Back to 1978: Getting rich starts with treasure hunting

"Jie Chunlei is a good person, but his mother is too strong. I can't get along with her."

Lin Shu sighed in his heart, turned and went into the kitchen, lifted the lid of the pot, and found that there was water in it, but the water was cold.

Liu Xiao'e followed him into the kitchen and asked with a suppressed temper, "What does his mother's dominance have to do with you and Xie Chunlei? You don't live with her mother. Xie Chunlei is just a temporary worker at the township supply and marketing cooperative. He might live in the township when he gets a permanent job. If you marry him, you will definitely have to live with him in the township. His mother lives in the village and you rarely see her. No matter how strong she is, she can't affect you!"

Liu Xiao'e thought that Jie Chunlei's conditions were considered good among the young men in the surrounding villages, and her daughter could not find anyone better than him.

Lin Shu took out a box of matches from the crack in the brick wall next to the stove, and pulled out a handful of fir hairs, that is, dead fir leaves, from the bottom of the firewood pile, and skillfully made a fire to boil water.

As she lit the fire, she said, "I'm still young, there's no rush to find a partner!"

After hearing what she said, Liu Xiao'e was so angry that she couldn't help but raise her voice: "You are still young, you are already 20 years old. In two years, you will be considered an old maid in our village. If you don't find a man to marry in these two years, do you really want to become an old maid like the old maid in Dongkou Village who is still unmarried in her thirties?"

After hearing this, Lin Shu was stunned for a moment before she remembered who she was talking about.

The Dongkou Village mentioned by Liu Xiao'e is the next village, six or seven miles away from Xiaohe Village.

There is a woman in Dongkou Village who refuses to get married for some unknown reason. She is now 28 or 29 years old, which is considered an older single woman in the countryside. However, many people mention her privately without calling her by her name, but just call her an old maid.

When Liu Xiao'e mentioned that the girl was in her thirties, it was just an exaggeration. In fact, her real age was not even thirty.

Lin Shu cursed Lin Mei eight hundred times in his heart. If she hadn't come to make trouble, he wouldn't have to be reborn and face his parents' urging to get married.

"We'll talk about this later. I'm going to take a shower first. You should hurry up and cook. If you don't cook, my dad and the others will be off work soon."

After being reminded, Liu Xiao'e glanced at the sun outside and slapped her thigh: "Look at what's going on. Hurry up and add fuel to the fire. I'll go wash the rice first."

After adding two handfuls of fir hairs, the water in the iron pot began to boil. Lin Shu waited for a while, and when Liu Xiao'e had washed the rice, he scooped the water into a wooden bucket and carried it back to his room.

They are in the southern China region, and the rural areas are basically inhabited by clan, with one surname in each village, and the layout of the villagers' houses is basically the same.

The main hall is in the middle, with two side rooms, one bright and one dark, built on both sides. The main door of the main hall faces the shrine, and there is a narrower room behind the shrine.

Since the Lin family had a large population, the small room behind the shrine was divided into two rooms. Lin Shu lived in one of the rooms. After placing a 1.2-meter wooden bed in the room, there was only about 80 centimeters of space left.

The room is small, but fortunately it is its own separate room.

Dragging out a large wooden box from under the bed, finding the clothes to be changed from it, Lin Shu pulled out a small mirror that was stuffed in the corner of the wooden box.

I looked down at the girl in the mirror. She had a young face, skin full of collagen, and two shiny black braids hanging in front of her chest. She looked like herself when she was twenty years old.

From an old woman in her sixties or seventies back to being twenty years old, Lin Shu prayed for the King of Hell in her heart.

I will return to the Hades to repay you for your great kindness.

Lin Shu put down the mirror, took off his dirty clothes, wiped his body clean, and changed into clean clothes.

Liu Xiao'e was cutting vegetables in the kitchen when she heard some noise in the main room. She shouted outside the door, "Xiao Shu, there's not much water left in the water tank. Go wash the clothes and bring back some water!"

"understood!"

Lin Shu carried a basket of dirty clothes and a load of empty buckets and went out.

The well of Xiaohe Village is at the entrance of the village. Villagers have to cross the main road of the village to fetch water from the well. On this stone road, Lin Shu met her second aunt, Lin Mei's mother, who was about to go to her house.

"Lin Shu, my daughter Meizi went into her room and cried when she came back from your house. Do you know why? Or did you say something to her?"

As soon as Second Aunt Lin arrived, she questioned her. Lin Shu was furious. Thinking of the suffering she had gone through in her previous life due to the damage to her reputation, the tone of her answer was not very good.

"Bullshit, what can I say about her? I'll be happy if she doesn't ruin my reputation outside!"

"What do you mean?"

"What do you mean? Your Lin Mei is still a virgin, but she actually came to my doorstep to worry about my marriage. She is more capable than my parents, so I can't praise her a few words?"

"Is there...is there some misunderstanding here?"

Second Aunt Lin was speechless, mainly because she had no idea what had happened between the two sisters.

Lin Shu snorted in his heart, misunderstanding?

In her previous life, Lin Mei could deliberately ruin her reputation and make her famous in all the local villages. Which good man would be willing to marry such a fickle girl?

The family will also suffer from rumors and contempt from people around them.

"Whether it's a misunderstanding or not, Lin Mei knows it best. Please tell her that who she likes is her business and she should fight for him if she has the ability. Please don't use me as a stepping stone. If it happens next time, don't blame me for being rude!"

In her previous life, she and Zhu Zhengliang were spotted in the woods by villagers. At the same time, Lin Mei was ruining her reputation in the village. Now connecting the two events, Lin Shu felt that it might not be a coincidence.

After being reborn in this life, she resolved this crisis. She hoped that Lin Mei would be sensible and not provoke her again, otherwise, she would settle the accounts with her in both past and present lives.

Back to 1978, many educated youth in the village took the opportunity of the college entrance examination last year to return to the city. The remaining educated youth in the village failed the exam and had to continue to stay in the countryside.

In her previous life, she only had an elementary school education. Later, she had the opportunity to study. Even if she had the chance to start over again, she never thought of going back to school to change her destiny by studying. Now, she just wants to make more money so that she doesn't have to live as hard as in her previous life. Also, she wants to find out who the man was who took away her innocence in her previous life?

After leaving Aunt Lin and leaving the village, it actually didn't take much time to wash a set of dirty clothes and a pair of shoes, but since leaving the village, the system has been constantly reminding me.

[Ding, I found purslane, one cent a plant. ]

[Ding, I found the ground ivy, one cent a plant. ]

[Ding, I found Cassia seeds, one cent a plant. ]

[Ding, found Beefgrass, one cent...]

"System, let's make a deal. Can you keep quiet while I'm doing something?"

【......Mute activated. 】

Lin Shu heaved a sigh of relief. She had already heard the whistle for the end of work. She quickened her work, washed the last pair of shoes, picked up a load of water and hurried home.