1980: Sneaking Out to Catch Eels

[Period setting + no System, no golden finger + farming in a southern water town]

Lu Feng, the head of a publicly listed company, is reborn into an unfamiliar family in 1980. He spends his days working in the fields to earn work points and make ends meet.

By chance, he discovers a way to catch rice-field eels. He gets his second brother to go fishing with him at night, slowly saves up some pocket money, and takes advantage of the policy assigning farmland to households to split from the family on good terms. He then leases the fishpond at the village entrance and starts an aquaculture business.

In his spare time, he opens a small appliance repair shop and goes to the market to trade electronic watches, fashionable bell-bottoms, and polyester shirts. He evades inspections by the market administration and builds up a genuine ten-thousand-yuan fortune, earning recognition from the county as a ten-thousand-yuan household.

With money in hand, he invests in a chicken farm. When torrential rain hits, he stays up all night guarding the chicken sheds.

Now he is preparing to build a brick factory, and later puts money into road construction, bringing real benefits to the whole village.

In the end, he settles in the county seat, buys a house, and opens an appliance mall, growing his businesses into a thriving enterprise.

With no pocket dimension and no golden finger, he relies entirely on hard work. As he handles family squabbles and deals with jealous neighbors, he slowly builds up the village's industries.