Reborn at 80: From Village Scoundrel to Billionaire

Liu Bei was covered in blood and mud, making it impossible to tell where he was injured.

"Haha, it's nothing, I'm just a little tired!"

"How can you still laugh like that! Do you know how dangerous that was? You can't be so reckless like that again." Zhang Weixing grabbed Liu Bei's shoulder, showing great concern.

"Thank you for the reminder, Secretary Zhang. I will!"

"We should be thanking you. If you keep doing this, I'm forbidding anyone from your village from fishing near Zhangjiawan!"

"No! I promise, it will never happen again!"

"That's right!" Zhang Weixing smiled, turned to look at the militiamen and the villagers who were hurrying back, and solemnly announced, "Listen up, all villagers. From today onwards, the villagers of Xiaobei Village will be fishing in Zhangjia Lake. When they approach the water near our village, no one is allowed to stop or make things difficult for them. Anyone who dares to make things difficult is going against me, Zhang Weixing. What do you say?"

"Yes, no making things difficult. Anyone who makes things difficult is going against me, Zhang Dawei!"

"That's right, no making things difficult is allowed."

"No making things difficult!"

……

Hearing the villagers' unanimous agreement, Zhang Weixing was very satisfied. "Xiao Bei, did you hear that? From now on, you can come fishing whenever you want! No one in Zhangjiawan Village will dare to make things difficult for you. If anyone dares, hmph, the whole village will deal with them!"

"Okay!" Liu Bei nodded and glanced at the 10 o'clock position.

There was a corpse lying in the paddy field over there.

It was the little girl who was bitten to death by the monkey.

"Hmm? Xiao Bei, what's wrong?" Zhang Weixing asked, puzzled by Liu Bei's serious expression.

Liu Bei didn't say anything, and he walked step by step toward the 10 o'clock position.

Looking in the direction he walked, Zhang Weixing and the others suddenly realized.

They were so happy that they forgot a little girl had died in the village.

Soon, Liu Bei arrived in front of the little girl.

The little girl is quite young and probably hasn't started school yet.

It's so pitiful that someone so young was bitten to death by a monkey.

He slowly picked up the little girl.

"My child!"

Just then, a couple pushed through the crowd and ran over.

Seeing that the little girl in Liu Bei's arms had stopped breathing, the woman immediately fainted in the paddy field.

"Quickly, go help!" Zhang Weixing immediately gave the order.

Soon, several village women ran over and helped the little girl's mother away.

"Wang Zhong. My condolences!"

Zhang Weixing stepped forward and patted the little girl's father, Zhang Wangzhong, on the shoulder. "Let's bury her quickly. We can't let the child go to the other side without a place to return to!"

"Thump~"

Zhang Wangzhong knelt down in the paddy field.

With his knees sinking deep into the mud, he said, "Brother Xiao Bei, thank you!"

"Brother Wangzhong, stand up and speak. Don't kneel," Liu Bei hurriedly said.

"No, this kneeling is necessary!" Zhang Wangzhong shook his head. "Thank you for saving my child's body!"

"Snap!"

Immediately afterwards, Zhang Wangzhong slapped himself across the face.

"Brother Wangzhong, what are you doing again?" Liu Bei asked, puzzled.

Zhang Wangzhong explained, "This slap is a slap on my incompetence! I couldn't even take good care of my own child, and she...she...suffered such a terrible fate. I don't deserve to be her father!!!"

"Sigh~"

Upon hearing this, the surrounding villagers and militiamen all sighed deeply.

Zhang Weixing patted Zhang Wangzhong on the shoulder. "Wangzhong, this isn't entirely your fault. It's just that the child wasn't fortunate enough to survive. The dead can't be brought back to life. The most important thing right now is to get the child buried properly. Don't delay any longer!"

"Yes! I'll listen to you, Party Secretary!"

Zhang Wangzhong wiped away the tears from the corners of his eyes, took the child from Liu Bei's hands, and walked step by step towards a certain spot on the ridge of the field.

"Secretary, is he thinking—"

"That's right. He wants to bury the child on the edge of the field!" Zhang Wangxing sighed. "According to the rules, those who die a violent death or die young cannot be buried in the Zhang family cemetery! They can only be buried outside the cemetery!"

"I understand!" Liu Bei sighed.

That's just how the rules were in 1981.

A few minutes later, Zhang Wangzhong stopped, holding the little girl.

After placing the little girl on the grass beside him, he used his hands to dig the soil from the edge of the field little by little.

"Wang Zhong, I'm here to help you!"

One of the villagers hesitated to step forward.

"Don't come any closer!" Zhang Wangzhong suddenly spoke up, "Let me do it myself!"

"Let's hear from the hopefuls!" Zhang Weixing said.

"Alright!" A villager shook his head and had no choice but to retreat, letting Zhang Wangzhong do as he pleased.

Zhang Wangzhong's hands dug into the soil little by little.

Soon, his fingernails cracked, his skin broke, and blood oozed out, staining the soil red.

But he still ignored it and continued digging.

He didn't cry.

They just squatted there silently, digging little by little.

A dozen minutes later, his hands were covered in blood and gore.

But they didn't stop; they kept digging and digging.

Looking at his appearance,

Everyone fell silent.

A look of regret, sympathy, and helplessness crossed his face.

A full hour has passed.

A shallow pit finally came into everyone's view.

Zhang Wangzhong turned back to look at the little girl, picked her up with his already bloodied and mangled hands, and gently placed her in the shallow pit.

He put it down very, very slowly.

With each step of sinking, it felt as if a year, a decade, or even a century had passed.

Almost twenty minutes had passed by the time he finally placed the little girl at the bottom of the pit.

Liu Bei and Zhang Weixing could understand him.

As a father,

How painful and heartbreaking it must be for a parent to bury their child.

Ugh!

How pitiful!

Poor thing, white hair is growing!

Seeing this scene, Liu Bei was helpless.

If he possessed the power to bring the dead back to life, he would absolutely not have allowed this tragedy to occur.

Unfortunately, even though he was reborn, he was still just a mortal.

There was no way to save that little girl.

We can only mourn in our hearts.

"Pfft~"

Suddenly, Zhang Wangzhong grabbed a handful of dirt and threw it on the little girl.

He didn't say a word. After he finished sprinkling, he grabbed another handful.

Once, twice, three times...

He stopped looking around when the soil had buried most of the little girl's body, leaving only her face visible.

Two lines of tears fell from his eyes.

Those were two lines of blood and tears.

His eyes hurt terribly, and bloody tears blurred his vision.

But he didn't bother to wipe it off; instead, he slowly pressed his lips against the little girl and kissed her.

Because if he doesn't get intimate now, he'll never have another chance.

That kiss was the last kiss he shared with the little girl in this world.

"My child, go in peace. Decades later, your father and mother will come down to find you! Then our family will be reunited!"

As he spoke, Zhang Wangzhong grabbed the last handful of soil, closed his eyes, and, unable to bear watching, sprinkled it on the little girl's face.

From this moment on, Zhang Wangzhong and the little girl were completely separated by death, becoming people from two different worlds.

"Bang!"

He suddenly collapsed on the edge of the field.

"Quickly, go help!" Zhang Weixing immediately said.

Upon hearing this, the villagers who were nearby finally realized what was happening and rushed over.

The two men helped him up and walked towards the village.

"Sigh!" Zhang Wangzhong shook his head, glanced at the damaged rice seedlings in the paddy field, and his expression became serious.

But when his gaze swept over the monkey, his expression relaxed considerably.

The rice seedlings were ruined, but luckily the monkeys could make up for the loss.

"Xiao Bei, there's something I want to discuss with you!"