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After loading the truck and settling the bill with Wang An, Wu Dong declined Wang An and the others' offers to stay and went straight back to the county town with the driver.

In Wu Dong's words, "We can skip meals, but the transportation of fresh vegetables absolutely cannot be delayed!"

There's no way to keep spinach fresh in such cold conditions, even if you use insulated boxes made of cotton quilts and wooden crates.

After seeing Wu Dong off, Wang An turned around and greeted his relatives:

"Grandpa, Second Grandpa, Eldest Brother, Second Brother, Third Brother, let's go back inside and divide the money, hahahaha!"

After Wang An finished speaking, the smiles on the faces of the relatives grew even wider. They had been busy for two months, and this was the moment they had been looking forward to the most!
The eldest brother, Wang Yong, added with a smile:
"Sharing the money, sharing the money! Finally, we're seeing a return on our investment! Hahahaha!"

Second Brother Wang Shun also said with a beaming smile:

"It's great to get money! It's wonderful to get money! The New Year is almost here, and we don't even have money to buy anything for the New Year! Hahahaha!"

Because the second brother, Wang Shun, separated from the family earlier, his younger brother, Wang Li, although he earned money with Wang An, Wang Shun's family only benefited from the Wang Daliang family in terms of food and drink. As for money, his second aunt, Yao Ping, kept a tight grip on it.

Because what Erniang Yao Ping said was, "Brothers are all the same. It's not wrong for a younger brother to help his older brother, but what kind of logic is it for a younger brother to earn money for his older brother to spend? Besides, he's a grown man with his own hands and feet. If he doesn't have money to spend, can't he find a way to earn it himself?"

To be fair, Second Aunt Yao Ping was a very wise person.

However, the second brother, Wang Shun, was also very principled. Apart from occasionally letting his son, Wang Siguo, go to Wang Daliang's house for a good meal, the couple never went there to freeload.

Of course, this is how the Wang family is; it's not just Wang Shun who has this kind of personality.

After Wang Shun finished speaking, everyone burst into laughter.

As they talked, the group returned to the living room of Wang Dazhu's house.

After everyone was seated, Wang An first offered each person a cigarette, and then said with a smile:

"Don't panic, everyone. We'll proceed according to the weight of each family's spinach, hehehehe."

Immediately afterwards, Wang An picked up the account book and said:
"The vegetables from Grandpa and Third Brother were all piled up together, totaling 722 jin (361 catties). At 6 mao (0.6 yuan) per jin, that's 433 yuan and 2 mao (0.6 yuan)."

As he spoke, Wang An counted out 43 ten-yuan bills and then took out a five-yuan bill, placing them together on the coffee table in front of Grandpa Wang Dashu and Third Brother Wang Gan, saying:

"Let's round it up for you two, it'll be 435 yuan in total, you can count it."

No sooner had Wang An finished speaking than Wang Dashu hurriedly said:

“What are you doing? Ding is Ding, Mao is Mao. What do we need your 2 yuan for? You can’t do this.”

Wang An blocked Wang Dashu's hand and explained with a smile:
"Grandpa, just listen to me, okay? You guys sell vegetables, and I'm still making money off you, don't you know that?"

Wang Dashu, however, insisted:
“You are entitled to earn money. If it weren’t for you finding people and vehicles to haul the vegetables out, our vegetables would have rotted in the greenhouse.”

Third Brother Wang Gan also said:
"Yeah, it's freezing cold. If it weren't for that box with the quilt, I wouldn't dare take the spinach out of the greenhouse. It would freeze into an icicle in the blink of an eye."

After the father and son finished speaking, the others also expressed their opinions. In short, they all meant the same thing: it was perfectly normal for Wang An to make money off everyone. If it weren't for Wang An finding people and vehicles to sell the vegetables, everyone would have suffered huge losses.

What needs to be said is that Wang An was genuinely quite moved by everyone's words.

After all, people's hearts are very complex, and all of my relatives are so sensible, none of them are unreasonable or argumentative.

So after everyone had finished speaking, Wang An spoke again:

"From now on, we'll all do it this way. No matter how much it sells for, or who it is, I'll round it up for you. And don't argue with me, hehehe."

Hearing Wang An say this, Wang Dashu finally put away the 435 yuan, muttering to himself:

"Xiao An is such a kind and righteous child, so incredibly kind and righteous." Wang An smiled and picked up the account book again, saying:
"My brother's family has 362 jin (217 catties) of milk, and it costs 2 yuan, which is 220 yuan."

He counted out 22 ten-yuan bills and handed them directly to Wang Yong.

The eldest brother, Wang Yong, accepted the money with a smile, saying:
"I'm not going to argue with you anymore, hehehe."

Wang An also laughed and said:
"It's good that you don't tear it up. Once you think about how this money was actually squeezed out of you, you won't want to tear it up anymore, hahaha."

Everyone was taken aback at first, and then they all burst into laughter.

Laughter filled the entire living room for a moment.

Next up is the second brother, Wang Shun. Wang Shun's vegetables weighed 358 jin and were priced at 214.8 yuan. Wang An calculated it at 215 yuan.

When handing over the money, Wang An said with a smile:
"After all this, Second Brother, you're at a slight disadvantage, hehehe."

Wang Shun replied nonchalantly upon hearing this:
"It's not a loss, it's not a loss, 2 cents is still money."

Everyone couldn't help but laugh when they saw the two brothers singing in unison.

Second Uncle Wang Daliang and Wang Li lived together. Their spinach weighed 339 jin and was priced at 203.4 yuan. Wang An calculated it at 205 yuan.

Mu Xueli's vegetables weighed 334 jin and were priced at 200.04 mao. Upon seeing this price, Wang An frowned and said to his brother-in-law, Mu Xueli:

"You have 200 yuan and 4 mao, which is less than 1 yuan even after rounding. If I were to charge you 205 yuan, I would be losing out."

After a pause, Wang An said helplessly:
"Damn, I'll only charge you 205 yuan this time. From now on, any amount less than 1 yuan will only be charged to 1 yuan."

After Wang An finished speaking, everyone was amused by the way he frowned.

Wang An's vegetables totaled 105 jin (52.5 catties), priced at 63 yuan. Without even counting them, Wang An stuffed the remaining 270 yuan into Wang Dazhu's hand, grinning as he said:

"We built this greenhouse, but I've only been inside a few times. So all the money goes to you two old folks. I don't want a single penny, hehehehe."

Wang Dazhu was taken aback as he held the money, then rolled his eyes at Wang An and said:

"If you don't do any work, you'll feel awkward even taking this money."

And just like that, Wang Dazhu smoothly stuffed the money into his pocket.

Unexpectedly, Liu Guilan put her hand into Wang Dazhu's pocket where he was carrying money, took out all the money, counted out two 100-yuan bills and put them back into Wang Dazhu's pocket, then thought for a moment and took out another bill and put it in as well.

He muttered under his breath:
"Keep 30, okay? What are you planning to do with all that money in your pocket?"

Seeing this, the guys didn't dare laugh out loud; they all lowered their heads and shrugged. Only Wang Dashu and Wang Daliang teased Wang Dazhu, saying:

"Yes, how come they can't even tell the difference between the king and the queen? They don't even know their own worth."

"That's fine, thirty yuan is a good deal for your sister-in-law, so be careful with it."

The people in the room could no longer hold back and burst into laughter.

But Wang Dazhu suddenly realized what was happening and said through gritted teeth to Wang An:

"You worthless bastard, all you ever do is plot to screw over your dad!"

Hearing this, the laughter from the crowd grew even louder! (End of Chapter)