The woman also chimed in, "Actually, I've been secretly watching Zhiqiang for a long time. Among so many people his age in the factory, he's very ambitious."
Wu An smiled.
As expected, birds of a feather flock together.
The woman was quite shrewd; she could tell that Cao Zhiqiang wanted to step on her to show off, so she cooperated. However, you're all blind to try and show off in front of me.
He said with amusement, "Do you know what a frog in a well is?"
"Beautiful lady, I suggest you go out more often."
"Not to mention those corporate slaves working 996 in big companies, even the street vendors in town earn more than Cao Zhiqiang and are more ambitious than him."
Cao Zhiqiang was quite smug at first, after all, he had been promoted, received a raise, and won the heart of a beautiful woman. Not to mention his colleagues at the factory, his classmates were also flooding the group chat with envy, clamoring for him to treat them to a meal.
That's why he couldn't help but say so much when he saw Wu An today.
I thought Wu An would be speechless after being shown up by him, but I didn't expect him to be so stubborn. He even said that his girlfriend was a frog in a well.
"You..." Cao Zhiqiang was about to explode on the spot when the woman pulled him back. She asked with a grin, "Look at how jealous you are. I can smell the vinegar in your eyes."
Wu Anren was completely numb.
I thought to myself, "What the hell am I being sarcastic about? I'm just telling the truth!"
I drank quite a bit of water earlier, so I must have stored up a lot of urine. That should be enough to wake them both up.
Seeing that Wu An remained silent, the woman smiled smugly and continued, "You used to be so smart in school, but now you're a fisherman. Don't you feel ashamed?"
"What's shameful about it? It's shameful to not make money."
The woman pointed at the water pump and asked with a smile, "Can you make money with this?"
Wu An nodded.
The woman laughed out loud, thinking to herself that men are just stubborn as mules. Just as she was about to say something sarcastic, the roar of a motorcycle approached rapidly. Everyone turned to look and saw a very cool Harley-Davidson motorcycle.
Mai Hangyu got out of the car, raised his hand and waved, "Brother, I'm here."
He ran over.
Wu An took the document from his hand, opened it and saw that it was the introduction of the two old houses. It was provided by the village committee. In short, the houses could be bought and sold and there were no hidden dangers.
This is what he cares about most.
In my previous life, I read a news story about someone who bought a house in the countryside near Beijing and lived there for over twenty years. However, when the house was demolished, the "original owner" who sold it came back to take it back, claiming that the original sale was void. In the end, the "original owner" managed to take 30% of the compensation!
Wu An didn't want such a terrible thing to happen to him, so the first thing he did was to have Mai Hangyu confirm the situation.
There are no future worries now.
Wu An smiled and nodded: "Well done."
Mai Hangyu grinned and said, "You'd better come home with me now."
Wu An pointed to the water pump; "It's working."
Mai Hangyu frowned: "What kind of work is this? What's so busy about it? I went to the village committee today and happened to meet someone who came to the village committee saying he wanted to sell his house and asked the village committee to keep an eye on it."
"There are three houses in total!"
“My grandfather helped spread the word, and those two families have already called to inquire. It seems they need money and are quite anxious.”
"Maybe a meeting will settle this matter."
Wu An nodded slightly. Old Mai was really capable; the matter he discussed yesterday had already yielded results today.
“I know you’re in a hurry, but don’t rush. Let them wait a bit, and it’ll be easier to talk things over. Besides, I can get the sump pumped out in two or three hours at most.”
Cao Zhiqiang and the woman were both dumbfounded.
The main issue was that the topic Mai Hangyu and Wu An were discussing was really "beyond their scope"—buying and selling houses, and even buying three at once, which sounded quite unbelievable.
But before they could even react, Mai Hangyu asked again, "How's the company doing?"
"Not yet." Wu An shook his head. He was too busy today, scheming about this and that. He was mentally exhausted and didn't have the energy to do anything else.
Mai Hangyu became anxious again: "Then we need to hurry. There's a big difference between a company and an individual."
Wu An waved his hand: "It doesn't matter."
"Anyway, it's just the buying and selling of a few houses, a small matter. The only difference is how much tax to pay. If an individual needs to pay more tax, then they can pay more."
"Consider it a contribution to the country."
Mai Hangyu sighed and said, "Alright then."
Wu An wasn't worried. Even if he was, it was like the emperor wasn't worried but the eunuch was. There was no use in worrying.
Wu An patted him on the shoulder and said with a smile, "Don't worry, you'll get your share of the profits."
Mai Hangyu laughed along.
At this moment.
Ah Qing, who had been guarding the water pit, excitedly shouted, "Brother, brother, we're getting water! There are fish in the pit, we're getting water!"
Wu An hurried over to check.
He first looked at the puddles and found he had 6 luck points left. He was a little disappointed, as he had only used 3 luck points. It seemed there was something in the puddles, but not much.
Ah Qing had already jumped into the puddle. There wasn't much water left, only up to his knees. He took a couple of steps and shouted, "Brother, a fish is bumping my leg!"
Then, he reached into the water and started groping around haphazardly.
Wu An shouted, "Put on your gloves and grab the tongs. This water is terribly murky; who knows what might be in there?"
Aqing responded, put on his gloves, and walked around in the pit. He tried to use the tongs, and luckily, he actually managed to pull out a flower crab.
Although it wasn't very big and wasn't worth much, it opened for business.
Mai Hangyu also came over to take a look.
The water was still being pumped out, and the water level was dropping rapidly. In some places, the bottom had already been exposed, and fish could be seen splashing and thrashing in the water. Ah Qing went over and caught them one by one.
Wu An stopped the water pump, found a puddle, and together with Mai Hangyu, fixed the water pump and started it up again.
They grab here, they whip there.
By the time you've finished, they should be done drawing lots over there too.
Seeing that his luck value dropped by 1 point after the water pump had been pumping for only a few minutes, Wu An finally felt relieved. It seemed that there was something in this puddle.
He stopped paying attention and went down into the puddles to catch fish.
"Brother, a black sea bream."
"There are even blue crabs! Where did they go? Hahaha."
"Brother, look, look!"
Aqing shouted excitedly, and Wu An also caught two mantis shrimps, finding it very interesting. The more bored they had been waiting, the happier they were now.
The joy of catching fish and shrimp is unparalleled.
Mai Hangyu was also envious and asked, "Brother, can I go down and try it too?"
Wu An waved his hand: "Don't come down."
"There aren't many goods in this puddle, maybe two buckets at most. Ah Qing and I can catch them all in a bit."
That's not a lot.
And the variety is quite diverse.
Mantis shrimp, blue crab, sea bass, rockfish, black sea bream, and a small grouper. There were the most rock crabs. These things don't sell for much, but they're good for personal consumption. They're crispy and delicious when deep-fried.
Just as he had predicted, he and Aqing each got a bucket of seafood. As soon as they climbed up, Cao Zhiqiang came over to look and asked curiously, "How much can these sell for?"
Wu An said, "It won't sell for much, maybe a thousand yuan or so."
Cao Zhiqiang: "..."
Um?
How many?
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