Back to 1978: Getting rich starts with treasure hunting

After the party, Xu Ming had always wanted to find a temporary job for An Fan in his unit, but he had never been able to do so because the power supply station only had a certain number of vacancies for temporary workers.

Since no temporary workers leave, there are naturally no vacancies.

In the end, it was Gu Jiu who pulled people into his team and took An Fan to the nearby village to purchase medicinal herbs every day as long as it was not raining or snowing.

Gu Jiu found a few trusted herb diggers and naturally made a lot of money during this period.

When he revealed that they might be asked to deliver the herbs to the city themselves in a few days, the villagers all patted their chests and said that there was no problem.

If they delivered the herbs to the place designated by Gu Jiu themselves, it would be much more convenient for them to go out to dig herbs sometimes, and they would not have to transport them back to the village every time for fear of others being jealous.

Making a fortune in silence is a trick that smart people in any era like to try.

With An Fan joining Gu Jiu, things naturally became much easier. It also made Lin Shu feel much more relaxed.

It is autumn, the harvest season.

Similarly, as it is the harvesting season for most medicinal herbs, Lin Shu also wants to dig as many herbs as possible.

But Gu Jiu was worried about her going up the mountain alone, so he insisted that she take a day off after every day of climbing.

The pace of climbing the mountain slowed down, and people naturally felt a lot more relaxed.

"You haven't left yet today?"

Lin Shu went up the mountain yesterday and found a place where a lot of Eucommia ulmoides were growing. He got a lot of them and sold them to the system, and naturally made a lot of money.

I had wanted to go out for a few hours today, but when I woke up I found that Gu Jiu, who usually left home early, was now sitting at the table leisurely eating breakfast.

Gu Jiu looked back at her in loose pajamas, her face unwashed and her teeth unbrushed, and urged her, "I'm taking a day off today, go wash up quickly, I bought your favorite fried dough sticks, soy milk and steamed dumplings."

Lin Shu glanced at the dishes on the table, rubbed his eyes, and went into the bathroom.

After washing up and sitting down, Gu Jiu pushed the soy milk he prepared for her in front of her and said, "Try it. The temperature of the soy milk is just right. The fried dough sticks were freshly fried this morning and they taste good."

Lin Shu held the soy milk in both hands and took a sip. The strong bean aroma comforted her hungry stomach all night. "It tastes good. Did you give yourself a day off today?"

"I've been busy for so many days, I need to take a break, otherwise I will be exhausted."

Gu Jiu took one steamed dumpling after another. As soon as he took a bite, the soup filled his entire mouth and his appetite was instantly satisfied.

In fact, even if he was resting at home, An Fan was outside helping him. There must be some gain from taking him out early and coming back late during this period.

"I'll go to the market later and buy some good food to feed you."

Gu Jiu felt very happy after hearing this, and said with a chuckle: "Thank you, we can make up for it together."

Although he said he was taking a day off today, Gu Jiu still rode his bike to the old house after breakfast.

The old house has been renovated for more than half a month and will be completed today. He will go to inspect it and then settle the wages for the craftsmen.

After Gu Jiu left, Lin Shu stored all the herbs sent back yesterday afternoon into the system, and then rode his bicycle to the farmer's market.

As autumn approaches, summer vegetables have become old, while vegetables just planted in autumn have not yet grown up, so vegetables are the most scarce in this season.

If it were in later times, with convenient transportation, there would be no shortage of vegetables to eat all year round.

But this season is the harvest season, so naturally there are other seasonal foods to replace it.

For example, small fish and shrimps picked from the streets and villages, freshly dug lotus roots and sweet potatoes, etc.

Lin Shu pushed his bicycle to a load of baskets filled with fresh lotus roots, and there was a half bag of snails in a snakeskin bag next to it.

"Comrade, how much is this lotus root?"

The old farmer had just put his load on the street when he heard someone asking for the price. He quickly replied, "You can pick any new or old lotus roots. They're all five cents a pound."

Lin Shu bent down and took a lotus root to look at it. This lotus root was really fresh. "The skin hasn't changed color. Did you just dig it out of the pond?"

The old farmer smiled innocently and said, "Yes, we went down to the pond to dig lotus roots at 4 or 5 o'clock. It took our whole family two hours to dig out this load. Don't worry, these lotus roots are absolutely fresh."

Lin Shu nodded, naturally believing his words. Nowadays, without technology and hard work, lotus roots must be dug and sold immediately if they want to keep fresh. When you see fresh lotus roots, you don't have to worry about whether they have been soaked in medicine. They are real green organic vegetables and you can eat them with confidence.

"Please help me choose. I want 20 kilograms of old and tender lotus roots."

It's rare to come across fresh and cheap lotus roots, so buy some and store them in the system's storage compartment so you can take them out and eat them whenever you want.

"Oh, and weigh five kilograms of these snails for me." Lin Shu handed him a sack, "Please weigh them and put them in the sack. I'll come back to pick them up later. I'll pay you first, and you can keep an eye on them for me."

When the old farmer meets a big customer, he naturally agrees to the customer's requests.

Lin Shu bought half a basket of shrimps from a stall, then went into the market to buy some other vegetables and ingredients.

When you get home, wash the shrimps and stir-fry them in a pot, then spread them out on a drying mat to dry in the sun. Dried river shrimps are easy to preserve. If you want to eat them, just cut some chopped chili peppers and minced ginger and garlic and stir-fry them together. It goes well with rice.

Leave a few lotus roots outside and store the rest in the system's storage compartment. When you want to eat them later, just take out two pieces to cook.

She kept about one pound of stone snails outside in water to let them spit out the sand for a few days. These days she looked for chickens for sale. If she could buy chickens, she could stew the chicken with the stone snails and it would taste great.

"Boom boom boom!"

"Sister-in-law!"

Lin Shu was delighted when he heard the knock on the door, and hurriedly got up to open the door, "Dongfa, you came early today, come in."

Outside the door was Lin Dongfa, who was riding here with medicinal herbs on his back.

"Aunt, are you home alone again today?"

"Yes, your uncle has gone to the old house. He will be back soon after he is done. Come over and have a drink of water and rest for a while."

Lin Dongfa took down the herbs tied to the back seat of the bicycle, then washed his hands and sat down to drink some water.

While peeling an apple, Lin Shu asked, "Did you have a smooth journey here?"

"It's going well, little aunt. In a few days, Mei Zi's aunt will be getting married. Grandma asked me to ask you when you will be going back?"

"Go back the day before she gets married." Lin Shu handed him the peeled apple and asked with a smile, "My family has dug up a lot of herbs recently. What do other people in the village think?"

She didn't care about Lin Mei getting married. The reason she went back was to fulfill this favor, and mainly to go back and see her family.

Lin Dongfa: "The villagers don't know what medicinal herbs are. Even if they see us picking them, they just ask a few more questions. We just make up excuses to get away with it. But Aunt Mei Zi has asked my mother several times. It seems that she has been paying attention to our family's movements."

"She's like a cat and can't stand the smell of fish." Lin Shu wasn't too worried about Lin Mei. Once she got married, they would be from two different villages.

After marriage, she had a lot of things to deal with at her husband's house, so she had no time to take care of the affairs of her natal village.

Lin Dongfa nodded in agreement: "Yeah, my grandma also said that she is too cunning."