Back to 1978: Getting rich starts with treasure hunting

Lin Shu went outside to wash his hands and face. His sister-in-law He Caiyun came over to wash her hands and asked in a low voice: "What happened? Did she take medicine?"

Lin Shu was amused by this, "Who knows where she got mad, she's so weird right away, I won't indulge her."

He Caiyun gently bumped her shoulder and said, "Mom just asked me to pick up the load that my eldest brother-in-law brought. Do you know what's in his bag?"

After being bumped, Lin Shu moved away a little. "What is it? Didn't they just say it was sweet potato?"

He Caiyun's narrow eyes were filled with a smile, and only she knew that there was a hint of sarcasm in that smile.

"What do you mean a load of sweet potatoes? There are only about twenty sweet potatoes, and the rest are all wild yams and wild yam that they dug from the mountains. I saw that the load they carried was at least 70 or 80 kilograms. It seems that they want you to help them exchange it for money."

He Caiyun's guess was almost right. This was what Lin Xue and his wife meant. Going back to her parents' home to attend the wedding banquet requires paying for a gift. It would be a waste of money if they didn't make some money.

I simply went to the mountains to collect herbs for a day and dug out dozens of kilograms of herbs and brought them here.

Speaking of medicinal herbs, He Caiyun was a little worried, "Can you two transport so many medicinal herbs back this time?"

Lin Shu asked, "How much did you dig?"

"Almost 200 kilograms. I knew you were coming back, so I thought I would bring it back to you, so I didn't ask Dongfa to send it to you."

He Caiyun was a little annoyed, "If I knew my elder sister would send several dozen kilograms here, I should have asked Dongfa to send one yesterday."

"Haha, that's not that difficult. Just let Dongfa go to the county town with us tomorrow." Lin Shu didn't care much about it.

He Caiyun thought that this was the only way to arrange it, so she didn't say anything else and quickly washed her hands. "It's getting late. I'll go cook first. You go and accompany my brother-in-law. I think he's been bored all afternoon."

Lin Shu thought that Lin Xue would tell her about the medicinal herbs that night, but she waited all night and she didn't hear her say a word.

The next day was Lin Mei's wedding day, and the second room was busy early in the morning.

The eldest and second sister-in-law were going over there to help, so Lin Xue got up in the morning and went to cut a basket of pig grass.

After Lin Shu got up and washed up, he saw her coming back from outside with a basket full of pig feed.

Seeing that Lin Shu had just gotten up, Lin Xue habitually lectured him, "You are more comfortable. Others are busy all morning long, but you sleep until breakfast."

Lin Shu rolled her eyes in her heart, what else could she do since she was sleeping so well recently?

Lin Shu is very satisfied with her current sleep quality. In her later years, she suffered from insomnia for many years. Now that she can eat and sleep, she naturally wants to sleep more.

You know, it is a kind of happiness for a person to be able to sleep until he wakes up naturally every day.

Breakfast was red bean porridge and big meat buns. Liu Xiao'e also cooked a dozen eggs to entertain her daughter, son-in-law and grandson.

Both sisters-in-law went to the second room to help, and Lin Dashan was taken to the second room to drink with relatives before breakfast.

Except for the three brothers who didn't come back, there were only eleven people left at home, big and small, for dinner.

Gu Jiu served her a bowl of red bean porridge. Lin Shu picked up the sugar jar on the table and scooped a spoonful of brown sugar into the bowl of porridge.

When several children saw Lin Shu putting sugar in it, they all clamored to put sugar in it.

"Stop it, stop it, stop making noise. This candy jar is placed on the table for you to eat." Liu Xiao'e hurriedly comforted these little ancestors.

The three children in the family like to compete with each other, and now there are two grandchildren. As long as they start yelling, the roof may be blown off.

As a result, the children started arguing again because some used white sugar and some used brown sugar.

Seeing Liu Xiao'e's anger rising, Lin Shu quickly tried to comfort her: "Mom, just let them put as much as they want in. As long as they can finish it and not waste it, it's fine."

"This candy is free, little sister, you've spoiled them and made them into bad habits." Lin Xue glared at her two children, "Where did you get these bad habits before? You're so picky when you have candy. I see you're enjoying the candy even though you don't have any candy in your own home. If you keep being so pretentious, I'll beat you to death!"

Xiaobing and Zhuangzhuang knew they were at grandma's house and didn't take her words to heart at all.

Zhuangzhuang saw Lin Shu put the peeled eggs into the porridge bowl, "Auntie, does it taste good to put eggs in the porridge like this?"

"It's delicious. The egg is dipped in sugar water. Do you think it tastes good?" After saying that, Lin Shu demonstrated by taking a bite of the egg dipped in red bean soup.

"I want to eat it this way too." Zhuangzhuang reached out and took an egg, knocked it a few times and started to peel the egg himself.

Gu Jiu saw that Lin Shu quickly finished an egg, so he peeled another one for her, "Don't just focus on eating the eggs, eat the buns too."

Lin Shu nodded, drank a few mouthfuls of red bean porridge, took a bun and took a bite, "Mom, who made the dough for this bun? It's a little tight, not as soft as last time."

Liu Xiao'e took one and broke it open, glancing at Lin Xue: "I told you that you didn't put enough water in this dough, but you didn't believe me. If I were to say, your eldest sister-in-law is the best in the family."

In front of the children, Lin Xue was a little embarrassed. "It's good to have white flour to eat on ordinary days. Besides, these buns are full of meat. Even if you have a stutter, you can't stop your mouth. I think I will cook multi-grain porridge for you tomorrow morning."

Then, she turned to Liu Xiao'e and said, "Mom, life is a little easier. You can't cook like this for such a big family. Last night it was either meat or fish, and this morning it was either white flour meat buns or eggs or something. Which rural family dares to cook like this? No matter how much food there is in the house, it has to be used up."

Finally, she added, "It's not easy for my eldest brother and Lin Guang to make money outside. The children at home need to go to school, and Dongfa needs to marry a wife. Everything needs money. You have to be frugal as the head of the family."

Dongfa, who was sitting quietly eating next to him, didn't expect that he would be involved, so he quickly said, "Aunt, I'm still young, and I'm not in a hurry to find a partner."

"How are you small?" Lin Xue glared at him.

"Pfft!"

Lin Shu couldn't help laughing when he saw Dongfa's face turned red.

"Talk less and eat quickly." Deng Cai pulled her clothes, reminding her to stop.

Besides, he saw that she had eaten a lot of fish, meat and eggs since last night, and the children were enjoying them even more.

"Eat your meal." Lin Xue shook off Deng Cai's hold on her clothes and looked at her tall nephew.

"Donfa, don't think you're not in a hurry to find a partner because you're still young. As the years go by, when you want to find one, you'll find that all the good girls are married, and the ones left behind are the ones that others have picked out. By then, you won't be willing to find these bad girls, and you'll be even more picky. As a result, you'll end up being single at an advanced age."

Lin Dongfa felt like he was struck by lightning, his mind went blank for a moment. How could he, a 17-year-old sunny boy, become an old bachelor if he wasn't looking for a partner?

Seeing his reaction, Lin Shu couldn't help laughing. She whispered to Gu Jiu, "Why does this sound reasonable?"

Gu Jiu pinched her face and comforted her: "What does a man have to be afraid of? As long as he has money and power, he will not be afraid of not being able to find a young and outstanding girl."

Lin Shu blinked: "I understand what you said to mean that as long as you have money, there will be young girls clinging to you even if you are middle-aged or old?"

"..."

The smile on Gu Jiu's face froze instantly, and he raised his hands helplessly, pretending that he had not said anything just now.