Back to 1978: Getting rich starts with treasure hunting

Lin Shu went to the kitchen at the back of the shop and found two black carps in the basin. He thought they were river fish caught by Dongfa.

The store was busy and Lin Shu was not in the mood to cook too many dishes, so he just cooked a big pot of fish and fried a plate of spinach at noon.

After the meal was ready, she ate and then went back to the store to bring Gu Jiu and Dong Fa back to eat.

After dinner and resting for a while, An Fan came to the store.

It was still early and the people who collected herbs had not brought them in so early, so he helped out in the store.

Dongfa rode his bicycle to the Dingjia Production Team. When he arrived at the door of his second aunt's house, he heard a lot of people talking inside.

"Second aunt, cousin Zaichun, are you home?"

Ding Zaichun was originally looking at his sister-in-law chattering with a gloomy face, when he heard someone calling him outside. From the voice, it seemed to be Dongfa from his aunt's family.

When I walked out the door, it was indeed him.

Ding Zaichun glanced at his parked bicycle and asked, "Dongfa, why are you here? Come in and sit down."

"Uncle Zaichun."

"Mom, it's Dongfa!"

Ding Zaichun called out to the inside, and Aunt Liu came out quickly, smiling and saying, "Oh, what wind blew Dongfa here today? Come in with Aunt Liu and have some tea."

"Second aunt."

Lin Dongfa took a bag of apples and a bag of oranges from his bicycle and followed them into the house.

In addition to the Ding family, there were three other outsiders in the room. Lin Dongfa didn't know if he was too sensitive, but from the moment he entered the room, he felt that the atmosphere in the room seemed wrong.

"Dongfa, you came whenever you wanted. Why did you buy so many fruits? Come and sit here with your aunt and grandfather." Father Ding called Dongfa.

"Aunt grandpa, these are the fruits my aunt asked me to bring. They were all prepared by her." Dongfa smiled and sat over.

The fruits were placed on the table. Aunt Liu took out an orange with a smile and stuffed one for each of the three outsiders in the room. "Everyone, eat oranges. This is what my niece prepared for me. Don't be polite. Eat it."

Then, she left with the bag of apples, "I'm going to wash the apples. You guys eat the oranges first."

Father Ding also smiled and signaled everyone to be polite, "Don't be polite, take it and try it to see how it tastes."

"Okay, okay, you're welcome. Brother Ding has a good relative."

Father Ding noticed that Dongfa was looking at the three people opposite him, so he introduced them: "This one is a famous matchmaker in our area. You can just call her Grandma Ding. The other two, one is Miss Xu and the other is Miss Xu's mother. You can just call them Auntie."

Lin Dongfa suddenly realized then that it was his cousin Zaichun who was at home to see him today.

"Granny Ding, Aunt Xu, Sister Xu, hello. My name is Lin Dongfa, and I am the nephew of my cousin Zaichun."

"Hello."

The three people opposite smiled at him politely.

Dongfa glanced at Ding Zaichun who was standing there stupidly, pulled him to sit down, stuffed an orange into his hand, and motioned for him to peel it.

Ding Zaichun thought Dongfa wanted to eat it and asked him to peel it, so he didn't think much about it and started peeling it obediently.

Seeing that everyone was ignoring her, Li Lan took an orange and started peeling it without hesitation.

Ding Zaichun had just peeled the orange when Dongfa motioned for him to give it to Aunt Xu.

No matter how stupid Ding Zaichun was, he now understood what this kid meant.

"Auntie, please eat orange."

Aunt Xu didn't expect Ding Zaichun was peeling an orange for her, so she took it blankly and said, "Oh, okay, okay."

Dongfa stuffed the one he had peeled into his hand and motioned him to give it to Miss Xu.

Ding Zaichun suppressed his smile and shyness, and handed the peeled orange to Miss Xu: "Miss Xu, you eat it too."

"Thank you." There was a smile in Miss Xu's eyes, but when she noticed Li Lan who was eating oranges in big mouthfuls, there was some resistance in her eyes.

Dongfa peeled one and handed it to the matchmaker: "Grandma Ding, you have worked hard for cousin Zaichun, you can eat oranges too."

"Hey, okay, okay, you are such a good kid. Which village are you from? How old are you this year? Do you have a boyfriend? Do you have a girl you like? Do you want Grandma Ding to help you run some errands?"

Dongfa was dumbfounded when he heard this. Then he looked at the wolf-like smile on Matchmaker Ding's face and quickly reminded her: "Grandma Ding, we can't talk about this today. Today is a good day for my cousin."

Matchmaker Ding smiled and nodded, glanced at Li Lan, who looked like a starving ghost, and shook her head in her heart. With such a stupid, vicious and pretentious eldest daughter-in-law in the family, which girl would dare to marry into this family and be bullied by this sister-in-law?

With Dongfa easing the atmosphere, everyone in the room remained harmonious.

Ding Zaichun gently nudged Dongfa and said, "Why did you come to our Ding Family Production Team today? Do you have something to talk to me about?"

Dongfa glanced at Miss Xu who had been silently paying attention to them, and coughed lightly: "It's not me who wants to find you, but my aunt asked me to find you. She wants you to go to the county town to help her look after the store."

This sentence successfully attracted everyone's attention.

Even Aunt Liu, who had just come in after washing apples, quickly walked over to Dongfa and asked, "Dongfa, what did you mean by that?"

Dongfa looked at his aunt's reaction and said with a smile, "My aunt wants me to go to the county town to help my cousin Zaichun, with a salary every month."

Father Ding suppressed his excitement and asked, "Dongfa, tell us clearly, what kind of store did your aunt open in the county? Is she allowed to open a store now?"

"It's a small shop selling groceries. It's too busy every day, so I want to ask my cousin to help." Dongfa briefly described the situation at Lin Shu's place.

"It's incredible. Your aunt is so capable. Not only did she find jobs for your father, your second uncle and your third uncle, but now she is also helping your cousin Zaichun find a job." Aunt Liu said, and then she felt something was wrong. She turned to look at Dongfa and said, "Dongfa, that's not right. Why didn't your aunt let you help her when she had a job? Instead, she came to your cousin?"

"I have work to do every day now, so don't worry." Dongfa waved his hand nonchalantly.

Aunt Liu didn't want to be fooled: "What do you do?"

"It's not convenient for me to tell you about my work. Anyway, I'm very busy every day." Dongfa snorted in his heart. How could his job be compared to the salary of helping out in the store?

"No, Dongfa, your aunt is solving your uncle's job, what about your eldest cousin? According to the elder brother's age, shouldn't your eldest cousin's job be solved first?"

After hearing so much, Li Lan finally figured out what was going on. When she heard that her man was not involved, she didn't dare to do it anymore.

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone in the room's faces turned dark.

Especially Miss Xu, she had heard that Ding Zaichun had a job, so she wanted to consider it. Unexpectedly, this troublemaker came out to make trouble again. How would life be like if she married into such a family? Just say that it would be a bad life to get along with such a ignorant sister-in-law.

The little hope that had just risen was extinguished.

Aunt Liu glared at her and said, "You are everywhere. Do you have the final say over the youngest brother's shop?"

If she hadn't been concerned about having guests at home, Aunt Liu really wanted to curse and yell, cursing the Li family's ancestors for eighteen generations for giving birth to such a troublemaker.

"Mom, you can't be partial. Zhongchun is also your son, and the eldest son." Li Lan was not convinced.

Dongfa was afraid that his aunt would be angry and hurt her health, so he quickly took over the conversation: "Aunt, it's useless for you to ask me this question. My aunt has the final say in the store. She asked me to inform my uncle, so I will inform my uncle. As for the rest, I have no right to control it."

"Your aunt is bullying me. She just ignores my Zhongchun because he is so honest..."

Dongfa didn't want to listen to Li Lan's nonsense. He looked at Ding Zaichun with sympathy and stood up. "My little cousin, I have informed everyone. I have to go back to the village. I will leave first."

"Hey, Dongfa, just have dinner at home and come back tomorrow." Aunt Liu stood up and invited the guest to stay.

The matchmaker received Miss Xu's gaze and stood up to say goodbye, thinking that today's trip was in vain.

When Aunt Liu saw that the matchmaker and the Xu family’s mother and daughter were also about to leave, she became really anxious.

Not only was she anxious, but Ding's father and Ding Zaichun were also anxious.

"Sit down for a while, we can talk more."

The matchmaker just said to wait and see, as it was a big event in life, so she should give the girl a few days to think about it.

"Sister Liu, please stay. You don't have to see us off. We'll leave first."

Dongfa was holding his bicycle dumbfounded. He turned around and asked Ding Zaichun who was standing at the door waiting anxiously: "Uncle, I'm leaving. Why are they leaving too?"

Ding Zaichun rubbed his hair irritably and sighed, "It looks like I, your cousin, will be single for the rest of my life."

"Why?" Dongfa glanced at Li Lan who was standing at the door and laughing secretly. In his opinion, if the sister-in-law is not easy to get along with, then the family can be divided. After the family is divided, what kind of girl can he find?

Is it worth living with her and enduring her bullshit?

Ding Zaichun frowned and said, "The good ones don't like my family, and the ugly ones don't like me either. Doesn't that mean that I, your cousin, can only be a bachelor?"

Dongfa looked at his dejected appearance and cursed, "Stupid!"

After cursing, he rushed out on his bike. It was really suffocating to see him like that.

Aunt Liu turned around and saw Li Lan standing on the threshold with a smug look on her face. She was furious and said, "What are you standing here for? Go cut grass for the pigs. Do you want to starve my fat pigs to death?"

Li Lan was not angry even after being scolded. She turned around and went into the house. Seeing the apples and oranges on the table, she quickly grabbed two with one hand and went back to her bedroom.

Aunt Liu followed in and saw her petty look. She scolded her again, "Is there anything missing from this house for you to eat or wear? Have you never seen good things? Do you think a few apples and oranges are worth your guarding like an old hen?"

"Mom, please stop talking. Even if I don't want to eat, my baby will have to eat too." After saying this, the bedroom door slammed shut again.

Outside the door, Father Ding saw his son's gloomy face and sighed, "Since Xiao Shu asked you to help, I think she is really too busy. She asked you to go tomorrow. In order not to delay work, you might as well go today. Go back and pack some clothes and bedding and go to the county town."

Change your environment and mood, maybe you will gain more experience outside and maybe even find a wife outside.

If you have a good job outside, maybe other good girls won't care about the troublemaker at home.

Ding Zaichun didn't know what his father was thinking. He thought that he was getting angry just looking at his sister-in-law at home, so he decided to go to the county town to help.

"Okay, I'll go pack my bedding and some clothes and leave in a minute."

Dingjia Production Team is close to the county town, and it only takes more than an hour to walk there.

"We have peanuts at home, you can bring some up to your cousin. I heard that your eldest cousin and second cousin are both in the county town, so bring some peanuts up there so that you can have some snacks to go with the wine when you drink with them." Father Ding advised.

In rural areas, a plate of fried peanuts is also a great side dish for drinking.