Back to 1978: Getting rich starts with treasure hunting

When Comrade Liu Xiao'e learned that Lin Gang had brought his girlfriend back to celebrate the New Year, she immediately added two more dishes in the evening.

A bowl of fried bacon with garlic sprouts and a bowl of fried leeks with eggs.

Add to that the two bowls of vegetables and a large pot of fish stewed with radish, and the dinner was so sumptuous that it could be said that it was no more than this during previous Chinese New Year celebrations.

Fang Hong's family is from the countryside. She grew up in the countryside with younger brothers and sisters, and her family life is not rich.

Usually, home-cooked dishes are mainly green vegetables and pickles, and meat is rarely seen.

Later, because the village had a quota to work in the unit, she has been living frugally in order to help her family improve their financial situation.

Because she was beautiful, she caught Lin Gang's eye. Lin Gang usually took good care of her, but she would not agree to be in a relationship with Lin Gang.

The previous few times she followed Lin Gang to help in the city, the food there was quite normal. But when she returned to the county, she didn't expect the meals cooked by Lin Gang at home to be so sumptuous. It was even better than what her family ate during the Chinese New Year.

In the city we eat brown rice, but here we eat white rice directly.

"Fang Hong, don't be polite, just pick up whatever you want to eat at home." Liu Xiao'e greeted her with a smile. If she wasn't afraid that the young people would dislike it, she would have wanted to help Fang Hong pick up a few pieces of bacon.

You know, it's harder to get meat in the city than in the countryside.

Why did Liu Xiao'e know it so well? It could be seen from the four taels of meat coupons that Lin Wei and Lin Guang gave her every month that it was very difficult to eat meat in the city.

Fang Hong smiled and said, "Oh, okay, if I want to eat, I'll pick it up myself. Auntie, you can eat too."

Lin Gang picked up a piece of old bacon with fat and lean meat and put it in Fang Hong's bowl. "Eat it, eat a few more pieces. At work, you always ask for meat. It's not easy to have a meal of meat. This is the bacon that my family smoked. It's delicious."

Anyone with a higher emotional intelligence at the dinner table wanted to cover their faces and pretend they didn't hear or see anything, so that Fang Hong and others wouldn't be embarrassed to see others.

Fang Hong's self-esteem really took a heavy blow, her cheeks were so red that blood seemed to drip out. In order to save her face, she took a bite of bacon, and it was really delicious.

"Ahem, my family is not well off, and we rarely buy meat. We usually eat vegetables and pickles. I'm sorry to make you laugh."

Liu Xiaoe nodded hurriedly: "Now everyone's living standards are similar. My family used to eat mainly vegetables grown by ourselves and pickled vegetables every day, and the staple food was usually coarse grains such as sorghum rice.

The living standard has improved a little now, and it is also because they have improved a little after the brothers started working. What Lin just said shows that he has forgotten his roots after being out for a few days. This needs to be changed. Our family asks you to supervise him to change it. "

Fang Hong smiled and said, "Of course. After the Chinese New Year, when he returns to work, I will supervise him three times a day, and make sure he is frugal, but I won't allow him to be extravagant."

Liu Xiao'e didn't detect any sign of anger at all and cheerfully praised Fang Hong for her virtuous character.

Lin Shu looked at Lin Gang, who was eating meat with big mouthfuls, with sympathy, and silently picked up a small miscellaneous fish that was fried golden on both sides. It tasted really good, and the fish meat had a light sweetness.

Halfway through the meal, Fang Hong discovered that the people in the Lin family liked to eat fish. So when there was a bowl of fried bacon, they took a piece to taste it and then focused on the big bowl of fish.

Even the Lin family’s children were shouting that the fish and radishes were delicious.

Zhuangzhuang chewed his rice, stared at Lin Gang and asked, "Uncle, is your life at work worse than mine in the countryside?"

Ok?

Lin Gang was eating, his brain waves were not on the same frequency as the child. He looked up at Zhuang Zhuang in confusion and replied subconsciously: "How can life in the unit be worse than in the countryside?"

"If it's not worse than the countryside, then why did you eat three large pieces of bacon in a row like a starving ghost?"

"Pfft!"

"Ha ha......"

Lin Xue patted her child awkwardly, "How can you talk like that? Your uncle is working away from home and hasn't eaten meat from home for a long time. Do you have any problem with him eating two more pieces because he was greedy?"

"I'm just curious." Zhuangzhuang didn't dare to say anything. Among those eating around the table, my uncle and his girlfriend ate the most meat.

His grandmother told him since he was a child that when guests come to his home, the meat cooked should only be tasted by the family members themselves and should be left for the guests.

This guest only ate one piece, his uncle ate three pieces, and his girlfriend ate two pieces. Don't bully him because he is a child who can't count. He is helping them remember.

"Did I eat too much?"

At this time, Lin just noticed that everyone was eating fish. There was still more than half a bowl of bacon left after cooking one bowl. "Well, the food in the company cafeteria is not as delicious as my mother's. I couldn't help but eat two more pieces..."

"No need to explain. If you want to eat, just eat more. The family doesn't need your little meat." Lin Dashan said, trying to hold back a smile.

Lin Gang and Fang Hong didn't believe what he said. Who doesn't lack meat in this era?

Gu Jiu reached out and picked up a piece of bacon, praising it: "This bacon tastes really authentic, Mom, did you make this bacon last year?"

Comrade Liu Xiaoe: "Yes, I like it. I made a lot this year. When you go back to the provincial capital, bring some back and let your relatives have a taste."

"Okay, then I won't be polite to mom."

Gu Jiu readily agreed, causing Fang Hong, who didn't understand the situation, to look at him repeatedly.

After the meal, Fang Hong had a deeper understanding of the Lin family.

Standing in the corridor on the second floor, Fang Hong watched Lin Wei send Gu Jiu and Lin Shu away downstairs, and gently touched Lin Gang's arm.

"Hey, your sister is a married daughter, and she goes back to her parents' home for dinner every day?"

Lin Gang didn't like what he heard. "What do you mean a married daughter should go home for dinner every day? Don't forget that our food and accommodation are all from my sister. The canteen is also my sister's. The food expenses will be deducted from the turnover every day."

Fang Hong curled her lips, "Then your family won't earn any work points anymore, and will all come to the city to work for your sister. How much salary does she pay your parents a month?"

"How would I know? As a son, I should give my parents retirement money every month. I haven't given them any retirement money, so how can I ask about their income?"

Lin Gang didn’t know the specific situation, but he guessed that it was at least better than farming in the countryside.

Fang Hong chuckled and said with envy: "I really envy your family. All the people who can make money in your family have come to the city to work. Unlike my family, except for me working in the company, everyone else in the family just stays in the countryside, facing the loess and back to the sky, doing repetitive labor every day."

"Don't worry, your living conditions will naturally improve when your brothers and sisters grow up." Lin Gang comforted her.

It takes a process for a family to grow up. Like their family, when they were young, there were many brothers and sisters in the family, and they always worried about the next meal after eating the previous one.

"Well, I hope they will be successful when they grow up. It's just that my family conditions are not good and the pressure is great. It's unfair for you to date me."

Lin Gang looked at the girl who couldn't raise her head, rubbed her hair, and said, "My family is from the countryside, and the conditions are not good. I hope you don't despise me."

Fang Hong blushed and shook her head: "How could I dislike you? You are the most promising man in your family."

The eldest and second brothers of the Lin family have weather-beaten faces and rough skin, but the youngest, Lin Gang, has fair skin and tender flesh. Moreover, he is the only worker in the Lin family, so how could she despise him?