Chapter 157: Break Even in a Day

Watching Ye Qing and the others leave, the woman said meaningfully: "I might really be just as he said, a frog at the bottom of a well."

Upon hearing this.

Cao Zhiqiang's face turned extremely ugly.

He really wanted to retort a couple of sentences, but no matter how he racked his brains, he didn't know what to say.

Because this is indeed the fact.

The woman continued to ask: "Do you think he caught so much seafood, could he sell it for a few thousand yuan?"

Just as Cao Zhiqiang opened his mouth to speak, the woman went on to say: "Definitely."

"Just those black hairs alone are several hundred yuan per catty."

"They only work a few hours and earn more than we do in a month of work."

Listening to his girlfriend ask and answer herself.

Cao Zhiqiang's face was already extremely ugly, his fists clenched so tight they made a creaking sound.

Originally he came to show off his superiority in front of Wu An, but instead Wu An showed him up.

Compared to Wu An, his promotion and raise amount to nothing.

The extra few hundred yuan per month is nothing compared to them catching two more fish.

No wonder Wu An being a fisherman doesn't feel shameful at all.

As Wu An said, not making money is what's shameful.

So… am I the one who's shameful?

Thinking this, Cao Zhiqiang wanted to lash out in anger, but felt he had no right to do so.

What Wu An said are all true.

The woman suddenly grabbed her hand, somewhat excitedly shouting: "Zhiqiang, then according to that, your classmate wants to buy a house and even buy three sets at once, including starting a company, is that really true?"

Cao Zhiqiang felt extremely upset inside, but could only nod: "Probably true."

"He has no need to lie to us."

The woman suddenly asked: "Does he have a girlfriend?"

Cao Zhiqiang hesitated: "Why are you asking that?"

His voice trembled slightly, worried that his pretentious act would backfire and he'd lose his girlfriend.

That would truly become a huge joke.

The woman stared, then punched him lightly, saying: "What are you worried about?"

"Yes, I admit your classmate is very outstanding and lucky enough to make a lot of money."

"He's very handsome, I just saw him, and his figure is also great."

"He's half a head taller than you, about 1.8 meters."

"If we could have a man like him as a boyfriend, we'd definitely have face."

"But I'm not that kind of fickle woman; no matter how outstanding he is, I wouldn't be moved."

Of course, saying that, she also knows that even if she were moved, it would be useless, since she appears as Cao Zhiqiang's girlfriend.

Unless Wu An has some special fetish.

Hearing his girlfriend say that, Cao Zhiqiang should be happy, but he felt even worse inside, forced out a faint smile, and said: "He probably doesn't have a girlfriend."

"I heard a few days ago that after he was expelled from university, his girlfriend broke up with him."

The woman excitedly said: "That's great."

"His girlfriend lacks vision, perfect chance to swoop in."

"You know my best female friend, right?"

"She's similar to your classmate, dropped out of college before finishing and came back."

"They might have common topics; how about we help set them up?"

Cao Zhiqiang's scalp went numb: "Can it work?"

The woman said: "If it works out, my best friend will definitely not miss out on our benefits."

Cao Zhiqiang said: "Then I'll give it a try, another day we'll arrange to meet for a meal."

The woman said: "Okay okay okay, that's the best restaurant in our town; with your classmate so rich, we can still mooch food and drink."

……

Wu An and his two companions came to the market, heading straight to Elder Fang's stall.

Elder Fang saw the black hair in the bucket, overjoyed, saying: "I said this morning when I went out I saw a magpie, and indeed there's a surprise."

"So much black hair, it's really rare."

"Caught by fishing?"

A Qing spoke quickly: "No, Brother took me to pump the water pit, and we directly scooped them up from the water pit."

"Most of them were caught by him."

"I don't have that kind of luck."

Elder Fang gave a thumbs up: "You guys really know how to hustle, doing this now, that later, and still making money."

"The heavens are practically begging to feed us."

"If this gets out, who knows how many people will be envious to death."

Wu An laughed: "Elder Fang, you still have to keep this secret for me."

Elder Fang naturally agreed.

As for the other miscellaneous fish, we won't mention them; the black hair he paid 320 per catty.

Wu An also didn't haggle, just accepted the price outright.

They weren't meeting for the first time; they'd eaten together more than once, so Old Fang shouldn't screw him over.

If he dared to cheat him and got caught, there definitely wouldn't be a next time.

The black-haired fish were weighed first, totaling 21 catties, worth 6720 yuan; the other fish together came to 3250 yuan.

Total: 9970 yuan.

Old Fang directly took out ten thousand, saying he had no change, so that's it.

Wu An smiled, not standing on ceremony, and took Mai Hangyu over to Gao Qiangqi's place.

There weren't many shrimp and crabs; together they sold for only two thousand three hundred.

Income was twelve thousand, not bad.

In one day he broke even; A Qing's fuel costs weren't wasted, and he even made a small profit.

Mai Hangyu was stunned.

He never imagined he could earn so much money; this is too promising. If he had this income every day, why would he still go to school?

Wu An gave him a share of the money.

Mai Hangyu came to his senses, waved his hands and refused outright, saying, "Brother, I'm just tagging along for fun today; if you give me a cut, you're just embarrassing me."

"Really, don't give me any."

"I definitely can't take it."

"Next time you have work, contact me in advance; I'll do the work and you can give me a share then."

Wu An saw Mai Hangyu's firm attitude and could only give up; two grown men shoving each other around the market wasn't a good look.

"If you have nothing to do over summer or winter break, you can follow me and I'll pay you a wage." Wu An said with a smile.

Fact proved that the drainage pond was a good sustainable way to make money; compared to gathering seafood and fishing, it's not tiring, and the income is also higher.

Moreover, with the drainage pond, sometimes moving stones and such requires coordination; having an extra person improves efficiency.

Seeing Mai Hangyu's happy face, Wu An thought and said, "Just a heads-up: this is only for summer and winter break; you still have to go to school when it's time."

It's not that he's being overly worried; if the income stayed good every day, Mai Hangyu would likely not want to go to school.

Mai Hangyu scratched his head and asked, "Why?"

"If every day were like today, what's the point of school? I might as well drop out."

"Even after school I'd just be working; following you, I could avoid a few years of detours."

Wu An countered, "What if our cultural tourism business grows big and strong down the line?"

Mai Hangyu nodded: "That's true."

Wu An handed over the leftover shrimp and crabs and the black-haired fish, saying, "Take this stuff and go home first."

"I'm going shopping with A Qing."

Mai Hangyu hopped on his Harley and tore off down the street.

Wu An and A Qing went to the supermarket to buy some gift boxes; earlier they'd dropped by without having time to prepare, so today they really shouldn't show up empty-handed.

They arrived at Old Mai's home.

Upon entering, they saw two strangers inside: one older, about the same age as Old Mai, and a younger one who looked to be in his mid-forties.

They were sipping tea when Old Mai saw Wu An and called out, "A An, come over and sit."

"Let me introduce them."

They introduced themselves; the older one was called Old Chen, the younger Old Xie.

Old Chen had just lost his spouse, his children weren't around, and he planned to buy an RV to travel, saying he'd bring his late wife's ashes along and never come back.

Old Xie was doing it to pay for his child's medical treatment; he didn't go into details, and Wu An didn't pry.

Old Mai looked at Wu An and said, "Let's cut to the chase—they're here to sell the house."

"I also said you're sincere about buying; the main thing is for you two to talk."