Back to the 1970s: Building My Fortune Through Time Trading-Chapter 362: The Kitchen Is Cooking Crap

Around them, many customers were holding their noses with expressions of disdain.

"What is this smell? Why is it so stinky?"

"The kitchen can’t be cooking poop, can it? Ugh."

"Quick, let’s leave. It stinks, can’t stand it."

Some customers who were almost finished eating pinched their noses and quickly shoveled the remaining food, then got up and left.

Zhou Cheng was about to call Su Xiaoxiao to leave, but when he turned his head, he saw that she had already skillfully snuck into the state-run restaurant’s kitchen.

His face showed a momentary stiffness, but he still followed.

Once in the kitchen, the smell was even stronger.

Zhang Xiaohong was focused on stirring something in the pot, and upon seeing Su Xiaoxiao, she greeted her warmly, "Sis, come over, I cooked the snail noodles you gave me. Want some?"

"Yes!"

Although she had just eaten, seeing the long-lost snail noodles only made her craving grow.

This thing smells too strong; when eating it at home, she’d hide it to prevent her mom from thinking she was secretly eating poop.

Seeing the two of them excited, the cook in the kitchen looked at them as if they were crazy, as if saying, is something wrong with you? Can this stinky thing really be eaten?

Zhang Xiaohong had eaten snail noodles once last night, initially found it disgusting but later couldn’t resist the flavor.

That’s why she planned to have it for lunch.

She even specially added two poached eggs in it.

When the cook saw her add eggs, his expression was as if he’d swallowed a fly.

Such awful stuff, what a waste of good eggs.

The two ignored the strange looks from others around them, excitedly surrounding the pot, almost drooling.

The snail noodles soon finished cooking, Zhang Xiaohong lifted the pot lid, and the stronger smell hit everyone, almost making the others in the kitchen faint.

Zhang Xiaohong thoughtfully put some into the cook’s lunchbox first.

Using someone else’s stove, you should at least show some appreciation.

Master Chen saw the snail noodles in the lunchbox and his expression twisted, with rejection written all over him.

"Master Chen, you should try this; it may smell terrible, but it tastes great," Zhang Xiaohong advised.

Master Chen looked at her with an expression akin to an old man in the metro looking at a phone; just the smell was enough that he could not eat any.

Yet now his nice potato stewed meat had been tainted by this stinky thing, so he had no choice but to eat.

"Alright, I’ll give it a try."

He picked up the chopsticks with a doomed expression, took a deep breath, grabbed a noodle, and put it in his mouth, remaining silent for quite a while.

Little Wang, seeing his master’s expression resembling a Sichuan opera face change, couldn’t resist asking, "Master, just let me know if you want to throw up."

Earlier, he saw his master go from rejection to shock and now, disbelief; his expressions were so rich.

Originally, seeing Sister Zhang so convincing, he thought this thing might just smell bad, but now he was beginning to doubt.

While debating whether to take his master to the hospital, he saw Master Chen silently grab another bunch and start slurping the noodles faster.

Is this tasty?

After eating a couple mouthfuls, he gave Zhang Xiaohong a thumbs up, "Delicious, I’ve never had such tasty noodles before."

While slurping noodles, Su Xiaoxiao corrected him, "These aren’t noodles; it’s snail noodles."

All at once, only the sound of slurping noodles filled the kitchen.

Little Wang was somewhat shaken by the three eating, could this stuff really be that tasty?

Could it be worth trying?

"Sister Zhang, um, I..."

Zhang Xiaohong didn’t even look up, "None left."

She asked him earlier during cooking if he wanted some, but now it was all inside the two of them.

After finishing half a portion of snail noodles, Su Xiaoxiao could barely walk, almost needing to lean against the wall; she was truly overstuffed.

Before leaving, she leaned close to Zhang Xiaohong’s ear, "Sis, if you like these, I can bring you more packets next time."

Her sister really was generous.

At this moment, a voice full of intrigue sounded behind them, startling them.

"Ma’am, could you sell me a few packets of those noodles too?"

Su Xiaoxiao turned to see it was none other than the disdainful Master Chen from earlier.

Master Chen scratched his head awkwardly, "It’s not that I want it. I’m asking for my apprentice. He missed out earlier and wants to try a couple of packets."

Little Wang was touched, his master really cared for him, sob sob.

...

After separating from Zhou Cheng, Su Xiaoxiao rode home, and as soon as she arrived at the door, her mind buzzed with message notifications.

Hastily parking her bike, she swiftly entered her room; upon entry, she saw an overwhelming number of messages popping from her business account.

What’s going on? She’s just selling sea cucumbers, how did this blow up?

With curiosity, she opened them, finding they were all similar inquiries.

"Boss, do you have any wild sea cucumbers left?"

"Boss, the quality of the sea cucumbers is good, want more, when will there be more stock?"

"Ma’am, received the sea cucumbers, when will there be more? Save some for me, please."

The last message was from the Bald Brother.

Given their value, Su Xiaoxiao had sent them using the most expensive courier service, which meant deliveries to closer locations were almost instantaneous.

Her online storefront was set up for automatic sales and shipments, so once configured, transactions mostly continued without her involvement.

A hundred pounds of sea cucumbers all sold out?

Opening the link with curiosity, indeed, she found it displayed prominently in red letters: Item Sold Out.

Originally thinking such expensive items would take a long time to sell, unexpectedly, they sold out in less than half a day.

Are there really that many wealthy people now?

Scrolling through comments, almost all were highly positive reviews from those who’d received their items.

What stood out was the Bald Brother’s review at the top, simply a series of compliments accompanied by eight or nine photos.

The photos were shot professionally, clearly showing the quality of the sea cucumbers.

No wonder people were chasing after, all thanks to the Bald Brother’s review.

Looks like the half pound of sea cucumbers sent him wasn’t wasted. 𝑓𝘳𝘦𝑒𝑤𝑒𝘣𝘯ℴ𝘷𝘦𝓁.𝑐𝑜𝑚

Su Xiaoxiao delightedly counted the zeros in her account balance, truly hitting the jackpot.

Her savings in modern times never exceeded five figures, now she’s almost reaching seven.

Sea cucumbers are truly profitable; next time, she’ll definitely ask Chen Guanghai to help source more.

After typing and replying to each, stating there will be new stock later.

These are her patrons and need to be properly maintained.

After replying to the messages, she prepared to exit when another notification popped up.

"Express delivery? What delivery?"

After reflecting, she recalled the Bald Brother had sent her pig kidneys and tails.

Didn’t expect them to arrive so soon, she instantly grew excited.

These would be scrumptious, seems like tonight will be a feast.

With no one at home, she sneakily went outside to an obscure spot to retrieve the package.

A securely packed box instantly appeared before her.

She quickly unpacked it, counting out nine pig tails and kidneys, then neatly packing the rest into a small storage room.

Just after finishing, she suddenly heard the sound of footsteps getting closer, startling her.