Back to the 1970s: Building My Fortune Through Time Trading-Chapter 140: Spicy Fish Stew Mix

Su Jianwu stiffened his neck: "Even if you want to beat us, we also need to make money."

"Why can everyone else earn this money and we can’t? We’re your own brothers, second sister, you can’t be so biased."

Su Xiaoxiao’s response was simply picking up the bamboo stick beside her.

"Alright, today I’m going to treat you both equally, let you learn a lesson, and stop thinking about nonsense when you should be studying."

The two younger brothers saw she was serious and immediately changed their expressions, turning to race away.

Just after taking a couple of steps, they saw their mother Liu Cuilan walking over.

They quickly ran up to her doggedly, each grabbing one of Liu Cuilan’s arms: "Mom, Mom, third sister has a money-making job but won’t let us join, giving it away to outsiders."

"We just want to earn a bit more money to relieve the family burden, but she won’t let us do it and wants to beat us, yet we are her own brothers."

After complaining to their mother, the two boys smugly tilted their chins at Su Xiaoxiao.

Unexpectedly, Liu Cuilan’s face darkened instantly: "I mentioned how your test scores have been getting worse recently; turns out your minds aren’t even focused on studying."

The two younger brothers stared in disbelief, turning just in time to see third sister holding their recent quiz papers.

In the end, these two brothers earned themselves a double beating, lying face-down on the bench dejectedly.

Liu Cuilan went over, grabbed each of them by the ear, and pulled them up from the bench.

"Get busy with your homework now! When it’s done, that’s when you get to eat!"

"Also, if your scores drop even a place next time, you won’t eat at all. You’ll have to go and beg outside with all your daydreaming and not focusing on studying."

The two brothers sadly took their scolding and went to do their homework crying.

Su Xiaoxiao quietly rolled down her sleeves, hiding her accomplishment and reputation, turned back to her room.

After a day of hard work, she just wanted to lie quietly now.

Just as she lay down, she heard the "ding" of a message notification, and soon a line of striking red letters appeared before her eyes: Special sale on boiled fish seasoning, five gold coins per package, limited to a hundred packages.

Hearing this, Su Xiaoxiao jumped up from the bed, smoothly opened the game store, and indeed saw someone selling boiled fish seasoning.

In a blink of an eye, the stock of one hundred packages was down to just a dozen.

She decisively placed an order for ten packages right away.

As the delivery notification dinged, the boiled fish seasoning immediately showed as sold out.

Thinking about the two big carp she had caught a couple of days ago in the tank, Su Xiaoxiao was eager to try.

She immediately took out a package from her small warehouse space, sneakily went to catch the fish.

She wondered if these two fish had been kept too long or if they seemed to have gained intelligence.

She rolled up her sleeves to catch the fish, the two fish moved like Pan Zhou Dan, circling around her hand and simply evading being caught.

Su Xiaoxiao’s anger rose.

Reluctantly, she called in the two younger brothers who had just finished their homework to help catch the fish.

Upon knowing they could eat fish, the two brothers bounced three feet high.

They had been craving these fish for a long time, but their mother refused, insisting on waiting until relatives came to eat them.

With third sister as their backing, the two younger brothers summoned their courage and reached for the fish in the tank at the same time.

Though Su Jianwu was not very smart, he was nimble, and with one swipe, caught one of them.

He immediately raised the fish with a face full of delight: "Third sister, I caught it!"

Just as he spoke, the big carp he held twisted its body, and with its tail slapped his face repeatedly.

"Ouch~"

Luckily she didn’t catch it herself earlier.

Su Xiaoxiao watched the fifth brother being slapped silly and silently sympathized for a moment.

Su Jianwu was determined to eat fish despite being slapped several times, stubbornly refusing to release his grip.

In the kitchen, Liu Cuilan was preparing dinner, unsurprisingly, a green spread devoid of appetite.

Spinach soup paired with a few dry griddle cakes and some boiled sweet potatoes, focusing on not having a trace of oil.

Su Xiaoxiao signaled to the two outside the door.

Receiving the signal, Su Jianwu instantly got into character: "Oh no, fourth brother, how did the fish jump out?"

Su Jianwen cooperatively ran on the spot: "Fifth brother, let’s hurry and catch it back, otherwise it’ll die and it’s spoiled."

"Oh no, fourth brother, it’s running away again."

"Oh no, damn, how did the fish fall to the floor, it’s dead now."

The two acted in harmony, making Su Xiaoxiao unable to resist giving them a thumbs up.

For the sake of eating fish, they really put in effort.

As soon as Liu Cuilan finished cooking, she heard the commotion and quickly came out.

Once out, she saw Su Jianwen shaking the big carp vigorously, lucky the fish had no brains, otherwise its brain would have been mixed.

"Mom, what should we do now that the fish is completely dead?"

"Alright, it’s dead, I’ll cook it up later."

Upon hearing this, Su Xiaoxiao raised her hand immediately: "Mom, you’ve been busy all day, let me handle the fish."

Saying so, she snatched the fish from Su Jianwen’s hand and headed straight for the kitchen.

Su Xiaoxiao placed the fish on the chopping board, excitedly rubbing her hands together for her boiled fish dinner.

By marinating the sliced fish with the marinade package, she started heating oil in the pot, adding peppercorns, garlic, onions, and dried chili for fragrance, added water, then put the boiled fish seasoning in, and finally waited for the water to boil to add the marinated fish slices, and it was done.

Now, just waiting for the water to boil again before they could eat.

The big pot bubbled with steam, and the aroma quickly spread throughout the room.

The two brothers who had been waiting nearby drooled eagerly.

"My gosh, the smell is too good."

Su Jianwu sniffed greedily, eyes fixed on the steaming stove.

Soon, the water boiled, and Su Xiaoxiao lifted the lid, the savory spicy aroma instantly more intensely filling everyone’s noses.

She directly found an enamel basin, scooping out the fish slices with the broth all together.

Liu Cuilan looked uncertainly at the steaming large bowl of fish in the center of the table: "Old third, is this fish soup you made?"

Su Xiaoxiao mysteriously smiled, pushing a pair of chopsticks to Liu Cuilan: "Mom, give it a try, it’s my newly invented dish called boiled fish."

"Boiled fish? Can this be any good?"

Liu Cuilan looked at the layer of red oil and chili floating on top, hesitating to dig in.

Beside her, Su Jianwu was already impatient: "Third sister, I’ll be the first to try for everyone."

Saying so, he scooped up a piece of fish with his chopsticks and put it in his mouth, his eyes lit up immediately: "Ah, ah, this is too delicious!"

Hearing this, the other two joined in with their chopsticks.

Xu Zhaodi, nursing, couldn’t eat spicy food, so Su Xiaoxiao made her a milder version.

The family ate with satisfaction.

Just as they were happily eating, the overhead incandescent lamp suddenly went "pop" and went out.