Back to 1978: Getting rich starts with treasure hunting

Gu Jiu, who was missed by several girls, had a hearty meal at home in the evening with his two brothers-in-law and Xu Ming.

Although meat was in short supply in that era, it tasted great. For example, pigs were fed with grass and rice bran, and cattle and sheep were raised by eating grass in the wild.

Vegetables are grown with farmyard manure, so there is no need to worry about excessive pesticide residues.

Although people's living standards have improved in later generations, they are really not as happy as people in this era. Apart from other things, at least people in this era are blessed in terms of food and do not have to worry about food safety issues.

Spend a pound of meat ticket to buy a pound of pork belly at the state-owned farmers' market, and then spend a little more money to buy some bones that don't require a ticket.

When I get home, I stir-fry twice-cooked pork with green and red peppers, stir-fry dried mushrooms with green and red peppers, stew some bone soup, and stir-fry two eggplants and gourds. A sumptuous dinner is ready.

A pot of homemade rice wine, a table full of sumptuous dishes, the men ate meat and drank wine with big mouthfuls, and they enjoyed the meal to their heart's content.

Lin Wei wiped the sweat off his face with the towel around his neck and asked, "Brother Jiu, how are you preparing for the engagement? I haven't heard anything since I returned to the city two months ago. I think many people in the village are waiting to see my family make a fool of themselves."

Lin Guang and Xu Ming both looked at him.

Gu Jiu drank the last sip of wine in the glass and said, "I've prepared it a long time ago, but my mother wants to be there when we get engaged, so I'm not waiting for her to come."

Xu Ming's eyes lit up and he asked in surprise, "Aunt is coming over?"

Gu Jiu nodded: "Well, I am her last son. How could she not want to make my engagement perfect? ​​That's why she wants to come here."

"Um...um," Lin Wei and his second brother looked at each other and saw the importance the Gu family attached to the marriage. "When will aunt arrive? Then we will go to the city's train station to pick her up."

"Well, we should wait for a while." Gu Jiu was afraid that his two brothers-in-law would misunderstand him, so he explained, "It is now July. In the minds of Chinese people, July is the Ghost Festival. My mother meant that the engagement should be arranged in August. It was also because I did not consider this at the beginning that the villagers misunderstood."

Gu Jiu didn’t know whether this custom existed in other places, but in his local area, there were generally no weddings in June and July, which meant that weddings would be postponed to these two months.

It was a hot July day, and a few grown men drank some wine and were so hot that they fanned themselves with fans.

Xu Ming agreed very much. He had also heard of this custom. "August is a harvest season, so it's a good time to get engaged."

Lin Wei and Lin Guang agreed in their hearts, talked about the specific time, and then started talking about work.

Speaking of work, Xu Ming wanted to ask: "I have something to ask you. You are temporary workers, and the work you do in the mountains is the hardest. I have a formal job here. Are you interested?"

"Formal employee?" Lin Wei understood this word. No one is not interested in this word.

"Yes, a new hydropower station has been built in the city, and now is the stage of recruiting workers. No one from the good companies in the city wants to work at the hydropower station. You know, hydropower stations are built in mountain valleys, located in remote areas with inconvenient transportation. But there are also many unemployed young people who have returned to the city and want to be recruited, but there are requirements for recruitment." After Xu Ming finished speaking, he observed the expressions of the Lin brothers, picked up the tea and took a sip.

Gu Jiu rolled his eyes at him and asked directly, "Just tell me how much a formal job costs?"

Xu Ming chuckled and put down his teacup: "Three hundred for an urban hukou, and five hundred for a rural hukou change."

Lin Wei and Lin Guang were still thinking about the recruitment requirements and what the requirements were. Then Gu Jiu asked for them.

When the two brothers heard that one copy cost five hundred, they screamed in fear and were stunned.

Lin Wei: "Five hundred yuan, it's so expensive. We have only received more than one hundred yuan as temporary workers in the power supply station in the past few months. The two of us have received less than three hundred yuan in total. And after calculating the living expenses, there is less than one hundred yuan left."

Lin Guang felt ashamed because he had three children to support and didn't even have a hundred yuan left. Although he was tempted by the job, five hundred yuan was too much for him to afford.

Gu Jiu coughed lightly and said, "Big Brother, Second Brother, this matter is not urgent. Aren't you going to rest tomorrow? It's a good opportunity to go back and discuss it with your family and give an answer the day after tomorrow."

The Lin family has a third uncle. I heard that he doesn't work hard in the countryside, which shows that he can't endure hardship. If he is sent to work in the power station, he should be able to make up for his weaknesses and give full play to his cleverness.

Xu Ming nodded: "Yes, you two should wait until tomorrow when you have a break to go back and discuss it. This opportunity is rare. If you miss it, you don't know if you will have another chance in the future."

The newly built hydropower station actually does not lack employees. There are too many young people who have returned to the city and have no jobs, so many parents are willing to help them even if they have to pay.

It's just for Gu Jiu's sake that I told them about this opportunity. As for whether they can seize it, it depends on the vision of the Lin family. If they look at the long-term, recruiting workers to the hydropower station is the best option.

Lin Wei agreed: "Okay, let's go back and discuss it before making a decision."

Lin Guang turned around and asked, "Brother Jiu, would you like to go to the village with us tomorrow?"

"That's not good. Mid-July is almost here." Gu Jiu actually wanted to go, but the toilets in the countryside and the mosquitoes at night were really terrible. For someone like him who grew up in the city, it was a little difficult to adapt.

He really hoped that the Lin family would agree to spend 500 yuan to get him a formal job, so that his brothers-in-law would gradually leave the countryside. It would also be convenient for Lin Shu to go back to her parents' home in the future.

Of course, this was his true thought, but he didn't dare to show it.

After hearing this, Lin Guang did not invite them again. In rural areas, there is indeed a custom of not visiting relatives during the Mid-Autumn Festival.

"However, I bought two kilograms of milk candy today. I'm not going back, so I'd like to trouble my eldest and second brothers to help me bring the milk candy back to my family to sweeten their mouths."

Xu Ming glanced at Gu Jiu, smiled and shook his head. Don’t think that this kid doesn’t know what he is busy with during this period of time.

He rides his bike to nearby villages all day long and always returns to the city with a full load. Seeing how hard he works, I think he must be making a lot of money from reselling.

Gu Jiu glared at him secretly, don’t you know that I want to make money to marry a wife?

The next day, the Lin brothers rushed back home.

The children who were at home during the summer vacation were very happy.

The two daughters-in-law, who had just finished cleaning the kitchen, saw their husbands coming back, and immediately turned into the kitchen and served two large bowls of noodles to the two of them.

Liu Xiao'e looked at her two sons who were getting even darker, and said, "How hard is your job? How come you are even darker than working on the farm at home?"

Lin Wei chuckled: "It's not that hard, Mom, don't worry about us. It's just that sometimes we're out all day, so we get a little tanned."

Liu Xiaoe: "They all say it's good to be a worker, but when I look at workers, I have to look at what kind of workers they are. Only those who work in workshops, factories or offices are comfortable."

Lin Shu came out with a few fans and handed two to them: "Come back and rest for a few days?"

"Take a day off." Lin Wei took the fan and fanned it wildly. "I came back to the county town yesterday and had dinner at Jiu Ge'er's house in the evening."

"Why did you rush back when you only have one day to rest? Aren't you tired?" Lin Shu found a seat against the wall and sat down. "It's so hot, it's better to have a good rest in the county."

Liu Xiao'e and Lin Shu were concerned about different things. She asked, "What has Brother Jiu been busy with recently?"

Obviously, the villagers' discussions had an impact on Comrade Liu Xiao'e.