Reborn at 80: From Village Scoundrel to Billionaire

"Ten yuan a pound, how about it?"

Sun Changjiang held up one finger and looked at Liu Bei.

Liu Bei's mind was racing.

On the black market, even the most valuable venomous snakes, such as cobras and pit vipers, cost at most four yuan per kilogram.

Sun Changjiang immediately asked for ten yuan.

It more than doubled.

He truly is a money-bringing boy!

"Is there a time limit?" Liu Bei asked again.

"Half a month. If you can deliver within half a month, I'll accept all orders. If it exceeds that deadline, even if I'm caught, I won't have any use for you."

Liu Bei pondered for two seconds and had already made up his mind.

Anyway, there's no harm in agreeing.

We caught one. It's ten yuan a pound. A snake weighs at least two or three pounds, so that's twenty or thirty yuan.

If you're lucky enough to catch three or five, you can easily make over a hundred dollars.

Can't catch them?

That's not a loss either.

We were going hunting in the mountains anyway, so we just kept an eye out for them.

"become."

Upon hearing this, Sun Changjiang's eyes lit up immediately. He took out a piece of paper with a number written on it and handed it to Liu Bei.

"This is my contact number. Call this number anytime if they catch you. I'll send someone to pick you up."

"OK."

Liu Bei took the note and stuffed it into his pocket.

Sun Changjiang exchanged a few more pleasantries with Fan Sanyuan, then, with his burly follower, climbed back onto the sidecar motorcycle.

Before leaving, Ai Changhe patted Liu Bei on the shoulder: "Brother, if this job goes well, there will be even bigger business to come. Keep up the good work!"

"good!"

With a smile, Ai Changhe jumped onto the motorcycle.

Watching the three of them leave, Fan Shuanzhu was the first to approach, his face full of suspicion.

"Xiao Bei, you actually agreed?"

Old Tan frowned and stepped forward: "I've been hunting in these mountains for most of my life, and I've seen no less than a hundred snakes, both poisonous and non-poisonous. But I've never encountered a white snake."

Fan Shuanzhu nodded repeatedly: "I've heard my father say that the White Snake is a spirit. That thing is intelligent and knows how to avoid people. It's difficult to even encounter one, let alone catch it alive!"

"Brother Bei! Can we eat the white snake?" Fan Ha'er chimed in again.

"..."

Chen Qiaolan pinched her son's ear.

Liu Bei smiled and looked at Fan Shuanzhu and Old Tan, saying, "Uncle Shuanzhu, Uncle Tan, think about it. Sun Changjiang didn't say he'd have to pay compensation if we didn't catch it. What would I lose by agreeing to him? If we catch it, it's ten yuan a pound, we make a profit. If we don't catch it, we can still hunt, we won't lose a single hair."

"this……"

Fan Shuanzhu opened his mouth, then closed it again.

Old Tan nodded: "Hmm! That makes perfect sense!"

"Alright, stop dawdling here." Liu Bei clapped his hands. "I'm going home to get my hunting rifle. You guys wait for me under the old locust tree at the village entrance."

"Alright!" Li Dazhuang responded.

"Let's go, let's go!" Fan Ha'er was the first to dart out.

……

When Liu Bei returned home, he pushed open the courtyard gate and found Zhao Da'e watching the three children play in the yard.

"Mother, I'm going up the mountain to hunt."

Zhao Da'e looked up at him.

"Xiao Bei, take it easy. Don't push yourself."

"knew!"

After saying that, Liu Bei picked up his shotgun and bullets and was about to leave when Zhao Chunyan walked over.

"Liu Bei, are you leaving already?"

"Um."

"You should rest for a while before going. I'm worried your health won't be able to handle it!"

Liu Bei: "..."

He waved his hand, "I'm fine."

"Nothing wrong? Look at your back, it's all bent over, and you still say nothing's wrong?" Zhao Chunyan looked him up and down.

Liu Bei instinctively straightened his back: "Whose back is bent? Chunyan, look closely! Isn't it perfectly straight?"

Zhao Chunyan: "..."

What a jerk! He's bent over so badly, yet he still claims to be straight. He's so obsessed with saving face!

"Alright, let's not talk about that. Ha'er and the others are still waiting at the village entrance."

After saying that, Liu Bei ran out of the yard.

Watching his retreating figure, Zhao Chunyan muttered to herself:

"I did so much physical labor last night without much rest, and then I went up the mountain to do more manual labor. Do I think I'm made of iron... What will I do if I really get seriously injured from overwork?"

"If you feel sorry for him, go and win him back. What's the point of standing here talking to yourself?"

Suddenly, Lin Wanqiu walked over.

Zhao Chunyan glanced at it:

"I feel sorry for him? Lin Wanqiu, are you deaf? When did I feel sorry for him?"

"Didn't you say that just now?" Lin Wanqiu raised an eyebrow.

"I was afraid he'd die of exhaustion on the mountain and no one would collect his body!"

"Oh. Then it's not about feeling sorry for someone. Looks like I was being nosy."

"Lin Wanqiu!!! Stop being sarcastic with me! Don't think I don't know you're worried about him too!"

"Who's worried about him? I'd love for him to bring back more game so we can improve our meals at home."

"you--"

Zhao Chunyan, hands on her hips, said, "Lin Wanqiu, you're such a hypocrite! You clearly care more than anyone else, but you pretend you don't care at all. That's what I despise most about you!"

"Do you think I need your respect?"

Lin Wanqiu shrugged, appearing indifferent.

"Zhao Chunyan, don't think I don't know what you and he did last night!"

Zhao Chunyan blushed, but her tone became even more defiant: "Hmph! So what if you know?"

"Zhao Chunyan, I'm warning you, if you do it again, I'll report you to the police and say that you're seducing good men and corrupting the village's morals."

"Haha!" Zhao Chunyan sneered. "You want to call the police, huh? Fine! Go ahead and call them if you dare. Who's afraid of who? If you do, you'll be the first one arrested! Don't think I don't know you kept Su Yuehe up all night. You think you can call the police? Heh heh, you have the nerve to say that!"

"you!"

"What? Did I hit the nail on the head? Feeling guilty?" Zhao Chunyan's lips curled up.

"Zhao Chunyan! You...you shameless!"

"Shameless? Lin Wanqiu, let me tell you, I, Zhao Chunyan, have always been upright and honest in my dealings! I left the door open for him because I wanted to! Unlike some people, who leave the door half-open, pretending to be reserved, and then cling to him after he's inside, practically draining him dry!"

"You're talking nonsense!"

"Hey..." Zhao Chunyan glanced at her sideways, "What's wrong? Is our Miss Lin getting impatient?"

Lin Wanqiu took a deep breath and said, enunciating each word clearly, "Fine! Zhao Chunyan, we'll see!"

"We'll see! You think you can be scared of me?"

The two women stared at each other, neither willing to give in.

Watching her two daughters-in-law fighting, Zhao Da'e's lips curled into a smile.

The fiercer the fight between the two daughters-in-law, the more important her son is to them.

The more important their positions, the more reluctant Zhao Chunyan and Lin Wanqiu were to leave.

The more reluctant they are to leave, the less likely this family will fall apart.

Let them argue, let them fight.

The more they argue and quarrel, the happier I become.

Zhao Da'e continued to watch her three grandsons play with a happy smile.

Su Yuehe looked at the two people in the courtyard, who were on the verge of exchanging blows, and shook her head helplessly.

She turned and went into the room, then sat down on the bed.

But as soon as she sat down, the sounds she had heard from next door last night kept resurfacing in her mind.

Suddenly, my ears started to burn again.

"I can't think about it anymore, I can't think about it anymore..." Su Yuehe pulled the pillow over her head.

"Ugh! They're arguing again!"

Seeing the two mothers arguing again, Panpan sighed and took her grandmother's hand: "Grandma, let's go outside and catch grasshoppers."

"Okay, okay." Zhao Da'e smiled and took Panpan's hand, then called to Xiaobao and Liu Nian, "Come on, Grandma will take you to catch grasshoppers."

The three children followed their grandmother out of the courtyard, leaving only the sounds of Zhao Chunyan and Lin Wanqiu bickering in the yard.

……

At this end, under the old locust tree at the village entrance.

Liu Bei walked briskly over, carrying a hunting rifle.

"Brother Bei is here!" Fan Ha'er was the first to jump up.

"Let's go." Liu Bei didn't say much and started walking towards Da Liu Mountain.

This time, he went up the mountain not just to hunt.

Also, be careful of white snakes.

The group followed behind, heading deeper into the dense forest along the mountain path they had traversed countless times.

When Liu Bei reached the fork in the road halfway up the mountain, he suddenly stopped.

At that moment, a faint white light flashed in his line of sight beside the path leading into the deep mountains on the left.

White light is neutral, representing neither good nor bad.

But then, a very faint red tinge appeared at the edge of the white light.

Immediately, Liu Bei's eyes narrowed slightly.

"Brother Bei?" Fan Ha'er asked, approaching him as he stopped, "What's wrong?"

Liu Bei stared at the path, a slow smile creeping onto his lips.

"Let's take a different route. Today, we'll go to the left."