Back to 1978: Getting rich starts with treasure hunting

"What does it mean?" Lin Shu handed the pawn ticket to Gu Jiu again.

Gu Jiu couldn't help but burst out laughing. Noticing that Lin Shu's eyebrows were about to stand up, he immediately explained, "This is a pawn ticket from the Republic of China period. The pawn ticket is for a horse-head clock. As for the pawn shop, it must have closed down long ago."

Lin Shu snatched the pawn ticket and snorted, "Finally you are of some use."

Gu Jiu scratched his nose and decided not to bother with the woman.

Seeing her put the pawn ticket into her pocket, he had to remind her: "This pawn ticket is already waste paper."

"It's waste paper now, but it may be a cultural relic in the future. I find it rare just looking at it, and decades later, our descendants will find it even rarer." As he said this, Lin Shu felt it was not safe to put it in his pocket, so he transferred the pawn ticket into the system storage compartment.

Lin Wei pointed to the four silver dollars and a dozen copper coins that had just been cleared off the table and said, "Little sister, these are more valuable than pawn tickets. They should be more valuable as collections, right?"

Lin Shu: "Of course, later on, you two should take a few of these things back to collect and pass them on to future generations."

"We don't want it, you can keep it for yourselves."

This time, Lin Wei and Lin Guang refused to take anything. Lin Shu paid for the house, and the things inside belonged to her. What was the point of them asking for a dozen copper coins? They were not to be looked down upon.

The two brothers refused, and Lin Shu didn't say much.

"Little sister, how are you planning to renovate this house?" Lin Guang asked.

Lin Shu pointed to the top of his head and said, "First, clean up the inside of this house. When the weather clears up, we will repair the roof and replace the tiles and rotten beams. Some of the rotten wooden floor boards on the second floor will also need to be replaced. I plan to replace the floor on the first floor with terrazzo and widen and enlarge the windows."

"This requires major renovations. You guys don't live in this house anymore, so it's a waste to spend so much money on major renovations."

The two brothers were frightened. This must cost a lot of money. They glanced at Gu Jiu, afraid that he would have an objection.

"What's the waste? I have my own use." Lin Shu raised his eyebrows and looked at his two brothers: "Big brother, second brother, have you ever thought about opening a small store in the city?"

"commissary?"

"Well, it's the same as supply and marketing, except that the quantity of things purchased is not that large, such as cigarettes, alcohol, snacks, grains, oils, seasonings, daily necessities, hardware, etc., which can all be sold in the canteen."

When the brothers heard that it was the same as a supply and marketing cooperative, they were shocked. How could they have the ability to open a small supply and marketing cooperative?

Lin Wei waved his hand and said, "Little sister, it must cost a lot to open a small shop like this. You know that most of our family savings have been used to buy the third child's job. How can the family afford to open a small shop for us? We can't open one."

Lin Shu smiled and said, "Okay, let's wait until my house is ready. I don't know if I can get a business license right now."

Gu Jiu: "I will ask my old man about this matter later. Since there is a policy from above, let's see if it reaches the grassroots level."

Lin Shu's eyes suddenly lit up. She almost forgot about this young man at home. "Okay, I'll leave it to you. We'll arrange for the renovation of the house first."

It was cloudy and rainy for several days. After the sky cleared up for two days and the road dried up, Gu Jiu ran to a nearby village, found a bricklayer from some village, and started renovating the old house there.

Next, he not only had to go to nearby villages to purchase the medicinal herbs that he had arranged for people to dig up, but also had to take care of the renovation of the old house.

Lin Shu had been planning to go back into the mountains. Seeing him running in and out every day, he not only got tanned, but also seemed to have lost some weight.

I can't bear it.

This was to send him off again. Lin Shu bought a pig's trotter and a five-jin silver carp from the system mall, preparing to stew the pig's trotter to nourish him, and make a chopped pepper fish head for lunch and a braised fish fillet in the evening.

At noon, watching him carrying a few bags of herbs back, Lin Shu helped unload the herbs and said, "Actually, you don't have to work so hard. Let them deliver the herbs themselves, and we will directly weigh and settle with them. It's simple and saves trouble."

Gu Jiu also felt that this was not a long-term solution. "I wanted to ask them to deliver it themselves, but we don't have a place to store it right now. I don't want business matters to interfere with my family's normal life. Let's send it to the old house, which is still under renovation."

In fact, the main reason was that the group of brothers didn’t have bicycles, and it was too hard for them to carry things on their shoulders to the city.

"According to what you said, we can only wait until the old house is repaired." Lin Shu helped unload the sacks and filled a basin with hot water for him to wash his face.

Gu Jiu smiled as he washed his face: "Well, when that side is repaired, let them deliver the goods there."

After a while, if they are asked to deliver the goods themselves, perhaps those who have made money will be willing to buy a bicycle to carry the goods.

After washing his face and sitting at the table, Gu Jiu was shocked to see a large pot of pig's trotter soup and a large pot of fish head. He asked in shock, "Wife, are you planning to use up all our meat for a month on this meal?"

"Don't worry about eating. We'll have meat from you in the future." Lin Shu felt sad and funny, and helped him serve half a bowl of pig's trotters.

In this era, everything is rationed. Not to mention eating meat, even eating rice is not allowed.

Gu Jiu felt that his living standard had improved by more than one level since he got married. The pig's feet were stewed until the meat and bones were separated, and they were sticky when he bit into them. In the words of his wife, they were full of collagen.

"Did you get this money from the black market?"

Gu Jiu couldn't figure out where to get so many human victims if not going to the black market.

Lin Shu didn't want to explain. Since he had already thought of an excuse for her, she might as well use the black market.

After resting for half an hour after dinner, Gu Jiu rode his bike out again.

He first went to the old house to take a look, and then went to the nearby village to pull goods. In the afternoon, after pulling the goods up, he came back to the old house to wait for the workers to leave and lock the door.

I came to lock the door in the evening, and unexpectedly saw my two brothers-in-law also here to help.

"Big Brother, Second Brother, are you guys on holiday again?"

"Well, I came back in the afternoon. I had nothing to do so I came to see the progress of your renovation." Lin Wei and Lin Guang were both helping to pass the new tiles.

Gu Jiu took out a filter cigarette from his trouser pocket and distributed it to everyone. After everyone had had their fill, he stuffed the remaining cigarettes to Lin Wei.

Lin Guang held the cigarette under his nose and sniffed it, then teased, "The cigarettes in your pocket as a non-smoker are better than those of us who smoke."

Gu Jiu: "Shushu doesn't like the smell of cigarettes. Besides, it's much easier to socialize with cigarettes in your pocket."

The Lin Wei brothers looked at each other again, with smiles in their eyes. After living together for twenty years, how could they not know that Lin Shu didn't like the smell of cigarettes?

While everyone was smoking, they turned over the last few tiles and then the masters left.

Gu Jiu put his things away and checked every room. He locked the door after finding all the problems. "Shushu is cooking at home. Big brother and second brother, are you coming home for dinner?"

"Okay, let's go together."

The brothers were not pretentious.

Lin Shu had just finished cooking when she saw her two brothers coming, so she immediately fried a large plate of eggs.