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

Hao Jianjun became even more curious and quickly asked, "Who exactly is this boss? Brother Weidong, stop keeping me in suspense and tell me!"

However, Liu Weidong did not answer immediately. Instead, he said seriously to Hao Jianjun, "Jianjun, I consider you my best brother, which is why I asked you for help. Let's make this clear from the start: this is a secret between you and me, and we absolutely cannot tell anyone else!"

Hearing Liu Weidong speak so earnestly, Hao Jianjun quickly stopped the car and assured him, "Brother Weidong, don't worry, I absolutely won't tell anyone, not even my dad!"

Liu Weidong was very satisfied with Hao Jianjun's statement, and then heard him continue, "Brother Weidong, what are you up to all this mysteriously? We can't do anything illegal, no matter how poor we are!"

"Cough cough... Don't talk nonsense!" Liu Weidong said irritably, "Do you think I'm stupid? There's a crackdown going on right now, and you're just asking for trouble! I'm only contacting you for legal business!"

Hao Jianjun was relieved and scratched his head with a silly grin, "Hehe, I'm relieved now. What kind of business are you planning to start?"

"Don't walk, let's talk!" Liu Weidong got back on his bike. After he told Hao Jianjun about his experience roasting melon seeds, the two of them arrived at the small courtyard he had rented in the county town.

"Wow, Weidong, this place is pretty good! This stove is huge; it's not cold at all to roast sunflower seeds here in this season!" Hao Jianjun was very satisfied with the working environment and asked Liu Weidong with a big smile, "So, what do you need me to do?"

"You prepare the firewood first, then light the stove. I'll go prepare the sunflower seeds we're going to roast today!" Liu Weidong didn't stand on ceremony with Hao Jianjun. After assigning him the tasks, he went about his own business.

Hao Jianjun was indeed an honest man, working very hard without slacking off at all. By the time Liu Weidong had finished the preparations, he had already chopped a large pile of firewood, enough for the whole day.

Just as Liu Weidong was about to tell Hao Jianjun to start a fire, someone knocked on the door.

Hao Jianjun immediately tensed up and whispered to Liu Weidong, "Brother Weidong, are they here to arrest us?"

"What are you arresting us for? We haven't done anything illegal." Liu Weidong glared at the guy, then opened the door to find that it was Wei Guohui who had come to see him.

"Teacher Wei, you've arrived! Please come in." Liu Weidong quickly invited Wei Guohui in and introduced him, "This is Hao Jianjun, a friend I've known since childhood. I couldn't manage everything by myself, so I asked him to come and help."

"Hello, Teacher Wei!" Hao Jianjun was quite perceptive and quickly followed Liu Weidong in greeting Wei Guohui.

"Good, good!" Wei Guohui nodded to Hao Jianjun, looked around with satisfaction, and said, "You guys are pretty quick. You've even prepared the stove. You're such energetic young people, you get things done efficiently!"

At this point, Wei Guohui noticed the several hundred kilograms of firewood in the house and frowned, saying, "This firewood won't burn very well, will it? Why not use honeycomb briquettes?"

Liu Weidong rubbed his hands together and said with a smile, "Um... we don't have any coal coupons."

In those days, you needed coupons to buy everything. Besides the most commonly used grain coupons, there were also oil coupons, meat coupons, sugar coupons, cloth coupons, soap coupons, and so on. Basically, any daily necessity required coupons to purchase.

Coal coupons were one of them. If you wanted to buy coal products like honeycomb briquettes, you couldn't just have money; you also needed coal coupons.

However, only urban residents had coal coupons; people with rural household registration like Liu Weidong had to go up the mountain to chop firewood themselves. This is why so many farmers dream of having an urban household registration.

Hearing Liu Weidong's words, Wei Guohui suddenly realized and said, "Thanks for reminding me, I didn't think it through. Xiao Liu, wait for me a moment, I'll be right back!"

After saying that, Wei Guohui got on his bicycle and left in a hurry, leaving Liu Weidong and Hao Jianjun full of doubts.

However, Wei Guohui returned quickly and handed Liu Weidong a cloth bag: "There are some tickets and certificates in here, take them all!"

Liu Weidong took it and saw that it was full of various tickets and certificates. He quickly returned it to Wei Guohui, saying, "Teacher Wei, this is too valuable. I can't accept it. You should keep it for yourself."

"Hey, just take it, don't be polite!" Wei Guohui waved his hand and said, "To be honest, my old superiors and comrades have taken good care of me these past few years. I don't need these coupons at all. They'll be more useful with you, so please accept them!"

Since Wei Guohui had said so, Liu Weidong no longer declined, put away the cloth bag and said, "Then I won't be polite, Teacher Wei, thank you!"

Wei Guohui appreciated Liu Weidong's attitude and nodded in satisfaction, saying, "Yes, young people are very decisive and straightforward. This is a good personality trait; keep it up!"

After handing the tickets to Liu Weidong, Wei Guohui asked him a few questions related to doing business. Liu Weidong answered fluently, appearing completely confident, which pleased Wei Guohui greatly.

Finally, Liu Weidong concluded: "Actually, my core competitiveness lies in the flavor of the sunflower seeds. Currently, the market only offers original flavor sunflower seeds, but I have added three more flavors to give customers a sense of novelty. Therefore, even if the price is slightly higher, they are still very popular."

Wei Guohui smiled and said, "Very good, it's clear you've thought this through carefully. Well then, I wish you great success in your business!"

"Thank you, Teacher Wei." Liu Weidong continued, "You've taken such good care of me, I won't say much more. If you have time during the Spring Festival, I'd like to visit you in person to wish you a Happy New Year, what do you think..."

Wei Guohui admired the young man and nodded with a smile, saying, "I'll be free after junior high, you can come anytime!"

"Then I'll come to trouble you on the fifth day of the lunar new year." Liu Weidong immediately set the time, not wanting to drag it out for too long.

After all, according to Liu Weidong's memories from his previous life, Wei Guohui was exonerated not long after the Spring Festival and was directly promoted to a major leader in the county.

The New Year's visit must be made before this news gets out; otherwise, Liu Weidong will be seen as a sycophant, and it would be better not to go at all!

At this time, Wei Guohui himself had no idea that his fate would soon undergo a dramatic change, and he readily agreed. In order not to interfere with Liu Weidong and his team's work, Wei Guohui left after a short while.

No sooner had Liu Weidong seen him off than Hao Jianjun eagerly came up to him and said, "Brother Weidong, come and see what good stuff your teacher gave you!"

"Look at you, so unsophisticated!" Liu Weidong glanced at Hao Jianjun with disdain, then took out all the tickets and coupons from the cloth bag.

The two of them were both taken aback after just a quick glance!