Back to 1978: Getting rich starts with treasure hunting

Chapter 256

Lin Shu returned home and talked to Gu Jiu about the old house and discussed going to the city where Second Brother Gu was the day after tomorrow. Gu Changsheng and Wang Suzhen already felt guilty towards Second Brother Gu and wanted to make amends.

Now that my granddaughter-in-law is in the hospital, all the women in the family must go and visit her no matter how busy they are.

Gu Jiu said: "Xiao Ming and Xiao Xing work in a food factory. They live in a dormitory and there is no woman to help them clean up. It is too messy. A few days ago, they came to me and said that they wanted their wives to come to the city to find some work after the autumn harvest this year."

Lin Shu asked, "They live in the food factory. Are the dormitories single or multi-person?"

"The food factory rented an old abandoned factory building with many dormitories, so many employees lived in single rooms."

"Since they live in a single room, it won't have much impact on the factory if their wives come here, so let them come." Lin Shu felt that it was not a big deal for the couple to live apart.

Besides, farming in the countryside is too hard, so it would be nice to find some work in the city.

Gu Jiu said: "I have the same idea as you. I agreed to let them live in the dormitory."

The two chatted about the second house, and Lin Shu remembered the news he heard in the compound. "I went to the compound today and heard a piece of news that Zhou Xinyue is engaged to a slacker who doesn't work properly."

Gu Jiu curled his lips and smiled slightly, and said nonchalantly: "Really?"

"You said she just declared that she liked you a few days ago, but it's only been a few days since someone in the compound saw her hugging a man. Now it seems that her feelings for you are too cheap."

Lin Shu glanced at Gu Jiu with a gloating tone in his voice.

Gu Jiu helped Dabao put the toys together. After listening to Lin Shu's words, he smiled and said, "I don't like her. Does it matter whether her feelings for me are cheap or not?"

Lin Shu observed Gu Jiu's expression and suddenly asked, "I always feel that this matter is strange. Could it be your handiwork?"

Gu Jiu glanced at her, then lowered his head to help assemble the toys, and said lightly: "I am not a god, I can't control their feelings."

Lin Shu was half-believing and half-doubting, always feeling that someone as proud as Zhou Xinyue would not fall for a scoundrel, but the people in the compound saw them hugging each other, and it couldn't be said that someone forced them to do this.

It doesn't make sense.

A few days later, Wang Suzhen took several wives and went to Yang City by train.

Yang City, which is the prefecture-level city where Brother Gu’s hometown is.

Yang City is not far from the provincial capital, and it only takes about five hours by train.

We got on the bus in the morning and arrived in Yang City in the afternoon.

Second Brother Gu and his son were waiting at the station early. When they saw a group of women coming out, they hurried to greet them.

This time, because she was going to the hospital to visit a patient, there were many germs in the hospital, so Lin Shu did not bring her children.

Jiang Chaohong's two children are still young. This time when she came to Yang City, she brought Gu Youxing with her, and Gu Youming was left at home to be taken care of by Gu Zhiyuan.

Second Brother Gu picked up Gu Youxing and asked him to call him uncle.

Gu Youxing obediently called out "Second Uncle" and struggled to get down.

Second Brother Gu put Gu Youxing down, chatted with everyone for a while, and then took everyone to the hospital.

"My second son's wife has been in the hospital for a few days. I asked the doctor today and he said she can be discharged tomorrow. It's a good opportunity for mom and all the sisters-in-law and brothers to come over to visit her tomorrow."

Wang Suzhen let Brother Gu hold her, and nodded with a smile: "Let's make a deal. I'll go to your house tomorrow and take a look. I want to see what the mountain village where you've lived for decades looks like."

The food on the train didn't taste very good, and they didn't eat on the train as they thought the train was about to arrive.

By the time we got off the train, everyone's stomachs were already empty.

Lin Shu reminded everyone: "Mom, second brother, everyone hasn't had lunch yet, let's find a place to eat before going to the hospital."

After being reminded, Second Brother Gu realized that he had neglected it. He slapped his forehead and said, "I was careless. I didn't consider that it's already afternoon and everyone hasn't eaten yet. There is a guesthouse next to the hospital. There is a restaurant on the first floor of the guesthouse. The food is pretty good. How about we go there to eat?"

Everyone had no objection to this arrangement. They could put down their luggage at the guesthouse and then go to the restaurant for dinner.

After taking a taxi to the guesthouse and checking in a room, everyone just washed their faces and went to the restaurant on the first floor without any delay.

Brother Gu, who had been chatting happily with his mother since he picked her up, lost his smile when he entered the restaurant and saw the people inside.

Wang Suzhen was wondering why he stopped talking in the middle of his speech.

She looked up at Second Brother Gu and followed his gaze.

There were several people in the restaurant who ordered a table of dishes and were eating.

"Second brother, do you know the people at that table?" Wang Suzhen asked.

Before Brother Gu could answer, the people at that table also noticed Brother Gu.

One of the middle-aged men stood up and said, "Father-in-law, you came at the right time. We are almost done with our meal, so it's a good time for you to pay the bill."

Although they were in-laws, the other party's matter-of-fact tone made the women of the Gu family who came in frown slightly.

Second Brother Gu didn't respond to him immediately, but lowered his head to answer Wang Suzhen's question, "Mom, they are the second brother's wife's family, and the one who just spoke is her father."

Wang Suzhen said softly, as if the people at that table were air, and walked to the round table on the other side and sat down.

The middle-aged man also noticed the women who came in with Second Brother Gu. They were all very elegantly dressed. He also thought that these people should be Second Brother Gu’s relatives who had been recognized not long ago.

Considering Wang Suzhen and several sisters-in-law and brothers-in-law of the Gu family today, Second Brother Gu didn't want to cause trouble, so he waved to the middle-aged man and said, "You guys eat first, I'll settle the bill later."

When the middle-aged man heard that they were going to pay the bill together, he started eating and drinking again with satisfaction. However, while eating, he did not forget to keep an eye on the movements at their table.

Gu Xiaoxing's wife's maiden name is Wang, and the people at that table were Wang's father, his son and his daughter having dinner.

But I didn’t expect that my father-in-law would bring people to the restaurant when we were almost done with the meal.

Well, it was a good opportunity for him to ask his father-in-law to help him settle the bill.

"Mom, here is the menu. Take a look and see if there is anything that suits your taste." Brother Gu handed the menu to Wang Suzhen first.

Wang Suzhen took it with a smile, "I'm not picky about food, I can eat anything."

However, having said that, she still ordered a few light dishes.

He Chunru, Li Ling and Jiang Chaohong were not polite. They were really hungry at the moment. The menu seemed enough to swallow a cow, so they naturally did not hesitate to order.

When it was Lin Shu's turn, she waved her hand and said, "We've already ordered so much, it's enough. I like everything the sisters-in-law ordered just now."

Second Brother Gu said that it was his treat, so Lin Shu naturally would not let him pay the bill. After the dishes were ordered and the menus were sent to the kitchen, she took the opportunity to go to the counter and settle the bills for both tables.

When she paid the bill and went to the bathroom, Father Wang was already sitting next to Second Brother Gu.

"Father-in-law, is this your biological mother? I heard that they live in the provincial capital?"

The second brother Gu nodded: "Yes, this is my mother. Mom, this is the father of the second brother's wife. His last name is Wang. You can just call him Xiao Wang."

Wang Suzhen chuckled and said, "Granddaughter-in-law's father, are you coming to the city to visit granddaughter-in-law?"

Wang's father laughed and nodded: "Yes, grandma, my father-in-law is lucky to be able to find his mother in his old age, and you are still in such good health, he will be blessed in the future."

Seeing that he wished he had a long-lost mother, Wang Suzhen couldn't help but twitch her lips, "You are also blessed to have filial children."

"All are blessed, all are blessed." Wang's father smiled and squinted his eyes, with a flattering look on his face: "The old lady from the big city speaks differently, I like to listen to her."

Jiang Chaohong tried hard to suppress the upturned corners of her mouth, lowered her head and picked up the cup to drink water.

Brother Gu reminded him tactfully: "Father-in-law, my mother and her friends haven't eaten since they got off the train, and they are almost starving. Why don't you go back first and let my mother and her friends eat before we talk?"

The smile on Wang's father's face froze slightly. He looked at the expression on Wang Suzhen's face and found that she was not unhappy, so he felt relieved.

But Wang Suzhen has lived for decades and has been hanging out with people in the same circle for so many years. How could it be possible for people to easily see what she is thinking?

"Okay, grandma and nieces and nephews, take your time eating. We'll talk again when we have time."

The king's father was sent away.

Wang Suzhen took a sip of water and noticed that Brother Gu was relieved. She couldn't help but laugh, "Is your father-in-law difficult to deal with?"

Wang's father nodded. When he mentioned this relative, it was hard to describe him in words: "You will understand after you have known him for a long time."

After eating at the restaurant, the group went straight to the hospital without any further delay.

It can be said that this was the first time that the Gu family and the wives of the second wife met.

As soon as we arrived at the hospital, we met Gu Xiaoxing who was paying the bill at the window.

Gu Xiaoxing took them all the way to the third floor of the inpatient department.

When they saw the Wang family members sitting on chairs in the corridor, Wang Suzhen and Gu Erge began to have a headache.

However, Wang Suzhen did not show it on her face. She walked to the door of the ward and nodded to him.

The ward was a double room with one bed empty. Wang Jinzhi was the only one living there, which was equivalent to living in a single room.

Lin Shu followed Wang Suzhen in, and the first person they saw was the woman sitting on the hospital bed.

He is dark, thin, has dry hair and rough skin, and looks even older than his elder sister-in-law He Chunru.

When Wang Jinzhi saw several people coming in, their clothes and temperament showed that they were city people, so she thought that the people who came to see her were from her father-in-law's biological parents' side.

"Jinzhi, this is your grandmother, and your eldest aunt, third aunt, fourth aunt and youngest aunt." Second Brother Gu introduced her: "Mom, eldest sister-in-law and several younger brothers and sisters-in-law, she is the second brother's wife Jinzhi."

"Grandma, aunt, third aunt..." Wang Jinzhi called everyone one by one.

When they met for the first time, which was in the ward, Wang Suzhen, Lin Shu and several other sisters-in-law gave her a red envelope, which could be considered a gift from the elders to the younger ones.

The Queen Mother was sitting beside the bed. When she saw the red envelope stuffed into her daughter's hand, she almost screamed with joy.

Sure enough, having rich relatives means you get the upper hand.

"Zhi, hurry up and thank grandma and the aunts and uncles. They think highly of you."

As soon as he finished speaking, he went to grab the red envelope that Wang Jinzhi had just received.

Wang Jinzhi didn't blush and held it tightly with both hands.

The mother and daughter faced each other, neither willing to let go.

The Queen Mother glared at Wang Jinzhi, and frightened him so much that he loosened his grip unconsciously.

The Queen Mother calmly put the red envelope into her bag, but she did not forget to make amends: "I put the red envelope into your bag to prevent it from falling."

The women in the Gu family didn’t know whether the bag belonged to Wang Jinzhi, so they all turned to look at Gu Ersao who was standing nearby.

The questioning look was obvious.

What's wrong with your relative?

Seeing that everyone was looking at her, Mrs. Gu stepped forward belatedly, snatched the canvas bag from Wang Mu's hand, and stuffed it under Wang Jinzhi's pillow.

"Putting it in a bag is not safe enough. You should put it under your pillow and use it as a pillow when you sleep. No one can steal it."

The Queen Mother's hands were empty. She wanted to get angry, but she was concerned about the women of the Gu family being here, so she didn't want to lose face.

I could only try hard not to lose my temper and agreed, "Mother-in-law is really thoughtful."

After seeing this, Wang Suzhen had no doubts.

Sure enough, seeing that my daughter-in-law's in-laws were not a worry-free family, I seemed to feel a little more balanced.

Because she also has in-laws who are troublesome.

There were a lot of people in the ward. In order not to disturb the patients' rest, the women of the Gu family did not stay in the ward for long and went back to the guesthouse first.

Before Brother Gu, who had sent them back to the guesthouse, left, Sister-in-law Gu came into the guesthouse carrying a canvas bag.

In order to accompany him these days, Mrs. Gu also booked two rooms in the guesthouse.

When Brother Gu Er saw her coming back with the bag, he asked, "Did you bring back the bag of the second brother's wife?"

"Yeah." Second Sister Gu kicked off her shoes, sat cross-legged on the bed, and snorted: "If I don't take it back, as soon as we leave, believe it or not, the red envelopes sent by your mother will definitely go into the pocket of the old witch of the Wang family."

"This is the gift of my mother and several sisters-in-law. How can I allow the Wang family to get it for free?"

My daughter-in-law is a useless person. She is too soft-hearted and cannot stand up in front of her family.

If she doesn't help her, the entire Gu family might be moved back by the Wang family.

Brother Gu sighed and said, "Look at how much money you have. Give it to the second brother when you get home tomorrow. Ask him to buy some nutritional supplements for his wife to replenish her body."

Needless to say, Mrs. Gu couldn't wait to pour out the red envelopes from her bag.

There are seven red envelopes in total.

Mrs. Gu counted and said, "Mom told me that your sister couldn't come this time because she couldn't get leave from work, so she asked mom to bring a red envelope. Also, your nephews' eldest brother's Youtao got married, and he asked mom to bring a red envelope."

Together with the red envelopes from the other four branches of the Gu family and those from his parents, there were a total of seven red envelopes.

Mrs. Gu picked out the thickest red envelope and said, "This is from mom. Let me see how much money she gave us."

He opened a red envelope and took out a wad of money from it. "Old man, you know what, your biological parents are really rich. Look, this one thousand is more than what we have saved in ten years. Are you really going to give all this money to the second son's wife?"

After hearing what she said, Second Brother Gu glared at her angrily and said, "This money was originally used by mom and the others to buy nutritional supplements for the second son's wife. How dare you take this kind of money?"

Mrs. Gu refused to admit that she wanted to snatch her daughter-in-law's red envelope, saying it would be embarrassing to tell others about it.

"I'm doing this for her own good. With her personality, the money in the red envelopes will be cheated away by her mother in less than three days."

This is a debt of favor, and the second brother will have to repay the favor in the future.

If the money was cheated away by the Wang family, then the Gu family would be the ones who would suffer.

After counting the money and making sure it was correct, I put it into the canvas bag.

Mrs. Gu picked up the red envelope and looked at it curiously. "Are there such big red envelopes for sale in the market?"