Back to 1978: Getting rich starts with treasure hunting

Lin Shu and Gu Jiu were having a big meal at the old house, but they didn't know that Li Yuanchao braved the wind and cold to help convey his notice.

Because Gu Jiu went to the provincial capital during this period, and because she was engaged, Xu Ting was living the most normal life in the past year.

He goes to work every day, and then comes home to help Xu's mother cook, or goes on a date with his fiancée after get off work.

These days were peaceful and peaceful, as if she had forgotten that she had ever liked another man.

Xu Ming came home from get off work and heard some noise in the kitchen. He put down his briefcase and walked over.

Sure enough, in the kitchen, his mother was cutting vegetables in an apron, and his sister was washing vegetables with her sleeves on.

"What delicious food have you prepared for lunch today?"

Xu Ting lowered her head to wash the vegetables and replied without raising her head: "Green vegetables and radishes."

Xu Ming laughed and said, "Everyone has their own preferences. I still like to eat radishes. When you bite a little, the juice splashes everywhere. It's sweet and delicious."

Xu Ting said contemptuously: "If someone doesn't know, they would think you are eating ginseng."

"Hehe..." Xu Ming touched his nose.

Mother Xu frowned and said, "Alright, stop talking nonsense here. Your father will be back soon. Go make him a cup of tea. He can drink it when he comes back."

Xu Ming resigned himself to his fate and went to pour water to make tea. At this moment, there was a knock on the door.

"Who is it?"

Xu Ming put down the teacup and walked towards the door.

When he opened the door, he saw Li Yuanchao, who looked very excited. "Brother Ming, good news!"

"What good news?" Xu Ming stepped aside to let Li Yuanchao in.

Li Yuanchao did not answer his question immediately, but breathed out and said, "It's so cold outside, hurry up and make me a cup of hot tea. I'll drink some tea and then answer your question."

Xu Ming was just about to make tea for his father, so he picked up a cup, added some tea leaves into the cup, and poured hot water to brew it.

Li Yuanchao didn't care whether the tea leaves were soaked or not. He picked them up, blew on them and took a sip. "Brother Jiu is back. He asked us to have a dinner at his house tomorrow night!"

Shocking!

"Snapped!"

There was a sound of porcelain falling and breaking on the floor in the kitchen.

"How can you be so careless, kid? You can't even hold the bowl steadily?" Mother Xu looked down and saw the fragments on the ground. Her pupils shrank slightly, and she hated Li Yuanchao for his outspokenness.

Li Yuanchao turned his head and looked towards the kitchen in astonishment, "Brother Ming, this..."

He didn't know Xu Ting was in the kitchen.

If he had known she was in the kitchen, he would have held it in.

"I understand. How is your work going now?" In order to avoid embarrassment for everyone, Xu Ming turned to ask him about his work situation.

Li Yuanchao retracted his gaze and rubbed his hands on his thighs: "It's just like that, sweeping the floor in the wind and snow every day, boring and ordinary."

Xu Ming took a sip of tea and shook his head: "Either sell your job or find a connection to transfer out of your company. At least working in a factory is better than sweeping the streets every day."

Li Yuanchao was stunned. He didn't expect that Xu Ming also advised him to sell his job.

At this time, Xu Ming might not know that in later generations, the sanitation department is a real iron rice bowl, and that there is a term called temporary worker in later generations.

Aren’t the people who sweep the streets called temporary workers?

"This matter is serious. I need to think about it carefully. Now that you have been notified, I will go find Tang Jianjun and the others first."

Li Yuanchao could no longer sit still when he smelled the fragrance of the food.

In this day and age, no one would wait until someone's house is dinner time to visit.

Each household has a quota of food, and the landlords don’t have any extra food, so they dare not invite people to dinner casually.

Of course, Gu Jiu is an exception.

Alas, the main reason is that Li Yuanchao can’t let go in front of his elders, but it’s a different story for his own brothers.

Xu Ming tried to persuade Li Yuanchao to stay, but Li Yuanchao insisted on delivering the letter to Tang Jianjun. He smiled and sent the man away, then turned and walked to the kitchen door.

"I don't care what you think. Since you're already engaged, just wait and get married. Don't interfere with my gatherings with my brothers in the future."

Faced with Xu Ming's warning, Xu's mother looked at her daughter anxiously.

It was not known whether Xu Ting had listened or not. She lowered her head and continued to patiently wash the leafy vegetables, washing each leaf very carefully.

Xu Ming didn't care whether she listened or not. He turned around and sat on the sofa to eat melon seeds. Feeling bored, he turned on the radio on the coffee table next to him and tuned to a Peking Opera channel.

Time quickly came to the afternoon of the next day, and Tang Jianjun and others arrived one after another. The gathering place this time was chosen to be the old house. An Fan happened to be helping out in the store, so it was a good opportunity for everyone to come over to have a meal together and get to know each other.

Liu Xiao'e attached great importance to Gu Jiu's invitation to his brothers for dinner. After lunch, she lit a coal stove because there would be many people coming later and it would be too cold without a fire.

Liu Xiao'e gave them a warm welcome. As soon as Tang Jianjun and his friends entered the hall, they found two stoves with the charcoal fires burning brightly in the stoves. A warm feeling immediately enveloped everyone.

In the past, the roofs of buildings were covered with tiles, so even if coal was burned in these houses, there was no need to worry about carbon dioxide poisoning.

As soon as they sat down, Lin Xiaoyu and Lin Xiaoshuang helped pour water for the guests.

Seeing the little person holding a thermos bottle, Tang Jianjun was terrified and quickly took the hot water. "Let me do it, let me do it. You are so young, it is better not to touch the hot water. Be careful not to get burned."

Hua Hui took the thermos from Tang Jianjun's hand and said, "Brother Jianjun, let me pour the water. You sit down and chat with Brother Jiu."

Gu Jiu looked at Li Yuanchao, as if asking, "Didn't you say that Tang Jianjun and that Ding Xing were dating? Why was it Hua Hui who followed me today?"

Li Yuanchao touched his nose. Who knew that Tang Jianjun was so philanthropic and could thrive among the flowers better than any of them.

Look at the flowers, Tang Jianjun was reluctant to do even a small thing like pouring water, which shows her virtuous character to the fullest.

"Let me do it, let me do it. How can you be asked to do something like pouring water?" Liu Xiao'e wanted to take the warm water first, but was gently blocked by the flowers.

"Mom, don't worry about this. Let my brother do it." Lin Shu pointed at his second brother Lin Guang who was coming down from the second floor.

Seeing everyone looking at him, Lin Guang came down the stairs and smiled at everyone, "You all came early."

Tang Jianjun was not shy and said jokingly, "Second brother, we just arrived. We are all sitting here waiting for you to make tea for us."

"Making tea is a piece of cake. It's just that we don't have any good tea leaves at home. Please don't mind." Lin Guang came over with a smile and made tea for everyone.

After making the tea, he looked around and said, "Hey, Xu Ming hasn't come yet?"

Tang Jianjun: "Cadre Xu is very busy, we won't wait for him, as long as he can arrive before dinner."

"Tang Jianjun, you are gossiping behind my back again. What do you mean by cadre Xu is so busy?"

At this time, Xu Ming came in carrying a net bag of canned biscuits and glared at Tang Jianjun.

Tang Jianjun was caught talking behind the back by the person involved, but he didn't care at all. He laughed and said, "To us, you are a cadre as long as you sit in the office. It's right to call you cadre Xu. If you are not active in the party, what else can you do if you are not busy with things?"

"Stop farting like that!"