Back to the 1970s: Building My Fortune Through Time Trading-Chapter 425: Tomato and Egg Noodles

Su Jianwu grew more and more upset as he spoke: "Third Sister, you’ve changed. You’re not the same sister who loved us the most."

As he spoke, his eyes reddened.

Su Xiaoxiao: "..."

She was just joking, but the silly kid actually believed it.

"Alright, I was just teasing you two. I wouldn’t miss anyone but you guys."

"Really?"

Su Jianwu immediately broke into laughter, showing his big teeth and leaning in: "Third Sister, what delicious food did you bring us?"

The speed at which he changes expressions could really make him a master of Sichuan opera.

"They’re all in the sack. Let’s go inside and take a look."

As she finished speaking, the sack in her hand was snatched away.

Su Jianwu smiled ingratiatingly: "Third Sister, you’ve worked hard. We’ll help you carry the sack."

With that, Su Jianwen joined him to carry the sack quickly into the house.

Liu Cuilan and the others were probably at work because there was no one else at home.

Su Xiaoxiao directed her two little brothers to put the things in the main room, then opened the sack and pulled out the items one by one.

There were canned seafood, beef sauce, chili sauce, as well as fresh beef, beef jerky, and a large bundle of dried seafood.

She kept ten pounds each of fresh beef and beef jerky and listed the rest on the online store.

The eyes of her little brothers were wide open. This was all meat, and their Third Sister was really capable.

During the past couple of days when their Third Sister was away, the food at home had been lacking, and they hadn’t seen any meat in a while.

Seeing so much delicious food, the two couldn’t help but start swallowing.

Su Jianwen remained relatively calm, just staring eagerly, while Su Jianwu was getting impatient: "Third Sister, with so much good food, what are we having tonight? How about beef? I want meat. You don’t know, when you and Big Brother were away, Mom didn’t even put much oil in the dishes. Look how skinny we’ve gotten."

Su Xiaoxiao looked him over, but no matter how she looked, she couldn’t see where they were skinny.

Just then, the courtyard gate was suddenly pushed open, and Su Xiaoxiao looked over to see Liu Cuilan entering.

Liu Cuilan had heard her daughter’s voice from afar and hurriedly put down her things to come in, carefully looking her over: "You’ve only been gone a few days, and you’ve lost quite a bit of weight. We still have some eggs at home, and Mom will make you tomato and egg noodles."

Foodie Su Jianwu jumped at the mention of egg noodles: "Mom, Mom, I want egg noodles too!"

"You look like egg noodles. You’ve been eating well at home every day; what egg noodles?"

Liu Cuilan raised her hand and knocked Su Jianwu on the forehead, then turned to the small kitchen.

Xu Zhaodi followed to help, while Su Pan came in holding Little Stone.

The little one stretched out his hands, wanting Su Xiaoxiao to hold him as soon as he came in.

Even though a few days had passed, the little guy seemed heavier, a solid weight in her arms.

Su Xiaoxiao sat on a stool holding the little one. Little Stone waved his chubby little hands in the air, looking very happy.

Su Jianwen and Su Jianwu found it amusing and scooted closer.

"Little Stone, call me brother. Come on, learn from me, bro... bro."

Su Jianwu opened his mouth wide, trying to teach Little Stone to say "brother."

The little one stared curiously at him with big round eyes, stuffing a chubby hand into his mouth, drooling but refusing to speak.

"Fifth, you’re doing it wrong. Watch me."

Su Jianwen pulled out a piece of colorful candy wrapper from his pocket and waved it in front of Little Stone: "Little Stone, your brother here has candy. Just call me brother, and I’ll give you candy, okay?"

Little Stone: "..."

Blinking his eyes, he continued to munch on his little hand, ignoring the two brothers entirely.

Su Xiaoxiao couldn’t hold it in and burst into laughter.

Little Stone was only a few months old and couldn’t even speak yet. How could they expect him to call them "brother?"

While the two were busy amusing the child, Liu Cuilan had swiftly made noodles.

The fragrant white noodles were topped with a layer of tomato and egg, with plenty of eggs—a real treat.

Seeing Liu Cuilan place the full bowl of noodles in front of Su Xiaoxiao, Su Jianwu salivated and gazed wistfully: "Dear Third Sister, I want noodles too~"

Su Xiaoxiao felt a bit of a toothache. Why was a boy being so coy for a bit of food, losing all pride?

Liu Cuilan came in with the noodles just in time to hear this and raised her hand for a slap: "Speak properly, don’t be whimpering like that!"

Su Jianwu clutched the back of his head, looking aggrieved: "Mom, you’re biased! I’ve been eating cornbread and cabbage for days, and we want tomato and egg noodles! Don’t we, Fourth Brother?"

"Mom, I’m okay. Third Sister works hard to earn money for the family while I’m just a student and spending money. Cornbread is fine."

Su Jianwen calmly replied, ignoring Su Jianwu’s eyebrow-raising.

"See that? Your Fourth Brother is sensible. All you think about is food, and nothing else!"

Liu Cuilan glared at Su Jianwu, putting a bowl of tomato and egg noodles in front of Su Jianwen: "Fourth, that was good. Here’s your reward."

Su Jianwu: "..."

He wanted to cry; even Fourth Brother had gotten noodles, but not him. He was wronged and sad.

"Alright, Man up! How can you cry like this? Here, eat from Third Sister’s."

Seeing tears welling up in his eyes, Su Xiaoxiao quickly pushed her noodles toward him.

Taken aback for two seconds at the noodles, Su Jianwu then shook his head resolutely: "Third Sister, these are yours. I won’t eat them."

Despite saying this, his eyes were practically glued to the noodles.

"Alright, I’m just teasing. There’s plenty for everyone! Look at you!"

Liu Cuilan said, placing another bowl of noodles in front of Su Jianwu and taking Su Xiaoxiao’s back: "Alright, everyone has noodles. No need to claim bias."

Su Xiaoxiao remembered the things she brought back and pointed to the cans on the table for Liu Cuilan to see: "Mom, these are from my business trip, canned seafood and beef sauce, chili sauce. You can taste them."

As she opened the cans one by one, the aroma quickly spread in the room, and Su Jianwu couldn’t wait to get his chopsticks, only to have Liu Cuilan slap his hand: "Aren’t tomato and egg noodles enough for you? Save these for your two brothers when they come home."

Saying this, she started to cover the cans again, but Su Xiaoxiao quickly stopped her: "Mom, there’s more in the sack for Big and Second Brother. Go ahead and eat; if you want more later, I’ll ask them to send some."

"Send what? They’re pricey, and each can costs several bucks, not to mention postage. It’s fine to have a taste. You, girl, one would be enough. You don’t need so many."

Although the family condition had improved, Liu Cuilan was still a bit stingy.

Su Jianwu had been drooling, waiting for this and quickly reached his chopsticks out, but before he could touch the can, there was a pounding at the door outside.