Chapter 119: Chapter 119: Power Theft
Damn... when did her floral handkerchief turn into the floral boxers of a foot-scratching brute?
The bald brute in the center, scratching his foot, was vividly presented before her, and the air seemed to freeze for a moment.
Huang Mei coughed a couple of times: "Xiaoxiao, um... Sis respects your personal interests and promises not to spread it around."
After saying that, she hurried away.
She reached out desperately in vain towards Huang Mei’s retreating figure, little did she know Huang Mei’s speed would suddenly increase.
Just as she was feeling devastated, a striking sentence appeared once more before her eyes.
Purchasing wild carp, good price offered.
The sadness on Su Xiaoxiao’s face immediately vanished, a chance to make money had arrived!
Ever since unlocking the thousand-yuan household achievement, Su Xiaoxiao discovered a new feature in the game store that displays important information in real time before her.
Of course, she was the only one who could see this information.
Wild carp? Su Xiaoxiao thought of the river behind the Su Family village and immediately came up with a plan.
The best thing about this era is the abundance of natural resources.
For example, wild fish and shrimp, widespread wild vegetables and fruits, sometimes with luck one could even find wild duck eggs by the riverbank.
Su Xiaoxiao remembered that the original character used to run to the riverbank whenever she had free time as a child, and would occasionally find one or two wild duck eggs in the grass by the riverbank to bring home and better their lives.
Determined, she eagerly rode her bicycle home.
In the early autumn evening, the weather was already somewhat chilly, especially when standing in the cold river water, the chill went straight from the soles of her feet to the top of her head, delightfully exhilarating.
But this bit of cold couldn’t dampen the Su Family’s enthusiasm for making money.
Hearing Su Xiaoxiao say someone wanted to buy wild carp, Liu Cuilan slapped her thigh and took Su Xiaoxiao and the two little brothers out just as dusk fell.
The family divided up the work, the two little brothers were responsible for digging worms, Liu Cuilan used a woven bamboo basket to catch fish.
Su Xiaoxiao was responsible for packing the fish on the shore.
They submerged the bamboo basket with worms into the water, held their breath and patiently waited, and soon enough a fish took the bait.
One had to say, people were simple in those days, and so were the fish, catching one was as easy as guaranteed.
Unlike today, where both people and fish have eight hundred wits.
In no time, they caught a dozen big carp, each estimated to weigh three to four jins.
Seeing that the sky had darkened enough to make visibility difficult, the family finally packed their things and headed home.
Liu Cuilan was a bit reluctant, hearing from the third brother that the fish were bought at ten-plus yuan per jin, that night’s harvest was more than the whole family’s monthly income.
"Mom, let’s just rest now. They buy long-term, we won’t miss this one day."
Su Xiaoxiao quickly spoke up to persuade her, and just after saying this, voices of surprise came from the two little brothers beside her.
"Mom, third sister, we found bird eggs!"
As they spoke, the two little brothers joyfully emerged from the bushes holding something aloft.
The sky was too dark, one could only make out that it looked like a bunch of round things akin to chicken eggs, but much smaller.
After speaking, the two ran over excitedly, holding the eggs up to show them.
Su Xiaoxiao shone a flashlight on the things in the little brothers’ hands, these eggs looked strange in color?
Bright and colorful, appearing not so much like bird eggs, but rather...
Just as this thought crossed her mind, rustling sounds started coming from the grass behind them.
Su Xiaoxiao felt a shiver down her spine, as she turned the flashlight towards the sound and saw a colorful snake slithering out of the grass.
She silently stared at the snake for two seconds, then bolted while yelling, "Ahhh...snake, there’s a snake, run!"
The two little brothers turned their heads, saw the snake already emerged from the bushes, and their legs nearly shook with fear as they trembled and ran forward: "Ahhh, mom, third sister, help, why is the snake following us?"
Sure enough, Su Xiaoxiao noticed the snake wasn’t paying them any attention, instead directly targeting the two little brothers.
In a flash of realization, she suddenly understood what those unlucky boys had in their hands.
She quickly shouted, "Quick, put those eggs on the ground."
Old Five hesitated: "Third sister, we barely found these, why should we leave them?"
As he spoke, the snake was less than a meter away from them.
"Those are snake eggs!"
Su Xiaoxiao yelled, frustrated at their lack of awareness, and the snake eggs in their hands nearly fell to the ground.
"Put them down!"
Su Xiaoxiao shouted angrily.
Su Jianwen remained calm, snatched the snake eggs from Su Jianwu and carefully placed them on the ground before dragging his brother and running off.
Sure enough, once the snake reached the snake eggs, it stopped chasing them.
Only then did everyone breathe a sigh of relief.
That night sure was thrilling...
Back home, looking at all those fish, Liu Cuilan was a bit worried again.
"Third brother, when are you planning to deliver the fish?"
All the carp were temporarily kept in the big water tank at home, the only water tank that was also meant to store water.
"I’ll deliver them first thing in the morning, mom, don’t worry."
Though she said first thing in the morning, Su Xiaoxiao feared surprises, and sneaked up in the night after everyone was asleep to secretly order live fish packaging bags and oxygen tools from the store.
She carefully packed each carp, pumped oxygen, and sent them all out overnight.
Since it was her first time doing such a task, her business skills were not very refined, and it took her until past two in the morning to quietly send out all the fish.
After finishing the delivery, Su Xiaoxiao let out a long sigh of relief, collapsed onto the kang, and fell into a peaceful sleep.
That night, she had a great dream about lying in a pile of money, counting it until her hand cramped.
She was drooling in delight when a scream woke her from the beautiful dream.
"Who the hell is screaming in the morning?"
Su Xiaoxiao rubbed her messy hair, reluctantly climbing off the kang.
Someone wailing so early in the morning?
Can’t they understand the struggles of a night owl?
Full of morning grumpiness, Su Xiaoxiao opened the door with a scowl.
As soon as she stepped out, another scream echoed: "Ahhh, who’s the shameless thing that dares to steal our electricity?"
"Ahhh, my electricity has been stolen too."
"Oh dear, who would have the nerve to steal from this old lady?"
Screams and discussions continued to come from outside the door, Su Xiaoxiao curiously opened the courtyard gate and went out.
At the street intersection, she saw a large crowd gathered, each person’s face showing identical expressions of anger.
"What’s going on?" Su Xiaoxiao’s morning grumpiness instantly disappeared, she even grabbed two handfuls of sunflower seeds from home and squeezed into the crowd to spectate.
"Aunt Wang, what’s happening?" Su Xiaoxiao eagerly handed over a handful of seeds, her eyes sparkling with excitement.
Aunt Wang, desperate to vent, immediately drenched in saliva as she narrated the whole incident.
Su Xiaoxiao listened, her eyes gleaming: "Who on earth is so shameless?"