Chapter 45

Yi Zhonghai's face was livid as he watched Wan Ping'an move the pumpkins into the courtyard.

The crowd pointed and whispered.

Every gesture felt like a finger poking at his heart.

"Wan Ping'an, you made me lose face in front of everyone; just you wait, if I don't drive you out, I won't be called Yi Zhonghai anymore!"

Yi Zhonghai swore in his heart.

He turned around.

And angrily returned to the Sihe Academy.

"My quilt, that damned Wan Ping'an."

Jia Zhangshi let out a miserable cry and went to the ditch to retrieve the quilt Wan Ping'an had thrown away.

Yi Zhonghai was startled!

The table his family kept in front of their door had also been thrown into the ditch by Wan Ping'an; he couldn't let someone else snatch it, so he had to turn around and go pick up the table.

The crowd in the courtyard burst into laughter!

Watching the two of them struggling in the foul ditch!

Half an hour later.

Yi Zhonghai changed his clothes and went to find the Deaf Old Lady with a gloomy face.

"Zhonghai, you are a smart man; how could you make such a low-level mistake?"

"What were you thinking, charging for the public areas in the courtyard?"

"Every household, apart from inside their rooms, as soon as they open the door, everything outside—the front of the door, the window—is a public area; can you charge for that?"

The Deaf Old Lady criticized Yi Zhonghai.

"Sigh, I was just hot-headed at the time; I didn't think it through, I just wanted to cause trouble for Wan Ping'an."

Yi Zhonghai sighed.

Wan Ping'an was like a hedgehog, leaving him nowhere to strike!

"Zhonghai, your state of mind has been disturbed by Wan Ping'an."

"The more anxious you are, the more you want to take him down quickly, the easier it is to make mistakes in your haste; you must calm down, you cannot be rushed when dealing with him!"

The Deaf Old Lady sighed.

How could she not want to take down Wan Ping'an as soon as possible?

The problem was that Wan Ping'an usually only hunted and farmed, doing nothing else; from these two things, she couldn't find any dirt on him!

At the same moment.

In front of Wan Ping'an's house, a pile of golden pumpkins was stacked up.

"Dear neighbors, from now on, I am selling pumpkins."

"Big pumpkins, no weighing, sold by the piece, one yuan each; just like before, you can also trade them for things I need."

"For the neighbors present, I will give one away for free to each household."

Wan Ping'an took a look.

The Jia family, Yi Zhonghai, Sha Zhu, and the Deaf Old Lady and others hadn't come; it was just as well, as it made it easier for him to build good relationships with the other residents.

Get a pumpkin for free?

The crowd was in an uproar, and many people gave Wan Ping'an a thumbs up!

That's a real man!

Every household happily took one home.

"Wan Ping'an, give me a pumpkin."

Jia Zhangshi had heard the news.

She rushed out of her house like a wild boar running amok, charging to the front of Wan Ping'an's house.

"On what grounds?"

Wan Ping'an sneered.

"You just said you'd give one pumpkin to each household; our family hasn't gotten one yet."

Jia Zhangshi said righteously.

She lowered her head and started picking out a pumpkin, looking for the biggest one.

The Jia family definitely wanted the biggest one.

"I did say I'd give one pumpkin to each household, but there was a condition: you had to be present just now; if you weren't here, you don't get one."

Wan Ping'an sneered.

Want to take advantage of him?

Not a chance!

"What's this?"

"Want to start a fight with me?"

Wan Ping'an watched Jia Zhangshi roll up her sleeves and glared at her coldly.

Jia Zhangshi backed down.

Wan Ping'an was one of the few people who dared to hit her, and she couldn't beat him anyway.

"I'll buy one, buying one is fine, right?"

Last night.

Many families had steamed pumpkin, and it was so fragrant that Jia Zhangshi had been craving it for a long time.

"One yuan each!"

"Pay up, and pick any one you want!"

Wan Ping'an smiled.

"One yuan?"

"Are you robbing me?"

"At the vegetable market, a pumpkin this big is at most ten cents; cheaper ones don't even cost ten cents, you can buy them for a few cents."

Jia Zhangshi exploded on the spot.

"If you want to buy, pay; if not, get lost, don't delay my selling; if you don't buy, someone else will!"

Wan Ping'an waved his hand as if shooing away flies.

He wouldn't deal with these animals, but he couldn't let them hinder him from making money selling pumpkins.

Only with money could he hoard supplies, and with enough supplies, he could survive the great famine; otherwise, what would he do when the famine came?

"You..."

Jia Zhangshi was trembling with rage.

If it were anyone else, she would have already rushed up and wouldn't stop until she scratched their face to pieces.

Facing Wan Ping'an, she didn't dare!

Sun Tiegang, who was helping sell the pumpkins, felt a sense of relief seeing Jia Zhangshi trembling with rage; he wanted to laugh but didn't dare, his face turning red from holding it in!

It was so satisfying!

"Brother Wan, can Niu Niu help you sell pumpkins?"

Little Niu Niu from the Sun family trotted up to Wan Ping'an and looked at him cutely.

"Yes, absolutely!"

"Here, I'll reward you with a big pumpkin; you just sit here and watch me and your second brother sell pumpkins!"

Wan Ping'an smiled.

He didn't have much resistance to cute things.

He put Niu Niu on a chair, placed a pumpkin on the chair, and let her play on the side.

"Thank you, Brother Wan!"

Niu Niu remembered the pumpkin she ate last night, fragrant and sweet, and her mouth was almost watering.

"You..."

Jia Zhangshi was about to explode.

She wasn't there just now, came late, and didn't get a free pumpkin.

Niu Niu wasn't there either, came even later than her, yet Wan Ping'an gave Niu Niu the biggest pumpkin; how could Jia Zhangshi not be angry?

"Thank you, Brother Wan!"

Sun Tiegang thanked him.

"Don't mention it, we're all our own people!"

Wan Ping'an responded with a smile.

"Hmph, a one-yuan pumpkin, it definitely won't sell, you'll lose everything!"

Jia Zhangshi cursed.

Before her words had even faded, Old Zhou from the neighboring courtyard arrived.

"Little Wan, the tomatoes you sold were absolutely delicious; I smelled the pumpkin your courtyard was eating yesterday, it was simply too fragrant!"

"Give me five!"

Old Zhou handed five yuan to Wan Ping'an.

"Quality has its price!"

Wan Ping'an smiled and let Old Zhou choose for himself.

Old Zhou left happily with his two children, the three of them carrying five pumpkins.

Jia Zhangshi's face burned.

She had just said they wouldn't sell, and someone had bought five.

"I'll buy one!"

Jia Zhangshi gritted her teeth and dug a yuan out of her pocket.

"Not selling to you!"

Wan Ping'an shook his head.

"I'm not paying you less, why won't you sell?"

Jia Zhangshi glared with her triangular eyes.

"I sell my pumpkins to people, not to animals!"

Wan Ping'an replied.

Sun Tiegang finally couldn't hold it in and burst into laughter.

The onlookers also laughed.

But Jia Zhangshi couldn't laugh!

"I'll buy one!"

Sha Zhu came up to Wan Ping'an, a clear slap mark still on his face.

Judging by the size and force, it was definitely from He Great Qing!

"Not selling!"

"I'm announcing something: my pumpkins are not for sale to the Jia family, the Deaf Old Lady, the Yi Zhonghai family, or your He family!"

Wan Ping'an stared at Sha Zhu.

"My pumpkins are only sold to people, not to animals!"

Wan Ping'an repeated his words from earlier.

Sha Zhu realized that Wan Ping'an was calling him an animal!

The crowd realized it too, and there was a flurry of chatter; the atmosphere was very lively.

"You dare call me an animal?"

Sha Zhu raised his fist!