Reborn at 80: From Village Scoundrel to Billionaire

For a time, Liu Bei and Fan Ha'er were extremely busy.

Soon, all the fish on Liu Bei's stall were sold out.

From this, Liu Bei figured out what was going on inside the church.

It turns out that the church was built by Westerners before the founding of the People's Republic of China.

After liberation, there was only one free space.

In recent years, it has been converted into a temporary warehouse for a state-owned company.

Those guarding inside were mostly elderly people from state-owned enterprises who were nearing retirement.

They've worked their whole lives and are never short of money.

After learning that a colleague had bought fresh fish, they all came to try it.

But they discovered that none of the fish were in the wooden buckets at Liu Bei's stall.

As a result, only the few wooden buckets in front of Fan Ha'er still had fish to sell.

In order not to leave empty-handed, they had no choice but to buy fish from Fan Ha'er.

As for the Cultural Palace on the other side.

Fortunately, we're holding a cultural event today.

After the cultural and artistic activities are over,

When the celebrities went out, they saw people rushing to buy things and curiously went over to watch the spectacle.

When they discovered that the fish being sold were all wild-caught and offered a buy-one-get-one-free deal, how could they not buy them?

In this way,

Fan Ha'er didn't even have to shout much, but his stall became very popular.

Previously, Liu Bei sold well, with Fan Ha'er's help.

Now that Fan Ha'er is selling well, it's Liu Bei's turn to help him.

Soon, after the artists from the cultural palace left with their fish, one-third of Fan Ha'er's wooden bucket had already been sold.

When only half remained, Liu Bei glanced at the purple dots in his field of vision.

I've noticed my financial luck has weakened.

He told Fan Ha'er to pack his things, then drove the tractor and took Fan Ha'er to another location.

When we arrived, we discovered that it was actually a hospital.

After finding a spot to park the tractor, Liu Bei chose a suitable location to set up his stall.

The stall faces the hospital exit.

It was almost 4:30 in the afternoon.

Although the sun was scorching, fortunately, the spot Liu Bei chose had sycamore trees.

They all grow up and can provide shade.

After setting up his stall, Liu Bei started shouting to attract customers, and while doing so, he also had Fan Ha'er learn from him.

"Live fish for sale! Buy two, get one free!"

"Don't miss it! If you miss it, you'll have to wait another year!"

"..."

Again and again, over and over again.

A few minutes later, a patient's family member came out.

After hearing the shouts, I went over to take a look.

.

Perhaps because of the high temperature, they didn't swim and just lay motionless in the water.

A patient's family member touched the fish, and it immediately started swimming.

"Wow, these really are live fish! And they're quite big too. How much are they?"

"Crucian carp 5.5 cents, black carp 5.5 cents, grass carp 4.4 cents, silver carp 3.3 cents, bighead carp 3.5 cents, bream 4.5 cents."

"Hmm. It's not expensive. You said you'd buy two and get one free, right?"

"Yes!"

"If I buy a crucian carp and a snakehead fish, will you give me one free?"

"That's right. No matter what kind you buy, if you buy two, we'll give you one free. You can choose any kind of free item, size doesn't matter!" Liu Bei said.

"Okay. Give me a crucian carp and a grass carp! And send me a bream as a gift!"

"Alright. Let's get to work!"

"Okay!"

……

When people saw a patient's family member carrying three live fish, they went up to ask what was going on. When they learned that it was a buy-two-get-one-free deal, and the free fish was of any kind, people's eyes lit up.

It's a fool not to take advantage of a cheap deal.

For a moment, Liu Bei and Fan Ha'er were busy again.

It has to be said that business outside the hospital is indeed booming.

Liu Bei and Fan Ha'er were so busy they didn't even have a chance to straighten their backs.

They kept answering customers' questions and kept serving them fish.

Among them, Fan Ha'er would occasionally pick up a few of Liu Bei's sales phrases and so on.

Before we knew it, it was six o'clock in the afternoon.

Fan Ha'er sold out all the fish he had left.

Looking at the thick wad of money in his hand—paper bills, coins, and cents—Fan Ha'er beamed with joy.

"Brother Bei, sold out! All sold out! This is my first time selling fish at a stall. My parents will be so happy if they knew I could sell fish!"

Liu Bei patted Fan Ha'er on the shoulder a few times and smiled. "You're right. Uncle Shuanzhu and the others would be very pleased if they knew. Hurry up and load the barrels onto the tractor. You must be hungry after a busy afternoon. Come on, I'll take you to a nearby restaurant for a good meal. Treat yourself!"

"State-run restaurants must be expensive, right?" Fan Ha'er shook his head. "Forget it. I need to save up my money to seduce those young ladies' girls!"

"I'll treat you to a meal. You don't have to pay!" Liu Bei shook his head.

"Then...that's even more impossible. I can't let you spend the money, Brother Bei." Fan Ha'er shook his head again.

"Are you going or not? If you're not going, don't come out with me to sell fish anymore!" Liu Bei's expression suddenly turned serious.

Fan Ha'er: "..."

She panicked immediately. "Okay...okay. I'll eat it, I'll eat it, okay? Brother Bei, you can't leave me out of selling fish!"

"That's more like it. Come on, let's get ready quickly, we're going to get something good to eat!"

"Brother Bei even helped me sell fish, that's great!" Fan Ha'er breathed a sigh of relief, quickly packed up the wooden buckets, and got on the tractor. Liu Bei drove the tractor forward.

A few minutes later, he stopped at a restaurant.

Fan Ha'er glanced at it, then his eyes widened.

"Brother Bei, isn't this the Red Star Restaurant?"

"Yes, it's the Red Star Restaurant! You've been here before, haven't you? Stop spacing out, come down."

Liu Bei was the first to get off the tractor.

Fan Ha'er immediately jumped down and followed.

As soon as they entered, Qian Feng, the owner of Hongxing Restaurant, saw the two of them and immediately greeted them with a smile.

"Hey, isn't this Brother Liu Bei and Brother Ha'er? Haven't seen you in a while. What's up? What good stuff have you brought today?"

"Boss Qian, we're not here to sell anything today!" Liu Bei said.

"Oh? Not selling anything?" Qian Feng was slightly taken aback. "Then what brings you two here today—"

"Let's eat! Aren't you welcome?" Liu Bei said.

"Oh? Dinner? Welcome, of course you're welcome! Please, please, please!" Qian Feng greeted them with a beaming smile, bowing as he ushered Liu Bei and Fan Ha'er inside. At the same time, he called out to an employee, "Old Zhou, two of my friends are here. Quickly clear out the best private room for me. Tonight, I'm going to personally have a few drinks with my friends!"

"Okay, boss!"

Old Zhou quickly went to handle it.

Qian Feng greeted them with a smile, "Brother Liu Bei, Brother Ha'er, the private room is on the third floor, please follow me!"

"Um!"

This is the peak time for dining.

When the people waiting to dine on the first floor saw the owner of the Red Star Restaurant personally greeting two people, and when they noticed that the two people didn't look like city folks but rather like country folks, they all started to discuss it curiously.

"Who are those two country bumpkins? Are they so important that Boss Qian would personally accompany them?"

"I'm not sure. But Boss Qian just asked if they were delivering goods. Could they be supplying ingredients to the restaurant?"

"Even if he's providing the ingredients, does Boss Qian really need to personally accompany him?"

"That's strange!"

……

Liu Bei ignored them and followed Qian Feng step by step up to the third floor with Fan Ha'er.