Reborn in 1985: From Selling Braised Duck to Becoming the World's Richest Man

"Okay, I'll buy this car."

Liang Ming didn't hesitate for long and started taking out his money after he finished speaking.

In this day and age, agricultural tricycles like these are easy to sell, so there's almost no room for price reduction.

The fact that the other party was willing to give me a discount of 100 yuan is already a very big deal.

The shop owner's eyes lit up when he saw Liang Ming take out his money directly.

"I'll charge you 3400 yuan and give you a receipt and process the certificate right now."

After receiving the money, the shop owner went to process the paperwork.

In less than an hour, he completed all the paperwork for the Shuangfeng brand diesel agricultural tricycle.

"Boss, here are the car keys, please take them."

After explaining the car's usage details to Liang Ming, the shop owner handed him the car keys and a set of documents.

After Liang Ming placed the bicycle in the back of the Shuangfeng tricycle, he started the vehicle and left the agricultural machinery market.

When Liang Ming returned to Liangjia Village and appeared at the cotton mill in a brand-new blue farm tricycle, he immediately attracted the attention of countless villagers.

In the 80s, most people in rural areas relied on walking or hitching a ride on the village's mule cart for transportation.

Only villagers with better financial means can afford bicycles.

In some very wealthy villages, you might only see one or two agricultural tricycles.

"Liang Ming, you bought a farm tricycle?"

Village chief Liang Jianguo exclaimed in surprise when he saw Liang Ming get off the Shuangfeng brand tricycle.

"Yes, my business is doing pretty well now. I have a diesel truck, which makes transporting goods more convenient."

Liang Ming said.

Liang Jianguo and the villagers circled the tricycle several times, touching and examining it.

"These gasoline-powered cars are great!"

At this point, Liang Jianguo turned to Liang Ming and said, "When it's harvest time, you'll have to borrow this tricycle to deliver grain to the village."

Every autumn harvest season, village committees from all around would send the harvested grain to the grain station.

Because grain has not been in short supply in recent years, the grain purchase price at grain stations has been changing constantly.

The earlier you send it, the higher the price will be compared to the later you send it.

At this time, a good means of transportation becomes very important.

“No problem, I’m also a member of the village, it’s my duty to help,” Liang Ming said without hesitation.

The villagers all gave Liang Ming a thumbs up:

"Liang Ming has really made something of himself; he even bought a gas-powered car."

"Of course! Buying a car and building a house, how much money must that cost?"

"I think he must be the richest man in our village, right?"

"It's almost the same!"

Hearing the villagers' murmurs, Liang Ming simply smiled.

After touring the cotton mill and seeing the villagers' high enthusiasm for pressing oil, Liang Ming left satisfied.

He drove his Shuangfeng brand tricycle around the village roads, attracting envious glances from countless villagers.

Wealth and honor do not return to their hometown, just like walking in brocade at night.

Now that Liang Ming has bought the only farm tricycle in the village, he naturally wants to show it off.

"Brother Liang Ming, I heard you bought a diesel tricycle?"

Liang Ming returned to the courtyard and had only been making braised duck for a short time when Jiwa and the others ran in from outside.

They were clearly excited to see the Shuangfeng brand tricycle outside the yard.

"You guys are pretty well-informed."

Upon hearing this, Liang Ming smiled and said.

“We had just come down the mountain when we heard the uncles and aunts in the village talking about you. They all said you’ve made a fortune.”

Chicken Baby chuckled.

"I wouldn't say I've made a fortune, but I have certainly made some money," Liang Ming said modestly.

At this point, he turned to Chicken and Dog Egg and said, "You two can dig up more mountain produce recently."

If you can dig up 100 jin of mountain produce every day, you can earn 20 yuan a day.

"Work for a year, and you can buy a diesel car to drive."

Chicken and Dog Egg, upon hearing Liang Ming's words, also became somewhat excited and said in unison:

"Brother Liang Ming, we will do our best."

Liang Ming smiled and immediately weighed all the mountain produce and river delicacies that Jiwa, Gou Dan, and Ama had brought.

"Wild mushrooms and wild vegetables, a total of 120 jin, 24 yuan, you two can split the money yourselves."

"50 jin of river seafood, Auntie, here's your 15 yuan."

Liang Ming weighed the item while settling the bill.

After receiving the money, Chicken Boy, Dog Egg, and Ama exchanged glances, their faces showing hesitation, and none of them left.

"What, is there something else you need?"

Seeing the three's actions, Liang Ming showed a look of curiosity and asked.

"Brother Liang Ming, are you going to the city later?"

The three children exchanged glances before electing one of them to speak.

"Yes, I'm going to take the mountain produce, river delicacies, and braised duck to the city to sell later."

Liang Ming nodded in reply.

"Brother Liang Ming, could you take us with you?" Chicken Boy asked tentatively.

"You guys are going too?" Liang Ming raised an eyebrow.

It wasn't that he was afraid of revealing his sales channels.

Even if the kids knew that they were selling wildfire and river delicacies to Xiangmanlou Restaurant.

They also couldn't bypass themselves to make a deal with Xiangmanlou.

After all, Jiang Meizhuang would only cooperate with him.

Seemingly worried that Liang Ming might misunderstand, Jiwa quickly explained, "Brother Liang Ming, we don't want to go with you to sell goods."

"We just wanted to hitch a ride on your twin-peaked tricycle to go to the county town to buy some things."

Gou Dan chimed in, "Yes, we'll get off the bus when we reach the county town."

“Brother Liang Ming, we mainly want to experience what it’s like to ride in this Shuangfeng brand tricycle,” Ama explained.

The three of them rarely went to the county town; they either stayed in the village or went up the mountain.

The farthest place I've ever been is the market in Taoyuan Township.

Now that they see Liang Ming has bought a diesel tricycle, everyone wants to hitch a ride to the county town to shop and buy some things.

Upon hearing what the three said, Liang Ming's face showed a look of sudden realization.

"Alright, if you want to come with me, then come along."

Upon hearing this, the children all showed a hint of joy on their faces.

Immediately afterwards, the three of them helped Liang Ming load the braised duck, duck feathers, mountain delicacies and river seafood, as well as the tools for setting up the stall, onto the vehicle.

Once everything was ready, Liang Ming drove the three of them out of Liangjia Village.

None of the three children chose to sit in the truck bed; instead, they all squatted on the back of the truck and howled excitedly.

Along the way, many villagers saw Jiwa and his friends sitting on Liang Ming's farm tricycle and their faces showed a hint of envy.

"Chicken kids, are you going to the city?" a villager asked curiously.

“That’s right, we’re going to ride in Brother Liang Ming’s car to go shopping in the city and buy some things along the way,” the three kids replied.

Upon hearing this, the villagers exclaimed, "Liang Ming has made something of himself; he's even made money with the chickens!"

"When will we be able to earn money for food by following Liang Ming?"

Hearing the villagers' discussions, Liang Ming thought to himself, "It seems that I need to expedite that deal. I'll have to talk to the village chief this afternoon."