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

This house was lent to Liu Weidong by Wei Guohui out of kindness. Now that it's no longer in use, it should be cleaned up before being returned to him.

Liu Weidong and Hao Jianjun spent the whole morning cleaning the house inside and out until it was spotless, even wiping the windows clean.

As for the large stove and the remaining twenty-odd kilograms of firewood, Liu Weidong didn't plan to keep them. He called Hao Jianjun to help him move them all out and throw them away.

Upon learning of Liu Weidong's idea, Hao Jianjun's eyes widened immediately, and he asked, "Brother Weidong, you really don't want such a good furnace?"

Liu Weidong shook his head and said, "No, it's too much trouble to drag such a big thing back to the village, it's not worth it!"

"If you don't want it, you can give it to me. I'll go home and ask my dad to help me haul it back. We won't mind the effort!" Hao Jianjun quickly offered, then rubbed his hands together and said with a smile, "And these firewood, if you don't want them, I'll take them with me too."

People are very frugal these days. Only Liu Weidong would be so generous as to throw away such a good stove and firewood; no one else would be willing to part with it!

Liu Weidong didn't mince words and simply said, "Okay, they're all yours!"

"Great, thank you, Brother Weidong! Let's move it outside first. I'll lock it with a chain and then go home to call my dad to help." Hao Jianjun was beaming with joy and was about to go back to the village to get help.

Liu Weidong quickly called out to him, "Don't rush off! There's still one very important thing to do!"

Hao Jianjun asked, puzzled, "What could be more important than this?"

Liu Weidong said irritably, "Of course it's your wages, are you stupid!"

Hao Jianjun quickly said, "This isn't urgent. You're not going to renege on your debt, are you? We can talk about it later!"

In his previous life, Liu Weidong had seen countless news reports of migrant workers being owed wages and demanding payment. He never imagined that the situation would be reversed after his rebirth. He couldn't help but sigh inwardly, realizing that there are still many honest and kind-hearted people in this world.

However, Liu Weidong was not a heartless boss. He immediately frowned and said, "You should settle your wages when the work is finished. What's there to be embarrassed about? Here's one hundred and fifty yuan. Count it!"

Hao Jianjun was startled and said, "This is too much, I can't take it!"

Liu Weidong chuckled and said, "Didn't we agree on five yuan a day? That would be exactly one hundred and fifty yuan a month."

Hao Jianjun frowned and said, "But I've only been working here for about twenty days, not even a month."

"I said it's calculated on a monthly basis, so it's 150 yuan. Just take it and don't argue." Liu Weidong stuffed the money into Hao Jianjun's hand, then took out a few more ten-yuan bills and gave them to him, saying, "That was your wages, this is your bonus!"

Hao Jianjun shook his head repeatedly: "I absolutely cannot accept this money, Brother Weidong, how could I possibly take advantage of you!"

"Don't be so polite with me, okay? Don't you think this is too formal?" Liu Weidong said to Hao Jianjun with a smile, "Have you thought about how much your old man will ask you to hand over if he finds out you've received your wages?"

When this was mentioned, Hao Jianjun immediately looked worried and said, "I'll definitely have to hand it all over. I'll be lucky if I can keep ten or eight yuan!"

Speaking of Hao Jianjun's father, Hao Qiang, he's actually a decent person, but he's a bit greedy and will definitely make him hand over all his wages.

However, Liu Weidong and Hao Jianjun both knew that the old man would definitely not covet his son's money; he just wanted to save it for his son's future marriage.

Liu Weidong laughed and said, "So, I can't let you work all day and not earn a single penny, can I? Keep this money safe and don't let Uncle Qiang find out!"

Hao Jianjun then understood Liu Weidong's intention and said to him with emotion, "Brother Weidong, you're a true friend! If there's anything you need me to do in the future, just let me know, and I won't hesitate to ask!"

“We’re all good brothers, no need for such formalities!” Liu Weidong patted Hao Jianjun on the shoulder and said, “Go back and call Uncle Qiang, I’ll go return the key to Teacher Wei.”

Hao Jianjun left with a grateful look on his face, while Liu Weidong found Wei Guohui watching people play chess at the same old spot.

This old man is quite interesting. Although he loves chess, he rarely plays with others. Instead, he enjoys watching others play.

Liu Weidong waited quietly for a while until the game was over, then whispered to Wei Guohui, "Teacher Wei, the melon seed business is over. I've come to return the key to you."

Wei Guohui took the keys and asked Liu Weidong with concern, "What was the final result? Did you make a profit or a loss?"

"I'd say it was a small profit," Liu Weidong said to Wei Guohui without hiding anything. "I'll go home these next few days to summarize my experiences and lessons learned, and I'll report back to you when I visit you for the New Year."

"Yes, it's time to summarize our experiences and lessons learned so that we can continue to improve." Wei Guohui nodded in satisfaction and said to Liu Weidong with great anticipation, "Then let's meet on the fifth day of the Lunar New Year and see what experiences you can summarize."

After returning the key to Wei Guohui, the melon seed business before the Spring Festival came to a complete end.

Liu Weidong quickly returned home, took out his accounting notebook, and started writing and calculating to see how much income the sunflower seed business had brought him over the past twenty-odd days.

In the past twenty-odd days, Liu Weidong sold nearly 2,500 jin of roasted sunflower seeds, earning more than 3,700 yuan. However, the expenses for buying sunflower seeds and other raw materials, as well as various tools, rent, and wages paid to Hao Jianjun, totaled 1,500 yuan.

After deducting all costs from his income, Liu Weidong actually made a net profit of more than two thousand yuan in just over twenty days!

Nowadays, the average worker's salary is only a little over forty yuan a month. This means Liu Weidong earned in less than a month what an average worker earns in four years. In this day and age, that's undoubtedly a huge sum of money.

For Liu Weidong, who had only recently been reborn and was just testing the waters, this was already a very good result. More importantly, with this first pot of gold, it would be much easier to do other businesses in the future.

After all, in this era where opportunities abound, the biggest obstacle to doing business is the lack of capital. Now, Liu Weidong no longer has to worry about this problem!

Liu Weidong grew happier the more he thought about it, and couldn't help but hum, "We ordinary people are truly happy today..."

Just as Liu Weidong was singing with great enthusiasm, Wang Shujuan pushed open the door and came in. Seeing his smiling face, she couldn't help but ask, "What's wrong with you today? Why are you so happy?"

"Haha, good news!" Liu Weidong, in high spirits, laughed loudly, unable to contain his joy, and picked up Wang Shujuan and spun her around a few times.

Wang Shujuan was so frightened that she cried out in alarm and quickly patted Liu Weidong's arm, saying, "Put me down quickly!"

"Okay!" Liu Weidong obeyed and quickly put Wang Shujuan down, but suddenly kissed her hard on the face.

Wang Shujuan's pretty face immediately turned bright red, and she lowered her head without saying a word, making the atmosphere suddenly awkward.