Back to 1978: Getting rich starts with treasure hunting

Old Mrs. Jiang was wearing a woolen hat. She tucked the hair behind her ears and leaned slightly towards Wang Suzhen. "Mother-in-law, I know that your daughter-in-law's family smoked the bacon. To be honest, although they smoked the meat, you paid for it, so it's your bacon."

The qualities that Wang Suzhen developed since childhood reminded her not to show her emotions, but she still couldn't help rolling her eyes.

She coughed twice and said, "My dear, I won't hide it from you. This meat was smoked and sent to me by my dear Lin family. Moreover, I bought the meat at a high price. If you can accept this price, I can give you a dozen kilograms."

When Mrs. Jiang heard about the high-priced meat, her heart tightened, "High-priced meat, how much is high-priced?"

Wang Suzhen almost walked away, too lazy to deal with her, as if she was afraid that she would ask for too much.

"When I bought the pig, I paid 1.2 yuan per pound, and that was for the live pig. Now Aunt Jiang is here to negotiate the price of bacon, so it's going to be at least 1.5 yuan."

Lin Shu, who had just come downstairs with her child, heard her words and replied.

When Mrs. Jiang heard the price, she gasped, "One dollar and twenty cents? Even the black market is not as shady as you!"

Pork from the meat processing plant is only 80 cents a pound, and it's less than 1.2 yuan on the black market, let alone 1.5 yuan. This is not selling meat, this is robbery!

Fortunately, Lin Shu didn't know what she was thinking. Otherwise, he would have to have a good talk with her about who was robbing whom.

Lin Shu reminded her: "Aunt Jiang, I'm talking about 1.5 yuan. 1.2 yuan is the price of pork, and you can't buy bacon for 1.2 yuan."

A pound of fresh pork will shrink when smoked into bacon.

Old Mrs. Jiang really wanted to say that she thought one dollar and twenty cents was too expensive, let alone one dollar and fifty cents.

However, the children at home all crave meat. If I don’t bring some meat back from Gu’s house, what will we do if we can’t buy meat during the Chinese New Year?

Thinking of this, Mrs. Jiang turned around and took Wang Suzhen's hand, playing the emotional card: "Mother-in-law, we are in-laws. Family members can't always make money from family members, right? I won't bargain with you for this bacon, how about 1.2 yuan?"

"Oh, mother-in-law, to be honest, I'm not a businessman, how can I make money from you? One dollar and five cents per pound is calculated based on loss."

Wang Suzhen doesn't want to be accused of making money from her in-laws.

Don't let her take advantage of you. Let her say all the good and bad things.

Old Mrs. Jiang patted Wang Suzhen's hand and said with a smile, "We two old sisters should stop haggling over it. Just calculate it as 1.2 yuan. Weigh 20 kilograms for me later, and I can have a good year this year."

Wang Suzhen's mouth twitched when she heard this. So you are robbing my family so that your family can have a prosperous new year.

Jiang Chaohong walked over and took Wang Suzhen's arm, and said coquettishly, "Mom, let's just make it this way. We are all family, and the worst that can happen is that I can eat two less pieces of bacon cooked at home."

Lin Shu resisted the urge to roll her eyes and went to the restaurant with the child in her arms.

Although Jiang Chaohong said this, she could really eat two pieces less, and it would be good if she didn't eat two pieces more.

The mother and daughter of the Jiang family were both cheating, and Wang Suzhen couldn't do anything about them. She couldn't even abandon her relationship just for a few pounds of meat.

Sitting at the dining table, Gu Jiu poured two glasses of water for them.

Lin Shu whispered to Liu Xiao'e, "It seems that we still don't have enough bacon. Tomorrow I will get another pig and some beef and ask the chef of the restaurant to marinate them and smoke more bacon and beef."

Considering the current booming business in the restaurant, the bacon from one pig might not be enough.

Liu Xiao'e was surprised that Lin Shu could even get beef, but she still expressed her opinion, "Beef is smoked dry after being marinated, and it is hard to chew. You can add spices to the beef and cook it before smoking it. Your father likes this kind of smoked beef as a snack."

Lin Shu nodded: "Then let's get half of each type of beef and send some to our dad. Are my dad and his family used to living in the store now?"

Liu Xiao'e glared at her and said, "He's used to it. He used to live in the countryside, but the conditions were not good. He had no electricity or water, but he still came here. Now he lives in the city, has electricity and water, and doesn't even have to go out to go to the toilet. Why is he not used to it?"

"I was thinking that if Dad is not used to living here, he can move in with us in the new house after my house is ready."

"Let's talk about it later." Liu Xiao'e glanced at the other members of the Gu family and asked, "Your father-in-law said last time that the family would be divided, but then there was no news. What did he mean?"

Gu Jiu fed Erbao some water, and when he heard the question, he expressed his guess: "Maybe he's waiting for the Chinese New Year. After the Chinese New Year, my dad will probably mention the separation again."

Lin Shu nodded. She also felt that her father-in-law was waiting for the family to have a reunion during the New Year before talking about dividing the family.

The nanny brought out the dishes, and the men who had just returned from work had washed up and sat down to prepare for dinner.

Old Mrs. Jiang was the guest today and also the elder, so naturally she sat with Wang Suzhen.

When she saw the dishes on the Gu family’s dining table, her eyes lit up. It had been a long time since she had eaten such a sumptuous meal.

Indeed, in this day and age it is better to visit someone else’s home, eat and drink well without having to spend any money yourself.

"My niece, I'm coming to your house today to share some bacon. Do you have any objections?"

As soon as Mrs. Jiang said this, if Lin Shu hadn't seen her staring at him, he wouldn't have realized that she was talking to him.

Lin Shu glanced at Wang Suzhen and smiled: "Our family is headed by our mother, so naturally she will arrange all the supplies at home. I have no objection."

Lin Shu didn't care about this little bit of meat. The reason he was unhappy was that he couldn't bear to see Old Lady Jiang and her daughter eating in such an ugly way.

Wang Suzhen smiled back when she heard her daughter-in-law giving her face like this.

Ultimately, it was because materials were too scarce in that era, otherwise, relatives would not have been scheming against each other over a little meat.

"I'm glad you don't object, because you got the meat. I was afraid you would have an objection." Old Mrs. Jiang took advantage of the situation and acted ungratefully.

Lin Shu was so angry that he laughed: "I dare not!"

Old Mrs. Jiang didn't have the sense to just sit back and relax after getting an advantage. She even took the initiative to provoke Lin Shu: "Niece-in-law, I heard that you can get meat. Can you help me get a few pounds of fresh pork during the Chinese New Year?"

Lin Shu took a deep breath, glanced at Jiang Chaohong who looked expectant, turned around and said with a smile: "Yes! However, the price of meat during the Chinese New Year is not just one dollar and two cents, you have to be mentally prepared."

The price of meat in the system mall is 78 cents per pound. If the Jiang family wants to eat meat, unfortunately they may not be able to buy it even for 1.2 yuan.

Naturally, the loss of the bacon this time was taken into account, so the Gu family would not lose money by selling it to Old Lady Jiang for just one dollar and twenty cents.

Lin Shu was also an old lady, and it wasn't that she didn't know how to respect the old and love the young. It was that old ladies like Jiang who liked to take advantage of others and were rude were hard to respect.

Gu Jiu ate his food while speaking calmly, "During the Chinese New Year, you want to buy meat for 1.2 yuan on the black market? For 1.5 yuan, others will also look at the quantity you want. If your business is small, others may not be interested in it."

"One dollar and fifty cents, he might as well go rob people!" When Mrs. Jiang heard the one dollar and fifty cents, she became anxious.

At this moment, she suddenly felt that she had bought too little bacon, and should have bought 40 to 50 kilograms. Even if she couldn't eat it herself, she could make a lot of money by reselling it.

Gu Jiu raised his lips to sneer, "They don't have any trouble selling the meat at 1.5 yuan. They snap it up as soon as it appears. To them, it doesn't matter whether you buy it or not!"

Old Mrs. Jiang choked, her eyelids twitched, and she compromised, "Well, then it would be enough to buy me two kilograms of such expensive meat."

"Help me pick out the fatter ones!"

She dared to ask for something, but Lin Shu would not tolerate her: "We are fighting for the meat and getting bloody, who cares if your meat is fat or not!"

"Okay, okay, okay, no matter where the meat is from, only two pounds." Old Mrs. Jiang felt pain in her heart, as two pounds cost almost three yuan.

Three yuan, if you buy it at a meat processing plant, you can buy about four kilograms.

The amount of meat was reduced by half, but the amount of money increased by half.

The more Mrs. Jiang thought about it, the more she felt like she was having trouble breathing. "What a sin! I earn the lowest income and eat expensive meat. I think I'll have indigestion if I eat that meat during the Chinese New Year."

Gu Jiu asked with a half-smile: "How about you just don't eat during the New Year?"

Old Lady Jiang picked up a piece of meat and scolded with a smile: "Go away! You are so good at eating and drinking, but you want me, your elder, to starve? Don't you feel guilty?"

Gu Jiu shrugged.

After the meal, Old Mrs. Jiang took back the 15 kilograms of bacon as she wished.

The next day, Lin Shu steamed a bowl of mashed ginseng and potatoes for the children.

When feeding the children complementary food, I saw Wang Suzhen picking soybeans, "Mom, are you picking soybeans to make tofu?"

"I'm not making tofu. I'm preparing to steam beans to make some Laba beans."

Wang Suzhen was picking beans. The sound of the beans rolling in the winnowing basket made Erbao very excited. He clapped his hands on the table and wanted to join in the play with the beans.

Since Erbao was so excited, it seemed unreasonable for Dabao not to react, so he also started to move his limbs around.

Actually.

He wasn't interested in the beans, but he considered fiddling with his limbs as exercise.

Seeing that Erbao was so obsessed with playing with beans that she stopped eating her complementary food, Liu Xiao'e held her and sat in front of the winnowing basket so that she could reach out and get the beans.

I ate while playing and my appetite was pretty good.

It's gloomy today, but it's not raining.

After having lunch and coaxing the two babies to sleep, Lin Shu went out while Liu Xiao'e looked after the two children.

Last time, she asked someone to rent a warehouse, and today she went to the warehouse to check it out. By the way, she stored some hardware and daily necessities in the warehouse.

From now on, this warehouse will be handed over to Lin Gan for care, and the stall owners that Chen Fei helps find will also come here to purchase goods in the future.

The warehouse is not big, only about 500 square meters, but it is enough to store some small goods.

Lin Shu checked the warehouse, took pictures of all the goods that had just been added to the shopping cart from the system mall, and picked them up directly at the warehouse.

Gu Youhui knew that Lin Shu wanted to recruit a group of vendors to set up stalls, so he introduced the two brothers who had set up stalls with him last year.

The brothers brought their friends, and there were also people introduced by Chen Fei. It can be said that there was a stall every two streets in the central urban area of ​​the provincial capital.

Daily necessities and hardware that were previously in short supply in the supply and marketing cooperatives are now everywhere on the streets, which must have attracted a large number of citizens to patronize them.

The overall prices of these goods are not expensive, and when citizens see that they are missing something at home, they can't help but pay for it.

In addition, the Chinese New Year is approaching, and many families will take advantage of the opportunity to buy some items before the New Year.

Therefore, these stalls are doing good business.

It's the end of the year, and the Provincial Garment Factory No. 1 has started to clear out this year's inventory.

The head of the sales department asked Gu Nuan to go to Chen Fei's company. This year, there were quite a few military coats left in the inventory of the Provincial Capital Garment Factory No. 1.

We saw that the sales of military coats were good last year, so we expanded the production line this year, but sales could not keep up.

Inventory is piling up again.

To be honest, Gu Nuan didn't want to make this trip from the bottom of her heart.

"Section Chief, we cooperated with them last year, and after the New Year, our factory held a special sale and kicked them out. Now you want me to beg you, are you sure they will give us another chance?"

Gu Nuan recalled that in the first half of the year, the discount store of the first factory was competing with Chen Fei and his team on price, which seriously offended Chen Fei and his team.

"No matter how much they disagree with us, as long as there is enough profit, they will not refuse." The section chief told her to go without worry.

In the business world, there are no eternal enemies, only eternal interests.

Gu Nuan came out of the factory and originally wanted to ride a bicycle, but when she saw that the weather was gloomy and the north wind was blowing on her body, making her feel cold, she decided to just walk as a warm-up.

From Garment Factory 1 to Chen Fei's company, it's only four streets in a straight line, and it takes about half an hour to walk.

Gu Nuan walked down a street and found a stall in the open space at the corner of the street.

It was filled with all kinds of daily necessities, as well as bowls, basins and knives that shone with a metallic luster.

There were a lot of people gathered around the stall. Gu Nuan found an empty space to stand and found that many things in the stall were useful in daily life.

Needles and thread are a must-have for every household.

Rubber soles, those who are good at managing their households would buy a few pairs and make the shoe uppers themselves.

Knives are a necessity in life. I will buy whatever is missing at home.

Even if you have a kitchen knife at home, there is no housewife who wouldn't want to buy some small scissors, fruit knives, scrapers, etc. from the stalls.

Combs, mirrors, key chains, hairpins, rubber bands, etc. are not expensive, ranging from one or two cents to one or two dimes, and people are willing to buy them if there is a need at home.

Toothbrushes, toothpaste, towels, plastic cups that you never have to worry about breaking, plastic washbasins, buckets, etc., are colorful and very eye-catching. As long as your home lacks something, you can choose it at will without paying.

Like other interested customers, Gu Nuan picked up a metal bowl and asked, "Comrade, what is this bowl made of?"

Lu Shaoming picked up a bowl and threw it on the ground. Everyone was startled at first, and then they heard a clang, and the metal bowl fell to the ground intact.

"This is a stainless steel bowl. It is thick, heat-insulated and will not break when dropped. A bowl can be used for a hundred years. A small bowl costs 40 cents, a size 4 bowl costs 50 cents, a size 3 bowl costs 60 cents, a size 2 bowl costs 80 cents, and a size 1 stainless steel basin costs 1 yuan. This large basin can be used to hold soup, oil, etc. With a bowl in hand, you don't have to worry about not having a bowl for soup when there are too many guests at home."

Gu Nuan picked up the stainless steel bowl on the ground and found that even though it fell from such a high place, there was not even a trace left.

"Oh, this bowl is much more useful than an enamel bowl. Enamel bowls are expensive and they don't last long. If you accidentally drop it on the ground, a large piece of the enamel will fall off."

The disadvantage of enamel bowls is that once you drop a piece of porcelain, the bowl will easily rust. After rusting for a long time, a hole will appear in the bowl and the bottom will be worn out.

Lu Shaoming quickly replied: "This sister is absolutely right. Our stainless steel bowls can be used for a hundred years without any problem. You can scrub them however you want, they are very durable!"