Chapter 451 - 451: Silly Rich Guy_1
Chapter 451: Silly Rich Guy_1
Qin Yanan was startled by the vendor’s outburst and had no idea what he was going crazy about.
They had merely come to buy a grilled fish, did he really need to get so furious?
“Tang Feng, let’s go,” she tugged at Tang Feng’s sleeve. It was just a grilled fish, after all, no big deal if they didn’t eat it.
But Tang Feng didn’t budge and seemed to be picking a fight with the vendor, “Today, I’m determined to eat this grilled fish.”
The vendor immediately scoffed non-stop, “So you’ve got a bit of money? That doesn’t impress me. Here, money doesn’t do you any good. I’m putting it out there today, I’d rather feed this grilled fish to a dog than sell it to you.”
“Five thousand.”
Tang Feng suddenly threw out a figure and then pointed at the grilled fish stall, “I’ll take your whole stall.”
The boss lady was immediately tempted.
All their pots and pans combined were worth maybe one or two thousand at best.
Tang Feng had offered five thousand, far exceeding the value of the stall.
The real value of their grilled fish stall lay in the skill of grilling fish, which couldn’t be bought.
As for the pots and pans, they were not worth much, and they could simply set up a new set if necessary.
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However, the vendor still looked disdainful and continued to sneer.
“Six thousand,” Tang Feng continued to raise the stakes.
The boss lady grew more anxious.
She and her husband toiled from dawn to dusk selling grilled fish and couldn’t make two hundred in pure profit in a day.
And Tang Feng’s offer had already far exceeded the worth of their stall by several times.
But the vendor still kept a cold face, standing firm.
“Seven thousand,” Tang Feng stared him down, ready to argue to the very end.
Qin Yanan was completely baffled on the side.
From what she knew about Tang Feng, he didn’t seem like the kind of person who acted impulsively.
Yet, he was now picking a bone over a few grilled fish with this vendor. Why on earth was that?
“Eight thousand!” Tang Feng raised the bid further.
The boss lady was already trembling with excitement, hastily tugging at her husband’s sleeve.
They couldn’t make pure profit of eight thousand in a whole month, working hard.
This was practically like picking up money.
As for the vendor, he had actually been ready to cave in earlier.
But seeing Tang Feng continually increasing his offer, the typical foolish spender with lots of cash, he decided to simply shut up and wait for him to go higher.
However, this time Tang Feng did not continue to bid, “Alright, since you have so much integrity, let it be.”
Having said that, he was ready to leave with Qin Yanan.
“Wait a minute!”
The vendor finally couldn’t help but speak up, “Are you sure you want to offer eight thousand?”
Tang Feng turned to look at him, “Didn’t you just have a lot of backbone, saying that you’d rather feed these grilled fish to a dog than sell them to me?”
The vendor shamelessly smiled, “Right, I did say I wouldn’t sell the grilled fish to you, but I didn’t say I wouldn’t sell the stall to you. You said eight thousand, no backing out now!”
Qin Yanan was immediately disgusted by his shameless behavior.
If he had truly been able to treat money as dirt, she would have genuinely respected him.
He never expected that a mere eight thousand yuan would expose his true colors.
And to think, he looks down on the wealthy?
Such hypocrisy.
She felt that talking to this kind of person any further was a waste of her saliva and wanted to pull Tang Feng away.
But Tang Feng’s behavior left her utterly baffled.
He actually smiled, despite past disagreements, and approached the stall owner, “Rest assured, not a cent less than eight thousand yuan.”
“What are we waiting for? Pay up quickly. Once the money’s in my account, this stall is yours,” the stall owner urged, worried Tang Feng would change his mind.
“No rush.”
Tang Feng glanced at the half-bucket of Agarwood left, “Actually, I’d like to grill fish for my employees with my own hands, to reward them. But it seems we’re low on wood for the fire, do you have any more?”
The stall owner’s eyes darted around, “Sure, I have some, but…”
“But what?” Tang Feng inquired, curious.
The stall owner picked up a piece of Agarwood, “Do you know why my grilled fish tastes better than others? It’s because the wood I use is different…”
A sinking feeling hit Tang Feng—could the stall owner know this was Agarwood?
That’s when he heard the stall owner start to ramble, “The wood I use is… well, it’s over two hundred years old peach wood, soaked in a unique family recipe, then air-dried for a full year. Only with this kind of wood does the fish come out richly fragrant, leaving a lasting taste…”
The stall owner’s wife, listening to her husband’s nonsense, struggled to hold back her laughter.
All that rubbish about two-hundred-year-old peach wood and a unique recipe was a stretch too far.
In reality, their village had an old ancestral hall which had fallen into serious disrepair and was completely collapsed by a recent torrential rainstorm.
They drove over at night to collect the wood for themselves.
And since they also needed wood for their grilled fish business, they used it to make do.
However, Tang Feng seemed to be taken in by his story, his face full of astonishment, “I see, so this wood must be very expensive, right?”
Seeing Tang Feng’s gullible expression, the stall owner snickered internally, but he kept a serious facade, “Actually, it’s not too expensive, about… two hundred yuan per kilogram?”
The stall owner’s wife was startled by her husband’s asking price.
Crazy, the man must be crazy.
A pile of rotten wood, and he dares to ask for two hundred yuan per kilogram? Was he really treating his customers like they were sheep to be slaughtered?
Even a pig wouldn’t be that stupid.
Qin Yanan was beyond furious, “Do you really think we’re that foolish? Wood for two hundred yuan per kilogram?”
The stall owner replied unflinchingly, “My wood is treated with a special recipe, of course, it’s a bit more expensive.”
Qin Yanan was about to protest again, but Tang Feng held her back, “I think the stall owner makes sense. For such precious wood, two hundred yuan per kilogram is quite a bargain.”
His words stupefied not just Qin Yanan, but also the stall owner and his wife.
Is there really someone that foolish in this world?
Even an idiot could tell the stall owner was scamming them.
And this guy actually believed it?
With that kind of brain, how did he ever make so much money?
The onlookers who had come to watch the drama were also taken aback by Tang Feng.
This was the Mr. Tang who had made a name in the antique world?
Given his intelligence, it didn’t seem likely!