Reborn at 80: From Village Scoundrel to Billionaire

The next moment, the children all grabbed the salt and pepper grasshoppers.

Lin Wanqiu, Su Yuehe, and Zhao Da'e also tried it.

After they finished tasting it, they all looked at each other in bewilderment.

"How is it?" Liu Bei asked.

"It's so delicious!" Panpan was the first to respond.

"Spicy, a little spicy, but delicious!" Liu Nian immediately stuck out her tongue.

"Shui Shui, Mom, your mouth is flat..." Liu Nian looked up at the saliva on the muzzle of its gun.

Zhao Chunyan: "..."

This silly son is really fixated on his own mouth today.

"Cough cough~"

Liu Bei coughed a few times. "So, what do you all think of the taste?"

"Delicious!" Su Yuehe was the first to respond.

"It really is delicious!" Lin Wanqiu nodded in agreement.

"Hmm. That's really good! Xiao Bei, did you learn this skill while you were out fooling around?" Zhao Da'e asked curiously.

"Ahem~" Liu Bei coughed a few more times. "Uh... here's what I'm thinking. Fried grasshoppers, grasshopper sauce, and salt and pepper grasshoppers—three products at once. Let's take them all to find new partners. Three kinds of grasshoppers, three flavors—the variety of choices is more than what the supply and marketing cooperative offers. If you were in their shoes, which would you choose?"

"Of course we should choose the one with the most dishes!" Zhao Chunyan was the first to agree, and then immediately looked at Lin Wanqiu and Su Yuehe.

"What do you two think?"

"I think we can give it a try!" Lin Wanqiu thought for a moment and expressed her support.

"Yes, I have no objection!" Su Yuehe nodded in agreement.

"Mother, what about you? What do you say?" Liu Bei asked again.

"Chunyan, Wanqiu, and Yuehe all think it's worth a try. What can I, an old man, say? Let's give it a try!" Zhao Da'e shrugged in response.

"Alright. It's settled then!" Liu Bei knew that his skill had completely won over Lin Wanqiu, Zhao Chunyan, and Su Yuehe. He smiled and said, "The grasshopper sauce needs three more days to ferment. In three days, I'll go to town with you again, and I'll personally find a new partner then."

"Okay, I'll do whatever you say!" Lin Wanqiu nodded in agreement.

……

After dinner, Lin Wanqiu went to the storage room and brought back a basket of grasshoppers to try making grasshopper sauce and salt and pepper grasshoppers on her own.

Liu Bei acted as an instructor, observing Lin Wanqiu's every step and the timing of the cooking. Whenever he noticed anything wrong, he would promptly remind Lin Wanqiu to correct it.

Time flies like an arrow, and before we knew it, it was 10 p.m.

Lin Wanqiu wanted to rest as soon as she entered her room after taking a shower.

Just then, there was a knock on the door outside the courtyard.

"Who is it?"

"Brother Bei, it's me, Ha'er!"

"Huh?" Liu Bei and Lin Wanqiu exchanged glances, looking at each other in bewilderment.

"Hey kid, what are you doing here so late?"

"Go open the door and see. Maybe something really has happened?" Lin Wanqiu nudged Liu Bei.

"Oh... okay. You must be tired after a long day. Go to your room and rest."

"Okay! You should get some rest too!" With a smile, Lin Wanqiu went into the room.

Liu Bei arrived at the gate of the courtyard and opened it.

"Hey kid, it's so late, what are you doing here instead of sleeping?"

As soon as this word comes out,

Fan Ha'er immediately poked his head into the yard. "Brother Bei, are your wives asleep?"

"She's asleep, what's wrong?" Liu Bei felt that Fan Ha'er was acting a bit strange tonight.

"It's good that you're asleep!" Fan Ha'er pulled Liu Bei closer, whispered in his ear, "Brother Bei, when I went for a walk after dinner this afternoon, guess who I ran into?"

"Who?"

"Fan Xibei's wife!"

"Li...Xiulan?"

"Yes, that's her!"

Liu Bei frowned. "And then?"

Then Li Xiulan walked towards me on her own initiative!

"Oh? And then?"

"And then... hehe... guess what?"

"Stop talking nonsense and get to the point!" Liu Bei urged impatiently.

"Li Xiulan grabbed my hand and pulled me into a nearby haystack!"

"Huh? She grabbed your hand? And dragged you into the haystack?" Hearing this, Liu Bei was stunned. "What is she trying to do?"

"I was really confused at the time. But guess what? After she dragged me into the haystack, she wrapped her arms around my neck!"

Liu Bei: "..."

Something seems off about this scene.

"I was startled. I tried to push her away. But when I did, she clung to me even tighter."

"Tighter? How so?" Liu Bei asked curiously.

"She...she unbuttoned...she unbuttoned her clothes right in front of me..."

"What?" Upon hearing this, Liu Bei was about to explode.

Li Xiulan is Fan Xibei's wife.

If Fan Xibei dies, Li Xiulan will become a widow. Widows are lonely and can't bear it. Fan Ha'er is an idiot, so it's understandable that Li Xiulan would take advantage of him.

After all, Li Xiulan is still young. How could she possibly endure a life of widowhood?

But Fan Xibei didn't say that.

They are still alive and well.

Li Xiulan is incredibly audacious to do this; has she gone mad?

If they get found out, it won't just be her who's doomed.

Even Fan Ha'er will be drowned in a pig cage.

"Ha'er, you and Li Xiulan wouldn't..."

"Of course not!" Fan Ha'er shook his head repeatedly.

"Are you sure you have nothing going on with her?" Hearing this, Liu Bei didn't believe it at all, given Fan Ha'er's recent behavior.

"Brother Bei, I'm not lying to you! I'm telling the truth. I wouldn't wear those lousy shoes of Li Xiulan's even if they were given to me for free. I'm afraid they'll rot my feet if I wear them."

Liu Bei: "..."

"Besides, although she's very fair-skinned and has a large bust, but... but..."

Hearing Fan Ha'er abruptly stop talking, Liu Bei stared intently at him. "But what? Tell me!"

"But... but just thinking about Fan Xibei makes me feel nauseous and want to vomit! No matter how big or fair-skinned she is, I have no liking for her anymore."

Liu Bei: "..."

After all that talk, Fan Ha'er, you still managed to watch Li Xiulan's video.

"So, you really have nothing going on between you and her?"

"No, really not!"

"Oh. What did you do in the end?"

"What else can I do? Before she kisses me, I'll push her away and run away!"

Liu Bei: "..."

At that moment, he could imagine what Li Xiulan's expression must have been like.

"Brother Bei, Brother Bei..." Seeing Liu Bei in a daze, Fan Ha'er reached out and waved his hand in front of Liu Bei's eyes.

"What are you waving around for! It's making my eyes blurry!" Liu Bei removed Fan Ha'er's hand.

"Brother Bei, don't you think I did a great job with the dry ingredients?"

Liu Bei: "..."

Li Xiulan had already taken her pants off, ready to accomplish her great task, but you ran away.

How could she not be angry?

Maybe right now, he's dreaming of tearing you to pieces.

You're so smug, aren't you?

But then again,

This guy's been thinking about women all the time lately.

It's quite unexpected that he could maintain his integrity in the face of Li Xiulan's seduction.

It seems I underestimated this kid!

"Hey, you just said you don't like women like Li Xiulan. So what kind of women do you like? Tell me!"

"Of course, it's the lady who sells fish in town!"

Liu Bei: "..."

The fishmonger?

Isn't that the young woman?

"Who? Say it again!"

"That fishmonger in town!"

Liu Bei: "..."

It really is that young woman!