Back to 1978: Getting rich starts with treasure hunting

Gu Jiu brought her to an unused factory building. Standing outside, she could hear the noisy voices inside, and it seemed that quite a few people had already come.

Gu Jiu parked his bicycle and walked into the factory side by side with Lin Shu.

Lin Shu looked around. The factory was very large and long, probably about 700 to 800 square meters.

Except for the street stalls surrounding the place, the rest of the place was empty.

There were people watching in front of every stall. Lin Shu looked around but had no idea who Gu Jiu's friends were.

"Brother Jiu, this way."

Lin Shu was just struggling with this when a street vendor in the distance stood up and waved towards them.

Gu Jiu held Lin Shu's hand and waved towards the distance: "Ma Zi is over there, let's go over there."

Chen Fei, nicknamed Ma Zi, was a classmate of Gu Jiu from junior high school to high school. Lin Shu met him at the wedding banquet yesterday. At that time, she didn't know his specific name, she only knew that everyone called him Ma Zi.

"Brother Jiu, sister-in-law." Chen Fei smiled and nodded to Lin Shu.

"Fade Chen, did you get all these goods from Guangdong Province?"

Lin Shu looked at the various goods on the stalls, including combs, mirrors, hairpins, clothes, pants, socks, etc. The most rare thing was that he found several pairs of long stockings on his stall.

Chen Fei laughed and said, "Yes, they are all brought back from Guangdong Province. Sister-in-law, do you see anything you like?"

Lin Shu squatted down, picked up the long stockings and took a look. They were thick stockings, suitable for wearing in spring and autumn when the temperature is over 10 degrees. "How much are these stockings?"

"Well, given the relationship between me and Brother Jiu, why would we talk about money? Sister-in-law, if you like it, just take it back and wear it." Chen Fei waved his hand, then excitedly said to Gu Jiu, "Sister-in-law, you have a good eye. These stockings are not made in Guangdong Province, but brought from overseas. They say that all the big foreigners like to wear these. If you wear them with a skirt, what do you call them overseas?"

"It's called fashionable, it's nothing!" Gu Jiu gave him a disdainful look.

"Pfft!"

Lin Shu couldn't help laughing. Seeing that both of them were looking at him, especially Chen Fei, whose old face turned red with embarrassment, he waved his hands and said, "Since they are so precious, I can't just take them for free. You tell me how much, I'll take all five pairs."

It is really expensive for women to wear stockings. Sometimes they cannot be worn if they have a small hole or get snagged.

Lin Shu didn't know what the quality of silk stockings was like at that time, so since he came across them, he simply bought all five pairs and saved them for wearing slowly in spring and autumn.

"Sister-in-law, do you want all five pairs?" Fade Chen confirmed in shock.

"Yes, I want them all." All five pairs are skin-colored, perfect for wearing skirts in the spring, and can also be used as maternity skirts even when pregnant.

Chen Fei raised his eyebrows at Gu Jiu, meaning that he was in luck. He heard that modern girls overseas look very sexy when wearing stockings.

Gu Jiu didn't understand what he meant and thought he meant the price was not cheap. "Don't talk about giving it away. We'll pay whatever the price is."

Knowing that Gu Jiu had misunderstood, Fade Chen scratched his nose and said, "Originally, they were sold for ten dollars a pair. Since my sister-in-law wants them, I'll sell them to you at cost price, seven dollars a pair."

The price was really high, but Lin Shu didn't say anything and took out thirty-five yuan from her bag and gave it to him.

Since there were good stuff, Lin Shu decided to walk around the factory to see if he could find some more good stuff.

Just then, a few more brothers came. Gu Jiu stood with them and chatted, while Lin Shu walked around the factory building alone.

There were stalls selling cloth, rubber shoes, and daily necessities. Lin Shu looked all the way and finally stopped in front of a stall selling bamboo weaving.

The bamboo weaving sold on this street stall is different from those sold in the countryside. The bamboo weaving sold in the countryside focuses on practicality, while the bamboo weaving here focuses more on beauty.

When Lin Shu saw such beautiful bamboo weaving, he squatted down and selected a half-large basket that could be used as a vegetable basket. It was light, sturdy and beautiful.

Then she saw someone selling apples nearby, and the apples, which were not even as big as her fist, were being sold for one dollar per pound.

Pork is only 70 or 80 cents a pound, and apples from the supply and marketing cooperative are 20 cents a pound. The price here has increased five times, which is a huge profit.

Lin Shu did not buy apples at the stall. Instead, he took advantage of the fact that no one was paying attention and selected five kilograms of smaller apples from the system mall. He put them in a basket and then bought a meter of cheap cotton cloth to cover the basket.

Seeing that the basket could still hold two kilograms of things, Lin Shu bought a few more oranges. When the basket was full, he carried the basket back to Chen Fei's stall.

"Damn!" Gu Jiu was chatting with his brothers. He turned around and saw Lin Shu coming back with a basket. From the strength she put in, he knew the basket was quite heavy. He was so scared that he swore.

Gu Jiu jumped out from behind the stall in panic, "Let go, let go, my ancestor, please let go quickly, be careful not to stretch your stomach."

He took the basket and Lin Shu exhaled, "It's not that heavy, why are you making such a fuss? Look, you scared all the brothers."

Gu Jiu followed her line of sight and looked at the brothers behind him, then turned back and glared at her: "Don't you know what's going on with you? It's better to be careful. They are grown men and can be scared. But you are worried that our baby will be scared when you lift such a heavy object."

The brothers behind him looked at Lin Shu's belly, and nodded after hearing Gu Jiu's words. They were rough men who were not afraid of being scared, as they had been scared since childhood.

Lin Shu raised her hands in surrender. She found that since she became pregnant, this man had become more nagging.

Seeing her so obedient and compromised, Gu Jiu raised his lips slightly and lifted the cloth covering the basket, "What did you buy?"

"Apples and oranges."

Lin Shu hummed softly, "Give one to each of you brothers, and let everyone try it. It should taste good. I heard from the stall owner that it was shipped from the northwest."

"Sister-in-law, we don't want to eat."

"Yes, it would be a waste if we ate it, so let's leave it for our nephew."

This news was explosive enough. If Gu Jiu hadn't been so anxious that he spoke without thinking, they would still be kept in the dark and would not have known that their sister-in-law was pregnant.

Brother Jiu is really awesome. He got on the bus first and bought the ticket later.

Gu Jiu didn’t know what the brothers behind him were thinking, otherwise, let alone apples, they wouldn’t even be able to smell a fart.

He was clearly certified to be on the job, but they insisted that he got on the bus first and bought the ticket later. Is his character that bad?

Everyone received an apple thrown by Gu Jiu, and everyone looked at each other, what could they do?

"Thank you, sister-in-law."

Gu Jiu ignored the brothers behind him and pulled Lin Shu to the back of the stall. He moved a small stool for her to sit on. "You only bought fruits, but didn't see anything else you liked? Did you find any electronic products after looking around?"

Lin Shu took an orange from the basket and asked him to peel it for her. "Is a digital watch considered an electronic product?"

"Only an electronic watch?" Gu Jiu saw Lin Shu nod, and while peeling an orange, he said disdainfully: "Then there's no need to buy it, that watch is rubbish."

Chen Fei turned around and asked, "Brother Jiu, sister-in-law, do you want to buy electronic products? What do you want to buy specifically?"

"Can you get a tape recorder?" Lin Shu asked with a smile, tilting his head.

Fade Chen stared at the couple with wide eyes. Seeing that they were not joking, his Adam's apple rolled a few times and said, "That thing can only be encountered by chance. It takes time."

Mainly because the price is scary!