Back to the 1970s: Building My Fortune Through Time Trading-Chapter 285: Fried Sweet Potato Balls

Su Xiaoxiao turned around, looking at him with a puzzled expression: "Manager Liu, anything else?"

Manager Liu: "..."

How could he bring himself to say it directly? Was he really supposed to ask for things as a leader? This little girl is really oblivious, after all, he’s her direct boss.

But when he thought about the sought-after shampoo his wife had wanted for so long, and most importantly, it didn’t cost a penny, he shamelessly spoke, "Nothing, just saw you carrying so many things, wondering if you need help."

With such a hint, shouldn’t this girl understand his meaning if she had any smarts?

Clearly, his hint was useless.

"No problem, I can carry it myself. Well, Manager Liu, I’m in a rush to get home, bye!"

After saying this, she left clean and swiftly.

Chen Meilan and the other two held back their laughter, their mouths twitching madly, but considering the leader’s face, they didn’t dare to laugh out loud.

This Manager Liu is really amusing, wanting to take advantage yet wanting the other side to be proactive, what a nerve!

Manager Liu just felt his face being harshly rubbed on the ground, great, he’ll remember this girl.

He walked away with a dark face, hands behind his back, still looking calm and composed on the surface, but actually so angry he nearly ascended on the spot.

Su Xiaoxiao hadn’t realized how much impact her words had, right now she was excitedly riding her bike home.

The fragrant taro and sweet potato balls, here she comes.

She got home early today, Liu Cuilan hadn’t finished work yet.

After taking over the cafeteria of the department store, Liu Cuilan and her team didn’t delay the things at the brigade, they were basically in a hurry to get back to work right after lunch was served.

This resulted in them coming home later than Su Xiaoxiao every day.

Su Xiaoxiao thought, this was just perfect, otherwise, if her mom saw her using so much oil to fry the sweet potato balls, she’d be heartbroken.

Oil was precious back in those days, when times were tough at home, her mom would scoop out half a spoonful at a time while cooking, often going without and opting for steamed dishes, aiming for a diet lighter than feeding rabbits, with virtually no oil.

Thinking of that scene, Su Xiaoxiao shivered and decided to act swiftly; absolutely can’t let mom see.

In the yard, Su Jianwu and Su Jianwen were playing with mud, happily engaged till they heard the gate being pushed open.

Thinking it was their mom coming back, they instantly changed expressions.

"What do we do? Fourth brother, if mom sees us, she’ll spank us for sure."

Su Jianwu stared helplessly at the pile of mud on the ground; there were so many pieces that hiding them would be impossible.

Speaking of which, why is mom back so early today?

While thinking, the gate was already pushed open a crack, Su Jianwen didn’t answer him but directly and quickly kicked Su Jianwu’s butt.

Su Jianwu, not having time to react, yelped and fell forward, conveniently using his chest to cover the pile of mud.

At this point, the gate was fully opened, and turning his head, he saw it was their third sister, Su Jianwu couldn’t help but cry loudly.

If he’d known it was his third sister, he wouldn’t have needed to take that kick. Not only did his butt hurt, but he’d have to sneak up and wash his clothes at night. Boo hoo, he was so miserable.

Su Jianwen rubbed his nose, how could he forget that recently it was usually his third sister coming home earlier.

"What are you two doing?"

Su Xiaoxiao looked indescribably at the two mud-covered little brothers.

Su Jianwu immediately got up with teary eyes to complain: "Third sister, boo hoo hoo..."

He’s in pain, his butt hurts, his chest hurts, his whole body is sticky and wet, it’s so uncomfortable.

Seeing him like this, Su Xiaoxiao thought he accidentally hurt himself, and before Su Jianwu’s crying could escalate, she spoke to stop him: "Don’t cry, hurry up and change your clothes, go to my room, there’s something tasty."

Tasty?

Su Jianwu’s tears stopped immediately: "Third sister, I’ll be right there."

Su Xiaoxiao: "..."

Indeed, a foodie; this trick works every time. 𝙛𝒓𝒆𝙚𝒘𝒆𝓫𝙣𝓸𝙫𝓮𝒍.𝒄𝒐𝓶

She parked her bicycle by the wall, glancing at the flattened yet still very prominent pile of mud, giving instructions: "Old Fourth, clean up the yard, mom and the others will be back soon."

Su Jianwen immediately reacted and hurried to grab a shovel to clean the mud.

Su Xiaoxiao returned to the house, pulled out a small electric pot from the virtual warehouse, and took out all five bags of sweet potato balls.

She opened the game mall, looked around, and ordered a barrel of peanut oil.

Peanut oil was the kind pressed by machines in rural areas, packed in large plastic barrels, weighing five pounds.

Right now, peanut oil was rare and had to be purchased with coupons; one large barrel could last the whole family more than a year if used sparingly.

This plastic barrel wasn’t typical of the current era, Su Xiaoxiao thought, found her family’s rough porcelain jar for storing oil, saw it was less than a third full, and lifted the plastic barrel to pour the oil in.

The rough porcelain jar had a large capacity, capable of holding five to six pounds.

Su Xiaoxiao filled the jar nearly to the brim before stopping, carrying the remaining oil back inside.

When the two little brothers finished changing and knocked on the door, they saw their third sister sitting on a small stool, in front of the previously seen small electric pot, where golden balls were rolling inside, their color looking very tempting.

The whole room was filled with the fragrant smell of peanut oil, the two inhaled deeply and approached.

"Third sister, what tasty things are these? They smell so good?"

Su Jianwu immediately wanted to reach out and taste one but hadn’t touched it before Su Xiaoxiao tapped him on the back of the hand with chopsticks: "This is hot oil, do you not want your paws anymore?"

Su Jianwen was slightly uneasy: "Third sister, you used so much oil, won’t mom break your legs when she comes back?"

The two had been greedy before, secretly using peanut oil to fry egg batter to eat, and then their mom severely spanked them, they hadn’t dared sit for half a month and could only hover their butts during class.

"I know what I’m doing, as long as you don’t tell, I don’t tell, who will know?"

Su Jianwen really wanted to say, our mom isn’t blind, can’t she see missing so much oil?

Did you forget last time when we stole the oil, mom would check every few days with a ruler to see how much less oil there was?

Forget it, at worst they could say they stole the oil and ate it themselves.

They’re boys, with thick skin, getting spanked is nothing, unlike the third sister who looks delicate and probably can’t take a beating.

Having made up his mind, he curiously watched Su Xiaoxiao stiring the balls in the small electric pot with chopsticks.

Su Xiaoxiao introduced as she stirred, "These are fragrant taro sweet potato balls, once fried, they’re crispy on the outside, tender inside, aromatic and sweet."

Su Jianwu was carefree, less concerned about spankings, more interested in when they could eat, hearing Su Xiaoxiao’s explanation, he swallowed hard: "Third sister, when can we eat?"

Su Xiaoxiao was about to say it was almost ready when she heard the gate being pushed open.

Su Jianwu glanced outside, his expression immediately flustered.