Peaceful Farm Life

Chapter 270: Chapter 270 Money Can’t Be Earned Forever_1

”I’m so angry! I’m so angry!” Wang Youbao’s face was livid with rage.

An Jing had never seen Wang Youbao angry before; he had always had a good temper. Seeing him this angry was quite a surprise.

After exchanging a glance with her aloof husband Xiao Changyi, she asked with concern, ”What happened?”

Wang Youbao immediately vented, ”There were five households in An Village who had agreed to sell their fish to me, and I had paid the deposit. I didn’t even want to profit off these poor people, so I offered them fifty coins per catty proactively. But what did they do? As soon as someone offered a higher price, they sold the fish to someone else. When I confronted them, they just told me to forgive them because they are poor. Isn’t that infuriating?”

He had just had an argument in An Village and couldn’t suppress his anger, so he had stopped by to see his two friends.

An Jing frowned slightly and asked, ”What about the deposit you gave them? Did they return it to you?”

”They did return it. But this is simply untrustworthy! They had clearly agreed!” Wang Youbao was getting worked up again.

”Those five households didn’t include An Fu’s family, did they?” An Jing inquired.

”No, An Fu’s family and his relatives all reserved their fish for me. They didn’t sell to anyone else, no matter how much was offered.”

An Jing felt a little relieved in her heart.

Just then, An Fu and Shi Xiaolan arrived, both looking worried. Seeing Wang Youbao there, they were at first taken aback and then quickly went over to apologize to him.

”Young Master Wang, we’re really sorry. We didn’t expect that they would sell their fish to someone else.”

”Young Master Wang, you were clearly trying to help our village, and yet this happened... Our village head hadn’t anticipated this either and is deeply ashamed. He said he will visit your residence and apologize to you in person.”

When Wang Youbao first approached An Village to buy fish, he had contacted An Fu, who then introduced him to the village head An Mancheng. It was An Mancheng who had taken Wang Youbao around An Village to purchase fish.

Wang Youbao was not the type to misdirect his anger at the innocent. Hearing these words from An Fu and Shi Xiaolan, he said, ”It’s not your fault. There’s no need for self-reproach. Please convey to your village head that there’s no need to come to my house and apologize to me. I, Wang Youbao, can still discern right from wrong.”

An Fu and Shi Xiaolan had come to An Jing because they knew that she and Xiao Changyi were on good terms with Wang Youbao. They hoped An Jing and Xiao Changyi would say a few good words for An Village in front of him. They hadn’t expected Wang Youbao to be so reasonable.

Knowing that Wang Youbao was reasonable, An Fu and Shi Xiaolan finally breathed a sigh of relief.

It was then that An Jing said, ”Brother An Fu, Xiao Lan, you shouldn’t take the blame for other people’s mistakes. You haven’t finished harvesting your rice, have you? Go back and get busy.”

She knew they were amidst the busiest time for farming.

Wang Youbao also said, ”Go back to your work. You should prioritize harvesting the rice. If I were to get angry at you when you reserved the fish for me, despite not having taken any deposit from you, would I even be human?”

An Fu and Shi Xiaolan then went back to their fields, reassured.

After An Fu and Shi Xiaolan had left, An Jing consoled Wang Youbao, ”Alright, don’t be angry anymore. Money is endless.”

Wang Youbao sighed and said, ”I know being angry is pointless, but I can’t help it. Look at how nice you guys are; even without a deposit from me, you still saved your fish to sell to me.”