Reborn in 78, I made my fortune by working in the mountains, supporting three families on my own.

After a check-up at the health center, it was confirmed that the coma was caused by ethanol. He will recover after a day of rest and proper care.

This case had a huge impact, even alarming higher-level leaders, who then launched a crackdown on human traffickers in the area.

The story of Zhao Lei's solo daring expedition into the deep mountains to track down human traffickers and risk his life to rescue his son quickly spread throughout Qingfeng Town and Hongyan Town.

Zhao Lei was already well-known in the village for his hunting skills, and after this incident, his heroic story was passed down by even more people.

Zhao Lei returned home and recuperated for several days.

Qin Yuchan, Jiang Xinyue, and Su Wanqing were overjoyed to see their child return safely, and their hearts were finally at ease.

Especially Granny Zhang, who had been deeply blaming herself, was heartbroken to see Xiao Shitou return home safely and took care of Zhao Yufeng for several days in a row.

The villagers of Heping Brigade in Tuanjie Township, Qingfeng Town, all breathed a sigh of relief, thankfully the child had returned safely.

Having survived this ordeal, Zhao Lei cherishes his wife and children even more.

Jiang Xinyue's job at the finance department of Jinxiu Textile Factory was also settled, and she became friends with Zhao Qiuju, a local educated youth who had married into the area.

Not long after Jiang Xinyue joined the company, the finance department underwent a major personnel change.

Upon returning from his studies in Beijing, Huang Sihai, the factory director of Jinxiu Textile Factory, immediately began investigating two individuals.

Liu Fang, deputy director of the personnel department, was found to have helped others cheat on exams, abused her power in personnel appointments and removals, and maliciously defamed her colleagues after investigation and evidence collection. She was dismissed from her job and disciplined by the authorities.

Liu Fang's niece, Sun Xiaolian, was the person involved in the exam cheating and deliberately concealed her kinship with Liu Fang. She was also investigated and dealt with by Director Huang.

Rumors spread throughout the factory, and everyone then learned that Huang Youlian, who had failed the exam, was actually a relative of Factory Director Huang Sihai.

Huang Youlian passed the exam with her own outstanding abilities, but her spot was secretly taken by someone else.

She went back and complained about her grievances, which prompted Director Huang to reinvestigate and gather evidence, bringing Liu Fang and Sun Xiaolian to justice.

Meanwhile, Su Wanqing, far away at her parents' home in Yunchang County, soon heard the news that Xiao Shitou had been abducted.

The uncle immediately took his wife to Zhao Lei's house to visit the child.

This time was different. Zhao Lei's father-in-law, Su Mingtang, along with his brothers-in-law Su Jianguo and Su Jianjun, all came to visit together.

They learned that Zhao Lei had single-handedly fought three desperate human traffickers in the deep mountains and rescued their grandson, which completely changed their opinion of Zhao Lei.

With Zhao Lei's reputation soaring and his prestige in the village rising steadily, the stubborn Su Mingtang put aside his prejudices and led his whole family to accept Zhao Lei.

Zhao Lei never expected that the incident with Xiao Shitou would turn out to be a blessing in disguise, completely repairing his relationship with the Su family.

Since then, Zhao Lei has had increasingly frequent interactions with the Su family.

In his spare time from hunting in the mountains, Zhao Lei began to learn about medicinal herbs. He could both hunt and collect herbs, and his life became more and more prosperous.

Not long after, he took the lead in gathering Qin Dajun and his brothers to start a business of purchasing and buying medicinal herbs.

Time flies, and in the blink of an eye, the household responsibility system was implemented, and the spring breeze of reform and opening up blew into Qingfeng Town.

Zhao Lei leveraged his accumulated network of contacts and worked with his family to make great strides in their endeavors.

He arranged for Wang Zhongbao to start a transportation business.

Qin Dajun led a group of his former idle brothers to form a caravan, trading goods and purchasing medicinal herbs.

Qin Bowen and Zhou Qingqing from Zhoujia Village grew closer and closer, and the two young people gradually became a couple.

Zhao Lei used his connections to get the two of them jobs at the supply and marketing cooperative.

Riding the wave of reform and opening up, Zhao Lei led his family and relatives to work hard.

In just one year, relying on Wang Zhongbao's transportation, Qin Dajun's medicinal herb trading, and Qin Bowen's purchase of wild game and mountain products, Zhao Lei completed his first capital accumulation.

No longer needing to be timid in doing business, he boldly invited the Wang brothers, Wang Dalong, Wang Xiaohu, Zhang Lin, and Zhang Sen, to jointly establish a building materials company in 1980.

First, they connected with Wang Guohua's Sun Red Brick Kiln, Boss Zhou's River Sand Plant, and Deng Canghai, who sells cement, to stabilize the supply of building materials.

Zhang Lin and Zhang Sen learned the craft passed down by Zhang Sangong, and with their extensive network of connections, the construction team was entrusted to them for management.

Wang Xiaohu is quick-witted and obedient. He accompanies Zhao Lei on business trips, while also overseeing construction and serving as general manager.

Within a year or two, the building materials company grew rapidly, catching up with the era's dividends, and its business was so busy it couldn't stop.

Many villagers from Heping Brigade, Qingshuigou, and even the neighboring Hongyan Town joined their construction team.

As times moved forward rapidly, Zhao Lei, with his long-term vision, continued to invest in and support Wang Zhongbao's development of passenger transport. Later, Wang Zhongbao established his own fleet of vehicles and was responsible for front-line dispatch and management, while Zhao Lei controlled the overall development direction.

Within a few years, Gemstone Transportation became the industry leader in several surrounding districts and counties, and even planned to expand its business to the provincial capital.

Su Wanqing worked at the health clinic until 1979.

Zhao Lei amassed his fortune through building materials, transportation, and medicinal herb businesses. He joined forces with Su Wanqing's family's traditional Chinese medicine shop and went to great lengths to obtain the necessary qualifications to build a medicinal herb factory. They then invested in the partnership and helped the Su family open the first pharmaceutical factory in Yunchang County.

The eldest brother-in-law, Su Jianguo, the second brother-in-law, Su Jianjun, and Su Wanqing were responsible for the main operations of the pharmaceutical factory.

In 1981, Zhao Lei keenly sensed the development opportunities in the education industry and persuaded Qin Yuchan to resign from her teaching position at Tuanjie Township Primary School.

He invested in a joint venture with Zhang Sanpo's third daughter, Zhang Ligang, who had just graduated from university, and Qin Changlin's fifth child, who had also graduated from university. The three of them started a training and education business together, and it flourished.

In 1982, the case of Jiang Dingtian, Jiang Xinyue's father, was finally settled.

After investigation, it was found that although Jiang Dingtian, as the founder of Dingtian International Trade, had accumulated substantial assets, years of investigation confirmed that he had not committed any illegal acts such as misappropriation of state-owned assets, and he was ultimately released without charge.

However, after years in prison, the company he founded had already gone bankrupt.

Just in time for the reform and opening up, everything began to recover.

After his release from prison, he learned that his daughter had gotten married, his granddaughter Zhao Yuyuan was already in elementary school, and he met his son-in-law Zhao Lei for the first time.

By this time, Zhao Lei was already a well-known local entrepreneur, holding multiple businesses:

He co-founded Gemstone Transportation Company with Wang Zhongbao and Yaodaoqing Pharmaceutical Company in cooperation with Sujia Traditional Chinese Medicine Hall.

Qin Yuchan and others founded a jade education and training company, as well as Sanshi Construction Co., Ltd., which they co-founded with Zhang Lin, Zhang Sen, Wang Dalong, and Wang Xiaohu, and Bowen Shopping Mall, the first large-scale civilian shopping mall in Qingfeng Town, which was operated by Qin Bowen.

As early as 1979, Jiang Xinyue's mother and younger brother Jiang Chengfeng were taken to live in Qingfeng Town by Zhao Lei, and later the family moved to Yunchang County.

Jiang Dingtian returned to justice, and Zhao Lei immediately began planning his new business.

Jiang Xinyue resigned from the finance department of Jinxiu Textile Factory and, together with her younger brother Jiang Chengfeng and father Jiang Dingtian, resumed international trade.

Years later, Zhao Lei led his team to establish a foothold in multiple fields, eventually developing the Sanshi Group into a well-known enterprise both nationally and internationally.

Zhao Lei is reborn and starts as an ordinary person who goes into the mountains to hunt and support his family. He leads everyone around him to move forward with the tide of the times.

Since 1978, after experiencing countless trials and tribulations, he finally had a fulfilling and happy life.

Although Qin Yuchan, Jiang Xinyue, and Su Wanqing did not remarry him, each of them later gave him one or two more children.

Zhao Lei has reached middle age, with a thriving family and a successful career.

This rebirth has truly been worthwhile...