Back to 1984: Starting with a Struggling Corner Shop

[Period Drama] [No System] [Rural Life] [Everyday Life] [Street Vending] [Getting Rich Through a Small Grocery Store]

At 36, Pei Xinglan had finally become a successful business owner, with everything going his way. Then he woke up to find that he had transmigrated into the body of another man named Pei Xinglan, back in 1984.

The original Pei Xinglan was timid and spineless, and the rumors spread by his relatives and neighbors drove him to attempt suicide by hanging.

Pei Xinglan, from 40 years in the future, was rebellious, stubborn, steadfast, and never one to give up. He took over the destitute family and its bankrupt little grocery store.

Together with his childhood sweetheart, Song Fanxing, he sneaks out at night to steal potatoes and cucumbers, searches for duck eggs among the reeds, climbs trees to catch cicada nymphs, catches softshell turtles in the river, and sets up a stall to sell eggs.

On the first day the grocery store reopens after its overhaul, villagers line up outside. He announces: "If the supply and marketing cooperative doesn't have it, I do. If they ration it, I have unlimited stock! And if they try to make trouble for me, too bad, I've got connections."

"The grocery store opens today, so cooking oil, salt, soy sauce, and vinegar are 20% off!"

"The boss is in a good mood today, so spend 10 and get 1 free!"

"It's pretty hot today, so have a free orange soda!"

That year, the supply and marketing cooperative was restructured into a department store, and its director begged Pei Xinglan to manage it.

"I'm not going. I'm happy to lie flat and look after my little grocery store. The department store doesn't even make as much as my shop."

"What if Xie Xinci was the one asking me to beg you?"