Back to 1978: Getting rich starts with treasure hunting

"How much did it sell for?" Liu Xiao'e was nervous. She didn't know how much something like soft gold could be sold for.

Lin Shu pursed her lips and chuckled, then took out a few stacks of big unity coins from the sack and placed them directly in front of Comrade Liu Xiao'e. Instead of telling her how much they were sold for, it would be more intuitive and shocking to put them in front of her directly.

"hiss!"

Liu Xiao'e was so excited that she wanted to count the money, but she found that her hands were shaking and she couldn't do anything. She simply asked, "This... so much money, how much is it exactly?"

Seeing his mother's excitement, Lin Shu smiled and said, "550 yuan."

"Wow! I have never seen so much money in my life, not to mention that this money belongs to our family now." Liu Xiao'e covered her mouth exaggeratedly, her eyes full of excitement.

"I sold Coriolus fungus for 610 yuan. I found someone in the county town to exchange some tickets for me and spent some of them on buying things. Here are the remaining bills. Mom, keep them." Lin Shu smiled and pushed several stacks of bills in front of Liu Xiao'e.

Liu Xiao'e was holding several stacks of bills, and she was so excited that she couldn't speak properly: "With so much money, your third brother won't have to worry about finding a wife. With his dissolute image, there will be women willing to marry him if the bride price is generous.

You will have a share of this money. If you spread the news that you will have a generous dowry, I don't believe that the wife of the Jie family will still despise you. When she hears the news, she will definitely come running to propose to you.

Also, your eldest nephew is seventeen years old, it’s time for him to find someone to date. Look at a few more families, and you can settle down if you find a suitable one. The tuition fees for the children in your second family are also quite high every year…”

It's all about gossip and trivial family matters, but this is also the current situation of the Lin family, which is indeed difficult.

"Mom, I've stressed it so many times that there's no chance for me to get along with Jie Chunlei, why are you still dragging me and him together? Besides, a girl who rushes to get ahead is worthless, and others won't cherish her."

Lin Shu had a headache. In Liu Xiao'e's old idea, Xie Chunlei, who had a job, was the best candidate for son-in-law in the area.

On the surface, she agreed, but in fact, she couldn't let go of the Jie family's engagement and wanted to "rekindle their past relationship" with him.

Liu Xiao'e suppressed her excitement, her eyes moistened a little, "I understand this truth, but there is no better young man than Chunlei in our area, who else can you find if not him?"

"If there's no better, don't look for it. When you meet someone better who is more suitable for me, the marriage will come naturally. This kind of thing can't be rushed. If you force yourself to live together, wouldn't it be even worse if your life is full of chaos and confusion?" Lin Shu advised earnestly.

She had a momentary illusion that their roles seemed to be reversed, she was the rational mother, and little Liu E was the love-brained daughter.

Liu Xiao'e felt that what she said made sense and nodded: "I won't mention him next time."

"Yes, that's right. Hurry up and keep the money. Don't let anyone see it later. It will be difficult to explain."

"Yes, yes, I'll go hide it now."

After a while, Comrade Liu Xiao'e came out of her and Lin Dashan's bedroom, and Lin Shu pointed to the two sacks that had been brought back.

"I bought a lot of things this time. I'll trouble mom to share them with everyone later."

After hiding the money, Liu Xiao'e felt relieved, but then she remembered that the supplies in the sack had not been cleared out yet.

"I came to see what good stuff you bought."

"Hey, why did you buy so many pairs of shoes? Are you doing wholesale?"

"Hey, where did you get the cloth coupons to buy so much cloth?"

"Damn! This white flour is really white flour. It's different from the black flour we grind ourselves? And the rice grains are distinct. They are all high-end products!"

"Youngest, you spendthrift girl, we still have the candies we bought last time, why did you buy so much candies again?"

Liu Xiao'e was excited just now, but now she felt pain in her heart. This was such a waste of money.

Lin Shu looked at the changes in expression on her face. It was so rich. After buying so many supplies, she must have felt a sense of accomplishment.

"It's been a while since my family bought shoes. It's not too much to buy a pair for everyone."

"It's popular to wear Jiefang shoes in the city now. They are waterproof and wear-resistant. You can wear a pair for several years without any problem. It's better for you to make your own sturdy cloth shoes than to buy them."

Lin Shu shook his head: "Comrade Liu Xiao'e, please stop finding fault. Given our family's financial situation, if everyone in our family suddenly has a pair of Liberation Shoes, wouldn't that be eye-catching in the village?"

Cloth shoes are different, rural people can make them themselves.

Liu Xiao'e listened without saying anything and pointed at the cloth: "Is the size of each piece of cloth you pulled enough to make a set of clothes? Don't waste it."

"Just enough. I left some room when I pulled the cloth. The extra fabric can be used to make some pants or something."

"Let's not talk about all that. Why did you buy such good rice and flour? Isn't this a waste of food? We can exchange these refined grains for coarse grains and get more food. How come you can't manage the household?"

Spare me!

Lin Shu stroked his forehead, "Comrade Liu Xiao'e, don't be ungrateful for what you have. I rarely spend money on your daughter. Others are looking forward to your daughter buying things but she never comes back. Why do you despise her?"

Liu Xiaoe, who was nagging non-stop: "......"

Lin Shu rode a bicycle for several hours, which caused muscle fatigue, especially his legs were sore and swollen. Knowing that there was hot water in the kitchen, he took some to wash up.

Liu Xiao'e waited until she could no longer see Lin Shu before happily putting away the brown sugar on the table. This is a good thing. Women can drink a bowl of brown sugar during confinement or menstruation to replenish blood and warm the body.

"Mom, what are you so happy about?"

As soon as Lin Gang entered the room, he noticed that his mother's smile never faded. After a moment's thought, "Is it Lin Shu who is back?"

Liu Xiao'e stuffed two pieces of firewood into the earthen stove. Seeing that the water in the pot was already steaming, she turned around and told Lin Gang, "Get a handful of mugwort leaves hanging on the wall, break them off and put them in the pot."

"Why are you boiling mugwort water? It makes the kitchen smell bad." Although Lin Gang said he was disgusted, he still obediently took a handful of mugwort, broke them and threw them into the pot.

Liu Xiao'e patted two pieces of ginger and put them into the water. "What do you know? Your little sister has been traveling all day. Her legs will definitely be sore at night. I'll boil a pot of moxa leaf water for her to soak her feet in. It will help relieve the pain and she will feel better tomorrow."

Lin Gang was excited when he heard this, "Mom, you take such good care of my little sister, could it be that the little girl really got some money back?"

"Do you think she's as crazy as you? Hurry up and help me light the fire. I'm going to wash the rice."

"The fire is too hot. I can't stand it."

"Then help me feed the pigs!"

Lin Gang was still unwilling and made another excuse, "I don't know how to chop grass for pigs."

Liu Xiao'e's smile disappeared and she glared at him, "Then you just fetch water. The water tank at home is empty. Didn't you see it?"

Lin Gang's face fell, "Mom, I've worked all day, can't you let me take a break? Why do you have to find something for me to do?"

"You earn less work points every day than your elder and second sisters-in-law. You have the nerve to say that you have done a day's work. You can be more like a day of cheating and slacking off."

Liu Xiao'e tapped his forehead and said, "Look at you, you are so old, but you don't know how to look at things and do things. I have to arrange things for you every time. Can't you be more smart and go and get water when you see that the water tank is empty!"

Lin Gang's ears were buzzing from the nagging, and he raised his hands in frustration: "Stop, Mom, stop nagging. It's like chanting a sutra. It's giving me a headache. Can I go fetch some water?"