Chapter 614: Coward
Chapter 614: Coward
Tian Caifua immediately flew off the handle: "Pah! This is the stall we had our eyes on! What gives you the right to demand it?"
Wenwan retorted, "You just said you had your eye on it, but you didn't say you were buying. I said I would buy it first!"
Zhou Guohua tugged at Wenwan’s hand, "Xiaowan, let's choose another one."
He gave Wenwan a meaningful look, signaling her to back down.
They were neighbors, and they had even borrowed a motorcycle from someone. It would be embarrassing to make a scene.
His father and Uncle Fu had been at odds for a lifetime, but it was just some bickering and bragging about their possessions. They never went this far.
Wasn't this just like a public robbery?
There were so many stalls; why did she have to insist on the one they had their eye on?
"You shut up! I'm buying this one!" Wenwan was unhappy. In her previous life, she had visited this market, and this stall was one of the best for selling pork. The owner of the stall used to say that while others sold one pig a day, he could sell two. During holidays, he even sold three.
Now, all the good stalls in the market were marked with red paper indicating they were sold. This was the best remaining stall.
She didn't feel embarrassed and didn't mind what others said. After all, it wasn't like she was losing any flesh.
But if they couldn't buy this stall, they would lose a lot of money.
A popular stall would always be in high demand, and the rent would be higher.
Tian Caifua sneered, "How shameless! This stall was ours first!"
Wenwan ignored Tian Caifua, "Comrade, I'm taking this stall! I'll pay two thousand six hundred. I want two! I want both the left and right stalls."
She had saved up her translation earnings, living frugally, to buy these two stalls.
After all, buying them would definitely be a good investment, and she wasn't short of a hundred dollars.
Once she bought the two stalls, the rent she could collect in the future would add up to over ten thousand a month. How comfortable would that be?
Li Zhihua was speechless.
Jiang Xia looked at Li Zhihua and said coolly, "Comrade Li, are you selling to her?"
Li Zhihua shook his head and replied to Wenwan, "Comrade, I'm sorry, but they were here first and had their eye on this stall. There are many other stalls in the market you can choose from. Why don't you look around first?"
Zhou Guohua quickly chimed in, "Sure! Let's look at the others. Xiaowan, let's go."
He hurriedly pulled Wenwan away.
Wenwan shrugged him off, "I said I would buy it first. They were just haggling. I've already said I'll buy it!"
Jiang Xia didn't bother with Wenwan. Talking to someone like her was a waste of time. She turned to Li Zhihua, "Comrade Li, can you give us a discount? If you do, I might buy more."
Zhou Fu, hearing Jiang Xia's intention to buy more, chimed in, "Comrade, can we have the stalls for two thousand each?"
Li Zhihua's eyes widened at the request to knock off six hundred.
"No way! Two thousand is too cheap! Two thousand five hundred and fifty, that’s the best I can do."
Wenwan shouted, "I'm not haggling! I'll take it for two thousand six hundred!"
Jiang Dong glanced at Wenwan, wondering where this crazy person came from to cause trouble for his sister.
Jiang Dong said directly, "What if we buy all the remaining stalls on both sides of the aisle? No, let's buy all the remaining stalls. Can we have them for two thousand each?"
Wenwan was speechless.
Zhou Guohua was speechless.
Li Zhihua was speechless.
...
Tian Caifua was speechless.
She stared at Jiang Dong with starry eyes. What a display of wealth and power!
Knowledge truly is power!
When she got home, she would urge her children to study hard!
Her and her husband got up at four every morning to go fishing, working themselves to the bone just to afford one or two stalls.
Jiang Xia's younger brother, on the other hand, was ready to buy them all at once.
Money really did give you the upper hand!
When you had money, you didn't need to choose. You could have it all!
How satisfying!
Ah, Jiang Xia and Jiang Dong were about to attend the Canton Fair again.
Who knew how much they would make this time?
Tian Caifua envied them!
She wanted to be that powerful and confident too!
Not to be arguing red-faced with others, "This was mine first!"
Li Zhihua quickly said, "Two thousand is really not possible. I can ask what the lowest price is. How about this! I'll take you to our manager and see if we can get a better deal. He's around here today."
A nearby plot of land was about to be developed, and today her brother-in-law, along with several board members and representatives from a few construction companies, had come to the site for an on-site inspection.
Jiang Dong nodded. "Alright, let's go ask your boss."
"Sure, this way. You can drive over; it’s a few hundred meters away."
"Alright."
The group started walking toward the parking area.
"Wait", Jiang Xia called out.
Everyone turned to look at her.
Jiang Xia walked up to Zhou Guohua. "We need the motorcycle. Give me the keys back!"
Zhou Guohua blushed and handed the keys to Jiang Xia. "Sorry, thank you."
Jiang Xia said, "No need to thank me. It wasn’t a loan, it was a rental! The motorcycle was full of gas when you borrowed it. I don’t know how much you used, so the rental fee is fifty yuan. Twenty yuan per day for two days, plus ten yuan for gas, totaling fifty yuan."
Wenwan said, "Fifty yuan? Why don’t you just rob us? And a full tank of gas doesn’t even cost ten yuan! We only refueled for two yuan just now!"
Jiang Xia replied, "Exactly, I am robbing you! Are you going to pay?"
Wenwan was speechless.
Zhou Guohua knew Wenwan had upset Jiang Xia and quickly took out five ten-yuan notes. "Here, this is fifty yuan."
Wenwan glared at Zhou Guohua!
This coward!
Jiang Xia took the money. "If you think it’s too expensive, don’t borrow our motorcycle next time. This is the price."
Jiang Xia then turned and walked back to the group.
Tian Caifua was delighted. "Serves her right! Some people just stir up trouble right away! Her mother-in-law was right, whoever marries her is doomed!"
Wenwan was speechless.
Zhou Guohua, fearing Wenwan would get angry and argue with Tian Caifua, quickly said, "Let’s go! We’ll buy a motorcycle."
Since they couldn’t buy the stall, they might as well use the money to buy a motorcycle.
This way, the next time Wenwan came back, he could pick her up from the airport or train station on the motorcycle.
Wenwan shook off his hand. "If you want to buy it, go ahead. I won’t."
This coward!
He didn’t even speak up when his own wife was bullied.
He was siding with others!
If it weren’t for his favoring outsiders, would she have lost the stall?
Wenwan was almost driven to the brink of anger.
Her pension was gone!
She felt that she and Zhou Guohua might be naturally incompatible. Why else would every opportunity for wealth slip away from her?
She stormed off.
Zhou Guohua hurried after her.
Zhou Chengsen held out his hand to Jiang Xia. "Xia, give me the keys, I’ll drive the motorcycle."
Jiang Xia didn’t hesitate and handed the keys to him. She could ride with Jiang Dong.
Li Zhihua, who also had a car, invited Jiang Xia, Zhou Fu, Zhou Mu, and Tian Caifua to ride with him.
Tian Caifua, who had never ridden in a car before but had ridden in a jeep, smiled and said, "Sure! I’ll ride with you."
Jiang Xia joined Tian Caifua in Li Zhihua’s car.
Zhou Fu and Zhou Mu got in the car with the children, while the other children went in the tractor.
Li Zhihua drove them to a nearby empty plot of land.
A dozen or so people were standing together, talking, and in the distance, excavators and bulldozers were at work.
The weeds and trees on the plot had mostly been cleared.
Among the people standing there, Jiang Xia recognized two.
(End of Chapter)
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