Chapter 46

"Want to start a fight?"

"I won't sell you a pumpkin, so you start a fight; that's robbery."

"Do you know how many years you get for robbery?"

"Come on, go ahead and fight!"

Wan Ping'an smiled.

Sha Zhu wasn't stupid, he just had high combat power and was used to solving problems with force—simple and quick—so over time, he didn't like using his brain.

"I'll testify!"

"Sha Zhu, do you want to go to jail?"

How could Xu Damao miss an opportunity to deal with Sha Zhu?

Sha Zhu gritted his teeth tightly.

He didn't make a move.

He wasn't truly stupid!

"Xu Damao, Wan Ping'an, you just wait."

Sha Zhu dropped a threat and turned to leave.

Jia Zhangshi, however, didn't leave; looking at the golden pumpkins and remembering the scent she smelled last night, she wanted to eat pumpkin.

Not being able to buy one didn't mean she couldn't eat one.

"I'll take one."

Liu Haizhong walked over, sticking out his big belly.

"No problem, Second Elder, pick any one you like!"

Wan Ping'an smiled as he took the money.

Liu Haizhong was very satisfied; Yi Zhonghai and the Deaf Old Lady had been classified as animals by Wan Ping'an and couldn't buy any, yet he could buy pumpkins smoothly.

The thrill of defeating Yi Zhonghai made him smile brightly!

He was very proud!

"Xu Damao, didn't you bring back several pumpkins yesterday?"

Jia Zhangshi approached Xu Damao.

"Jia Zhangshi, what do you want?"

Xu Damao's father, Xu Fugui, had just arrived at the backyard and saw Jia Zhangshi targeting Xu Damao; his face immediately clouded over, and he asked coldly.

"Old Xu, your family has so many pumpkins you can't finish them; let me help you share one!"

Jia Zhangshi couldn't buy a pumpkin, so she set her sights on someone who had them.

And she didn't want to pay for it; she wanted it for free!

"You want one?"

"That's fine, ten yuan each!"

Xu Fugui's eyes rolled, and he had an idea.

"Xu Fugui, Wan Ping'an only sells them for one yuan, you're selling for ten; are you crazy for money?"

Jia Zhangshi exploded on the spot.

"The problem is, can you even buy one for a yuan?"

"If you want to eat, bring ten yuan; if not, get lost."

Xu Fugui didn't indulge Jia Zhangshi either.

"You Xu, just you wait, I won't let you off."

Jia Zhangshi turned and left.

Xu Fugui was one of the few people in the courtyard who didn't give her any face.

Jia Zhangshi left.

Wan Ping'an's pumpkins sold very smoothly; by noon, the two carts were sold out.

He had to have Cai Quanwu bring two more carts.

Jia Zhangshi was grinding her teeth; at one yuan each, selling so fast, Wan Ping'an was definitely going to make a fortune!

Noon.

The fragrance of pumpkin filled the Sihe Academy.

The Xu family.

The three members of the Xu family had steamed pumpkin for lunch.

"I really didn't expect Wan Ping'an to be so good at farming; the persimmons and pumpkins he grows would definitely have been imperial tributes in the past!"

Xu Fugui sighed with emotion.

"Haha, back then Yi Zhonghai and the others all ostracized Wan Ping'an, now they're getting what they deserve; Wan Ping'an has made them look like fools."

Xu Damao gloated.

The Sun family.

The family of five also had pumpkin for lunch.

"Daddy, Mommy, the pumpkin is so delicious."

Niu Niu gnawed on a piece of pumpkin, her little face covered in it.

"If it's delicious, eat more!"

Wang Dahu smiled and wiped his little daughter's face.

"Mommy, I've decided, I want to be Brother Wan's wife; if I'm his wife, I can eat pumpkin every day."

Niu Niu said with conviction, her expression very serious.

The other four members of the Sun family were stunned by Niu Niu's "bold statement," followed by a burst of laughter.

Of course.

None of them took it seriously.

Niu Niu was only three years old, what did she know?

It just went to show that the pumpkins Wan Ping'an grew were so delicious that they had conquered Niu Niu!

The Liu Haizhong family.

They also had pumpkin for lunch.

"This pumpkin is really good; no wonder it sells for one yuan each, just for this sweet taste, it's worth it!"

Liu Haizhong commented.

"It's just too expensive; we can only eat it occasionally to satisfy our cravings!"

The Second Elder's wife nodded and sighed.

"Old man, what do you think about letting Guangqi help Wan Ping'an farm?"

The Second Elder's wife thought of a good idea.

"Long hair, short insight!"

"No matter how much money Wan Ping'an makes, he's still just a farmer, relying on the heavens for his livelihood."

"It's fine when the weather is good, but if there's a natural disaster and he gets no harvest, he could lose everything and cry his eyes out; it's too unstable."

Liu Haizhong disagreed.

He overlooked a very important point.

The money Wan Ping'an made from selling tomatoes or pumpkins once was more than what he earned in ten years of hard work.

Even if Wan Ping'an only had a good harvest once every ten years, his life would still be much better than his.

The Yi Zhonghai family.

No pumpkin.

Only corn buns.

And a plate of stir-fried cabbage.

"I'm not eating this; why is this corn bun so hard?"

Yi Zhonghai threw the bun on the table.

"Hasn't the corn bun always been this hard?"

The First Elder's wife was confused; what was wrong with Yi Zhonghai?

Then she realized.

It was the pumpkin's fault!

Before Ping'an started selling pumpkins, he gave every household in the courtyard one for free.

Except for their four families!

Pumpkin was soft, fluffy, and fragrant; of course, it was much better than corn buns!

Yi Zhonghai couldn't get any pumpkin, got jealous, and was throwing a tantrum for no reason!

Sigh!

The First Elder's wife said nothing and silently ate her corn bun.

The Jia family.

"Pumpkin, pumpkin, I want to eat the pumpkin Wan Ping'an grew."

Jia Zhangshi threw a piece of pumpkin on the table.

She wanted to eat pumpkin.

Jia Gensheng went to the vegetable market and bought one, picking the best-looking one.

Steamed, it was also soft, fluffy, and sweet.

But there's no fear of bad goods, only the fear of comparison; compared to the pumpkins Wan Ping'an sold, the pumpkin the Jia family was eating was simply an inferior product.

"Jia Gensheng, you really are a piece of trash."

"I've been with you for so many years, gave you a son, and I can't even get the pumpkin I want to eat; tell me, what are you good for?"

When Jia Zhangshi was young, she was proud and arrogant, determined to marry a rich and handsome man, but ended up marrying the honest and simple Jia Gensheng.

She felt she had married beneath her and had wronged herself.