Back to 1978: Getting rich starts with treasure hunting

Chapter 268

Lin Shu was half asleep when he heard someone knocking on the door outside the yard and pushed Gu Jiu who was beside him.

"Is there anyone at home?"

"Who is it?"

Gu Jiu didn't expect that even though they had just moved to the village and didn't know many people, someone would still knock on the door.

He went out wearing a pair of over-the-knee shorts and a white vest.

Standing at the door, looking at the strange woman outside the yard, "Who are you?"

The woman outside the door had rough, dark skin. She was wearing a floral top, black pants, and a pair of handmade black cloth shoes. She had a basket on her hand. When she saw Gu Jiu's clothes, she blushed and lowered her head, not daring to look up. "I'm the daughter-in-law of the owner of this house. My name is Cuihua. My mother-in-law asked me to bring some vegetables to you."

When Gu Jiu walked to the gate of the courtyard, Cuihua took two steps back in fear.

The basket contained some peppers, eggplants and beans.

They moved to the village today. They did not buy vegetables from the city. They originally planned to exchange vegetables with the villagers in the village.

Now the landlord brought the food over, Gu Jiu made way for Cuihua to come into the yard, "Thank you, come in, the food can be placed in the kitchen."

Cuihua lowered her head, glanced at Gu Jiu's long legs, and hesitated for a moment.

"My wife is at home." Gu Jiu seemed to see her concerns and couldn't help rolling his eyes. "Since you're not going in, give me the basket."

When Cuihua heard Gu Jiu say that Lin Shu was also at home, she felt relieved. She raised her eyes and glanced at him quickly, then lowered her head and walked into the yard.

"Your wife didn't come out?"

Gu Jiu, considering that she brought the food, replied, "She hasn't woken up yet."

Cuihua found a basin in the kitchen and poured all the vegetables into it. She glanced at the main house with contempt in her eyes. What kind of daughter-in-law would still sleep in broad daylight?

In rural areas, even at home at noon, men are usually sleeping while women have endless housework to do.

After meals, she washes dishes, sweeps the floor, feeds pigs, chickens and ducks, takes care of children, etc. Even after finishing all these, there is still the work of washing, rinsing and mending clothes for the whole family, which is all women's work.

If these tasks are not completed during the break, won’t it affect work outside in the afternoon?

Lin Shu heard voices in the yard and forced himself to get up. He came out in his pajamas and caught up with Cuihua who was about to leave the yard.

"Sister-in-law, wait a minute. Thank you for the food. Take this candy back to sweeten the children's mouths."

Cuihua stopped and saw seven or eight extra candies in the basket. She looked up at Lin Shu and realized that this beautiful woman still had red marks on her face from sleeping. "This candy is so precious..."

"It's okay. We bought some today. You can take them back to pick up the kids." Lin Shu smiled and waved at her.

Cuihua smiled and left the new house.

"Cuihua, have the dishes been delivered?"

The sun is too strong at noon in summer, so the men in the village like to take a nap, and the women like to wander around after finishing their housework. Those who have a good time like to get together and chat about village gossip.

As soon as Cuihua entered the yard, someone noticed that she was back.

Everyone was curious about the new couple who moved in.

The person who asked the question just now was Zhang, the famous salted vegetable loudspeaker in the village.

Salted Cabbage Zhang's real name is Zhang Liuzhi, because the salted cabbage she pickled with her hands was smelly. No matter how she pickled it, it would stink within half a month.

"I've delivered it." Cuihua was afraid that everyone would find the candies in the basket, so she replied and turned around to go into the house first, put all the candies into the cupboard, and drank a bowl of water before coming out of the house.

Yancai Zhang is very curious about what city people usually do at home when they move to the countryside?

"Cuihua, what were the couple doing when you went over there?"

Cuihua moved a stool and sat under the eaves, smiling shyly: "When I went over, she must have been sleeping. I heard from the man that his wife hadn't woken up yet."

"sleep?"

The women sitting in her house were all stunned.

Yancai Zhang asked incredulously, "She is sleeping in the middle of the day instead of doing housework. Her family just moved in and she doesn't have housework to do? No one in our village enjoys the same happiness as her."

"I think so. I went into the kitchen and found a few changed clothes piled in a bucket in the corner."

There are no dedicated bathrooms in rural areas. If the kitchen is large, the bathroom can be placed in the corner of the kitchen.

"Tsk, that woman is so lazy. She doesn't serve her man in the middle of the day and actually sleeps in the daytime."

"Yancai Zhang, she can be considered as serving the man by accompanying him to sleep late, how can you say she didn't serve him?"

The others were stunned and burst into laughter.

Lin Shu, who was washing clothes at home, had no idea that the women in the village were gossiping about her.

After getting up, Gu Jiu went to Captain Feng's house.

Lin Shu had nothing to do at home, so she washed the clothes she had taken off at noon. While the temperature was high and the sun was bright in the afternoon, she could hang the washed clothes to dry.

When the sun set, Gu Jiu returned home in the sunset glow. Lin Shu was setting the table in the kitchen.

"You're back. You're back just in time. We can eat right away."

Stir-fried beans with peppers, eggplant with mashed garlic.

As they had just arrived, many things were not prepared yet, so the couple was very satisfied with the two simple vegetarian dishes.

Gu Jiu stared at Lin Shu with burning eyes and praised: "The dishes tonight taste very good."

Lin Shu said with a slight smile: "It's almost the same as when we were at home. The reason you think it's delicious today is simply because you didn't have any stir-fried dishes for lunch and you're hungry."

She then asked, "How was your conversation with Captain Feng today?"

"Captain Feng doesn't want to force the villagers. He wants everyone to decide on their own accord whether to cooperate with me or not."

Lin Shu snorted after hearing this: "He didn't mobilize, it's nothing more than the uncertainty of the future. He didn't want to take on this responsibility, fearing that there would be changes in prices in the past, which would cause complaints from the villagers."

It would be fine if the purchase price is higher than the cooperative's price. If it is lower than the cooperative's price, the villagers will not be able to do anything to Gu Jiu who is thousands of miles away, but they will definitely blame Captain Feng.

Neither side wants to take risks, so many people in later generations will use this life-saving trick.

But in this era where everyone talks about selfless dedication and passion, Captain Feng seems a bit out of place.

Gu Jiu didn't care much about Captain Feng's attitude, as long as he didn't stop him from purchasing agricultural products.

"Tomorrow morning before work, I will talk to the villagers about the contract. If they are willing to sign, I will buy a batch of fresh dates from them and pay them in cash, so that they can see the actual benefits."

If there is benefit, he doesn't believe that the villagers won't be tempted.

Lin Shu lowered his eyes and said, "Please help me promote the purchase of medicinal herbs. The medicinal herbs in this northwest area are of good quality. I plan to stay here and purchase medicinal herbs while you are busy."

Gu Jiu laughed in silence: "Where is your enthusiasm for climbing the mountain? Don't you want to climb the mountain yourself?"

Lin Shu nodded: "I will definitely go up the mountain again if I have the chance, but the weather is too hot right now, so I will focus on acquisitions for now."

There is a time limit for going up the mountain to collect herbs. In this hot weather, it is only cool for two or three hours in the early morning. It is too hot to go up the mountain at other times, and I am afraid of heatstroke.

When you can't go up the mountain, you can buy medicinal herbs for system points, killing two birds with one stone.