Chapter 179: Sighing on the Tieba Forum

This wasn't a question of money.

Zhang Yanping was torn between laughing and crying: "Loach brother, if you're pulling weeds here tomorrow, we'll provide all three meals tomorrow, free of charge, why bother spending this money?"

"That won't do."

Loach brother had his own theory: "Tomorrow is tomorrow's meal, but I'm greedy now, I must eat it tonight!"

"Just tell me how much? Is two hundred okay? If not, three hundred? Three hundred is really okay, right? Still not? Not okay, three hundred I'm willing, four hundred I can't bear! Just three hundred! Brother, just one more pair of chopsticks, why isn't three hundred okay?"

He hadn't forgotten that they didn't even give them the swamp eel at noon! The lunch box delivered was already so delicious, if it were paired with a few hearty dishes—

Oh my, he didn't dare to think, didn't dare to think, otherwise he'd be drooling right now.

Zhang Yanping was ecstatic inside, thinking that with a meal standard of three hundred yuan, he would be a complete fool not to earn it!

But on the surface, he still put on a helpless look, sighed: "Then I'll go ask the chef, it's not that we don't want to earn money, it's really that the chef is our Seventh Cousin, if he's not happy, no one can do anything."

Everyone understood this logic; after all, he was an elder, and saying it like this made the meal seem even more precious.

Loach brother negotiated the deal, picked up his equipment, and followed behind him, the three loaches in the empty bucket splashing around, looking exceptionally shabby.

However, as he walked, he felt something was not quite right.

Turning his head now, he saw the other nine brothers also following silently.

Everyone met his gaze, chuckled, and then began to frantically send him messages:

【You clearly don't know how to bargain, three hundred per person is too expensive!】

【We've eaten farmhouse meals before, there's no such standard, only those luxury villas have this price.】

Loach brother wasn't the type to be short of money!

Not to mention he couldn't help but eat three portions at noon, so one could imagine how much the food suited his taste!

Recalling it now, he almost drooled.

So he replied arrogantly:

【I negotiated the price for myself, they didn't say they would prepare food for you. It's getting dark, hurry up and pack up to go home. The day after tomorrow I'll be guarding here for a day.】

Right.

Loach brother remembered one thing:

【You've all seen the fish in this pond, we couldn't catch them because we don't have the skill. But you all have an idea about the food and the environment here. If people on the Tieba forum ask when you go back, you all know what to say, right?】

Several people huddled in the back whispering. Zhang Yanping looked at them from afar, and now hurriedly ran back to the courtyard—he had to discuss with everyone in advance, how to charge, and what the menu would be?

Seeing him walk away, the group of grown men breathed a sigh of relief and all took out their phones.

Seeing that someone on the Tieba forum was already asking about the specific situation today, they looked at each other, unanimously took photos of their harvest today, and then sighed and began to type melancholically:

【Look, everyone. Set off at one in the morning, the mountain road has nine twists and eighteen turns, drove for two hours to get here. The pond looks good, but for ten brothers, this is the total harvest today.】

Loach brother nodded with satisfaction, then his eyes rolled and he added:

【To tell the truth, they didn't lie, they do provide breakfast and lunch, and the taste is very good.】

【But the one who caught the least has to stay here to pull weeds for a day, which is also true. That's right, it's me. Brothers, let's do farm work tomorrow!】

Good heavens, what kind of place is this?

This is a fishing forum, not a food forum!

There are plenty of places with good farmhouse food, who wants to guard the pond all day for this!

The main thing has to be the fish!

But looking at this harvest, everyone understood immediately.

【--This unscrupulous farmhouse stay, they even faked it for promotion, too shameless!】

【Exactly!】

Followers gathered below, and they had already started discussing telling the moderator to blacklist the previous promotional post.

Zhang Yanping really didn't care about his post right now.

He just rushed home and asked Song Tan: "The one who lost wants to eat dinner with us, three hundred yuan a meal—I'm thinking we should just cover his accommodation."

Song Sancheng jumped up from his chair instantly: "Per person?"

"Per person! One meal."

"The others didn't negotiate a price with me, but they all followed."

Song Tan was also quite satisfied: "Brother Yanping, putting you in charge of this, you really have a way."

Zhang Yanping didn't dare to take the credit: "It's mainly because our vegetables are good, Seventh Cousin's skill is good, that's why they are willing to pay this price. But I have to help him find a place to sleep tonight, he'll help us pull weeds tomorrow."

They didn't have a place for him to stay at home, but with Zhang Yanping saying this, Song Tan understood.

Pondering for a while, she turned and asked Song Sancheng: "Dad, what do you think about arranging this person at Aunt Baoni's house?"

In early spring, Li Baoni had helped them tidy up the farmland.

She had two children in college, but Aunt Baoni's husband had broken his waist at a construction site at the beginning of the year and was currently recuperating.

Of course, for a farmhouse courtyard, the accommodation fee wouldn't be high, but it showed Song Tan another path.

Until Wu Lan was listening on the side, still a bit hesitant:

"Charging money just for staying one night, is that appropriate?"

"It's appropriate."

Song Tan analyzed it for her mother: "Like today's situation, there will definitely be more in the future. Can they stay for one night and then keep staying? Just set a clear price. Aunt Baoni's house is tidy and clean, and she's also articulate."

"Our village houses don't charge high prices, fifty yuan a night. Just take it from that three hundred. Mom, can you help ask if they are willing?"

Why wouldn't they be willing? The house was empty anyway!

Until Wu Lan didn't even make a phone call, just walked straight out.

Aunt Lianhua was still busy on the side, and sighed with envy upon hearing this: "Why is money so easy to earn?"

It was a pity.

Her family had a paralyzed old lady and a single woman. Now that strangers were coming to the village, arranging them there was neither safe nor appropriate.

However, Song Tan still persuaded her: "What's wrong with that, Aunt Lianhua, isn't your house also very clean? If there are female guests in the future, you hosting them at home would also be a huge help to us."

Although there were no female guests for fishing for the time being, who could say for sure about the future?

Aunt Lianhua also smiled: "I don't dare to think about that, I think life is quite good working at your house now."

"My old lady, she took a big bowl of rice back at noon and ate it clean."

Old people, as long as they can eat and have a good appetite, their health won't be bad.

Just for this, Aunt Lianhua wished she had more arms to help tidy up. ===== CHAPTER 180 =====