"I didn't play a trick on you."
Amidst the disbelieving questions from the crowd, Zhang Daniu, his face flushed with sarcasm, hurriedly explained, "If you don't believe me, you can go to the temple fair in the city. The spicy crayfish, spicy crabs, and fried yellow croaker stir-fried by the Lin brothers are really popular!"
"All these things I bought from the city."
"I bought it with the money I earned from helping Brother Lin set up his stall!"
Zhang Daniu pointed to the pots, pans, oil, salt, soy sauce, and vinegar hanging on the carrying pole and hurriedly said, "Brother Lin Sen, you're really offering high prices for small shrimp, small crabs, and small yellow croakers!"
"Come on."
"These things, you might have bought them with borrowed money."
"Exactly! Unless you're out of your mind, who would eat those tiny shrimp that you can find everywhere? They look inedible! So dirty, ugh!"
"Alright, Zhang Daniu, shut up. We're not stupid, we won't be fooled by you."
Although Zhang Daniu hurriedly explained, the villagers still murmured among themselves and didn't believe him at all.
"Er Laizi, if you don't believe me, you can go and catch a pound of small shrimp and try it."
Helpless, Zhang Daniu could only look at the villager who was shouting the loudest: "If Brother Lin really accepted five cents from you, then you should stand up and tell everyone."
"If Brother Lin doesn't accept it."
"Smack!"
Zhang Daniu slammed a piece of pig's head hanging from the carrying pole onto the stone slab: "This pig's head is yours!"
"We can have everyone as witnesses!"
“If you arrest him, Brother Lin will not accept him.”
"Knock knock".
Zhang Daniu patted his chest heavily: "You can come to my house anytime and take this piece of pork head!"
"this……"
Seeing Zhang Daniu's menacing demeanor, Erlaizi was momentarily taken aback and hesitated.
If it were a small shrimp that could be found everywhere, it could really sell for five cents a pound.
Only a fool wouldn't arrest that.
"You don't believe him for a second!"
Just then, as Er Laizi hesitated, He Xiuli suddenly spoke up from the crowd: "Er Laizi, do you know that freshly slaughtered fat pigs in the city only cost one yuan and fifty cents per pound?"
"These tiny shrimp, five cents a pound? How is that possible!"
"If you want to, then go ahead and catch it."
"It's definitely a waste of effort."
"Even a fool wouldn't believe Lin Sen's words."
"hehe."
He Xiuli crossed her arms and sneered, "You rascal, I advise you not to waste your time and make yourself a laughingstock, hehe."
"That's right, I'm not going."
Provoked by He Xiuli's words, Er Laizi, who didn't want to be ridiculed as a 'fool,' immediately shook his head: "I'd rather sleep than waste this time."
"That's right, everyone should disperse and not listen to his nonsense."
"Who is it?"
“We’re all from the same village, how could they lie to us?”
He Xiuli then looked at the other villagers: "Lin Sen, what a shameless liar!"
"Think about it, you all know what kind of person Lin Sen is, right?"
"How could a bastard who only knows how to beat his wife, thinks he's a city person, and looks down on us country folks be so kind as to give us a chance to make money?"
"He's taking in small fry? That's impossible!"
"If these little shrimp were really valuable, he would have gone to the ditch to pick them up himself long ago. Why would he kindly tell us?"
"He's definitely lying to us!"
"Believe whoever you want, I don't believe it!"
"hehe!"
He Xiuli, arms crossed, scoffed disdainfully, "Only a fool would believe his nonsense!"
"That's right, that's right!"
Lin Xiaohui, standing to the side, chimed in, "Lin Sen's family used to be so poor they couldn't even afford to eat, and they were drowning in debt. You all saw Tang Laogou go to the Lin family to collect the debt before."
"Now Lin Sen says he has money to buy up unwanted small fry."
"Pooh."
Lin Xiaohui scoffed dismissively, "Even a ghost wouldn't believe that!"
"The Lin brothers have already paid back Tang Laogou's money."
Zhang Daniu retorted angrily, "The Lin Sen brothers have plenty of money!"
"What a load of rubbish!"
He Xiuli said, "Although he paid back the money, it might be fake, or he might have stolen it from somewhere!"
"Alright everyone, I've said what I needed to say."
"Anyone who's foolish enough to believe Lin Sen's nonsense can go catch some small fry and sell them, hehe."
"Let's go."
With that, He Xiuli pulled Lin Xiaohui and turned to leave.
"Lin Sen, I'm lying to you!"
Lin Xiaohui turned around and glanced at the villagers, saying, "Don't believe him! Don't be so stupid as to let him fool you."
"That's right."
"These tiny shrimp that can be found everywhere in this ditch, how could they possibly be worth anything? Nobody eats them."
"Even a fool wouldn't believe this little shrimp is worth anything!"
"Lin Sen, he's really treating us like fools. I think he's the big fool; no one will believe him!"
Amid He Xiuli and Lin Xiaohui's instigation, the villagers all pointed fingers at Lin Jianguo and Zhang Daniu.
They didn't believe Lin Sen's claim about acquiring Xiaoxiazi at all.
"You, all of you!"
Seeing that the villagers didn't believe him, Zhang Daniu was so angry that his face turned red and his neck bulged.
But he was always taciturn.
I don't know how to refute or prove it.
After all, when it comes to witty banter, he's no match for those two shrewish women, He Xiuli and Lin Xiaohui.
"Let's go back first."
Seeing that the villagers didn't believe him, Lin Jianguo had no choice but to reach out and take Zhang Daniu's hand, and send him home.
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