Back to the 1970s: Building My Fortune Through Time Trading

Chapter 161: Two Little Rascals

A few people started speaking up following Zhang Dongmei’s lead.

Seeing that some were siding with her, Zhang Dongmei immediately wore a smug expression: "Su Xiaoxiao, we’re all colleagues here. You can’t rip us off like this. This duck product is more than half bone. I reckon it’s worth at most fifty cents a pound."

Su Xiaoxiao wasn’t upset, she smiled at everyone: "No worries, these are homemade braised flavors. I just make a little for the labor, so if anyone thinks it’s too expensive, you don’t have to buy it."

"While fresh duck is indeed not costly, I have to add several types of rare spices to marinate, so the cost naturally goes up."

"Yeah, Xiaoxiao’s braised flavors are really delicious. I’ve never had anything this good,"

Zhang Yulan chimed in timely, then hurriedly said to Su Xiaoxiao, "Xiaoxiao, don’t mind them, save two pounds for me first."

Qin Shuang also squeezed out of the crowd: "Xiaoxiao, don’t forget my three pounds."

As soon as she finished speaking, a few more people came over.

Before long, Su Xiaoxiao had already taken orders for over thirty pounds of duck products.

Not wanting to be greedy, she decided to stop while she was ahead. Seeing she had taken quite a few orders, she quickly waved her hands: "Thank you all for your support. We’ve reached today’s quota. For those interested, let’s book for next time."

She couldn’t afford to sell too many at once—the value of rarity, after all.

As soon as Su Xiaoxiao finished speaking, the ones who followed Zhang Dongmei in asking for a price reduction visibly changed their expressions.

They had finally decided to buy, but now there was no stock?

They blamed Zhang Dongmei’s nonsense, otherwise they would have placed their orders earlier.

Their glances towards Zhang Dongmei were full of resentment, reaching its peak when Su Xiaoxiao took out a duck neck and started munching delightfully.

If it wasn’t for that woman causing trouble, they would also get to taste that delicious braised flavor tomorrow.

Meeting everyone’s eyes, Zhang Dongmei shrank her neck, then thought of something and straightened up to speak: "It’s just duck products, isn’t it? If Su Xiaoxiao can make it, so can I, and at a cheaper price. Each item will cost fifty cents less than Su Xiaoxiao’s."

"Really?"

Upon hearing this, the crowd surrounded Zhang Dongmei again.

Zhang Dongmei was full of confidence: "It’s just braised flavors, isn’t it? My mom can make them too. I’ll have her make some for you tonight."

Only then were people smiling with glee, quickly starting to place orders with Zhang Dongmei, managing to sell over ten pounds.

Zhang Dongmei grew even prouder; selling braised flavors wasn’t something Su Xiaoxiao could monopolize.

She had made up her mind to go spy on Su Xiaoxiao’s recipe tonight, then whip up something identical, and make a good profit off her.

Su Xiaoxiao had no idea her braised business was being eyed by Zhang Dongmei, happily thinking about enjoying herself after work today.

Buy more duck products and some drinks to pair with them; the taste would be simply divine.

Happily daydreaming, her mouth began to water.

Soon, a busy day ended, and it was time to clock out again.

During a moment while tidying up, Su Xiaoxiao quickly checked the game store, pleased to find they indeed sold beer.

Perhaps because it was a period game, items bought from the game store were packaged as per the style of that era, so there was no worry about revealing anything incongruous.

Only those being sold by individual vendors on the platform had modern packaging, like the instant snail noodles she previously purchased, but they would always replace the packaging beforehand to avoid any slip-ups.

Su Xiaoxiao quickly placed an order for forty pounds of braised flavors from the store, stunning the shop owner.

Black Duck Braised Flavors: "Miss, can you finish eating so much? They won’t be fresh after a while and will last up to one or two days in storage at best."

I’m Being Chased by the God of Wealth: "Yes, I can finish them. I’m picking some up for others too."

Black Duck Braised Flavors: "I see, miss, since you’re buying so much, I’ll give you a ten percent discount and throw in two extra pounds of vegetarian options for free."

Having saved a good amount of money and received two pounds of free vegetarian items, Su Xiaoxiao was even more delighted.

The mix of meat and vegetarian dishes was perfect for a table; Sister Zhaodi could take a break from cooking tonight.

Having arranged for the owner to send five pounds of braised flavors first with the rest to be shipped the next morning, she speedily ordered a few bottles of beer before happily biking home.

As she approached the house, she found a hidden spot to take out three bottles of beer and the five pounds of duck products, then hung everything on her handlebars before casually heading home.

Just as she pushed her bike to the gate, she saw two little brothers sulking with their heads down, each squatting on either side of the yard gate, like two door gods.

Seeing them like this, Su Xiaoxiao furrowed her brow, feeling that nothing good had happened.

"You two after school don’t go home, are you here pretending to be door gods?"

Su Xiaoxiao said.

The two little brothers exchanged glances and suddenly lunged forward, each hugging Su Xiaoxiao’s leg and wailing: "Sister, our workbook issue got exposed. The teacher wants us to bring our parents. If mom finds out, she’ll kill us for sure. We’re begging you, can you go for us?"

"Workbook? What workbook? Did you tear yours up or feed them to the dog?"

Su Xiaoxiao looked at them blankly.

To her surprise, they both turned their heads simultaneously: "It’s the thing where the two of us each collected a piece of paper to staple as a workbook and got caught."

Hearing this, Su Xiaoxiao suddenly remembered that these two rascals had indeed told her about this before.

"Didn’t I give you money already? Why did you still need someone else’s paper to staple workbooks?"

Su Jianwu hung his head, yet his tone carried slight pride: "Why waste money when you can get it for free? Isn’t it better to save for snacks?"

Su Xiaoxiao: "..."

What they said actually made some sense; she couldn’t refute it for a moment.

But then...

"Since you two saved all that money, looks like I don’t need to give you more in the future."

"No way!"

They wailed in unison.

"Since you know it won’t work, don’t do such things again in the future!"

"This is wrong, you know? At worst, you’re borrowing a piece of paper, at worst, it’s robbery..."

Just as Su Xiaoxiao said this, Su Jianwu suddenly sniffed: "Sister, did you bring something good to eat back? It smells delicious."

As they spoke, both looked at the things in Su Xiaoxiao’s hands in unison.

There on her handlebars was a net bag, filled to the brim, with the aroma wafting up from the oil-paper wrap inside the net bag.

Smelling the fragrance in the air, the two little brothers focused all their attention on the oil-paper wrap.

Su Xiaoxiao sighed; she couldn’t tell who they took after, with nothing in their minds but food.

She brought the things inside, and the two little brothers eagerly followed in.

"Sister, what’s the delicious stuff inside?"