Back to 1978: Getting rich starts with treasure hunting

on the way home.

Lu Yinhua lectured the children along the way, saying that if they had not happened to meet a boat passing by today, they and their mother would have been drowned in the Qingjiang River.

The children were so scolded by her that they didn't dare to say a word.

Then he kept saying that his benefactor was busy, otherwise he would definitely invite them to his home and treat them well, to thank them for their timely help, which saved his family from disaster.

Then, for some reason, Lu Yinhua looked at Lin Shu with a bad expression, "Little sister, I'm not talking about you. Comrade Gu saved Xiaojun and Xiaoyu, and later pulled you ashore. It would be fine if you didn't thank him, but why did you repay kindness with hatred and kick him?"

"Fortunately, Comrade Gu was generous and didn't make a fuss with you. If you had met someone with a bad temper, he would have turned against you the first time you hit him in the face."

Lin Shu's face was gloomy, and he did not argue with Lu Yinhua. Gu Jiu, that man, took advantage of this opportunity. Even if he acted like a hooligan to her openly, she could not do anything to him, and in the end she had to thank him.

Lin Shu clenched her fists. When she thought about what the man said about her breasts...she wanted to beat him up.

When I got home, the rest of the family hadn't returned yet.

Lu Yinhua hurried to boil water. After everyone took a bath with hot water and changed into clean clothes, she boiled a pot of scallion and ginger water for everyone. Everyone drank a bowl before letting everyone rest.

Lin Shu did not go to rest, but picked up the clothes that everyone had just changed into a basket and prepared to take them to the well to wash them.

"Little sister, wait for me, I will go with you."

"No, you stay home and cook. It won't take me long to wash just a few pieces of clothes." Lin Shu refused.

Lu Yinhua looked at Lin Shu's figure, and couldn't help but think of the scene of Comrade Gu pressing on her chest.

So Lu Yinhua brought the soap to her from the house and said, "Little sister, what do you think of Comrade Gu?"

Lin Shu told the truth: "She looks OK."

It has the potential to bring disaster to the country and the people.

Lu Yinhua nodded happily: "I also think he looks good and has a good personality."

He didn't even get angry when he was slapped by a stranger girl, not to mention that the girl wanted to kick him later. It can be seen that this man is very emotionally stable and she thinks such a man is reliable.

Lin Shu was a little confused when he saw how happy Lu Yinhua was. What did it have to do with her if she was well-off? Why was she so happy here?

"You should know the other comrade. I heard him call you cousin."

Lin Shu: "Well, he is Cousin Chun's classmate."

"That's good!" Lu Yinhua clapped her hands happily.

Lin Shu looked at her suspiciously.

Lu Yinhua approached Lin Shu with a smile and asked in a low voice: "What do you think of Comrade Gu? Do you want to get to know him better?"

"Second sister-in-law!" Lin Shu finally understood what the strange feeling just now was about. It turned out that the second sister-in-law was trying to match him up. "Let's not say that I don't know him. His family background must be good. He is from the city and his family conditions are good. With such conditions, would he be interested in a girl like me from the countryside with no food allowance?"

This is too fantastic.

Lu Yinhua smiled awkwardly and said stubbornly: "What's wrong with the countryside? Rural girls are capable, hardworking, and thrifty..."

What she didn't say was that Comrade Gu had already touched your body, and that was the most important thing.

Although they were the only ones who saw it at the time, Lu Yinhua believed that Lin Shu had to hold Comrade Gu responsible now. Otherwise, if she married another man in the future, what if he found out about what happened today?

Wouldn't that be a hidden danger to your marriage?

Lin Shu didn't bother to pay attention to her, picked up the dirty clothes and walked out.

A funeral had just been held in the village today, and there were many people washing steamers, bowls, chopsticks, pots and pans by the well.

Lin Haiyan was also helping to wash the dishes. When she saw Lin Shu coming over, she waved at her: "Lin Shu, why are you here to wash clothes at this time?"

Rural people usually wash clothes in the morning and hang them out to dry in the evening, so they have clothes to change at night.

After all, in rural areas of this era, many families have clothes that are patched up. A piece of clothing is worn by the eldest child, then the second child, and then it is patched up for another three years.

It is not easy for everyone in the family to have a set of clothes for changing.

So people say that people in rural areas are hardworking. In fact, the poor life forces you to be hardworking. If you don’t wash clothes diligently, you won’t have clean clothes to change. If you don’t farm diligently, you won’t have enough food.

Rural people are diligent because they are forced to be diligent due to life's demands.

Lin Shu found a place to squat and smiled at her: "Several children at home fell into the water and got their clothes wet. We have no choice but to wash them now."

"Fell into the water! Are you okay?" Lin Haiyan was shocked when she heard it.

Lin Shu smiled and shook his head: "It's all fine."

"Thank God, I hope everything is alright." Lin Haiyan patted her chest thankfully.

"Are you helping out at the captain's house?" Lin Shu glanced at the basket beside her, which was filled with a lot of washed bowls.

"Well, it's mainly because we need help with the kitchen cleaning." Lin Haiyan changed the subject and asked, "Hey, you haven't been to work these few days. I heard from your aunt that she wants you to be in charge of the pig feed in the future?"

"Well, if the team is busy, you still have to go to work."

"Your family takes such good care of you. I'm so envious."

Lin Haiyan is the daughter of neighbor Aunt Niu. She has been good friends with Lin Shu since childhood. Due to spring ploughing, the two have no time to get together and chat.

"Lin Shu, we can finish planting the rice tomorrow, and we will go to the market the day after tomorrow. Can we go together then?"

Lin Shu laughed, "Why did you suddenly want to go to the market?"

If she remembered correctly, Lin Haiyan had never been to the township supply and marketing cooperative since she was a child.

Lin Haiyan looked around awkwardly, and seeing that no one was paying attention to them, she whispered, "My mother asked me to go to the village with her the day after tomorrow, and my aunt introduced me to a young man from her village."

The reason they met in the village was mainly because neither family knew whether the marriage would work out. If they met at each other's homes, they were afraid that the villagers would gossip. Later, they simply met in the village during the market.

Lin Shu could understand. You have to know that in this era, it is normal to have one or two blind dates. If you haven't been successful after five or six blind dates, people will gossip about you, saying that you have high standards, that you don't like this or that, and that you are unreliable because you have high expectations but poor skills.

This is also the reason why, when Lin Shu went to her second aunt's house to look for two young men last time and didn't like them, Liu Xiao'e didn't say much. The villagers didn't know that she was going on a blind date and just thought they were going to celebrate the full moon.

"You're going on a blind date, so it's not a good idea for me to go with you, right?"

Lin Shu hesitated, mainly because she was worried that Aunt Niu would be unhappy.

Lin Haiyan seemed to know her worries and smiled, "It's okay. My mother is afraid that I'm timid. With you by my side, she's so happy that she can't wait to be happy."

Lin Shu smiled and said, "Okay, call me then."

"Okay, it's settled." Lin Haiyan happily wanted to help with the laundry, but Lin Shu didn't let her.

"I'll finish washing these clothes in a moment. You've washed so many dishes that your hands are wrinkled."

......

Because they were delayed in rescuing people on the road, it was already past one o'clock in the afternoon when Xu Ming and Gu Jiu arrived at the hydropower station.

The three of them came ashore hungry and first went to the state-owned restaurant belonging to the hydropower station.

Each person ordered a large bowl of shredded pork noodles and two large meat buns. Only after they were full and satisfied did the three of them have the energy to plan what to do next.

Xu Ming raised his wrist to check the time: "We will go to the guesthouse to get some rooms later. Old helmsman, you have free time. You can go to the guesthouse to rest or go shopping here. Don't underestimate this hydropower station. There are guesthouses, restaurants, post offices, supply and marketing cooperatives, and all the units that a town should have here."

"Okay, don't worry about me, just go and do your own thing."

Xu Ming seemed to remember something and said, "Oh, I forgot to tell you that there is an ice factory here. They have been producing popsicles this month. If you want to eat popsicles, I can take you to the ice factory to buy them."

The old helmsman became interested: "Oh, there is also a popsicle factory. It should be cheaper to buy popsicles there than elsewhere, right?"

Xu Ming nodded: "That's for sure."