Back to the 1970s: Building My Fortune Through Time Trading-Chapter 466: Making Friends on the Train

Thinking of the thief she encountered last time, Su Xiaoxiao immediately became vigilant.

The male comrade caught Su Xiaoxiao’s gaze, gave her a shy smile, and adjusted his glasses on the bridge of his nose.

At this moment, Su Xiaoxiao noticed the middle-aged man next to her subtly kick the woven bag with his foot.

She wanted to warn the male comrade but didn’t know how to start the conversation.

She couldn’t just stand up and say, "Comrade, hello, I suspect the person next to you is a thief, so be careful," right?

What if the person just accidentally bumped into it?

After all, this was just her suspicion; sometimes people might look like bad guys but aren’t.

As Su Xiaoxiao was agonizing over this, the male comrade dragged the woven bag out from under the seat and opened it in front of everyone.

Su Xiaoxiao noticed the middle-aged man’s gaze immediately shifted toward it.

The male comrade openly displayed the contents to everyone.

The middle-aged man took one look and then withdrew his gaze.

For a simple reason, apart from two old pieces of clothing, the bag was stuffed full of books.

The man picked a book out of the bag and zipped it back up.

He met Su Xiaoxiao’s surprised gaze and explained, "I’m a high school teacher, moving to teach at a new place, so I’ve brought all my books."

No wonder, in this era, only teachers would go through such trouble to carry a big bag of books.

Su Xiaoxiao suddenly felt a sense of respect welling up within her.

At this moment, a steward pushed the food cart over, and several people started paying for boxed meals. The male teacher’s stomach also growled.

Embarrassed, he smiled at Su Xiaoxiao, observed she hadn’t bought a meal either, and fished out a hard cornbread from his bag, tore it in half, and handed a piece to Su Xiaoxiao: "Comrade, if you don’t mind, have this to eat."

At that time, teachers’ salaries were generally low, and most lived difficult lives.

A male teacher from Su Xiaoxiao’s village had left teaching for business because his wife complained about the low earnings, moving south to start trade.

She could tell this male teacher wasn’t well-off either, yet he was willing to share his only food with her—a good person.

Su Xiaoxiao quickly waved her hand: "Thank you, but no need, I brought my own food."

As she said this, she pretended to fumble through her shoulder bag, actually took two cans of beef sauce and two eggs from her small space warehouse, and handed one can of beef sauce and an egg to him: "If you don’t mind, please take these."

"No, no, comrade, I’m fine with this."

The male teacher quickly waved it off; eggs and beef sauce were rare items, and he couldn’t just take such valuable things from her.

He insisted on refusing, when the elderly lady sitting next to Su Xiaoxiao leaned over: "Girl, see, I haven’t eaten either, if he doesn’t want it, would you give it to me?"

Su Xiaoxiao: "..."

This person really has some nerve; don’t think she didn’t notice that when the male teacher offered the cornbread, this old lady had a look of disdain.

"Sure, if you want it, I’ll give it to you."

Su Xiaoxiao said with a sweet smile, then turned to the male teacher: "Comrade, may I can have half of the cornbread?"

The male teacher felt a bit awkward: "If you don’t mind, please take it."

Su Xiaoxiao took it and directly stuffed the half piece into the elderly lady’s hand: "Grandma, eat this, don’t be shy."

The old lady: "..."

That wretched girl, she wanted the beef sauce and egg, who wants to eat this tough cornbread?

After saying that, Su Xiaoxiao stuffed the egg and beef sauce into the male teacher’s hands: "Comrade, this egg and sauce are my trade for the cornbread; now you should be able to accept them."

"This... this is too valuable; my half cornbread isn’t worth much..."

The male teacher hurriedly tried to return the items to Su Xiaoxiao.

Su Xiaoxiao insisted: "Treat it as making a friend. Comrade, hello, I’m Su Xiaoxiao, a salesperson at Binhe City’s Second Department Store, now we’re acquainted, and if you ever come to Binhe City, I’ll certainly treat you like the host should."

Su Xiaoxiao was very respectful of teachers in that era, and their adherence to ideals under such difficult conditions was truly admirable.

The male teacher reluctantly accepted: "Then thank you, Mr. Su, I’m Wang Weimin, a high school teacher, and I’m being transferred to Chuan City."

"Chuan City, ah, by train it will take at least another day of travel."

Seeing he had little food, Su Xiaoxiao fished out two Yangtze pancakes and shoved them into Wang Weimin’s hands.

These were specially made for her by Liu Cuilan.

The pancakes were thinly rolled, then smeared with oil, sprinkled with a bit of salt and chopped scallions, rolled and shaped, then steamed to cook.

Convenient to carry and delicious, they were a type of bread Su Xiaoxiao favored.

"Mr. Su, I really can’t take these."

Wang Weimin’s face reddened with refusal; he already felt bad trading half a cornbread for beef sauce and an egg, how could he shamelessly take more advantage?

The elderly lady next to them brightened seeing the tempting Yangtze pancakes; this young girl had brought so much tasty food.

That wretched girl—giving her a rock-hard sorghum cornbread despite her being an old woman still hungry—really lacked sympathy.

She reached out to snatch: "Girl, since this comrade won’t take them, why don’t you..."

Su Xiaoxiao promptly moved aside: "Grandma, what are you saying? This is for my friend; we don’t know each other at all, why should I give it to you? You’re not even my real grandma."

The old lady’s face turned dark; she really thought she was dealing with a fool, yet the friendship was just made here right before her eyes.

For a bite of food, the old lady was willing to go the extra mile: "Girl, you see, grandma doesn’t have a granddaughter; if you don’t mind, grandma can call you her god-granddaughter."

Though this girl appeared poorly dressed, the food she brought was all exquisite, her family’s circumstances must be good, dressing poorly on purpose to deter thieves.

"Sure."

Su Xiaoxiao replied warmly; the old lady felt a surge of joy, thinking, what a fool to recognize family so easily.

But before she could fully celebrate, Su Xiaoxiao reached out her hand to her: "Grandma, New Year is coming soon, and meeting is rare, how about giving the New Year’s money in advance."

The old lady: "..."

"Girl, listen to what you’re saying; calling family is a big deal, just forget what grandma said."

For a meal to also give out New Year’s money, she’d have to have lost her mind to agree.

After two rounds of confrontation, the old lady realized this girl was not as simple as she appeared, indeed quite cunning.

Having handled the old lady, Su Xiaoxiao pushed the Yangtze pancakes into Wang Weimin’s hands: "Mr. Wang, you must take these Yangtze pancakes; I have something I’ll need your help with, or I’d feel embarrassed to ask."