Back to 1978: Getting rich starts with treasure hunting

The fight between the two in-laws in the hometown did not affect the lives of the Gu family in the provincial capital at all.

Lin Wei rented two connected shops near Gu Youhui's restaurant. Gu Jiu found several bricklayers from the construction site where they were building a house, and they connected the two shops, built a stove, connected water pipes, leveled the ground, and painted the floor.

Lin Wei closed the breakfast stall in the morning, and in the afternoon he went to several villages outside the city to find carpenters to order tables and benches, and exchanged industrial coupons for customers who came to eat breakfast. He was preparing for the opening of the breakfast shop, and the industrial coupons could be used to buy iron pots, kettles and other items.

Lin Shu went to the construction site, and when he came back, Dabao just woke up.

Liu Xiao'e, who was sleeping with her children in the bedroom, saw her come back and asked with a smile: "Why did you come back so soon? How is the house being built over there?"

Lin Shu picked up Dabao, changed his diaper, and washed his butt. Liu Xiaoe handed him the bottle of milk.

While feeding Dabao, Lin Shu replied, "The house has been built to the fourth floor, and it will be almost completed in another month."

"Tsk, you said there are so many houses in the provincial capital, and I see most of them are only two or three stories high. Why do you want to build a seven-story building? How much money will it cost to build it?"

A seven-story building is naturally not the tallest in the provincial capital, but most of the buildings in the residential compound are two or three stories high, which gave Liu Xiaoe the wrong impression that two or three stories is considered good.

"Mom, after the house over there is built, we plan to use the first and second floors as shops, and the third floor and above to open a hotel, which is a place for tourists to stay like a guesthouse. So even if the investment is huge now, once it is built, we can put it into use and let it make money for us."

Liu Xiao'e looked at her in shock. "My son-in-law took me to see it last time. It's a big place. There are many shops on the first and second floors. What kind of business are you going to do that requires so many shops?"

Lin Shu waited for Dabao to finish drinking milk, helped him wipe the milk stains from the corners of his mouth, and said with a smile: "There are eight shops in total, and the two shops connected to the stairs will be used as the lobby of the hotel in the future.

There are six shops left, two for restaurants, two for trading, one for a fruit shop, and one for a bakery or clothing store. Mom, do you think there are enough shops?"

Liu Xiao'e shook her head: "Tsk, you have so many stores, can you manage them all? How about renting the remaining one to your second brother and his family to start a small business?"

"For my second brother?" Lin Shu looked up at her in surprise, "Mom, do you want my eldest brother and second brother to come to the provincial capital?"

Liu Xiao'e had never even left the county before, so this time when she came to the provincial capital, she naturally felt the prosperity of the big city, which is far beyond the reach of a small county town.

"Since the eldest brother and his wife don't want to go back to the county town, why don't you just let your second brother come up here as well? We can all take care of each other in the same city."

Lin Shu lived in a big city in his previous life, so he naturally understood the advantages of big cities and could also better appreciate the pressure of life in big cities.

It can be said that there are pros and cons, it all depends on how one looks at it.

"If you want your second brother to come up, what about the small store in the county town?"

Lin Shu bought an old house in the county town. Except for the shop space used as a convenience store, the other rooms would be left empty if everyone came to the provincial capital.

Although the land of the old house will be valuable in the future, Lin Shu will certainly not object to renting out the house if it can earn some rent now.

Liu Xiao'e didn't know whether Lin Shu was willing to part with the store, so she asked tentatively, "Why don't you transfer the store in the county to your sister and let your sister pay you the rent every month?"

"It will take more than a month to build the house. During this time, please contact your second brother to see if they are willing to come up and work hard. What if they are not under pressure to stay in the county and run the small shop, and are unwilling to come to the provincial capital to work hard for an unknown future? It will be useless for you to reserve this shop with us now."

Lin Shu pinched Dabao's little hand, and when he turned his little head, she smiled at him.

Talking about his second brother's family in the county town, Lin Shu recalled that during the Chinese New Year, Lin Gang's girlfriend Fang Hong wanted Lin Gang to help him pay for opening a store.

She asked, "During the Chinese New Year, Fang Hong wanted Lin Gang to help her with the money to open the store. At that time, Lin Gang didn't seem to have much money. In the end, how did they handle it? Did they open the store?"

"What else can we do? Bian Mao didn't save any money after working for a few months. He and Fang Hong spent it all. As a result, they wanted to do something but couldn't come up with the money, so they asked me and your father to borrow 500 yuan."

Liu Xiao'e is still very angry when she mentions this. "Fang Hong said that if she and the third brother got married, the 500 yuan would be considered as a betrothal gift. If they didn't end up together, she would return the 500 yuan."

"Listen to me, what kind of words are these? From what she said, it seems that she doesn't really want to live with the third child. Who would dare to want a daughter-in-law like this? If the third child didn't like her, your father and I would never agree to the third child dating her."

Lin Shu was speechless: "She is using Lin Gang as a backup. You shouldn't have given him money at that time."

"Fang Hong is a very smart woman. She said this after she got the money. Otherwise, I would have given her the money."

"Then why don't you take the money back?" Lin Shu teased her deliberately.

Liu Xiaoe rolled her eyes. "After all, it's the Third Brother who likes her. We can't do anything too ugly."

If Lin Gang didn't go to work at the hydropower station, he would definitely not have had any contact with Fang Hong. Instead, he would have fallen in love with his third sister-in-law in his previous life, just like in his previous life, and coaxed and deceived her into marrying him.

Needless to say, Lin Shu has always liked her third sister-in-law in her previous life. She was diligent, capable, virtuous and generous. Although Lin Gang was not reasonable and their life in the third room was hard, she was very good to her family.

When Dabao heard this, he raised his little feet and kicked twice, making baby sounds.

Lin Shu's attention was drawn, and he smiled and squeezed his little hand, "Dabao doesn't like this third aunt either?"

"Ahhh~"

"But if you don't like her, I can't do anything about it. Your third uncle likes her. How about we wait until your third uncle hits his head against a wall and gets a bloody mess, then we can take pity on him and introduce him to a good girl?"

“Ahhh~ Oh~”

"Don't worry. I think Fang Hong is quite ambitious. I just don't know if your uncle has made any progress. If he stays where he is, he won't be able to control Fang Hong in the future."

The mother and son asked and answered each other, and if you didn't know, you would really think they were having a real conversation.

Liu Xiao'e was amused by them. She walked to the crib, stretched out her hands and took Dabao out.

Smiling, he said to Dabao, "Your mother and your third uncle have never gotten along since they were young. I think your third uncle will definitely not like the girl your mother finds. How about our Dabao grow up quickly and help your third uncle find a good wife?"

"Aah~"

Dabao was so excited that he danced with joy and said, "Hurry up and call my third uncle over so that I can slap him a few times." My third aunt in my previous life was so nice, how could she be blinded by a vixen?

Liu Xiao'e said to Lin Shu happily: "Look, our Dabao understands."

Then he kissed Dabao and said, "Okay, okay, wait until your third uncle is abandoned. His lifelong affairs will be handed over to you, and you will help him find a virtuous wife."

"Who can you help find a virtuous wife for?" Gu Jiu walked in from outside.

Lin Shu smelled the stench and said with a smile, "You came at the right time. Your son has poop that stinks. Go and help him wash his butt. When he grows up, help him find a virtuous wife."

Dabao had a frown on his face. After hearing this, he glanced at Lin Shu with an indescribable look. "Don't you know who your wife was in your previous life?"

How could Liu Xiao'e let Gu Jiu, who had just returned home, wash his butt? She quickly stood up and held Dabao in her arms and wanted to go to the bathroom, "No, no, I'll do it. Jiu Ge'er just came back, you sit down and rest for a while, I'll wash this stinky butt."

This made Dabao anxious.

Lin Shu smiled and stopped him, "Mom, Dabao likes Gu Jiu to wash his fart the most. If you help him, he will cry."

“Is there such a thing?” Liu Xiao’e didn’t believe it. A baby over one month old could pick people?

She looked down at Dabao in disbelief. The boy's face was flushed red and he was twisting his body in resistance.

Gu Jiu had tried it many times before, and he didn't know why, this kid just liked him to help him wash his fart and take a bath. It was said that his movements were not gentle enough, and this kid didn't like a gentle mother, and liked him to help him wash, which was really incomprehensible.

Strangely enough, after Gu Jiu took Dabao from Liu Xiao'e, the boy stopped making trouble.

He quietly let Gu Jiu carry him into the bathroom to wash his butt. He didn't cry or make a fuss the whole time and was very well behaved.

"I've helped him wash more than once, why didn't I see him crying before?" Liu Xiao'e asked curiously.

Lin Shu couldn't help laughing and explained, "When you helped him wash before, wasn't Gu Jiu at home?"

Liu Xiao'e thought about it for a moment and widened her eyes: "Really? This kid is really smart. He knows how to pick people in just over a month?"

Lin Shu just smiled and said nothing.

While we were chatting and laughing, Erbao woke up.

After feeding the two babies, Liu Xiao'e carried the second baby to the first floor.

Gu Jiu leaned over and stared at Dabao lying on the bed, raising his eyebrows: "Erbao likes to go outside, but I was wondering why you like to stay quietly, even more obedient than girls?"

Dabao rolled his eyes at him. He was not a real baby, so crying didn’t require any energy, right?

Gu Jiu shouted in surprise: "Shushu, this kid just rolled his eyes at me, what does he mean? Why does he have any objection to praising him for being well behaved?"

"Haha..." Lin Shu couldn't help laughing. She probably guessed that Haodaer didn't like comparing him with girls.

"Of course he won't like it if you compare him to girls. You should praise him with words that boys like to hear."

"What do boys like to hear?" Gu Jiu looked at the little guy with disdain, "Should I praise him for his good figure, good looks, and big penis?"

"Pfft!"

"Ha ha......"

Lin Shu fell on the bed laughing.

This time, Gu Jiu was surprised to find that Dabao, who was lying on the bed, should not understand anything.

At this moment, her face turned red and she glared at him.

In fact, the baby's eyes don't have much killing power, they are just soft and cute, but Gu Jiunan saw anger in his eyes, and it was anger that came from shame.

"Hey, that's strange."

Gu Jiu stared in deep thought as if he had discovered a new continent.

After a while, he came close to Lin Shu and whispered, "Wife, do you think Dabao can understand what people say?"

Lin Shu glanced at Dabao who couldn't even turn over, and nodded: "Our Dabao is the smartest child in the world."

"Tsk, so you discovered it a long time ago, why didn't you tell me about it?" Gu Jiu was very interested in Dabao at this moment, and seemed to want to study how much he could understand.

"If I tell you, will you believe me?" Lin Shu pushed him away. "Rather than me telling you, it's better for you to find out for yourself slowly."

Gu Jiu lay on his side next to Dabao, propping up his head, and asked in what he thought was a very gentle voice: "Dabao, you can understand what I say, right? Then can you speak? Otherwise, how about calling daddy first?"

Ah, ugh! Dabao spat out. He wanted to take advantage of him, but it was impossible.

The result was that Dabao started to spit out saliva.

"Hey, kid, if you don't want to scream, then don't scream. Why are you spitting?" Gu Jiu took out a handkerchief and gently wiped the saliva from the corner of his mouth.

Lin Shu suppressed his smile, drank a sip of warm water, and said while holding the cup, "If I were Dabao, I would just tell you to go away. He is so young and hasn't even learned how to pronounce words yet, and you let him call you dad. You might as well tell him to walk on the ground."

Gu Jiu laughed happily: "I see that my son is smart. He can understand what I say, so he must be close to being able to speak."

Seeing Dabao yawn, Lin Shu thought he wanted to sleep, so she patted him gently to coax him to sleep.

Dabao sighed helplessly, adults don't need adults to coax them to sleep. However, he has no right to protest now.

Seeing that Dabao's eyes were slightly closed, Lin Shu asked Gu Jiu, "Now our house has been built to the fourth floor. How much did it cost to buy materials and labor?"

"Less than 10,000 yuan. Most of the money was spent on building materials, and not much on labor."

When Gu Jiu asked people to bring in materials, he did not buy materials for each floor to be built, but instead brought them back in trucks, taking care of as much as was needed.

The building materials are probably enough to build a five-story building, and the rest can only be obtained when the inferior materials arrive.

"We have enough money now. It cost less than 10,000 yuan to build the fourth floor." Lin Shu raised her eyebrows. At this rate of progress, the more than 87,000 yuan in her system would be enough to build and renovate the entire building.

Gu Jiu pinched her cheek and said with a smile: "It won't cost much to build a house in the early stage, but it will cost more to decorate it later. Also, it will cost more to buy furniture, curtains, bedding, etc. after the hotel is decorated."

Gu Jiu didn't say that some supplies cannot be bought with money alone, and one needs to ask someone for help and find connections to get the supplies from special channels.

Of course, he also knew that Lin Shu had some connections, but she couldn't buy all the supplies.

Lin Shu slapped his hand away and glared at him in reproach, "Don't loosen the flesh on my cheeks, or they will sag prematurely."

"As you said, there will be a lot of expenses later. Do we have enough money? Should I make some preparations in advance? For example, should I take some time to go into the mountains a few times?"

"The children are still so young and they can't leave you. Let's talk about going into the mountains when they are older." Gu Jiu rejected Lin Shu's suggestion to go up the mountain without even thinking about it.

"Now the babies drink formula in addition to breast milk. Plus there are people at home taking care of them, so going up the mountain won't have much of an impact. I haven't been up the mountain for a long time, I want to find some time to go up the mountain!"

Lin Shu was thinking of going into the mountains more often while the weather was not too hot, raising the system points and collecting enough points for the upgrade to 100,000.

What products will be added after the system mall is upgraded is something she has been looking forward to for a long time.

Gu Jiu looked at her helplessly, "But I will be very busy recently. The construction site, the trading company, and the company all need me. I am too busy to accompany you into the mountains."

"Before I met you, I went into the mountains alone. You go about your business, and I'll go up the mountain by myself. You don't have to worry about me."