Back to the 1970s: Building My Fortune Through Time Trading-Chapter 402: Making Money Together

The main reason for the dispute among the villages is money.

If their income can be guaranteed, maybe the villages can coexist peacefully.

Chenhe Village wants to build a seafood processing factory, which requires a lot of manpower. If the villages collaborate, not only can the manpower issue be resolved, but conflicts from going out to sea can also be alleviated.

Su Xiaoxiao believes that ninety-nine percent of the problems in the world can be solved with money; for the remaining one percent, it just means you don’t have enough money.

Thinking of this, she followed Chen Guanghai and ran towards the seaside.

At this moment, there were two groups of people standing on the shore, facing in two directions, looking at each other with their nostrils, as if at daggers drawn.

In the water were two stranded fishing boats. It was unclear what happened — one boat had capsized, and the other had its sail torn down and thrown on the shore, dirty and muddled, with clear muddy footprints visible on it.

"What are you all doing here?"

Chen Guanghai, supporting his waist, caught his breath for a moment and spoke loudly.

Several young men from Chenhe Village straightened their backs immediately upon seeing him, like kids seeing a supportive parent.

Leading the other side was a tall man, with dark skin and a buzz cut, looking fiercely as he gave off an intimidating vibe.

"Village Chief Chen, it’s not that we’re looking for trouble. But you can’t just let officials defecate while forbidding us from farting, right? Our village went out to sea yesterday, and your village secretly followed us. Why can’t we go when it’s your turn today?"

It took Su Xiaoxiao a couple of seconds to understand what he meant by officials defecating while we farting.

No way, who told you to twist idioms like that?

This phrasing is really crude.

"You can do it, but you can’t stop us from doing it. Isn’t this bullying honest people?"

Chen Guanghai’s brow furrowed: "What we did yesterday was wrong, but weren’t you impolite too?"

Weren’t they impolite?

Yesterday, when he tried to mediate, he barely said a few words before a group of old women pounced on him, scratching him thoroughly. His face still bears many bloody marks, and if his wife hadn’t accompanied him yesterday, he wouldn’t know how to explain the scratches on his face today.

"Anyway, we don’t care. If you can do it, we can do it too. Speaking of it repeatedly, you were the ones who started it. You can’t blame us for being unjust when you are unkind."

The leading man spoke with confidence and even turned to ask the young wife beside him: "Wife, am I right?"

Seeing his wife nod, he looked smug. He’s so cultured. Look how eloquently he speaks!

Chen Guanghai’s brows furrowed deeper: "Alright, we were wrong yesterday. Let’s each take a step back. You ruined our village’s sails, and let this matter end here..."

He hadn’t finished speaking when a clump of mud landed right on his brow, wet and sticky, slowly sliding down from his forehead.

The air instantly fell silent, except for the mischievous kid who threw it, turning his back on Chen Guanghai, twisting with glee, occasionally making faces at him.

"Blah blah blah, all of you in Chenhe Village are cowards, all trash..."

Chen Guanghai: "..."

He could endure, but not a bit!

He immediately rolled up his sleeves and punched the leading man right in the jaw.

Dashan was stunned for a moment, then after realizing, turned to ask his wife: "Wife, did he just punch me in the face?"

Seeing his wife nod, he howled and charged forward.

"Old Chen, damn, I’m going to fight you to the death."

The already tense atmosphere erupted just because of Chen Guanghai’s punch, and in no time, both sides were tangled in a brawl.

Su Xiaoxiao was dumbfounded. Wasn’t Chen Guanghai called here to mediate? How did it turn into a fight?

"Screw you, I’m going to beat you to death!"

"Try hitting me again, and see if I don’t end you?"

"Damn it, you dare hit my handsome face, I’m going to kill you!"

Screams and curses rang out without end.

The two groups fought fiercely, with a few middle-aged women in the crowd becoming the main forces, their claws waving in the air like shadows. Wherever they passed, there were screams and a sea of bloody scratches.

At this moment, Su Xiaoxiao caught sight of the hastily arriving Wang Xiujuan and quickly called out: "Sister Wang, come quick, help stop the fight."

Unexpectedly, Wang Xiujuan nodded to her: "Sister, watch me." 𝒇𝒓𝒆𝒆𝙬𝒆𝒃𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝙡.𝒄𝓸𝒎

Then she howled, rushed into the crowd, grabbed the hair of a middle-aged woman from the opposing village, and with her Nine Yin White Bone Claw, scratched the woman until she screamed repeatedly.

Su Xiaoxiao: "..."

Remembering her real purpose, she hurriedly shouted: "Stop, everyone stop, we’re all neighboring villagers, all friends..."

"Ahhhh... Do my sweeping leg!"

"Damn it, take this punch!"

"Damn you, I’m cursing your ancestors to the eighteenth generation!"

Well, with her shout, rather than stopping, they seemed to fight even fiercer.

Helplessly, she had to use her trump card. She took a coin from her pocket, tossed it to the ground, and shouted loudly: "Oh, who dropped a dollar? If no one claims it, it’ll be..."

As she stooped to pick it up, before she could touch the coin, someone swiftly snatched it up.

That’s right, it was snatched up.

A child, appearing around five or six years old, went on all fours, grabbed the coin with his mouth, and darted away, leaving Su Xiaoxiao in complete astonishment.

She didn’t know whether to marvel at the child’s skills or lament her lost coin.

Everyone fell silent at once, all eyes turned sharply towards the boy who ran off, a shared sense of indignation in their gaze.

Seeing another potential escalation of the fight, Su Xiaoxiao quickly cleared her throat and spoke up: "Everyone calm down and listen to me. I have a way to make money. I wonder if anyone is interested."

"A way to make money? What’s that?"

Sure enough, someone quickly asked out of curiosity, after all, no one has a problem with making money.

Seeing that everyone quieted down, Su Xiaoxiao continued, explaining her plan to mass-produce canned seafood, leaving everyone below in a daze.

"So, young lady, you’re saying that our villages can collaborate to produce canned seafood?"

Zhang Dashan, as the neighboring village’s chief, was the first to speak.

Su Xiaoxiao nodded, while Chen Guanghai looked bewildered. Wasn’t Comrade Su supposed to lead their village to prosperity? Why was she getting the neighboring village involved too? Can everyone still earn money this way?

No matter how foolish he might be, he knew the principle of rarity being valuable.

If all the surrounding villages started making canned seafood, could their village still make money?

As if seeing his confusion, Su Xiaoxiao spoke up louder: "The canned seafood we’re producing is meant to be sold nationwide. Once on the market, it will be very popular, and we won’t have enough if our quantities are too small. So, I hope we can all work together to carry out this business, so everyone can make money together and prosper together, right? Brother Chen."