Back to 1978: Getting rich starts with treasure hunting

"Hey, kid Gu, do you want to buy some fish?" Aunt Cui grabbed Gu Jiu who was about to ride his bicycle away.

"Yes, I haven't been home for so long, there is no food at home."

"Hey, how can this be such a coincidence?" Aunt Cui looked around and saw that there was no one around. She whispered, "My uncle brought me two bighead carps today. Each one weighs four or five pounds. If you want, I'll give you one. My family can't eat that much today."

Finally, she added, "Today's fish price is 60 cents. I don't need a ticket, so I'll give it to you at 70 cents. Do you want it?"

Gu Jiu didn't hesitate, "Yes, I'll go to the market to buy some vegetables first, and then I'll pick them up from your house when I come back."

Aunt Cui narrowed her eyes and smiled, and said readily, "Okay, I'll keep it for you."

Gu Jiu rushed to the vegetable market, and found that all the chickens, ducks, fish and meat were sold out, except for various vegetables.

He weighed a pound of spinach and a pound of Chinese cabbage, bought some ginger and garlic, and finally saw that there was tofu, so he bought two pieces of tofu.

Lin Shu's hair was dried and the water in the big pot was boiling. She first simply tied her hair up with a rubber band, then filled the thermos, and left the remaining water in the big pot for Gu Jiu to come back and take a bath.

He had just casually said he wanted to eat fish, but he didn't expect that when Gu Jiu came back he would actually bring a big fish weighing several kilograms.

"You can buy fish at this time?"

Gu Jiu parked his bicycle and took the fish off the handlebars. "I bought it from Aunt Cui next door. I'll go fillet the fish. I also bought the sauerkraut from Aunt Cui. I wonder how her sauerkraut tastes?"

Lin Shu helped take out the vegetables from the bicycle basket. When he saw the yellow pickled cabbage, his mouth instantly began to secrete saliva.

"Tsk, the pickled cabbage is well-pickled just by looking at its color. Do you have any charcoal left at home? How about we cook a pickled cabbage fish hotpot tonight?"

"Okay, I'll prepare all the side dishes for you, and you cook. Your cooking is better than mine."

Cooking sauerkraut fish hotpot is very simple as long as the side dishes are prepared. Just add the fish fillets and boil them twice before pouring them out.

After the dish was ready, Gu Jiu put the burned charcoal into the small stove under the hot pot and brought it to the table. He then placed the pot on the stove, and soon the fish soup in the pot began to boil.

When I came back in the afternoon, I didn't light the coal stove. It was so cold without fire, but at least it wasn't so cold to eat hot pot while sitting at the table.

The two of them drank some fish soup first, which warmed their stomachs and improved their appetites, and then they ate the fish and sauerkraut.

When they had almost finished eating the fish, they blanched the vegetables and tofu. After they had finished all the four or five kilograms of fish, they were left with no more food to eat.

Gu Jiu wiped his mouth and said, "I steamed the rice for nothing today."

Lin Shu rubbed his stomach and chuckled, "Then save it for fried rice tomorrow."

"That's a good idea." Gu Jiu stood up and started to clean the table.

Lin Shu stood up and strolled in the hall, "Let's take it to the old house tomorrow."

I will definitely go to the old house tomorrow, check out the store, and have dinner there.

"There are almost 20 days left before the Chinese New Year. We will be spending the New Year in the county this year, so it's time to prepare for the New Year. Remember to ask your parents tomorrow if they will be spending the New Year in the county or going back to their hometown?"

Gu Jiu put the bowls into the kitchen, and came out with a rag to wipe the table.

"I think they will have to struggle for a while. If they don't open the store, they will definitely want to go back to their hometown for the New Year. But the store should have good business during the New Year, so they may not want to give up their business and go back."

Lin Shu rolled his eyes and said with a smile: "Why don't you persuade them to stay in the county town for the New Year. There are many rooms in the old house, so even if Dongfa and his friends come back, they can still stay there."

"Why should I persuade him instead of you?"

"Oh, you are the son-in-law. If a son-in-law goes to persuade his parents, they will definitely be happy and think that you are filial. If they are happy, they might really stay in the county to celebrate the New Year.

You know, if they stayed in the county town for the New Year, it would be convenient for us to visit them on the second day of the New Year without having to ride dozens of miles to their hometown. "

Gu Jiu's eyes fell on Lin Shu's belly. Now she was more than four months pregnant but less than five months pregnant, and her belly looked like a six-month pregnant belly. "Okay, I'll try to persuade them tomorrow. If that doesn't work, I'll use you as a bargaining chip."

Lin Shu looked down at his stomach, not knowing whether to laugh or cry, "Okay, as long as you can persuade them."

After Gu Jiu washed the dishes, tidied up the kitchen, and cleaned the hall and other rooms, he finally washed up and returned to the bedroom. Lin Shu was already asleep.

A good night's sleep.

It was rare for the two of them to sleep until they woke up naturally.

In this ancestral home in the county town, they were the only two at home. The environment was quiet and even their sleep quality improved.

Although they don't have to do housework in the provincial capital, there are many people living in the house and they will be woken up at a certain time every day.

If they wanted to sleep again, Wang Suzhen would remind them to go downstairs and eat on time. Life there was definitely not as free as in the county town.

Gu Jiu turned over, hugged Lin Shu, rubbed his head against her neck, and asked in a hoarse voice: "Are we going to the old house today?"

His hair pricked her, and Lin Shu leaned back and pushed him away: "Well, we haven't been here for two months, and we don't know how the old man and the old lady are doing? They are used to being frugal, and I'm afraid their food has plummeted. Let's buy some more food and go over later."

Gu Jiu glanced at his watch. It was already past nine o'clock. He quickly got up and said, "I'll get up first and go buy breakfast. After breakfast, I'll do the laundry at home. I'll leave the things I bought to you."

Lin Shu had no objection to this, as she had a cheating tool, and they both understood each other tacitly.

When the man went out to wash up, Lin Shu stretched out his arm from the quilt, felt the cold, and drew it back.

Stay in bed a little longer.

After washing up, Gu Jiu pushed his bicycle out of the door and headed towards the state-owned hotel against the cold northwest wind.

"Nine, Nine Brother! Nine Brother!"

Just after crossing a street, I heard Li Yuanchao's loud voice.

With a "squeak", Gu Jiu braked suddenly, propped himself up with his feet, turned around and looked at Li Yuanchao who was running towards him, carrying a big broom, which was swinging behind him.

Li Yuanchao ran over, threw the broom on the ground, and blew warm air on his numb hands, "Brother Jiu, when did you come back?"

"I came back yesterday afternoon." Gu Jiu looked at the ground he had just swept with disdain, and saw fallen leaves again. "Did you sweep the leaves cleanly in the middle of winter?"

"I have to clean it even if it's not clean enough, otherwise I won't be able to get my monthly salary on time." Li Yuanchao sniffed and asked, "Brother Jiu, where are you going?"

"Let's go to the hotel to buy breakfast. Have you had breakfast? Do you want to go together?" Gu Jiu saw that his nose was red from the cold, and touched his cheek, which was cold.

"Come on, wait for me, I'll put this broom on the side of the road."

Li Yuanchao picked up a big broom and swung it across the curb, threw the broom on the side of the road, and ran back.

"I had a good meal this morning, and I'm hungry again after being busy for more than an hour. Brother Jiu, you treat me."

"Okay, treating is a piece of cake. I think you have no future in this sanitation department. You might as well set up a stall and learn to sell sesame cakes like Wu Dalang. It's better than sweeping the streets."

Gu Jiu was speaking from his heart, he really looked down on this job of street sweeping, only getting a salary of thirty yuan a month was really a waste of his youth.

When talking about work, Li Yuanchao sighed: "Brother Jiu, do you think I don't want to go out and work on my own? The problem is that I don't even have the skills of Wu Dalang. I can't make sesame cakes."