Great, It's the Pervy Neighbor. We're Doomed

Chapter 503: Zhang The Loss-Maker

This fishpond was 20 acres. The middle-aged Fishpond Owner said it had at least 5,000 jin of fish.But when the first net was hauled up, it only had a little over a hundred jin, and they were all worthless silver carp.

Only about two or three yuan per jin.

And when this first net came up, everyone watching felt a deep sense of foreboding.

After all, in principle, the first net should be one of the hauls that catches the most fish out of all the nets.

How could it be just a little over a hundred jin?

"Maybe the fish here are crafty and all hiding."

Zhang Xue, still in the pond, laughed loudly and spoke up.

Next, the second net, a little over forty jin.

The third net, a little over ten jin.

In the nets that followed, the water was completely pumped out.

They didn't let a single fish go, whether big or small.

In the end, they hauled up a total of a little over 180 jin of fish.

And almost all of it was cheap silver carp.

This was nowhere near hitting the jackpot with a fishpond blind box.

This was a massive loss!

180 jin of silver carp, at 3 yuan per jin, only amounts to 540 yuan.

Forget about the 20,000 spent to rent the pond.

This amount of money wasn't even enough to cover the labor costs.

At this point.

Gao Yang, Qin Chuan, and Zhao Yiwan's faces were frighteningly dark.

They had filmed videos about renting fishponds before and had encountered unscrupulous owners.

But they had never encountered one this unscrupulous.

This wasn't a fishpond at all. It was basically just a random pond where someone had dumped a few fish to scam people.

Zhang Xue's expression was also very ugly, but she quickly composed herself.

She climbed out of the pond and called over the middle-aged Fishpond Owner who had been watching from the side.

"Uncle, where are the 5,000 jin of fish in this pond of yours? There aren't even 200 jin."

Zhang Xue pointed at the pond, forcing an awkward smile.

The middle-aged man, however, stared dumbfounded at the pond, slapping his thigh. "Aiyo! Someone must have stolen all the fish from my pond while I was taking my son to see the doctor!"

"Bastards! Absolutely shameless!"

Zhang Xue: "Uncle, about the 20,000 for renting the pond, you see..."

"Miss, I won't take it. The little fish you managed to get isn't even enough to pay for the labor. I can't accept it, absolutely not!"

Saying this, the middle-aged man turned to leave.

At that moment, Zhang Xue saw the middle-aged man's disabled son also by the pond, helplessly staring at it and wiping away tears.

Zhang Xue sighed. She grabbed the middle-aged man's arm:

"How about this, Uncle. The agreed-upon 20,000, I'll give it to you. Consider it money for your son's medical treatment, a good deed."

"No, no, miss, I can't accept it."

The middle-aged man kept refusing.

Finally, in front of the camera.

With this back-and-forth.

The middle-aged man still accepted the 20,000.

After accepting, he thanked Zhang Xue profusely, bowing and cupping his hands repeatedly.

"It's fine, Uncle. Since the pond rental is over, you should head back too. Take your son to see the doctor soon."

Zhang Xue waved her hand.

The middle-aged man then left with his son, full of gratitude.

Once they were gone.

The filming was pretty much over.

The water-pumping workers and the net-haulers they hired were all paid their wages.

They were sent on their way.

Now, by the pond, only their own group remained.

"I'm sorry, everyone. I didn't expect this pond to be such a big trap."

"I originally wanted everyone to make a bit of money."

Zhang Xue kept bowing and apologizing to Jiang Ran and the others.

Her expression was very awkward.

Wang Qingzhao smiled. "It's fine. It's not your fault."

Qin Chuan kicked a stone from the bank into the now-dry pond.

He said, "First there was Li The Loss-Maker, now there's Zhang The Loss-Maker."

Qin Chuan thought this money was earned much more easily than when he showcased his card skills online.

Zhang Xue said, "It doesn't matter. We're making money from the video anyway, not really from renting the pond. Besides, consider the money as doing a good deed, accumulating virtue for us, helping him with treatment."

Even though she said that, about not relying on renting ponds to make money, truly being scammed out of everything like this.

No one felt good about it.

"Let's go, back to the hotel in town. Tonight, my treat. Let's all have a good meal."

Zhang Xue changed out of her mud-covered clothes into clean ones.

She called for Jiang Ran and the others to get in the car.

Jiang Ran stood in place. Before getting in the car, he turned his head and looked into the distance at the spot where the middle-aged man and his son had disappeared.

...

A little past 7 PM.

It was completely dark.

At this hour in the countryside, everyone was back home, and the entire village was quiet and still.

But in one household in Xiaoshi Village.

It was bustling with noise and excitement.

"Cheers!"

This household lived in a two-story concrete house. In the spacious living room on the first floor.

There was a large table.

On the large table were all kinds of meat dishes—chicken, pork, beef, and lamb.

An abundant feast.

Besides that, there were also several bottles of liquor on the table, each costing two to three hundred yuan.

Sitting around the table were none other.

Than the family of the Fishpond Owner from Zhang Xue's rented pond.

The middle-aged man, his wife.

Their son and daughter, and the middle-aged man's brother-in-law.

These people were celebrating something.

After the toast, they picked up their chopsticks and started eating the dishes heartily.

"So satisfying! My son is really clever, able to come up with this method. Those 20,000 yuan were so easy to earn!"

At this moment, the middle-aged man suddenly burst into hearty laughter and toasted his son alone.

"Exactly! My nephew is so smart, daring to think and daring to act. I, your old uncle, really have to learn more from you in the future!"

The middle-aged man's brother-in-law also praised the middle-aged man's lame-legged son.

So, these people were celebrating getting the 20,000 yuan from the pond rental for free.

The lame-legged son, praised and feeling quite pleased with himself, waved his hand in a modest manner. "It's nothing. I just learned from those online videos about scamming people with pond rentals. I was just trying it out, didn't expect it to really succeed. So satisfying, fleecing such a sucker!"

After speaking, he seemed to remember something. He stood up and quickly walked toward his room on the first floor.

If Zhang Xue and the others were here, they would be very surprised. Wasn't this kid supposed to have leg problems?

Why did he look completely normal now?

Walking faster and more steadily than anyone?

The lame-legged son brought out a bottle of Wuliangye from his first-floor room.

He brought it to honor his father.

"Dad, this bottle is for you and Uncle to drink."

Seeing the Wuliangye.

The middle-aged man immediately shook his head. "This liquor, I dare not drink it. Too expensive, can't bear to."

The lame-legged son shook his head. "It's your son's filial piety. Besides, it's not my own money either. I got it from someone else too. Drinking it won't hurt!"

Hearing this.

The middle-aged man's wife seemed a bit worried. "Son, you're always doing these kinds of things. What if those people seek revenge?"

The lame-legged son said, "Don't worry, Mom. I always use open schemes. Take this pond rental for example. They were the ones who insisted on giving the money. We didn't ask for it."

The middle-aged man's wife said, "Wasn't it because you pretended to be disabled? But I have to say, my son is clever. If you hadn't pretended to be disabled this time, we wouldn't have gotten the 20,000. After all, they agreed on 5,000 jin of fish, and in the end, there were less than 200 left."

The lame-legged son: "Of course. I understand these video creators very well."