Back to 1978: Getting rich starts with treasure hunting

In the next few days, Lin Shu didn't dare to stay up the mountain too late and returned to the city early.

Except for the first day which was relatively easy, Gu Jiu had to carry back several bags of herbs every day in the following days.

Lin Shu made a lot of money by selling the herbs he brought back to the system. Five or six people helped to go up the mountain to collect herbs, and they earned almost the same as he would have if he went up the mountain himself.

That night, after a few days of gloomy sky, it finally started to drizzle.

It was raining and they couldn't go up the mountain or down to the countryside. Gu Jiu and Lin Shu had a rare chance to sleep in, so they got out of bed reluctantly.

After washing up and looking at the rain dripping from the patio, Lin Shu hugged Gu Jiujin's thin waist, feeling too lazy to move at all.

"What's wrong? Haven't you gotten enough sleep yet?" Gu Jiu pinched her cheek lovingly. "After breakfast, can I sleep with you for a while?"

Breakfast is porridge that was put on the stove last night. It was simmered over low heat all night. It is soft, sticky and thick, very nourishing to the stomach. Add a few boiled eggs and it makes a nutritious and delicious breakfast.

Lin Shu hung on Gu Jiu as a pendant, feeling limp all over. She didn't know if she really didn't get enough sleep or she overslept. "I have no strength in my body. I feel so tired."

Gu Jiu chuckled and carried her to the table to sit down. "I told you not to try your best, but who can you blame for running up the mountain?"

"You accompanied me up the mountain a few days ago, but why did you feel so weak as soon as you stopped this time?"

"Have you forgotten that I accompanied you up the mountain a few days ago, and we would take a day off every other day. Aren't you tired running up the mountain every day these days?" Gu Jiu peeled an egg for her.

Lin Shu took the egg and took a bite. The egg was cooked just right, very tender and tasted good.

With the system mall, they don’t have to worry about eating eggs.

"You mean I have the sequelae of overwork?"

"Is not it."

Lin Shu couldn't refute this.

After breakfast, Lin Shu washed the clothes he had taken off yesterday and wanted to go back to sleep, but he didn't expect Tang Jianjun to come over.

"Brother Jiu, sister-in-law, the landlord you want to contact is here and is waiting for you in our office. Hurry up."

Lin Shu took a towel and wiped the rain off his body. It was raining outside, so he couldn't ride a bicycle. He could only walk there wearing rubber shoes and holding an umbrella.

"Wait for me for a moment. I'll go get the bag."

Lin Shu took her bag out of the room, and Gu Jiu was already standing at the door waiting for her with an umbrella.

"There is only one umbrella in the house."

"Then I'll share one with you." Lin Shu took Gu Jiu's arm and said to Tang Jianjun, "Let's go. Don't keep people waiting for too long."

The streets in that era were not very clean, nor were they as neatly maintained as in later times. By the time the three men reached the street office, some dirty water had splashed on their trouser legs and shoe surfaces.

The landlord was a middle-aged man in his forties, not tall and thin, wearing a pair of black-framed glasses and a serious expression, which fits the image of an intellectual of that era very well.

Tang Jianjun introduced both parties.

The landlord’s surname is Li, and his given name is Yan. He now works in another province and seldom returns to his hometown in the county. Now that his only father has passed away, he will never come back to the county.

Landlord Li Yan stood up and shook hands with Gu Jiu and the others: "Since you want to buy it, let's go look at the house now."

Gu Jiu and Lin Shu had no objections. They looked at the house first and then negotiated the price. This was the basic procedure for buying a house.

The street office is not far from the house, about a quarter of an hour's walk away.

This is a typical southern Hui-style building, with a bluestone carved door drum and doorpost at the main entrance. When the heavy door is pushed open, you will see a design with four water converging into one hall, including a living room, bedroom, study, kitchen, etc. In total, there are eight rooms on the first floor except for the living room.

Including the second floor, there are sixteen rooms upstairs and downstairs, except for the hall on the first floor that connects to the patio.

Looking at the window frames, railings, moon beams, hangings, brackets, etc. in the courtyard, it is true that the Hui style of architecture's emphasis on every house being carved is more fully reflected in the houses in the city.

If the houses in Xiaohe Production Team are a minimalist version of the Hui style, then this house is a practical version.

The reason why it is called a practical version is that the carvings are not too complicated, but the places where carvings are needed are only carved with simple flowers, plants, insects and fish, which cannot reach the exquisite and luxurious level of Hui style architecture.

This is probably why the house has been preserved to this day.

The house was very old, and the wood carvings had not been painted for who knows how many years. A rough glance would reveal that they were all gray and black.

The walls are also mottled and peeling, and if you want to live here you must repaint them.

"Uncle Li, your house is too old. If you want to move in, you have to clean it up and renovate it, which will cost a lot of money." Tang Jianjun said, touching a starched table in the hall.

The table looked unrecognizable. The entire table was pitch black, and the edges and legs were covered with a layer of paste. I don't know how long it has been since it was properly cleaned.

Li Yan also knew that people of this era prefer to live in buildings, but this was his family's ancestral home for three generations, and the price he quoted was already the lowest.

"The price is the lowest, no room for negotiation. If I hadn't been working in another province and couldn't come back, I wouldn't have been willing to sell this house."

Lin Shu and Tang Jianjun had different ideas. They thought that 1,300 yuan was a great value for such a well-preserved antique house.

Seeing that the landlord Li Yan's brows were furrowed, Gu Jiu obviously knew that he had misunderstood, so he said, "Uncle Li, you are the one who makes the decision about this house. There won't be any disputes in the future, right?"

"There will be no disputes. I am the only son in the family and I have no brothers or sisters. I am the sole heir to the family property. You can rest assured about this." Li Yan assured.

Lin Shu: "Uncle Li, are you planning on returning to the county town in the future?"

Li Yan sighed slightly and said rather sadly: "I don't know whether I will come back or not. According to the current situation, there will be few opportunities to come back in the future. My children are closer to my grandmother's relatives. On my side, there are at most some cousins, and they don't come back anymore."

In this case, Li Yan's work and life are both in the city where the woman lives, so his situation is almost like marrying into the woman's family.

If Li Yan's father had had a few more children, he would not have been able to leave his hometown and would not even have an excuse to come back. If he had brothers and sisters here, I believe he would have an excuse to go back to his hometown every year.

Lin Shu pointed at some old furniture in the room and asked, "Uncle Li, do you still want these furniture?"

Li Yan waved his hand: "No, you can do whatever you want with it."

There was no use for him to have these furniture. The journey back to his home in another province was too long. Besides, there was no place to put them at home.

My wife and children prefer to use the furniture that is popular nowadays.

Lin Shu took Gu Jiu's arm and asked softly, "What do you think?"

Gu Jiu patted her hands and said with a smile, "You decide."

"Okay." Lin Shu was happy, and squeezed his arm inconspicuously, then turned to Li Yan and said, "Uncle Li, have you brought all your documents? If the price is okay, shall we go and complete the formalities today?"

Li Yan patted his Shanghai brand leather bag and said, "I've brought everything. Let's go to the Housing Management Office without further delay."

"Okay, let's try to get the formalities done today."

Several people held umbrellas and left the old house. Li Yan looked up at the plaque on the door, feeling mixed emotions. "After completing the formalities, you should change the plaque."

Lin Shu also looked up at the door. It was a plaque painted on the wall. The words were a little blurry. He would just have to find someone to repaint the wall and write a new plaque.