Back to 1978: Getting rich starts with treasure hunting

Amid the sound of firecrackers to see off the guests, a Dongfeng brand bus drove out of the Xiaohe Production Team, passing through the lush green mountains and forests. The rumbling sound of the engine made the dense leaves rustle.

The air was filled with the fragrance of earth and the fresh scent of pine forest, blowing towards the four brothers in the car.

Tang Jianjun was savoring the lunch banquet, and thinking about the return gift from the Lin family to the Gu family. He held onto the carriage with both hands and bumped into Gu Jiu with his shoulder:

"Brother Jiu, I went to the countryside with you today. The sense of superiority that I had as a city dweller was shattered. Although the people in the countryside work hard all year round, they have more material resources than us, and their lives are more comfortable than ours."

Look at the ten big bowls at the banquet at noon today, and then look at the sixty-six eggs and eighteen packets of brown sugar as return gifts.

I'm afraid that ordinary families in the city can't afford such a banquet and return gifts.

Xu Ming nodded: "I asked Gangzi, today's banquet has ten large dishes, except for the seasoning, brown sugar and eggs, which are bought, all other ingredients are grown by ourselves or collected from the mountains, even the bacon is from the pigs we raised during the Spring Festival last year."

Li Yuanchao smiled and said, "When we feel hungry in the future, can we go hunting with my sister-in-law in the countryside? I heard that my sister-in-law gets all the pheasants and rabbits from the mountains."

The game they had at their last dinner was also prepared by Lin Shu. He felt that as long as Lin Shu wanted to get meat in the mountains, she would be confident that she could get it. In this way, he would have meat to eat if he followed her.

The wind messed up his hair. Gu Jiu shook his head and thought of the toilets in the countryside. "It's an illusion. Believe me, if I let you stay in the countryside, you will run away in less than three days."

If it is really that good, why do the educated youth who went to the countryside dream of escaping from the countryside?

Some even used all kinds of martial arts to show off their special abilities in order to return to the city.

"Ha ha......"

Several people imagined the scene of them running as fast as they could, and they couldn't help but laugh.

Xu Ming turned around and asked Tang Jianjun: "Jianjun, how are you and that flower girl getting along?"

"What flower? It's the flower girl." Tang Jianjun corrected him.

However, when talking about dating, the boy still felt a little sweet and a little frustrated. "We get along well and have common topics, but her parents dislike my job a little bit, saying that it is for women and aunties. They said that I am a grown man and I have no future for taking up a job in the elderly care industry."

The three people who heard this laughed softly.

Xu Ming spoke the truth: "Her parents are right. Your job at the street office seems to be very suitable for aunties."

"Brother, what you said hurts my heart!" Tang Jianjun said anxiously, "Do you know how many people are fighting for a job in the city? I can work in the street office, which is at least better than the educated youth. Why does her mother look down on me?"

Xu Ming agreed: "Yes, yes, compared to the educated youth who had to go to the countryside, your family has a pretty good relationship. You are better than them. I think it's just that the girl's parents have too high expectations. It's better not to have such a snobbish family."

Tang Jianjun was unhappy again. "HuaHua is not snobbish. I am not good enough. Her parents are right. Parents always want their children to live a better life. Marrying a man with good conditions will naturally lead to less suffering."

Well, Xu Ming wanted to slap himself in the mouth.

Gu Jiu also looked at Tang Jianjun in surprise: "Jianjun, I didn't expect you to have the potential to fall in love."

"Brother Jiu, what is love brain?" Li Yuanchao finally interrupted. He usually asks if he doesn't understand.

"Love comes first, and everything can be compromised for love."

"Nonsense, I also have my own principles. I just put myself in their shoes when facing the parents of the flowers."

No one said much after hearing Tang Jianjun's sophistry.

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Xiaohe Production Team.

After seeing the guests off, the Lin family began to clean up the messy leftovers, clean up the dishes and chopsticks, and return the dishes and chopsticks they had borrowed from two tables.

The table needs to be cleaned, the tables and chairs borrowed from neighbors need to be returned, the floor needs to be swept, and in the evening, a banquet needs to be held for the aunties who came to help today.

Fortunately, the Lin family has a large population, and everyone works together with a clear division of labor. Everyone is used to doing farm work, so it is not difficult to do it.

Just as I sat down to rest for a while, I heard Lin Haiyan's voice coming from outside.

"Lin Shu, are you done?"

Lin Haiyan came in with half a basket of pears in her hand. Seeing that the house had been cleaned up, she walked over to Lin Shu and sat down.

Lin Shu smiled and asked, "Where did you get these pears?"

"My mother didn't let me come over to cause trouble this morning, so I went to Dongkou Village and picked a basket of pears from my aunt's house." Lin Haiyan put half a basket of pears in front of Lin Shu, "I brought this over for you to eat. Your partner has already left."

"Well, they went back first."

"You are free now, right? Why don't you take this opportunity to teach me how to operate the sewing machine?"

Lin Shu wanted to touch his forehead when he heard this. This girl was not the type to use a sewing machine, but now that she had spoken, Lin Shu had no choice but to agree: "Okay."

While the family wasn't paying attention, the two of them returned to Lin Shu's small bedroom.

The small bedroom is not spacious, and there is just enough space for a sewing machine at the head of the bed near the window.

Lin Haiyan sat in front of the sewing machine, and Lin Shu had to sit on the edge of the bed.

Lin Haiyan's hands were sweating with nervousness, and she asked unconfidently, "I should be able to learn to walk in a straight line today, right?"

Lin Shu tried hard not to laugh out loud, "The key to operating a sewing machine is the coordination of your hands and feet. If you push the fabric on the table with your hands, the foot below won't move. If you step on it and it doesn't move, the needle will get stuck."

"Lin Shu, what should I do? If I focus on the table and push the cloth, my feet won't move. If I focus on moving my feet, my hands won't move. Am I so stupid?" Lin Haiyan was so nervous that sweat broke out on her forehead and she was about to cry.

The eldest and second sisters-in-law of the Lin family found it easy to learn, so why is it that it’s not easy for her?

"Don't be nervous. The more nervous you are, the less likely you are to step on it."

Lin Shu's consolation was of no use. After practicing countless times, the result was still the same.

Lin Haiyan finally collapsed as she looked at the dozen or so dresses that had been placed at the head of the bed. "It's only been a short time, and you've already learned how to cut cloth and make clothes, but I can't even do the most basic skill of operating a sewing machine. Why am I so stupid? I can plant rice in the fields at a high speed and with high quality, so why can't I control this piece of iron?"

Lin Shu put a dozen or so dresses into the box under the bed, so as not to leave them outside and irritate her.

"Everyone has their own strengths. Don't be discouraged. You are also excellent in other aspects."

"I'm not even one-tenth as good as you."

Lin Shu smiled helplessly. She was so skilled not because she learned it in this life, but because she had worked on a sewing machine and a cutting table in a garment factory in her previous life. In order to support her son in her previous life, she had gone through all kinds of hardships when she was young. She had worked in restaurants, hotels, late-night snack shops, and factories.

If she hadn't worked too hard when she was young and exhausted her body, how could she have died before she was seventy?

In fact, she lived a good life in her later years, but it could not make up for the poor health she had when she was young, and she eventually became ill from overwork.