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

Li Yongjiu could hardly believe his luck. He quickly called out to the two waiters, "Old Song, Xiao Wang, come with me to get the eggs!"

As Li Yongjiu spoke, he ran out first, followed closely by the waiter he had chosen.

Hao Jianjun, who was waiting outside, was already a little nervous. When he suddenly saw three people come out of the restaurant and rush towards him, he was almost scared to death.

Fortunately, Liu Weidong also came out and shouted to Hao Jianjun, "Jianjun, don't just stand there, quickly help the restaurant staff carry the eggs inside!"

Hao Jianjun was relieved and, together with the two waiters, carried the boxes of eggs into the restaurant's kitchen.

Li Yongjiu didn't waste any time and immediately called for people to weigh the eggs. After a flurry of activity, he said to Liu Weidong, "Brother Liu, there are a total of 228 jin of eggs here. We'll proceed according to the weight per jin..."

Before Li Yongjiu could finish speaking, Liu Weidong interrupted him with a smile: "Manager Li, we hit it off immediately, let's call this batch of eggs 220 jin!"

Li Yongjiu immediately understood Liu Weidong's meaning and quickly shook his head, saying, "Brother Liu, how could I possibly accept this? You've already helped me out of my immediate predicament; I can't take advantage of you!"

Liu Weidong laughed and said, "Manager Li, please don't be so polite with me. It's already a great favor that you're willing to buy eggs from me. It's just a small token of my appreciation, please don't refuse."

For Li Yongjiu, the manager of a state-owned restaurant, a few pounds of eggs were nothing. But Liu Weidong's attitude made him very comfortable, so he smiled and nodded, saying, "Then I won't be polite. Thank you, Brother Liu!"

"It's nothing, I'm glad Manager Li doesn't mind." Liu Weidong said politely, but he was secretly pleased.

You see, Liu Weidong still has several thousand kilograms of national grain coupons, so this egg deal is definitely not a one-off transaction. Maintaining a good relationship with Li Yongjiu from now on will be very beneficial for future business.

In those days, state-owned enterprises did not have the practice of delaying payments. After weighing all the eggs, Li Yongjiu immediately instructed the finance department to give the money to Liu Weidong.

After deducting the few kilograms of eggs that Liu Weidong had privately given to Li Yongjiu, the remaining eggs sold for a total of 259.6 yuan, all of which went into his pocket.

Li Yongjiu warmly invited Liu Weidong to stay for dinner, but Liu politely declined, saying he had other things to do in the afternoon, and quickly took his leave.

Hao Jianjun followed behind Liu Weidong, muttering somewhat discontentedly, "Brother Weidong, Manager Li wanted to treat us to dinner, why did you refuse? I've never eaten at a state-run restaurant before, it's such a pity that someone's treating us!"

Liu Weidong said calmly, "You're always thinking about taking advantage. You can't do business like this. If we eat this meal today, all those eggs we gave Manager Li before will be wasted. We can't let the goodwill we built up be wasted on just one meal."

Hao Jianjun suddenly realized, scratching his head and sighing, "There are so many twists and turns in doing business, it's too troublesome. I can't think about it too much, it gives me a headache!"

Liu Weidong chuckled and said, "If you want to live a good life in the future, you have to figure out all the tricks of the trade, otherwise it won't work!"

Hao Jianjun said nonchalantly, "Brother Weidong, you know I'm not very bright and can't figure out these complicated things. Anyway, I'll stick with you from now on, so I won't bother with this!"

Hao Jianjun's words left Liu Weidong somewhat helpless. He shook his head and smiled wryly, "So you've decided to stick with me, haven't you!"

"Hehe, just leave me a sip of soup after you eat the meat!" Hao Jianjun laughed. "I've made over two hundred yuan in just half a day. This money is too easy to earn. No wonder so many people want to get into speculation!"

Liu Weidong frowned and said, "How can you talk like that? We're not doing speculation here!"

"Then what do you think it should be?" Hao Jianjun asked, still unconvinced.

Liu Weidong said in a serious tone, "What we call revitalizing the market economy is enriching the food supply for city residents while also contributing to increasing farmers' income!"

Looking at Liu Weidong's self-righteous demeanor, Hao Jianjun was stunned for a while before he came to his senses and sincerely sighed, "Brother Weidong, you are truly skilled. It's clearly just speculation and profiteering, but you've come up with so many new terms that make it seem much more noble!"

Liu Weidong tossed Hao Jianjun a cigarette, scoffed, and said, "What do you mean 'think'? You're just naturally noble!"

Hao Jianjun skillfully lit a cigarette, took a satisfying puff, and looked at Liu Weidong, who had already put the cigarette pack away, and asked curiously, "Brother Weidong, why aren't you smoking?"

"I've quit," Liu Weidong replied simply, without offering any further explanation.

These days, there's no such thing as smoking being harmful to health, and there are many smokers among young people, including Liu Weidong.

However, thinking about how he would cough up his lungs every time the seasons changed decades later, Liu Weidong decided to quit smoking now.

Hao Jianjun asked, puzzled, "Why quit smoking? It's not like you can't afford to!"

Upon seeing this, Liu Weidong couldn't help but advise, "You should smoke less in the future; this stuff is bad for your health."

"How could that be? Everyone's smoking!" Hao Jianjun completely ignored Liu Weidong's advice and took another satisfying puff.

Just then, Wei Guohui stopped his bicycle next to the two of them and said, "Wei Dong, what are you and Jianjun doing here?"

Wei Guohui had visited them a few times when they were selling melon seeds before, so Hao Jianjun recognized him. He quickly stubbed out his cigarette and said loudly, "Hello, Teacher Wei!"

"Hello, Teacher Wei!" Liu Weidong greeted Wei Guohui in return, smiling as he told him, "Jianjun and I are currently..."

"Brother Weidong, I know how to do this problem!" Hao Jianjun interrupted Liu Weidong, eagerly showing off, "Teacher Wei, Brother Weidong and I are working to revitalize the market economy, enriching the food supply for city residents while also contributing to increasing farmers' income!"

Wei Guohui looked at Hao Jianjun in surprise and said, "Jianjun, you're quite something now! You speak so eloquently. It's truly remarkable how much you've changed in just a few days!"

However, Hao Jianjun could only recite Liu Weidong's words, and now he immediately gave himself away, looking completely bewildered as he said, "What do you mean by 'a new look after three days'... Teacher Wei, I don't understand what you mean!"

Wei Guohui immediately understood what was going on and looked at Liu Weidong, saying, "You were the one who taught Jianjun those words, weren't you?"

"Hehe, nothing can be hidden from you." Liu Weidong flattered him without batting an eye, then told the truth: "Actually, I've been dealing with eggs with Jianjun lately. Just now... we sold over two hundred jin to the state-run restaurant."

"Enriching the citizens' food baskets and increasing farmers' income..." Wei Guohui repeated Hao Jianjun's words, then couldn't help but shake his head and sigh, "That makes sense, Weidong, you always come up with so many new ideas!"