Reborn at 80: From Village Scoundrel to Billionaire

That evening, Liu Bei returned to Fanjiacun.

After entering the village, it was already past midnight.

At this time, most villagers were already fast asleep.

As Liu Bei traveled along the way, he heard the snoring of men who had worked hard all day.

There was also the sound of guard dogs breathing.

There were also sounds of mice running around, etc.

Listen, walk.

As he passed a mud house at a bend in the road, he inadvertently heard someone breathing heavily on one side of the house, which sounded strange.

"Hmm? Could there be a thief?"

Liu Bei became highly vigilant, took off his shoes, and tiptoed closer with light steps.

Soon he approached, and when he stopped, he noticed that his breathing had become even heavier.

"Is there really a thief?"

Liu Bei slowly poked his head out and glanced at the moon with his left eye, using the faint moonlight.

A figure was pressed against a window, looking inside.

The figure's breathing grew heavier and heavier.

And it was also urgent.

You can still faintly hear the sound of him drooling.

It looked somewhat sleazy.

It's obvious they have ulterior motives; they're not a good person.

"You dare to steal in my Fan Family Village? You have some nerve!"

Without saying a word, Liu Bei rushed over in a flash.

At the same time, he formed his right fist and struck the back of the figure's head without hesitation.

Just as the fist was about to land,

At the critical moment, the figure seemed to sense something was wrong behind him and suddenly turned around.

When Liu Bei saw the figure's face clearly, he was surprised and immediately stopped.

At that moment, his fist was only half a fist's distance from the figure's nose.

"Huh? What are you doing here? What are you doing so late, sneaking around like that?"

Fan Ha'er was stunned for a moment, but quickly came to his senses and made a gesture to be quiet. Then he pointed to the window with his finger.

Liu Bei stared intently and, in the dim moonlight, saw a hole the size of a finger in the window paper.

It's obvious at a glance that it was pierced with a finger.

He frowned. "Hey, what are you looking at?"

"Shh~ Brother Bei, keep your voice down. You'll see when you come over," Fan Ha'er reminded Liu Bei again.

The more he acted this way, the more curious Liu Bei became.

He stepped forward, stuck his head over the window paper, closed his right eye, and peered through the small hole in the window paper with his left eye.

Inside, a man and a woman are learning how to act.

The actress's acting was quite good.

Their facial expressions were very rich, and each one was very infectious.

Because it was so dark and the light was dim,

Liu Bei couldn't make out the actress's face.

As for the male actor, with his back to him, he was even less visible.

"Brother Bei, did you see that? How does it compare to you and your wife?"

Just as Liu Bei was wondering who the male and female actors were, he heard Fan Ha'er's question in his ear.

Liu Bei: "..."

His face turned almost green.

grass.

That fool really can't utter anything virtuous.

"Shut up!"

Liu Bei suddenly rebuked softly.

Fan Ha'er: "..."

I quickly covered his mouth, but even though I covered his mouth, his lips were still moving.

"Brother Bei, guess who that guy is?"

"Hmm?" Liu Bei was pondering the male actor's identity when he heard this, and asked, "Who?"

"Village accountant."

Liu Bei: "..."

He froze for a moment, then said, "Who? Say it again."

"The village accountant, Fan Shiba."

"What?" Liu Bei was incredulous upon hearing this.

Fan Shiba's original name was Fan Aibing. He was ranked eighteenth among his peers, so his peers called him Shiba (Eighteen), and over time, he became known as Fan Shiba.

Speaking of his background, he actually has quite a bit of an impressive background.

He shares the same great-grandfather as the village party secretary, Fan Sanyuan.

The two brothers loved to compete when they were young.

But every time, the village party secretary was the one who gave him the upper hand.

When they grow up,

The village party secretary, Fan Sanyuan, and he both fell in love with the same beautiful girl.

Both men pursued the girl simultaneously in order to win her over.

In the end, Fan Sanyuan prevailed and won the heart of the beautiful girl.

Although he was unwilling to accept defeat, he had no choice but to admit it.

Unexpectedly, on his way to marry the beautiful girl, Fan Sanyuan encountered a group of bandits from out of town. The bandits, lusting after the girl, kidnapped her on the spot and killed several members of the wedding procession.

Fan Sanyuan resisted and was injured, but he still couldn't stop the bandits and could only watch helplessly as the bride was taken away by them.

After the police were notified, they launched a town-wide search.

Unexpectedly, the bandits fled deep into the Da Liu Mountain and began to play tactics with the police.

The area deep in Da Liu Mountain is teeming with wild animals, and the terrain is difficult to navigate.

The police searched for three months but still couldn't find the smugglers or the bride.

Finally, it was suspected that the bandits and the bride might have been eaten by wild animals in the mountains.

The matter was left unresolved.

From then on, Fan Shiba harbored even more resentment and dissatisfaction towards Fan Sanyuan.

The facts seemed to be against Fan Sanyuan; whatever Fan Sanyuan wanted, he would fight for it.

Fan Sanyuan felt absolutely sorry for that girl. He felt guilty and remorseful. He also knew the real reason why Fan Shiba was targeting him. From then on, he turned a blind eye to Fan Shiba. As long as things didn't go too far, he would let it go.

Over time,

The conflict between the two brothers deepened.

It wasn't until later, when Fan Sanyuan became the village party secretary,

Fan Shiba was not satisfied and asked someone to help him get a job as an accountant.

On the surface, he listened to Fan Sanyuan, but behind his back, he often disobeyed him and caused Fan Sanyuan a lot of trouble.

But Fan Sanyuan still did not retaliate.

Continue to be tolerant of him, let bygones be bygones, and don't hold it against him.

From then on, a saying arose in Fanjiacun.

The first person in the village was Fan Sanyuan, and the second person was Fan Shiba.

As for the village chief

Hehe, let's just pretend it doesn't exist. I've only paid very little attention to it.

The village chief's opinion is only heard when there are major events in the village and all the village committee members are present.

Normally, no one would take the village chief too seriously.

The more this was the case, the more important Fan Shiba's status became in the village.

After all, he's an accountant.

They're in charge of the money.

He has the final say on many things.

Over time, Fan Shiba began to disregard Fan Sanyuan more and more.

It's just a matter of publicly calling him "Party Secretary" and giving him some public support at the meeting.

Secretly, if he disagrees with something, he'll sabotage it.

This matter has been going on for many years.

Only after Liu Bei rose to prominence and gained fame, and his status in the village became increasingly important, did Fan Sanyuan publicly propose that he should succeed him in the future.

Fan Shiba became increasingly silent, and in the eyes of the villagers, he became much more low-key than before, gradually fading from the villagers' sight, and attracting less attention than before.

It was as if he had vanished from the villagers' sight overnight.

Since then, Liu Bei from Fanjiacun has been the most popular choice, followed by Fan Sanyuan.

Liu Bei himself gradually stopped paying attention to Fan Shiba's existence.

I never expected tonight...

He actually saw Fan Shiba filming here.

Moreover, it's a spectacular, cinematic production...