Reborn at 80: From Village Scoundrel to Billionaire

"My God..."

After glancing at the red snake and the red toad, the fat man exclaimed:

"This is the legendary Crimson Blood Toad! And this...this red snake is actually the legendary Crimson Blood Serpent!"

"I've been in the medicinal herb business for twenty years, and tonight is the first time I've ever seen these two things!"

"Young man, how long have they been dead?"

"He died less than six hours ago," Liu Bei said casually.

"Six hours?" The fat man's face lit up with even more delight.

His gaze returned to the corpses of the red toad and the red snake, his eyes fixed on them as if they were looking at an unparalleled beauty, almost as if they were drawn out into thin threads.

Fan Ha'er leaned close to Liu Bei's ear and whispered, "Brother Bei, this fat guy wouldn't have fallen for Toad and wants to go up and shoot him, would he?"

Liu Bei: "..."

Fire a shot?

Wouldn't that turn into bestiality?

It's a lesbian relationship, damn it.

Wow, you really are a genius!

Just then, the fat man straightened up:

"Young man, each of these two items you have lived for at least fifty years. They are top-quality raw materials for medicine, but..."

At this point, he changed the subject, shook his head, and sighed:

"It's a pity that so many were destroyed. At least 60% of their condition was damaged."

"Haha~"

As soon as he finished speaking, Boss Ma walked over, glanced at Liu Bei sideways, and sneered:

"Liu Bei, did you hear that?"

"I told you long ago, snakes and toads have been destroyed too badly, they're worthless. The fact that I'm even buying yours is already giving you a lot of face."

"Instead of selling to this fat bastard, why don't you sell to me? We're acquaintances, after all. How about this, I'll give you an extra 50 cents. Two dollars and fifty cents a pound, is that fair?"

"Um?"

Upon hearing this, the fat boss turned around, frowned, and glanced at Boss Ma.

"Who is this?"

"Boss Ma of the black market." Liu Bei exhaled a puff of smoke.

"What price did he offer?"

"Snakes are two yuan a pound, toads are one yuan and fifty cents."

"..."

The fat boss paused for a second.

Then he burst out laughing.

"You surnamed Ma! You're fucking outrageous! These are red-blooded toads and red-blooded snakes that have lived for at least fifty years in the deep mountains and forests! Even if their appearance is mostly ruined, they still can't compare to the rat snakes and toads you collect on the street! Are you trying to fool people with this price?"

"..."

Boss Ma's face darkened.

"You fatso, stop talking big. Give me a price, what's your offer?"

Upon hearing this, Li Dazhuang, Tan Si, and Fan Ha'er all turned their gazes toward the fat boss.

Liu Bei watched him without showing any emotion.

The fat boss looked down at the two corpses in the truck bed, then looked up at Boss Ma and fell silent.

Seeing his hesitation, Boss Ma laughed even louder.

"Liu Bei, see that? Fatty isn't willing to offer a higher price than me. He knows perfectly well that your stuff is only worth this much. You should—"

"Snakes, five hundred."

Before Boss Ma could finish speaking, the fat man quoted a price.

"..."

Boss Ma's voice abruptly stopped.

After speaking, the fat man glanced at Boss Ma.

Suddenly, there was a deathly silence.

"You...what did you say?" Boss Ma's lips twitched, his expression as if someone had pulled down his pants in the street. "Five...five hundred? Five hundred for a snake? Are you crazy?"

"Yes. I'll bid five hundred." The fat boss said calmly. "The Crimson Blood Toad is also five hundred. That makes a thousand. What? Is that not allowed?"

"you--"

Boss Ma opened his mouth, pointed at the fat boss, but couldn't utter a single word.

At the same time, Fan Ha'er exclaimed in surprise:

"one thousand?"

"They made money again tonight!"

"Very good!

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Liu Bei's expression remained unchanged as he said:

"I'll sell it for a thousand."

Upon hearing this, the fat boss looked at Boss Ma:

"Hey, Mr. Ma, do you still want him? If so, name your price. Let's compete fairly."

Boss Ma's face turned pale and then red.

He pointed at the fat boss, his finger trembling for a long time, before finally flicking his sleeve and saying, "Fine! Fine, fine, fine! You've got it! A thousand? Hmph! You'll lose money hand over fist!"

After saying that, Boss Ma stormed off.

Fan Ha'er made a face at Boss Ma's retreating figure: "Be careful walking at night, don't fall into the latrine!"

"..."

Boss Ma's face was gloomy, and he deliberately turned around to glance at Fan Ha'er.

"Ha'er, that's enough. Stop playing around!" Liu Bei immediately slapped Fan Ha'er on the back of the head.

Soon, the chubby shop owner returned to the store, retrieved the money, and handed it to Liu Bei.

"Young man, my name is Zhou Haoyun. If you ever come across any good stuff like this again, no matter day or night, just come find me. This door is always open for you."

"Okay." Liu Bei carefully counted the money and put it in his inner pocket, nodding to Zhou Haoyun.

After the transaction was completed, Zhou Haoyun happily carried the Crimson Blood Toad and the Crimson Blood Snake into the store.

Liu Bei and the others climbed back onto the tractor.

Li Dazhuang started the engine, and the tractor sputtered and drove out of the county town.

Inside the truck bed, Tan Si looked at the remaining pheasants, weasels, and the red fox, and asked, "Brother Bei, aren't you selling these?"

"We're not selling it anymore. Whoever made it, take it home and eat it."

Tan Si's eyes lit up: "Then why don't we just split it evenly?"

Li Dazhuang turned his head: "I agree!"

Fan Ha'er, holding his red fox, said, "Let's divide the fox too!"

"Can!"

Soon, Liu Bei and his men each received a pheasant and a wild duck, as well as three catties of fox meat.

The remaining fox meat was all taken back by Fan Ha'er to honor his father and mother.

After dividing the money, Liu Bei took out more money.

This was a freebie, and Liu Bei proposed that the four parties split the profits equally.

The Liu family.

The Li Dazhuang family.

Tan Si and Old Tan's family.

Fan Shuanzhu and Fan Ha'er's family.

Each family can receive 250.

"250?"

Liu Bei's lips suddenly twitched.

In my past life, this number meant "idiot"!

Fan Ha'er took the money and counted it twice with a happy expression.

"Brother Bei, why did your mouth twitch?"

"fine."

Shaking his head, Liu Bei took out ten yuan from his share and slapped it into Li Dazhuang's hand.

"Dazhuang, take these ten yuan back to your second uncle. He borrowed his tractor for a trip tonight, so we can't let him borrow it for nothing."

"Brother Bei, this—"

"Take it."

"Thank you, Brother Bei!"

Li Dazhuang didn't refuse anymore, put away the money and thanked his second uncle on his behalf.

More than an hour later, the tractor returned to Fanjiacun.

"Brother Bei, are we going up the mountain again tomorrow?" Fan Ha'er asked, carrying most of a red fox, looking like he hadn't had enough.

"We'll see. Let's go back to sleep first."

"Alright!"

The crowd dispersed.

Liu Bei carried pheasants, wild ducks, and three catties of fox meat into his yard.

"Squeak!"

He froze as soon as he entered the courtyard.

Because he saw that his three ex-wives were still awake at this hour.

Lin Wanqiu leaned against the doorframe of her room, watching him enter, and said:

"You're back? You must be tired?"

Su Yuehe was sitting on the threshold of her room. When she saw Liu Bei, she stood up and whispered:

"You...you're back..."

Zhao Chunyan leaned against the doorway of her room with her arms crossed, cracking sunflower seeds. When she saw Liu Bei come in, she rolled her eyes.

"Hey, you're back pretty early tonight. If you hadn't come back soon, I would have thought you'd been bewitched by some of those girls in town and stayed the night!"

Liu Bei: "..."

After a few seconds of silence, he said, "Chunyan, do you think I'm that kind of person? Don't talk nonsense!"

"Whether you're that kind of person or not is none of my business. I just want to ask you one question!"

"What's the problem? Tell me?"

Zhao Chunyan squinted: "How do you plan to sleep tonight?"