Back to the 1970s: Building My Fortune Through Time Trading-Chapter 360: Pretty Good Stamina

"Why so shy? I’m not stealing your boyfriend. By the way, what do you want to eat? I’ll have the kitchen make it for you. It’s my treat."

Zhang Xiaohong eagerly leaned in. She had always liked Su Xiaoxiao and even thought about introducing her to her cousin. Who knew Xiaoxiao already had a boyfriend, and he was so impressive.

"Sis, you misunderstood. He’s really not my boyfriend, just an ordinary friend."

Su Xiaoxiao tried once more to explain, but the other party simply couldn’t hear her out.

"Tsk, your boyfriend looks like he’s got a decent rank. I was thinking of introducing my cousin to you. Seems like he couldn’t measure up."

Zhang Xiaohong patted Su Xiaoxiao’s shoulder with envy and leaned in to whisper, "Another time, get your boyfriend to introduce me to a soldier. I’ll kick Chen Tieshan out. This guy looks like he’s got great stamina..."

"Cough, cough, cough..."

Su Xiaoxiao almost choked on her saliva. This woman really dared to say such things in front of so many people.

Her face flushed red instantly as she hurriedly spoke, "Sis, let’s go eat first. We can talk later."

After saying that, she quickly walked inside, barely taking a few steps when she heard a familiar voice calling her.

Looking up, she nearly slipped and fell face-first.

In her embarrassment earlier, she didn’t notice this; now she saw that Chen Tieshan was sitting not far from them.

Did he hear the whispered conversation Zhang just had with her? Hopefully not.

Su Xiaoxiao suddenly felt uneasy; who would talk about changing partners in front of their own person?

She forced a slightly awkward yet polite smile on her face. "Brother Chen, what a coincidence, here for dinner?"

Chen Tieshan nodded, waving his large hand, "If you don’t mind, join us? I actually have some business to discuss with you."

Was this about business?

With money to earn, Su Xiaoxiao’s eyes sparkled.

"Captain Zhou, this is my brother. You don’t mind eating together, right?"

Su Xiaoxiao’s eyes gleamed as she looked at Zhou Cheng, her gaze full of enthusiasm for money.

Zhou Cheng: "..."

Since she liked money so much, why didn’t she want to accept the money he gave before, but instead kept buying things to return them?

Of course he minded; he was hoping to find an opportunity for a private rendezvous. Who knew a big light bulb would pop up unexpectedly.

But... facing Su Xiaoxiao’s eyes that seemed to shine, he ultimately nodded.

He’s a man, he should be magnanimous.

Seeing him agree, Su Xiaoxiao immediately pulled out a chair and plopped down.

"Come, Comrade Liberation Army, sit here."

Zhou Cheng was just fretting over whether to sit next to Su Xiaoxiao when Chen Tieshan enthusiastically pulled out the chair beside him, inviting him to sit down.

Honghong was thinking earlier about getting this kid to introduce her to a match, but he wanted to spend alone time with his sister? No way.

Chen Tieshan wore a smile on his face, but secretly grumbled.

Zhou Cheng met his smile, feeling something was off, but... this person is Comrade Su’s brother, he must be imagining things.

Once both were seated, Chen Tieshan straightforwardly started talking, "Sis, I’ve sold all the goods the moment I got them; can you help me source another batch? Need double the previous quantity."

In front of Zhou Cheng, it wasn’t suitable to be too clear, so they used a method only they understood to communicate.

Double? She hadn’t expected her brother to have such abilities, selling so many sewing machines in such a short time.

With money to earn, she certainly didn’t refuse.

Immediately she said, "No problem, tomorrow evening at the usual place for pickup."

"Great, thanks, sis."

The two chatted warmly, while Zhou Cheng on the side almost became decoration, unable to fit a single word in.

"Why are you still here?"

Zhang Xiaohong came by with dishes and saw Chen Tieshan having a lively chat with her sister, with her "boyfriend" just left to the side without room to speak.

She slammed the dishes on the table, "My sister and her boyfriend are having dinner, what’s the point of your presence? Hurry and scram."

Speaking, she directly grabbed Chen Tieshan’s ear, pulling him out of the seat.

"Ouch, Honghong, go easy, my ear, my ear’s gonna fall off."

Chen Tieshan was a full head taller than Zhang Xiaohong, yet at her mercy, hunched over cooperating, looking quite comical.

Su Xiaoxiao couldn’t hold back a laugh.

Chen Tieshan blushed slightly, though his complexion was dark, making the redness less noticeable.

Having laughed in front of his sister, this was too embarrassing.

He quickly lowered his voice to plead, "Honghong, I was wrong, can you save me some face in front of our sister?"

"Hmph, you still need face? Didn’t you see this sweet couple on a date here, standing like a post, what does that make you? Still need face?"

Before Chen Tieshan could respond, he was pulled by the ear and dragged out.

"Sis, enjoy your meal, it’s on Brother Chen."

Zhang Xiaohong left that remark as she pulled him away.

Zhou Cheng watched the departing figures in silence and then looked at Su Xiaoxiao’s smiling lips, speaking softly, "Comrade Su, if you want to be my girlfriend, I don’t mind."

Don’t mind what?

Su Xiaoxiao was a bit confused before swiftly realizing, could he be talking about ear-pulling?

She didn’t have a habit of pulling ears; it was just quite amusing.

The dishes quickly arrived in full, pork and cabbage stewed vermicelli, potato stewed with meat, sweet and sour fish—real hearty meals.

Seems like she’ll need to properly thank Brother Chen and Sister Honghong.

"Comrade Su, you go ahead and eat, I’ll be right back."

Zhou Cheng suddenly spoke, and Su Xiaoxiao assumed he was going to the restroom, not thinking much, nodding.

In any case, she wasn’t very hungry now; she could wait for him to return before eating.

She took out a duck neck and ripped open the packaging.

Watching the person in front stand, instead of heading to the public restroom outside, he walked straight to the coupon purchase counter, talking to the staff there.

Back in these days people didn’t pay the bill after a meal as in modern times, but went to a specific window to exchange money for meal coupons beforehand.

Su Xiaoxiao saw Zhou Cheng handed over a stack of money to the staff before coming back.

When he sat down again, she couldn’t help but ask, "Captain Zhou, what did you just go do?"

Zhou Cheng didn’t hide anything and explained the whole situation. It turned out he went to ask the staff to return the money Chen Tieshan paid when Zhang Xiaohong comes back.

After all, he was the one who invited Comrade Su to dinner; it wouldn’t be proper to have someone else foot the bill.

Su Xiaoxiao had mostly guessed it by now. Oh well, she still needs to repay this favor; each issue is handled separately.

After explaining, Zhou Cheng found himself a bit at a loss for what to say next. It was mainly because he rarely had the chance to be alone with a female comrade; apart from training, it was more training.

The atmosphere became slightly awkward.

Su Xiaoxiao touched her nose, also uncertain what topic should be brought up.

Just then, she suddenly heard a familiar female voice from behind.