Back to the 1970s: Building My Fortune Through Time Trading-Chapter 350: Begging for Meat

"Hey, finish dinner first before..."

Before Liu Cuilan could finish, Su Xiaoxiao had already flown out like the wind.

She pretended to leave the house, and taking advantage of the cover at the door, sneakily pulled out a pack of beer from her small warehouse space.

Liu Cuilan was puzzled about what the third child was up to at this hour, until she saw her return with a pack of beer and casually set it down on the ground.

Having tried it once before, now everyone wasn’t surprised.

"Come on, let’s drink a toast to celebrate my big brother’s early election as workshop director."

Su Wenbing had just taken a bite of his cornbread, almost choking himself.

"Cough cough cough..."

He hadn’t even started yet, and his third sister was already confidently announcing it.

"Wow! My big brother is amazing! Are we going to have someone in office in the family?"

Su Jianwu looked at his big brother with admiration, his eyes practically sparkling.

Su Fusheng sat next to Su Wenbing, reached out to hook his shoulder, and patted it: "Big brother, you’re the best!"

As he spoke, he gave Su Wenbing a thumbs up.

Su Wenbing: "..."

Well, now everyone knew about his election plans, no turning back.

While they chatted, Su Pan had perceptively brought out a tea tray from the kitchen, placing a teacup in front of both Su Wenbing and Su Fusheng.

Su Xiaoxiao, seeing Su Pan not planning to give her one, joked, "Su Pan, what about mine?"

Su Pan was surprised that Su Xiaoxiao also wanted to drink, and blinked her big eyes in a daze: "Cousin, this stuff is very spicy and bitter, it can make you feel uncomfortable, do you really want to drink it?"

Once, when she was really hungry and thought the beer was something delicious, she sneaked a taste from her dad. Not only was she scolded, but it also left her heart pounding and her stomach burning uncomfortably for days.

"It’s a happy day, give me a cup." 𝙛𝒓𝒆𝙚𝒘𝒆𝓫𝙣𝓸𝙫𝓮𝒍.𝒄𝒐𝓶

Su Xiaoxiao took a cup from the tea tray for herself and added, "You’re still young, you can’t drink it yet."

Liu Cuilan and Xu Zhaodi weren’t interested in drinking, but the two kids eagerly watched, their big eyes full of anticipation.

"You two definitely can’t drink! Just eat your food."

Seeing the two eager little faces, Su Xiaoxiao directly shattered their dreams.

Su Jianwu pouted, "Fine, no drinking then, Su third child, aren’t you stingy?"

"What are you saying? Mind your manners, can you casually call Su third child? If you keep babbling, you won’t get to eat anything."

His mom promptly smacked him on the back of his head.

"Alright, alright, I won’t call it anymore, okay?"

Su Jianwu held his head, pleading pitifully.

He could skip the drink, but he had to eat the delicious food.

Seizing the moment when his mom wasn’t looking, he quickly picked up a piece of sauced beef with his chopsticks and stuffed it into his mouth.

"Oh my, this is so delicious. Third sister, where did you get this sauced beef? Even this much isn’t enough!"

Su Jianwu chewed vigorously, eagerly looking at Su Xiaoxiao.

"Do you think your sister is the wish-fulfilling turtle? Get whatever you want? And this much? Having this bit is already good enough."

This beef was at least three or four ounces.

Seeing Su Jianwu trying to grab more beef, Liu Cuilan swiftly used her chopsticks to tap his hand: "Slow down, your brother and sister haven’t even eaten yet."

The little rascal, everyone hadn’t even started eating, and he was already on his third piece, eating like he was reincarnated from a starving ghost.

"Mom, I haven’t tasted much of it."

Su Jianwu pouted in grievance.

"Do you think you’re Pigsy eating ginseng fruit? Two pieces and you still haven’t tasted it? There’s only a few pieces, if you want to savor the taste, there won’t be any left."

Liu Cuilan promptly began dividing the beef piece by piece, skipping Su Jianwu as she went.

All for the sake of fairness and justice.

When the last piece remained, she finally placed it in Su Jianwu’s bowl: "Okay, don’t sulk with that face, acting like someone owes you, here’s the last piece for you."

Su Jianwu then grinned and stuffed the beef in his mouth.

Just as he did, there was a sudden knock on the courtyard door.

"Cuilan, are you home?"

The family was enjoying their meal when they heard the voice, everyone paused mid-action, immediately put down their chopsticks and got moving.

Each quickly stuffed the unfinished sauced beef into their mouths.

Su Wenbing packed up the pastries and shortbread on the table, gave one to Su Fusheng, and stuffed them into their own pockets.

Su Xiaoxiao directly grabbed a nearby coat and covered the beer on the ground, pushing it further under the table, mission accomplished.

Finally, there was only a small pot of cabbage tofu stew with just cabbage left on the table.

Liu Cuilan nodded with satisfaction and stepped out to open the door.

"Cuilan, having dinner?"

Grandma Chen’s face was full of wrinkles and smiles as her eyes darted around the room the moment the door opened.

The room was well-lit, and she immediately spotted the pot of food right in the middle of the table, thinking to herself that she’d arrived at just the right time.

She tugged at the little grandson she was holding, and the little boy instantly understood, shaking Grandma Chen’s hand, persistently: "Grandma, it smells so good, there’s a meat aroma, I want to eat meat."

Liu Cuilan frowned, was this kid a dog? How could he smell the meat aroma?

Using her grandson as an excuse, Grandma Chen shamelessly opened her mouth: "Cuilan, you see, I just finished working and haven’t had time to go home and cook yet. The child walked by here just now, smelled the aroma, and has been fussing wanting to eat meat. Can you give him a little meat? Kids don’t eat much, just a taste is fine."

As she spoke, Grandma Chen kept glancing inside.

Liu Cuilan wasn’t afraid of her looking; everything worth hiding was well hidden.

"Ever since Old Su died, our life has been hard, no money for meat. If you don’t mind, we have some leftover cabbage here. Let the child come in and have a bite."

Cabbage? How could it smell so good? Did they hide the meat? This woman was so stingy!

Su Xiaoxiao saw the disbelief and directly brought out the remaining cabbage, stuffing it into Grandma Chen’s arms: "Grandma Chen, if you don’t mind, take this home. We’re all neighbors here, no need to stand on ceremony. It’s just that we have many kids; they haven’t tasted meat for a long time. Next time, if you’re cooking meat, think of inviting us. I’ll come and get some broth for the fourth and fifth children. They’re pitiful; haven’t eaten much meat since they were born."

Grandma Chen’s expression froze.

How shameless could they be? Hiding meat and refusing to give it to her grandson, yet they want her family’s broth? How can they be so delusional?

Trying to trade wilted cabbage for broth? What a cheek?

"No need, your Grandpa Chen probably already cooked. Keep the cabbage for yourselves, we’ll be off now."

Grandma Chen said, and hurriedly pulled her grandson away.

Liu Cuilan slammed the door with a bang, that Old Lady Chen was so stingy.

When the fourth and fifth were young, they once passed by her door and smelled meat from inside, just looked a bit longer, and got scolded out by Grandma Chen.

Complaining they stunk up the meat at her place, and now she has the nerve to show up at the door.

"Next time she comes by, just ignore her."

Saying this to the kids, the family was ready to continue their meal when the courtyard gate was knocked again.