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

"Damn it!" Hao Jianjun couldn't stand it anymore. He cursed and was about to attack Wang Biao.

Liu Weidong quickly pulled him back, saying, "Didn't I tell you not to be impulsive? If things really escalate, we won't be able to do business together!"

Hao Jianjun angrily said, "But this kid has gone too far. It's one thing to use the name we came up with, but he's deliberately selling it so cheaply! He's really pushing his luck. How can you tolerate this?"

Liu Weidong said calmly, "Doing business requires patience. Being impulsive like you won't work. For now, just wait patiently and watch the show!"

"If we do nothing, do you think that kid will just hand over the business? I don't believe it!" Hao Jianjun was skeptical of this claim. If he hadn't always been obedient to Liu Weidong, he would have definitely gone to teach Wang Biao a lesson.

The downside of Liu Weidong's sunflower seeds is their high price; at 1.5 yuan per jin (500 grams), they're more expensive than meat. Wang Biao's sunflower seeds, on the other hand, are 3 mao (0.3 yuan) cheaper than Liu Weidong's, quickly attracting many customers.

After confirming that the price was indeed cheaper than Liu Weidong's, people immediately started snapping up the sunflower seeds, buying one or two kilograms at a time. After all, a kilogram of sunflower seeds was only three cents cheaper, so buying them was a steal!

Even some of Liu Weidong's regular customers were attracted by the discounted prices. They smiled sheepishly as they passed by his stall and went to buy even cheaper sunflower seeds.

Seeing that he had snatched away Liu Weidong's business, Wang Biao was extremely proud and glared at the two men in a show of defiance.

Hao Jianjun became even more anxious, his brows furrowed as he said to Liu Weidong, "Brother Weidong, nobody's buying our sunflower seeds anymore. This can't go on!"

"Calm down!" Liu Weidong remained calm and confident, saying, "You need to know what the core competitiveness of our sunflower seeds is. It's not the price, but the taste. As long as the taste is good enough, we won't have to worry about business!"

Liu Weidong dared to say this because he had the confidence. The seasoning recipe for roasted melon seeds was perfected over many years in his previous life. It was definitely not something that could be replicated by simply tasting it and using it for a few days.

Let this guy be smug for a while; he'll be crying later. The better business is now, the more pathetic he'll be when customers come back for returns!

Just as Liu Weidong was thinking this, he unexpectedly saw a girl of about ten years old walk past the stall. Although a long time had passed, Liu Weidong still vaguely remembered that the girl was Du Liqin, the eldest daughter of the local street office director!

In his previous life, Liu Weidong had dealt with Du Guofang, the director of the neighborhood committee, because he was laid off. However, that was more than ten years later, by which time Du Liqin had grown into a young woman.

Liu Weidong had only seen photos of Du Guofang as a child in her family's pictures. Now that he had finally met her in person, she truly looked exactly like the one in the photos!

Liu Weidong's eyes lit up immediately, and he said to the girl with a smile, "Oh, isn't this Xiaoqin?"

Du Liqin stopped and looked at Liu Weidong with a puzzled expression, asking, "Uncle, do we know each other?"

"Ha, I used to hold you when you were little, have you forgotten?" Liu Weidong started to flatter the girl: "I know your dad, Du Guofang, and we're pretty good friends! Why did you come out alone? Where's your sister, Xiaoping? Didn't she come with you?"

Du Liqin was still a child and had little wariness of strangers. Moreover, Liu Weidong not only knew her father's name, but also her own and her sister's names, so she naturally had even less reason to suspect anything.

"Xiaoqin is doing her homework at home. I've finished, so I'm here to buy some snacks!" Du Liqin looked up and told Liu Weidong, then looked at the sign and whispered, "Shanghai melon seeds, 1.5 yuan a pound, 0.8 yuan for half a pound!"

Liu Weidong laughed and said, "Not bad, you recognize all the words on this."

"The teacher taught us everything!" Du Liqin told Liu Weidong with some pride, then frowned and said, "But my mother only gave me a dime, I can't afford it!"

These days, if a family can afford to give their child a dime to buy snacks, it means they're quite well-off. Many children Du Liqin's age are already very happy to have two cents to buy some malt candy.

Liu Weidong smiled slightly, wrapped up some of each type of melon seed, and handed them to Du Liqin: "Here, this is for you, Uncle."

"Really?" The girl's eyes lit up; she wanted it but was also a little embarrassed.

"Why would your uncle lie to you?" Liu Weidong handed the sunflower seeds to Du Liqin and said with a smile, "Uncle Liu has been setting up a stall here lately. If you want some sunflower seeds, just come find me!"

The little girl was delighted. She took the sunflower seeds and smiled sweetly at Liu Weidong, saying, "Thank you, Uncle Liu!"

"Don't be shy, go home now and be careful on the way!" Liu Weidong told Du Liqin, and watched the little girl leave the market.

After Du Liqin had walked away, Hao Jianjun asked Liu Weidong curiously, "Brother Weidong, do you have friends in the county town?"

Liu Weidong told the truth: "I only know Teacher Wei in the county town, I have no other friends."

"Then why did you say you knew that child's father and even gave her sunflower seeds to eat?" Hao Jianjun was even more puzzled now. After thinking for a while, he looked at Liu Weidong with a very strange expression.

Liu Weidong frowned and said, "Why are you looking at me like that?"

Hao Jianjun looked around and saw that everyone was gathered around another stall buying melon seeds, and there was no one else around. He then lowered his voice and said, "Brother Weidong, we can't do this kind of thing. It would bring shame to our ancestors!"

Liu Weidong frowned and said, "Damn it, do you know what I'm going to do? You're bringing shame to our ancestors! Don't look at me like that, like I'm a pervert, or I'll turn on you!"

"Stop pretending, I can tell!" Hao Jianjun leaned closer to Liu Weidong and said, "You've got your eye on that little girl, you want to sell her to human traffickers, right?"

"Pfft!" Liu Weidong, who was drinking water, suddenly spat it all over the ground. He looked Hao Jianjun up and down and said, "What are you thinking about all day? My sunflower seed business is doing just fine, why would I want to mess with children? You can't even touch human trafficking!"

Hao Jianjun asked, puzzled, "Then why did you give the child melon seeds and try to get close to her?"

Liu Weidong sighed helplessly, "Sigh, like I said, it's really hard for me to explain to you with your intelligence. Just know that what I'm doing is definitely not going to do any harm!"

"So mysterious, I wonder what they're up to!" Hao Jianjun muttered in dissatisfaction, looking at the stall surrounded by layers of people not far away, and said, "Brother Weidong, forget about the little girl, let's think about how to sell the melon seeds first!"

Liu Weidong remained confident and said to Hao Jianjun unhurriedly, "Don't worry, just wait and see the show!"

As it turned out, Liu Weidong was not lying to Hao Jianjun, and the situation soon took a turn for the better.