Back to 1978: Getting rich starts with treasure hunting

It was not until Gu Jiu brought Lin Shu to the hospital in the afternoon that she learned about Lin Dashan's injury in the morning.

"Why did you hide such an important thing as my dad's injury from me?" Lin Shu was not complaining, but was nervous and wanted to talk to ease his mood.

"I'm not afraid that you'll get anxious and have health problems. Besides, Dad's nothing serious." Gu Jiu explained.

Lin Shu did not comment, followed Gu Jiu to the inpatient building, and asked, "What is An Fan's attitude towards his parents?"

"An Fan said I can do whatever I want."

"That's pretty much it."

Gu Jiu went upstairs while supporting Lin Shu and comforted her, "Don't worry, walk slowly. Before I went back to pick you up, I notified Xie Hui. He should be taking notes in the ward right now."

Since the An family's parents dared to cause trouble and hurt people, they must pay a price. Otherwise, they will come to the store to cause trouble whenever they have time.

Gu Jiu didn't want the police to punish them, after all, Lin Dashan's injuries were not serious, but it was still possible to invite them in to have tea for a few days.

Sure enough, when the two walked into the ward, Xie Hui and a young policeman were taking a statement.

Lin Shu was completely relieved when he saw that Lin Dashan was in good mental state.

Xie Hui saw them come in, closed his notebook, and said, "I'm done here. If there's nothing else, I'll go back first."

Gu Jiu nodded: "Thank you, I'll trouble you with this."

"This is my duty, it's not a big deal." Xie Hui smiled, turned to Liu Xiao'e and Lin Dashan and said, "Uncle, you should have a good rest and try to recover soon. I'll go back first."

Lin Dashan smiled and waved his hand, "Okay, thank you for taking the trouble today. Take care."

Liu Xiao'e stood up and saw them out.

After Xie Hui left the ward, Gu Jiu followed him. I don’t know what the two were whispering about, but after a few minutes, Gu Jiu came back.

Lin Shu asked him, "Have you asked them what An's parents would think?"

"Pay the medical expenses and stay in there for two days."

Lin Dashan didn't think much of it. Mainly because he also thought that the An parents were assholes. He had never seen parents who exploited their son like this.

"It's better to let them learn a lesson. I won't say anything about my stepmother. After all, An Fan is not her biological son, so it's understandable that she doesn't feel sorry for him.

But I don’t understand what the old man from the An family is thinking. An Fan is his own son. It’s fine if he’s not responsible for his son, but he’s always thinking about how to exploit him. This is too much. He’s just like a beast.”

Liu Xiaoe: "It's good for people like this to be taught a lesson."

Lin Shu frowned slightly: "Luckily for my dad this time, he didn't get hurt too badly. What if they forget the pain after the wound heals and come to the store to cause trouble again? We can't always ask the police to take action, right?"

"That's right." Liu Xiao'e agreed very much. She didn't have any bad relatives in her family, but she didn't expect to let them see this in the county town.

Gu Jiu thought for a while and said, "I will talk to An Fan about this. If it doesn't work out, let him go to the city to help out during this period at the end of the year. It just so happens that Dongfa is too busy at the end of the year."

Convenience store, now that they are back, Gu Jiu and Lin Shu go to the old house to eat every day, and they can help in the store when they have nothing to do.

"It's a good idea to keep him away from his family. Let's do it." Lin Dashan thought this was a good arrangement. He had also heard about how good Dongfa's business was.

After making the decision, Gu Jiu went back and didn't know how he communicated with An Fan. The next day, An Fan took the bus to the city.

For An Fan, being able to stay away from those unscrupulous parents was what he wanted most.

After being discharged from the hospital three days later, Lin Dashan stayed in bed to recuperate. Gu Jiu and Ding Zaichun were the ones who were busy in the store, and Lin Shu sometimes helped out as a cashier.

After the fifteenth day of the twelfth lunar month, the temporary workers who were erecting electric poles outside the county power supply station all took a holiday, preparing to go back to the countryside and the mountains to erect electric wires after the New Year and when the weather was better.

Lin Wei and Lin Guang came back with their luggage bags. Lin Shu was instantly shocked when he saw the dirty clothes they poured out of the bags.

Lin Shu pointed at the dirty clothes they poured into the foot basin and asked, "Who are you going to ask to wash your dirty clothes?"

It was a freezing cold day, and Lin Shu could foresee that this large basin of clothes would eventually be washed by Comrade Liu Xiao'e.

Liu Xiao'e, who had just returned from the kitchen to heat up some food, found this funny. "Who else can wash your brother's clothes if not me? Their wives are not in the county town, so I can't let a pregnant woman like you wash them."

Seeing that Liu Xiao'e didn't think there was anything wrong with helping her son wash clothes, Lin Shu couldn't help but remind her, "Mom, they are already grown up, you can't take care of them forever.

Why don't you let them do the laundry themselves? It's freezing cold, and you help them wash such a big basin. What if they catch a cold? You'll be the one who suffers then."

Lin Guang touched his nose embarrassedly, but he was still reluctant to wash the clothes. Another reason was that he couldn't wash them clean.

"Youngest brother, it's tiring enough for a man to work outside, and he still has to wash clothes when he gets home. Can you see any man in our village who would wash his own clothes?"

Lin Shu snorted coldly, "If you want to be lazy, then don't make excuses for your laziness. Your hands are precious. Does washing clothes make you inferior to other men?"

He is a male chauvinist and has many bad habits.

Lin Guang and Lin Wei looked at each other, but they didn't want to argue with her, so they could only keep silent and lower their heads to eat.

"Okay, I know you're worried about me and afraid that I'll catch a cold. I don't want to wash with cold water, so I can just boil hot water." Liu Xiao'e glanced at her in a reproachful manner and prepared to get up and go to the kitchen to boil hot water.

"Mom, isn't it cold to wash clothes on this day if we heat water?" Lin Shu sighed helplessly, "There are too many clothes, and even if we heat water to wash them, they will still be cold by the end. Besides, sitting outside without a fire, the cold will not go away after a long time."

After hearing what Lin Shu said, Lin Wei felt that the weather was indeed cold, and he felt a little guilty about asking his old mother to wash his clothes, so he said, "Mom, don't bother, I'll wash them myself later."

"What are you washing? Why are you a grown man washing clothes?" Liu Xiao'e scolded with a smile and went into the kitchen.

Lin Wei shrugged helplessly at Lin Shu.

Lin Shu was speechless: "Next year, I will arrange for my sister-in-law to come here, and you can let your own wife wash your clothes."

Although he said so, Lin Shu had already started to wonder whether he should ask his elder sister to come up and help.

After the New Year, they always have to go back to the provincial capital. Without An Fan, there are fewer people in the county town.

It’s just that Xianfeng Village where Lin Xue is located has a fairy-like name, but it is located in a remote area, and it is really not easy to travel back and forth.

"Brother, you guys are on vacation now. The weather is good these days. Why don't you go to Xianfeng Village tomorrow and bring your sister over to stay for a few days?"

"Sure, no problem." As long as he was not asked to do the laundry, Lin Wei agreed to other things readily.

"Brother is going to pick up sister?" Gu Jiu came from the convenience store and heard this conversation as soon as he entered the door.

Lin Wei: "The youngest one said to bring the eldest sister up to stay for a few days."

Gu Jiu saw Liu Xiao'e carrying hot water out and quickly took the hot water from her. "Mom, what are you going to do with so much hot water?"

"Pour it into that basin for me and get ready for the laundry."

Gu Jiu frowned when he saw the basin of dirty clothes. "Mom, it's too cold today. Don't go into the water. Let me help you wash them."

"I'm not afraid of the cold after I boiled the water. How can I let a grown man like you help me wash clothes?" Liu Xiao'e turned around and took the soap, motioning Gu Jiu to make way.

Gu Jiu frowned, and strongly disapproved of Liu Xiao'e washing so many clothes at one time.

He could tell that these clothes belonged to his two brothers-in-law, so he looked at them with disapproval.

That extremely dissatisfied look made Lin Wei and Lin Guang feel very uneasy. They pushed away their empty bowls and stood up to stop Liu Xiaoe.

"Mom, let's wash the clothes ourselves. You can just sit here and rest for a while."

Lin Guang: "Yes, yes, you take a break."

In fact, men have a natural advantage when washing clothes, that is, they are strong and can rub clothes more cleanly than women if they rub them carefully.

Lin Shu looked at the two men who were rubbing clothes with both laughter and tears, and gave Gu Jiu a thumbs up.

Gu Jiu winked at her and raised his eyebrows proudly. He did it on purpose. He could wash clothes at home, so why couldn't his two brothers-in-law do the same?

Lin Wei kept his word. The next day, he rode his bicycle to Xianfeng Village to pick up Lin Xue and Zhuangzhuang.

There are Lin Wei and Lin Guang at the old house, and now Lin Xue is here. With three more people, we can handle the busiest business.

Gu Jiu and Lin Shu were finally freed from the convenience store and no longer had to go there to help on time every day.

Every day, the two of them slept until they woke up naturally, and after dinner they went to the department store and the supply and marketing cooperative to buy New Year's goods. They also strolled around the streets to see if they could run into villagers carrying local specialties into the city.

The streets are full of the festive atmosphere of the New Year. Everyone is preparing for the New Year, hoping to buy more New Year goods with their limited money.

Lin Shu hadn't felt such a strong New Year atmosphere for many years. In high spirits, he bought some pork fat from the system mall and asked Gu Jiu to refine it.

Then, the two of them hid at home and fried small twisted dough sticks, glutinous rice sticks, and sesame balls for two days. At first, they thought the fried small twisted dough sticks and glutinous rice sticks tasted good.

When they were frying sesame balls the next day, they had had enough of the smell of oil. They no longer had an appetite for the sesame balls and had no desire to eat them at all.

"Don't fry any more after you've finished frying this one."

In the afternoon, the two packed the fried twisted dough sticks, glutinous rice strips, and sesame balls into plastic bags and rode their bikes to the old house.

The film bags were transparent. As soon as Liu Xiao'e entered the old house, she exclaimed: "Oh my God, how come you fried so much oil? You spendthrift woman, oil is free!"

Gu Jiu brought in a few bags of oil and said, "We bought two boards of lard yesterday, refined the oil and fried it at the same time. We have to eat it during the New Year anyway."

Liu Xiao'e was heartbroken and sobbed. "There are many people in the family. When it comes to food, even if you fry a few more pots, it won't be enough. It would be better to save this oil for cooking. You wasted it all."

Lin Shu parked his bicycle and walked in to hear Comrade Liu Xiaoe muttering, "What's the waste? Fried food can still be eaten. As long as it's eaten, there's no waste."

"Okay, okay, I can't argue with you." Liu Xiao'e asked Gu Jiu to help her hang the bags of oil on the beams of the kitchen.

Gu Jiu jumped down after hanging himself, looked up at the beams, and said with a smile: "Mom, you are hanging here like this, which is completely tempting people who come in and out."

Transparent film bags, each bag can hold 20 to 30 kilograms. Although each bag is only half full, they are hung on the beams, which is very eye-catching.

Liu Xiao'e looked at the piece of bacon and fish hanging on the beam on the other side, and a few bags of oil products hanging here, and said contentedly: "Let's hang it here first, so that they won't have to eat less during the New Year."

Gu Jiu had originally advised Lin Dashan and Liu Xiaoe to spend the New Year in the county town, but they were still hesitant at the time. But man proposes, God disposes. Now that Lin Dashan is injured, it is a bit unrealistic to go back to Xiaohe Village for the New Year, so everyone finally unanimously decided to spend the New Year in the county town.

Since we are celebrating the New Year in the county town, there is no need to worry about buying New Year’s goods. There is no need to worry that they will not be able to bring them back home.

Lin Shu came in from the door, only looked up at the beams, then patrolled the kitchen and found half a bucket of three-finger-sized fish, "Mom, where did these fish come from?"

"Your brother bought it this morning. He said a villager happened to be carrying it past our store, and he saw it, so he bought a few kilograms."

Lin Shu's eyes lit up when he saw this wild fish. "Mom, cook earlier tonight. Remember to add more oil to fry the fish until both sides are golden brown, and then add some dried chilies and white radish to stew together."

The stewed fish soup is milky white, the radish is tasty, and it can be served after sprinkling some chopped green onions.

The mixed fish stewed in this way has a slightly sweet radish, and the soup has a fishy flavor and a slightly spicy taste, which is very appetizing.

"Okay, let's cook early. Last time your sister came up, she brought a lot of tofu skin. Do you want to put some in?" Liu Xiao'e asked.

"Sure, let the tofu skin absorb the soup, it will taste good." After saying that, Lin Shu slurped his saliva, "Oh, it's so tempting."

Liu Xiao'e smiled and said, "A son takes after his mother. I think the baby in your belly will take after you, being greedy."

"What if it's a daughter? Are you going to say that a daughter takes after her father?"

"Yes, usually daughters take after their fathers."

Gu Jiu raised the corners of his mouth and nodded in agreement: "Yes, a girl takes after her father. I am also very greedy."

Comrade Liu Xiao'e, who was inexplicably fed dog food, drove them out speechlessly.

"Go away, don't stand in the kitchen and get in the way!"

Lin Shu and Gu Jiu were driven out, and as soon as they entered the hall, they met Lin Gang who had just entered.

Lin Gang was carrying luggage in both hands, big bags and small bags, but the problem was that Fang Hong was following him.

"This...you guys are on vacation, are you coming home to celebrate the New Year?"

Lin Shu's eyes fell on Fang Hong who came in. When they met eyes, Lin Shu smiled at her and said, "It's cold outside. Come in and warm yourself by the fire."

Fang Hong smiled shyly at the couple: "Okay."

Lin Gang put his luggage on the stool next to him, sniffed, and complained, "It's so cold going out today. It's really painful, especially my feet, which are almost frozen."

Gu Jiu poured them a cup of hot water and asked, "Are you on New Year's Day off?"

Lin Gang took the cup and sipped the hot water: "Well, after we finish this shift, we have a week off, so we can spend the New Year at home before going back."

"That's good. It's our turn to take a day off during the New Year." Gu Jiu sat down next to Lin Shu.

"Where's mom?"

"In the kitchen."

"Where's Dad?"

"Let's go to the store in front."

Lin Dashan lay in bed for a week. He really couldn't lie down any longer. It was too painful to lie in bed without getting up.

Besides, his injuries were not serious. He stayed in bed for seven days at home and was hospitalized for three days, which means he spent a total of ten days in bed.

Seeing that he had no problem walking, his family members followed him.

Lin Gang didn't know that Lin Dashan was injured. Now that he was back, Lin Shu was not in a hurry to tell him. Instead, he was thinking about him bringing his girlfriend back to celebrate the New Year.

According to their customs, bringing your partner home to spend the night means that the two of you are together, and the final step is to get married.

Lin Gang brought Fang Hong back. Is he planning to discuss marriage with his family?