Reborn at 80: From Village Scoundrel to Billionaire

Her body felt soft and supple; she must be a woman.

who can that be?

Liu Bei looked down curiously and found that the woman in his arms was also looking up at him.

The woman in his arms was none other than his frail second ex-wife, Su Yuehe.

Her cheeks flushed red. "Liu...Liu Bei? You...you're back!"

"Yeah, just got home." Liu Bei let go of her, smiled, and said, "Why were you running so fast? Were there wolves chasing you?"

"No...no! It's Mother...Mother has finished cooking and asked me to call Sister Chunyan, Sister Wanqiu, and the children back for dinner."

"Call for help? Okay, I'll go with you."

Liu Bei took her slightly cool hand and walked towards the fields outside the village.

Feeling the warmth from Liu Bei's palm, Su Yuehe's neck flushed red.

……

On the barren meadow at the west end of the village.

Three children were having a great time chasing a group of pink and white wild butterflies.

Not far away, Lin Wanqiu, with his trousers rolled up, was carefully rummaging through the grass to catch grasshoppers.

Zhao Chunyan, on the other hand, moved with bold, sweeping movements, carrying a tattered bamboo basket in her hand, cursing as she kicked, each kick hitting its mark.

"Liu Bei?" Suddenly, Zhao Chunyan's eyes widened when she saw Liu Bei walking towards her hand in hand with Su Yuehe.

"Bang!"

Immediately, she threw the bamboo basket in her hand to the ground and ran towards Liu Bei. As soon as she reached Liu Bei, she grabbed his other wrist.

"Look! Look!" Zhao Chunyan opened her palm and showed it to Liu Bei.

In the center of her palm, there was a cut, still stained with dried blood.

"How did this happen?" Liu Bei frowned immediately.

"Guess."

Before Liu Bei could speak, Lin Wanqiu walked over and said, "Chunyan got scratched on the legs of grasshoppers while catching them. She was very angry and stomped on every one she caught. What a waste of a whole basket of grasshoppers!"

Liu Bei: "..."

"That's right! I stomped all the grasshoppers I caught to death! Anyone who dared to hurt me would be treated leniently by wiping out their entire family!"

Liu Bei: "..."

Lin Wanqiu shook her head helplessly: "That's right. She really wasted a whole basket of grasshoppers!"

"Serves them right!" Zhao Chunyan glanced at Lin Wanqiu. "They'll just be fried in a pot anyway. They're going to die either way, so they might as well die at my feet. Giving them a quick death is an honor for them!"

Liu Bei "..."

Speechless, just as I was about to say something, Panpan ran over with her younger brother and sister.

"dad!"

"Daddy's home!"

"Daddy, give me a hug!"

Liu Bei immediately squatted down and waved to his eldest daughter, Panpan.

"Panpan, come here."

As he spoke, Liu Bei pulled out three brand-new comic books and handed them over: "Sun Wukong's Havoc in Heaven, Railway Guerrillas, and Little Soldier Zhang Ga. You'll be going to school in September, so read these books at home first and learn to read."

Liu Panpan took the picture book and touched the colorful cover with her fingertips. Her eyes lit up, especially when she saw the book about Sun Wukong causing havoc in the Heavenly Palace.

"Sun Wukong! Sun Wukong!"

Panpan smiled happily.

"Daddy! Where's mine?" Liu Nian and Xiao Bao hugged Liu Bei's legs on either side, looking up at him with their little faces.

"Yes, we have them all." Liu Bei smiled and took out two more handfuls of White Rabbit milk candies. "One handful each, eat them sparingly."

"Thank you, Dad!"

"Dad is the best!"

Liu Nian and Xiao Bao each kissed Liu Bei on one cheek.

Liu Bei rubbed his two little heads, stood up,

"Let's go home and have dinner."

"Okay! Time to go home!"

The three children ran ahead happily.

Liu Bei held Su Yuehe's hand with one hand.

Lin Wanqiu smiled slightly and followed, taking Liu Bei's other hand.

"That Lin Wanqiu really knows how to seize opportunities!"

Zhao Chunyan pouted and squeezed between Liu Bei and Lin Wanqiu, still grumbling, "Lin Wanqiu, are you trying to impress me? Holding hands like that, do you think you're some unmarried young lady?"

"Um?"

Lin Wanqiu smiled and pretended not to hear.

Liu Bei pretended not to hear and led a large group of people home.

On the way, they encountered several old men who were cooling off. They saw Liu Bei being escorted back by three women and three children. The children were holding picture books and candy, chattering and laughing. The scene was incredibly "lively".

"Tsk, look at Liu Bei."

"They're divorced but still don't separate their households; all three women are revolving around him."

"You're really something, able to hunt and make money at the same time, and your family is so harmonious."

"We've lived most of our lives and we still can't do it..."

Several old men in the village felt envious and admiring, but also helpless...

……

Soon, Liu Bei and his men entered the courtyard.

Just as she entered, Zhao Da'e was carrying the last plate of stir-fried wild vegetables out of the kitchen.

"You little brat, you actually know how to come back?" Zhao Da'e said with some dissatisfaction when she saw Liu Bei return.

"Mom, I'm just out earning money to support the family." Liu Bei chuckled.

As he spoke, Liu Bei pulled a wad of cash from his pocket and stuffed it into Lin Wanqiu's hand. "Wanqiu, I'll keep 16 yuan for myself, and there's 400 left. It's all here."

Lin Wanqiu looked down at the thick wad of cash in her hand. "Selling fish, you can earn...this much?"

Zhao Da'e's eyes widened: "Oh right, it's just selling fish, how did you make so much money?"

"Mother, Ha'er and I aren't just selling fish today."

Liu Bei quickly gave a brief account of his trip to Zhangjiawan to hunt jackals.

"What? You two went to fight jackals?"

Upon hearing this, Zhao Da'e's face changed drastically. She grabbed Liu Bei's ear and twisted it, "You reckless bastard! Do you think jackals are so easy to mess with? They swarm in packs, and they'll bite anyone they see! Do you have a death wish?"

"Ouch...Mom, be gentle!"

Liu Bei quickly winked at Zhao Chunyan for help.

"Hmph! Serves you right! Who told you to show off! Mother, pull harder, don't let go!" Zhao Chunyan shouted.

Liu Bei: "..."

He could only look at Su Yuehe again.

"No...don't look at me..."

Su Yuehe was startled by her mother-in-law's imposing manner and hurriedly waved her hand.

Liu Bei: "..."

Left with no other choice, he had to seek help from Lin Wanqiu.

Lin Wanqiu sighed, "Mother, if you don't let go, your son's ears are really going to be pulled off. Besides, he's back safe and sound, and he even made the money back. Please forgive him this time!"

"snort!"

Zhao Da'e snorted, loosening her grip slightly, but still relentlessly barking, "If you dare to be so reckless again, I'll tear your ears off and use them as a snack!"

"I won't dare again, I really won't dare again," Liu Bei promised.

"You'd better remember your words!" Zhao Da'e glared at Liu Bei, then looked at Lin Wanqiu. "Wanqiu, how much have you saved up in total?"

Lin Wanqiu thought about it carefully, "It should be...it should be around three thousand five hundred yuan."

"What? You've saved up three...three thousand five?" Zhao Chunyan's eyes widened.

Su Yuehe, who was standing to the side, also covered her mouth, her eyes filled with disbelief.

Zhao Da'e's face lit up with joy: "Great! Great! This much money is enough to build a new house!"

Liu Bei nodded, "Mother is right. Wanqiu, Chunyan, Yuehe, next, it's time for us to build a new house!"

"Um?"

Upon hearing this, the courtyard suddenly fell silent.

Zhao Chunyan and Su Yuehe's eyes both fell on Liu Bei.

Lin Wanqiu also asked, "When do you plan to build it? How do you plan to build it? Have you... planned everything out?"

But before Liu Bei could speak, Zhao Chunyan, who was standing next to him, narrowed her eyes and glanced at Lin Wanqiu:

"Hey, Lin Wanqiu, why are you, a divorced woman, in such a hurry to ask about building a new house?"

"This is Liu Bei's own business, what does it have to do with you? You wouldn't be thinking of... secretly remarrying Liu Bei behind my and Yuehe's back, would you?"