Back to 1978: Getting rich starts with treasure hunting

Lin Shu shook her head. How could she possibly bring a burden along? If she brought him along, she wouldn't be able to ride her bicycle to the county town. She would have to walk more than 20 miles along the mountain road to the village, and then take a bus to the county town. That would be too troublesome.

Moreover, it is not always possible to get a bus to the county town in the village. Otherwise, the village supply and marketing cooperative would not have recruited a group of temporary porters to pick up goods from the county town.

"You want to be lazy again!" When Liu Xiao'e heard his words, her first reaction was to know that her youngest son wanted to be lazy and not work again.

"The youngest one is going to the county town to meet her friends. Why are you joining in the fun? Hurry up and wash up, have breakfast, and go to work."

Lin Gang curled his lips, yawned, and went outside to wash up.

Lin Shu packed up his things, took a few steamed buns from the kitchen, put them in a backpack, and walked out while waving to Liu Xiaoe, "Mom, I'm leaving. I probably won't be back today. I won't be home until tomorrow."

"Be careful on the road, stay at the guesthouse in the county town and don't go out at night. Also, do you have the letter of introduction in your pocket?"

"I put it on my body!" As he said this, Lin Shu had already turned the corner of the house.

Lin Gang raised his head and spit out the mouthwash in his mouth. Then he stirred the toothbrush in the cup and said, "Mom, you are biased. Lin Shu can go to the county town if she wants to, but I can't go if I want to."

Liu Xiao'e turned around and glared at him. "If you could make money like the youngest, I would also let you go up the mountain instead of working. Can you tell the difference between medicinal herbs and firewood when you are up in the mountain?"

"I'll ask Lin Shu to teach me. What's so difficult about it?" Lin Gang didn't care. He grew up in the countryside, and if he really went up the mountain to collect herbs, he would definitely learn it in a few days if someone taught him.

"You wish for it, just go to work for me!"

"..."

**

Lin Shu rode all the way to the county town and first went to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy claw peanuts, glutinous rice noodles and fried dough twists.

On the way to the Gu family's ancestral home on the old street, he bought a few pounds of brown sugar and a few pounds of toffee from the system, and after thinking about it, he added twenty more eggs.

"Boom boom boom!"

After knocking for a long time, the door didn't open. Lin Shu looked at the lock on the door and found that it was not locked. The door was bolted from the inside, so it was obvious that there was someone in the room.

Are you still sleeping?

Keep knocking.

“Bang, bang, bang…”

"Here it comes, knocking on the soul!" Fortunately, a lazy male voice came from inside this time.

Gu Jiu thought that the people who came to see him were his bad friends, but he didn't want to open the door. Standing outside the door was the dusty Lin Shu.

He was dumbfounded, "How...how did you find my house?"

Lin Shu smiled brightly and raised the things in his hands. "Didn't you leave me the address last time? Can you let me go in and put my things down first?"

"Sorry, I just woke up and my reaction is a little slow. Please come in." Gu Jiu scratched his messy hair and stood aside.

"I brought a lot of good things this time. You are in for a treat today." Lin Shu walked into the yard happily and looked around. It was almost the same as the last time he came.

Gu Jiu looked at the things she brought in shock: candies, melon seeds, peanuts, glutinous rice sticks, and twisted dough sticks. In addition to these snacks, there were also eggs, dried mushrooms, pheasants, and rabbits.

He scratched the back of his head. Why did he feel weird? At this moment, Lin Shu gave him the illusion that she was like... like a new bride who had returned to her parents' home to beg for money.

He holds a chicken in his left hand, a duck in his right hand, and a basket of local specialties on his back.

"Well... then, Comrade Lin Shu, didn't you move all the good things from your home here?"

Lin Shu couldn't help laughing after hearing this, "You think too much. The pheasants and rabbits are what I promised you last time. I caught them from the mountain, the mushrooms were picked from the mountain, and the eggs were laid by the hens at home. It's a small token of my appreciation. I hope you and Xu Ming don't mind."

Compared to Xu Ming's help this time, what she did was not worth mentioning at all.

Gu Jiu sincerely praised: "You are really capable."

"Haha, thank you for the compliment." Lin Shu glanced at the sky. "We need to deal with the pheasants and rabbits. I'm afraid it will be too late for lunch. Do you think we should notify Xu Ming to come over for dinner in the evening?"

"Okay, I'll go inform him in the afternoon, and I'll take you to a restaurant for lunch. But you have to wait for me, I'll go wash up and change clothes first." Gu Jiu looked down at the vest and shorts he was wearing and couldn't help blushing. It was so rude.

Lin Shu glanced at the kitchen he had been in last time and said, "How about we eat lunch at home? Eating in a restaurant is too extravagant."

"Okay, wait for me." Gu Jiu quickly walked into the bedroom.

Lin Shu placed the mushrooms and snacks for Xu Ming in the living room, and took the rest into the kitchen.

I left the pheasants and rabbits in the basket for the time being and would deal with them after lunch. I also grabbed a handful of mushrooms and soaked them.

"I'll wash the rice now." Gu Jiu came in from outside, measured the rice skillfully, washed it, added water and put it on the stove to cook.

Lin Shu looked at his smooth movements and asked in surprise, "Can you cook?"

Gu Jiu was amused by her words: "Puchi, why are you asking that? I live alone in the ancestral home. If I can't cook, will I eat dirt?"

"That's not what I meant. It's just that you don't look like a man who can do housework."

Lin Shu always thought that he was the kind of cynical young man, but she didn't expect that he would give up his career and become a chef.

"What image do you think of me?" Gu Jiu brought a pot of beans and sat down at the table.

Lin Shu sat down and picked beans with him, but she couldn't tell the truth, "You are a noble young man who is detached from the mundane world. You should not bother with the trivialities of the mundane world."

"Hahaha......"

Although Lin Shu knew that what he said was not true, it successfully pleased Gu Jiu. It was the first time he heard someone describe him in this way.

“You really are…”

Gu Jiu shook his head, with a devilish smile on his face, "Miss Fanchen, you are in for a treat today. I, a banished immortal from the secular world, will show you my skills."

"Then I will just sit back and enjoy the fruits of my labor today. Thank you for your hard work, Comrade Gu Jiu." Lin Shu also wanted to know how the food he cooked tasted.

"It's not that hard, but may I ask Miss Fanchen, do you have any dietary restrictions?"

"I'm not picky about food."

"Okay, I got it." Gu Jiu restrained his smile and said apologetically, "I didn't know you would come today, so I didn't go out to buy food. These are the leftovers from yesterday. I'm sorry for not hosting you well. Please bear with me."

Lin Shu chuckled, thinking that this person was quite interesting.

I made two simple dishes for lunch, one was stir-fried beans and the other was scrambled eggs with peppers.

When Gu Jiu said there was no food at home, he really had no food. If Lin Shu hadn't come to visit suddenly, Gu Jiu was planning to just cook some noodles for a meal.

After dinner, Lin Shu wanted to clean the table and wash the dishes, but Gu Jiu didn't stop her. While she was cleaning, he made a pot of tea.

When Lin Shu came out after washing the dishes, Gu Jiu had already made tea, and snacks such as melon seeds, peanuts, and rice noodles were already placed on the ancient table in the yard.

Gu Jiu looked at Lin Shu's face, which was as clear as a lotus in the water. Even though she lived in the countryside, her skin was not tanned. "You've worked hard. Come over and have a cup of tea with me."

There are not many entertainment activities in this era. Gu Jiu's retirement life is enviable and it saves him from decades of detours.

"Comrade Gu, you really didn't go to work?"

"Why, do you also want to persuade me to go to work like everyone else?" The expression on Gu Jiu's face faded a little.

Lin Shu shook his head: "I envy you for living a retirement life ahead of time, so why would I advise you to go to work? Living a casual life is something that many people envy."

Gu Jiu looked at her in surprise, "Don't you think I'm not doing my job properly and am a real street urchin?"

Lin Shu couldn't help laughing, "Haha, if I had your conditions, I would also prefer to hang out on the street!"

However, in this life, while she is still young, she must work hard to make progress and strive to retire early, instead of being like in her previous life, where she died before she had time to enjoy her later years and returned to the present.

A strange look flashed in Gu Jiu's eyes. He leaned back in the recliner, threw a peanut into the air, then raised his head and opened his mouth to catch it.

Female streetwalker?

interesting!