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

Liu Weidong was so angry at this arrogant guy that he laughed. He turned his head and glanced at Cai Yong, saying, "Do you think you're a policeman? What right do you have to stop us from leaving?"

Cai Yong angrily said, "If you have a harvest, you should sell it to the supply and marketing cooperative. Now that you're here, you're not allowed to leave!"

Liu Weidong retorted sharply, "Everyone is advocating a market economy now. It's only right to sell to whoever offers the highest price! And you think you can't just come and go? Is this a supply and marketing cooperative or a den of robbers?"

Enraged by Liu Weidong's provocations, Cai Yong was speechless and threatened him fiercely: "I'm warning you, this is called speculation and profiteering! Believe me or not, I'll call the police right now and arrest you both!"

The old fisherman panicked and quickly whispered to Liu Weidong, "Comrade, why don't we just let this matter go? I'll just sell the dragon's blood to the supply and marketing cooperative."

Now Cai Yong was smug. He stared at Liu Weidong and said, word by word, "Kid, you think you can compete with our supply and marketing cooperative? Don't even dream about it!"

Liu Weidong didn't bother with this guy at all, and instead sincerely said to the old fisherman, "Old man, whether what we're doing counts as speculation or profiteering, the police officers know best. How about we go to the police station and ask the officers to be witnesses?"

The old fisherman muttered to himself, "Should we ask the police officers to be witnesses?"

“Yes, if they say this is speculation, then we’ll pretend it never happened. You can come back and sell the dragon fruit to the supply and marketing cooperative.” Liu Weidong patiently said to the old fisherman, “But if they say there’s no problem with what we’re doing, I’ll still buy your dragon fruit at the same price as before. Is that alright?”

The old fisherman was tempted again and nodded repeatedly, saying, "With a police officer as a witness, it must be true. This is not a bad idea."

Liu Weidong laughed and said, "If you think it's alright, then it's fine. Anyway, the police station isn't far away, so let's go there now."

Seeing that the two were really going to the police station, Cai Yong suddenly became anxious and grabbed the old fisherman's basket, saying, "Don't go! I'm buying this dragon's blood today!"

Liu Weidong's face darkened, and he coldly said to Cai Yong, "What, you still want to force a sale? That's the real illegal thing! Don't forget we're cracking down on this right now. Believe me, the police will really arrest you!"

Now Cai Yong was also a little scared, and quickly retorted, "Don't make false accusations! I didn't intend to do that. I'll pay a high price, yes, I'm willing to pay a high price to buy this dragon's blood!"

Liu Weidong said seemingly casually, "You just said that the price at the supply and marketing cooperative today is thirty-five yuan per jin, but now you say you want to pay a higher price. So who will pay for this?"

Without much hesitation, Cai Yong shouted, "Of course I'll pay!"

"So you're planning to buy this dragon's blood yourself after all this time?" Liu Weidong looked at Cai Yong with a half-smile and said, "I wonder who was it that said this was speculation and profiteering? Turns out they were just bluffing!"

Even the most honest old fisherman understood what Liu Weidong meant, and his distrust of Cai Yong deepened.

Seeing that the more he talked, the worse it would go for him, Cai Yong quickly shouted, "Stop talking nonsense, I'm willing to pay two hundred, two hundred for this dragon's blood!"

After saying that, the guy glanced smugly at Liu Weidong, feeling confident of victory. "It's already several tens of yuan more than the supply and marketing cooperative's price; this ignorant old man will definitely agree!"

However, the old fisherman remained unmoved and even showed a very dissatisfied expression, which really surprised Cai Yong.

Liu Weidong simply smiled and said, "Sir, let's go talk over there. Don't waste time with this kind of person!"

"Okay!" The old fisherman nodded and followed Liu Weidong without hesitation.

Now Cai Yong was really anxious and shouted from behind, "Two hundred and fifty, three hundred, don't go! Four hundred, five hundred, five hundred and fifty, I'll pay five hundred and fifty!"

The old fisherman stopped and looked hesitantly at Liu Weidong, saying, "Comrade, what do you think of this..."

Hearing such a high price, Cai Yong felt his heart bleeding. Fortunately, he finally managed to persuade the old fisherman, so he quickly said, "Old man, don't hesitate, no one in the whole county can give you this much money, sell it to me quickly!"

However, before the hesitant old fisherman could speak, Liu Weidong calmly said, "Six hundred!"

Cai Yong gritted his teeth and muttered, "Six hundred and fifty!"

"Seven hundred!"

"Seven hundred and fifty!"

"Eight hundred..."

Cai Yong kept raising the price, but Liu Weidong always managed to outbid him. Before he knew it, the price had reached 850 yuan!

The old fisherman was terrified, his breathing becoming heavy. He never imagined that a piece of dragon's blood that originally cost a little over a hundred yuan would now sell for almost a thousand; it felt like a dream!

Cai Yong inwardly groaned, harboring deep resentment towards Liu Weidong. This was the most money he could afford; if Liu Weidong offered a higher price, he would be helpless.

However, Liu Weidong remained calm and said to the old fisherman, "Grandpa, adding fifty cents here and there doesn't mean much. How about this, I'll give you a thousand yuan!"

"What, a thousand?" The old fisherman thought he had misheard. But when he saw Liu Weidong nod, he was overjoyed. He didn't care whether Cai Yong would raise the price again and hurriedly shouted, "Okay, I'll sell this dragon's blood to you!"

Liu Weidong secretly breathed a sigh of relief, gave the old fisherman a thumbs up and said, "Grandpa, you're so generous! I'll count the money for you right now!"

Cai Yong, who was standing nearby, panicked and shouted, "Wait!"

Liu Weidong glanced at the guy sideways and said, "What, you want to raise the price?"

“I…” Cai Yong was speechless. If he could raise the price, why would he need to waste any more words?

"If you can't raise the price, then get out of the way and don't get in the way of my making money!" Liu Weidong rudely chased the guy away, showing him no respect whatsoever.

Even the old fishermen looked at Cai Yong with disdain. This man was always getting in their way of making money, and he was really annoying!

"Fine, fine, you just wait and see!" Cai Yong, feeling utterly humiliated by Liu Weidong's provocation, huffed and puffed before storming off.

"Who is this guy? All he does is cause trouble!" Liu Weidong muttered under his breath, then quickly counted out a thousand yuan and gave it to the old fisherman, saying, "Grandpa, please count it and see if it's correct!"

"Good, good!" The old fisherman quickly took the thick stack of ten-yuan notes and counted them carefully. This was the first time he had ever seen so much cash, and he was so excited that his hands were trembling.

Although Liu Weidong appeared calm, he was actually very excited inside. If he could acquire this piece of ambergris, he could definitely make a fortune. Luckily, he had brought plenty of cash with him today; otherwise, Cai Yong might have gotten there first!

One thousand yuan is exactly one hundred ten-yuan bills. The old fisherman counted them several times before looking up with a big smile and saying, "The money is correct, young man, this piece of dragon's blood is yours!"