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

"Pig-stalking mushroom" is a local dialect term for a type of fungus that grows in the ground. Although this fungus is edible, it has a strange taste and hardly anyone is interested in it.

On the contrary, pigs especially like it. Both wild boars and domestic pigs love to dig up this mushroom with their noses in the woodland to eat it, hence the name "pig-rooting mushroom".

This hunting dog actually likes to look for pig mushrooms but doesn't like hunting. No wonder it's considered useless by its owner and is going to be killed and eaten!

Although the pig truffle is currently unpopular, Liu Weidong, who has memories of the future, knows that this thing has another name, which is the famous truffle!

This item is very popular with foreigners and is quite valuable abroad! Even in China in the early 1980s, as long as you could find a knowledgeable buyer, you could definitely make a lot of money.

Liu Weidong happened to know of a Western restaurant in the city, whose head chef had been specially brought in from France. He was certain that any foreigner who saw these truffles would be willing to pay a high price for them!

Old Li had no idea about the intricacies of the situation and thought Liu Weidong was joking with him. He paused for a moment and asked, "Are you serious?"

"I'm not joking, everyone can testify," Liu Weidong said bluntly. "But I want a live dog, not a dead one!"

Upon hearing Liu Weidong's words, Old Li subconsciously loosened the rope. The big yellow dog, finally able to catch its breath, immediately began to whimper softly, tucking its tail tightly between its legs, looking extremely frightened.

Seeing that the dog was still alive, Liu Weidong secretly breathed a sigh of relief and said to Lao Li in a serious tone, "Name your price. As long as the price is right, we'll exchange the money for the dog!"

Old Li's eyes darted around a few times before he said, "Fifty yuan, that's the lowest I can go!"

Hao Jianjun immediately became anxious and stepped forward, saying, "Old man, don't be too greedy! A meat dog only costs ten or twenty yuan right now, fifty is too much!"

Old Li said seriously, "This isn't a meat dog, it's a hunting dog, that's all it's worth!"

A neighbor also spoke up for his friend: "Old Li spent more than twenty yuan to buy this dog back then, so fifty yuan is not much!"

Hao Jianjun retorted, "You were going to kill it and eat it anyway, so of course you'd sell it as a meat dog!"

"Enough nonsense, if you want to buy it, it's fifty. If not, I'd rather kill myself and eat it!" Old Li frowned, tightened the rope in his hand again, and hung the big yellow dog up again.

Before Hao Jianjun could say anything more, Liu Weidong pulled out five ten-yuan bills and said, "Okay, I'll take this dog!"

Old Li was finally satisfied. He loosened the rope and laughed, "This comrade is so straightforward. This hunting dog is yours."

This guy is a money-grubber; to make the big yellow dog sound like it's worth the price, he's turned it from a stupid dog into a hunting hound.

Liu Weidong didn't bother with such trivial matters, but said very seriously, "Comrade Li, I didn't haggle over a single penny, but you have to promise you're not lying. You said this dog likes to look for pigs to root for mushrooms. If it can't find them after I buy it, it will definitely come back to you for a refund!"

Liu Weidong was willing to pay such a high price for the big yellow dog because he valued its ability to find truffles. If Old Li was lying, he would definitely get his money back.

"Absolutely no problem. I've taken the dog into the mountains several times, and it knows how to find mushrooms," Old Li assured him confidently. "If it can't find them after you buy it, just come back and ask me for a refund!"

Liu Weidong nodded and said, "Alright, it's a deal then. Please bear witness!"

After saying this, Liu Weidong gave five ten-yuan bills to Lao Li, who then readily handed him the dog leash.

Liu Weidong carefully took the rope, afraid that the big yellow dog might suddenly bite him.

These hunting dogs are fierce and will not hesitate to pounce on and bite even wild boars. They are also very wary of strangers and are excellent guard dogs.

Especially since the big yellow dog had just been nearly beaten to death by its owner, it was still in a state of stress, as we would say in modern terms. Now that the leash was in the hands of Liu Weidong, a stranger, it wouldn't be surprising if it suddenly attacked and bit someone.

To Liu Weidong's surprise, the big yellow dog was very intelligent and seemed to know that he had saved him. After just one glance at Liu Weidong, it immediately wagged its tail at him and then obediently sat down beside its new owner's lap.

Liu Weidong was very satisfied with the big yellow dog's performance. He gently stroked the dog's head and said, "From now on, I'll call you Wangcai. Be a good boy at my house. I'll eat meat and you'll drink soup. You definitely won't go hungry!"

"Woof woof!" As if it understood Liu Weidong's words, Wangcai immediately barked at him twice and wagged its tail even more enthusiastically.

Although Old Li accepted the money, he was still unhappy with the scene and couldn't help but mutter to himself, "Hmph, Wangcai, huh? Keeping this stupid dog that only knows how to rummage around and root around is just a waste of money!"

Liu Weidong simply smiled faintly, too lazy to waste words with such a person. If Old Li knew how much the pig-rooting mushrooms his so-called useless, stupid dog had found could fetch, he'd probably be crying right now!

"Jianjun, let's go back to the village!" Liu Weidong nodded to his childhood friend, got on his bicycle, and headed back to the village.

Looking at Liu Weidong's Phoenix brand bicycle, Old Li felt both envious and jealous. He sneered, "So he's just a spendthrift who squanders money because his family is rich. Humph, buying a dog for fifty yuan, he'll definitely get scolded to death by his family when he gets back!"

"Brother Weidong, why spend so much money on a dog? Isn't that just throwing money away?" At the same time, Hao Jianjun also asked Liu Weidong, "That much money could buy forty or fifty pounds of pork belly. Wouldn't that be better?"

As Liu Weidong rode his bike, he chuckled and said, "You don't understand. Don't be fooled by the fact that I spent fifty yuan to buy Wangcai now; it will help me earn it back tenfold or even a hundredfold in the future!"

Hao Jianjun shouted, "I don't believe it! Even if this dog is a great hunter, it's impossible for it to earn five hundred and five thousand back!"

"Haha, you wouldn't understand. It's because Wangcai has special skills!" Liu Weidong laughed and loudly asked the big yellow dog trotting alongside the bicycle, "Right, Wangcai?"

"Woof woof!" Wangcai barked twice obediently, as if to say that Liu Weidong was absolutely right!

Although Lao Li said Wangcai was a stupid dog, the guy was really good at stamina. It ran all the way from the county town to the village, which was more than ten miles away, following Liu Weidong on his bicycle without taking a break.

Even Hao Jianjun couldn't help but sigh, "Brother Weidong, you know what, this dog was expensive, but it really can run!"

"Wangcai is more than just a runner!" Liu Weidong laughed. "Enough said, I need to hurry back and cook this big yellow croaker while it's still fresh!"

Liu Weidong quickly brought Wangcai home. Wang Shujuan, who heard the knocking, rushed out to open the door and was terrified.