Back to 1978: Getting rich starts with treasure hunting

On the way home, Lin Shu sat in the back seat, hugged Gu Jiu's waist, and asked curiously: "What did you just talk about with the brothers? Or was it about starting a company?"

"Yeah." Gu Jiu looked straight ahead and carefully avoided the small potholes on the road.

Lin Shu didn't know how their discussion went. "Gu Jiu, I don't know how your discussion went, but I have a suggestion. Would you like to hear it?"

Gu Jiu smiled and asked, "What suggestions do you have? Tell me about them."

Lin Shu thought for a moment and said, "Through my observations yesterday and today, are there any of your brothers who are children of cadres?"

Gu Jiu was surprised at Lin Shu's careful observation. "It seems that you have sharp eyes. Indeed, there are a few families whose parents are leaders of the unit."

Lin Shu pretended to be proud and snapped his fingers: "That's right..."

"You don't want their parents to abuse their power for personal gain, do you?"

Lin Shu raised his fist and punched him on the back, angrily saying, "Who do you think I am? Am I that kind of person?"

"Ugh!" Gu Jiu groaned, "Shushu, you are trying to murder your husband, hitting him so hard."

Lin Shu snorted coldly and didn't bother to pay attention to him. Didn't she know how much effort she had put in?

"I was wrong, wife. I shouldn't have said such nonsense. Please tell me your suggestions."

Lin Shu wasn't really angry. When he heard him give in, the corners of his mouth curled up. "The New Year is only two months away. No matter which city is short of supplies, do you think that every unit will have a headache about distributing benefits to employees at the end of the year?"

Gu Jiu nodded, "Well, that's right, then what?"

Lin Shu: "But each place has its own specialty products. For example, in the three northeastern provinces, there are dried mushrooms, pine nuts, hazelnuts, walnuts, fungus, etc. These dried goods may not be worth much in their place, but if they are shipped to us, they can definitely be sold at a high price and are still popular."

"The three northeastern provinces are too far away from us. After calculating the shipping and labor costs, there shouldn't be much profit." Gu Jiu made a rough estimate in his mind.

"There is money to be made, it just depends on how greedy you are." Then, Lin Shu told his second plan, "During the Chinese New Year, every household has to visit relatives and give gifts. If we pack these dry goods in bags and then put them in gift boxes, won't the gifts be of a higher grade? Can't the price be compared with the dry goods on the normal market?"

For example, a pound of pine nuts may cost two to three yuan per pound in the market. If it is packaged in a gift box, with two pounds in it, the price may be reduced to eight to nine yuan.

For example, by putting pine nuts, melon seeds, peanuts and hazelnuts into a gift box, the dry goods that originally cost only three or four yuan can still be sold for eight or nine yuan after being packaged in a gift box.

This is the same as respecting the clothes first and then respecting the person.

The person giving a gift does not care whether the items in the gift box are worth the price. What he cares about is whether the gift box is upscale and looks good when he takes it to visit relatives, and whether it will give him face.

Just like in later times, a few packets of biscuits were put in a gift box, and people thought they had at least two kilograms of biscuits, but in fact they only had half a kilogram. And what about honey? Two bottles of half a kilogram of honey were also put in a huge gift box, and they looked impressive, but in fact they were just some empty stuff.

Of course, people of this era are particular about affordability, so they don’t need to go too far. At least two kilograms of pine nuts can be made into one kilogram and six ounces, making the gift box both affordable and prestigious.

Gu Jiu's eyes lit up instantly, and he asked happily, "You mean we buy the goods from outside and make them into gift boxes to sell to various companies? Let the companies make this gift box as a welfare benefit at the end of the year?"

"Smart, my man understands everything very quickly, not bad."

Gu Jiu's mouth twitched, "......"

When I got home, except for those who were still working, most of the children who were still going to school were already back, and the house was very lively.

Fortunately, we hired a nanny, otherwise I would be so worried about cooking for the whole family that I would almost lose my hair.

Gu Jiu carried half a basket of fruits into the kitchen. Before the nanny could wash them, several children who followed in snatched the basket and rushed to wash the apples.

You know what, when a large family lives together, it seems like there is never enough food. Everyone is scrambling to eat, and everything tastes delicious.

Lin Shu felt it most obviously. Every time she saw the children eating heartily, she felt that her appetite would also improve.

From yesterday to today, she hasn't had any morning sickness, and she eats half a bowl more at each meal.

Lin Shu saw that it was her second sister-in-law Li Ling who was busy in the kitchen with the nanny today. She rolled up her sleeves and wanted to help, but was pushed out by Li Ling.

"I really don't need your help here. I've been out walking all afternoon. Let Lao Jiu accompany you upstairs to rest. I'll call you later for dinner."

Gu Jiu took a bite of the apple and asked with a smile, "Kicked out?"

Lin Shu grabbed his hand and took a bite of the apple he had bitten. "You are such a bad person. You clearly saw my second sister-in-law pushing me out, but you still come to ask me. Do you want to be beaten?"

Gu Jiu put his arm around her shoulders and said, "Since Second Sister-in-law asked you to rest, I will go up with you."

After saying that, he took a bite of the apple and raised it to Lin Shu's mouth.

Lin Shu pushed him away in disgust, "Don't make me eat your saliva."

"You just bit my apple. You didn't mind the first time, but you did the second time. How can you be like that?"

"Is it too late for me to dislike you now?" Lin Shu rolled his eyes at him.

Gu Jiu chuckled: "It's too late. Now that you're on my pirate ship, don't even think about escaping."

As soon as he returned to his room on the second floor, Lin Shu began to look for clothes and prepared to wash up.

"Why don't you rest for a while before going?" Gu Jiu wanted to lie down on the bed, but before he could sit down, Lin Shu stopped him.

"You've been running around outside for the whole afternoon. You're covered in dust. Why don't you wash up and change into clean clothes before lying down on the bed?" Lin Shu drove him to the round stool next to him.

Gu Jiu pretended to get up and asked with interest: "How about I go take a shower with you?"

"You wish!" Lin Shu picked up the soft pillow beside him and threw it at him.

I let him coax me into doing whatever he wanted for two hours last night in the bathroom. How could I possibly let him succeed today?

Wait for Lin Shu to come out of the shower before changing to Gu Jiu.

When Gu Jiu came out, he saw Lin Shu sitting at a small round table counting money.

"Where did you get so much money? Did you get rich?"

Gu Jiuzuo was drying his hair while sitting at the table, staring at the neatly arranged banknotes, his envy evident in his eyes.

"Mom gave me all the gifts we received at our wedding, along with the gift list. What do you think we should do with so much money?" Lin Shu asked, seemingly not noticing his expression.

Gu Jiu didn't answer but asked: "How do you want to deal with it?"

"What do you think of investing in?"

"What do you want to do?" Gu Jiu was a little surprised. After all, when they were in the county town, they both saved their money. Unexpectedly, when they came to the provincial capital, the first thing she would think of was investment.

"What do you think of buying a house and waiting for it to appreciate in value?"

When he heard her words, Gu Jiu's first thought was not about investment appreciation, but something more, "Are you buying a house to move out and not live with your parents?"

"Don't think too much. I'm doing this purely for appreciation." Lin Shu hurriedly stopped him from saying anything else. If her parents-in-law heard this, they would be so sad and would think that she was trying to instigate Gu Jiu to move out.

"But these days, few people really want to sell their houses. How can they sell them to others when their own houses are not even big enough to live in?" Provincial capitals are more short of houses than county towns. If you really calculate the living space of everyone, it would be better to live in a small county town.