he would buy bunches of dates clusters of palm branches and palm fronds from the pastures. when the porter brought them to his door he would leave them for a while making people think that he had enough land to possibly make all of that up. he would rent winemakers pots that were for wine then he would look for the largest of them and flee from the porters with the rent so that they would shout at the door
ويشتري الأعذاق ٢ والعراجين ٣ والسعف ٤ من الكلاء، فإذا جاء به الحمال إلى بابه تركه ساعة يوهم الناس أن له من الأرضين ما يحتمل أن يكون ذلك كله منها. وكان يكتري قدور الخمارين التي تكون للنبيذ، ثم يتحرى أعظمها، ويهرب من الحمالين بالكراء ؟ كي يصيحوا بالباب