Chapter 44: Chapter 44: Not Indulging Her Nasty Habits

“You!”

Granny Wang was so angry she nearly fell over. “Yu Hai, what kind of way is that to talk?”

Yu Hai curled up one side of his lips in a smile. “What did I say? If you want to make money, figure it out yourself. Trying to take advantage of me? Maybe you should find out who I am first!”

Granny Wang glared at Yu Hai resentfully, but when she saw Yu Hai’s three older brothers also coming over, she reluctantly looked away. “Fine, I’ll make my own money. Who cares!”

With that, she scooped up Wang Dabao and hurried off.

Yu Nuannuan, nestled in Chen Qiaoqin’s arms, watched the whole scene unfold and gave Yu Hai a big thumbs-up in her heart.

No wonder he was her dad—not only was he good-looking, he was super cool too.

Sure, he could be a bit cheeky sometimes, but who’s perfect?

Compared to all his good qualities, those little flaws were nothing at all.

No one in the Yu family had any objections to Yu Hai standing up to Granny Wang like that.

There were plenty of people in the village who liked to take advantage, but someone like Granny Wang—who not only took advantage but acted like she was doing you a favor—was truly one of a kind.

As Xu Shuhua put it: you just can’t indulge her nasty habits!

After Granny Wang’s interruption, Yu Zhenmin wasn’t as shocked as before. He waved Yu Hai over, and when Yu Hai came close, he asked in a low voice, “Did you really sell them for more than twenty yuan?”

Yu Hai nodded firmly. “Of course it’s true. Would I joke about something like that? Other than buying two jin of meat, the rest of the money is with Mom!”

Yu Zhenmin still found it hard to believe. “How much did you sell them for per jin? How did you make so much money?”

Not only Yu Zhenmin, but the rest of the Yu family were also curious. Hearing Yu Zhenmin’s question, they all looked eagerly at Yu Hai.

Yu Hai grinned even more proudly. “Fifty cents a jin! That half-basket weighed about forty jin!”

“Fifty—”

Yu Zhenmin almost cried out in surprise, but remembering Granny Wang, he swallowed his words and lowered his voice. “Fifty cents a jin? Are the people in the county rich and stupid?”

Yu Hai gave Yu Zhenmin a disapproving look. “Dad, how can you say that? They’re our customers, buying our goods and supporting our business. How can you call them stupid and rich?”

He paused, then added, “If it weren’t for them, how would we make money to buy meat? Besides, our groundcherries are delicious—fifty cents a jin isn’t expensive at all! They love them!”

No matter what Yu Hai said, Yu Zhenmin still looked dazed.

He just felt the whole thing was a bit unreal, like it couldn’t be true.

After a long while, Yu Zhenmin finally spoke again. “Where did you pick those groundcherries? How come they’re so big? Are there any more?”

Yu Hai: “...”

How was he supposed to answer that?!

From the look on Yu Zhenmin’s face, it was clear he had no idea about Yu Nuannuan’s abilities.

Yu Hai was still struggling with how to respond when Xu Shuhua strode over.

“I picked them. Only I know where they are—nobody else does!”

After saying that, Xu Shuhua lifted her chin proudly. “You don’t need to worry about this. Tomorrow, just hurry up and thresh and dry the grain. That’s our family’s food for the year. Even if we’ve made some money, we can’t just forget about our staple food, can we?”

Yu Zhenmin had spent half his life with Xu Shuhua and knew her best. The moment he saw her like this, he realized she was hiding something and didn’t want to talk about it."

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