Chapter 17 (1/2)

Chapter 17: Double Crossing!

When Elder Su said this, the people who intended to buy fruits started to hesitate. They started whispering among themselves while there were people who asked, “Shopkeeper Su, are these fruits really poisonous?”

The crowd curiously gazed at Elder Su, after all the fruits were on a nice bargain. Selling two for three gold taels was already the cheapest it has ever been. Those who wanted to buy in bulk were now somewhat intending to return when they heard Elder Su. The price was a steal but no one dared to try, this was the effect Elder Su wanted to create. Elder Su smiled, “That’s right, they might be poisonous.”

When these words were spoken, Bai Yao smiled and cut in, “Everyone, I can testify that the fruits aren’t poisonous.” When he said this, he bit into a fruit while smiling, “I’ve already eaten some, is everyone still doubtful?”

Having witnessed Bai Yao take bites into the fruit, there were people who started to take out their gold taels to purchase the fruits. Then Elder Su replied, “Young Master, although it looks like there were no effects when you ate it; what if you had an antidote to prevent the effects?”

Bai Yao calmly laughed, “If I had eaten an antidote then when someone gets poisoned while eating the fruits they can find me for the antidote. So Elder Su do you have any more doubts which you want to clarify?”This made Elder Su felt as if he had fallen into their trap making him inwardly curse. When he had tried to correct himself it was already too late, after all the fruits were cheap and there was bound to be someone who would be willing to give it a try.

Elder Su anxiously stood up while Lu Feng was still smiling, “For the first twenty buyers, if you buy ten you’ll get two free.” As if they were affected by the offer, people were in a frenzy to buy them and resell.

Infact there was the local rich tyrant who shouted, “I want two hundred.” The others were shocked followed by people who also shouted, “I too would like two hundred.” Very quickly the fruits on the trees were running out and in less than a quarter of an hour, the entire stock was completely sold out.

Lu Feng was grinning as he looked at a box which was filled with gold taels, “Elder Su, this time we sold eight hundred fruits whilst giving away a hundred and sixty for free. Since you’re a shopkeeper you should know how much these 800 are sold for.”

Elder Su’s complexion started to turn green, he definitely was able to calculate the enormous sum. Since they sold two fruits for three gold taels, and eight hundred were sold. Then it came up to a sum of one thousand two hundred taels of gold, surpa.s.sing the initial challenge of one thousand gold taels.

When he saw that Elder Su was completely speechless, Lu Feng laughed, provoking Elder Su “Looks like I don’t even have to use three days, just a single day is enough. I don’t know whether Elder Su would honor his side of the agreement.” Elder Su snorted, wordlessly turned around and left, while the other shopkeepers followed suit.

Bai Yao and the guards were celebrating together, looking at their merrymaking, Lu Feng smiled, “Lets return home.” Bai Yao and the guards made an En sound as they started to pack up.

As for Lu Feng’s feat of turning a single gold tael into one thousand and two hundred, it spread like wildfire throughout the entire town. It only took a short while before the Bai Family Head had heard of this matter, which made him buzz with excitement as he shouted, “Housekeeper Liu, have they returned yet?!”

Housekeeper Liu shook his head while the Bai Family Head immediately followed up, “Quickly send some people to check if they have returned!”

“En.”

At this moment, there were sounds coming from outside “The Young Masters are back.” The Bai Family Head instantly stormed out with a very expectant look. When he saw the box full of gold taels he said three words, “Great! Great! Great!”

Bai Yao gleefully laughed, “Just look at how happy Father is.” Lu Feng also laughed. “Family Head, will you let me handle the matter with the shops?” The Bai family head heartily exclaimed, “Definitely, I’ll go and call the shopkeepers over.”

The Bai Family Head turned towards Housekeeper Liu and said, “Bring the shopkeepers here now.”

“Ok.”

Housekeeper Liu promptly left while the Bai Family Head smiled towards Lu Feng, “Let’s go inside and sit.”

Lu Feng made an En sound as he followed the Bai Family Head inside the hall to sit. In the hall, the Bai Family Head was curious on how Lu Feng had made the trees bear fruit overnight, Lu Feng then tried to spin a cover up story.