Back to 1978: Getting rich starts with treasure hunting

Lying in bed at night, Gu Youtao sighed and tossed and turned, unable to sleep.

Gu Youhui, who was trying to sleep, got angry and sat up from the bed. "Why aren't you sleeping in the middle of the night? Are you horny? You're lying on the bed like a pancake. If you don't sleep, I'll sleep too!"

After being busy in the store all day, he was already so sleepy that his eyelids were fighting each other, but this kid was tossing and turning, and not only that, he was also sighing.

Gu Youtao was stunned by the yelling of the person in the next bed, "I just can't understand why my family doesn't like Xiaoqin. This is my lifelong event, why don't you understand me?"

Gu Youhui scratched his hair and yawned. "If your family disagrees, they naturally have their reasons. They all have sharp eyes and think that the lesbian is not suitable for you, then she is definitely not suitable for you. Why don't you just break up with her? Why are you so entangled and worried?"

"But Xiaoqin is the girl I like. My family doesn't agree with them. They are trying to break up the relationship between Xiaoqin and me."

"What do you mean by breaking up a couple? I think you are just a fool!"

Gu Youhui frowned and looked at Gu Youtao who had a painful face. He didn't expect that his elder brother still believed in love.

The woman he met today was so obviously obsessed with profit that she even said that her family broke up the couple. He didn't even want to hear her say that.

"Gu Youhui, what do you mean by this?"

"literal meaning."

Gu Youtao: "......"

When Gu Youhui woke up the next day, he saw Gu Youtao packing his clothes, so he stroked his hair and asked, "Are you really planning to live in the company dormitory forever?"

Gu Youtao listened without raising his head, "I live in the dormitory, wouldn't it be more comfortable for you to sleep alone in the bedroom?"

How could it be convenient for him to date Xiaoqin when he lived at home?

Gu Youhui shrugged and didn't bother to pay attention to him.

Wash up, get dressed and go downstairs for breakfast.

He Chunru saw her two sons coming down and invited them to eat, but when her eyes fell on the bag in Gu Youtao's hand, her face darkened again.

The Gu Youhui brothers pretended not to see anything and let her adjust her mood on her own.

"Grandpa, grandma, have you had breakfast?" Gu Youhui greeted Wang Suzhen who was knitting a sweater on the sofa and Gu Changsheng who was reading a newspaper.

Wang Suzhen pushed her reading glasses and said with a smile, "We've eaten already, you guys should hurry up and eat. I made your favorite wontons today."

"Wow, wontons! I love them." Gu Youhui ran into the kitchen excitedly. The nanny was taking out the cooked wontons.

When Lin Shu and Gu Jiu came down, each holding a baby, the two brothers were eating with gusto.

"Uncle, aunt, we are having wontons today. They taste good."

Gu Jiu held Erbao and sat down. Gu Youhui stretched out his hand to tease Erbao. Seeing her excitedly yelling "Ahhhhh", he smiled and asked, "Uncle, are you going to the company again today?"

"Well, the New Year is coming soon, and there are a lot of things to do in the company." Gu Jiu lowered his head to help Erbao wipe her saliva. Seeing her drooling over Gu Youhui's bowl, he couldn't help laughing: "Little girl wants to eat wontons."

Not to mention the little girl, even the usually sensible Dabao, with his hands on the dining table, pointed at Gu Youhui's bowl, and shouted incoherently: "Tsk, tsk, tsk!"

"It's 'eat', not 'tsk'." Lin Shu helped correct it.

Unfortunately, even though Dabao has an adult soul, he can’t pronounce the words correctly. He wants to pronounce them clearly, but he can’t do that as a baby.

"whispering sound!"

Lin Shu suppressed his smile and nodded: "Okay, okay, let's eat wontons."

Seeing the two babies' greedy looks, Gu Youhui scooped up the wontons maliciously, opened his mouth exaggeratedly and swallowed the wontons with a "wow" sound.

"Ahhh, it's delicious!"

Erbao and Dabao were so greedy that their saliva flowed uncontrollably.

The nanny brought two bowls of wontons and placed them in front of Lin Shu and Gu Jiu.

Lin Shu asked the nanny to bring two more small bowls, scooped a few wontons on the small bowls, waited for them to cool down a little, and then used a spoon to scoop a small piece of wonton skin and feed it into Dabao's mouth.

Tasting the familiar flavor of oil and salt, Dabao squinted his eyes and looked very enjoyable.

Gu Jiu also fed a spoonful into Erbao's mouth. She was even more exaggerated than Dabao. She smacked her lips after swallowing it, with an expression of endless aftertaste on her face, which made everyone laugh.

The two of them ate up all the wontons, except for the meat inside.

After finishing the wonton wrappers in the small bowl, they both glanced towards the large bowl.

"You two can't eat too much at one time. The amount for today is enough." Lin Shu coaxed Dabao and let Gu Youhui hold him to the living room to accompany Gu Changsheng and Wang Suzhen.

Liu Xiao'e got up and washed her clothes, then came back and took the second baby away.

Only at this time did Lin Shu and Gu Jiu have the chance to have a good breakfast.

"Have your company's dried fruits been packaged yet?" Lin Shu asked.

Gu Jiu took a bite of wonton to soothe his hungry stomach, and replied: "The first batch of dried fruits has been packed, and the second batch has been shipped over. It should arrive in a few days."

"Since the first batch of dried fruits has been packaged, let the salesmen go to major factories and institutions to promote them. At the end of the year, many companies have to distribute benefits to their employees. Your dried fruits are packaged in a high-end manner. As long as you have connections, you won't have to worry about sales."

The dried fruit packaging boxes are all printed with red patterns, which look festive when you bring them home during the Chinese New Year.

Gujiu Company’s dried fruits are exquisitely packaged. Compared with the current products with simple and rough packaging, anyone with a common sense will choose their company’s products.

Of course, with the influence of the Chen family and the Gu family in the provincial capital.

Gift boxes of dried fruits that are genuine and of good value for money will never have trouble selling.

"There is still more than a month before the Chinese New Year, so our sales staff are not under much pressure. I think once we launch the dried fruit series gift boxes, the demand will exceed the supply."

In order to win more New Year welfare products from several companies this time, they prepared for several months.

Once the dried fruits are packaged in gift boxes, the profit can be increased to 50%. If all the gift boxes in the warehouse are sold out by the end of the year, their company can make a lot of money this year.

"Your company has made a lot of money this time. You can set up a food company next year. It will specialize in the production and sale of various types of food."

Gu Jiu nodded after hearing this: "We will consider this matter after the matter of the dried fruit gift box is over. Are you going to the new house later?"

"Well, the restaurant is already ready. I'm thinking of opening it for trial operation in two days. We'll wait for a while before choosing an auspicious day to open it in the twelfth lunar month."

The trial operation is a period of adaptation for the restaurant’s employees, so that the front office and the kitchen can work more harmoniously when the restaurant opens.

Gu Jiu poured himself a glass of warm water and took a sip: "I'll make some arrangements in the next few days. When your restaurant opens for trial operation, I'll take them to take care of your business."

"Ask Chen Fei and the others to help me promote the restaurant. Let's schedule the trial opening for the day after tomorrow. Tomorrow at noon, bring Chen Fei and other people from your company to the restaurant to try out the dishes. I'll ask the chef to prepare some special dishes."

Gu Youhui came over and said, "Aunt, I'll go try the food tomorrow, too."

Lin Shu smiled and pushed away his head that was leaning towards her. "Okay, come over when you have time tomorrow at noon."

After breakfast, the couple went out with Gu Youhui.

Gu Jiu went to the company first, while Gu Youhui went to the restaurant with Lin Shu.

As you turn onto the street leading to the restaurant, the newly built seven-story building becomes the landmark of this street.

Among the many bungalows and two- or three-story buildings, the new building stands out from the crowd and is so eye-catching.

"Aunt, your shop is the only business on this street." Gu Youhui rode all the way here. There are no storefronts along this street.

There are quite a few houses where residents live along the street.

Lin Shu looked at the houses on both sides of the street and said with a smile: "It may be an exclusive business at first. When everyone sees that my store is doing well, do you believe that many people will not be able to sit still and will renovate the houses along the street and open a door on this side of the street to turn it into a storefront."

There are many smart people in the world. Before, everyone went to work honestly and did manual work, but it was only because the policy did not allow it.

Now that the reform has been implemented and some people have been the first to try it, it would be strange if they didn't follow suit.

Gu Youhui laughed and waited in front of the new building. He saw that the ground in front of the new building was paved with tiles, but the walls of the new building were very ordinary.

The walls were simply plastered with a gravel finish.

"Aunt, you've already laid the floor tiles, why don't you put a layer of tiles on the wall?"

Lin Shu parked his bike and glanced at the inconspicuous outer wall. "Some people don't even have cement on their floors, but I just covered the outer walls with tiles. Isn't that a blatant way to attract hatred?"

It’s better to be low-key.

Gu Youhui didn't think Lin Shu was being low-key. "Your house has seven floors. Even if you don't put tiles on the exterior walls, you can't be low-key in the eyes of others."

Lin Shu smiled and shook his head. There was no need to argue about this matter.

Gu Youhui saw that the restaurant's sign was covered with a piece of red silk, and asked curiously, "Aunt, what is the name of your restaurant?"

"Hongyun Restaurant, do you think this name is good?"

"Good luck, that's a good omen. When my restaurant makes money, I'll open a restaurant, too."

Lin Shu smiled and said, "It's good to have a goal to strive for. I'm looking forward to trying the food at your new restaurant."

"Okay, I won't keep you waiting too long."

It was just a casual remark, but at this moment, Gu Youhui felt his heart pounding, and he finally had a new goal to strive for.

Moreover, he was very determined to work hard for it.

When they passed under the sign, a gust of wind blew, and the red silk seemed to flutter gently. The two words "Hongyun" under the red silk appeared in his eyes very clearly.

"Mr. Lin."

"Boss Lin, you are here."

As soon as she entered the restaurant, the waiter who was cleaning the restaurant greeted her.

The restaurant manager Xu Lizhong came over directly.

Gu Youhui heard the clerk addressing Lin Shu and thought it was domineering. "Aunt, when I go back, I will also ask my employees to call me President Gu."

The title of Mr. Gu is much more domineering than Boss Gu.

"Hello, Mr. Gu."

Xu Lizhong was very tactful and addressed him directly.

"Hello, Manager Xu, hello everyone." Gu Youhui waved to the other employees who looked over.

Everyone also gave him face, "Hello, Mr. Gu!"

"Okay, okay, hello everyone." Gu Youhui happily accepted the title of Mr. Gu.

Lin Shu found a table and sat down, then asked Xu Lizhong who had followed him: "Manager Xu, have you made a list of the dry goods and ingredients that the restaurant needs? Is there anything else the restaurant is lacking?"

"The lists are all ready." Xu Lizhong picked up a notebook from behind the counter and handed it to Lin Shu.

"I have written down everything the restaurant currently lacks."

When the restaurant first opened, Lin Shu took over the purchasing role temporarily.

After the restaurant has been in trial operation for a few days, the purchasing work will be handed over to Lin Dashan.

Lin Dashan is now a buyer for a noodle shop, and will be responsible for restaurants in the future.

Lin Shu opened the notebook and glanced through it, then took the notebook and put it in his purse. "My dad will deliver the ingredients tomorrow, and you can send someone to pick them up then."

After Gu Youhui entered the restaurant, he looked around upstairs and downstairs. He only ran downstairs after Lin Shu and Manager Xu had almost finished their talk.

"Aunt, your restaurant is much higher-end than my hotel. The tableware in your restaurant's private rooms is arranged like a work of art, and the napkins on top are folded into patterns. They look so beautiful."

He just tried the glass top of the round table and found it can rotate. It is polished and looks as bright as new.

The table was covered with a tablecloth and the chairs were also covered with cloth.

His restaurant couldn't compare to this level. Compared with the two, his restaurant was like a roadside stall.

"Aunt, where did you buy this Pixiu? Can you give me one?"

Gu Youhui went to the first floor and became interested in a jade Pixiu in front of the counter.

Lin Shu stroked his forehead and said, "It's just a work of art, not worth much. If you like it, I'll give it to you next time I buy it."

"Thank you, little auntie. When I make money in the future, I will give you a real jade Pixiu."

Lin Shu didn't take this seriously.

People of this era break away from feudal superstitions, otherwise, Lin Shu would have wanted to enshrine a statue of the God of Wealth in the restaurant.

After finishing the work at the restaurant, Lin Shu went to the new house which was being renovated.

When decorating the new house, Lin Shu followed Dabao's design and never thought of hiding the building materials.

The fashionable and simple style shocked Gu Youhui when he came in to check it out for the first time.

"Aunt, your house is so beautifully decorated. The floor tiles seem to be better than those in the restaurant, and the colors are more beautiful. And the wooden boards, how did they make them so smooth and with wood grain?"

"Aunt, why is this faucet this color? What material is it made of? It can even reflect people!"

"Aunt, the ceramic of your squat toilet is so smooth. It's better than the ceramic in our house."

"Wow, your closet takes up an entire wall. How many clothes does it hold?"

Just like Granny Liu entering the Grand View Garden, Gu Youhui was very interested in all the building materials used in the decoration here.

He thought to himself that when he made money, he would buy a piece of land and build a house. Then he would decorate the house according to his own requirements.

This house is so beautifully decorated.

The lights on the roof have not been installed yet. If they are installed, it might be more beautiful if all the lights are turned on.

"Aunt, last time Grandpa said that we were going to split up the family. Did you renovate this house so that we could move in after the split?"

Lin Shu and Master Duan exchanged pleasantries for a while, and after listening to Gu Youhui's words, he asked with a smile, "All my shops are downstairs. Don't you think it would be more convenient for me to manage several shops if you move in?"

"If it's easier to manage the store, living here would be much more convenient." Gu Youhui envied.

I used to think that living in a villa in a compound was already the best condition.

Now looking at the new house renovated by Lin Shu, I feel that the villa should also be redecorated.