Reborn at 80: From Village Scoundrel to Billionaire

Liu Bei's gaze shifted from the white python to the black mother bear, and he said in a clear voice:

"This black bear was killed by me, Ha'er, Dazhuang, Tan Si, Uncle Shuanzhu, and Uncle Tan together. According to the rules in the mountains, it should be divided equally among the six of us."

At this point, he paused deliberately, looking at Fan Dayong, Fan Daqiang, and others in the crowd.

"However, Brother Dayong, you sixteen men did a good job going up the mountain this time, even if you didn't achieve anything great. I'm planning to give you one-third of what we get after selling the black bear. What do you think?"

"what?"

Upon hearing this, the expressions of the Fan brothers, Dayong and Daqiang, changed.

The fourteen strong men behind them all lowered their heads.

They went up the mountain, but they didn't contribute anything.

On the contrary, some wet their pants, some were terrified, and some were so embarrassed they made a fool of themselves.

Now Liu Bei is going to share Black Bear's money with them?

How could they possibly accept that?!

"No!" Fan Dayong waved his hands repeatedly. "Xiao Bei, we can't take this money! We know how we behaved on the mountain. This money is a hot potato!"

"Exactly, we're too ashamed to accept it!"

"Xiao Bei, please don't make things difficult for us!"

In an instant, all sixteen people refused in unison.

Before Liu Bei could say anything more, Fan Sanyuan suddenly spoke up.

"Xiao Bei. Rules are rules. Whoever fires the shot and kills the animal gets the hunt. Da Yong and the others went up the mountain, but they missed. You can't break the rules passed down from our ancestors just because you're kind-hearted."

At this point, he glanced at Fan Dayong and the others.

"Anyone who dares to ask for this money is breaking the rules. I'll be the first to object."

Fan Dayong immediately nodded: "Dad's right! The rules can't be broken!"

"Yes, it can't be broken!"

"It can't be broken!"

Immediately, the other fifteen people echoed his sentiments.

Liu Bei looked at Fan Sanyuan, then at Fan Dayong, and finally nodded: "Okay. Then we won't break up."

"Dazhuang, go borrow the tractor from your uncle!"

"Okay!"

Soon, Li Dazhuang's tractor arrived.

Liu Bei asked the villagers for help to load the white python and black bear carcasses onto the truck bed.

Then, he and Sun Changjiang headed straight for the county town.

……

More than an hour later, in the county town.

"Comrade Liu Bei, we'll part ways for now. I'll contact you again if I need anything next time!"

"Okay. Take care!"

"Wait!"

After watching Sun Changjiang leave, Liu Bei led his men to the traditional Chinese medicine shop they had visited before.

At this moment, Zhou Haoyun, the owner of the Chinese medicine shop, was unloading goods. When he saw Liu Bei and his group coming over, he was somewhat surprised and immediately went to greet them.

"Young man, you're here again? Any good stuff coming up tonight?"

Liu Bei took out the golden dantian from his pocket: "Boss Zhou, how much do you think I can sell this for?"

Zhou Haoyun curiously took it and looked at it.

Under the light, the golden gall bladder gleamed with an oily sheen.

His pupils contracted sharply, and he immediately brought the golden gall to his nose, sniffed it, and then held it up to the light. His fingers trembled slightly.

"This is gold...golden gall...and it's of the highest quality."

"How much? How much can it sell for?" Liu Bei asked with a smile.

Zhou Haoyun looked up at Liu Bei, "How about four hundred yuan?"

"Deal." Upon hearing this, Liu Bei agreed without hesitation.

"readily!"

Zhou Haoyun walked to the counter, counted out four hundred yuan from the iron box underneath, and pushed it in front of Liu Bei.

"Young man, you've got the golden gall bladder. If I'm not mistaken, you should also have the bear paw, right?"

Liu Bei smiled slightly: "Nothing can be hidden from Boss Zhou. That's right, there really is something."

"May I take a look?"

"Come with me."

Liu Bei led Zhou Haoyun out of the shop and to the tractor outside.

Zhou Haoyun looked inside and saw the carcass of a whole black female bear lying there.

His eyes lit up instantly.

"All...whole corpses?"

"Yes. All four paws are intact, and the internal organs are complete. If you want it, I'll sell the whole thing to you."

"The whole bear?" Zhou Haoyun muttered to himself, "So, we have to buy the bear skin, the chest meat, the bones, and the head too?"

"Yes, that's right. So, Mr. Zhou, are you buying? Of course, even if Mr. Zhou only wants to buy bear paws, that's fine too. We can just go through the trouble of taking them to another place to sell later!"

"No need for that! Two thousand, I'll take it."

"two thousand?"

Liu Bei turned to look at Fan Ha'er and the others. Fan Ha'er's eyes were wide open, bigger than copper bells. "Bei...Brother Bei...two thousand...plus the four hundred from before..." "Two thousand four," Liu Bei said.

"Holy crap!" Fan Ha'er slapped himself hard, then excitedly jumped up, "Two thousand four hundred! Sell it! I have to sell it!"

"Yes, let's sell it!"

Li Dazhuang, Tan Si, Fan Shuanzhu, and Old Man Tan all agreed.

"Okay. Deal." Liu Beichong, the boss, held out his hand.

"readily!"

……

After the transaction was completed, Liu Bei began to distribute the money.

According to the rules in the mountains, the money from the sale will be split equally among the six people, with each person receiving 380 yuan.

With the remaining change, part of it was used to pay for the fuel for the borrowed tractor, and the other part was used by Liu Bei and his men to go into the black market alley to buy a batch of bullets.

After leaving the black market,

Fan Ha'er held his 380 yuan bill, counting it over and over seven or eight times to make sure no bill was missing. Then, he excitedly shouted:

"Brother Bei."

"Um?"

"I've heard the girls in the city are very beautiful..."

"Shut up."

"Brother Bei, I'm serious. The girls in the city are really beautiful. If you don't believe me, we can go take a look!"

"Uncle Shuanzhu, aren't you going to do anything about it?"

"You brat. You're not even married yet, and you're already full of scheming ideas. I'll teach you a lesson for your mouthy nature!"

"Dad, I just said the girls in the city are pretty, and I wanted to go take a look. It's not like I'm going to fight! You and Mom fight every night, and I didn't stop you. And you're stopping me? That's not fair!"

"Haha~"

For a moment, the old Tans burst out laughing at the sight of Fan Ha'er and his son chasing each other.

……

It was past 2 a.m. when we got back to Fanjiacun.

After saying goodbye to the others, Liu Bei walked home alone.

He assumed that his family would be asleep by now.

But when he pushed open the wooden gate to the courtyard, the kerosene lamp in the main room was still lit.

Mother Zhao Da'e sat on a stone bench in the yard, Lin Wanqiu sat next to her, Zhao Chunyan cracked melon seeds, and Su Yuehe yawned.

None of the four women slept; they were all waiting for him to come back.

"You're back?"

Upon seeing Liu Bei walk in, Zhao Da'e was the first to get up and go over to him.

"Mother, it's so late, why aren't you asleep yet?"

No sooner had she finished speaking than Zhao Da'e grabbed Liu Bei's ear.

"Ouch! Mom, why are you pinching me again? It hurts!"

"So you still feel pain? That's five thousand yuan! Wouldn't it have been better if we kept it ourselves? You actually split it all. Are you stupid?"

"Mother...Mother, let go...You're going to pull my ears off..."

"Serves you right for losing it!"

"Mother, I did this for a reason."

"Purpose? What purpose?"

"First, I'm using this five thousand yuan to win over the hearts of the entire village."

"Secondly, Sun Changjiang can carry 5,000 yuan with him. Do you think he's someone of little influence?"

"This...it's actually quite big!" Zhao Da'e said after thinking for a moment.

"You know it's not a small company, huh? I did this today to let him know that I, Liu Bei, have a broad vision and am worth cooperating with."

"Even so, you don't need to split all five thousand yuan in half, do you?" Zhao Da'e still didn't understand.

Hearing this, Lin Wanqiu also came over to help Liu Bei explain:

"Mother, Liu Bei is playing the long game."

"Playing the long game?"

"Mm." Lin Wanqiu nodded.

"..."

Zhao Da'e suddenly realized what was happening and let go of her hand. "You should have said so earlier! You almost made me die of anger!"

After saying that, Zhao Da'e turned and went into her room.

Liu Bei: "..."

"I'm going to rest too. You should go to sleep early!"

After saying that, Su Yuehe returned to her room.

The courtyard suddenly fell silent.

At this moment, Zhao Chunyan pointed to Liu's room from behind Lin Wanqiu.

Then he made a sleeping gesture and finally went into her room.

Liu Bei: "..."

For a moment, only Lin Wanqiu and Liu Bei, a lone man and woman, remained in the courtyard.

After a short while, Lin Wanqiu asked:

"Liu Bei, how much did you sell the black bear for?"