Rise From the Humble

"How come you can give me watermelon for free?"

“Is it really true that you’re giving me free watermelon?”

People gathered around and asked in a hurry, what is it like to be crowded.

"If you want that watermelon, you can weigh the watermelon with your hands, and then report the weight to me, which must be accurate to two. As long as it is within two taels of the actual weight, it doesn't matter whether it is two taels more or two taels less. This watermelon , you can submit it for free, and I don’t want a piece of it, little old man. Of course, if you guess wrong, you have to buy this watermelon, and it costs six cents per catty.” According to Zhu Ping’an’s words, the melon seller said, He said it loudly to everyone.

"Two taels more, two taels less, can you take away the watermelon for free?" Someone in the crowd asked.

"Yes, as long as you guess right, you can take it away for free, and the little old man doesn't want a penny." The old melon seller nodded vigorously.

"The big guys have heard it, and they can all testify. I'll come, I'll come first." A man was the first to stand up, taking advantage of any advantage, and specially picked the biggest one, and weighed it with his hand , reported a weight, "Fifteen pounds."

It was the first time, and the melon seller was also a little nervous.

At the urging of the man, the melon seller weighed it in front of everyone on a steelyard, and it weighed fifteen catties and four taels.

The error is four ounces, the guess is wrong. Because there is a word first, if you guess right, you will take it away for free, if you guess wrong, you will have to spend money to buy it. So, the man had to spend money to buy the watermelon back. Six wen per catty, a total of 92 wen, the odds were erased, and 90 wen were collected. Touching the heavy copper coins in his pocket, the old melon seller burst into laughter.

"Hey, just a little bit."

Everyone sighed with regret.

People always want to take advantage. Although the first guy failed, he was just a little short of taking away the watermelon for free, and more people couldn't wait to start picking melons.

The second person hugged a watermelon that was a little smaller than the one just now, weighed it, and reported a weight of fourteen and a half catties.

Weighed it, fourteen catties and two taels, and then had no choice but to buy the watermelon too.

The third person was lucky. He picked a watermelon and estimated it at thirteen catties. After weighing it, it happened to be thirteen catties, so under the envious eyes of everyone, this man carried the watermelon away. He carried the watermelon while walking with arrogance, talking and bragging to everyone when he came out. So, those who heard it rushed all the way to the watermelon stand.

The success of the third person ignited everyone's enthusiasm at once, and more people challenged melons.

People challenged one after another, but only the third person was lucky and took away the watermelon for free. The rest of them failed. There were three or two errors, half a catty error, and one catty error, so they paid for the watermelon one by one. Went back.

There were even a few competitive ones who failed to guess correctly three or five times, so they bought all three or five watermelons and went home.

Soon, in less than an hour, the melon seller’s cart of watermelons was sold out, not even the smallest ones were left. Not only that, people also asked the old man whether he still had melons at home, and whether he would come here to sell melons tomorrow, saying that he would come to buy melons next time.

The money bag the melon seller brought was not enough to hold the copper coins, so he simply wrapped the extra coins in his clothes, making them heavy.

The old man selling melons looked at the clothes containing money and grinned, unable to close his mouth.

The old maids on the second floor of the opposite restaurant were all stunned. They opened their mouths enough to stuff eggs in. Since the first melon was sold, they couldn’t close their mouths. The scene of the melons was like being struck by lightning. I couldn't recover for a long time.

Lin Niang was also surprised and her beautiful eyes widened, staring straight out of the window, her mouth open and unable to speak.

Only Miss Yan Er was not surprised at all. She bit her red lips and cursed, "Cunning little thief!"

"Huh? Where are the others? Why are they missing?"

After the little maid came to her senses, she looked out the window and shouted in surprise.

Then the other little maids also looked out the window. The old melon seller was still there, and his cart of watermelons was all sold out, but Zhu Pingan, who had just been despised and cheated by them, was nowhere to be seen.

"He doesn't seem to have bought a single melon."

"It seems like hey, all the watermelons in the cart were sold out just now, and he didn't leave any watermelons behind."

The little maids thought for a while, and then suddenly froze, as if they thought of something.

"That, that, I really want to see it. When many people came to guess the melon just now, he seems to have left, empty-handed. No, he seems to be holding two books." A little maid raised her little hand , said quietly.

As a result, the little maids became more silent one by one, and their little faces couldn't help but feel a little hot. Just now, I despised that person for being a liar, worthless, shameless, and shameless, but in the end, he didn’t take advantage of even a single thing.

"My lord, my lord"

The old melon seller looked at the money for selling melons, grinned silly for a long time, and after a while he came back to his senses and went to thank Zhu Pingan, but when he turned his head, he found that Zhu Pingan was gone, so he couldn't help but feel anxious shouted several times.

Someone at the stall next to him told him that Zhu Pingan had left long ago.

"Master, benefactor, benefactor" the old man selling melons yelled a few times, looked at the empty car, and patted himself on the head in regret.

There's not a single melon left!

The adults wanted to buy melons twice, but as for me, I only thought about myself and didn’t even leave a melon for the adults.

But the adults gave me a method of selling melons without any secrets. It is better to teach people to fish than to give them fish. This method is enough to benefit me endlessly. At least this year's hot spring watermelons will not be sold out.

The eyes of the old man who bought melons were a little moist, and his face was hot. He really blushed for himself. At the beginning, not only did he not believe in the good intentions of the adults, but he also scolded the adults in his heart. I thought the adults wanted to plot against me, but I was really embarrassed.

Adults are adults.

I am a villain!

What did you do? Hey, I'm really blushing. Tomorrow, when I come to sell melons, I must bring the biggest and sweetest melons at home to the adults, but I don’t know if the adults will come tomorrow, and I don’t even know the names of the adults.

What a good official. The old man selling melons looked at the direction Zhu Pingan was leaving and couldn't regain his consciousness for a long time. It would be great if there were more such good officials.

"interesting."

The charming Li Niang stood in front of the window and looked out of the window, looking at the direction of someone's departure, her watery eyes were like spring water, her red lips slightly curled up, and her breath was blue.