Back to 1978: Getting rich starts with treasure hunting

On the way back, Lin Shu ignored the man who glanced at her from time to time.

In fact, he should have suspected it a long time ago, but this time she was too obvious.

In the past, the family had an unlimited supply of daily necessities such as rice, flour, various fabrics, fish, meat and fruits.

Perhaps, Gu Jiu had already had doubts at that time.

But she didn't say anything, and he didn't dare to ask, so he could only keep it to himself.

back home.

As soon as I entered the yard, I found Gu Youhui whistling while locking his tricycle.

"You're back so early and you look so happy. It looks like business is good."

"Uncle, aunt, you're back." Gu Youhui greeted them hurriedly when he saw them.

Gu Jiu parked the bike and put his arm around his shoulders. "How much did you earn today?"

"I'm just a worker working for you. No matter how much I earn, I can't earn as much as you do." Gu Youhui said, holding up three fingers proudly, "Three hundred."

"Not bad, each person can get 100."

"It's three hundred per person." Gu Youhui corrected.

"How much?" Gu Jiu picked his ears.

"Three hundred per person!"

"..."

Gu Jiuzheng can’t do it, but I think I’m not bad at arithmetic.

Lin Shu walked into the house with him, glanced at Gu Jiu's incredulous expression, turned back and asked with a smile: "How much do you sell one piece at the stall outside?"

Speaking of this, Gu Youhui was very proud. When he was selling fruits before, who would have thought that clothes would sell so well? "I added two yuan to the price, twelve yuan a piece."

"Tsk, the net profit is three dollars per piece, not bad, you have the potential to be a profiteer." Gu Jiu came to his senses, patted him on the shoulder, and walked past him into the house.

Gu Youhui was not ashamed but proud, and said loudly: "Thank you for the compliment, uncle."

Lin Shu smiled and shook her head. After entering the house and pouring a cup of hot water, she said, "You guys should work harder these two days. Business may not be so good in a few days."

"Ah?" Gu Youhui was shocked. "Aunt, what do you mean? Do they know that I raised the price and don't want to buy mine?"

Lin Shu shook his head: "The leaders of your aunt's factory are not fools. They know that we are having a special sale outside and setting up stalls. Business is booming. Do you think they will come forward from their own factory and rent a storefront to hold a special sale to clear out the inventory?"

If the No. 1 Garment Factory is clearing out its inventory like this, won’t other garment factories also clear out their inventory at the end of the year?

You should know that the business models of major clothing factories are basically the same. If one factory has unsaleable inventory, then the second and third factories must have it too.

"By then, they will not approve the unsold goods to us?" Gu Youhui became worried, wondering whether he should give it a try tomorrow and get one truck in the morning and another in the afternoon.

Lin Shu: "That's not the case. They will still wholesale to us, but their factory is setting up a special sale outside, which may affect our sales."

If we wait for other factories to follow suit, business will definitely not be as good as it was in the first few days.

Lin Shu underestimated the determination of a young man who wanted to make progress. Gu Youhui breathed a sigh of relief and said, "As long as they approve the unsalable products for us, it will be fine. If they are not selling well in the provincial capital, my brothers and I can just work harder and set up stalls in the towns below."

After hearing what he said, Lin Shu and Gu Jiu smiled at each other. As long as this kid doesn't get discouraged, it will be fine.

His fruit stall business in the middle of winter is not as good as before. He earns little money by freezing outside every day. He might as well switch to selling clothes during the end of the year.

"At the rate you're making money, you'll be able to rent a storefront and open your own fruit shop next year." Lin Shu chuckled.

It is very hard to set up a stall outside. You don’t feel it when the weather is warm, but this is especially true with the cold wave that has hit recently. Gu Youhui feels it particularly deeply.

It would be best to have your own fruit shop where it is protected from the rain and the sun.

Gu Youhui estimated that he had nearly three thousand yuan in savings, which was enough to open a store.

"Aunt, which street do you think is best for me to open this fruit shop?"

Lin Shu tilted his head and asked Gu Jiu, "Which one do you think is the best?"

Gu Jiu chuckled and raised his eyebrows: "What do you think?"

Seeing him throw the question back at her, Lin Shu glared at him and said, "I think it's best if there are residential areas around fruit shops, especially those with good workplaces and good benefits."

Gu Youhui frowned and thought, "There are many such residential areas in the provincial capital."

"Stupid!" Gu Jiu cursed inwardly and glared at his nephew. "Our compound is your high-quality customer base. The family quarters of the Public Security Bureau across the street are also high-quality customers. What your aunt meant is to find a storefront on the street outside."

After being reminded, Gu Youhui suddenly realized something and jumped up from the sofa excitedly, "Yes, why didn't I think of it? Next year... No, tomorrow I will go to this street to rent a storefront."

"Rent two, one is not enough!" Gu Jiu added.

He would never admit that he hadn't thought of this, otherwise he would have opened a small shop on this street long ago.

It's dark under this light, really dark.

Back in the room at night, Lin Shu looked at Gu Jiu who had just washed up and asked, "Things in the provincial capital are basically on track. When are we going back to the county town?"

It is now the twelfth lunar month, and the Chinese New Year is just over twenty days away. If calculated from her previous life, she has not celebrated the Chinese New Year in her hometown for more than twenty years.

After being reborn this year, she wants to celebrate the New Year with her parents and family.

Gu Jiu wiped his hair and said, "I'll make arrangements in the next few days and buy the tickets the day after tomorrow at the latest."

Thinking that the day after tomorrow would be the eighth day of the Lunar New Year, Lin Shu nodded.

......

It takes nearly ten hours to travel from the provincial capital to their hometown by train at the current speed, which means they have to eat at least one meal on the train.

Gu Jiu prepared fruit biscuits, and Wang Suzhen asked the nanny to bake a dozen pancakes with flour and cook a few boiled eggs.

At least make sure they have a full meal on the train.

Lin Shu wanted to say that there were meals for sale on the train, but since this was the intention of her mother-in-law Wang Suzhen, she said nothing and silently took the things she had prepared.

This time, Gu Jiu still bought sleeper tickets. After they got on the train, they checked and found that, unlike when they came here, this time the tickets were for one upper berth and one lower berth.

Lin Shu lay on the lower bunk and breathed a sigh of relief, "I can finally go home."

Gu Jiu stuffed his luggage under the bed and prepared to get some water. He smiled after hearing her words. In fact, the two of them lived a comfortable life in the county town.

Without the hustle and bustle of the provincial capital, Gu Jiu missed it quite a bit.

I don’t know if it’s because the New Year is approaching, but there are not many passengers on the train heading south, and no one got in their carriage until it stopped at the station.

In this way, the journey was quiet.

Lin Shu was carrying a small bag, and Gu Jiu was holding a luggage bag in both hands, and they got out of the car one after the other.

Before the two men walked out of the crowd, they saw a man waving at them at the exit.

"Gu Jiu, Lin Shu, here!"

The couple couldn't hide their surprise when they saw the person coming.

Lin Shu frowned slightly: "Why are you here?"

Lin Gang took the luggage from Gu Jiu with great tact. After hearing what Lin Shu said, he asked with a smile, "What? Don't you want me to pick you up?"

Lin Shu curled his lips. Anyone would have doubts if someone who had been at odds with you since childhood came to pick you up.

Gu Jiu grabbed the small backpack from Lin Shu and asked with a smile, "I'm curious too, how come Third Brother has time to pick us up today? Why isn't he at work?"

As Lin Gang led them out, he replied, "A lot of people have been stuffed into our power station in recent months. Due to the overabundance of personnel, we are now implementing a rotation system. I will be taking a rotation these few days."

Gu Jiu nodded. "In the second half of this year, most of the educated youth who went to work in the countryside have returned to the city. The employment situation in the city has suddenly become severe. Every city is under great pressure."

There is pressure, and each unit has to add as many positions as possible to accommodate unemployed young people.

Lin Gang shook his head: "Do you know how many people our company has hired in the past two months? One hundred and fifty or sixty positions."

The number of employees has doubled, and we cannot switch to a rotation system now.

It really fits the saying that it takes two people to do one's work and three people to eat two's meal.

Anyway, the higher-ups require that everyone has food to eat and doesn't starve to death.

This time, Lin Gang rode a bicycle and pushed another bicycle over.

"You are really great. You can ride one and push the other one here." Gu Jiu tied both pieces of luggage to the back seat of Lin Gang's bicycle.

Lin Gang: "I heard that your wife suffers from motion sickness, so I had to force myself to get two bicycles here."

Gu Jiu thanked him sincerely: "Thank you, uncle."

Lin Dongfa opened his business opposite the city bus station. There was a huge flow of people every day, so you can imagine how busy his business was.

When the three of them arrived at the store entrance and saw that the store entrance was crowded with people, Lin Shu hesitated and said, "It's still early now, let's just take a bus back to the county town."

Lin Gang looked at the two of them and said, "Why don't you have a meal here before going back? I brought my partner with me this time, and I thought that this was a good opportunity, and I just happened to run into you, so I wanted to let you meet."

Lin Shu: "Partner? Why don't you go back to the county town if you brought your partner back? Your parents are in the county town, so it would be convenient for you to bring him/her back to meet her."

Lin Gang looked at the shop surrounded by people, and then pointed to another shop about ten meters away: "I also want to bring my partner to meet my parents. After I came here, Dongfa's business was so good that my partner and I were stopped by him to work part-time."

Lin Shu looked in the direction he pointed.

Got it!

The clothing business in that store is better.

That is the discount store that Lin Shu asked Dongfa to open.

"Such a good business, the goods we shipped for him last time should have been sold out, why are they still selling now?"

"I heard from Dongfa that the goods you consigned have long been sold out. These are the unsold goods that the city's clothing factory entrusted him to handle."

Lin Gang led them to the alley next to the store. Not long after they walked, he opened a side door and walked in first, pushing his bicycle.

"Come in, this is the yard behind the store. The front is the store, and there are a few rooms in the back where you can live."

Lin Shu and Gu Jiu walked in. This was a rare storefront with a backyard. This type of storefront was rare in later generations. I didn't expect to find one in the city for Dongfa.

Gu Jiu parked his bike, looked at the small yard and asked, "Does Third Brother often come here to help?"

Lin Gang led the two into the house and made tea for them. "Ever since I knew Dongfa came to the city, I would come up to help every time I had a day off. It just so happens that our unit has a car that comes to the city every time we have a day off, so it's not difficult for him to come and help."

As he spoke, Lin Gang looked at the time and quickly started washing rice and cooking.

The house I rented in the city didn't have a wood stove, so I could only use a coal stove.

Lin Shu looked at him, a grown man, busying about, and asked curiously, "You were so lazy at home before, but I didn't expect that you would become so diligent now that you're working outside?"

Lin Gang stopped washing the vegetables, looked back at her, and confirmed that she had no intention of mocking him. He snorted, "Do you think I am willing?"

When you are away from home, there is a cafeteria at the company.

After he started dating, his girlfriend always wanted to buy groceries and help him cook, and every time he saw her busy, it was impossible for him not to help.

After a few times, I learned how to cook.

You have to know that he couldn't even pick up a fallen oil bottle at home before, but now he can cook. Is it easy for him?

Lin Shu smiled.

I am looking forward to this meal today.

"Is the rice you cooked edible? It's either burnt on the bottom or undercooked!"

"Since you dislike it, why don't you do it?" Lin Gang stopped cutting vegetables and glared at her.

Lin Shu puffed out her belly. This was her trump card. "I'm a pregnant woman. How dare you let me serve you? Where's your face!"

Lin Gang complained: "I have no face, what face do I need? You didn't give me face anyway."

Gu Jiu was rubbing his forehead while eating melon seeds. They were born enemies. They could get along peacefully for only two seconds. As soon as they opened their mouths, they started to argue with each other.

Lin Shu took a sip of water and snorted, "You are shameless. Blame me. You are so diligent today just to show off in front of your partner."

As she spoke, she was really curious and said to Gu Jiu, "I wonder what kind of beauty his partner is that could make a second-rate guy like him turn over a new leaf?"

Gu Jiu pointed at himself and said, "I used to be a street urchin. If I hadn't met the beautiful woman like you, I wouldn't have been able to turn back."

Lin Shu poked him on the forehead and said, "Stop talking nonsense. I admit that I am pretty, but I am far from being as beautiful as a fairy."

Lin Gang: “Tsk!”

Lin Shu turned around and glared at Lin Gang: "Why, you're not convinced?"

Lin Gang turned his head away and didn't look at her.

Lin Shu saw that he was busy and didn't bother with him.

However, considering how cold the weather is, if you cook something, the first dish will be cold before the next one is ready.

So, she suggested: "Gu Jiu, we will go back to the county town in the afternoon, and we will have hot pot tonight. It will be so delicious to sit around the stove and cook meat, vegetables and vermicelli in such a cold weather."

Lin Gang: "How about I go back with you guys this afternoon? My partner and I haven't had hotpot for a long time."

Lin Shu rolled his eyes: "Get lost!"

After a day's drive, they went home to find someone who wanted to entertain them.

"Haha..." Gu Jiu couldn't help laughing and raised his hand to rub her head a few times.

Around noon, Lin Shu finally met the person Lin Gang had mentioned.

A girl with a gentle temperament, with curved eyes and a sweet smile.

After coming back and getting to know each other, he diligently helped Lin Gang cook. Seeing the two of them sticky, Lin Shu rubbed his arms and whispered to Gu Jiu: "I didn't expect Lin Gang to like this one."

"Which one?" Gu Jiu asked knowingly.

"Sweetie."

Gu Jiu glanced at the two busy people, leaned close to her ear, and teased: "Maybe you and I have been disgusted by each other since we were young, so you want to find someone with a completely opposite personality to you."

Lin Shu raised her eyebrows: "Which model do you think this one is?"

Gu Jiu curled his lips and chuckled: "The one I like."

"Humph!"