Back to 1978: Getting rich starts with treasure hunting

The couple slept until noon and only then did they have time to pack the three luggage bags they brought back.

Two of the luggage bags contained their clothes and other personal belongings, and the other bag contained bacon, salted fish, and soybeans grown at home.

By the time they came downstairs with their bags, the others were already sitting at the dining table waiting for them.

Jiang Chaohong: "Tsk, sister-in-law, your visit to your parents' home lasts for more than a month. Is it fun in your hometown?"

Lin Shu sat down in the empty seat and smiled. "I can't help it. My parents' home is too far away. It's not easy to go back. I have to stay longer. I feel bad for staying at my parents' home for more than a month. I don't know how much food my husband and I have eaten in more than a month."

The meaning of this statement is very clear. There is no need to be jealous. If you have the ability, you can go back to your parents' home and stay for more than a month. As long as your parents' home provides you with food, anyone who is jealous is a fool.

Being stabbed back by a soft knife, Jiang Chaohong smiled awkwardly: "Now that you two are back, your parents will have to tighten their belts and live a normal life."

Gu Jiu put the luggage bag on the ground and opened it, revealing the bacon, salted fish and soybeans inside.

"Third sister-in-law, you don't have to worry about my mother-in-law's family's life. Look at how beautiful this bacon and fish are. They were all smoked by my mother-in-law at the end of the year.

As for food, before we left, we bought them more than 200 kilograms of rice and 100 kilograms of flour from the black market, which was enough for them to eat for a while. Besides, if there was nothing to eat in the city, my mother-in-law and her family in the village would have food distributed by the team. "

So, don’t underestimate rural people. Sometimes rural people have more convenient food than city people.

The twenty or thirty kilograms of cured meat and cured fish in the luggage bag hit Jiang Chaohong's face. He felt so embarrassed that he stopped talking immediately.

Wang Suzhen saw the bacon in the bag and covered her chest in shock. "Oh my, what does this mother-in-law mean? Why did she bring so much meat up when she was not married to her family?"

Even if all the meat coupons for their family in a year were added together, there would not be this much meat.

Lin Shu glanced at the uncomfortable Jiang Chaohong and smiled, "Mom, we bought half a pig at the end of last year. Except for the ones we ate during the Chinese New Year, we smoked all the bacon. We left a few dozen kilograms of it at home, and my mom asked me to bring it up to eat. The ten kilograms of soybeans were also grown at home, and we can bring them up to exchange for tofu, or we can make tofu ourselves."

"Your family bought so much pork?"

Not only Wang Suzhen was shocked, but others also found it incredible.

Don’t you see, Gu Changsheng, the oldest head of the family, only eats six taels of meat a month, and half a pig must weigh at least one or two hundred kilograms.

"I ordered it privately from a friend in the countryside, and at the end of the year I killed one and split it in half between each of us." Lin Shu explained briefly.

The children in the family haven't started school yet, so they are all at home now. They can't help but drool when they see the bacon in the bag.

Nephew Gu Youtao said, "We didn't have any smoked bacon at the end of last year. Grandma, how about we fry some bacon tonight?"

The boys and girls were at the age when they had big appetites. Although they received subsidies for going to university, there was very little meat in the cafeteria.

My family bought some meat for the Chinese New Year, but since there were so many people, there wasn’t much for each person.

Wang Suzhen subconsciously looked at Lin Shu.

Lin Shu couldn't help laughing: "Mom, I brought this meat back to improve the family's food, you decide how to arrange it."

When Gu Changsheng heard this, he also craved it. He had been used to eating bacon since he was a child, and he was particularly craving for bacon. "Listen to the kids. Fry some more in the evening before the kids go to school. Fry it with garlic sprouts."

"I'll have a drink with dad in the evening." Gu Xiang chuckled.

"Okay, let's fry some bacon in the evening, and then fry some cured fish with fermented black beans." Wang Suzhen agreed.

At the same time, my heart was filled with sadness.

In this stupid era, look how greedy the family members are just for a piece of meat.

As for the soybeans, as Lin Shu said, it would be nice to exchange them for tofu.

In this era, tofu can not only be bought with money, but also exchanged for soybeans.

The adults were able to control their emotions, and the children all cheered when they heard that they would have meat to eat in the evening.

Especially the little ones, who shouted directly, "Eat meat, eat meat."

There was no meat on the table at noon, only egg and scallion soup, and the other dishes were either pickles or vegetables.

Gu Jiu glanced at his family members eating around the table and asked, "Where's You Jiang? Have they started school yet?"

Gu Youjiang is the third boy in the family and the eldest son of his second brother. He is 18 years old and is in his third year of high school.

The second brother Gu Mingqi replied, "They won't start school until after the 15th. They may have gone to set up a stall with Youhui again today. They won't be back for lunch."

Gu Jiu glanced at his nephew Gu Youtao who was eating, "Youjiang went to set up a stall, why didn't Youtao go to help?"

Although Gu Youhui now has a fruit shop, he has only helped the clothing factory to clear out the goods from time to time. In his words, that is to make two profits a day, and if you don't make money, you will be struck by lightning.

Cheng Youtao didn't expect Gu Jiu to mention him, and was a little surprised, "Uncle, I was assigned a job after graduating from university. It's not right for me to set up a stall, it's just lowering my status!"

After hearing what he said, Gu Jiu turned to Gu Mingqi and asked, "Since setting up a stall is not decent, why didn't Second Brother stop You Jiang?"

Gu Mingqi glanced at Gu Youtao meaningfully, then smiled nonchalantly, "Children are taking advantage of the holiday to experience life. I would be crazy to stop them. It's just the right time to follow Youhui to set up a stall. Let him experience how hard it is for adults to make money. What's wrong with letting him experience the ups and downs of life?"

Lin Shu rolled his eyes at Gu Jiu and said, "My elder brother and sister-in-law haven't even educated their own son, so why do you care about it?"

However, she couldn't say this out loud, so as not to offend a lot of people.

Gu Youjiang, who had experienced the ups and downs of life through Gu Mingqi's words, was now selling discounted clothes to passers-by as if he had been injected with chicken blood.

In the past, at home, his parents always complained to him about how hard it was to make money and support a family.

Now that I'm out setting up a stall with Brother Hui, I realize that money is not difficult to make. It just depends on whether you find the right method.

As soon as the winter vacation began, he hung out with Brother Hui every day. He had set up the stall for more than ten days in total and had saved up 1,500 yuan.

He believed that even his poor father did not have as much savings as he did.

Wait until they sell the clothes and then rush back to the fruit shop.

Gu Youhui counted the money, deducted the cost and gave Gu Youjiang 120 yuan, "Here, this is what you earned today, keep it well, I won't be responsible if you lose it."

Gu Youjiang listened to the noisy sound from the fruit shop outside, his eyes rolling, "Brother, do you think I should save this money or invest it?"

Gu Youhui didn't think much about it and answered subconsciously: "If it were me, of course I would invest it. How can saving money be as fast as investing it?"

Gu Youjiang quickly took advantage of the situation and said, "I have saved fifteen thousand yuan since this winter vacation. Add this one hundred and twenty yuan, and I have sixteen thousand yuan now. How about I invest this money in you and we open a fruit store somewhere else?"

Gu Youhui was counting money, and was stunned when he heard what he said: "Hey! You're hitting my face with your abacus beads, and you're already investing before you even leave the school gate. If you want to invest, then invest. You want me to work for you while you sit back and reap the benefits. You're still daydreaming."

“Hehehe.” Gu Youjiang rubbed the back of his head and laughed, “How dare I! I don’t feel comfortable investing such a large sum of money in other people. After all, you are my brother.”

Gu Youhui gritted his teeth and squeezed out a sentence: "Thank you for your trust!"

He mixed all the money in his hands together again, and when disturbed by this boy, he forgot how much he had counted.

Gu Youjiang made a victory sign in his heart and grinned, "I'll give you my 1,600 yuan when I get home tonight."

Gu Youhui stopped counting the money, thought for a while and said, "If you want to invest, forget about the fruit shop. You can open a restaurant with me."

"Open a restaurant? It's good to open a restaurant. It will compete with state-owned restaurants for business. What I can't stand the attitude of the employees in state-owned restaurants is that they act like they are worth two and a half million."

Gu Youhui looked at Gu Youjiang's joyful expression, slapped his forehead, and counted the money in his hand again without knowing how much it was.

"I won't count anymore. You're too noisy." He was upset and started to think about the possibility of opening a restaurant.

He needed to figure out the supply of food and meat from his aunt first. To solve this problem, he went to find a store and a chef.

In fact, if you want to make money from catering, the best way is to contract the canteens of companies and schools. However, the canteens of companies are subsidized by the companies, and the government will not contract them out to individuals.

As for school, it wouldn't be his turn since he had no acquaintances or connections.

So, after much thought, it is more reliable to open a restaurant and compete with the state-owned enterprises for business.

Gu Youjiang was not angry at being disliked. He smiled and watched his brother fall into deep thought.

After thinking it over, Gu Youhui noticed Gu Youjiang's smiling eyes and tapped him on the head with the banknote in an unpleasant tone, "You are such a cunning kid, what evil ideas are you planning again?"

Gu Youjiang stroked his head and wailed with a grin, "It's unfair, dear brother. I really admire you now. In my eyes, you are just a walking RM coin."

This time when I came back, it was just after the Chinese New Year, and the business of clothing stores and discount malls was not as good as at the end of last year.

Gu Jiu went around the company and Chen Fei showed him the year-end account book. If they didn't want to expand the company, each of them could take away about 5,000 yuan.

In fact, they can't expand even if they want to. Fruit wholesale and fruit planting have not yet reached a certain scale, and the supply is unstable. It's okay to maintain one store, but if they run more, they won't be able to handle it and will run out of stock.

In the clothing industry, clothing factories in provincial capitals cannot keep up with the styles, and while many people place orders with clothing factories in Guangdong Province, their production scale and efficiency cannot be improved for the time being.

"Help me find some people who can build houses. I want to tear down those two dilapidated houses and rebuild them after the first month of the lunar year."

Chen Fei was shocked when he heard this. "Brother Jiu, those two dilapidated houses occupy a large area. What kind of house do you want to build? If it's a building, the construction funds will be a huge sum of money."

"Of course we have to build a building. I discussed it with your sister-in-law and decided to build a seven-story building. The first and second floors will be used as storefronts, and the third floor and above will be used as a hotel."

Looking at Chen Fei's shocked expression, Gu Jiu felt a little comforted. He was also shocked when Lin Shu told him that he wanted to build a seven-story building.

If it is really built with seven floors as Lin Shu said, then this building will be a hen that lays golden eggs.

If the couple did not have any big ambitions, they could just stay at home and have no worries about food and clothing.

"hiss!"

"Brother Jiu, awesome!"

Fade Chen thought for a moment and said, "To build a seven-story building, nearly a thousand square meters, you need to prepare at least 100,000 yuan, Brother Jiu, you..."

He couldn't understand when Gu Jiu became so rich?

At this time, he thought about the position of the head of the Gu family. Could it be that he got it through corruption and bribery?

Seeing his questioning and nervous look, Gu Jiu slapped him in anger, "What are you thinking? This is the money my wife and I saved."

As for how he saved it, he wouldn't tell you.

No matter how good a brother is, it won’t work.

This made Chen Fei think more. Could it be that Lin Shu's family was a wealthy landlord? Otherwise, who would have tens of thousands of dollars in savings in this day and age?

However, it was not easy for him to ask about this.

"Okay, I'll help you contact them. Now that the educated youth have returned to the city, many people in the First and Second Construction have retired and let their younger generations take their place. I'll go find them."

"Then this will trouble you."

"Brother, everything is easy to talk about."

After sending Gu Jiu away, Fade Chen stroked his hair and said, "Tsk, he made more money in the past few months than others could save in ten years, and he got a little carried away. Fortunately, Brother Jiu woke him up with a punch today. Otherwise, he really didn't know that there are always people better than you."

I used to think I was very cool for having tens of thousands of dollars on me, but today I realized that tens of thousands of dollars are nothing compared to others!

It seems that I still have to work hard. After the first month of the lunar year, I will have to go to Guangdong Province and try to get some electronic products to sell.

While riding his bike home, Gu Jiu suddenly remembered that the boy from the Jiang family had opened a fruit shop.

The bike turned and went onto another street, and he slowed down a bit when passing a storefront.

From a distance, I saw a few people selecting fruits in front of the fruit shop, while the owner, the boy from the Jiang family, was sitting with his legs crossed and chewing sugarcane. He had a radio on his body and his legs were shaking rhythmically.

Tsk!

Gu Jiu shook his head, exerted force on his feet, and the bicycle flew out. Now looking at the performance of this second-generation rich man of the Jiang family, his third brother's kindness had once again been wasted.

The Jiang family kid didn't know what Gu Jiu was thinking at the moment, otherwise he would have jumped up and retorted: "Don't look down on me. Now the profit of a fruit shop is about 70 to 80 yuan a day, which is equivalent to two months' salary for an ordinary worker."

Gu Jiu returned home and placed the 5,000 yuan dividend he received from Chen Fei on the small table.

Lin Shu looked at the five stacks of money in front of him and said with a smile, "Are you taking back the dividends? Didn't Fade Chen stop you?"

"Why would he stop me? He doesn't have any better projects. Just maintain the current situation this year. If you want to expand, wait until next year." Gu Jiu thought that Lin Shu was going to give birth this year, so he didn't want to be too busy.

You can say he has no ambition or that he is obsessed with beauty, but in his heart, family is the most important thing.

Lin Shu took out a passbook from the drawer. "The bank has more than 7,000 in deposits, plus this 5,000 it's 12,000. Add in what we earned from selling medicinal herbs before, and it should be enough to build a house."

"Well, several shops are still making money. Even if we build a house, our lives won't be too tight." Gu Jiu took off his coat and changed into his home clothes. "I've asked Chen Fei to help me contact the craftsmen. We can start work after the first month of the year."

"Okay, you can arrange the building."

Lin Shu didn't worry about being short of money at all. If he really had no living expenses, the worst that could happen was that he would go up the mountain to dig herbs for a few days.