Erlu said ingratiatingly, "Boss, we brothers can't talk about the size of official positions. You're the eldest, so you have to take on more responsibility."

Ma Yunfei looked at Erlv and asked knowingly, "Why is your face bruised and swollen? Did the driver not only abandon you but also beat you up?"

Erlv sighed and said, "Even if you gave the driver a dog's guts, he wouldn't dare to hit me. Don't even mention it. In City A, I ran into two hooligans who insisted that I had harassed their girlfriend. Can you believe it? I got beaten up for no reason."

Erlu glanced at the abbot and complained, "Boss, I think Lao San has changed. He's become disloyal. He just watched me get beaten up and sat in the driver's seat without getting out to help."

"No way, the third brother isn't that kind of person."

"Boss, haven't you noticed? Third Brother has really changed. He's no longer the chivalrous hero who would help those in need."

Ma Yunfei deliberately frowned, rubbed his lower back, and said, "Erlu, if you don't deliver the yams, then I'll have to suffer. You know that Lao San hates dealing with people the most. If you let him sell yams, he'll get into a fight with someone at the slightest disagreement. In the end, he won't sell the yams, and the cart and yams will be smashed, making a complete mess of things."

Erlu curled his lip and said disdainfully, "Third brother is only fit to do manual labor. Eldest brother, just pretend I don't exist."

Ma Yunfei sighed, "Alas! I thought your arrival would be a helper, but I didn't expect that I would still have to carry the burden alone."

"Boss, that's what happens when you're the eldest, hehe..."

Ma Yunfei was secretly delighted. Erlv would never dare to sell yams again, and thus would never know the selling price of yams.

"Okay, serves me right for working so hard. We're brothers, after all."

Ma Yunfei looked like he was going to his death.

Erlv went to his aunt's house.

Liu Fei exclaimed in alarm, "Erlu, what happened to you? Who beat you up and made your face black and blue? Tell me, and your aunt won't let him get away with it."

“Aunt, even if you can’t forgive him, you don’t have the right to teach him a lesson. The person who hit me is in City A.”

Liu Fei asked suspiciously, "Erlv, did you go to City A and cause trouble?"

"Aunt, don't even mention it. Two hooligans rushed up to me and beat me up without asking any questions, saying I harassed their girlfriend. Tell me, am I innocent or not?"

"Erlv, did you flirt with someone's girlfriend?"

"Aunt, don't you know who I am? When I arrived in City A, it was already late at night, and the streets were deserted. Even if I wanted to flirt with women, I didn't have a target. Besides, I'm a complete stranger in this place, would I have the guts to do that?"

Liu Fei asked, puzzled, "That's strange. Could it be that those two hooligans mistook someone for someone else?"

"They must have mistaken me for someone else. Oh well, I guess I'm just unlucky."

Liu Fei asked, "How much money did you make on this trip?"

“Aunt, let’s not talk about money. I didn’t believe Ma Yunfei when he said that the yam business was not profitable. But after I went to sell yams myself this time, I finally know that the yam business really is not profitable.”

"Erlv, didn't you earn a single penny?"

“Aunt, this time I delivered 30,000 catties of yams to the city and only earned 300 yuan. Moreover, I still have a market management fee to pay. If I pay this fee, I may not earn a single penny.”

Liu Fei asked in surprise, "Then... how come Xiao Ma can still earn a little money each time?"

“Oh, Auntie, Ma Yunfei delivers at least 100,000 jin of yams each time, while I only delivered 30,000 jin yesterday. So it’s not surprising that Ma Yunfei can make a little money.”

Liu Fei sighed and said, "Erlu, I told you before that you should run the No. 1 shop in the world well and not be greedy for other shops. Now look what happened, you got beaten up and didn't even make any money."

“Aunt, to be honest, it’s better to run my No. 1 shop. I can lie in the shop every day and relax, and I can still earn a hundred yuan a month. But doing this yam business makes me as tired as a donkey, and I’m always in fear. I can’t even make any money. I feel so wronged.”

"Erlu, it must have been Li Sha who instigated you to do the yam business."

"Yes, Sasha said I'm not going to amount to anything by sleeping on the recliner of the No. 1 Bed in the World every day. She insisted that I go into the yam business, saying that the yam business can make a lot of money. It's all because of this little wench that I've suffered so much."

"Erlv, how far have you and Li Sha gotten?"

"Hey! How should I put it? Sasha still won't admit that she's my girlfriend. She keeps saying that we're just ordinary friends."

Liu Fei warned, "Erlv, I'm not trying to criticize you, but why did you fall for Sasha? Her father is a slick, cunning man, and his daughter is just like him. You're being played by Sasha, and one day she'll destroy you."

“Aunt, as you can see, in our Qinglong Town, Sasha is considered a pretty girl. The other girls don’t even meet my standards.”

"Erlv, I think you should quit being a member of the 'looks-matter' club. A virtuous woman is a treasure."

"Aunt, I don't have feelings for other girls, but I feel attracted to Sasha. There's nothing I can do about it."

Liu Fei sighed and asked helplessly, "Erlv, what are you going to do now?"

“Aunt, I think I still have to work at the yam sales station for a while, but I’ve already told Ma Yunfei that I will never sell yams again.”

Liu Fei said, "Erlu, you're the station manager of the yam sales station. You can just sit at home and give orders. Don't do all that hard labor."

Erlv nodded and said, "Starting tomorrow, I'll have to act like the stationmaster."

The next morning, Erlv called two laborers to move an office desk and a grand chair into the warehouse.

Ma Yunfei asked, puzzled, "Erlv, what are you doing?"

Erlv said confidently, "Boss, as you know, my aunt handed over the position of yam sales station manager to me. Since I'm the manager, I have to act like one. Look, the director of the grain depot just sits at his desk all day, talking, making phone calls, reading newspapers, and drinking tea. Logically speaking, I'm on the same level as the director."

Ma Yunfei smiled but didn't say anything.

Erlv brewed a cup of tea, sat down at his desk, and leisurely sipped it.

In the past two days, more and more people have been delivering yams, and horse-drawn carriages have lined up for more than a hundred meters.

Ma Yunfei called over ten migrant workers, and he and the abbot busied themselves with preparations.

Holding a teacup, Erlu adopted the airs of a stationmaster and shouted, "Arrange the yams neatly... Hurry up and carry the yams... Are you trying to slack off...?"

The abbot muttered, "Boss, Erlu is trying to ride on our heads."

Ma Yunfei smiled and said, "He finally became the stationmaster, his ancestors' graves are emitting auspicious smoke, can't you let him be proud for a bit?"