Back to the 1970s: Building My Fortune Through Time Trading-Chapter 472: Homeward Bound

"Don’t you have any shame? So many people here and you’re cutting in line? Spit, get to the back quickly."

"Why am I cutting in line? My aunt is behind me. We just want to stand together, what’s the problem?"

"If you want to stand together, go stand at the back. You can stay there, and I wouldn’t mind even if you both lie down together, just get back, back, back."

A group of people started arguing loudly, and the queue was thrown into chaos.

Some were mere onlookers eating melons, while others tried to cut in line, and it was instantly as chaotic as a pot of porridge.

Chen Guanghai, stressed out: "What are you all doing? Hurry up and line up properly."

However, the noise was too loud, and nobody paid attention to him.

Seeing that both sides were about to fight, Chen Guanghai stood on a stool and shouted, "All of you stop right now, whoever argues more won’t have their items accepted."

This sentence was extremely intimidating, and silence fell instantly below.

The two middle-aged women who were pulling each other’s hair snorted coldly, glared at each other fiercely, and let go.

"Alright, from now on, anyone who causes trouble will be thrown out, and your stuff won’t be accepted here."

In any case, their village is not short of dried seafood.

After this little episode, no one dared to cause trouble anymore.

At this moment, Chen Lingling happened to come over and, seeing the long queue in the courtyard, was puzzled: "Hey, what are you all doing?"

Su Xiaoxiao then explained her intention to collect dried seafood.

Chen Lingling immediately volunteered to help Su Xiaoxiao register.

"Well, thank you, Sister Ling. I was really worried about not managing it all by myself."

Su Xiaoxiao thanked her with a cheerful smile.

Chen Guanghai helped handle the items, and the three of them divided the work cooperatively. In no time, Su Xiaoxiao’s items were almost all exchanged.

Except for a small portion that required cash, most villagers directly bartered with Su Xiaoxiao.

The villagers were full of enthusiasm, and the items were exchanged swiftly.

During the process, Su Xiaoxiao secretly stuffed in several items, which were quickly exchanged as well.

If she’d known these items would be so popular, she would have brought more.

Unfortunately, her bag was only so big, stuffing too much might have been discovered.

Seeing that the exchanges were almost done, Su Xiaoxiao waved her hands: "Dear villagers, I’m really sorry, all the items I brought today are already exchanged, so I’m temporarily not accepting more."

"What? Not accepting anymore? I haven’t had my turn yet."

"Yeah, I’ve been queuing half the day and just wanted to exchange for a stainless steel mug; my daughter has wanted one for a long time."

"Hoping to exchange for a flashlight, hey, when can we exchange again?"

Su Xiaoxiao was also surprised that these small items were so popular here.

"Everyone, don’t worry, there will be more tomorrow, and we can continue exchanging."

Upon hearing there was more, the villagers who hadn’t exchanged anything finally calmed down.

Once the villagers had dispersed, Chen Guanghai found some people to help Su Xiaoxiao move all the items into the freshly organized warehouse.

Su Xiaoxiao began counting the items, and there really were quite a lot.

Dried fish half the height of a person, dried ribbonfish as thick as arms, and wild dried kelp...

Almost filled half the room.

Wow, so many dried seafood traded for those small items; Su Xiaoxiao felt she had gotten a great deal.

The villagers thought the items they exchanged with Su Xiaoxiao were rare goods they couldn’t even buy with coupons, so they felt they got a good deal too.

It can be said that this barter exchange satisfied both parties.

"Dear, you say we can exchange tomorrow, but haven’t you run out of items?"

Looking at Su Xiaoxiao’s empty bag, Chen Guanghai couldn’t help but ask.

Earlier, he saw the bag completely emptied, so what would Su Xiaoxiao exchange with tomorrow?

"Don’t worry, I mailed some over before, they should arrive tomorrow."

"That’s good, that’s good."

Chen Guanghai finally relaxed; his main concern was that if there were no items to exchange tomorrow, the villagers might cause trouble.

Once everything was put away, Chen Guanghai suggested taking Su Xiaoxiao to the state-run restaurant for a treat.

"Dear, you must give me a chance to be a good host."

"Yeah, dear, you absolutely shouldn’t be modest with my uncle; he’s the richest man in our village now."

Chen Lingling chimed in from the side.

"Alright, I won’t be polite then."

Su Xiaoxiao agreed with a cheerful smile.

She followed Chen Guanghai and went to the town’s state-run restaurant.

Most local state-run restaurants now bought seafood cans from Chen Guanghai, so they quickly greeted him when he arrived.

"Manager Chen, what brings you here? Please, come inside quickly."

The restaurant manager was incredibly enthusiastic upon seeing Chen Guanghai; after all, he’s their important partner, can’t neglect him.

The manager specifically arranged a private room for them and added an extra dish of meat when serving.

Su Xiaoxiao couldn’t help but marvel at how the attitude had taken a complete 180-degree turn; back when she and Chen Guanghai first came to sell seafood cans, the manager was indifferent.

Now, the attitude is dramatically changed; really, having ability attracts friends everywhere.

Chen Guanghai ordered a table full of hearty dishes to welcome Su Xiaoxiao, so much so that, by the end of the meal, Su Xiaoxiao was happily stuffed.

Busy all day, at night, Su Xiaoxiao returned to the hostel, kept two groupers and a Chinese sturgeon aside, and sent out the rest.

These three are rare items, and she wanted to take them home for her family to taste.

She had a refrigerator in her little space warehouse, so there was no worry about the fish spoiling.

After staying in Hai City for a week, Su Xiaoxiao set off back to Binhe City; this trip was indeed rewarding.

The seafood on the market site sold out, and she collected a lot of dried seafood.

By the time she arrived in Binhe City, it was already afternoon.

Su Xiaoxiao didn’t go to the department store and directly took her items home.

Just arriving at the doorstep, she saw her two younger brothers standing there, looking around.

Seeing her approach, the two froze for a moment, then rushed up excitedly.

"Third Sister, Third Sister, you finally came back, we missed you so much."

"Food didn’t taste good to me when you weren’t home."

Just as Su Jianwu finished saying that, Su Jianwen leisurely replied, "Didn’t know who had two white steamed buns for lunch."

Su Jianwu: "..."

Is this really my brother? How can he be so revealing?

He immediately puffed up his cheeks, "Usually, I’d have four, but since Third Sister wasn’t here, I had two less."

Su Xiaoxiao: Oh, her fifth brother is definitely a foodie.

Reaching out to rub their heads, Su Xiaoxiao called them, "Come on, I brought some goodies, I’ll make braised fish for you tonight."

Upon hearing this, the two immediately beamed with joy. With Third Sister not home, Mom’s cooking was bland, if they continued eating this way, they might as well become monks.

The two immediately eagerly helped Su Xiaoxiao carry her sack, and while doing so, yelled into the house.

"Mom, Mom, Third Sister is back."

Just as they said that, there was a shout from behind calling Su Xiaoxiao.