Back to 1978: Getting rich starts with treasure hunting

Chapter 209

Gu Youtao had never seen Gu Jiu preach so seriously and looked at him in surprise.

In his impression, his uncle was a well-known scoundrel who was not doing his job properly. When did he learn to lecture the younger generation?

Niu Xiaoqin smiled awkwardly. Although Gu Jiu usually didn't care about family matters, when he really put on a stern face, he was really a bit scary.

Wang Suzhen came out of the kitchen and said to Gu Jiu and Lin Shu, "You two just came back from outside, and your clothes are contaminated by the cold air outside. Go upstairs and change your clothes quickly, so as not to let the children get cold."

Lin Shu smiled politely at Niu Xiaoqin, picked up the child and went upstairs with Gu Jiu.

Erbao was so happy to be held by his father that his body kept twisting up and down rhythmically.

If she were to be accompanied by music, she would be the youngest dancing king.

That joy can be clearly felt even from a distance.

Gu Jiu followed her rhythm and lifted it up, which made the little guy even more excited.

Back in the room, Lin Shu put the relatively quiet Dabao on the bed, found some thick home clothes, took off her cotton coat, and changed into more comfortable home clothes.

Lin Shu bought the home clothes in the system mall. Some places call them three-layer thick pajamas.

In their province, cotton-padded down coats are not as warm and comfortable as home clothes in winter. Especially the elderly cannot take them off once they put them on.

Lin Shu bought two sets for each of the four elderly people in the family so that they could change into one.

Lin Shu changed her clothes, took the second baby from Gu Jiu's arms, sat beside the bed, looked at the first baby, and fed the second baby.

"You Tao brought Niu Xiaoqin back this time. It seems that he is ready to be her lover forever."

Gu Jiu looked at the second baby lying in Lin Shu's arms drinking milk, and noticed that the first baby was staring at him, so he quickly turned his face away in embarrassment.

As he took off his coat and hung it up, he replied, "It's hard to persuade a damned ghost with kind words. This is his own choice. No matter how much we persuade him, it's useless."

Lin Shu glanced at Dabao and said, "I'm just worried that Youtao will find someone who is troublesome. When they get married, the ones who will be most upset will be my elder brother and his wife, and secondly, it will also affect Youhui."

Sometimes, if brothers fail to find a good wife, it will affect their relationship.

Gu Jiu put on his home clothes and said, "Youhui is now concentrating on starting a business. As long as he has money in his hands in the future, why would he be afraid of the troubles of Youtao and his wife? Sometimes problems that can be solved with money are not problems at all."

The only problem for my eldest brother and his wife in the future is retirement, but they will have pensions, and Youhui is not short of money, so all problems will be solved.

As for You Tao’s life after marriage?

To be honest, it’s none of Guan Youhui’s business!

Lin Shu shook his head, thinking that Gu Jiu was thinking too simply.

Youhui and Youtao are brothers. Sometimes, even if you don’t want to pay attention to him, he will come out from time to time to annoy you.

By that time, even if you have money, you will still be troubled.

Lin Shu fed Erbao and handed her to Gu Jiu to hold.

She picked up Dabao who was lying on the bed and kissed him on the face, "Mommy's baby, are you hungry? If you are hungry, I will make you some milk."

Dabao was very smart and looked at the table where the milk cans were placed. He pointed with his fat finger and said, "I'm hungry. Eat!"

"Dabao can already speak out words one by one, but I don't know when Erbao will be able to consciously express himself." Gu Jiu glanced at Dabao, then bent down and kissed Erbao in his arms.

It still has the scent of a little girl, with a milky scent, so pleasant.

Lin Shu stuffed Dabao into Gu Jiu's arms as well, "Hold Dabao well, I'll go make some milk."

Gu Jiu skillfully held one child in each hand, letting them lie diagonally in his arms and walk around the room.

By the time the couple had fed the child and carried him downstairs, dinner had just been served.

At the dinner table, the family was happily discussing plans for the New Year.

Especially when Lin Shu said that Dabao and Erbao were looking forward to going out to visit relatives during the Chinese New Year, everyone was amused.

Children like to go out for a stroll.

Everyone was chatting at the dinner table and deliberately ignoring Niu Xiaoqin.

It can be said that few people in the Gu family welcomed Niu Xiaoqin. No one wanted to introduce an uncertain factor into the big family.

Niu Xiaoqin may have also sensed that the Gu family didn't like her very much, so she gently pinched Gu Youtao under the table.

Gu Youtao quietly pushed away the hand that was pinching him.

Seeing that he remained indifferent, Niu Xiaoqin became furious and pinched him hard.

Gu Youtao was caught off guard and pinched hard, and he almost couldn't control himself and cried out, but fortunately he had food in his mouth.

He turned his head to glare at Niu Xiaoqin, swallowed the food in his mouth, and turned to look at Lin Shu: "Aunt, I heard that you helped the family get a lot of pork. Xiaoqin's family hasn't bought meat for the New Year this year. Can you help her get eight or ten kilograms of meat so that her family can have a good New Year?"

After hearing what he said, Gu Xiang glared at him and said, "You have lost all sense of propriety. Pork is hard to get at the end of the year. Are you trying to embarrass your aunt?"

He Chunru nodded: "That's right, your grandmother's family hasn't bought any meat for the New Year. If pork was so easy to get, I would have asked your aunt to help your grandmother and her family get some meat."

Lin Shu put down his chopsticks, took out a handkerchief and wiped his mouth, then looked at Niu Xiaoqin next to Gu Youtao meaningfully.

"Actually, I understand that you want to buy pork to honor your future mother-in-law. But pork on the black market is more expensive than pork from the meat processing plant, and it's even more expensive at the end of the year. You should understand that, right? The current price of pork is 1.3 yuan per pound. Do you want it?"

"One dollar and three cents?"

This was something Gu Youtao had not expected.

He accompanied Niu Xiaoqin to the black market these days, but at the end of the year, not only pork, but all meat-related products were unavailable on the black market.

As long as it is meat, it will be snatched up by some people before it is even put on the black market.

"You think it's too expensive?" Lin Shu smiled and said, "If you think it's too expensive, then you can only go to the meat processing factory to queue up."

Niu Xiaoqin pulled the corner of her mouth and tried to force a smile, "It's only 50 cents more expensive, it's not a small amount."

Lin Shu hummed, "Yes."

Niu Xiaoqin saw that Lin Shu had a nonchalant expression, as if it had no effect on her whether she bought or not, and she knew that she really did not make any profit from the price difference.

Under the table, she pushed Gu Youtao's leg.

Gu Youtao coughed lightly and said, "After a busy year, I have to reward myself and my family. I have to buy meat no matter how expensive it is. Then I will trouble my aunt to buy ten kilograms of pork for Xiaoqin."

Lin Shu did not agree immediately, but waited for further instructions.

Seeing that Lin Shu did not agree, Gu Youtao thought for a moment and took out thirteen yuan from his pocket and handed it to Lin Shu: "Excuse me, Auntie, this is the money to buy pork."

Without waiting for Lin Shu to reach out to take it, Gu Jiu took it and said, "Okay, remember to come and pick up the meat tomorrow afternoon."

He Chunru covered her chest with her hands, and watched her eldest son pay thirteen yuan to buy meat. Not only could she not straighten her back, but she also had to smile to Niu Xiaoqin to please him.

Such a shame.

He Chunru was too embarrassed to look at it.

Others shook their heads secretly. It would be fine if they didn't get married, but could Gu Youtao take charge of the family after getting married?

Niu Xiaoqin has to have a firm grasp on him.

Niu Xiaoqin was satisfied to see that Gu Youtao didn't ask her for money. She smiled at him gently and said in a voice that only the two of them could hear:

"You are so kind to me, Youtao. My mother will be very happy if she knows that this is the meat you bought. Come to my house for dinner tomorrow night and I will ask my mother to make braised pork for you."

Lin Shu saw the two of them whispering, then stood up and took the child to the living room to play.

In the evening, after Gu Youtao sent Niu Xiaoqin away, Lin Shu knocked on the bedroom door of the main house and returned the extra three dollars to his sister-in-law He Chunru.

It’s not that she doesn’t want to sell meat to relatives at the system price, but once she opens this loophole.

Anyone who was related to her would come to her to buy meat, and some would even buy the meat from her and sell it on the black market.

In order to avoid trouble, Lin Shu could only raise the price of meat to let them know that it was not easy for her to buy meat, otherwise the price of meat would not be so high.

"Dabao, in the previous life, did Gu Youtao marry Niu Xiaoqin who is here tonight?"

Dabao frowned, glanced at the bedroom in the big house, and nodded.

"So how is their married life?" Lin Shu was curious about how You Tao chose the girl he liked, so how was their married life in the end?

Is it a mess?

Or are they a loving couple, inseparable?

I looked at Dabao expectantly, but the little guy closed his eyes and pretended to sleep, refusing to answer the question.

In the large bedroom.

He Chunru turned around and put the three dollars into the drawer.

Gu Xiang heard what Lin Shu said at the bedroom door just now. Seeing her put the money into the drawer, he said, "You shouldn't have accepted these three dollars from your sister-in-law. Although you are helping your eldest nephew, you are still troubling her. Consider these three dollars as her hard work fee."

"She insisted on putting it in my hand. I couldn't refuse her kindness, but I couldn't push it around at the door in case my third brother's wife found out. She might even have some bad intentions."

Jiang Chaohong is definitely capable of buying at a low price and selling at a high price.

Gu Xiang didn't say anything after hearing this. He put down the newspaper and rubbed his brows. "Go to sleep. Just give Dabao and Erbao a big red envelope during the Chinese New Year."

"You can still sleep at this point?"

He Chunru is now getting angry when she thinks about her eldest son being bewitched by a vixen.

"What else can you do if you don't sleep?" Gu Xiang looked at her seriously, "If he really wants to marry this girl from the Niu family, we will separate him after he gets married. From now on, whether his marriage life is good or not is his own choice."

He is not like parents who always want to keep their children together.

His idea is to separate them when they grow up and get married, and let them live their own lives.

He likes a quiet life in his future retirement.

He Chunru thought about how fast Gu Youtao spent money that night, and gritted her teeth and said, "I think he has spent all his money from work in the past few months on that girl."

Gu Xiang drooped his face, turned around and changed his sleeping position, with his back to He Chunru, and said with a little fatigue in his voice: "Go to sleep, don't think too much."

......

"Dad, are these shops all owned by Lin Shu?"

Lin Dashan sent a telegram to Lin Gang, and he went to the city and worked with Lin Dongfa for two days during his holiday. After the business firms in the city had their holiday, the uncle and nephew took a train to the provincial capital together.

Following the address, he found Lin Guang’s noodle restaurant.

I learned from them that the entire building was newly built by Lin Shu and Gu Jiu.

Especially the other few shops, which are doing booming business, were all opened by Lin Shu.

It’s amazing how Fang Hong opened a small shop in the power station and even many male colleagues in the unit tried to please her even though they knew she had a partner.

Lin Shu has only been in the provincial capital for a short time, and he is already building a building and opening a store. Is business really that profitable?

"Yes, she started them all."

Lin Dashan came back on a tricycle with a load of food. Seeing Lin Gang looking around, he hurriedly called him over to help unload the food.

"Your partner didn't come back with you to celebrate the New Year this year?"

This time I came to the provincial capital by taking the night train. It was already past eight in the morning when I arrived at the provincial capital.

The people Lin Dashan went to pick up on his tricycle only picked up Lin Gang and Lin Dongfa.

Lin Dongfa went directly to Lin Wei's noodle restaurant after returning. Now Lin Gang stayed at Lin Guang's noodle restaurant.

Lin Gang scratched his head, a sinister look flashed in his eyes, "No, she wants to watch the store."

Lin Dashan didn't think much about it and asked again: "You have been dating for more than a year. When are you planning to get married?"

Among the children now, Lin Gang is the only one who has not started a family.

As parents, we are always worried about our children if they haven’t started a family yet, and we hope that they will find a partner and get married as soon as possible.

Lin Gang carried a bag of rice noodles on his shoulders and said, "Why rush to get married? I just started working and haven't enjoyed life yet, but I'm bound by marriage. I have to worry about this and that when I want to do something. That's not the life I want."

When Lin Dashan heard this, his face darkened instantly. "What kind of life do you want? Do you want to be idle like you used to be? It's good enough that there's a girl willing to follow you now. Don't be so picky. Be careful that this girl won't follow you either."

Lin Gang picked up the rice noodles and walked into the store without looking back.

As for Lin Dashan's words, he just ignored them.

It passes by the ears but not the heart.

When Lin Shu came over, he saw Lin Gang carrying a bag of rice into the noodle shop.

"When did Lin Gang arrive?"

Lin Shu took the towel from Lin Dashan's hand and helped him dust off the flour on his back.

"I arrived in the morning. Dongfa is here too. As soon as I arrived in the morning, I went to the boss' place."

Lin Shu nodded: "I'll stop by and take a look later."

Lin Gang put down the rice and walked out. Seeing Lin Shu, he nodded to her: "You are here."

Lin Shu stretched his neck to look behind Lin Gang, "Your partner didn't come to the provincial capital with you to celebrate the New Year this time?"

Lin Gang rolled his eyes in his heart. Why is it that this time, everyone asks about their partners as soon as they meet?

"She is just like you. She is busy making money at the end of the year. How can she have the time to come to the provincial capital with me to celebrate the New Year?"

"Does she have no time to celebrate the New Year, or is it that she is now worth more and doesn't like a young talent like you who came from a humble background?"

Lin Shu deliberately emphasized the four words "young talents".

Lin Gang's heart skipped a beat when he heard Lin Shu's words. How did she know Fang Hong's situation?

Lin Gang replied disdainfully: "She is also from the countryside. Who is more noble than the other? She looks down on me because she looks down on her own background."

Lin Dashan asked with a dark face, "She looked down on your background because she made some money from opening a shop, and broke up with you?"

Lin Gang kept a sullen face and said nothing. He took out a cigarette from his pocket, put it in his mouth, lit it quickly, and took a few deep puffs.

Lin Shu looked at the circles of smoke. What else was there to not understand? Fang Hong was snobbish and wanted to climb up the social ladder.

And Lin Gang became a stepping stone for others.