Reborn at 80: From Village Scoundrel to Billionaire

"Giggle~"

Liu Bei woke up immediately after the rooster crowed.

Without even eating, he ran to the storeroom to get his tools, hung up his hunting rifle, and went to find Fan Ha'er.

We hadn't even gotten close to Fan Ha'er's house yet.

He saw Fan Ha'er pacing around in circles at the door.

While turning around, count as you go.

One lap, two laps, three laps...

Liu Bei: "..."

Is this just for fun?

But that kid Ha'er gets up pretty early.

"Hey, what are you doing?"

"Brother Bei, you're here. I've been waiting for you for two hours!" Upon hearing Liu Bei's voice, Fan Ha'er immediately stopped and turned around.

"Waited for two hours?" Liu Bei frowned. "Why did you get up so early?"

"You make money fishing. Didn't you tell me that if a man has money, he can use it to seduce married women and sleep with me?"

Liu Bei: "..."

Fan Ha'er is truly obsessed with women.

"Okay. Bring all the barrels, let's go!"

"It was prepared a long time ago and is placed at the village entrance."

"Oh, let's go then!"

"Alright. Time to make some money. Once I've made some, I'll use it to seduce that young lady's girl and get her to come back and sleep with me!"

"..."

……

A household in the village.

"What's Fan Ha'er yelling about so early in the morning?"

"Are you deaf? Didn't you hear him talking about making money, using it to seduce some young married woman, and sleep with her?"

"Holy crap. Even a complete idiot like me knows he needs to make money to get married?"

"Nonsense. Don't you even know who he's with? It's Liu Bei. The best money-maker in our village. You, on the other hand, are worse off than a fool. Useless!"

"..."

Another household in the village.

"Did you hear that? That idiot Ha'er wants to earn money to get married!"

"Wanting to get married is a good thing. But with his brain... hehe... what girl would want to sleep with him?"

"It's hard to say. What if he really makes a fortune following Liu Bei? With money, he won't have trouble finding girls to marry him."

"Even if he could, would he be able to have a normal baby? I doubt it."

"Yeah, that's right. Ha'er's brain... If he really marries a girl, the next generation... sigh, oh no..."

"So, it's okay to make money with Liu Bei. But you have to be mentally sound. If you're mentally unstable, no matter how much money you make, even if you manage to marry a girl, well... that girl might find a chance to run off with the money. Then you'll lose both your money and your wife, and that would be terrible!"

"Yes, yes!"

……

Various discussions arose in the village.

Liu Bei and Fan Ha'er were unaware of these things.

A few minutes later, they arrived at the village entrance, picked up the wooden buckets, and headed towards Zhangjia Lake.

"Brother Bei, do you think that shit-eating bastard Zhang Hu will come today?"

Fan Ha'er was curious along the way.

"have no idea!"

"I bet he won't come!"

Why?

"The first time he met you, you scared him so badly he peed his pants. The second time, he tried to set you up in Zhangjiawan Village, but you turned the tables on him, and he got a scolding from the village secretary, becoming a laughingstock. The third time he met you, he ate a pile of shit. Yesterday, he met you again, and he vomited blood. It proves you're his nemesis. Every time he sees you, he's doomed. What's the difference between him daring to show his face and courting death?"

Liu Bei: "..."

Nima.

They make it sound like he's a jinx, bringing bad luck wherever he goes.

But thinking about it carefully, it actually makes sense.

Every time Zhang Hu encounters him, he never ends up well. In that sense, he really is Zhang Hu's nemesis.

He rubbed his nose. "Whatever. Let's just catch our own fish!"

"Yeah, right. Brother Bei, hurry up! The sun'll be blazing soon! It'll be hot!"

"Um!"

……

A dozen minutes later, Liu Bei and Fan Ha'er appeared at Zhangjiahu.

After boarding the bamboo raft and setting down the wooden bucket, Liu Bei took the fishing net, looked at the red dots in his line of sight, and directed Fan Ha'er to row over.

Perhaps because he was upset yesterday, Zhang Hu didn't show up today.

Without him causing trouble, Liu Bei and Fan Ha'er's fishing went very smoothly.

However, they still didn't manage to catch a single mermaid.

Strangely, Fan Ha'er wasn't as determined as usual to catch the mermaid today.

in contrast,

Every time Liu Bei pulled up the fishing net, he would immediately take the initiative to work, quickly catching the fish and putting them into the wooden bucket. After emptying the net, he would urge Liu Bei to continue fishing.

Once, twice, three times...

It's always the same.

It made it seem like Liu Bei was working for Fan Ha'er, making Liu Bei somewhat doubt that the Fan Ha'er in front of him was still the childhood friend he remembered.

Could it be that it's possessed by a ghost?

After Fan Ha'er finished filling the last wooden bucket, he wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, looked at Liu Bei with a smile, and said, "Brother Bei, it's all full. Am I tough enough?"

Liu Bei: "..."

You're going to get a hard penis from me!

After a moment of silence, Liu Bei said, "You're amazing!"

"Haha, I think so too!"

"..."

Liu Bei shook his head. "Stop bragging. It's time to go back."

"Alright!" Fan Ha'er grabbed the bamboo pole again and pushed off, and soon the bamboo raft was rowing towards Fanjiacun on the other side.

More than half an hour later,

The bamboo raft docked.

After Liu Bei and Fan Ha'er carried the wooden bucket ashore, he took his tools and went home.

Fan Ha'er went to drive the tractor. Because the Party Secretary had given instructions, as soon as Fan Ha'er appeared, Li Dazhuang's second uncle handed the tractor over to him.

Fan Ha'er drove the tractor to the vicinity of the lake. After Liu Bei arrived, the two of them worked together to carry the fish up bucket by bucket and put them away.

After everything was ready, Liu Bei drove the tractor, with Fan Ha'er sitting in the back, and the two headed straight for the county town.

By the time they arrived in the county town, it was already 10 a.m.

It's not peak dining time yet.

Liu Bei ordered two fried dough sticks and two bowls of tofu pudding from a nearby stall.

They ate fried dough sticks and drank sweetened tofu pudding, and soon they were full.

After paying, Liu Bei and Fan Ha'er headed straight for the Red Star Restaurant.

At this time, there were already many people waiting to dine in the restaurant.

The restaurant manager who had met Liu Bei and Fan Ha'er yesterday was noticeably more enthusiastic when Liu Bei and Fan Ha'er arrived than yesterday.

He personally went out with Liu Bei and Fan Ha'er and arrived at the tractor.

"Brother Liu Bei, little brother Ha'er, are all the fish here?"

"Don't worry, Manager Yang. It's a hundred jin (approximately 25 kg), no less. It's all in the wooden barrels. You can check the goods!"

"Alright! A few people, carry the wooden buckets to the kitchen. And let the head chef check them out!" Manager Yang shouted into the restaurant.

As soon as the words were spoken, three or four people ran out, quickly got on the tractor, and carried the wooden barrels down one by one to the back kitchen.

Soon, the chef scooped up the fish and began to inspect them.

One after another,

Each bucket was tested for more than a dozen samples.

Every single one of them was lively and energetic; not one of them was dead.

The chef was very satisfied and told someone to weigh it quickly.

After half an hour of fussing, everything was settled.

The manager instructed the finance department to settle the account with Fan Ha'er on the spot and make the payment.

"Liu Bei, little brother Ha'er, let's continue tomorrow!"

Liu Bei counted the money, put it in his pocket, secretly pulled out a bill and held it in his hand. He shook hands with Manager Yang, saying, "Thank you for your hard work, Manager Yang. Today I'll show Ha'er the procedures so he's familiar with how it works. Starting tomorrow, he'll deliver it alone. If he does anything wrong, I hope Manager Yang will be lenient!"