Back to 1978: Getting rich starts with treasure hunting

On an afternoon in October of the lunar calendar, the sun was shining brightly and the air was cool. A long line of bicycles formed in front of the Lin family's door. The back seats of the bicycles were more or less loaded with wedding quilts, wedding cakes, buckets for descendants, thermoses, etc., which were essential items for weddings in that era.

The newlyweds bid farewell to their parents and family and walked out of the house surrounded by guests, pushing their bicycles and the wedding procession slowly towards the outside of the village.

Many villagers came to watch in the village streets and alleys. The sound of firecrackers from behind the procession drowned out the villagers' discussions.

Xie Chunlei came to pick up Lin Mei after get off work and happened to meet the wedding procession leaving the village. Looking at the happy couple walking in front of the procession, he narrowed his eyes and made it difficult to tell what he was thinking.

A villager nearby noticed him and deliberately sighed loudly: "The youngest daughter of the Dashan family is so lucky to marry into a good family. Look at the number of people coming to support the wedding. This is the first time in our village in recent years."

Xie Chunlei lowered his eyes so that the villagers could not see his gaze.

The villager was somewhat related to the Lin family. He gently nudged him and greeted him warmly: "Hey, Xie family boy, the banquet is over. Are you here to pick up Mei Zi at this time?"

Xie Chunlei nodded expressionlessly, his eyes fixed on the bicycles being pushed past in front.

The villagers teased, "Why did you come to pick up your daughter-in-law in the afternoon when she just went back to her parents' home in the morning? Are you reluctant to let her stay overnight at her parents' home, or are you afraid that she won't be able to warm your bed at night?"

The villagers nearby laughed good-naturedly when they heard this. They had all been through youth before, and as people who had experienced it, they certainly understood the thoughts of men.

After the bride-picking bicycle passed by, the villagers followed it towards the village entrance.

Xie Chunlei followed the flow towards the village entrance.

The villagers had been paying more attention to him. When they saw him walking towards the village entrance, they came up to him and asked in a low voice, "You saw how beautiful the youngest daughter of the Dashan family looked after dressing up just now, didn't you? Did you ever regret canceling her engagement?"

I don’t know if these words touched a sensitive point in his heart, but he glared at him fiercely, scaring the villager so much that he immediately shut up, his eyes a little vague, and he didn’t dare to look at him again.

How could the kid from the Jie family, who normally can't even fart if hit with half a stick, have such a sharp look?

If you ask him whether he regrets it or not, Xie Chunlei definitely does, but if he were given another chance to choose, he would still agree to cancel the engagement.

Although Lin Shu is a beautiful girl in the surrounding villages, her mother doesn't like her. If her mother doesn't like her, then everything is in vain.

No matter how beautiful she is, if the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law don't get along well at home, there will be chaos and you won't be able to live in peace.

It's just that I've waited for her for seven or eight years, and now that we've broken up, I feel unwilling to do so.

The feeling of unwillingness in his heart made him feel a little uncomfortable, especially when he saw Gu Jiu carefully protecting Lin Shu. This scene was too glaring.

Maybe there is no fucking objection, maybe it is him who is standing beside her and protecting her now, so there is no place for Gu Jiu.

The reason why Xie Chunlei thinks this way now may be that he has not yet discovered Lin Shu’s value. If one day he finds that the height she stands at is something he will never be able to reach in his entire life, perhaps his thoughts will be different.

In the evening, the bride-picking team ate several tables at a state-owned restaurant. By the time the banquet was over, at least half of the nearly twenty young men had fallen down.

Gu Jiu arranged for those who were not drunk to send those who were drunk home. After sending everyone away, Gu Jiu led Lin Shu back home. After they washed up, they fell asleep on the bed in seconds. Lin Shu didn't care about the wedding night or the fact that every moment of spring night is worth a thousand gold.

Gu Jiu woke up in the middle of the night. Through the dim light outside the tent, he looked at Lin Shu, who was sleeping soundly in his arms. Her breathing was even, her little mouth was slightly pouting, and her thick, curled eyelashes trembled from time to time, making him feel itchy and couldn't help wanting to touch her.

When Lin Shu woke up again, it was already bright outside.

She vaguely heard voices outside the door. She turned her head to look outside the bed and saw that Gu Jiu had already gotten up.

Lin Shu came out in her pajamas after washing up. She saw Gu Jiu closing the door and asked curiously, "Who were you talking to just now?"

Gu Jiu closed the door and strode towards her. He did not take the person outside the door seriously and replied casually, "It's Xu Ting. Didn't Xu Ming stay in Xiaohe Village yesterday? He was going to drive his parents up here today. Xu Ting came to ask me about Xu Ming's situation."

Lin Shu was skeptical, "This matter has been decided a long time ago. Didn't Xu Ming tell his family?"

Gu Jiu helped Lin Shu sit down. The table was already set with breakfast: two bowls of yellow millet porridge, a plate of soup dumplings, a plate of dumplings, and two boiled eggs.

"I don't know if that boy has told his family. Xu Ting said her parents are worried about her brother and asked her to come here to inquire about the situation."

As for whether it was Xu Ting's parents who asked her to come, only Xu Ting herself knew. Gu Jiu didn't want to dwell on these things during her wedding days.

Lin Shu nodded and didn't dwell on it too much. Xu Ting came and knocked on the door early this morning just to annoy her on the first day of her wedding.

But she miscalculated.

If Lin Shu cared about her, such behavior might annoy Lin Shu, or even seriously affect the relationship between the couple. But she never thought that Lin Shu and Gu Jiu didn't take her seriously.

Lin Shu drank a bowl of millet porridge and ate two dumplings, and then he couldn't eat any more.

Gu Jiu saw that Lin Shu only ate a little bit of food, and couldn't help but frowned. He patiently advised: "Eat a little more, do you want to try this soup dumpling? This is specially launched by the state-owned restaurant today. They don't sell soup dumplings on weekdays."

Lin Shu was unmoved and shook her head firmly: "No, I won't eat it. My appetite during pregnancy is like a madman. It all depends on my mood. Sometimes I can eat it and it's okay. Sometimes I can't eat it and I feel sick. I ate a bowl of millet porridge and two dumplings today. I'm already giving my baby some face."

Hearing the word "baby", Gu Jiu's eyes softened and the corners of his mouth curled up slightly, "Then I will talk to the baby before going to bed tonight and ask him to be a little bit better in the stomach and not to be picky about food."

All the food on the table ended up in Gu Jiu's stomach. After breakfast, the two went to the convenience store.

At this time, Lin Dashan and Liu Xiao'e had not returned yet, the store was already open, and only An Fan and Ding Zaichun were guarding the store.

"Brother Jiu, sister-in-law." An Fan was the first to see Gu Jiu riding a bicycle with Lin Shu appear at the door.

Ding Zaichun looked up and saw that Gu Jiu and Lin Shu had already entered the store. "You two were busy all day yesterday. Aren't you tired? Why didn't you sleep a little longer?"

Gu Jiu didn't want to think wrongly after hearing this, and asked expressionlessly: "How was business in the past two days? Nothing went wrong, right? What goods in the store need to be restocked?"

"Business is now tending to be stable, and the daily operating income is not much different. As for the goods that need to be replenished, I have written them down at the back of the notebook." Ding Zaichun said, pointing to the small notebook hanging in front of the counter.

This small notebook records the selling prices of the store's merchandise at the front and the out-of-stock items at the back.