Reborn at 80: From Village Scoundrel to Billionaire

"Yes, I'm determined to handle this!"

Zhang Weixing, the village party secretary of Zhangjiawan Village, nodded.

"Haha~"

Upon hearing this, Zhang Hu burst into laughter, glancing at Liu Bei with a smug grin: "Hey Liu, did you hear that? Our village secretary is going to take charge. I told you long ago, this is Zhangjiawan Village's territory. I'm in charge here. You dare to hit me? Let me tell you, you're about to be in big trouble! You'd better let go right now. Otherwise, today you'll—"

"Snap!"

Before he could finish speaking, Zhang Weixing stepped forward and slapped him across the face.

The burly men of Zhangjiawan Village: "..."

They looked at each other, completely bewildered.

Zhang Hu: "..."

He was dumbfounded, not understanding why the village secretary slapped him.

"Good fanning, haha..."

Fan Ha'er was stunned for a moment before he came to his senses and immediately burst into laughter.

"Um?"

Liu Bei was quite surprised and somewhat puzzled.

"Secretary, why...why did you hit me?"

After a brief moment of surprise, Zhang Hu asked with a puzzled look.

"I'm not just going to hit you, I'm going to kick you too!"

As he was speaking, Zhang Weixing kicked Zhang Hu in the butt.

The burly men: "..."

They couldn't understand any of it.

Zhang Hu was also completely baffled.

The plot shouldn't be like this!

What exactly happened?

"Secretary, you—"

"Shut the hell up!" Zhang Weixing immediately interrupted Zhang Hu, his anger barely contained. "The rules in the mountains are that whoever hunts the game keeps it! Don't you understand this basic rule? How come you've lived in our village for so many years?"

Zhang Hu: "..."

"And another thing. As a resident of Zhangjiawan Village, you were so scared of Red Dog Wang that you ran away for your life. Do you even know what that's called? In wartime, it's called desertion! Do you even understand what desertion means?"

Zhang Hu: "..."

"I told you not to run, and what did you do? You pretended not to hear me. And you even took those guys with you—" At this point, Zhang Weixing pointed specifically to the burly men behind him and shouted angrily, "You even took those guys with you when you ran away!"

"What you've done is putting our entire village to death! If it weren't for Xiao Liu and Ha'er shooting and killing Red Dog King in time, saving us from this predicament, would I and the rest of the villagers still be standing alive before you?"

Zhang Hu: "..."

"Besides, when you were pounced on by the red dog king and about to be bitten to death, who saved you? It was Xiao Liu!"

"They saved your life, and instead of being grateful, you tried to steal their prey and even forced them to crawl between your legs out of the village!"

"Zhang Hu, you've got a really big face!!!"

"You ungrateful bastard, you're a disgrace to our entire village of Zhangjiawan!"

"Do you think you should have been hit?"

Zhang Hu: "..."

"And you guys, tell me, did Zhang Hu deserve to be hit?"

Zhang Weixing turned his head to look behind him.

"this……"

The burly men lowered their heads and stammered.

"You have the guts to desert, but not the guts to admit it, huh? Do you even still bear the surname Zhang? If not, I'll call a clan meeting right now and kick you all off the family tree!"

Zhang Weixing's frustrated roar.

"What? Kicked out of the family tree?"

"Secretary, no!"

"Yes, Party Secretary, you can't do this. At worst, I... I'll admit my mistake, okay?"

"Yes, I admit my mistake too. Brother Liu Bei, it's all my fault, no matter what. I apologize to you!"

"Brother Liu Bei, I apologize to you too!"

"..."

……

Upon hearing that they were to be removed from the family register, the burly men panicked and immediately yielded, offering their apologies.

Liu Bei waved his hand, "It's good that you know you're wrong and can correct it!"

He paused, then looked at Zhang Hu. "Zhang Hu, where's your apology?"

"My brother Bei is asking you a question! Where's your apology? Apologize now!"

Fan Ha'er chimed in from the side.

Zhang Hu: "..."

He was tricked by Liu Bei and Fan Ha'er last night.

Today, I was humiliated again by Liu Bei and Fan Ha'er pointing shotguns at me by the lake.

Now, he is being bullied by Liu Bei and Fan Ha'er, and even the village secretary has come over to side with Liu Bei and bully him.

He made himself lose face in front of the whole village.

If we don't get our face back...

How can Zhang Hu possibly have the face to hang around Zhangjiawan Village after this?

At that point, he would become the biggest laughing stock in the surrounding villages.

no,

I can't apologize for this, no matter what I say.

We must find a way to turn the situation around.

Zhang Hu was extremely unwilling, and his mind raced.

Suddenly, his eyes lit up.

"Secretary, I admit I broke the rules just now! But I had my reasons for doing so!"

"There's a reason for this?" Zhang Weixing paused slightly, frowning. "What reason?"

Zhang Hu immediately pointed at Liu Bei and began to complain: "Secretary, do you know? Last night, that Liu guy and that idiot fished in our village's lake without our permission. We told them to hand it over, but they wouldn't. They even tricked us."

"That's bad enough. Today, the two of them came again. They caught three big buckets of fish again. We tried to stop them and asked them to hand them over. Not only did they refuse, they even pointed guns at us."

"His actions clearly show he doesn't respect the people of Zhangjiawan Village! If word gets out, how will people from other villages view us?"

"They just say we people from Zhangjiawan Village are all cowards. A bunch of spineless cowards!"

"If that's the case, it's one thing for us adults, but what about our descendants? How will they face people when they go out into the world?"

"Secretary, the reason I'm targeting them is entirely for the sake of our Zhangjiawan Village's reputation! There's really a reason for it! You should think twice!"

As soon as this word comes out,

The villagers of Zhangjiawan Village were all silent.

Fan Ha'er stood there coldly, his face full of anger. He clenched his fist and was about to punch Zhang Hu when Liu Bei pulled him back.

"Hey, don't be impulsive. I'll handle this!"

when speaking,

Liu Bei looked at Zhang Hu and the villagers of Zhangjiawan Village around him.

He said, slowly and deliberately:

"Zhang Hu, have you ever been to school? Can you read?"

"I've been here for a few years. Of course I can read. Why are you asking this, Mr. Liu? Don't try to change the subject!"

"Oh, you've been to school, so it's good that you can read." Liu Bei smiled. "So, all those years of schooling you've had wasted your time. You're still illiterate after all that..."

"Damn it! You surnamed Liu, what nonsense are you spouting? Who's illiterate? I already said, I can read!"

Upon hearing this, Zhang Hu became displeased and roared furiously.

"You say you're not illiterate. Then let me ask you!" After a pause, Liu Bei squinted and asked, "Whose land do we stand on belong to?"

"Nonsense! Of course it's from our Zhangjiawan Village!"

"Let me ask you again, to which country does Zhangjiawan Village belong?"

"Nonsense, of course it's China!"

"Oh, so you do know it belongs to China!" Liu Bei frowned and retorted, "Zhangjiawan Village belongs to China. By the same token, Zhangjia Lake also belongs to China. And China belongs to all our people. Since it belongs to all the people, the fish in Zhangjia Lake naturally belong to all the people. When did they become the exclusive fish product of your Zhangjiawan Village?"

"Zhang Hu, do you perhaps think your Zhangjiawan Village is a level above the nation?"

"..."