Back to 1978: Getting rich starts with treasure hunting

After Gu Jiu's repeated instructions and Lin Shu's repeated assurances that he would not go to the dangerous forests, Gu Jiu reluctantly rode away on his bike.

After the person disappeared around the corner, Lin Shu ran home and put the tools and water bottle he would take up the mountain into his backpack, put them all into the system space, and then he pushed his bicycle out the door with light equipment.

She went up the mountain alone today. The herbs she dug could be sold directly to the system, and she would not have to carry any weight when she came back, so she decided to stay in the mountain a little longer.

If you want to stay in the mountains for a day, you naturally need to prepare food.

So Lin Shu rode his bicycle to the state-owned restaurant like the wind.

It happened that Xie Chunlei's wedding was approaching, so his family bought him a new bicycle. Today, he rode the bicycle with Lin Mei on his back into the county town.

Lin Mei had never been to the county town since she was a child. In the past, she mostly went to the township supply and marketing cooperatives to buy things.

Xie Chunlei happened to have a bicycle, so walking was not difficult for him. After entering the city, he carried her on his back and helped her find her way along the main street.

As soon as they told her the location of the state-owned hotel, a bicycle came from behind and passed them like the wind.

Lin Mei looked at a woman riding a bicycle so coolly and couldn't help but feel envious. "In our countryside, even many capable men don't have bicycles. Now even women in the city can ride bicycles so coolly?"

Xie Chunlei found it funny and patiently explained, "Not everyone in the city has a bicycle. I saw that woman wearing work clothes just now. She must be a worker in a factory. She is paid well and her family is a little better off. Only she would be willing to spend money to buy a bicycle."

A bicycle purchased by a family is often a means of transportation for the whole family, and it is only given to whoever has the power or the need.

"Oh, the people wearing those clothes are workers? They look so tacky to me, not as good-looking as the clothes we are wearing."

In order to accompany Jie Chunlei into the city, Lin Mei wore what she thought was her most beautiful clothes today: a white coat with red flowers, a pair of dark blue pants, and the Liberation shoes she bought at the township supply and marketing cooperative.

What is a smock?

An overall is a coat made of a single layer of cloth, but this type of coat is slightly larger than the clothes we usually wear and can be worn over a cotton jacket in winter.

In this era, it is enviable for a person to have a cotton-padded jacket. In winter, cotton-padded jackets are often worn for a whole winter. In order to avoid getting the cotton-padded jacket dirty, they can only find a way to make a coat to wear outside the cotton-padded jacket, and wash the coat when it gets dirty.

Because the gown was large and loose-fitting, it naturally had no waist when Lin Mei put it on, just like a child putting on adult clothes.

Xie Chunlei jumped off the bicycle and looked back at Lin Mei's clothes while pushing the bicycle. "To each his own, the work clothes made of work cloth are more resistant to dirt and durability than the clothes we usually wear. They are suitable for most of the time."

When Lin Mei turned around to look at her, she lowered her head shyly. She thought Jie Chunlei would at least praise her clothes for being beautiful, but she didn't want to hear that they each have their own merits.

She looked down at her clothes, then raised her head in defiance, just in time to see the woman who had overtaken them park her bicycle in front of the hotel, and then pedaled up the steps and entered the state-owned hotel.

"Brother Chunlei, I'm a little hungry. Can we go in and buy some buns?"

Xie Chunlei agreed without much hesitation and asked her to get off the back seat while he went to park the bicycle.

After parking the bike, he thought for a while and felt uneasy leaving the newly bought bike here, so he said to Lin Mei, "Stand here and watch over our bikes. Don't let thieves steal them. I'll go in and buy some buns for you and will be back soon."

Lin Mei glanced at the parking shed where a row of bicycles were parked, thinking that it was okay for others to park there, but when she saw her own brand new bicycle, she immediately felt that it was inappropriate, so she nodded in agreement.

Lin Shu used a pound of food coupons to buy ten large meat buns. As soon as she took the oil paper bag and turned around, she bumped into a man. She hurriedly took two steps back: "Oh, sorry..."

"Lin...Lin Shu."

She wanted to apologize, but when she heard the man calling her name, she raised her eyes to look at the man in front of her.

She frowned slightly, then forced a polite smile: "Xie Chunlei, long time no see, are you here to transport goods in the county?"

Xie Chunlei felt a little flustered and short of breath when he saw Lin Shu now, perhaps because the two of them had broken off their verbal engagement.

He smiled but didn't dare to look at her directly, "I'm here to transport the goods, and bring Mei Zi to the county town for a stroll."

"Mei Zi is here too? I heard from my mom that you guys are planning to hold the wedding on the 19th of next month?"

"Yes, come to my house for a drink when you are free."

Lin Shu smiled and congratulated, "I will go back when I have time, and I will definitely go to Second Aunt's house to have a drink at the wedding."

After hearing this, Xie Chunlei's originally unnatural smile froze slightly. This made it clear that he would not go to his house for the wedding.

"It's good to be here."

Lin Shu nodded and glanced at the watch on his wrist. "It's getting late. I'll leave first."

"Okay, walk slowly."

Lin Shu walked out of the hotel briskly and met the eyes of Lin Mei, who had been looking into the hotel.

"Why are you here?" Lin Mei frowned slightly and then looked at her.

Lin Shu walked down the steps, walked past her and put the oil-paper bag in the basket in front of the bicycle, and replied rudely: "I have nothing to do with you here."

Lin Mei discovered that the bicycle she was unlocking was the same bicycle that the woman who had just overtaken them rode, and then she looked at her back and her clothes.

Isn’t this what Xie Chunlei was talking about as a worker?

She asked jealously, "Did you find a job in the city?"

Lin Shu unlocked the bicycle and pushed it backwards. He didn't understand what she meant and didn't answer her.

Seeing that the other party ignored her, Lin Mei said angrily as if she was insulted, "Lin Shu, I'm asking you a question. Don't think you can be arrogant just because you found a job in the city. Don't think you are great just because you wear a worker's coat. Don't forget that even if you wear this, you are just a temporary worker. Compared with a formal worker, you are still far behind. Why are you so arrogant?"

Lin Shu probably understood a little bit now, and looked down at the work clothes on his body, which seemed to be a bit similar to the work clothes of factory workers. So, the mad dog in front of him was jealous and crazy?

"If you are sick, let Jie Chunlei take you to get treated. A good dog doesn't block the road, get out of the way!"

Lin Shu couldn't understand her. Why did she like to compare herself with her in everything? Was it fun?

Lin Mei had not originally intended to block her, but after she was reminded, she simply went with the flow and stood in front of her bicycle.

Lin Mei felt inferior when she met the city people just now. Now compared with Lin Shu, who had been bullied as a child, she felt that she was okay again.

"I asked you a question, and you haven't answered me yet. Why are you leaving?"

Lin Shu rolled his eyes, not wanting to waste time talking to this idiot. He frowned and said impatiently, "Xie Chunlei, hurry up and pull this crazy woman of yours away. She's blocking my way. Don't waste my time here. I have things to do and don't have time to chat with you guys."