Back to the 1970s: Building My Fortune Through Time Trading-Chapter 426: Becoming a Literacy Class Teacher
"So late, who is it?"
Liu Cuilan frowned unhappily.
Su Jianwu quickly snatched a piece of beef sauce, sneaking it into his mouth while she wasn’t looking, and squinted his eyes in satisfaction. It was so delicious.
Just as he was about to reach for more with his chopsticks, his mom’s glance stopped him, unwillingly making him help Su Jianwen store the cans away.
Su Xiaoxiao and Xu Zhaodi, together with others, helped hide the noodles, opened the windows for ventilation, and only then did Liu Cuilan go out to open the door.
No choice, families were poor these days. Having a bit of good food was always hidden in fear of beggars showing up.
Liu Cuilan opened the door and was startled to see who was standing there: "Ruimei, why are you here?"
"Heard your family’s third girl returned from a trip, so I came to take a look."
Zhao Ruimei walked inside with a smile.
With such a smiling face, Liu Cuilan couldn’t refuse and let her in.
Zhao Ruimei entered the house and upon seeing Su Xiaoxiao, her smile turned warm: "Xiaoxiao, when did you get back? Was your trip tiring? Look at you, you’ve lost quite a bit of weight in just a few days."
Her tone was much more enthusiastic compared to their first meeting.
Su Xiaoxiao: "..."
She didn’t recall their relationship being so familiar. Last time they had parted on bad terms due to the literacy class matter.
"Zhao Jie, just say what you have to. We’re all family, no need to be so formal with me."
Seeing her beating around the bush, Su Xiaoxiao took the initiative to remind her.
She wasn’t in the mood to chit-chat with Zhao Ruimei; her stomach was still growling.
Feeling a bit embarrassed, Zhao Ruimei tugged at her clothes before speaking: "Xiaoxiao, it’s about the village’s literacy class. It’s highly prioritized, and the teaching position is still vacant. Can you reconsider? Villagers with a high school diploma can be counted on one hand. Otherwise, I wouldn’t thicken my face to come to you."
Su Xiaoxiao was curious: "Didn’t they already find a teacher?"
Earlier, Zhang Dongmei even bragged about it to her.
"Don’t mention it, that Zhang girl is all show and no substance. She can’t even explain clearly herself, let alone teach others. Plus, her family is in trouble now. Even if she wanted to teach, we wouldn’t dare use her."
"To better carry out the literacy campaign, funds have been allocated. If you take on the teacher role, you’ll get a salary of fifteen dollars a month, what do you think?"
Zhao Ruimei smiled amiably, "I especially requested this for you. If it were someone else, they wouldn’t have this benefit. Can you reconsider? Just help out your sister, will you?"
She really couldn’t find another person, or else she wouldn’t have come thick-faced again.
Su Xiaoxiao thought for a moment: "Alright, Zhao Jie, I can start tomorrow night."
Since it was originally voluntary labor she didn’t want to participate, but now that there’s money involved, she was willing.
Seeing her agree, Zhao Ruimei let out a breath of relief: "Okay, then you guys carry on. I’m leaving now. Don’t forget to attend class on time tomorrow."
Once she left, the family resumed their unfinished meal.
After dinner, Liu Cuilan emptied the things Su Xiaoxiao brought back, shocked seeing a pile of canned goods and meat that made her mouth fall open.
"Third girl, did you go on a business trip or a grocery rush? Why bring back so much stuff? Where did you get the tickets?"
Those items were ticket supplied, and they usually wouldn’t buy them unless it was New Year or similar holidays. Who would’ve thought their third girl would return from a trip with so many.
"Mom, none of these need tickets. Also, we have shares in the spicy sauce factory and seafood canning factory."
"What?"
Liu Cuilan nearly jumped off the ground in shock. Did her ears not hear right, her third daughter seemed to have said they had shares in the canning factories.
"Third girl, what did you just say? I think my ears aren’t working."
"Mom, you heard correctly. I said I invested in the seafood canning factory and spicy sauce factory, so we’ll have plenty to eat."
After Su Xiaoxiao finished speaking, Liu Cuilan felt her brain couldn’t process anymore.
Seeing her mom’s disbelief, Su Xiaoxiao was about to explain further but was suddenly muffled by her mom: "Hush, keep it down. If someone hears, it’d be trouble."
"You mustn’t tell anyone. Just the two of us should know; even your brother and your younger brother shouldn’t be told, understood?"
Liu Cuilan said seriously.
If relatives and friends found out her daughter was achieving so much, they might show up wanting to exploit it.
Su Xiaoxiao understood her mom’s concerns, immediately making a gesture of sealing her lips: "Mom, don’t worry, I promise not to tell anyone."
"Alright, I’ll organize the stuff; you go sleep quickly."
Su Xiaoxiao was pushed into the room by her mom.
After sitting in the car all day, she indeed felt a bit tired, changing clothes ready to climb into bed.
Just as she was getting comfortable, she heard familiar notification sounds.
Casually opening the game interface, she saw the prominent red ’Sold Out’ sign.
Then upon checking, good heavens, the beef and beef jerky she stocked already sold out, and many more were eagerly requesting in the comment section.
Upon further checking, there were 99+ notifications in the background, so she hurriedly clicked them open, with the top message from the wealthy brother.
[Big Shot is Brother: Miss, this seafood can is delicious. I finished two cans a day; when’s the next batch?]
[Big Shot is Brother: And the beef sauce, I want more, it’s an absolute meal staple.]
Most others were similar buyer messages asking for restocking.
After replying one by one, she was about to log out when a striking promotion message caught her eye on the store homepage.
[Delicious seafood cans and beef sauce, manufacturer’s discount sale, 20% off everything. Those who’ve tried know, limited to three thousand orders, off shelves once sold out!]
Curious, Su Xiaoxiao clicked the link, discovering the video and images were stolen from her, and even the product feedback pictures were identical to hers.
She hadn’t expanded her genuine business yet, but the pirate version had emerged. Is there no justice?
Without hesitation, she filed a complaint, feeling satisfied before logging off.
That night, resting in her familiar bed, she slept especially soundly, waking surprisingly early the next morning.
After washing up, she habitually rode her bike to work, approaching the department store when a familiar figure caught her eye.
Isn’t that Zhang Dongmei? Wasn’t she fired from the department store? Why is she here?
In curiosity, Su Xiaoxiao looked towards Zhang Dongmei’s departing direction, noticing her entering a narrow alley and proceeding further inside.
As far as Su Xiaoxiao knew, Zhang Dongmei’s family had no relatives in the city. Why was she there?
She wanted to follow and see, but time was pressing. She could only roughly remember the location before hurriedly heading to her workplace.
