1990, Reborn as a Beachcomber, From Rascal to Brilliant Guy

Around 4 p.m., Kang Tianfu arrived at Qinglan Bay in his fishing boat and slowly came to a stop at Dongshan Aotou.

More than half of the passengers disembarked when the ship passed Yunlan Town. Apart from Lin Shuisheng, all the remaining passengers were going to Shenlan Town.

When Tong Laosan saw Lin Shuisheng get up and get off the boat, he was using his eyes as a weapon, imagining himself beating Lin Shuisheng into a pig's head, when someone slapped him hard on the back of the head.

"Tomorrow is the first day of the lunar month, the tide will be low, so we won't be going out to sea tonight. Go back and rest for a day, and I'll come back to pick you up later tomorrow night."

Kang Tianfu coldly uttered a sentence and returned to the stern of the boat, giving Tong Laosan the cold shoulder without giving him any kindness.

"Okay, then I'll go back and wait."

Tong Laosan nodded somewhat reluctantly and followed Lin Shuisheng onto the embankment.

"Rat-a-tat-tat..."

The next moment, the fishing boat roared and left Aotou, leaving a trail of white foam on the sea.

Just as Lin Shuisheng was about to walk home along the dirt road on the embankment, a shout came from not far away.

"Ah Shui, I heard you used the boat from your house to take your wife to the county hospital to give birth to a baby boy. Is that true?"

Upon hearing this, before Lin Shuisheng could even respond, Tong Laosan laughed with a hint of schadenfreude.

"Haha! I thought you went to the county town on some important business! Turns out your wife gave birth to another money-losing child!"

"Are you happy? I remember you don't even have a wife yet! How dare you smile in front of me?"

Lin Shuisheng slowly walked up to Tong Laosan, staring at him with disdain.

"Forehead..."

Tong Laosan's smile froze, his hands clenched into fists, and a hint of humiliation flashed in his eyes.

"And another thing, you better not let me hear you call my son a money-loser again, or I'll beat you every time I see you. You can try me if you don't believe me!"

Lin Shuisheng moved closer to Tong Laosan, lowered his head to stare into the other's eyes, and warned him in a deep voice.

"Don't think I'm afraid of you!"

Tong Laosan tilted his head back, his face flushed red, and his breathing became much heavier.

"If you're not afraid, then speak up! I want to see how much you've improved over the years!"

Lin Shuisheng took half a step forward, almost pressing himself against Tong Laosan, his eyes filled with a hint of excitement.

In his past life, Tong Laosan was like a toad from elementary school onwards. Every time he got the chance, he would try to put him down. He didn't bite, but he was still disgusting.

He couldn't bring himself to argue with Tong Laosan, and each time he ended up feeling very angry.

Later, when he realized that face was the least valuable thing, and that everyone was getting old and the legal system was much more robust, it was no longer appropriate to resort to violence.

He originally thought he would never have another chance to make up for his regrets, but he was reborn and his physical abilities doubled.

Tong Laosan, you'd better work harder!

"You...you're being unreasonable, I'm not going to stoop to your level!"

When Tong Laosan saw Lin Shuisheng's hungry eyes, his heart skipped a beat. He swallowed hard, then forced himself to save face, left a sentence, and fled in panic.

It wasn't that he was afraid to fight Lin Shuisheng; it was simply because he was in the wrong first.

If he loses, then he deserves it.

If they win, Lin Shuisheng can go home and call his men to fight back.

He's not that stupid; he wouldn't knowingly jump into a trap!

"Hey, you Indian, why are you running so fast? Aren't you afraid of me? Come back and show me what you're made of!"

"Hey, hey!"

"Damn, what a spineless coward. No wonder his wife ran off with someone else."

Lin Shuisheng rolled his eyes at Tong Laosan, who was running like a rabbit.

Then, he glanced lightly at the villagers of Xi'an Village who were pointing and watching the show not far away, scoffed, raised his hand to comb his hair, and left Aotou with a dashing expression.

Seeing him like this, the villagers couldn't help but look at each other in bewilderment.

Although they weren't from the same village, they all knew Lin Shuisheng, this very ambitious smuggler boss, because he had caused quite a bit of trouble in recent years.

Someone had shouted that earlier, wanting to see Lin Shuisheng make a fool of himself.

To their surprise, instead of seeing a joke, they witnessed their village's Tong Laosan being taught a lesson by Lin Shuisheng.

Is this still the same Lin Shuisheng who was arrogant and would blush and get angry when ridiculed?

It's like he's a completely different person!

Could it be because she had a second child and then gave up on everything?

While they were discussing this amongst themselves, Lin Shuisheng had already passed through Xi'an Village and entered their Liurong Village.

The village is called Liurong Village because, according to legend, when the Lin family's founding ancestor moved from Fujian to settle here in the mid-Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty, his three sons, along with their wives, planted two banyan trees in front of and to the left and right of the Tianhou Temple at the entrance of the village.

Now, after nearly 400 years of growth, the six banyan trees at the village entrance have grown into large trees that require four or five people to encircle. Their thick branches and huge canopies form a wide, shady square.

When villagers have nothing to do, they usually go to the square to cool off, chat, and play.

In addition, whether it's a village meeting, the birthday of Mazu, a grand opera performance, or a fishing lantern competition, all these events will be held in the square.

It is not only the village's intelligence center, but also the most precious childhood memory for everyone in the village.

"Hey, Ah Shui, you're back from the county?"

"Ah Shui, I heard your wife gave birth to your second child, a baby boy. Is that true?"

"And everyone's saying you donated all your ship stock dividends this year to the house so you could borrow a boat to take your wife to the county town?"

"Ah Shui, you..."

"Alright, everyone, listen to me."

As soon as Lin Shuisheng stepped into the square, the gossipy women swarmed around him like bees attracted to nectar, making a buzzing noise in his ears.

He frowned, raised his hand and pressed it down, shouting loudly:

"My wife did give birth to a son, and I did donate this year's shipping stock dividends to the family. If you have any other questions, ask me one by one, and I'll answer them one by one."

Who wants to go first?

At this point, he looked around confidently, without the slightest bit of stage fright.

After all, he had lived to be fifty or sixty years old in his previous life. He had seen all sorts of things and even joined the village's square dance team!

This is nothing, it's just a small scene.

When everyone saw Lin Shuisheng preparing to be interviewed like a leader, they all looked at each other in surprise, as if they had been interrupted from a spell.

"You're not going to ask anymore? Then I'll be going."

Seeing that no one spoke, Lin Shuisheng felt a slight smile to himself, then left a comment and turned to continue walking home.

The crowd watched his departing figure in silence for a moment, then suddenly burst into discussion.

Some people say he was traumatized and lost his mind.

Some say it was Mazu's intervention that made him mature and steady.

Some people say he's resigned to his fate, giving up entirely...