Reborn at 80: From Village Scoundrel to Billionaire

Lin Beiping was silent for a moment, then nodded: "Okay."

Hearing this, Lin Wanqiu breathed a sigh of relief.

Although her parents had passed away long ago, her uncle treated her well when she was a child.

She genuinely hoped her uncle would stay for dinner.

This means that she still has relatives on her mother's side of the family.

My uncle has now agreed to stay for dinner.

She was naturally happy and excited.

"Great! Please come in, in-laws! Yuehe, quickly go and get the meat that was marinated yesterday!"

"Yes, Mother!"

Su Yuehe nodded and immediately went into the house.

"In-laws, please come in!"

"good!"

Zhao Da'e enthusiastically led the way, with Lin Beiping following behind.

Lin Wanqiu grabbed Liu Bei's wrist and quickly chased after them.

Seeing the two of them so intimately together, Zhao Chunyan's lips were pouting wide open:

"Hmph. It's just a distant uncle who came, is it really necessary to be this happy? They even held hands in public, how shameless!"

"Lin Wanqiu, you just wait. By midnight, I'll eat my way back everything I've lost, one thing at a time. Yes, tonight, I'm going to feast my fill! Humph!!!"

……

At the same time, Lin Beiping followed Zhao Da'e into the courtyard.

As soon as he entered, he noticed that the paint on the door frame of the main room was peeling off.

The window also had several holes the size of bowls.

Even a few tiles on the eaves had weathered away, and his brows furrowed more and more.

"Xiao Bei."

Liu Bei stepped forward. "Uncle, please speak."

"Your home's conditions... are a bit too poor." Lin Beiping shook his head, pointing to the several holes with his finger. "These windows, in winter when the wind blows in here, it's like an icebox inside! And these tiles, when it rains heavily, won't it leak everywhere, like buckets of water catching in the rain?"

"If you keep doing this, Wanqiu and the child will suffer a lot sooner or later because of you."

"Uncle, actually Liu Bei—"

Just as Lin Wanqiu was about to speak, Liu Bei shook his head slightly at her.

Then, Liu Bei said with a forced smile, "Uncle, you're right. It was my fault for being so useless in the past, causing my family to suffer. I've remembered all of that. Don't worry, from now on—"

"Dad, come help me! I want to ride my bicycle!"

Just then, Panpan's voice came, interrupting Liu Bei.

Liu Bei was taken aback and looked in the direction of the sound.

Lin Beiping also turned his head and looked in the direction Panpan was pointing.

Half of a gleaming wheel was visible next to the pile of firewood.

"bike?"

Lin Beiping strode over, pushed aside the firewood blocking his way, and suddenly a 28-inch motorcycle appeared before him.

For a moment, Lin Beiping's eyes widened in surprise.

"Whose...whose is this?"

Panpan hugged the handlebars, "Of course Daddy bought it!"

"You bought it?" Lin Beiping suddenly turned his head to look at Liu Bei.

Liu Bei nodded. "I bought it. It wasn't expensive, only a little over two hundred yuan."

Lin Beiping: "..."

Two hundred yuan isn't expensive?

The monthly salary of a formal employee of the supply and marketing cooperative is only thirty or forty yuan.

Two hundred yuan is enough for someone to work for more than half a year.

He was just giving Liu Bei a long, earnest lecture about his family's poor circumstances, and the words were still warm, but then...

"Cough cough~"

Lin Beiping's expression faltered for a moment, and he quickly coughed twice, but his gaze kept shifting back and forth between the bicycle and Liu Bei.

"Uncle, why don't you try riding it around a couple of times?" Liu Bei smiled and pushed the bicycle out from the corner, patting the back seat.

"Is...is it okay?" Lin Beiping said, sounding embarrassed, but his eyes were already glued to the bicycle.

"You're Wanqiu's uncle, so it's only natural for you to ride my bicycle. Come on, let me help you get on."

"In that case, I'll give it a try!"

Lin Beiping didn't refuse anymore, straddled the seat, and stepped on the pedal.

"Click click click~"

Lin Beiping first rode around the yard twice, then rode out of the gate. At first he was a little clumsy, but soon he rode more and more smoothly, and slowly the wrinkles on his face began to smooth out.

"Great car! It really is a great car! Much more comfortable than walking!"

A dozen minutes later, Lin Beiping parked his bicycle.

Liu Bei turned to Zhao Chunyan and said, "Chunyan, why don't you take Panpan and the others for a drive around the village entrance? It's rare for your uncle to come all this way, I want to chat with him for a while."

"..."

Zhao Chunyan glanced sideways at Liu Bei, then at Lin Wanqiu standing beside him.

"Liu Bei, I'll give you face this time. But you'd better remember what happened today."

After saying that, she put Xiaobao on the back seat and rode away in a flash.

"Third Sister, slow down! Wait for us!"

Panpan and Liu Nian chased after them.

Liu Bei: "..."

He touched his nose and gave Lin Beiping an awkward laugh a few times.

Lin Wanqiu's neck also looked very awkward.

……

A while later, Lin Beiping entered the courtyard again and sat down at the stone table in the courtyard.

Liu Bei poured Lin Beiping a bowl of plain water.

Lin Beiping took the bowl, drank a sip, and put it down. "Xiao Bei."

"Please speak."

"I believe you bought the bicycle. But a bicycle can't put food on the table. You have three children to feed now, and they'll need to go to school later."

"Your mother is getting old and needs your support. And then there's Wanqiu and the others... the whole family has eight people in total. Such a large family has considerable daily expenses!"

"If you don't work hard to earn money, what are you going to do with them? Xiao Bei, you really can't keep messing around like before."

"Uncle, please have a seat. I'll be right back." Hearing this, Liu Bei smiled, stood up, and went into the inner room.

Only Lin Beiping and Lin Wanqiu remained in the courtyard.

There was a moment of silence.

Lin Beiping spoke first.

"Late Autumn".

"Uncle."

Do you regret it?

Lin Wanqiu paused for a moment, then shook her head. "No regrets."

"You've already divorced him, but he's married three more women. He's a womanizer and a scoundrel. With your life like this, you'd rather stay here in poverty than go back to Linjia Village?"

Lin Beiping's tone was not harsh when he said this.

Instead, it carries the tenderness of an elder for a younger generation.

Lin Wanqiu was silent for a few seconds, then said:

"Uncle, he's changed."

"What has changed?"

"He's good to me, and he's good to the children. He has a certain energy about him, completely different from before. I can't quite put my finger on it, but it just makes you feel... that following him won't be a mistake."

"Um?"

Lin Beiping frowned.

In his memory, Liu Bei was a lazy, good-for-nothing slacker.

Gambling, drinking, and assault—who in the surrounding area doesn't know about it?

What kind of energy is that? And what kind of charm is that?

What a load of nonsense!

Wanqiu, this eldest niece, has completely fallen into the whirlpool of love and can't get out.

well! ! !

Meanwhile, in the inner room.

Liu Bei's hand stopped on the cabinet door.

He heard everything Lin Beiping and Lin Wanqiu said.

Suddenly, he felt as if something had hit his chest hard; it was heavy and somewhat painful.

He did so many wrong things

Lin Wanqiu would rather suffer herself than speak ill of him in front of outsiders.

On the contrary, they went to great lengths to protect his reputation.

With such a virtuous wife, what more could one ask for in life?

But in her past life, he divorced her. What a bastard!

"Lin Wanqiu, how could you be so foolish?"

He took a deep breath, took out a pack of Hongtashan cigarettes from the cabinet, and went outside.

"Uncle."

Liu Bei placed the Red Pagoda Mountain perfectly straight in front of Lin Beiping.

"My family's circumstances are limited, and I don't have much to offer you. This pack of cigarettes is my way of showing my respect; please don't find it offensive."

Lin Beiping looked down.

Hongtashan, or rather, the entire mountain.

His fingers trembled slightly.

This isn't some cheap tobacco you can just buy on the street.

This is Hongtashan!

He himself wouldn't even buy a single pack on a normal day; his pockets were always filled with homemade cigarettes rolled in newspaper.

But now, Liu Bei, his nephew-in-law, has actually offered him a gift!

"Xiao Bei!"

"Um?"

"Tell me the truth. Have you been doing anything shady outside?"

Liu Bei hurriedly waved his hand and said, "Uncle, you've misunderstood. Actually, I—"

"Don't rush to deny it! If you've really gone down the wrong path, stop now! Otherwise, you'll get into trouble sooner or later! It's not so bad if you go to jail, but what about Wanqiu and the children?"

"I'm putting this out there today. If you don't give me an explanation, I'll risk my old bones to carry my niece and her child back to Linjia Village. I absolutely cannot let them suffer with you anymore."

"Uncle, Liu Bei, he—"

Upon hearing this, Lin Wanqiu became somewhat anxious and was about to explain when Lin Beiping interrupted her:

"Don't interrupt. I want to hear it from him!"

"Boy, what are you standing there for? Answer my question now. Otherwise, I'll take Wanqiu and the child back to Linjia Village right now. You'll never see them again!"