Back to the 1970s: Building My Fortune Through Time Trading-Chapter 353: Wild Sea Cucumber

The person’s footsteps were hurried, looking quite anxious.

He didn’t notice her at all as he walked with his head down, almost knocking Su Xiaoxiao over with quite some force.

"Comrade, I’m sorry, really sorry."

The person who bumped into her was a middle-aged man, looking just over forty, with dark skin, a circle of bluish stubble on his chin, and a weary expression.

Su Xiaoxiao was about to say it was okay when she noticed something scattered all over the ground, which must have been dropped by the man.

Seeing what it was, she was shocked.

It was actually sea cucumbers!

Su Xiaoxiao didn’t know much about sea cucumbers. After all, in modern times, although she was a small internet celebrity, she was just scraping by and couldn’t afford such luxurious food.

Just looking at the quality of the sea cucumbers, she felt they were quite good.

The man saw the things were dropped and hurriedly squatted down to pick them up.

Su Xiaoxiao also quickly helped.

The two of them picked up the sea cucumbers off the ground, and Su Xiaoxiao hastily handed a small handful back: "Big brother, your sea cucumbers."

The man waved his hand: "If you don’t mind, these are for you. Anyway, no one wants them, consider it compensation for bumping into you just now."

Su Xiaoxiao: "..."

This is too generous; these are sea cucumbers worth several thousand per pound, and the big brother just gives them away like that.

Wait a minute, did the big brother just say that no one wants these?

Only now did she remember that people in this era were not aware of the value of sea cucumbers, which were only sold in some coastal areas, and most outsiders couldn’t recognize them.

It was said that many fishermen stuffed themselves with these now, and sometimes, when they couldn’t finish them, they would feed them to pigs.

Su Xiaoxiao was immediately excited. With sea cucumbers of such high quality, wouldn’t they sell like crazy if she listed them on the game marketplace?

Seeing the other party about to leave, she quickly called him to stop: "Hey, big brother, don’t be in such a hurry to leave. How much for these sea cucumbers? How many pounds do you have?"

Chen Guanghai stopped abruptly upon hearing this: "Comrade, you want to buy?"

Su Xiaoxiao nodded: "Mm, my family likes to eat them, I want to buy some."

Hearing her say this, Chen Guanghai thought she wouldn’t want much and said after some thought: "Less than ten pounds, I’ll give you them at ten yuan a pound, over ten pounds I’ll give you them at eight yuan a pound."

This is too cheap!

For a moment, Su Xiaoxiao almost doubted her hearing. These are sea cucumbers, and wild ones, they’re actually this cheap.

As far as he knows, in modern times, high-quality wild sea cucumbers cost several thousand per pound, even reaching tens of thousands.

This price is equivalent to eight hundred per pound in the modern market, incredibly cheap.

She immediately got excited: "Big brother, however many pounds you have, I’ll take them all."

Chen Guanghai was momentarily bewildered when he heard her say this, did he just mishear? Did the comrade in front of him actually say she wanted them all?

Yes, he must have misheard, he brought over a hundred pounds of sea cucumbers this time, if someone bought them all it would be over eight hundred yuan, not even an average salesperson’s yearly salary is that much.

This young comrade doesn’t look too old, she seems like just an average salesperson, how could she possibly have that much money ready at once? 𝕗𝗿𝕖𝐞𝐰𝗲𝕓𝐧𝕠𝕧𝗲𝐥.𝚌𝐨𝚖

He uncertainly asked: "Comrade, I might have misheard earlier, how many pounds did you say you wanted?"

Su Xiaoxiao calmly repeated: "However much you brought, I want it all."

Chen Guanghai: "Comrade, I brought over a hundred pounds... are you sure you want it all?"

Maybe she thought he brought only a little, so she said that.

Su Xiaoxiao was very certain: "Big brother, I want it all, but I don’t have that much cash on me right now, I’ll give you ten yuan as a deposit, and the rest I’ll give you at noon, how about that?"

All her money is stored in the small warehouse space, and she really can’t take it out in front of people, so she has to make up a reason and give it to him later at noon.

This put Chen Guanghai in a bit of a dilemma, he didn’t expect he hadn’t misheard.

Originally, he thought this batch of sea cucumbers would end up stuck with him, unexpectedly, they all got sold in one go.

He just went to find the department store manager, who said they didn’t want these things, no one knows or likes them here, they can’t sell.

What if this young comrade wanted so many and was stuck with them, what would she do? Although he was happy to sell them, he didn’t want to cheat anyone, he immediately replied: "Comrade, I trust you, no need for a deposit, but, can you really eat so many sea cucumbers?"

"These things don’t taste great, a lot of people don’t like them, maybe you should take a bit less? You can come back to me if you like them after eating."

Seeing that this big brother is a sincere person, Su Xiaoxiao likes doing business with such people, and she firmly spoke up: "Big brother, my family really likes them, rest assured, I’m not joking, when I say I want them all, I want them all."

As she spoke, she took a banknote out of her pocket and stuffed it into Chen Guanghai’s hand, "Big brother, take this money first, and we’ll exchange cash and goods at noon."

He hadn’t given the goods yet, so how could Chen Guanghai feel okay taking the money, he quickly returned it to her: "Forget about the deposit, we don’t do that here, I’ll wait for you at the department store entrance at noon."

"Alright, it’s a deal, my name is Su Xiaoxiao, I’m a salesperson at the Second Department Store, what should I call you, big brother?"

Su Xiaoxiao warmly reached out, at this moment, she was looking at the big brother as if she was looking at her God of Wealth.

Chen Guanghai felt a bit shy from her gaze, scratching his head: "I’m Chen Guanghai, you can call me Brother Chen."

"Alright, then Brother Chen, see you at noon! I have to hurry to work now."

Su Xiaoxiao, seeing the time was late, quickly bid farewell to Chen Guanghai and ran towards the department store.

She barely made it to work on time, almost jogging as she entered the door.

She stood at the counter, gasping for breath, only to meet Zhang Yulan’s face full of inquisitiveness.

Su Xiaoxiao: "..."

No, why is Sister Zhang looking at her like that? Is there something on her face?

Zhang Yulan leaned in curiously: "Xiaoxiao, what were you talking about with that man selling sea cucumbers earlier? Don’t tell me you bought some?"

Su Xiaoxiao was a bit embarrassed to say she bought some, and a lot of it at that.

She just tactfully said: "Mm, I bought a little."

Zhang Yulan asked again: "How much per pound?"

"Eight yuan per pound."

Su Xiaoxiao spoke truthfully, their relationship was pretty good, if Zhang Yulan wanted some, she could offer it at cost price.

Unexpectedly, as soon as she heard this, Zhang Yulan’s eyes widened: "Xiaoxiao, you’re crazy!"

Zhang Yulan’s sudden raised voice startled Su Xiaoxiao, seeing quite a few people curiously watching, she hurriedly lowered her voice: "Sister Zhang, calm down, calm down!"

Only then did Zhang Yulan, with a look of disappointment, say: "You girl, eight yuan a pound, isn’t that a rip-off? I have a distant relative living by the sea who says sometimes even pigs don’t eat this stuff, and you bought it at such a high price, were you ripped off?"

"Quick, I’ll ask Director Chen for leave, and go with you to get the money back."