Back to the 1970s: Building My Fortune Through Time Trading-Chapter 340: Orders Delivered Right to the Door

Chapter 340: Chapter 340: Orders Delivered Right to the Door

The words she wanted to say got stuck in her throat immediately.

The man in front of her had a fierce look, clearly not a good person.

She quietly gave Su Xiaoxiao a look, signaling her to be cautious, as this man was not easily provoked.

Su Xiaoxiao looked up at this moment and saw the newcomer, her brows slightly furrowed.

Wasn’t she supposed to pick up the goods after work at night? Why did he come so early?

"Cough, cough, cough..."

Seeing her unresponsive, Zhang Yulan hurriedly pretended to cough as a reminder.

What’s this girl daydreaming about? Can’t she see the man’s face doesn’t look good?

This man clearly looked like someone from the underworld; they couldn’t afford to offend him.

In a second, Zhang Yulan made eight hundred fake motions, trying to remind Su Xiaoxiao to be careful when speaking.

Unfortunately, Su Xiaoxiao didn’t notice at all.

She couldn’t help silently mourning for Su Xiaoxiao for a couple of seconds.

Wondering whether she should first call for help loudly or rush in to save her if the man started something.

While she was struggling with her decision, Su Xiaoxiao spoke somewhat puzzled, "Why did you come so early?"

What’s up with this tone, why does it sound so familiar?

As she wondered, she saw the man with a fierce face awkwardly scratch his head, squeezing out a few points of a simple expression on that vicious face.

"Comrade Su, no rush, I just happened to pass by and brought you some food."

He said as he handed over the oil-paper package he was holding, "Freshly baked peach shortbread, it smells good, have a try."

Turns out, he came to bring her something delicious.

They thought he was here to push for the goods.

"Thank you, then, come look for me at the agreed time in the evening."

Su Xiaoxiao took the package and saw Chen Tieshan standing there without moving, was there something else?

"Comrade Su, I heard you have sources for electronic watches?"

Chen Tieshan lowered his voice and leaned in a bit.

Su Xiaoxiao wasn’t surprised that he knew; someone who could create a black market would certainly have a way with information.

She raised her eyebrow, waiting for him to continue.

"I want to order twenty pieces, no, thirty pieces of electronic watches. I’ll still cover the cost, and we’ll split the profits... fifty-fifty."

Thinking of the information he gathered, he bit his teeth and made the biggest concession, his heart bleeding.

That bastard Skinny was really willing to do anything; to get the electronic watch source, he had no choice but to go all out.

Su Xiaoxiao looked at the people already lining up behind him, putting away the peach shortbread: "It’s work hours now, let’s talk about this after I get off work."

Not rejecting outright, was there a chance?

Chen Tieshan hurriedly agreed, "Alright, alright, Comrade Su, I won’t delay your work, you go ahead."

"I’ll leave first, I’ll treat you to lunch after work, then we can discuss further."

Smiling obsequiously, Chen Tieshan turned away, his smile on his face making Zhang Yulan’s heart skip again and again.

This guy’s smile was just too damn scary.

Her and Su Xiaoxiao’s counter was some distance apart, and since the two were speaking in low voices, she didn’t hear their conversation.

She just saw the fierce-looking man first give Su Xiaoxiao an oil-paper package, then smile creepily as he left.

After they were a bit less busy, she took the opportunity to lean over to Su Xiaoxiao, "Xiaoxiao, what’s up with that man earlier? Do you know him?"

The guy looked sketchy, Zhang Yulan feared she was being deceived.

"He’s an older brother from our village, came to ask me to buy some stuff."

Su Xiaoxiao said casually, their relationship was good, but some things weren’t convenient to share.

"Oh, I thought he was here to cause trouble." Zhang Yulan breathed a sigh of relief.

Just as she finished speaking, she saw Liu Changjiang bringing in an old man with greying hair and wearing a black Zhongshan suit from outside, hurriedly pointing at Su Xiaoxiao.

"Did you see that? That’s the director of our city’s shoe factory, probably here to finalize cooperation, Xiaoxiao, you better hurry."

While she spoke, Liu Changjiang was already bringing the man over.

As he passed by them, he looked at Su Xiaoxiao smugly, raising his chin.

Once he secured the shoe factory’s order, let’s see if this girl still dared to act cocky?

Inwardly smug, Director Liu smiled as he guided Director Zhou upstairs.

"Look at that smug face, bleh, really thick-skinned. When he left, wasn’t he pretty confident? How does he still have the face to come back?"

Once they left, Zhang Yulan spat in the direction of Director Liu’s back.

Seeing Su Xiaoxiao unresponsive, she was filled with frustration, "Xiaoxiao, how can you still have the mind to work? Aren’t you hurrying to secure the order? If Liu Changjiang the villain seizes the chance, you won’t even have a place to cry."

Qin Shuang hurried over after finishing her tasks, "Xiaoxiao, should I talk to my uncle? He’s the workshop director at the towel factory, definitely can help."

Why did it seem like these two were more proactive than her, the person involved?

"Sister Zhang, Shuangshuang, thank you, I’ve already got a lead on the order."

Since it’s almost the new year, the detergent factory, the clothing factory should definitely cut her some slack, ordering some employee benefits from the department store.

If worse comes to worst, she could run a special sale in the game mall with vintage items from the era.

Things like enamel mugs, kerosene lamps, peony thermoses, they’d surely be popular.

While thinking, a familiar male voice suddenly chimed in nearby, "Comrade Su, what type of order do you want to secure? Maybe I can help."

Zhang Yulan turned to the familiar voice and indeed saw Chen Tieshan’s ferocious face, jumping in fright.

Her first reaction was whether he heard her badmouthing him earlier?

Seeing no reaction from his face, it seemed he didn’t hear.

Before Su Xiaoxiao could speak, Zhang Yulan answered for her.

"Comrade, since you and Xiaoxiao are from the same village, if you can help, lend a hand. Our department store is recently competing for the sales department manager, the requirement is whoever brings the most orders wins."

Zhang Yulan finished speaking but then thought again, this man was just someone working in the fields, probably couldn’t help much.

She was clutching at straws in desperation.

As she was considering how to further convince Su Xiaoxiao, she heard Chen Tieshan speak up, "Comrade Su, why didn’t you mention this earlier? I happen to need a batch of thermal flasks, maybe around twenty or thirty... um, maybe forty or fifty."

Fearful that the order was too small to help Comrade Su, thinking anyway, it’s easy to find customers for this.

Su Xiaoxiao: "..."

No way, she hadn’t done anything, and the orders just came to her?

Should she say she was lucky, or was Chen Tieshan simply being magnanimous?

Seeing that Chen Tieshan wanted to help her out, she accepted the goodwill, but with his kindness, she couldn’t let him take the loss.

She said immediately, "Comrade Chen, if needed I can take you to talk to our sales department head, see if the price fits, then you can place an order. If not, forget it, also for quantity, just order as much as you need, these aren’t easy to store."

Chen Tieshan didn’t expect Su Xiaoxiao to be so considerate, inwardly deciding, as long as the prices on the department store side weren’t too high, he could accept them.

Su Xiaoxiao asked Zhang Yulan and Qin Shuang to help watch the counter, then went upstairs with Chen Tieshan to find Chen Meilan.

Just as they arrived at Chen Meilan’s office door, they heard voices from inside.