"Er Zhu, what are you looking at here? Are you worried these cherries won't sell?"
Just as Er Zhu was about to revel in his bright future, Aunt Wang Er's voice suddenly came from behind him.
Ever since Er Zhu planted the cherry trees, Aunt Wang Er had been paying close attention to them. She had initially thought the cherry trees wouldn't survive, and now they had grown so many big, red cherries!
But it didn't matter. Even if these cherries were good, Er Zhu wouldn't be able to sell them!
After all, there were no merchants in their village who bought cherries!
Aunt Wang Er curled her lips into a smile, glanced dismissively at Er Zhu, her eyes full of mockery.
Er Zhu naturally saw through Aunt Wang Er's thoughts, but he merely glanced back at her and said nothing more.
He refused to believe that such good cherries couldn't be sold!
"Er Zhu, since these cherries won't sell anyway, why don't you give them to us? That way, you'll lose less."
Seeing Er Zhu remain silent, Aunt Wang Er assumed she had guessed correctly. While mocking him, she reached out to pick a cherry.
"Don't touch them, my cherries are expensive."
Just as Aunt Wang Er was about to pluck a cherry, Er Zhu suddenly spoke.
Hearing Er Zhu say this, Aunt Wang Er couldn't hold back any longer and burst into laughter.
"Er Zhu, why can't you see reality yet? No matter how expensive your cherries are, they won't sell!"
After laughing for who knows how long, Aunt Wang Er, suppressing her laughter, continued to mock him in a sarcastic tone.
Er Zhu curled his lips speechlessly, wanting to say something but finding it too much effort.
At this moment, only two words occupied his mind: idiot!
"Aunt Er, what you're saying is not right. How can such big, good cherries not sell!"
Just as Er Zhu was about to leave, Liu Yan's voice suddenly came from behind him.
Liu Yan had intended to say goodbye to Er Zhu but unexpectedly witnessed this scene!
"Miss Liu, you might not know, but we don't have any merchants who buy cherries here.
Besides, even if we did, who would buy something grown by an idiot? Don't you think so?"
Aunt Wang Er was about to retort, but upon seeing it was Liu Yan, she assumed the latter was unaware of their village's situation and explained with a smile.
Hearing this, Liu Yan was about to argue, but suddenly, she thought of something!
This village woman called Er Zhu an idiot!
Her illness had been cured by an idiot!
Liu Yan's eyes were filled with shock, and she subconsciously looked at Er Zhu.
But Er Zhu remained standing there calmly, as if none of this concerned him.
"Er Zhu, don't try to be tough. Hurry up and distribute the cherries to us, so we can help you reduce your losses."
Seeing that Liu Yan also remained silent, Aunt Wang Er felt she had more ground to stand on. She pointed triumphantly at the cherry-laden trees and, after saying this, prepared to leave.
Distribute?
Help?
Aunt Wang Er's words jolted Liu Yan back to reality. She frowned slightly, feeling a surge of anger.
"Just because there weren't any before doesn't mean there aren't any now. To tell you the truth, I'm a fruit wholesaler from town, and I'll take all of Er Zhu's cherries!"
"Not just this year, but any fruit Er Zhu grows in the future, I'll buy as much as he has!"
Liu Yan's words made Aunt Wang Er stop in her tracks instantly. Her face instantly fell, her smile completely gone.
She'll take it all?
As much as he has!
Liu Yan's words felt like slaps, fiercely striking Aunt Wang Er's face, making her feel utterly humiliated!
Thinking about what she had just said, and about Er Zhu's calm and composed demeanor, Aunt Wang Er's face instantly flushed red!
So, it wasn't that she had guessed correctly, but that Er Zhu had known all along!
Aunt Wang Er suddenly felt like a clown, even more foolish than Er Zhu.
"Er Zhu, I'll take all these cherries. I'll pay sixty yuan per jin!"
Liu Yan ignored Aunt Wang Er any further. She turned to Er Zhu and said generously.
"Alright, I'll have someone pick the cherries this afternoon."
Er Zhu smiled slightly and nodded his head gently in reply.
*Clatter!*
Hearing this, Aunt Wang Er's vegetable basket instantly dropped to the ground, her expression becoming extremely grim!
Sixty yuan per jin?
Were these cherries made of gold?
Thinking of the cherries bending the branches, Aunt Wang Er could barely calculate the amount!
The god of wealth truly favored Er Zhu uniquely. This fellow could get rich doing anything!
Aunt Wang Er took a deep breath. Her mind raced, and she turned back towards Er Zhu with a smile.
"Er Zhu, it was my fault just now. Please don't hold it against me, considering I was also doing it for your own good."
Seeing the smile that changed faster than flipping a book, Er Zhu felt speechless.
For her own good? If this old hag could do anything for his own good, the sun would rise from the west.
"Er Zhu, can you tell me how to grow these cherry trees? I want to learn too!"
Seeing Er Zhu's expressionless face, Aunt Wang Er's eyes darted around again, and she blurted out her true intentions.
She couldn't care less now. As long as she could trick Er Zhu into teaching her the technique, nothing else mattered.
Hearing these words, Liu Yan became even more infuriated.
How could there be such a shameless woman in this world!
She had just mocked Er Zhu to no end, and now she wanted to trick him into revealing his techniques for getting rich!
This woman's face was thicker than the city wall!
"Hehe, I forgot."
Er Zhu bared his teeth, scratching the back of his head with a foolish grin.
"What an idiot!"
Just as Aunt Wang Er was looking at Er Zhu with eager anticipation, she received this answer instead. She glared fiercely at Er Zhu and, huffing angrily, turned to leave.
She had originally thought she could make another fortune, but she hadn't expected this idiot to forget!
Indeed, an idiot is an idiot. No matter how much money they make, they're still an idiot!
Aunt Wang Er cursed Er Zhu a thousand times in her heart, unaware that Er Zhu hadn't forgotten at all; he simply didn't want to tell her.
That evening, Liu Yan's truck bed was filled with big, red cherries. Under the gaze of Er Zhu and Li Mei, she departed from Shiliu Village.
The next day, the news that Er Zhu had earned thirty thousand yuan from selling cherries spread throughout the entire village. All the villagers were stunned!
If the cherries in that small backyard, no bigger than a palm, could sell for thirty thousand yuan, how much would it be to enclose an entire mountain?
Thinking of this, the villagers subconsciously looked up at the sky, as if they saw money raining down!
At this moment, Aunt Wang Er was carrying a hoe to go work in the fields. Seeing the villagers rushing to Li Mei's house, she curiously joined them.
"What are you all doing here?"
"Auntie, don't you know yet? Er Zhu's cherries sold for thirty thousand yuan! We're here to learn the techniques from him!"
Her close friend grabbed Aunt Wang Er and said with shock and envy.
"What did you say?"
Aunt Wang Er stared at her friend, dumbfounded. She didn't even notice when her hoe hit her foot.
Thirty thousand yuan?
She had expected Er Zhu to make money, but she never imagined he would earn so much!