"Could it be that we've really been swindled by Hu Xiaobei?"

"Thinking about it, it's indeed possible!"

"I think so too!"

Seeing all the villagers getting anxious by what Zhang Qiang was stirring up, the village chief stood up and quickly said, "Folks, don't listen to his nonsense. Master Xiaobei dares to confront 'Yongqiang Brand,' which means he is absolutely confident. So, there's no way he can lose!"

"Cut it out, village chief! Stop deceiving yourself—and us! It's pointless!"

At this point, Zhang Qiang turned to look at the villagers he had incited and shouted loudly, "Our village chief has been brainwashed by Hu Xiaobei. There's no use talking to him! Let's not waste words here. Let's go straight to Xiaohe Village now and demand an explanation from that good-for-nothing Hu Xiaobei!"

"Right! Let him give us an explanation!"

All the agitated villagers nodded swiftly in agreement!

Zhang Qiang saw this and laughed wildly with excitement!

Zhang Qiang knew that he had now thoroughly stirred them up.

Once they reached Xiaohe Village, they would definitely start destroying things like mad!

By then, Hu Xiaobei would have to negotiate nicely if he wanted to calm their rage—and that's when Zhang Qiang would take the opportunity to extort a nice sum from Hu Xiaobei...

Envy!

Zhang Qiang, seeing how well Hu Xiaobei was doing, was jealous. So, he always wanted to teach Hu Xiaobei a lesson; he wanted Hu Xiaobei to know just how formidable he was...

...

Watching all the villagers head towards Xiaohe Village under Zhang Qiang's lead, the village chief prepared to say something else. Before he could speak, he saw several trucks approaching majestically...

"Is Master Xiaobei here?"

Thinking thus, he looked on eagerly.

And soon, he smiled because indeed, people from Xiaohe Village had arrived...

"They've arrived just in time!"

Muttering to himself, he then called out to all the villagers with a powerful voice, "Everyone, no need to go, Master Xiaobei is here!"

Upon hearing the village chief's shout, everyone looked up and saw the trucks approaching. Instantly, they were overjoyed!

...

"This…"

While everyone else was cheering excitedly, Zhang Qiang's face suddenly turned extremely ugly!

"So close, just a little bit more!"

Muttering in frustration and with a gaze full of resentment, he silently stepped aside!

Once he settled himself, Zhang Qiang muttered coldly, "Stupid fools. Since you've come, I want to see how you'll carry on with this act!"

Truth be told, Zhang Qiang really didn't believe that Hu Xiaobei had the guts to go head to head with 'Yongqiang Brand'...

...

Unknown to Zhang Qiang's resentful muttering, Hu Xiaobei, sitting in the vehicle, looked at the gathering villagers and chuckled, "It seems that the villagers from Zhang Family Village are quite eager!"

"It does seem that way! But it's normal since this is our first cooperation."

"Yes! After this purchase, they should be completely reassured!"

"Indeed!"

While they spoke, the vehicle came to a slow stop.

Without hesitation, both of them quickly hopped off the vehicle as it halted!

...

"Is that Master Xiaobei?"

"He's so young!"

"Yes, yes! And he looks so handsome!"

"I've heard he doesn't have a girlfriend yet!"

"Really? I wonder if he'd take a fancy to my daughter!"

Having just steadied himself next to Han Xueyao, Hu Xiaobei overheard these quiet murmurs and couldn't help but smile wryly, rubbing his nose!

"It looks like I'm really a hot bachelor now!"

Muttering so, Hu Xiaobei noticed some sour looks.

Turning his head, Hu Xiaobei saw Han Xueyao looking at him with a faint gaze.

Knowing that Xueyao was probably feeling jealous, the corner of Hu Xiaobei's mouth curved into a slight smile as he winked gently at her.

After that, Hu Xiaobei spoke up, "Everyone, thank you for your hard work. Today, we're purchasing at your village entrance! You can now start picking all your vegetables and fruits!"

Hearing Hu Xiaobei mention the purchase, everyone smiled with joy!

At that moment, a woman eagerly asked, "By the way, Master Xiaobei, is the purchasing price the one we agreed on?"

Feeling her anxiety, Hu Xiaobei chuckled, "Yes! Fifty yuan per jin, as we agreed!"

"That's great!"

When she exclaimed happily, the village chief looked at everyone and said, "Now you've all heard Master Xiaobei. You can confidently go and start harvesting!"

"Mm-hmm!"

After nodding vigorously, they prepared to set off. At that moment, the naysayer appeared, "Ha ha, do you think we are idiots? Fifty yuan per jin, did you bring any money?"

"Yeah, don't tell me you plan to go on credit!"

"Exactly!"

Hearing such mockery, Hu Xiaobei turned his head to take a look!

In that instant, Hu Xiaobei slightly narrowed his eyes because he recognized the young man. The reason he recognized him was that this guy was quite a notorious thug in the area!

Being stared down by Hu Xiaobei, Zhang Qiang sneered, "What? Are you going to hit me now because I spoke the truth?"

"The truth?"

Mocking him, Hu Xiaobei glanced at the sisters-in-law who had come with him!

They smiled, and quickly turned around to walk back to the truck. Swiftly, they began unloading the burlap sacks!

After bringing them over, they opened all the sacks in front of everyone!

As they opened, stack after stack of brand-new bills came into view of all present!

"Hiss..."

Looking at the stacks of money appearing before their eyes, everyone sharply inhaled a breath of cold air!

Because they had never seen such a shocking scene before!

Zhang Qiang, who had just been sneering, was now completely dumbfounded!

Watching the stacks of money turn into a wall as high as a person, Hu Xiaobei squinted his eyes and said, "So, do you have anything to say now?"

"You..."

Zhang Qiang's mouth twitched violently, but he ended up speechless!

Watching this scene, the village chief of Zhang Family Village quickly said, "Master Xiaobei, don't stoop to his level! Let's go pick the crops right away!"

"Go on!"

After everyone left, Hu Xiaobei walked around the village with Han Xueyao!

A few years ago, Hu Xiaobei had visited Zhang Family Village once.

Back then, he felt the village was really, really nice, but now he felt it paled in comparison to his own village…

As he was feeling sentimental, Hu Xiaobei heard Han Xueyao gently start speaking, "Xiaobei, when all the vegetables and fruits really supply every store, we could completely dominate the market in Lake Heart City!"

"Yes! Once we're firmly established, we'll properly confront 'Yongqiang Brand'; then it would be the real showtime!"

"Mm-hmm!"

...

While Hu Xiaobei and Han Xueyao were having this conversation, Zhang Qiang, looking ugly, and a few thugs he was in good terms with, walked off to the side!

Eyeing the huge pile of fresh bills turned into a wall of money, Zhang Qiang felt an extreme surge of jealousy!

He wished all that money was his!

Glaring at it for a moment, he growled coldly, "Some people just have all the luck!"

Hearing Zhang Qiang's somber words, the other thugs quickly started chattering away!

"Brother Qiang, what should we do now?"

"Exactly, we can't just watch and not get a share!"

"Yeah, that's right!"

Previously, when the village chief of Zhang Family Village brought over vegetable seeds and fruit tree saplings from Xiaohe Village, calling on everyone to plant them, they were also tempted!

At that time, they wanted to join the planting, but Zhang Qiang told them not to follow the doomed action!

They believed Zhang Qiang, so they didn't join in on the planting!

That's why, seeing others enjoying meat while they couldn't, they were very displeased!

"I... I don't know what to do either!"

Zhang Qiang's mouth twitched fiercely...

He really didn't know what to do now because he never expected things to turn out this shitty!

Hearing Zhang Qiang's words, their expressions turned completely dark…

Just as they were about to say something, they saw all the villagers already bringing back the picked vegetables and fruits...

They noticed them, and so did Hu Xiaobei and Han Xueyao!

With a light laugh, the two walked over to start helping with the weighing...

...

"Auntie, the vegetables total eighty-seven jin, so let's round it up to ninety jin! That will be four thousand five hundred yuan!"

After tallying the weight, Hu Xiaobei looked at her and softly spoke!

As Hu Xiaobei spoke, Han Xueyao sitting behind him quickly counted out the four thousand five hundred yuan and handed it to her!

Receiving the thick stack of cash, she started trembling all over!

"Auntie, what's wrong with you?"

Seeing her trembling all over, Hu Xiaobei and Han Xueyao both stood up anxiously...

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