Chapter 9 Who's the Big Fool?

Chen Yu had never seen a plant that cost hundreds of thousands of yuan. After carefully examining it, he noticed that the succulent plant called Binglu was covered with dust and looked ordinary. It had not been watered for many days, and the soil was already dry.

But after series of events yesterday, he had no doubt about his ability to read information about everything. He knew that his eyes would not lie to him.

"Although it looks unimpressive, its variety must be correct. If I cultivate it well for a period of time, maybe the price will rise. The landlady doesn't know the value of this pot of succulent plant because she didn't water it. Maybe I can get a big bargain..."

At this time, the landlady suddenly stepped forward and patted Chen Yu on the shoulder, interrupting his imagination, and said unhappily:

"What are you doing? What's so good about a pot of flowers? Why are you being lazy? Hurry up and move. If you miss the auspicious hour, you won't get a penny!"

"Okay, I'll do it as soon as possible." Chen Yu was delighted. He picked up the cardboard box and walked out. It seemed the landlady didn't know the value of it. What's more, she had such a bad attitude that he had a clear conscience after getting the top-grade treasure.

He had been thinking about how to get the succulent plant. It would be a waste not to take advantage of such a big opportunity.

While working, Chen Yu and Gao Dakui endured the landlady's nagging and urging. Even though they had worked very hard and their shirts were soaked, they still couldn't move on time.

There were still several small cloth pockets in the corner. The landlady looked at her watch and was furious after the specified time had passed.

"I've been urging you two to finish moving within an hour. Now that the auspicious hour is missed, our luck is gone because of that. What do you do for a living? Can't you even handle such a small matter?"

Chen Yu panted and complained, "It's only been a while. If you had also moved a little earlier, it wouldn't have delayed the time!"

"If I'm going to do it myself, why would I hire you? With your passive attitude, you don't deserve the money. I won't pay you a penny and you'll have to compensate me for my losses," the landlady said bitterly.

Chen Yu also got angry and argued, "We worked for you for free, and we have to pay for it. Are you being reasonable?"

"Yu, how can you say that?" Although Gao Dakui was tall and strong, he had cultivated in the society for many years, and his character was more sophisticated. He scolded Chen Yu and then turned to beg the landlady kindly.

"Madam, we're sweating and it's not easy. Although we haven't done it on time, it didn't take long. You can pay us less money."

The landlady's face darkened, and she shouted angrily, "If I don't ask you for compensation, you can take advantage of me. Leave now. I'm going downstairs to follow the truck to my new home."

Gao Dakui was anxious as well, and he hurriedly stopped her. "Madam, there's no reason to work without paying. You have to pay some money. Two hundred is fine, right?"

"I can give you two hundred, but I invited a master to calculate auspicious times and spent two thousand. How are we going to calculate this loss?" The landlady was even more annoyed. The so-called master was just a fortune teller by the roadside.

Chen Yu was so angry. The landlady was so unreasonable. He glanced at the remaining abandoned furniture in the house and had an idea. "We charge for free!"

Gao Dakui was shocked, and he poked him and said in a low voice, "What are you talking about? We've worked hard for an hour, so why don't we charge for free?"

Chen Yu winked and sighed, "We're the ones that broke the agreement first, so it's reasonable for Madam to not pay."

Hearing that it was free, the landlady's face eased up. She said impatiently, "You know your limits. I don't want to compensation from you. We're even."

Chen Yu pointed to the mess in the room and pleaded, "Madam, it's not easy for us to earn money. In fact, my main business is collecting scrap. Why don't you sell me what your family doesn't want?"

"Cough cough!" Gao Dakui that was smoking gloomily almost coughed out his lungs when he heard this.

"What's going on? I thought Chen Yu had a brilliant way to get the money back. But he not only doesn't want the money, but also intends to collect the scrap and pay for it."

Hearing this, the landlady immediately laughed. "All right, I was worried that it wouldn't be easy to deal with these worn-out things. Since you want them, I'll sell them all for you. The price is negotiable!"

She had already regarded Chen Yu as a complete fool. Not only did he move for free, but he also took the initiative to pick up the scrap. She could just earn some pocket money!

Gao Dakui wanted to say something several times, but he held it back. He didn't want to embarrass the his homie in front of outsiders.

However, his thoughts were the same as the landlady's. "Isn't Chen Yu a bit too abnormal? Is something wrong with his brain? Wanting to collect trash? There are so many scrap on the streets. As for wasting effort here, it isn't beneficial at all, and he's even taken to be a fool."

Chen Yu's expression was sincere, yet he sneered endlessly in his heart. In a moment, all of you will know who's the real fool...

With that in mind, he turned around and pretended to rummage through the room. He pointed at a few items one after another. They were a lamp, a broken floor-to-ceiling fan, and a mattress full of creases.

Originally, these things were shabby and didn't cost much, but the landlady asked for an exorbitant price, "200 yuan!"

As expected of a businessman, she's even more unscrupulous than a profiteer! Chen Yu cursed in his heart, but on the surface, he shook his head seriously and said,

"It's just three pieces of scrap. I think it's too much! The lamp is worth less than five yuan. The fan is sold as iron, at most a dozen yuan. The mattress is worth less than twenty yuan. All three pieces together are 35 yuan at most!"

"35 yuan, why don't you just grab it? At least 100 yuan!" the landlady haggled in anger.

"Pack up the three things and give me some more. Fifty yuan." Chen Yu walked around the room a few times and finally came to the balcony. He pointed at a few pots of succulent plants and said, "I'm going to raise a few pots of succulent plants. Could I take them for free?."

The landlady glanced at it and said with dissatisfaction, "My husband's father has been raising those pots of succulent plants for many years and has always treated them as treasures. Four pots in total is at least 400 yuan!"

Four pots of succulent plants were indeed raised by her father-in-law, but he had passed away due to hepatitis, she was not filial to him and did not take care of him at all at ordinary times.

Now that her father-in-law had passed away, she was afraid that she would be infected. She originally wanted to throw away the succulent plants. However, when she heard that Chen Yu wanted to buy it, she immediately asked for a high price.

"These pots of succulent plant are about to die of thirst, and no one wants twenty. I'll bid fifty at most. If you want to sell, I will buy it. If you don't want to sell, I'll quit" Chen Yu said indifferently.

"How about this, adding the three items from earlier, it's a total of two hundred!" Seeing that Chen Yu didn't intend to quit, the landlady immediately reduced the price. It was better to sell it than toss it away.

"85 yuan in total. I won't accept the price higher than that!" Chen Yu's attitude was firm. He knew that when dealing with this sort of person that liked to take advantage of others, he couldn't allow her to see any room for negotiation, otherwise, she would surely take advantage of him.

He knew that the landlady would sell and pretend that he would leave if she bargained any longer, waiting for the landlady to take the bait...

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