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

"Impossible!" The short man quickly shook his head and said, "How could a country bumpkin like you possibly know our Director Du?"

Liu Weidong didn't argue with this guy, but just said to himself, "What your Director Du is most afraid of is his wife Wang Shufen. Every time he gets his salary, he gives it all to her. He even needs his wife's permission to smoke at home. Am I right?"

Seeing the two women in red armbands looking on in surprise, Liu Weidong continued unhurriedly, "Let me put it this way, I usually call your Director Du's wife Sister Shufen. She also has twin daughters, one named Liqin and the other Liping, who are currently in elementary school. Director Du adores these two girls!"

Seeing that Liu Weidong had explained the situation of the street office director clearly, the two men in red armbands panicked a little.

The two men were only deliberately making things difficult for Liu Weidong because they had received bribes from Wang Biao. Their superiors had never ordered them to come to the market to arrest anyone involved in speculation or profiteering.

If Liu Weidong really knows Director Du's family, then those two will definitely be in deep trouble, and might even lose their jobs.

Seeing the two men's expressions change drastically, Liu Weidong chuckled inwardly. Everything he had just said came from his past life's memories; he actually didn't know Director Du from the neighborhood committee at all in this life. However, these two women in red armbands were completely unaware of this and were terrified.

Seeing this, Liu Weidong decided to push them a little harder, saying expressionlessly, "It's fine if you don't believe me, we'll go find Director Du together now. I also want to ask him who reported me for speculation and profiteering, we have to get to the bottom of this!"

"No, no!" The two women with red armbands shouted in unison to stop Liu Weidong, their faces turning pale with fright.

Just then, two adorable little girls who looked almost identical walked hand in hand toward them. One of them greeted Liu Weidong from a distance, saying, "Hello, Uncle Liu!"

Upon seeing the two little girls, Liu Weidong smiled even more broadly. They were Du Liqin and Du Liping, the twin daughters of Director Du!

Liu Weidong had already intimidated Hongxiu Gu, and the appearance of these two young girls made the situation even more favorable for him.

Liu Weidong suppressed his joy and smiled at the two girls, saying, "Oh, it's Xiaoqin! Xiaoping is here today too. Have you finished your homework?"

This was Du Liping's first time meeting Liu Weidong, but the melon seeds her sister brought home yesterday were so delicious that, for the sake of the melon seeds, the little girl timidly greeted him, saying, "Hello, Uncle Liu! I've finished my homework as quickly as possible today, and my sister and I came to see you!"

Liu Weidong understood what the little girl meant, winked at her and said, "Yes, you should be praised for finishing your homework on time. Here, I'll give you and your sister a bag of sunflower seeds each. Take them and hurry home, don't make your parents worry!"

"Thank you, Uncle Liu!" the twin girls said to Liu Weidong in unison, their little faces beaming with joy.

Faced with this scene, the two women in red armbands were completely stunned. They also knew Director Du's beloved daughter; the fact that these two girls were so familiar with Liu Weidong further proved that he wasn't lying—they were indeed very familiar with the director's family!

The two women with red armbands turned pale and didn't dare to breathe, quietly hiding in the crowd.

How could Liu Weidong let the two sisters go? After they left, he immediately said to them with a half-smile, "Don't be in such a hurry to leave, you two. Let's go find your Director Du and clear things up together!"

"Ahem, young man, I think we don't need to trouble our director!" the tall man quickly said with a smile. "It's just a misunderstanding, nothing more!"

Liu Weidong said with a half-smile, "I'm very willing to cooperate with the street office, but it would be better to go and explain things to Director Du!"

"Oh dear, really, it's not necessary!" the short man quickly said, "It seems that someone with ill intentions deliberately spread rumors. We weren't serious enough about our work and believed the rumors, which caused the misunderstanding. We're really sorry!"

As he spoke, the shorter man winked at his companion, and the two of them, in perfect unison, each took out a pack of Peony cigarettes and placed it on Liu Weidong's stall.

Liu Weidong feigned confusion and asked, "What does this mean?"

The tall man said with a forced smile, "We've affected your business. This is just a small token, nothing more!"

"Well... I'll accept it." Liu Weidong certainly wouldn't stand on ceremony with these two. He deliberately glanced at Wang Biao across the street and said, "Some people, they know perfectly well that Director Du and I are friends, yet they still deliberately invited you two here. Heh... I wonder what they're up to!"

The two women with red armbands froze for a moment, then both showed anger. Liu Weidong's meaning was clear: Wang Biao was obviously treating them like fools!

The short man, suppressing his anger, greeted Liu Weidong: "Hey buddy, thanks. If you hadn't reminded us, we'd both still be in the dark."

"You're welcome!" Liu Weidong said with a smile. "If there's nothing else, then I'll..."

"You go about your business, we have our own things to do too!" The tall man nodded to Liu Weidong, then turned and walked towards Wang Biao's stall.

Wang Biao didn't know what the two men had whispered with Liu Weidong. Seeing that they hadn't taken Liu Weidong away, he was very disappointed and frowned, asking, "What happened?"

"What's going on?!" The short man sneered, kicked over Wang Biao's stall, and shouted, "We suspect you of speculation and profiteering. Come with us to the neighborhood office!"

Wang Biao was taken aback and said, "What do you mean by that?"

The tall man said menacingly, "Don't rush. Once we get to the neighborhood committee, you'll have plenty of time to speak. Hurry up and go!"

Completely bewildered, Wang Biao couldn't understand why the two had turned against each other so suddenly. Instead of dealing with Liu Weidong, they were causing trouble for him.

However, Wang Biao didn't dare to go against the people from the street office, so he could only follow the two of them with a worried look on his face, completely unable to figure out what the problem was.

Hao Jianjun stared in disbelief at the scene and whispered to Liu Weidong, "Brother Weidong, what day is it today? Why are these people only arresting the melon seed sellers? It's so strange!"

Liu Weidong glanced at Hao Jianjun helplessly, and was quite envious of him. Sometimes it's better to be simple and happy!

However, Liu Weidong really couldn't explain the reason to Hao Jianjun, so he just glanced at him and said, "Don't ask so many questions, let's hurry up and sell the melon seeds!"

"Yes, yes, business is more important!" Hao Jianjun agreed with Liu Weidong's suggestion and immediately shouted, "Genuine Shanghai-style melon seeds, one yuan and fifty cents a pound, or your money back!"

Seeing that the neighborhood committee officials weren't paying attention to Liu Weidong, the customers started gathering around to buy sunflower seeds again. By evening, all 100-plus kilograms of sunflower seeds had been sold out.

Hao Jianjun said happily, "Ha, no one's causing trouble anymore, and our business is getting better again!"

Liu Weidong, however, was not as optimistic as Hao Jianjun, and always felt that things would not be so easy to resolve.

And indeed, a few days later, Liu Weidong and Hao Jianjun were preparing to take the roasted melon seeds to the market when Wang Biao and two other men blocked them at the door of their rented house.