Back to 1978: Getting rich starts with treasure hunting

"Mom, are the chicken feet and chicken wings ready?"

"Alright, alright, you are the reincarnation of a starving ghost. It's only been a short while since you had your meal, but you're already thinking about my stewed dishes."

Wang Yu's mother came out of the kitchen carrying an aluminum pot, and Wang Yu quickly put a pot mat on the table.

Wang Yuma opened the lid of the pot, and the rich aroma of the stewed food instantly filled the whole room. "Let it cool here first, and you can eat it later."

Wang Yu took a deep breath of the aroma and took out the prepared lunch box. "Mom, your cooking skills haven't deteriorated. I can tell it's well-cooked just by smelling it."

When Wang Yu's mother saw the very familiar lunch box, her face fell and she asked unhappily, "Are you planning to send this to your classmates again?"

"Yes, Gu Qi has loved the braised food you made since she was a child. You know that she hasn't eaten it for two months. She has been craving for it for a long time."

Braised chicken feet, braised chicken wings, braised chicken legs, and braised quail eggs are all Gu Qi's favorite foods.

Wang Yu had never eaten quail eggs before. The first time he heard Gu Qi talk about them was when he knew there were such things as quail eggs in the world.

Later, Gu Qi learned that his mother was an expert at braised food, so he told him that quail eggs could also be braised. From then on, he also fell in love with eating braised quail eggs.

"That's enough, that's enough. I only bought this little bit of meat this time. Are you going to give all of it to your classmates? Leave some for me and your dad."

Who knows how sad Wang Yu's mother felt? The son she raised with so much difficulty turned out to be a guy who forgot his mother after getting married. As a mother, who wouldn't feel sad?

Wang Yu wanted to grab a chicken drumstick, but was stopped and said unhappily, "Mom, this lunch box is not full yet."

Wang Yu's mother patted the back of her son's hand and said, "It's not full. Can't you put some more kelp and lotus root slices at the bottom of the lunch box? Even if my family is rich, we can't afford you to squander money like this. What's the point of raising you, you bastard!"

Wang Yu felt pain in her hand and retracted it, "Mom! When did you become so stingy? You're so fussy about eating a little of your braised food..."

Wang Yu's mother was amused by her son's words, "You little brat, how can you talk like that? Don't think I don't know your little thoughts. The college entrance examination is coming soon. Don't just focus on your love affairs all day long. Put your mind back on studying."

"......What am I thinking? Mom, if you don't understand, don't talk nonsense." Wang Yu felt guilty and weak.

"Humph, you were born by me. As soon as you stick your butt out, I know what you are holding back. Let's not talk about our family backgrounds. I heard that Gu Qi has good grades. If you can't even compare to her in academics, what can you use to pursue that girl? Why would her parents marry their precious daughter to you?"

"Is it because you have neither talent nor good looks? Or is it because your father and I are both small vendors selling braised food at the farmer's market?"

Wang Yu's mother saw that the blow was almost enough, and if she continued to hit him, the light in her son's eyes would almost disappear. She changed her tone and said, "Son, your father and I are ordinary people, and we accept your ordinariness. It's just that you have high standards and you are attracted to the girl from the Gu family. If you don't work hard, the gap between you and her will only get bigger and bigger. If the gap is too big, it doesn't matter if you can be ordinary friends, but if you want to go further, you and her will have no future if you are any other parent."

Narrowing the gap does not necessarily mean there will be a future.

Of course, Wang Yu’s mother didn’t dare to say the last sentence out loud, fearing that it would be too much of a blow to her son and that he would give up on himself without hope.

"Mom, our family is clean. I won't let you belittle yourselves in the future. Besides, you make a lot of money every month..."

"The hard-earned money we earn every month cannot be compared with the Gu family's assets." Wang Yu's mother patted her son on the shoulder and said, "Come on, son!"

As soon as his mother left, Wang Yuqiang's shoulders drooped instantly. He is just a high school student. Why put so much pressure on him?

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However, the protagonist of the topic between the mother and son at this time had no idea of ​​Wang Yu's feelings for her, and was packing her luggage with Gu Chen.

"Brother, I think the luggage we girls bring is already a lot, why do you, a grown man, also bring two suitcases?"

Gu Qi was stunned when she saw Gu Chen's two large suitcases placed next to the wardrobe, and then saw that he was still putting clothes into the oxford cloth pockets.

"Brother, Guangdong Province is warmer than here, so you don't need to bring cotton-padded clothes or down jackets. I'm curious about what's in your suitcase?"

As he said that, Gu Qi wanted to open the suitcase to check.

Seeing this, Gu Chen rushed over to stop her, "Hey~ These are all my luggage, are you being rude to rummage through my things?"

The more Gu Chen prevented her from looking, the more she wanted to see it. She instinctively felt that there was something shameful in the suitcase.

Gu Qi broke free from Gu Chen's restraints and rushed over to move the suitcase. "I just want to take a look. Gu Chen, you won't be so stingy as to not let me take a look, right? Or what secrets do you have in your suitcase?"

"There's nothing secret about it. I won't let you look at my suitcase. I never need a reason."

The brother and sister, one wanted to see it and the other didn't, and they soon started to fight with each other.

When Gu Jiu returned home, he saw his little girl coming down from upstairs with messy hair. He asked in surprise, "Erbao, what happened to you? Which bastard made your hair into a mess?"

"Your son, that bastard..." Gu Qi reacted and glared, "Dad, this is my hair, please speak more politely!"

"Okay, okay, it's your long flowing hair." Seeing his daughter's lively expression, Gu Jiu couldn't help laughing: "So what did you two fight about this time?"

When a brother and sister grow up together, quarrels are inevitable. Even if the relationship between the brother and sister is the best, quarrels and even fights are unavoidable.

But fortunately, as an older brother, Gu Chen knew when to act.

After a fight, the brother and sister would make up quickly, so neither Gu Jiu nor Lin Shu cared much about the little conflicts between them.

When talking about this, Gu Qi felt wronged: "Others forget their mothers after getting married, but Dad, your son forgets his sister after getting married. When he went to Guangdong Province with you during the winter vacation, do you know how many gifts he brought to the little girl in Guangdong Province?"

"Two full boxes!"

It turns out that the little girl was jealous and felt that her brother was nicer to other girls and ignored her, his own sister.

"So many gifts?"

Gu Jiu looked surprised, frowning slightly, "Let me talk about this matter. How can he forget his sister in order to pursue a girl? At least you should treat us equally. If you prepare a gift for you during the New Year or other festivals, you should prepare one for Xiao Su. For example, Women's Day, May Day, May Fourth Festival, Dragon Boat Festival... New Year's Eve, Lantern Festival, etc., and then the start of the school season, birthdays, etc., if you prepare a gift, you have to prepare two, you can't be partial to one..."

Gu Qi listened to the first few sentences, and his brows relaxed. The more he listened to the latter part, the more he felt something was wrong, "Stop!"

"What's wrong, Erbao? What Dad said is wrong?"

Gu Jiu helped Gu Qi tidy up her hair and asked gently.

Gu Qi brushed his hand away and sat on the sofa, "Dad, you are getting worse and worse. You are starting to side with your brother."

Gu Chen gave her many gifts throughout the year. What he said just now was to remind her that there was no need to argue with Miss Su from Guangdong Province just for the two gifts she gave him in a year.

She receives countless gifts from her brother every year, while Miss Su only receives gifts from her brother during the winter and summer vacations.

Of course, she had no idea when her brother secretly gave gifts to Miss Su.

Gu Jiu's mouth curled up slightly when he heard this: "In Daddy's heart, my second baby will always be Daddy's little baby, and Xiao Su is also his daddy's little baby. But your brother wants to bring someone else's baby to our family, so he has to pay something, don't you think? When Xiao Su becomes a member of our family in the future, won't there be one more person to give you gifts?"

Gu Qi blushed: "Dad, you are treating me like a three-year-old child. Do you think I am angry with my brother because of the gift? Am I that kind of person? I am just angry that my brother treats me as an outsider and won't let me see his suitcase."

Gu Jiu slapped his forehead, "It seems that I misunderstood you..."

"What did you misunderstand?"

Lin Shu came in from outside and saw the father and daughter sitting together. He was curious about what they had misunderstood.

Before his father could speak, Gu Qi replied, "Nothing, Mom, why did you come back so late? I smelled something delicious, what stewed food did you bring?"

Lin Shu handed her the lunch box in his hand. "I met Wang Yu on the way back. He gave it to me. He said it was a braised dish made by his mother and specially left it for us."

Gu Jiu asked: "Didn't he come back with you?"

"He said he was going to the store to help his mother look after the store, and ran away in a hurry."

Gu Jiu raised his eyebrows and glanced at his girl. His mind was completely focused on the braised food and he didn't pay any attention to Wang Yu at all.

He told Lin Shu: "Next time, go to the store and pick out a few clothes as a return gift, and have Dabao deliver them."

You want to kidnap his girl just for a little favor? That's wishful thinking.