Rebirth 78: After being jilted at the altar, I reached the pinnacle!

"Hey, you old man..." Liu Quanyou was so angry that he was about to get violent again.

Li Hanliang gave him a look, stopping him.

"Sir, I know we're all city folks here, and I didn't want to trouble you, but it's just that a distant relative of mine has recently fallen ill..."

Li Hanliang squatted down and chatted with the gatekeeper as if they were old friends. Seeing that no one else was around, he put the cigarette in the gatekeeper's pocket. "This relative helped our family before, and we never had a chance to repay him. Now that we know about this, we wanted to ask his younger relatives to introduce us so that we could visit his family and pay our respects sometime."

The old man put his hands in the pockets of his old blue cloth coat, felt around, and looked somewhat satisfied, but when he spoke, his eyes were still on high as he asked, "What's the name of your relative?"

Li Hanliang looked around, then lowered his voice further, his words carrying a hidden meaning, "His surname is Pei."

“Grandpa, if I can get this connection, I can come to the city again, and we'll inevitably have to do business together. You see, if I can't get this connection, you can just say I snuck in, and I won't bear any responsibility. What do you say?”

He didn't know what Pei Shuxin's family did, but seeing how respectful the department store sales clerks were to Pei Shuxin, how could Pei Shuxin be an ordinary person?

Anfeng County is not large, and influential people are even rarer. So many people want to curry favor with them, but who can have the advantage of being a distant relative?

An old man who can work as a gatekeeper in a place like this must be very shrewd and know all about human relationships.

Sure enough, the old man chuckled upon hearing this. "Oh, what are you saying? You're here to find someone legitimately, how could I not let you in? It's all in accordance with the law, go ahead, go ahead."

Li Hanliang thanked the gatekeeper and swaggered in.

Liu Quanyou was completely confused and pressed Li Hanliang for an answer, "Boss, what did you mean by what you just said? When did you and Miss Pei become related? How do you know that someone from the Pei family is studying here?"

"Also, what exactly does this Pei family do? How come they have so much influence in the county?"

Li Hanliang was exasperated by his questions; how would he know what the Pei family did?

Strangely enough, as soon as he discovered that he had returned to the late 1970s, he quickly found out the situation of his Xiaoliangzhuang brigade, Xingshan village, and the leadership of Anfeng County.

Indeed, there is no one with the surname Pei among them.

“Didn’t you hear what he said? They’re all city people, children of respectable families. I don’t believe there aren’t any relatives of the Pei family here.” Li Hanliang could only explain this to him first.

He deliberately mentioned the younger generation of the Pei family, but didn't specify which branch. The relationships in the county are intricate and interconnected, and he didn't believe that the Pei family didn't have any nephews or nieces studying here.

Liu Quanyou was stunned. He followed Li Hanliang for a while before he came to his senses and couldn't help but give a thumbs up, "Boss, you're amazing! You're a genius, a strategist, like Zhuge Liang!"

Li Hanliang laughed when he heard this. This kid even knows about Zhuge Liang? That's quite something.

The two headed straight to the cafeteria, just as it was about to be dinner time, and the cafeteria chefs were busy preparing.

Li Hanliang glanced at their menu and realized that high schools in this era were indeed different from factories; the Chinese people have always valued education.

"Boss, these vocational high school students are doing really well! They not only have meat to eat, but also two meat dishes!" Liu Quanyou exclaimed in surprise.

When Li Hanliang came in, the busy chefs didn't notice him at all. But now, all the chefs looked up.

Li Hanliang only wanted to do some research today, thinking he could get on good terms with the gatekeeper first and then come back to discuss business tomorrow after he bought a bicycle and a suit.

He originally planned to visit one company and then immediately move on to the next, so that he could inspect all the potential clients before dark, prioritize them, and then finalize the deals in batches the next day.

"Gentlemen, busy?" Li Hanliang twitched the corner of his mouth. Well, he had been forced into this situation.

"Who are you?" Foreman Zhou sized up Li Hanliang.

He noticed that although the young man was wearing faded old-fashioned cloth clothes, he had delicate features and his hair was neatly washed. He didn't seem like an ordinary farmer, so he became a little curious, turned off the stove, and came over.

"Uncle, I'm from the pig farm in Xiaoliangzhuang brigade. This is my business card." Li Hanliang immediately showed a warm and polite smile and presented his business card with both hands.

"What business card?" Several chefs asked curiously, turning off their stoves and crowding around.

"This doesn't look like the famous films from Hong Kong movies. Is this a fake?"

"You wrote this on plain white paper, while others use the latest technology—printing!"

Li Hanliang was amused by them. He didn't expect that the atmosphere in the cafeteria of this famous school for children of employees would be so nice. These chefs even seemed to have a simple and honest feel to them.

"Uncles, business cards are only real if the job title is genuine. It's not about what they're made of; it's about the sincerity of the person handing them the card. I've been extremely sincere with you!"

Li Hanliang is the kind of person who becomes stronger when faced with strength, kind when faced with kindness, and even more wicked when faced with evil. These old men clearly saw him trespassing into the kitchen but didn't say anything, and they didn't look down on him just because he was poorly dressed. Li Hanliang's smile was genuine.

But the old men were confused. Master Zhou looked at the business card from left to right and said, "What nonsense is this? Young man, I'm just asking if you're here to sell pork?"

Li Hanliang noticed that he spoke in a loud voice, and although he was old, he had a straight back and was full of energy. He looked a bit like Han Jianguo and was probably a veteran as well.

“Uncle, you guessed right, I’m here to sell pork,” Li Hanliang seized the opportunity, walked directly to the stove, picked up a thin slice of meat and put it in his mouth. After chewing half of it, he frowned. “Uncle, this pork isn’t normal. Has it been injected with water? Or has it been fed with feed to fatten it up?”

Upon hearing this, Zhou Weijun's bright eyes shone even brighter. "Young man, how did you know?"

He pulled Li Hanliang aside and said, "I think you're an expert. Do you have any real pork? Would you like to sell it to us?"

Li Hanliang realized something was wrong; the cafeteria worker seemed more anxious than he was.

However, since the opportunity was already there, he was determined not to let it slip by. "Uncle, the pork from our Xiaoliangzhuang is all raised on pure farmyard manure, it's really good quality pork, and we have enough production capacity. No matter how much your canteen consumes, we can keep up with your demand and never run out of food!"

"Uncle, your cafeteria got ripped off by a middleman?" Li Hanliang glanced towards the office and saw the door was open, knowing he was in luck today. "Uncle, could you please introduce me to your director? I'd like to talk to him in person."

"Hey, young man, why are you looking for the director? This is our canteen manager, Director Zhou Weijun!" An old man came over and excitedly grabbed Li Hanliang.