Reborn in 1981, starting by smashing my iron rice bowl.

"Oh!" Wang Shujuan exclaimed, quickly breaking free from Liu Weidong's embrace and pretending to be busy at the stove to ease the awkwardness.

"Every time this happens, a third wheel appears. I seriously suspect I'm being monitored!" Liu Weidong was furious that he was interrupted just when he was finally enjoying the warmth and fragrance of a beautiful woman in his arms. He complained as he went to open the door.

The person knocking on the door this time was Wang Dahai, the village clerk. This guy was the nephew of the village chief, Wang Deli, and also his most loyal lackey.

Seeing Liu Weidong come out of the door, Wang Dahai said with a deadpan expression, "Liu Weidong, I am now officially informing you that, according to the village committee's decision, the location of your family's private plot has been changed. It will be moved from its current location to around the persimmon tree behind your house, but the area will remain the same as before. You understand, right?"

Hearing Wang Dahai's words, Liu Weidong couldn't help but sneer inwardly. Everyone knew who really made the decisions in the village, and that the village committee's decisions were just for show. This was Wang Deli starting to take revenge on him!

It should be noted that the Liu family's original private plot of land had fertile soil and a nearby stream for irrigation, making it one of the best plots of land in the village.

The plot of land that the village had recently given to Liu Weidong seemed to be closer to his home, but it was the worst kind of gravelly soil. Forget about growing vegetables or grains, even weeds couldn't grow well! Apart from a persimmon tree, there wasn't anything decent to grow!

In today's rural areas, the fruits and vegetables people eat are all grown in their own private plots, so this is tantamount to cutting off Liu Weidong's vegetable supply. To ordinary villagers, Wang Deli's move was indeed quite ruthless.

Seeing that Liu Weidong remained silent, Wang Dahai assumed he was shocked by the news, and he was incredibly smug.

Seeing that no one was around, Wang Dahai lowered his voice and said viciously, "Kid, this is what happens when you go against my uncle. You'll regret it!"

However, Wang Dahai's threats had no effect on Liu Weidong. He simply smiled and said, "It's just exchanging a plot of land for private land. Go back and tell your uncle that I fully accept the village committee's arrangements!"

"You..." Feeling ignored, Wang Dahai was furious and wanted to scare Liu Weidong a few more times.

Unexpectedly, Liu Weidong suddenly closed the courtyard gate, and the door panel slammed directly into Wang Dahai's face, causing him to bleed profusely from his nose.

Wang Dahai let out a miserable cry, pinched his nose, and mumbled a harsh threat: "You...you just wait!"

"Idiot!" Liu Weidong, inside the door, gave this guy a fair assessment and then leisurely went back into the house.

Wang Shujuan, who was in the kitchen, also heard their conversation. At this moment, she no longer cared about being shy and said to Liu Weidong with concern, "Weidong, the new plot of land that the village has allocated to us is not suitable for growing anything. Why don't you go and talk to the village chief again and ask him to allocate us a new plot of land?"

Liu Weidong said coldly, "This must be Wang Deli's bad idea. He's trying to use this to control me. Going to him is useless!"

Now Wang Shujuan was even more worried, wringing her hands and muttering to herself, "Then we won't have any vegetables to eat anymore, what are we going to do?"

Liu Weidong chuckled and said, "Sis, don't worry about such a small thing. It's just a matter of spending some money. Tomorrow I'll go talk to Aunt Zhao next door and ask her for five yuan a month. We can just pick whatever vegetables we want from her garden!"

Wang Shujuan couldn't help but ask, "Will this work?"

Liu Weidong said, "Of course! Just wait for my good news tomorrow!"

Wang Shujuan frowned and said, "But this means our family will have to spend an extra five yuan every month. The village chief is so mean; he's always bullying our family!"

Liu Weidong said seriously, "Actually, I don't care about exchanging some private plot of land or anything. I'm just worried that old man will make things difficult for you. Why don't you just stop working? Now that our family is better off, it's not worth being bullied by others for such a small amount of money."

Seeing how much Liu Weidong cared about her, Wang Shujuan felt a sweet warmth in her heart, but she still gently shook her head and said, "You don't need to worry about me. I work honestly and don't slack off. Even the village chief can't do anything about me!"

Seeing Wang Shujuan's confident demeanor, Liu Weidong couldn't help but shake his head inwardly. This girl is too naive; she thinks that as long as she doesn't slack off, everything will be fine. She truly doesn't know how wicked people can be!

However, Liu Weidong reconsidered and thought it might be good for Wang Shujuan to experience the harsh realities of the world, so he didn't stop her from continuing to work. He just repeatedly told Wang Shujuan that if Wang Deli made things difficult for her, she should immediately quit. Now that the family was wealthy, they didn't care about those work points, and they certainly couldn't let others bully them!

Although Wang Shujuan readily agreed, Liu Weidong knew that this older sister was too honest and was still a little uneasy.

So early the next morning, Liu Weidong found Hao Jianjun and said, "There's work again, still five yuan a day, do you want to do it?"

Hao Jianjun's face lit up at first, but he immediately looked dejected and said, "Now that the village needs us to work, I'm afraid my dad won't let me go out to work!"

Hao Jianjun's father still held old-fashioned views, believing that earning work points in the village was the proper thing to do. He had only agreed to let his son go to the county town to do odd jobs with Liu Weidong during the winter off-season. Now that there was work to be done in the village, he certainly wouldn't let Hao Jianjun go off with Liu Weidong anymore.

Liu Weidong simply smiled and said, "This job is a bit special. Just help my sister out when you're on duty, and let me know immediately if anyone makes things difficult for her!"

Hao Jianjun immediately stated, "This is my job, how could I possibly charge you? Don't worry, I'll take care of it, I definitely won't let Sister Shujuan suffer any losses!"

Although Hao Jianjun said that, Liu Weidong still insisted on giving him money. After some polite refusals, they each compromised, with Liu Weidong giving Hao Jianjun three yuan a day to help take care of Wang Shujuan.

Next, Liu Weidong went to Aunt Zhao next door and told her about buying vegetables from her private plot.

Upon hearing that she would receive five yuan a month, Aunt Zhao was overjoyed and immediately offered to let him pick any vegetables from her garden. She even enthusiastically asked Liu Weidong and Wang Shujuan what vegetables they liked to eat, saying she would plant more of them later!

Liu Weidong quickly said he didn't have any special requirements; he would eat whatever Aunt Zhao grew. He then gave Aunt Zhao a ten-yuan note, solving her vegetable problem for the next two months.

Wang Deli thought he could outmaneuver Liu Weidong's wicked scheme, but it was easily thwarted. This old guy clearly had no idea just how powerful money could be!

After settling the troubles in the village, Liu Weidong rode his Phoenix brand bicycle out to Gonggeng Village to find Ma Yongxian.

Just as Liu Weidong was leaving the village, Wang Deli was discussing with others how to deal with him.