Back to 1978: Getting rich starts with treasure hunting

"Are all the people working here good at drinking?"

Lin Shu smelled the alcohol in the air and thought that he must be drunk after working a day here and going home.

"It's hard to say how much alcohol one can drink, but most people who work here can drink." Gu Jiu took Lin Shu into a two-story building.

There is a sign for the Sales Department hanging on the door of the first room on the second floor.

The two knocked on the door and went in. After they got to know each other, when the staff knew that they wanted to come to the factory to place an order, their faces were instantly replaced by surprise.

"What unit are you from? How much do you want to order this time?" A man who claimed to be the section chief stood up and poured them two cups of tea.

Gu Jiu: "What are your factory's general requirements for placing orders?"

"Our factory has no other requirements for orders, except for one, the minimum order is 100 kilograms."

Lin Shu asked, "It's in the city. Can you deliver it to your door?"

The section chief didn't hesitate and nodded directly: "We can deliver it to your door."

Gu Jiu and Lin Shu looked at each other and smiled.

Gu Jiu placed the order directly here, "Let's order 200 kilograms of bulk liquor first, and it will be delivered to your door in about a week."

The section chief had no objection, so he wrote out the invoice on the spot, collected their deposit, and ran to the finance department to have the official seal stamped on it.

"Don't worry, we will prepare your order before delivery, and it will not delay the opening of your store."

The section chief sent Lin Shu and Gu Jiu to the factory gate with a smile on his face.

I happened to meet a sales clerk who was returning to the factory, "Chief Wang, is this your friend?"

Section Chief Wang's expression changed immediately, and he asked fiercely, "Why are you talking so much nonsense? How many business trips have you come back from today?"

When asked about business matters, the two clerks immediately fell silent.

Lin Shu looked at him with amusement and waved to Section Chief Wang: "Section Chief, we are leaving now. If you have business dealings in the future and you don't have time, you can ask the employees below to come to us."

Section Chief Wang smiled and waved his hand, "I have time, plenty of time, please walk slowly."

Why should he give his clients to the clerks below?

Next, visits to the match factory and the food factory went smoothly. Perhaps these factories saw that the company had formal procedures and was located in the city, so they were able to meet their delivery and other needs.

After running around for a morning, Lin Shu truly felt how difficult it is to open a grocery store in this era.

Unlike later generations, there are dealers in every place, and if you want to open a convenience store, you can just ask the dealer to stock the goods.

Here, if you want to be the first to try something new, you have to put in countless times more effort than others.

The two returned home and had just started cooking when Lin Dongfa arrived with a sewing machine.

Gu Jiu helped push the bicycle in and found the sewing machine box tied to the back seat. He asked, "Why did you bring this sewing machine up here?"

Dongfa replied as he untied the rope: "My aunt asked me to bring it up here. She said it's inconvenient to make clothes without a sewing machine. I have one at home, and this one is useless. I might as well bring it up here to make it convenient for my aunt."

Gu Jiu thought of the cloth that Lin Shu had cut yesterday, silently unpacked it, and started assembling it with the tools.

By the time the aunt and niece had assembled and debugged the sewing machine, Lin Shu's meal was also ready.

"Wow, aunt, you still have bacon at home!"

Dongfa's eyes lit up when he saw the big bowl of fried radish with bacon on the table.

At noon, Lin Shu fried some cured pork belly with radish, the bone and yam soup that he had stewed before going out in the morning, and some shredded potatoes. It was a simple home-cooked dish, but it tasted delicious just because of the meat.

Not to mention, Lin Shu felt that he had gained a lot of weight since he had been eating and sleeping well in the city these days.

"Is there no bacon at home?" Lin Shu picked up a piece of bacon and took a bite. The salty and fragrant bacon was fat but not greasy, and the taste was really good.

Dongfa grabbed a piece and stuffed it into his mouth, shaking his head. "No more. Now that our family is a little better off, I will definitely ask grandpa and grandma to smoke more bacon by the end of this year."

I grew up eating bacon, and no matter where I am, I will never forget this taste.

"There's a big temperature difference between morning and evening now, so we should be able to smoke the bacon, right?" Lin Shu asked.

"I don't know. I need to ask grandma."

Lin Shu thought that it was inconvenient to eat meat in the city. They were going to hold a wedding here in October, and then they would have to go to the provincial capital for another wedding. It would be better to bring more bacon to the provincial capital and leave it for his parents-in-law to eat slowly.

"Okay, go back and ask."

If it doesn't work, you can only buy fresh meat from the system mall.

"Aunt, do you want to save some smoked bacon for later consumption? Some time ago, the production team next door built two boats and bought fishing nets. They made all the fish they caught into dried fish. Anyone in the nearby villages who wants to eat fish can go to them to buy it. The production team will send the rest to the village's store. If you want to eat some, I'll buy some for you next time."

Lin Shu asked in surprise: "Why didn't I hear you talk about it when I went back this time?"

Lin Dongfa chuckled: "Maybe everyone is busy preparing for the wedding and forgot about this."

Lin Shu: "The fish in the river are tastier than the fish in the pond. Go ask tomorrow. If there is any dried fish, bring me ten kilograms. If there is any fresh big fish, bring me one as well."

The fish raised in the pond have a strong earthy smell. Compared with the fish in the pond, the fish in the river are more than one grade higher.

Thinking of this, Lin Shu excitedly said to Gu Jiu: "If Dongkou Village produces a large amount of dried fish, our store can also buy some from them and sell them. We shouldn't have trouble selling them."

"What convenience store? Aunt, uncle, what are you talking about?" Dongfa was confused.

Lin Shu and Gu Jiu smiled at each other, "We have obtained a business license and are planning to open a small store in the city, that is, a grocery store, where we can sell anything we need for daily life."

"Ah? Why haven't I heard you talk about this before?" Dongfa put down his chopsticks and asked seriously, "Is there anything I can help you with?"

Gu Jiu chuckled, "There will be a chance. When the autumn herb harvesting season is over and I have some free time in the village, I will come to the city to help."

Dongfa smiled happily after hearing this. He thought that he was not good at studying, but now he could finally come to the city to work.

If he told others about it, countless friends in the village would envy him to death.

After seeing off Dongfa in the afternoon, Lin Shu and his team visited two small factories. Among them, the products of the sugar factory in the county town were somewhat disappointing.

It only produces ordinary brown sugar, rock sugar and traditional handmade silk candy. If you want fruit candy and White Rabbit milk candy, you have to order it directly from the manufacturer.

A small shop forced them to travel across most of China.

Of course, it is impossible to travel across most of China within a few days, so I can only visit all the manufacturers in the counties and cities that can produce goods.

Fortunately, the deals with these manufacturers went relatively smoothly, with the exception of the soy sauce factory, which required a minimum order of 100 boxes right from the start.

Soy sauce is an indispensable ingredient for cooking in every household. Look how proud they are of it.

However, this is not a problem for Lin Shu and his team. One hundred boxes is one hundred boxes, and there are 24 bottles in one box, so one hundred boxes is bottles. Considering the population of the county, bottles will not last long.