How come the watermelon is free?”
“Is it really free watermelon?”
People gathered around and asked in a crowded manner.
“If you want a watermelon, weigh the watermelon with your hand, and then give me a weight report, to be accurate to two. As long as the actual weight is within two taels, regardless of whether it is more two taels or less two taels. I don’t want any of the watermelon, you can report it for free. Of course, if you guess wrong, you have to buy this watermelon for six cents per catty.”The old man selling the melon told the crowd loudly as Zhu Pingan had told him.
“Two taels more, two taels less, both can carry away the watermelon for free?”Someone in the crowd asked.
“Yes, as long as Nim guesses correctly and carries it away for free, the little old man doesn’t want a single cent.”The old melon seller nodded his head vigorously.
“The big guys have heard it haha, they can all testify haha, I’ll do it, I’ll do it first.”A man first stood out, there is a cheap not to take advantage of, specially picked the largest, with a hand weighing, reported a weight, “fifteen pounds.”
For the first time, the old melon seller is also a little nervous.
Under the urging of the Hanzi, the old melon seller used a pole scale and weighed it in front of the crowd, fifteen catties and four taels.
The error is four taels, guessed wrong. Because there is a word in advance, guessed right free to carry away, guessed wrong to spend money to buy down. So, the man had to pay to buy the watermelon back. Each catty six Wen, a total of 92 Wen, zero erased, collected 90 Wen. Touching the heavy copper money in his pocket, the old melon seller smiled in his heart.
“Hey, just a little bit.”
The crowd let out a sigh of regret.
People always want to take advantage, although the first man failed, but just a little bit close to hold away the watermelon for free, there are more people can not wait to start picking melons.
The second person held a watermelon smaller than the one just now, weighed, reported a weight of fourteen and a half catties.
Weighed, fourteen catties and two taels, and then had to also buy the watermelon away.
The third person was lucky, picked a watermelon, estimated a thirteen catties. After weighing, just thirteen pounds, so this person in the envious eyes of the crowd, the watermelon will be carried away, holding the watermelon walking majestically, walking out of every person to say, every person to brag. So, the people who heard, have to seek the road all the way to the watermelon stall here.
The success of the third person immediately ignited the enthusiasm of the crowd, picking the melon challenge more people.
Challenging people one after another, but also the third person luck, free to carry away the watermelon, the rest of the people failed, three two error, half a catty error, a catty error, so one by one out of money to buy the watermelon back.
There are even a few competitive, even guessed three, five times did not guess correctly, so the three, five watermelons all bought home.
Soon, in less than an hour, the old man selling watermelons sold out all the watermelons in a car, even the smallest ones were not left. Not only that, people also asked the old man if he had any more melons at home, and whether he would come back to sell melons here tomorrow, saying that he would come back to buy them next time.
The money bag of the old melon seller was not enough to hold the coins, and the more coins were simply wrapped up in his clothes, which were heavy.
The old melon seller looked at the clothes wrapped in money, grinning, couldn’t even close his mouth.
Opposite the restaurant on the first floor of the maids and mothers are all stunned, small mouth open can be stuffed into the egg, from the sale of the first melon to start, open wide mouth have not been able to close, looking out of the window of the scene of the hot melon sales, one with the same as a thunderbolt, a long time can not come back to God …….
Li Niang was also surprised and stared wide-eyed, staring straight out of the window without moving, her mouth open and unable to speak.
Only Second Miss Yan was not surprised at all, biting her red lips, she cursed, “Cunning little thief!”
“Huh? Where is he? How come he’s gone.”
After the little maid returned to her senses, she looked out the window and shouted in surprise.
Then the other little maids all looked out the window as well, the old man selling melons outside was still there, his cart of watermelons were all sold out, while Zhu Pingan, who had just been despised by them for cheating melons, was nowhere to be seen.
“It seems like he didn’t buy a single melon.”
“It seems like hey, just now the cart of watermelons were all sold out, and he didn’t leave a single watermelon behind.”
The little maids thought about it, then suddenly they all froze, as if they had thought of something.
“That, that, I so want to have seen, just now when many people came to guess the melon, he seems to have left, empty handed ……No, also holding two books seems ……”A little maid raised her small hand and whispered.
Then, the little maids were even more silent one by one, and their little faces couldn’t help but heat up a little. Just now also despised that person cheating melon, no talent, brazen, shameless it, the result is that people did not take advantage of a melon ……
“My lord, my lord ……”
The old man selling melons looked at the money for selling melons, grinning and giggling for a long time, and only after a while did he come back to his senses and went to look for Zhu Pingan to express his gratitude, but when he turned his head, he found that Zhu Pingan had disappeared, and he couldn’t help but yell out several times in an anxious manner.
Still, the person at the stall next to him told him that Zhu Pingan had left long ago.
“My lord ……Benefactor na, benefactor ……”The old man selling melons shouted several times with force, looked at the car that was empty of a single watermelon, and couldn’t help but pat his head hard with remorse.
Not a single melon left yet!
His Excellency wanted to buy a melon, twice, but himself, he thought only of himself, and did not even leave a melon for his Excellency.
However, the adults have no self-interest in granting themselves a method of selling melons, teaching a man to fish is not as good as teaching a man to fish, this method is enough to benefit themselves endlessly, at least this year’s hot springs watermelons do not worry about not selling out.
Buy melon old man’s eyes a little wet, face also hot up, really for their own blush ah, at first, they not only do not believe that adults good intentions, but also in the heart of the adults scolded the dog official it. Also thought that adults want to plot their own point of watermelon it, the results ……I’m really ashamed of it.
The adults are adults.
He is a small man!
I am doing something right, hey, really blush ah. Tomorrow to sell melons, must bring the family’s largest and sweetest melons to the adults ……I don’t know if you will come tomorrow, and I don’t even know your name.
A good official ah, melon seller old man looked at the direction of Zhu Pingan left, a long time can not return to God. How nice it would be if there were more good officials like this.
“Interesting ……”
Delicate Li Niang stood in front of the window looking out the window, looking at the direction of someone’s departure, a pair of watery eyes like spring water flowing waves, such as the point of Jiang Jiang’s vermilion lips slightly hooked, exhaling breath like orchids.
