Reborn at 80: From Village Scoundrel to Billionaire

Liu Bei only withdrew his gaze after Fan Ha'er's figure disappeared from sight.

Zhao Chunyan and Lin Wanqiu had already gone home, so he had no choice but to walk home alone along the ridge of the field.

As he passed a ditch, he caught a glimpse of something out of the corner of his eye, and he suddenly stopped in his tracks.

"Huh? What's that?"

Liu Bei walked curiously toward the ditch, bent down and rummaged through the grass.

Two small red crayfish were seen crawling in the grass.

"crayfish?"

Liu Bei's eyes lit up immediately.

In 1981, crayfish were everywhere in the ditches and ponds of the countryside.

However, this thing is dirty and worthless. City dwellers don't like it, and country folk don't like it either. They've always caught it to feed pigs and dogs.

In my past life, however, crayfish was a popular delicacy across the country.

As a result, several cities in China have established themselves as crayfish capitals.

"This is great stuff!"

Liu Bei was overjoyed. He immediately picked a few large leaves from the roadside and began searching through the ditch.

In just a few minutes, they caught more than twenty crayfish.

After wrapping it in a big leaf, he happily ran home.

Fifteen minutes later,

He finally entered the courtyard.

Right now, in the kitchen, Mother Zhao Da'e and Lin Wanqiu are busy.

Outside, Su Yuehe watched the three children play, while Zhao Chunyan sat on a small wooden chair cracking sunflower seeds.

"Chunyan, bring me a basin!"

"Don't you have hands or feet? Take it yourself!"

Zhao Chunyan cracked sunflower seeds, dissatisfied.

Liu Bei: "..."

Just then, the eldest daughter, Panpan, ran over and brought a basin.

"Dad, the basin is here!"

"Panpan is such a good girl!" Liu Bei patted the back of his eldest daughter's head, smiled, and then unfolded the leaves of the big tree.

"crayfish?"

Panpan looked puzzled. "Dad, why did you bring back crayfish?"

Upon hearing this, Xiao Bao and Liu Nian curiously came over.

Xiao Bao, in particular, deliberately touched the crayfish's claws with his fingertips. Suddenly, the crayfish opened its claws and tried to pinch Xiao Bao, which startled him, and he retreated a long distance.

"Haha~"

Panpan immediately smiled.

Xiao Bao was stunned for a moment, then immediately burst into tears.

"Don't be afraid, Xiaobao. Your big sister is here, it'll be alright! This is a crayfish, it has claws, it can pinch you. Don't touch it like that again!" Panpan went over to comfort her younger brother, Xiaobao.

really,

After hearing what his eldest daughter, Panpan, said, Xiaobao really stopped crying.

Those round eyes stared curiously at the crayfish again, but he was still a little scared and only dared to look from afar.

"Liu Bei, we don't have any pigs or dogs at home. Why did you bring back this kind of thing that's used to feed pigs and dogs?" Zhao Chunyan walked over, cracking sunflower seeds as she asked.

"Of course we ate it!"

"..."

Upon hearing this, everyone in the courtyard was stunned.

We looked at each other, thinking we'd misheard.

After a while, Zhao Chunyan was the first to come to her senses. "What? Eat it? This stuff is filthy, how can you eat it? Liu Bei, did you spend half the day planting rice seedlings and get sunburned, are you talking nonsense?"

"Spring Swallow, today I'm not only going to eat it. In the future, I'm going to make money from it too."

Zhao Chunyan: "..."

Su Yuehe: "..."

The fans: "..."

They were all stunned again.

Especially since Zhao Chunyan was looking at Liu Bei as if he were a complete idiot, she rolled her eyes and then deliberately reached out and touched Liu Bei's forehead, immediately frowning.

"It's not hot? Why is he talking nonsense? Has he really gone mad from the sun? Mom, come out and see! Liu Bei's gone crazy. He wants to eat crayfish!"

"What?"

Zhao Da'e rushed out, her face full of worry as she looked at the crayfish in Liu Bei's basin. "Xiao Bei, you...you're not delirious from heatstroke, are you?"

"Mom, I don't have heatstroke. I'm perfectly fine!"

To prove he was alright, Liu Bei patted his chest and said, "Mom, I spent the whole afternoon planting rice seedlings today. This work is too tiring, too hard, and not worth it at all. I've decided that after we finish planting this year's seedlings, we won't plant any more starting next year!"

"..."

As soon as this word comes out,

The entire courtyard was silent.

Zhao Da'e was stunned for a moment, then suddenly stepped forward and slapped Liu Bei hard on the back of the head.

In recent days, Liu Bei has turned over a new leaf, earning money by hunting in the mountains and fishing in the lake, which has improved his family's living conditions.

Besides food, he also became kinder to his three daughters-in-law and three children.

She saw all of this and truly believed that Liu Bei had really changed, that the prodigal son had turned over a new leaf, and she was full of expectations for the good days to come for the Liu family.

What she didn't expect was that Liu Bei had spent an afternoon planting rice seedlings in the fields. When he came back, he caught some crayfish and told her that they wouldn't need to plant rice seedlings anymore and that they would eat crayfish. Suddenly, a strange anger welled up inside her.

"What nonsense are you spouting, you brat? Crayfish are something even pigs and dogs wouldn't eat. Fine, you can eat them if you want, but you're even saying we won't be planting rice seedlings starting next year?"

"You little rascal, have you forgotten who you are just because you've made some money hunting and fishing lately?"

"We are farmers. Before the country distributed land to individual households, we relied on working for landlords to get a little food. Only after the country distributed land to individual households did our family get a few acres of land. This is something our ancestors never dared to dream of. If they knew, they would be overjoyed."

"You little rascal, how dare you tell your old mother you're not planting rice seedlings? If we don't plant them, what are we going to eat? How are we going to pay our grain taxes? You little rascal, do you believe I'll tear your ears off?"

Zhao Da'e was so angry that her face turned ashen. As she scolded him, she grabbed Liu Bei's ear.

"Good for him! He deserved it!"

Seeing this, Zhao Chunyan cracked sunflower seeds and laughed gleefully.

He thought to himself,

I told you to use leeches as an excuse to grope Lin Wanqiu's legs while you were in the fields.

He even hugged her in front of the village women.

If no one was watching, they'd probably be carrying Lin Wanqiu into some secluded bushes and doing something they shouldn't be doing.

How shameless!

Now let your mother give you a good beating.

This will teach you a lesson!

Lin Wanqiu shook her head and returned to the kitchen.

To fight is to kiss, to scold is to love.

It is only natural for a mother to discipline her son.

The three children looked at each other, stuck out their tongues, and ran off to play on the side.

Su Yuehe stood aside watching Liu Bei's embarrassed look as his ear was being pulled, and felt a little sorry for him.

"Mom, please stop pinching him. He looks like he's in a lot of pain. If you have something to say, you can sit down and talk it over!"

"Huh? Yuehe, what's wrong with you today? You're actually speaking up for this brat?"

"Mother, I—"

"Alright, stop trying to put in a good word for him. This kid just thinks he's made some money lately, had a few good meals and a few good days, and he's already forgotten who he is? He's forgotten how his ancestors struggled to survive? If we listen to him and don't plant rice seedlings or farm, our family will starve!"

"Today, I'm going to teach this brat a lesson! None of you are going to stop me!"

"Mom, just keep hitting, I support you." Zhao Chunyan was the first to agree.

Liu Bei: "..."