Reborn at 80: From Village Scoundrel to Billionaire

Hearing Fan Ha'er's words, Liu Bei felt a headache coming on. Just as he was about to speak, Fan Ha'er started yelling again in a loud voice:

"Brother Bei, look! That tigress and that son of a bitch have peed together. The stream has turned into a ditch!"

As soon as this word comes out,

The villagers of Fanjiacun all turned to look.

"Holy crap! They actually peed together."

"No wonder the old folks always say that birds of a feather flock together. They even pee in a single stream; they're truly a couple!"

"Amazing! Absolutely amazing!"

……

The villagers of Fanjiacun started making a fuss.

The villagers of Duanjia Village all looked grim, and they lowered their heads even further.

It's too embarrassing; they're too ashamed to show their faces.

"You...you all..."

The woman with the thick waist was furious. She opened her mouth, then looked down...

really,

She actually peed together with her man.

In an instant, her entire face turned bright red, and she was so embarrassed that she wished she could disappear into the ground.

"Cough cough~"

Liu Bei immediately coughed a few times.

"Um... well... I'll ask one last time, who else is going to wet their pants? Step forward!"

"..."

Upon hearing this, the villagers of Duanjia Village were all speechless.

But they dared not utter a word in rebuttal, and one by one they all pretended to be deaf and dumb.

"That's all, right? Okay!" Liu Bei glanced at Village Secretary Duan. "You know what you should and shouldn't do, I don't need to repeat myself, do I?"

"No...no need." Village Party Secretary Duan quickly waved his hand. "I...I know what to do. Yes, I really know what to do!"

"Since you know, what are you waiting for? Go do it now!"

Liu Bei roared.

"Okay, okay!" Village Party Secretary Duan nodded and hurriedly gave the order:

"Listen up, everyone in Duan Village! From now on, obey my orders. Pick up your farm tools and help...help Fanjia Village restore the irrigation ditches. Let the water from the lake flow into Fanjia Village's fields. Anyone who dares to slack off, I...I'll make sure they regret it! Do you hear me?"

"I heard you!"

"I heard you, aren't you getting to work?"

"It's the Party Secretary!"

……

As soon as the words were spoken, the villagers of Duanjia Village immediately picked up their farm tools and began to work.

The village secretary, Duan, was the most enthusiastic. He did the work more efficiently than anyone else, afraid that if he was too slow, Liu Bei would be dissatisfied and Liu Bei would shoot him again.

As for women with barrel waists, needless to say.

With her man completely submissive, how could she dare to be idle?

Of course, they also worked very hard and obediently.

Looking at the busy scene of the villagers in Duanjia Village,

The villagers of Fanjiacun looked at each other for a while, and then several uninjured villagers immediately ran over, lifted Liu Bei up, and threw him into the air.

"Liu Bei!"

"Liu Bei!"

"Liu Bei!"

……

In no time, the name Liu Bei resounded throughout the area around Zhangjia Lake.

Watching Liu Bei being tossed into the air by the villagers,

Fan Sanyuan remained silent for a long time.

"Dad, Liu Bei, he—"

suddenly,

Fan Sanyuan's eldest son, Fan Dongbei, walked over.

"Liu Bei... he's a real man."

"Yes, we misunderstood him before." Fan Sanyuan's youngest son, Fan Zhengbei, also came over, his eyes filled with admiration and respect as he looked at Liu Bei.

"Yes. He has indeed changed. He's no longer the gambler and alcoholic he used to be. He can even make money now. You two should spend more time with him in the future."

Fan Sanyuan nodded, then suddenly, as if remembering something, he looked around.

"Where's Northwest? I haven't seen him anywhere."

"Isn't that it?" Fan Zhengbei pointed to Fan Xibei and Zhao Liuzhi, who were lying on the ground not far ahead, still pretending to be dead.

"Useless piece of trash!" Fan Sanyuan glanced at him, looking at him with a disappointed expression. "Drag him up and make him work with the people from Duanjia Village!"

"Ah? Dad, is this...is this appropriate?" Fan Dongbei and Fan Zhengbei were somewhat reluctant.

After all, Fan Xibei is their cousin.

Even if the bones are broken, the tendons are still connected, and they felt a little reluctant to do so.

"Jade must be carved to become a useful object. Take him to work! Otherwise, both of you can go!"

"..."

The two brothers, Fan Dongbei and Fan Zhengbei, looked at each other, exchanged glances, and had no choice but to walk over.

"Northwest, stop pretending to be dead. Get up. Your father wants you to take the farm tools and go repair the ditches!"

"what?"

"What are you 'huh' for? Hurry up and go! Do you want Daddy to get angry and punish you?"

"..."

"And you, Zhao Six-Fingers, are going too!"

"..."

After a while,

Fan Xibei and Zhao Liuzhi, carrying farm tools, also joined the villagers of Duan Village.

They were the only two people in the entire Fanjiacun village.

For a time, they became outcasts.

The villagers of Duan Village were working while discussing the matter.

"See those two? They got punished!"

"Serves him right! At least this makes me feel a little better!"

"Who can argue with that?"

……

Upon hearing this,

Fan Xibei and Zhao Liuzhi were filled with anger and rage.

They all have the surname Fan.

Why should they be assigned to do the work while the other villagers don't have to?

What angered Fan Xibei even more was that everyone's name contained the character "Bei" (north), so why did people from the Northeast and due north not have to work, while he, from the Northwest, had to?

That old bastard Fan Sanyuan is biased.

Is this the difference in treatment between a biological son and a nephew?

That wretched old man!

Despite his anger, Fan Xibei dared not voice it, suppressing his rage and quietly working among the villagers of Duan Village.

"Dad, my cousin has gone to work!"

Fan Dongbei withdrew his gaze.

"Okay. I saw it. Let's go say hello to Liu Bei!"

"good!"

After saying that, the father and his two sons walked up to Liu Bei in two quick steps.

Liu Bei had already been put down by the villagers.

"Party branch secretary".

"Xiao Bei!" Fan Sanyuan patted Liu Bei on the shoulder three times. "This time, we owe you a lot! Otherwise, things wouldn't have ended well today! I thank you on behalf of the whole village!"

"Secretary, although my surname isn't Fan, I grew up in Fanjiacun Village. I ate the rice here, drank the water here, lived in the houses here, breathed the air here, and played in the mountains and rivers here. Every piece of soil and every tree here bears my mark and my memories."

"This is my root. Now that my root is in trouble, if I don't help it, won't I become a rootless person?"

"So what I did today was what I should do, and what I had to do. I believe that even without me, someone else would have done the same!"

"Xiao Bei, you—"

Upon hearing this, Fan Sanyan was deeply moved.

He never imagined that the gambler, alcoholic, and violent scoundrel who used to abuse his wife and children would not only change but also speak so profoundly and eloquently.

Liu Bei has really changed so much that he doesn't recognize him at all.

"You—you're right. You're absolutely right!"

Fan Sanyuan nodded. "You're absolutely right. We were born here, we grew up here, and every inch of this land bears the imprint of our time and our essence. If it's in trouble, we must protect it. We absolutely cannot let it rot away. Because it is the root of every one of us in Fanjiacun! As long as the root is there, we are there. As long as the root is there, we have a home!"

"Yes, as long as our roots are there, we are there; where our roots are, our home is!"

"Where there are roots, there are people; where there are roots, there is home!"

……

For a time,

The villagers of Fanjiacun shouted in unison.

Seeing the excited and happy faces of the villagers of Fanjiacun,

Liu Bei smiled.

This is the true sense of belonging to one's hometown that he has been longing for.

……

"Xiao Bei, Xiao Bei...where are you?"

"Quick...quickly go home, Wanqiu...she..."