Yimeng region, 1992.

Taohuayu Village.

"Li Weidong, have you lost your conscience?!"

"Don't think I don't know. You bought the mushrooms for five cents a pound and then went to the city to sell them for seven cents. You made a full two cents a pound off us. You even cheat your relatives. You're too heartless."

A harsh voice buzzed in my ears.

Li Weidong opened his eyes and found himself surrounded by people, their faces filled with anger and their mouths opening and closing incessantly.

What are they saying?

Where am I?

Li Weidong looked around in confusion. In addition to the noisy crowd, there was a cluster of low adobe houses with old propaganda slogans written on the walls.

"Fewer births, better births, a lifetime of happiness."

"It's best to have only one child, and the state will take care of your old age."

Where am I?

I was clearly taken to the hospital after the car accident, wasn't I?

Li Weidong's eyes were filled with confusion.

"Li Weidong, stop playing dumb and return the price difference right now! You even cheat your own relatives, are you even human?"

"Refund the money right now, or don't blame me, Tiger, for not treating you like family!"

My cousin, Tiger, was wielding a sickle with great force.

Li Weidong's mother, Zhao Xiulian, turned pale with fright and shielded Li Weidong behind her like a mother hen protecting her chicks.

"His aunt, can't we talk this out? We're all relatives, don't let people laugh at us."

Li Weidong looked at his mother, who was protecting him behind her, and his eyes gradually cleared.

The familiar scene finally made him realize what had happened.

I was reborn.

I was reborn in 1992, the day my aunt's family blocked my door demanding a price difference.

It was also a turning point in their family's lives.

...

In his previous life, Li Weidong was the first person in Taohuayu Village in the Yimeng Mountains to make money by growing mushrooms. His aunt's family was very envious of his prosperous life and begged him to help them make money.

Li Weidong agreed out of consideration for his relatives.

But who could have imagined that helping would lead to such a mistake?

They were unhappy because he only made a two-cent difference per pound. Not only did he refuse to sell the mushrooms to him, but he also demanded that he make up the difference from before.

Li Weidong was naturally unwilling. Although he made a profit of two cents per kilogram, he was the one who provided the mushroom bags and had to bear the costs of transportation, losses, and labor.

In reality, it doesn't make any money at all!

But his aunt didn't care about any of that. If he didn't give her money, she would cause trouble at his house.

Zhao Xiulian, the mother, was furious and tried to reason with them, but Hu Zi pushed her to the ground, causing her to hit her head on the millstone and faint on the spot.

My mother was seriously injured and had to be taken to a large hospital in the city for treatment.

But when Li Weidong went home to get the money, he found that his house had been ransacked and the three thousand yuan he had put in the grain jar had disappeared.

He confronted his aunt, demanding she return the money she had saved for his mother's medical treatment, but she refused, insisting that the money was rightfully hers.

Not only that, but they also took advantage of their numbers to beat Li Weidong out.

Because of this incident, the mother missed the best treatment period, developed cerebral palsy, and was unable to take care of herself for the rest of her life.

His mother's illness became a knot in Li Weidong's heart that he could never untie throughout his life.

Fortunately, God had eyes, and he was reborn.

Now, he has the opportunity to change all of this!

...

Next to the mushroom shed, after hearing her mother's words, the eldest aunt not only did not restrain herself, but became even more aggressive.

"Relatives? Now you remember we're relatives? Why didn't you think of that when you tricked us back then?"

After saying this, she turned to look at the crowd and shouted loudly.

"Hey everyone, come and judge for yourselves! We work so hard to grow mushrooms for Li Weidong's family, but they take two cents from us for every pound. In a year, they make several thousand yuan from us. Can you believe how greedy they are?"

All the money we work hard to earn throughout the year is ultimately sucked away by him.

Even the richest landlords weren't this ruthless! And they call themselves relatives? Pah!

After Aunt Wang Dahua finished speaking, the crowd erupted in a commotion, pointing and whispering at Zhao Xiulian and her son.

Zhao Xiulian, of course, knew the power of gossip and hurriedly tried to explain.

"That's not how it is, that's not how it is..."

But her voice was too weak and was quickly drowned out by the angry voices of the others.

Zhao Xiulian was sweating profusely with anxiety.

She was honest and straightforward and couldn't understand why, when her family had meant well by helping them make money, she ended up being the one in the wrong.

Upon seeing his mother being bullied, Li Weidong, who had just regained consciousness, had tears welling up in his eyes.

He helped his staggering mother up and said softly, "Mom, step back a bit, I'll handle this."

Pulling his mother behind him, Li Weidong turned to look at the noisy crowd, his voice booming like thunder.

"Shut up, all of you!!"

Li Weidong was young and burly, and his shout immediately silenced the crowd.

But his cousin, Tiger, was not afraid.

Holding a sickle, he confronted Li Weidong.

"Cousin, what are you yelling about? Just because you're loud doesn't mean you're right! Give me my money back right now, or I'll smash your mushroom shed to pieces!"

"Try smashing one yourself?" Li Weidong raised his eyes and glared at him.

His eyes were sharp and piercing.

Tiger didn't take it seriously at first, but when he met Li Weidong's eyes, he couldn't help but shudder.

He suddenly had a feeling that the Li Weidong in front of him was different from before.

Seeing her son so disappointing, the aunt glared at him with a look of utter frustration.

Then he shouted at the top of his lungs:

"Fellow villagers, look at this! Is there any justice left? This little brat Li Weidong not only cheated his own relatives, but he also dares to act so self-righteously."

Our family supplies him with tens of thousands of kilograms of goods a year, at two cents per kilogram. Tens of thousands of kilograms is worth several thousand yuan. Our family works hard all year round, but in the end, we don't earn anything. We've been working for Li Weidong for free.

Do you think he's a vampire, like Huang Shiren?

Even the richest landlords of the past weren't as ruthless as him!

"Lately, their family's been eating big, fatty pork meals every few days. Do you really think they've struck it rich? Bullshit! Is that pork they're eating? That's our blood and flesh!!"

After the aunt finished speaking, the crowd erupted again, with everyone pointing and whispering about Li Weidong.

Li Weidong looked at the surging crowd and a cold smile curled at the corner of his mouth...

When it comes to turning the tables, my aunt is really good at it. However, if she still wants to bully me and my family like she did in my previous life...

She can forget about it!