Back to 1978: Getting rich starts with treasure hunting

The Chinese New Year is just two or three months away.

With the opening up of policies, many unemployed people in the provincial capital have chosen to start their own business.

If you don't have much capital, you can choose to start a small business or work part-time. If you have some capital, you can choose to open a store.

Therefore, many shops open in the provincial capital as the year draws to a close.

These include Lin Guang’s noodle restaurant, Lin Shu’s fruit shop and trading company, and the opening of Chen Fei and Gu Jiu’s company’s logistics branch.

To be honest, the shop in the new house is open. It is not convenient for Lin Shu to live in the villa in the compound, so he wants to move into his new home as soon as possible.

Lin Shu asked the decoration team to speed up and try to work overtime every day.

The masters of the decoration team knew that the empty rooms on the upper floors of the new building were intended to be renovated to open a hotel.

In order to complete the decoration of the hotel, they put their heart and soul into decorating Lin Shu's new house, not daring to slack off in the slightest.

When decorating the new house, Lin Shu decorated it according to the decoration style of later generations. Many materials could not be found on the market, so Lin Shu bought them from the system mall.

Even if something beyond this era was decorated into the house, even if someone noticed it, it would be impossible to find out the truth about their house.

"Comrade Lin, where did you buy this water pipe? This is the first time I have made this kind of water pipe spliced ​​using hot-melt technology."

The master in charge of the decoration was a master named Duan, who was in his thirties.

When he laid water pipes, large steel pipes were connected by flanges, that is, two pipes were first fixed on a flange plate, then a flange gasket was added between the two flange plates, and finally the two flange plates were tightened with bolts to connect them tightly.

In this splicing method, if the middle flange gasket is damaged, the bolts can be unscrewed and the flange gasket can be replaced.

For smaller water pipes, use compression connections or threaded connections.

Of course, in the above connection methods, the water pipes are made of iron pipes or steel pipes.

Lin Shu chose concealed pipes for aesthetic reasons, so he had to use PPR pipes, which are environmentally friendly and will not rust.

It can be used for decades without replacement.

"I asked a friend to get the water pipe from another place. Because the water pipe is a concealed pipe, you can't be careless when welding it. Otherwise, it won't be long before it leaks and it will be troublesome."

Lin Shu urged them and gave them another sweet treat, "Also, as long as you have good skills, we can let you do the decoration of the hotel upstairs. You know, there are eight rooms on each floor, which means there are sixteen rooms on each floor.

Although there aren’t that many rooms on the third and fourth floors, there are 16 rooms on the fifth, sixth and seventh floors. Add the rooms on the third and fourth floors, and there must be at least…”

Master Duan had counted the rooms upstairs when he was painting them. "Comrade Lin, there are sixty-four rooms upstairs. There are forty-eight rooms on the fifth, sixth, and seventh floors, and sixteen rooms on the third and fourth floors."

Lin Shu nodded, "Yes, with so many rooms, it can be considered a big project. Besides, this is also a new technology, there is no harm in learning it."

Master Duan has long been coveting the renovation project upstairs. If he can take over this hotel, he and his team will have something to do for the whole next year.

How could he not be overjoyed to get Lin Shu to give in?

"Yes, yes, Comrade Lin is right. We will definitely help you with the decoration of your house. If there is anything we don't understand, we will ask for your opinion and will not act recklessly."

After getting Master Duan's assurance, Lin Shu felt much more at ease.

The main reason is that the decoration styles, materials and requirements now and in the future are different.

For example, people nowadays like to leave large gaps between tiles when laying tiles.

They like to fill the gaps with cement, but later generations prefer that the gaps between tiles fit tightly together. Of course, this does not apply to those who want to make beautiful seams.

Another difference is the materials.

The tiles of this era were very small, while those of later generations were all very large. Naturally, the quality requirements when laying were also different.

Lin Shu walked around the house, mainly to check whether their water pipes were laid according to the required lines and whether the wire pipes were laid according to the reserved lines.

The positions of the reserved sockets in the new house are marked with lines, and the routes of the wire tubes are also drawn. As long as Master Duan and others do not change the lines without authorization, the basic work is considered qualified.

Master Duan followed her and walked around with her. "Don't worry, Comrade Lin. We will do everything according to your requirements."

Lin Shu pointed at the wire tube and said, "Once the wire tube is installed, when you run the wires, the wires running through the hidden tube cannot be spliced. From the time it enters the wire tube to the time it comes out at the other end, it must be a complete wire."

This principle is known to all electricians who carry out renovations in later generations.

The reason why Lin Shu specifically told Master Duan was mainly because people of this era believed in thrift and diligence. She was afraid that Master Duan and his men would connect the cut wires piece by piece to save materials for her.

It is right to be frugal and it is also right to splice wires piece by piece. But it is not okay for hidden wires, but it is okay for exposed wires. If the wires are not in good contact, you can disassemble the exposed wire box to check.

Master Duan originally wanted to say, wouldn’t the remaining wires be wasted?

However, thinking about the promise he had just made to do what she asked, he honestly agreed, "Okay, I'll do as you ask."

The duplex building has bathrooms upstairs and downstairs. Before the water pipes were connected, Lin Shu asked them to do waterproofing. She asked about the waterproofing situation.

Master Duan replied: "I brushed it three times as you requested. Then I filled the bathroom with water and tested it for seven days. There was no water seepage downstairs."

Lin Shu was quite satisfied with this. If there was enough time, he would fill the tank with water and test it for half a month or a month to identify any hidden dangers.

Just one week.

Since it is a self-built house, the engineering requirements are more stringent, and Master Duan and his team dare not be careless about the quality of the house.

The construction quality is better than those commercial houses.

"Once the water pipes and wires are buried and there is no water seepage in the bathroom, you can add water and start filling. Once the bathroom is leveled, you can wrap the sewer pipes in the bathroom and balcony with bricks."

After these preparations are completed, you can start tiling the house.

For the floor tiles of the new house, Lin Shu bought warm-colored glazed tiles from the system mall.

The glazed tiles are 800 by 800 in size, and the tiles on the wall are also 800 by 800 in the same color scheme. They are cut into two and processed before being put on the wall.

The requirements are a bit high for Master Duan and his team who have never done this kind of decoration. As long as they go slower, I believe they can do it well.

Master Duan and his team were renovating Lin Shu's house, and even the tools were provided by Lin Shu.

For example, the hot-melt machine for hot-melt water pipes, the cutting machine for laying tiles, the balancer, and the water drilling machine for opening holes in the wall are all provided free of charge by Lin Shu.

When decorating a new house, holes must be drilled in the kitchen, bathroom and each room.

For Master Duan's team, the higher Lin Shu's requirements, the more techniques they learned.

Lin Shu returned home from the new house construction site, but Gu Jiu had not returned from the company yet.

She held Dabao in her arms and talked to him about the construction site. "The water pipes and reserved holes were all made according to your requirements by Master Duan. Are there any other aspects of the preliminary works that need to be supplemented?"

"You did a great job and arranged things very well. I have nothing to add."

Dabao took out his cell phone and typed out what he wanted to say.

Before laying floor tiles, waterproof the drainage pipes, water pipes, wire pipes and bathroom, and wrap the drainage pipes, and the preliminary work is basically completed.

The next step is to lay tiles, do carpentry work and scrape whitewash.

Lin Shu thinks that Dabao's taste is better than hers, so she basically decorates the new house according to Dabao's requirements.

Things like the choice of tiles, wardrobes, and the color of boards are all selected and purchased in the system mall according to Dabao's requirements.

And Lin Shu is just Dabao's messenger.

For example, the three-bedroom, two-living-room house in the previous life, as well as the villa that came later, were all decorated in the style chosen by Dabao.

When Gu Jiu came back from the company, the sun had already set.

When he walked into the compound, he found that the guard at the gate security room was covering his face and dared not look up at him.

The old man avoided him, but Gu Jiu insisted on looking around him, "Hey! Old man, what happened to your face? Did your wife scratch it again?"

"You little bastard, what nonsense are you talking about! My wife treats me very well!" The old man retorted loudly, but at the same time he was most afraid that others would know that he was afraid of his wife.

It is the most shameful thing for me when my husband is weak in authority.

"It wasn't my wife who scratched me?" Gu Jiu pretended to be hesitant and asked, "Could it be a wild cat that scratched me?"

"Go away, where did you come from, you wild cat? Go back and hug your twins." The old man drove him away with disgust. He wished he hadn't seen this annoying brat today.

So annoying!

Gu Jiu seemed to have discovered some secret of the old man and couldn't help laughing.

The old man was almost angry because of his laughter. Before he could explode, Gu Jiu approached the old man with a look of wanting to be beaten and asked, "Uncle, tell me honestly, what did you do last night? Why did your wife touch you all over and even your face?"

"You little bastard, you're talking nonsense again! I'll beat you till your teeth are all over the ground!"

As he said this, the old man looked around for a suitable tool to beat people.

How could Gu Jiu just stand there waiting for him to beat him? He pushed the bicycle with one foot and flew away.

"Ninth Brother!"

Zhou Xinyue saw Gu Jiu talking to the security guard from a distance, and when he passed by her door, she hurriedly called out to him to stop.

Gu Jiu tapped his feet on the ground, turned his head and saw that it was her, frowned slightly and asked, "What's the matter?"

The weather is nice today, sunny and cloudless.

Gu Jiu rode all the way back and was so hot that he took off his outer suit.

Inside was a black shirt that Lin Shu had made for him.

The shirts made by Lin Shu are different from the shirts of this era in style. The ones made by Lin Shu are more slim-fitting.

The black shirt and black pants just covered his energetic body.

Such a masculine side is a killer in later generations, not to mention this era, it is indeed a great temptation for women.

Zhou Xinyue came over with a smile and said, "You came back so late. I heard that you recently opened a logistics company with Chen Fei and others?"

Gu Jiu nodded, "You are well-informed, right. Is there anything else? If not, I will go home soon."

Zhou Xinyue also heard the impatience in his tone.

However, he still kept a smile on his face, "If I have goods to ship, can you give me a discount since we grew up together?"

Gu Jiuke didn't believe that she, a person who was too tired to even go to work, would have any goods to ship.

"There is a special person in charge of this matter. According to our company's regulations, there are no exceptions for the partners' relatives. If you use the company's logistics, the charges will still be the same. There are no exceptions!"

So, who do you think you are?

Zhou Xinyue almost couldn't hold back the smile on her face. "If you are so ruthless, you shouldn't open a company. You should go to the inspection team!"

"Thank you for the compliment. I'm hungry and I need to go home to eat. Sorry I can't keep you company. Bye!"

After Gu Jiu finished speaking, he gave a slight push with his long legs and the bicycle slid away sleekly.

Zhou Xinyue looked at the agile figure walking away and stomped her feet in anger.

Gu Jiu returned home, greeted everyone in the living room, and went upstairs.

The children were all asleep, and Lin Shu was operating the sewing machine, preparing to make some camisole for the children.

As the weather gets colder, children wear thin cotton clothes, which get dirty easily if they don't wear a hoodie.

In cold weather, cotton-padded clothes are washed too frequently and are not easy to dry. Therefore, people of this generation like to wear a coat over their cotton-padded clothes.

Lin Shu wanted to make a few vests for them to wear over their cotton-padded jackets so they wouldn't have to worry about getting dirty when eating, drinking, or crawling on the ground.

If it gets dirty, just change into overalls.

As soon as Gu Jiu entered the room, he hugged Lin Shu and bit him. After that, he wanted to bit the two children.

Seeing this, Lin Shu quickly reminded him, "They just fell asleep not long ago, don't disturb them. Don't you realize that you haven't shaved your beard yet?"

After being reminded, Gu Jiu touched his chin with his hand, turned around and smiled: "I don't think it's that prickly. Why don't they like me to kiss them?"

"Their skin is very tender. How can you compare with your thick skin?"

"Wife, I noticed that you have started to dislike me recently." Gu Jiu looked aggrieved.

In fact, he was already wondering in his heart, because it seemed that his wife's enthusiasm for him had waned since he came back from the north.

He thought about it over and over, but couldn't figure out what he had done wrong.

When he was in the north, except when buying dried fruits, he never spoke to female comrades.

He has been a chaste man, why would his wife be dissatisfied with him?

Lin Shu rolled her eyes at him, not affected at all by his aggrieved look, "It's not important whether I despise you or not. What's important is that there are lesbians out there who like you, and you won't have any free time anyway."

When Gu Jiu heard this, his heart skipped a beat. He felt inexplicably guilty. What was going on?

"Have you seen it all?"

Gu Jiu felt a little wronged. "I didn't take the initiative to talk to her. She blocked me on my way home. I left without saying a word. You can't treat me coldly because of something like this!"

Lin Shu ignored Gu Jiu's protest, put away the unfinished hoodie, stood up and said, "Let's go, it's time to eat downstairs, let's go downstairs and eat while the children are asleep."

As for Zhou Xinyue who blocked his way, to be honest, Lin Shu didn't take it seriously.

She probably won't have a chance either in her last life or in this life.

In my previous life, I learned from Dabao that Gu Jiu had never been married.

If Zhou Xinyue had the chance in this life, she would have become Gu Jiu's wife long ago. She would not have waited until later when she and he got together.

"Wife, I was wrong. Next time I see her, I will walk around her. Even if she calls me, I will pretend I can't hear her."

Gu Jiu put his arm around Lin Shu's shoulders, made promises with a grin, and walked downstairs.