Chapter 148

"Buy what buy?"

"He is just a black-hearted profiteer, we can't buy his things."

"At the vegetable market, the best big watermelons, if you pick the biggest ones, can be bought for two or three dimes."

"But guess how he sells them?"

"One dime per jin, to buy one watermelon, you have to spend at least one or two yuan; if you go to buy his watermelon, aren't you just being a sucker?"

Jia Zhangshi refused on the spot.

Of course, she wouldn't tell Matchmaker Zhang that it wasn't just a matter of price, but that she couldn't buy them because Wan Ping'an wouldn't sell to her.

"Isn't it normal for good things to be a bit expensive?"

"I remember Wan Ping'an's tomatoes were five dimes each, and the pumpkins were one yuan each, but not a single person who bought them said they weren't worth it."

Matchmaker Zhang smiled.

She still wanted to eat watermelon.

"What's normal?"

"He's just making black-hearted money!"

"Listen to me, we won't eat his watermelon; next time you come, I'll prepare a big, sweet watermelon for you, and we won't let him make that black-hearted money."

Jia Zhangshi cajoled and deceived her.

Matchmaker Zhang had no choice but to give up the idea of eating watermelon.

She was very dissatisfied in her heart.

She could see it now; Jia Zhangshi was just stingy with money and unwilling to buy a watermelon at one dime per jin for her to eat.

"You old hag, you want me to introduce a good partner for your son, but you're unwilling to spend money; do you really think I'm a good person?"

"If the money isn't right, and my mood isn't good, I'll find you some crooked melons and cracked dates, someone with poor conditions."

Matchmaker Zhang was very unhappy in her heart.

At the same moment.

Wan Ping'an went out with money in his pocket.

Renovating a house isn't something that can be done in a day or two.

He planned to add some furniture first, and after this busy period, he would renovate the house.

Less than half an hour later, Wan Ping'an returned.

Behind him were two flatbed carts, carrying a large bed and some other new furniture.

The wooden bed he originally slept on was not only narrow and small but also missing three legs, propped up by bricks, so he had to be very careful when sleeping.

He replaced it with a large bed.

He bought a new quilt.

At night.

He could sleep comfortably and peacefully.

"Ping'an, you bought so much furniture?"

Yan Fugui came back from work and changed shifts with Third Aunt, becoming the one guarding the gate.

"That's right, my original bed only had one leg left, so I replaced it with a new one!"

Wan Ping'an nodded.

Seeing Wan Ping'an bring two carts to the back courtyard, Yan Fugui shook his head and sighed.

"You child, why don't you know how to be frugal?"

"So what if there was only one bed leg left?"

"Even if there wasn't a single bed leg left, you could prop it up with bricks, or stones if you didn't have bricks, and you could still sleep on it without falling to the ground."

In the Yan family, let alone having only one leg left, even if there were only a few bed boards left, he would piece them together and would never go to replace it with a new bed.

"Uh, I think I said the wrong thing."

Yan Fugui's old face flushed, thinking of Wan Ping'an's income.

Tomatoes for five dimes each, pumpkins for one yuan each, watermelons for one dime per jin.

These were all highly profitable agricultural products!

He guessed that Wan Ping'an had at least several thousand in savings, so what was wrong with improving his life?

He wasn't being wasteful.

His speed of making money far exceeded his speed of spending it; even if he were more wasteful, the money in his pocket would only keep increasing!

People in the courtyard looked at Wan Ping'an with envy.

They reached a conclusion:

From now on, the richest person in the Sihe Academy had changed; it was no longer Yi Zhonghai.

It had changed to Wan Ping'an!

He was definitely the person living the best life in the Sihe Academy.

Wan Ping'an just arrived at the back courtyard.

The Jia family's door opened.

Jia Zhangshi was seeing Matchmaker Zhang off.

"Who is that young man?"

"He bought two carts of new furniture; that young man's family background must be quite good, right?"

Matchmaker Zhang saw Wan Ping'an.

Jia Zhangshi saw him too.

The two carts of brand-new furniture made her eyes turn red.

Jia Dongxu couldn't smile instantly; he was about to go on a matchmaking date, and Jia Zhangshi hadn't even mentioned adding new furniture to the house.

"Don't even mention him."

"He is just the black-hearted profiteer Wan Ping'an; he must have bought that new furniture with the black-hearted money he earned."

"A black-hearted merchant like him should be arrested and shot."

Jia Zhangshi's face was very ugly.

Matchmaker Zhang smiled.

She could see that the Jia family and Wan Ping'an definitely had a conflict.

Leaving the Jia family.

Matchmaker Zhang didn't go home.

She wanted to understand Wan Ping'an's situation.

"Young, handsome, and rich; in the marriage market, he is definitely a hot commodity, and I need such a trump card in my hand!"

Matchmaker Zhang had her own ideas.

"Third Uncle, is it your turn to guard the gate?"

Matchmaker Zhang came before Yan Fugui.

As a well-known matchmaker, she often walked through streets and alleys, and she basically knew people in every courtyard and small compound in the vicinity.

"Matchmaker Zhang, has the Jia family's matter been settled?"

Yan Fugui asked with a smile.

"Not yet, I'm still looking for him."

"Third Uncle, I want to ask you something; Wan Ping'an in your back courtyard, do you know him?"

Matchmaker Zhang planned to find out indirectly.