Reborn in 1994: Starting from the Autumn Harvest

The sun is shining and the breeze is not dry.

Chen Mian and Cheng Haichao arrived in the village side by side at ten o'clock, and finally stopped in front of a storefront with a red sign on the top that read: Yao Yuan Audio-Visual Store.

The walls and entrance were covered with posters of various celebrities, among which Aaron Kwok's middle-part hairstyle was particularly eye-catching.

Chen Mian couldn't help but compare him to Cheng Haichao. Guo Fucheng was just a bit thinner, more handsome, and richer.

"Am I handsome today?" Cheng Haichao noticed his buddy staring at him, so he straightened up and sucked in his stomach.

Chen Mian looked him up and down again. He was dressed in a classic white shirt and black trousers, with sandals on his feet, looking like a child dressed as an adult.

"To hear the truth or a lie?"

"Let's start with the fake one."

"It doesn't look quite right."

Cheng Haichao's eyes widened in surprise: "The truth!"

"Hanging hair".

"..."

Regardless of the fat man's mood, Chen Mian turned and walked towards the door. Trapezoidal shelves on both sides were filled with a dazzling array of cassette tapes, attracting some people to visit.

The owner of the audio-visual store is named Yao Yuan. He is only thirty years old, but he is famous far and wide for his business acumen.

He set up a large hall in the shop that can accommodate more than 20 people. It is open for free on the first and last day of each month. During the day, people can dance, and at night they can watch videos.

The shop also has a double-opening machine specifically for people to copy cassette tapes. It costs one yuan per tape, nine mao for referrals, and even cheaper for bulk orders. Young people from other towns even come here to play.

It's worth mentioning that there's a restaurant a few hundred meters away from the music store, owned by Yao Yuan's father. Many people go straight to the restaurant to eat after they're tired from playing, so the father and son make money from both.

"Hey... Gu Li and the others are here."

"Come on then."

Chen Mian also enjoyed singing a few lines in her past life. She was in a rare good mood and was looking at the cassette tape, but this little thing ruined her mood.

Looking back, I saw Gu Li and Zhou Hui walking slowly towards me, arm in arm.

One wore a loose purple short-sleeved shirt with light-colored shorts and a long ponytail, while the other wore a printed short-sleeved shirt with jeans and had her hair tied up with a large hair clip. Both exuded youthful energy, but their gazes differed.

"Oh my~ Chen Mian is really being clingy with us. I knew I shouldn't have made plans with you guys."

"No, Chen Mian didn't mean that." Seeing Gu Li's emotional state, Cheng Haichao quickly explained with a smile, while tugging at Chen Mian from behind, "It's all a misunderstanding."

"You've got it wrong, what tattered clothes?" Gu Li rolled her eyes and walked forward stubbornly.

Zhou Hui also glanced at Chen Mian. After more than a year apart, she was still as unsophisticated as before.

I didn't even have a decent set of clothes to wear when I came out to play; I was still wearing work clothes.

It's embarrassing to be around someone like that, let alone hang out with them.

There were girls among the dancers today, but they were few in number. Zhou Hui and Gu Li were among the most beautiful.

Therefore, it attracted attention as soon as it appeared, and many people came up to talk to it.

Zhou Hui remained silent, but Gu Li was very firm, her voice clear and bright: "Get out of the way, haven't you ever seen a beautiful woman before?"

Some people became even more excited when they saw how feisty Gu Li was, and how her loose short sleeves couldn't hide her curves. They even paid more attention to her than to the prettier Zhou Hui.

Seeing a group of men escorting Gu Li and her companion into the store, Chen Mian patted his good friend on the shoulder and said, "This woman, you'll bully her to death."

Cheng Haichao, with a long face, glared at Chen Mian before following her. His good mood, which he had been building up early in the morning, vanished in an instant, leaving him feeling extremely awkward.

"If I were Gu Li, I would cheat on you too."

Chen Mian cursed under his breath and followed closely behind.

But his mind wasn't on women and having fun; he came mainly to see his boss, Yao Yuan.

Yao Yuan has an older brother named Yao Wang, who works at the Agricultural Bank branch in the city, specializing in loan-related work. He will be promoted to the position of branch manager in more than 20 years.

His father-in-law is a leader in the supply and marketing cooperative; he'll have to come to them for help in the future.

Given their current situation, taking out a loan to lease the land is the most opportune choice, and this opportunity also allows them to get in touch with Yao Wang in advance.

"Brother Yao."

The shop was bustling with people, but there was only one pair of crew cut work clothes, so Yao Yuan had a deep impression of Chen Mian.

He had noticed Chen Mian's unusual behavior long ago and lingered at the bar a little longer, curious about what the kid was up to.

"What's wrong?"

As expected, something was about to happen in the dance hall, and Chen Mian couldn't afford to waste any more time, so she got straight to the point: "I was thinking of asking you about the loan."

Upon hearing the word "loan," Yao Yuan's eyes lit up. His older brother always said that business was tough these days and people still had a strong aversion to loans.

Chen Mian personally delivering business to my door was a pleasant surprise. I immediately grabbed a round stool from the side: "Come sit down and let's talk."

"That's right, our family is thinking of taking out a loan of 10,000 yuan."

……

Ten minutes later, the two walked into the dance hall one after the other. People sat around the area, chatting happily in their own groups.

Chen Mian glanced around and saw that everyone had either a side part or a middle part, making her buzz cut look out of place.

After finding Cheng Haichao's location, they immediately went over there.

"I'll ask you one more time, are you going to let me through or not?"

"Touch me and see."

Chen Mian arrived just in time to hear the heated exchange; this had never happened in her previous life.

"What's wrong?"

"They took our place..."

Cheng Haichao gestured to the left and right. Their seats were originally positioned one on the left and one on the right, with Zhou Hui and Gu Li sandwiched in the middle.

Unexpectedly, someone took Chen Mian's seat. He thought about getting up to kick them out, but when he turned around, his own seat was gone too. He was both angry and flustered.

But now that they saw Chen Mian had arrived, they immediately became more assertive, thinking, "Two against two, who's afraid of who?"

However, Chen Mian did not think so.

He glanced at Zhou Hui and Gu Li; one was burying her head in her hands, feigning pitifulness, while the other was openly excited, both silently watching the show.

He was also familiar with the other two; he had fought with them in his past life, and the result was a regrettable defeat.

He definitely won't fight today. Since the root of this problem is a woman, that makes things easier.

"How about we go somewhere else?"

The two girls were stunned. They hadn't expected Chen Mian to throw the problem at them. How could a guy be so cowardly?

"Change it yourself if you want." Gu Li glanced at her sideways, pouted, and muttered softly, "Look at these tattered clothes."

Zhou Hui looked around and saw that everyone was dressed smartly in jeans and printed short-sleeved shirts, and one of them was even wearing a watch. They all had trendy middle-part hairstyles.

In contrast, Chen Mian was still wearing work pants, looking like a convict, and yet he had the nerve to enter this place.

It's only been a little over a year since I last saw him, and he's become so timid. There's no point in talking to him.

She hugged Gu Li's arm tightly, "I'm with Lili."

"you……"

Chen Mian was about to continue speaking when she felt Cheng Haichao tugging at her from behind.

He kept a straight face, nodded his head towards the outside, and turned to leave without looking at Gu Li again.

By this time, Yao Yuan had already assembled the tape recorder. As the Wild Man's disco music started playing, confident people took to the stage to dance.

It twists and turns back and forth with one or two movements, but its position doesn't change much.

Chen Mian originally intended to comfort Cheng Haichao, but she didn't expect her brother to be so open-minded.

Seeing Gu Li's face full of disgust and her unrestrained mockery of Chen Mian, I couldn't help but think of Liu Xia's kindness.

Since Chen Mian had arranged to meet Yao Wang at noon, she couldn't leave for the time being, so Cheng Haichao stayed with her out of loyalty.