Back to 1978: Getting rich starts with treasure hunting

During the renovation, the three rooms of the old house facing the street were connected through the wall facing the street and turned into a storefront.

Lin Shu unloaded the goods into other rooms on the first floor of the old house, and began to stock the shelves as soon as the ordered shelves arrived.

Lin Wei and Lin Guang, who have given up their rental house and moved into the old house, would come to the store to help whenever they returned to the county town.

"Brother Jiu, two people delivering herbs have come to the gate. You should go over and take a look." Lin Wei's voice came from the warehouse.

Lin Shu glanced at the back door and urged Gu Jiu: "Go in and take a look. It might be your men who have delivered the goods."

Gu Jiu placed a pile of bowls on the shelf, clapped his hands, and said worriedly, "Okay, I'll be back soon, you keep an eye on this side."

"Well, go ahead, I'm here."

After Gu Jiu left, Lin Shu asked Lin Wei and Lin Guang to move a jar of wine out of the warehouse.

This kind of wine jar is tall and big, and one wine jar can hold 100 kilograms of wine. If someone comes to get wine, they can only scoop it out with a wine spoon, and there is no way to pour it out.

"Little sister, where is it?"

Lin Wei and Lin Guang carried out a jar of wine, carefully moved it into the store and asked.

Lin Shu pointed to a corner at the back and said, "Put it there so that you don't accidentally bump into it when you go in and out."

After they had arranged everything, Lin Shu took out a piece of red paper with a big word "wine" written on it, smeared it with glue and pasted it on the wine jar.

This way it is clear at a glance, and customers can tell it is bulk wine at a glance.

Many of the people passing by were elderly people living nearby. They had been curious about what this shop was going to do since yesterday.

They saw several shelves and cabinets being moved in yesterday.

When they saw the goods on display today, they had a rough guess, but they were a little bit unbelieving.

"Comrade, what are you doing here?" Finally, an old lady who couldn't help it stood at the door and pointed at the shelves inside the store and asked.

Lin Shu smiled and replied, "Auntie, this is the store I opened. We sell oil, salt, sauce, vinegar, tobacco, alcohol, snacks, stationery, and fabrics. We also have all the necessary procedures. If you don't want to go to the supply and marketing cooperative in the future, you can come here to buy."

The old lady opened her mouth in shock. She was stunned for a long time before she asked worriedly, "Is your store legal? Are the prices expensive?"

Lin Shu pointed to the business license hanging on the wall beside the counter and said, "Of course the procedures are legal. We have registered. Moreover, we don't need receipts for anything in our store. The prices are similar to those of the supply and marketing cooperatives."

The old man also came to join in the fun. After hearing what Lin Shu said, he smacked his lips and said, "Tsk, there is such a good thing, is it true?"

Not to mention the old man, the other onlookers were also a little bit unconvinced.

The old lady pointed at the soy sauce on the shelf and shouted, "Comrade, since you don't want a ticket, then give me a bottle of soy sauce. I don't have any soy sauce for cooking tonight."

Lin Shu took a bottle of soy sauce from the shelf and put it on the counter. "Auntie, soy sauce is 1.2 cents."

When the old lady found out that tickets were really not required, she immediately changed 1.2 cents and said, "If I had known that you didn't need tickets, I would have brought a soy sauce bottle with me when I left."

At this point, I seem to have forgotten to ask: "Comrade, do you sell bulk soy sauce here?"

Lin Shu smiled and nodded: "Yes, the bulk soy sauce is ten cents per pound, which is two cents cheaper than the bottled one you have, but you get a glass bottle for free for the extra two cents."

In this day and age, a glass bottle is very useful for housewives. It can be used to store soy sauce, vegetable oil, kerosene, wine, etc. It has many uses.

The old man pointed at the wine in the corner and asked, "Is that bulk wine white wine?"

"Yes, uncle."

"How much is a pound of Sanbai?"

"Fifty cents a pound."

Rice costs 1.38 cents, and a few pounds of grain can produce one pound of liquor, so 50 cents of liquor is not expensive. Besides, the supply and marketing cooperative sells it at about the same price, one cent cheaper than this. But the advantage of buying here is that you don't need a ticket.

The old man was delighted when he heard this. He turned around and left, saying, "Wait a minute. I'll go home and get the bottle of wine."

"Oh, you have rubber shoes and cloth shoes for sale?" someone else exclaimed.

Lin Shu knew that she had to give everyone some time to adapt, so she served with a smile throughout the whole process. She couldn't be like the salespersons at the supply and marketing cooperative who gave customers a cold shoulder.

"Yes, Jiefang shoes are 35 yuan a pair, cloth shoes are yuan a pair, and sizes below are cents cheaper."

A man looked at his cloth shoes with two holes on them, and mustered up the courage to squeeze in front of the counter, "Comrade, please help me get a pair of size 41 Jiefang shoes, the kind with rubber soles that won't leak when it rains."

The onlookers once again witnessed that no tickets were required to buy things, and they gathered around Lin Shu, asking him to take the items they needed.

Lin Shu was now unable to handle the job alone, so Lin Wei and Lin Guang hurried forward to help pick up the goods and collect payment.

"Little sister, how much is this enamel basin?"

"Little sister, how much is a pack of Pegasus cigarettes?"

"Big brother, isn't there a book hanging over the counter with prices written on it? Just sell it according to the prices there." Lin Shu was busy collecting money and getting the goods, so he didn't have time to pay attention to his two brothers. He let them look at the price list themselves.

This was what she had prepared earlier.

She had already planned what price to buy goods at and what price to sell them at.

The purpose of preparing a price list is to prepare for any emergency.

"Okay, I'll take a look."

"Pegasus cigarettes are 29 cents a pack, and the large enamel basin is 5 yuan, and the small one is 3 yuan."

When Gu Jiu came back from collecting herbs at the other door, he saw a lot of people gathered in three layers in front of the counter. The three people in the store were so busy that they were dizzy, so he hurried over to help.

"Comrade, you have Jiefang shoes and cloth shoes here, but why don't you have rain boots?"

"Yes, you have enamel basins and enamel pots here, but why don't you have thermos?"

"It's a new store, and I can only find these for now. We will gradually enrich the store's merchandise in the future. Please forgive me."

The four people were busy until eight o'clock in the evening, and the people outside the store gradually dispersed.

Several people were so busy that they didn't even have time to drink a sip of water. Their throats were smoking. When Gu Jiu saw that everyone had left, he hurriedly put the wooden door together piece by piece and closed the shop first.

Otherwise, if someone else comes later, they won’t be able to rest tonight.

As soon as the shop door closed, several people slumped down on the stools.

"Oh my god! My saliva is dry." Lin Wei quickly drank some water to moisten his throat.

Lin Guang and Lin Shu also quickly drank a few sips of water to calm down.

Gu Jiu closed the door, and Lin Shu handed him his thermos cup: "Drink some warm water and take a rest before you get busy again."

The shelves were not fully stocked in the afternoon, but after a few hours of rush buying, the shelves and counters were empty.

The ground was a mess, with a lot of cardboard and trademarks scattered on it.

"It's definitely too late to go back and cook now. How about we just cook some noodles in the kitchen here tonight?" Lin Shu said.

Lin Wei nodded: "Okay, the kitchen has been renovated, there are several stoves, and we have also prepared some oil and salt, so it should be no problem to cook noodles."

Finally, Lin Wei took a bottle of soy sauce, entered the old house from the back door, and went to the kitchen to cook noodles.

The three people who stayed in the store continued to distribute the goods.

I ate noodles on the way, and by the time the shelves were stocked with goods, it was already 9:30 in the evening.

"Big brother, second brother, you have worked hard today, go to bed early, we are going back too."

Lin Wei worriedly reminded the couple: "It's dark and the road is slippery. Ride slowly on the way back and be careful."

Gu Jiu pushed the bicycle outside the gate and said, "We will keep an eye on it. You must lock the door at night and be careful."