Back to 1978: Getting rich starts with treasure hunting

From Grandpa Zeng's chattering, Lin Shu finally understood that Grandpa Zeng's daughter was dating someone, and Aunt Zeng wanted a dowry of 200 yuan. The boy's family had a powerful mother, who saw that the two young lovers had a good relationship and thought that even if the family didn't pay the dowry, they could still get a daughter-in-law for free.

One insists on a dowry of 200 yuan, while the other doesn't want to pay. Isn't this a conflict?

At noon at the dinner table, Grandpa Zeng suddenly asked Lin Shu: "Niece, do you think the gift is important?"

Lin Shu glanced at everyone at the table and laughed. How could she respond to this? "When you are dating, you can be satisfied with love, but after marriage, life is just a dull life of daily necessities. You need money to do everything."

With such a powerful mother-in-law and poor family conditions, if the man is unable to take responsibility, the woman will be like jumping into a pit of bitterness when she marries him, and will end up with a belly full of bitterness in the future.

So money is important!

"They both have jobs, will they go hungry after marriage?" Uncle Zeng feels that having a job means a stable income every month and he doesn't have to worry about not having enough food.

"Lao Zeng, drink some wine." Lin Dashan took over the conversation, not wanting his daughter to continue chatting with him. "You can discuss your family affairs with your wife when you get back. My youngest daughter doesn't even know how to live, so what does she know? You are making things difficult for her."

Liu Xiao'e joked, "Yes, if we really can't come to an agreement, I have so many young men here, you can ask your daughter to come and pick one. There are so many outstanding young men in the world, why do you have to hang yourself on that crooked tree?"

A group of young men who had been eating quietly were so frightened after hearing this that they trembled all over. They would never steal someone else's love. They would not do such a wicked thing.

Seeing their reaction of wanting to avoid her as much as possible, Liu Xiao'e laughed and scolded, "I'm not exaggerating, Lao Zeng's daughter is really a beauty, it's a great bargain for you to be able to find a date with her, but you are not willing to do it, you really have no taste."

A group of young people lowered their heads when they heard what you said, thinking to themselves, maybe they haven't seen such a beautiful woman, what if you are really bragging?

Liu Xiao'e's words successfully shut Lao Zeng up. He never dared to mention his daughter again, for fear that she would ask him to choose a son-in-law from here.

After dinner, Gu Jiu drank tea and chatted with a few brothers.

"Why did you guys think of looking for me today?"

"Today is Sunday, and since we guys have nowhere to go when we meet, we came to find you." Xu Ming said with a smile.

Gu Jiu rolled his eyes at him and said, "If we are brothers, just speak directly. Don't beat around the bush."

"Okay, okay." Xu Ming raised his hands and looked at Li Yuanchao. "Yuanchao has been very depressed these days. He will come to us on Sunday. We will bring him to you."

"What's wrong with Yuanchao?" Gu Jiu looked at Li Yuanchao.

Li Yuanchao wiped his face and said with a wry smile, "It's all about work. A public toilet was built on the road I'm responsible for. You know it's dirty and smelly, but they asked me to be responsible for it. My salary didn't increase, but the work was increased. The work is hard, tiring and dirty. I really want to quit."

The most important thing he didn't say was that his family helped him find a girl, but she found an excuse to leave after knowing that he worked in the sanitation department. It was obvious that she looked down on him.

"What if I'm bored?" Tang Jianjun took over the conversation. "At least you're a regular employee, with a fixed salary of 20 to 30 yuan a month. You should know how scarce jobs are in the city now. If others want a job but don't have one, don't be disgusted. At least you have a job so you won't starve to death."

Others laugh at his job, saying that he is so young and hangs out with women all day, thinking he has no future.

In fact, among all the brothers, they envied Gu Jiu the most. He had a well-off family and could work when he wanted to and not work when he didn't want to. He lived a free and easy life every day. But they, on the other hand, had to endure humiliation every day for a few taels of silver.

If Ding Zaichun and the others knew what he was thinking, they would definitely spit in his face. Since formal work requires enduring humiliation and bearing heavy burdens, it would be better to transfer the job to him and let him pay for it.

Xu Ming turned to Gu Jiu and asked, "What do you think?"

Gu Jiu took a sip of tea and glanced at everyone, "Since this class is so frustrating, why not sell your job and use the few hundred dollars to open a stall."

In this era, the policies have just been relaxed, and you can really make money doing anything as long as you are willing to endure hardship.

Not to mention anything else, you can make money by setting up a stall selling tofu outside the farmer's market, and the money you make is definitely higher than the salary you get from working.

"Setting up a stall? What stall? Brother Jiu, are you serious?" Li Yuanchao was shocked.

Although he hated going to work, he never thought of quitting.

"Your parents have given all the jobs to you brothers. You have nothing to do at home. The simplest thing is to make tofu and sell it. The money you make every month is definitely higher than your salary at work. At worst, you can buy agricultural products from the countryside and sell them in the city. You can also make a lot of money."

Those who need to be reminded have been reminded, and it now depends on whether they have the courage to burn their boats.

"What if the stall doesn't make money, then I'll lose both ends, right?" Li Yuanchao was a little annoyed. It takes courage to quit a job, his work is his foundation. Although he complained about it normally, he started to hesitate when it came to resigning.

Xu Ming noticed Gu Jiu's slightly frowned brows and patted Li Yuanchao on the shoulder, "Brother, since you can't bear to work, just hold it in."

When he got home in the evening, Gu Jiu complained to Lin Shu: "Today I realized that my brothers' lives are too comfortable and they have no motivation. They say that work is boring, but they don't have the courage to give up this kind of job that they can see the end of."

Lin Shu reminded him, "Everyone has their own aspirations. You gave them suggestions, but they can't be forced to adopt them."

Gu Jiu's eyes flashed, "Of course, how can I force them to do something they don't want to do."

Lin Shu nodded: "It's good that you know. We can give suggestions on some things, but the specific decision is up to them. There are some decisions that even best friends should not interfere with."

Gu Jiu promised solemnly: "Well, I promise not to encourage them."

Fearing that he would still dwell on this matter, Gu Jiu quickly talked about other things, "Are we going up the mountain tomorrow?"

Lin Shu asked back: "You don't want to run up the mountain?"

Gu Jiu had a strong desire to survive, "I listen to my wife in everything."

The two of them had discussed it at night, and when Lin Shu got up early the next morning, she squatted in the bathroom and vomited. After a night, the food in her stomach had long been digested, and all she vomited out was some acid water.

Gu Jiu was so scared that he quickly helped her lie back on the bed. She just had some simple white porridge for breakfast and didn't want to eat anything else. Just thinking about it made her feel nauseous.

This reaction not only made Lin Shu dumbfounded, but also made Gu Jiu feel distressed.

"What's going on? Why did you react so strongly suddenly? Are you tired from running in the mountain the day before yesterday?" Gu Jiu was anxious.

He even blamed himself for agreeing to go up the mountain with her the day before yesterday. It must be because he didn't get enough rest in the past two days that his body reacted so strongly.

Lin Shu looked at him with amusement: "Are you stupid? Morning sickness is a normal reaction to pregnancy. It's okay. Don't be nervous. Since you can't go up the mountain today, go buy some groceries for the old house."

"Are you okay at home alone?" Gu Jiu was still worried. In his opinion, Lin Shu was a bit like a fragile doll now.

"It's okay, I want to sleep some more, you go and do your own thing." Lin Shu comforted him.

Gu Jiu advised: "Then you can sleep peacefully, and don't do anything else at home. I will do it when I come back."

Lin Shu had no choice but to agree.

After Gu Jiu left, Lin Shu actually fell asleep in a daze.

When I woke up, I didn't know how long I had slept. I looked at the time and realized that I had only slept for an hour.

Lin Shu got up and washed up. He was bored at home alone and wanted to eat some sour oranges.

I was just about to ride my bike outside to see if there were any oranges. If not, I could just buy some from the system mall.

When I opened the door, I ran into Aunt Cui from next door. "Good morning, Aunt Cui."

Aunt Cui looked at the sun in the sky in surprise after hearing this. "It's still early. The sun is already shining brightly. I think you young people are living a comfortable life. You can eat meat when you want to, and sleep in when you want to. You are really free without a mother-in-law around you."

Lin Shu's eyelids twitched uncontrollably, and he pulled the corners of his mouth stiffly, "Aunt Cui, you are busy. I will go home and sleep for a while."

Forget it, she'd better stay away from the powerful aunt next door.

"Still sleeping? Mom, which wife is as lazy as you? You want to sleep even when the sun is high in the sky? You must be a reincarnated pig. If my family married a wife as lazy as you, it would be terrible."

Aunt Cui didn't know if it was intentional, but she screamed and almost alarmed the other aunts and grandmas.

Lin Shu's face was dark, and he said unhappily, "Aunt Cui, your son doesn't seem to have a girlfriend yet. If you want to act like a mother-in-law in front of his wife, you'd better wait until your son gets married."

She is not her daughter-in-law, so why should she be under her control!

Speaking of getting married, Aunt Cui was not angry at being criticized. She said with a smug look on her face, "Don't talk nonsense. My son has a girlfriend. And his girlfriend is very beautiful, much prettier than you, and more hardworking than you. When she comes to my house, she always rushes to help me with housework. It's not like you who have no job and sleep until noon every day. How can the Gu family support you in the future?"

Lin Shu's mouth twitched and he touched his face. She should be pretty good-looking, right? If someone was prettier than her, wouldn't that mean she was a beauty of heaven?

The word "beauty of a country and heavenly beauty" reminded Lin Shu of what Liu Xiao'e said yesterday that Mr. Zeng's daughter was also very beautiful.

Could it be that the son Aunt Cui is talking about is Uncle Zeng’s daughter?

Thinking of this, she asked, "What's the point of being prettier than me? My mother-in-law treats me as her own daughter. She gave me three turns and one ring plus two hundred yuan as a dowry. I was just about to ask Aunt Cui, how much dowry are you going to give to your son's beautiful girlfriend?"

When Aunt Cui heard the bride price she reported, she regretted it in her heart. Oh no! The Gu family had so much money that they had no idea where to spend it. Was it worth spending hundreds or thousands of dollars to marry a country girl?

She snorted heavily. "Do you think everyone is like you? What did they say in ancient times? Oh, I remember now. They stink of money. My son's partner doesn't care about the gift. She only cares about being in tune with my son."

"Your family has found such a sensible and reasonable daughter-in-law. I don't believe it. What's your son's girlfriend's last name?"

"The surname is Zeng. The daughter of the Zeng family is well-educated, diligent and filial. She is a hundred times better than you."

Lin Shu didn't care about Aunt Cui's smug expression, but was shocked that his guess might be correct.

Could it be that Aunt Zeng doesn't think highly of her in-laws and insists on a dowry of 200 yuan? Given Aunt Cui's personality, it's really difficult to be a daughter-in-law under her.

"What are you guys talking about?" Gu Jiu rode his bicycle to the door of his house and stopped, smiling and greeting Aunt Cui: "Aunt Cui, how come you have time to chat here today?"

"I don't have the time to spare. I just passed by your house and saw your wife just got up, so I gave her some advice." Aunt Cui waved her hand. "Okay, I won't say any more. I have to go back to do my housework."

Watching Aunt Cui walk away, Gu Jiu looked at Lin Shu in confusion, "What did she say to you?"

"What else can you say? Say I sleep until noon and that you've never seen a wife as lazy as me." Lin Shu rolled his eyes at him and turned to walk through the door. Now that he was back, her excuse to go out and buy oranges had gone wrong again.

Seeing his wife was angry, Gu Jiu quickly followed in with a smile, "It's none of her business if my wife sleeps in. She really doesn't care about anything else."

Lin Shu wasn't really angry. Seeing that he was smiling, she asked, "Why did you take so long? Is the store busy?"

"It's about the same as usual." Gu Jiu parked his bicycle and took down the vegetables hanging on it. "I've already sent the portion for the old house to them. Mom also asked about you. I told her that you were fine and put her at ease."

"Well, you did a great job." Seeing him put down the dishes and want to pick up the enamel pot on the table to drink water, Lin Shu quickly poured a cup of warm water and handed it to him, "Now that the weather has turned cold, don't drink cold water at home in the future. Remember to drink warm water."

Gu Jiu took it and drank a few sips. The warm water flowed into his stomach, and his body, which had been blown by the cold wind all the way during the bike ride, felt much warmer. He couldn't suppress the smile on the corner of his mouth.

"Today I heard someone say that a small shop has opened on Shengli Road in the north of the city. It opened yesterday and business was pretty good."

Lin Shu couldn't help but look at him with his eyes wide open, "Someone is following suit so soon?"

She initially thought that she would have to wait at least one or two months, but she didn't expect that someone would follow suit and open a store in less than a month.

"Do they have as many items in their store as we do? How much is the price difference?"

Gu Jiu showed a hint of sneer on his face: "The goods are definitely not as many as ours, and the prices are about the same. I think the boss must have come to our store to do some research before purchasing the goods and opening the store."

Lin Shu: "Since you want to follow the trend, you will definitely go to our store to find out the truth first."

"Are you not angry? Are you not anxious? That small shop can take away our business?" Gu Jiu asked tentatively.

Lin Shu smiled, not caring about it. "The policy has been relaxed, so this kind of thing will only happen more often in the future. What's there to be angry about? Besides, his store is far away from us, so it won't have much impact on us. In the future, we can just slowly increase the goods in our store."

"My wife is indeed broad-minded and generous." Gu Jiu gave him a thumbs up.

"Oh, mom asked us today when we would go back to the village to hold the wedding banquet. She meant to go back two days in advance to prepare, but the business in the store is good, and she is afraid that An Fan and the others will be too busy."

The day they return to the village to hold the wedding banquet is scheduled for October 12. If they go back two days in advance, they will be back around the ninth day.

"Let's do as mom says. Let's go back two days earlier and bring back more meat."

"Then I'll go borrow a car so that it will be convenient for me to go back and transport the goods." Gu Jiu sat up straight with joy.

Lin Shu had no objection to this and asked, "Do you want Xu Ming's father to help again?"

Gu Jiu shook his head: "I won't ask him to borrow it this time."

Lin Shu asked hesitantly: "If you don't ask him, who are you going to borrow from?"

"Xie Hui!" Gu Jiu pinched her face with amusement. "Although he is my cousin, he will still be very active in helping me if I ask him for help."