Back to the 1970s: Building My Fortune Through Time Trading-Chapter 364: Sea Cucumber

He was quite polite really, if it wasn’t that right after Su Xiaoxiao said this, the three of them rushed forward, pinned him down, and gave him a good pummeling, Sun Wenbing almost believed it.

An hour later, a neighbor helped to report the incident to the town’s police station.

When the two police officers arrived on their bicycles, they saw Sun Wenbing tied up securely on the ground.

Since the fire wasn’t lit, Sun Wenbing was just taken away for detention, said he’d be back in a week.

It was really the uncooperative matches and lighter that saved him; otherwise, once the fire started, the punishment would be different.

Once the police took him away, the two younger brothers returned as well.

As soon as they saw Su Xiaoxiao, the two rushed up with excitement, unable to hide the joy on their faces.

What’s up with these two? Why do they seem especially happy today?

Under the surprised gaze of the few, Su Jianwu cleared his throat triumphantly, pulling out a certificate and stuffing it into Su Xiaoxiao’s hand: "Third sister, this is the certificate I just received, eighth place in class, take a look."

Su Jianwen also silently handed over a certificate, Su Xiaoxiao unfolded it and took a look, whoa! Wow, third place.

Liu Cuilan glanced over from the side, only feeling that their ancestral tomb must be smoking.

Unexpectedly, both mischievous kids made it to the top ten in class.

No kidding, she’ll go burn some paper money at the ancestral tomb later to thank their ancestors for the blessings.

Su Xiaoxiao examined the two certificates carefully, made sure they weren’t fake before speaking up: "Not bad! They both made it to the top ten."

She gave them a thumbs-up.

Su Jianwu went up and shook her arm with excitement, asking softly: "Third sister, about that thing you promised us..."

The two of them have been studying with all their might recently, even memorizing vocabulary during trips to the outhouse at night.

"Nice job, come to my room after dinner."

Su Xiaoxiao hadn’t expected the two to study seriously, and they did well too.

She was a sister who kept her word, saying she’d invest in them, so she must.

The two younger brothers were thrilled, jumping up and holding hands in excitement, giving each other a hug.

Liu Cuilan was also quite pleased, she had seen the kids’ hard work during this time.

They would dive into the house right after school, staying inside reading, not going out even when called.

"I’m happy today, Mom will make braised pork for you guys tonight."

She was genuinely happy from within; the kids finally understood the importance of studying hard.

She put down the hoe and turned to the small kitchen.

A while ago, the village distributed three kilograms of pork, which Liu Cuilan had kept in the cellar, originally planning to save it for a banquet during New Year’s.

But today, she’s in a good mood, she’s planning to cook half of it to improve the kids’ meals.

Upon hearing there’s meat, the two younger brothers jumped up in joy.

Liu Cuilan went to prepare the meal, Xu Zhaodi and Su Pan followed to assist, while the two younger brothers entertained Little Stone in the yard.

Su Xiaoxiao took the opportunity to return to her room, entered her small storage in the space, and took out two kilograms of sea cucumber.

The wild sea cucumbers were small but remarkably good in appearance.

She found a basin, filled it with cold water, and poured the sea cucumbers in.

The two younger brothers heard the commotion, carried Little Stone over, curiously watching her pour the sea cucumbers into the basin.

Su Jianwu wondered, "Third sister, what’s this? Why is it all black?"

Su Jianwen blinked his big eyes, full of curiosity.

The stuff in the basin was black, covered in spikes, looking quite odd.

"This is called sea cucumber, very nutritious and delicious."

Su Xiaoxiao explained briefly to the two of them.

Upon hearing it’s tasty, Su Jianwu’s eyes immediately lit up.

He reached out, grabbed one, and put it directly into his mouth, so quickly that Su Xiaoxiao couldn’t stop him.

Next second, Su Jianwu spat the thing out, pouting, "Third sister, you’re lying, this thing is so hard, it almost knocked my front teeth out, doesn’t taste like anything, it’s awful."

Su Xiaoxiao felt the pain seeing the sea cucumber dropped on the ground covered with dirt.

Such a precious thing, yet this brat just wrecked it, this piece alone could sell for two hundred bucks!

But picking it up and continuing to soak it felt disgusting, leaving it made her feel the pain.

After some hesitation, she instructed: "Old Five, this thing costs two cents apiece, pick it up quickly."

"Huh? This little thing is two cents each?"

Su Jianwu widened his eyes, "Third sister, you aren’t kidding me, right? Such a small thing is two cents?"

"What good would it do me to lie to you?"

Su Xiaoxiao snorted, continuing to wash the sea cucumbers.

Thinking about just spitting out two cents made Su Jianwu feel the pain, wanting to slap himself hard.

He hurriedly picked up the sea cucumber from the ground, cleaning it on his clothes over and over.

Seeing him do this, Su Xiaoxiao’s eyebrows twitched.

Honestly, Old Five’s clothes weren’t much cleaner than the ground.

Ultimately, feeling it wasn’t clean, he used his fingers to dab saliva to remove the remaining dust from the sea cucumber.

Su Xiaoxiao: "..."

"Third sister, I cleaned it, should I put it in the basin?"

Su Jianwu held up the cleaned sea cucumber like a treasure, ready to throw it back into the basin.

Su Xiaoxiao swiftly moved the basin away.

If he really threw it in, she wouldn’t want the whole basin.

"Go find a bowl to soak it in, you’ve got saliva on it, it’s gross."

Su Jianwu looked aggrieved: "Third sister, you actually think I’m gross, two years ago, you even chewed food for me."

Su Xiaoxiao: "..."

That wasn’t done by her, but by the original owner.

Back then, Liu Cuilan would go out early and come home late to earn work points, the two brothers were busy working to earn money too, taking care of the two younger brothers fell on her.

The two kids were too young then, couldn’t eat hard food, so the original owner would chew the buns and meals to mush, feeding them spoonful by spoonful.

Though Su Xiaoxiao hadn’t done it, having the same body, she instantly had the imagery in her mind.

She was extremely grateful she didn’t arrive when feeding the two mischievous kids, or else she’d throw up on the spot.

"Cough cough... Mom, is the meal ready?"

Seeing Liu Cuilan come out from the small kitchen, she felt relieved, rapidly changing the topic.

Once they heard the food was ready, food-loving Su Jianwu’s attention immediately shifted, sniffing deeply: "Smells so good, I smell meat."

Great, now this brat’s mind is all about the braised pork.

"Almost done."

Liu Cuilan replied, walking over curiously looking at the basin of sea cucumbers Su Xiaoxiao soaked, "What’s this black thing?"

"Mom, this is called sea cucumber, whether it’s in soup or stir-fried, it’s nutritious. Once I finish soaking them, you can add a bit each time you make porridge."

Liu Cuilan nodded, already used to her third daughter’s knack for bringing home rare things.

Ah, what can one do, her daughter is just that capable.

Soon the food was on the table, the family sat around ready to eat, and suddenly there was a pounding on the door outside.