Back to the 1970s: Building My Fortune Through Time Trading-Chapter 424: The Truth from Years Ago

"Tsk tsk, I always knew there was something off about Zhang Dongmei. She never takes her job seriously, turns out her family has some ancestral skills."

"Always looking down on people, cozying up to those with money and ignoring ordinary families like ours. Turns out she had an ulterior motive."

"Someone like her should have been fired long ago. Luckily, our Manager Su’s got sharp eyes and got rid of her early."

The female shop assistants were chatting animatedly when someone suddenly approached them from behind: "What happened to Zhang Dongmei?"

"What else could happen? She’s been fired, right? With a family background like that, how could those up top let her continue working here..."

The person instinctively answered, but before finishing, she looked up to see Su Xiaoxiao’s smiling face, instantly switching to a grin.

"Manager Su, what brings you here?"

"Oh my, haven’t seen you in a few days, you’re looking more beautiful again."

"How’s Chuan City and Hai City? Is the climate there similar to ours?"

They were initially fervently discussing Zhang Dongmei, but upon seeing Su Xiaoxiao, they immediately shifted to flattery and gossip, completely forgetting the previous topic.

Listening to the increasingly off-topic conversation, Su Xiaoxiao twitched her mouth, reached into her pocket, and took out some White Rabbit candies, giving two to each of them.

"Ladies, have some candy. I have something to attend to, so I’m leaving now."

After distributing the candies, Su Xiaoxiao quickly slipped away.

As for what happened with Zhang Dongmei, she could easily find out when she returns to the village.

With that in mind, she grabbed her things from the office and prepared to head home.

She hadn’t even reached the door when a group of enthusiastic department store staff surrounded her.

"Manager Su, I heard you have some seafood cans; can you sell me a few? My dad loves them."

"Manager Su, I also heard you brought back a lot of beef sauce, could you sell me two jars? I’m willing to cover the travel costs."

Meat and seafood were still rationed with coupons, but hearing that the items Manager Su brought required no coupons, they all wanted to try their luck.

Su Xiaoxiao hesitated as she didn’t bring much, and it might not even be enough for her own family.

However, she had already coordinated with both sides, promising they would send her more once she got back, about a hundred of each.

Estimating it would take about two or three days to arrive.

With that in mind, she took out a notebook: "No problem, let me know who wants some, and I’ll put you down for it. It’ll take a few days to arrive."

They just came to try their luck and didn’t expect Su Xiaoxiao to actually agree.

Each of them excitedly raised their hands: "Manager Su, I want two jars of beef sauce and seafood cans each."

"Manager Su, I love beef cans, could you hook me up with two boxes?"

In no time, Su Xiaoxiao had pre-orders for fifty boxes of seafood cans and seventy boxes of beef sauce, making quite a tidy profit.

Once everyone who wanted to reserve items had left, she took a long breath, strapped the big sack to her bike, and leisurely biked home.

As she biked into the village, she saw several aunts gathered in a circle discussing something.

Getting closer, she realized they were also talking about Zhang Dongmei.

What on earth happened with Zhang Dongmei’s family to make her so infamous in just a few days?

Thinking this, she parked her bike to the side, took a big bag of caramelized sunflower seeds from her satchel (or rather, the mall), and joined them with the seeds in hand.

"It’s true that you can never fully know someone. Who would’ve thought the Zhang Family turned out to be so disgraceful; it’s the poor Su Family I feel bad for, Old Village Chief was such a good person."

"Exactly, and to think they even framed people as hooligans, disgusting!"

A few of the aunts were still heatedly discussing, when suddenly a crisp and pleasant voice chimed in: "Here, Aunts, have some sunflower seeds."

Su Xiaoxiao cheerily offered the seeds to the women, her demeanor warm and friendly.

"Oh my, Su family’s girl is back. Look at how considerate you are."

Though they said this, their hands wasted no time in accepting the seeds.

"Aunts, what exactly happened with Zhang Dongmei’s family? Could you tell me?"

As the saying goes, you can’t refuse someone who gives you food, so they immediately started talking.

"To tell you the truth, Su family’s girl, this matter is actually related to your family."

Su Xiaoxiao was puzzled: "Related to my family?"

"More precisely, it’s about your deceased father."

While snacking on the sunflower seeds, they recounted the events to Su Xiaoxiao.

Su Xiaoxiao hadn’t expected that this matter would indeed involve her family.

Turns out, during the last tomb raiding incident, the investigation led back to the Zhang Family, prompting the police to open an investigation.

During the investigation, they accidentally uncovered an old case.

It turned out that back then, Father Su accidentally discovered that Father Zhang was a minor leader of the tomb raiding gang.

Disguised, he settled in their village with the aim of accessing the ancient tomb under their village cemetery.

Father Su secretly followed Father Zhang and his group, but was discovered and knocked out. When he came to, he saw Zhang Guiying in disarray.

Before he could grasp what had happened, he was beaten up by the Zhang family members who rushed in.

The Zhang family even counter-accused, reporting him to the police for being a hooligan.

Su Xiaoxiao was taken aback by the truth of Father Su’s past, leaving her with very mixed feelings.

Father Zhang was long dead, and even knowing the truth, there was no way to restore Father Su’s reputation.

"Su family’s girl, don’t be too upset. At least your father’s wrongs are now righted. If he knew, he would be happy."

After listening, Su Xiaoxiao was at a loss for how to feel, as she wasn’t the original person involved and couldn’t fully relate to their emotions.

At most, she could only sigh at how pitiable Old Su was.

"Thank you, aunts, for the sunflower seeds. Keep them; I’m heading home."

She generously left the remaining seeds behind and rode her bike home.

Just as she reached her doorstep, before she could react, two shadows enthusiastically pounced on her.

"Third Sister, we missed you so much! Why did it take you so long to come back?"

Su Jianwu shook her arm, his gaze continually drifting to the large sack on her back.

Su Xiaoxiao ground her teeth, thinking they missed her only because of the goodies she brought back.

Sure enough, the next second, the brat revealed his real motive: "Third Sister, what’s in the sack? Is it something delicious?"

"Oh, this is for our mom, our two brothers, Little Stone, and Sister Zhaodi... stuff I brought back for them."

"Third Sister, you only brought stuff for them? What about us? We’re your real brothers after all."