiaoxiao had no choice. She saw that the stall owner who came out of the stall looked very smart. The rules of the game at his stall were that there was a corresponding amount of money behind the lantern riddle paper, but if you couldn't guess it, you had to use the corresponding money. Come and buy this lantern.
Some even spent more than 20 pennies and finally bought a lantern worth less than a penny. There was no other way, this was the rule of the game. If you guess correctly, the stall owner will not only give the lantern to you, but also pay you the corresponding price of the lantern.
Su Xiaoxiao really didn't expect that this stall owner's business acumen was indeed very vivid. He probably could make a lot of money in one night during the Lantern Festival.
When Su Xiaoxiao and Sanlang appeared in front of him at the same time, his eyes lit up. What a beautiful couple, a combination like a golden boy and a beautiful girl, accompanied by two cute children. This should be a family, right?
The boss came over in a hurry and said, "You two, do you want to come over and guess our lantern riddles?"
Saburo nodded confidently and said, "Yes."
Looking at such a beautiful combination, more and more people gathered around to watch the fun. The boss saw that this was going to be a big deal.
He worked harder to promote it, and found out that the first riddle was actually very simple.
Su Xiaoxiao didn't expect that it already existed in this era.
"Hemp house, red tent, and a fat white man living inside."
This is very simple. Saburo thought for a moment and blurted it out immediately with great confidence.
"Potato."
Su Xiaoxiao was so angry that she almost transformed into an alpaca and sprayed saliva on his face.
"I really want to spray you with salt well water. Idiot, that boss, these should be peanuts."
The boss originally wanted to say that this fool guessed wrong. He looked like a smart and handsome guy, but he turned out to be a stupid and handsome guy.
"Sorry, boss, he actually wanted to say peanuts."
"But he obviously just talked about potatoes, right?"
When Sanlang saw Su Xiaoxiao's eyes, he immediately changed his explanation.
"I have a bit of an accent. Boss, you may have misunderstood me."
The people watching the excitement all spoke up for Saburo, "Yes, I just heard him say that too."
There was no way, Saburo and the others guessed correctly, so the boss had to give them the lantern. In addition, the lantern had three pennies written on it, so the boss also gave it to them accordingly.
There was a setback at the beginning, but Saburo was not discouraged at all. On the contrary, he felt more courageous with each setback. The boss's face became increasingly grim, and he said to himself: "Just watch, the fun is coming later. I will make you spit out everything you swallowed."
The boss continued: "Do you still want to continue? If you continue, the difficulty will increase. Do you still want to try?"
The people watching around him started cheering, and Saburo's self-confidence suddenly exploded again.
"Of course."
"Then I'll give you a choice this time."
It seemed that the boss was also afraid of losing money and personally chose a lantern for Saburo.
Su Xiaoxiao estimated that the riddles on this lantern couldn't be simpler.
"Agate looks purple from a distance, pearls look round when you're up close. When you pinch it, it's watery, but when you bite it, it's sour."
This is a bit difficult, and the people around me are also racking their brains to think about it, and discussing it carefully below.
After hearing this, Sanlang's eyes widened.
He rolled his eyes, looked up at the sky, and then looked around on the ground, as if he was looking for this thing.
Su Xiaoxiao looked at him, isn't he just a stupid handsome guy?
Why is his head so empty? It seems like the brain stem has been drained under this beautiful skin.
Su Xiaoxiao was so angry that he was afraid that he would point to the stars in the sky with his hand and then answer "stars" or something like that. This is not okay.
"It's grapes."
Before Su Xiaoxiao could speak, Sanlang really wanted to point to the stars in the sky and say they were stars.
When he heard Su Xiaoxiao say it was grapes, he immediately changed his words.
"Boss, are we right?"
When the boss heard the word "grape", his face turned pale. At that time, he looked at Su Xiaoxiao in shock.
After all, grapes were not very popular fruits at that time, and few people watching the excitement knew about it.
"You guessed it right."
When Dabao and Xiaobao heard this, they quickly clapped their hands and cheered.
"Okay, Saburo is so awesome."
In fact, someone in this town had already started selling it in the West Market, so the stall owner had to admit that they had guessed it right.
After opening the note behind the lantern, the bonus marked on it was twenty cents.
This time the stall owner suffered a big loss. This question was the key to their store. When Sanlang saw it, he wanted to take advantage of the victory, but the boss waved his hand directly: "Sorry, we are closing the stall."
The boss thought that if this continued, he would lose everything today, so he had better stop the loss in time.
Sanlang and Su Xiaoxiao happily took their bonuses and the two lanterns they got in vain, one for Dabao and one for Xiaobao.
They happily went to the lantern market, and when they saw interesting things, they bought them without hesitation.
There are delicious candied haws, sticky candy figures, and exquisitely made bamboo dragonflies. Sanlang has money in his hands, and he can control it. If Dabao and Xiaobao see any good things, he will buy them all without hesitation. .
Seeing his arrogant look, Su Xiaoxiao gradually forgot how stupid this guy looked just now. She was still bewitched by his handsome and charming appearance, so she raised his head to 45 degrees and looked at the sky stupidly but couldn't guess. The answer was forgotten as it came out.
Su Xiaoxiao hit herself on the head, "Fantasy."
(End of chapter)