"Aunt Chen, even if Xiaoqian failed in his business, you shouldn't be criticizing him like this, right?"

Seeing that Aunt Chen's words were too vicious, Old Zheng couldn't stand it anymore and scolded, "He's feeling bad right now, we should comfort him."

"Comfort my ass!"

Aunt Chen, with her nostrils flared, retorted sarcastically, "That's because he tried to save face, and he brought it on himself. Who else can he blame?"

"you……"

Before Zheng Laoliu could say anything more, Aunt Chen interrupted him, "What do you mean, 'you'? Yesterday, Wang Qian took more than 700 jin of potatoes from your family, making you earn more than 70 yuan of dirty money. You feel guilty, so of course you want to speak up for him."

"But I don't owe them anything. I can say whatever I want. My mouth is my own, what's it to you?"

Hearing this, Zheng Laoliu trembled with anger.

But considering Aunt Chen's foul mouth that spews filth, and not wanting to make a fool of himself any further, he had no choice but to force himself to endure it.

"Xiao Qian, I'm so sorry, it was my fault yesterday!"

He gave Wang Qian an apologetic look.

"Uncle Zheng, please don't say that! You didn't harm me!"

Wang Qian hurriedly waved his hand and said, "I was the one who went to your house to buy potatoes yesterday. It was a willing buyer and a willing seller situation. Even if I don't make any money, it has nothing to do with you."

"Hey everyone, listen to this!"

Aunt Chen continued her sarcastic remarks, "You've lost so much money, and you're still pretending nothing happened. Who are you trying to fool?"

"Aunt Chen, you are not welcome in my home. Please leave!"

Not wanting to stoop to the level of such a person, Wang Qian suppressed his anger and made a "please" gesture.

"Hmph, fine, I'll leave then. You really think I care about your shabby yard?"

Aunt Chen's sallow face hardened, and with a twist of her thick waist, she cursed, "I put in so much effort to carry these potatoes over here, and you won't even take them? What a waste of all my strength!"

As she spoke, she picked up a basket full of potatoes from the side of her shoulder and walked away with faltering steps.

The others whispered among themselves and prepared to leave with the potatoes they had brought.

"Uncles and aunts, please don't panic!"

Wang Qian suddenly spoke up again, "Although I haven't made much money, I will continue to collect potatoes!"

What?

Should we continue collecting?

Everyone was stunned at the same time, and some could hardly believe their ears.

Wang Yuanguang and Lu Aihua stared wide-eyed.

Didn't we not make any money?

Why do you still want to collect them?

What on earth is their son doing?

"Xiao Qian, stop fooling around!"

After a brief moment of shock, Wang Yuanguang quickly moved closer to Wang Qian and said in a low voice, "Dad knows you've always been very strong-willed, but you can't just waste our hard-earned money like this, can you?"

"Dad, don't worry, I know what I'm doing!"

Wang Qian didn't explain, but just gave Wang Yuanguang a reassuring look, and then continued to say to everyone, "I keep my word. All the uncles, aunts and grandmothers here, you don't need to carry the potatoes you brought back back. I'll buy them all!"

"but……"

He changed the subject, pointing at Chen Mei who was about to leave, and said, "I won't take a single potato from Aunt Chen's house!"

He didn't want to stoop to the level of others.

But there are limits!

He wouldn't allow himself to be bullied if others went too far and showed him no basic respect.

"Hehe, did I hear that right?"

Instead of getting angry, Chen Mei burst into loud laughter, "Wang Qian, at a time like this, what are you still pretending to be?"

"If I'm not mistaken, that tractor full of potatoes you took to the county town probably didn't sell, so you secretly dumped them into the river to feed the fish, right?"

"You've squandered all of your parents' hard-earned money, where are you going to get the capital to harvest potatoes?"

Then, she glanced at everyone present and said meaningfully, "You don't mean to ask everyone to give you potatoes on credit, do you?"

Upon hearing this, everyone's expressions became somewhat unnatural.

Buying on credit is possible!

But the most important thing is that it has to be reliable.

If it's unreliable, it's like throwing good money after bad—gone and never to return.

Even the most foolish person wouldn't do something so stupid.

However,

Faced with the questioning gazes of the crowd, Wang Qian did not explain, but instead took out a large wad of money from his pocket and slammed it on the table in front of him.

"So much money?"

"Isn't he someone who can't make money?"

Am I seeing things?

The sight of that stack of money alone shocked everyone.

Although no one knows the exact amount, judging from the thickness of that stack of money, it must have been at least several hundred.

"Xiao Qian, where did you get this money from?"

After the initial shock, Wang Yuanguang was also frightened.

Lu Aihua and Lin Xiaoyu, who were standing next to her, also looked surprised.

"Dad, Mom, Xiaoyu, I'll explain to you later!"

After whispering this to Wang Yuanguang and the other two, Wang Qian continued loudly, "The money is here, and I will continue to collect everyone's potatoes!"

"Moreover, the price will remain the same as yesterday, at one cent per pound. We'll weigh it and count the money; we absolutely won't owe you a single penny!"

His voice was loud and clear, and his tone was firm.

The thick stack of money on the table acted like a tranquilizer, instantly silencing all dissenting voices.

"Great! We don't have to carry the potatoes back anymore!"

"Xiao Qian actually made money! How did he do it?"

"College students are smart; they can make money even in a losing business."

In an instant, everyone's sorrow turned to joy.

The money is there, and whether or not Wang Qian earned it, the acquisition of potatoes is probably true.

The most excited people were none other than Wang Qian's family.

"Xiao Qian, did you really earn all this money by selling potatoes?"

"You didn't borrow it, did you?"

Just as Wang Yuanguang and Lu Aihua finished speaking, Lin Xiaoyu, heavily pregnant, came over and asked with a look of surprise and uncertainty, "Wang Qian, you wouldn't have... won, would you?"

"Winned?"

Wang Qian was taken aback at first, but after understanding what was happening, he was instantly left speechless, both amused and exasperated.

"Xiaoyu, what are you thinking? This is my hard-earned money, I'm not going to gamble!"

Lin Xiaoyu always thought that he took the family's money to gamble.

Even now that he has taken the money out, he still suspects that he won it through gambling.

This shows how untrustworthy Lin Xiaoyu was of him in his previous life.

Of course, while some are happy, others are indignant.

"Tch, it's just a lousy potato business, what's there to brag about?"

Aunt Chen sneered sarcastically, "My Zhao Qiang works in the county town and earns 150 yuan a month."

“Aunt Chen, didn’t you say that Zhao Qiang’s salary was only 120 a month? When did it become 150?” Zheng Laoliu asked at the right time.

Aunt Chen blushed and said angrily, "Is it not okay that wages have been raised now?"