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

As everyone knows, Liu Weidong just bought a refrigerator and a lot of other things yesterday. I heard that an electric refrigerator costs three or four hundred yuan, so all the other things must have cost five hundred yuan in total.

And that's not all; they bought so many things today. The Liu family is really too rich now!

Especially when everyone discovered that they were buying things that Wang Shujuan used, the young women and wives in the village were incredibly envious of her.

"Shujuan, you're so lucky to have such a wonderful younger brother!"

"I can't even buy two new outfits in a whole year, I'm so envious!"

"Wei Dong is so good at making money now, Shu Juan can just wait to enjoy the good life from now on."

Everyone expressed their envy of Wang Shujuan. A few shrewd young women even wished they could replace Wang Shujuan and become the mistress of the Liu family themselves.

However, they were all from the same village and knew each other well. Everyone knew that Wang Shujuan, though nominally Liu Weidong's sister, was actually his childhood sweetheart. Looking at Wang Shujuan's appearance, figure, and temperament, these girls were all quite discouraged and immediately gave up any further ideas. After all, in every aspect, they couldn't compare to Wang Shujuan!

Surrounded by everyone's envy, the introverted Wang Shujuan felt embarrassed and hesitated for a long time before whispering, "Actually, no matter whether Weidong can make money or not, I will take care of him as before."

These words immediately silenced everyone, and they all secretly admired Wang Shujuan, thinking how good she was.

As for Liu Weidong, needless to say, he was deeply moved and made up his mind to protect his gentle and kind sister and make her happy forever.

"Listen to this, listen to this! It's not just Weidong who's good to Shujuan, Shujuan is also very good to him!" Aunt Zhao couldn't help but exclaim. "Seeing the siblings' lives getting better and better, I, their old neighbor, am happy for them. Weidong, you must always remember how your sister has treated you, you mustn't forget!"

"Aunt Zhao, don't worry, I'm not an ungrateful person, I will definitely remember it!" Liu Weidong made a firm promise, and then said loudly to everyone, "I plan to build a new house so that my sister can live more comfortably, so it may cause some trouble for the village. Please bear with me!"

Liu Weidong is well-liked in the village these days, so everyone readily agreed that it was no problem. They're all neighbors, and of course they should support him on such a big project as building a house. They told Liu Weidong to focus on building without worry.

In front of outsiders, Wang Shujuan never questioned Liu Weidong's decisions. However, after the two returned home, she still whispered to Liu Weidong, "Weidong, why did you suddenly decide to build a new house?"

"Actually, I've been planning to build a house for a while now, so we can live more comfortably," Liu Weidong said cheerfully. "Sister, don't you want to live in a spacious and bright new house?"

Wang Shujuan nodded gently: "Of course I would, but... building a new house must cost a lot of money, right?"

Liu Weidong assured him confidently, "You don't need to worry about the money. We have more than enough money to build ten or eight new houses. Just relax and wait to move into your new home!"

Since Liu Weidong had said so, Wang Shujuan had no reason to object. She smiled at him and said, "Okay, I'll do whatever you say!"

Although they had enough money to build a new house, there were still many problems to solve, with the land for the house being the most important. So after dinner, Liu Weidong went directly to Hao Jianjun's house.

Now that Hao Jianjun's father is the village chief, the matter of the homestead must be discussed with him.

Hao Qiang was enjoying the cool air in the yard when Liu Weidong smiled and said to him, "Uncle Qiang, I have something to discuss with you."

"Weidong, sit down. Jianjun, your brother Weidong is here, quickly cut a watermelon!" Hao Qiang hurriedly greeted Liu Weidong, took a puff of his pipe, and said, "Weidong, you're here about the homestead, right?"

Liu Weidong asked in surprise, "How did you know?"

Hao Qiang laughed and said, "Didn't you say at the village entrance this afternoon that you were going to build a new house? It's all over the village now, so I guessed you came here for this."

Liu Weidong had nothing to hide from Hao Qiang, and immediately nodded, saying, "You're right, I'm planning to build a house and I wanted to ask if the village could approve another plot of land for building a house?"

These days, rural areas don't manage homesteads as strictly as they would be decades later. Plus, Liu Weidong is so popular in the village now, and he's even making a fortune with his son, so Hao Qiang certainly wouldn't refuse this reasonable request.

So Hao Qiang took a drag of his cigarette and said quite readily, "No problem, just tell me which piece of land you're interested in!"

Liu Weidong had already thought it through and immediately said to Hao Qiang, "It'll be fine if it's behind where my house is now, closer to my family's private plot, so it'll be easier to take care of the flowers and plants."

At this point, Liu Weidong paused and said, "I'll move in once the new house is built. I'll give the original land and old house to the village, and they can do whatever they want with them."

Hao Qiang nodded happily and said, "Great! This way, no one can find fault with it. I'll bring it up at the village committee tomorrow and get this settled as soon as possible."

Liu Weidong smiled and said, "Then thank you, Uncle Qiang."

"Hey, we're all on the same side, no need to thank me!" Hao Qiang said with emotion, "Thanks to you for leading the way, Jianjun finally has something decent to do, earning more each month than the workers in state-owned factories. If anyone should be thanking someone, it's me thanking you!"

Hao Qiang wasn't just saying these words of gratitude casually; the village committee approved the land for the house the very next day. Not only was it the land Liu Weidong wanted, but it was also much larger than his original land, amounting to more than half an acre.

Liu Weidong was naturally very satisfied with this, and the vast majority of villagers had no objections. After all, everyone was counting on selling dried matsutake mushrooms to Liu Weidong, so there was no need to offend him over such a matter.

Although a very small number of villagers were dissatisfied, the village committee quickly announced that it would reclaim Liu Weidong's original homestead, including the old house on it, which would belong to the village. This immediately silenced everyone, and Liu Weidong successfully obtained the homestead.

However, in the early 1980s, building a house in the countryside was not easy. Finding a plot of land was actually the easiest thing; the real challenge lay in finding building materials like sand, gravel, steel, cement, and bricks.

After all, in an era when all kinds of resources were scarce, it was simply impossible for an ordinary farmer to obtain so many building materials.

However, Liu Weidong could no longer be considered an ordinary farmer, so this small problem was no challenge for him. He quickly found Wang Hao, the manager of the state-owned store, and asked him to help solve these problems.