Traveling through time with spatial abilities, the scientific research genius is a little sweet.

Chapter 171 Li Gang's Guilty Feelings

After confirming that they would be leaving tomorrow, the entire Su family began to get to work.

Although winters in Zhejiang Province are not as cold as in Heilongjiang Province, the sea breezes on the islands are much stronger. Therefore, everyone should prepare warm clothing.

Su Jianjun and Su Erqiang have taken over the work from Chen Xiuting and Su Nuannuan, allowing them to start preparing other things.

Chen Xiuting took out a stack of money from the inner room and handed it to Su Nuannuan and Su Daliang.

"Nuan Nuan, Daliang, hurry up and go to the department store before it gets dark and buy ten catties of cured meat."

Winters in Heilongjiang Province are quite long, and families usually stock up on meat to get through the winter. Chen Xiuting thought that since there were five of them going to her son-in-law's house, they should bring some food with them.

The family had enough food, but lacked meat. This was Chen Xiuting's first visit to her two sons-in-law's homes, and she still wanted to bring some gifts.

In her opinion, cured meat is quite good.

Su Daliang took the money and set off with Su Nuannuan.

Su Nuannuan did have cured meat in her space, but she had no reason to take it out.

So, following Chen Xiuting's suggestion, they went to the department store together.

When the two arrived at the department store, it was already dark.

Upon arriving at the department store, the two saw a middle-aged man about to close the door.

Su Nuannuan and Su Daliang exchanged a glance and quickly stepped forward to stop the middle-aged man.

The middle-aged man frowned and said in a deep voice when he saw Su Daliang grabbing his wrist.

"Who are you? What do you want to do?"

After speaking, he subtly glanced at Su Daliang and Su Nuannuan, and then retreated without making a sound.

Su Nuannuan looked at the middle-aged man and felt he looked somewhat familiar. Suddenly, she remembered that the man in front of her was Li Gang, the head of the purchasing department at the department store.

Previously, she made money selling hair ties, and this person was the one who helped them connect with the department store.

Su Nuannuan looked at Su Daliang. At that moment, Su Daliang was looking at Li Gang with an excited expression. Clearly, Su Daliang also recognized Li Gang.

However, Li Gang did not recognize the two of them.

In the past few months, the Su family has had no shortage of food and drink. Su Daliang has already transformed from a skinny young man into a strong and healthy one, and has even grown taller.

Seeing Li Gang's wary expression, Su Nuannuan knew that he mistook them for criminals.

So she quickly stepped forward and said.

"Hello, Section Chief Li Gang, we are the Su family who did business with you on hair ties before."

After Su Nuannuan finished her introduction, Su Daliang also noticed Li Gang's wariness of them and began to introduce himself.

"Yes, Section Chief Li, I'm Comrade Su Daliang, the one who delivers your goods every day."

After being reminded by Su Nuannuan and Su Daliang, Li Gang recognized the two of them.

A flicker of guilt crossed Li Gang's face, but he quickly concealed it, maintaining a wary expression as he watched the two men.

"Oh, it's you. What do you want from me?"

Su Nuannuan noticed Li Gang's lack of confidence when facing them. However, Su Nuannuan didn't know the reason for this.

What Su Nuannuan didn't know was that after the Su family stopped supplying hair ties with bows to the department store, Li Gang secretly contacted his son's family, who worked at Xiangyang Textile Factory, and had them take over the hair tie business between the Su family and the department store.

Su Nuannuan's bow hair ties didn't use any complicated materials. They only required manual labor to make and were very easy to imitate. While the Su family was running their hair tie business, Li Gang secretly calculated that they were making a considerable amount of money every day.

So, when he learned that the Su family was no longer going to run the hair tie business, he didn't stop them. Instead, he naturally let his son's family take over.

In reality, if the Su family continued their hair tie business, Li Gang would find various ways to make things difficult for them, making it impossible for them to continue operating.

Su Nuannuan was unaware of Li Gang's ulterior motives. However, even if she did know, she wouldn't care much.

Upon recognizing the person, Su Daliang smiled warmly and said.

"Section Chief Li, my sister and I are here to shop at the department store. Could you please let us in?"

After Su Daliang explained his purpose for coming here, Li Gang finally breathed a sigh of relief. He straightened up and said...

"No, the sales staff in the department store have already gone home. Please come back tomorrow."

Su Daliang looked at Li Gang with some worry after hearing his words.

"Section Chief Li, could you do me a favor? We have an urgent matter to attend to tomorrow and can't make it."

Li Gang shook his head, his attitude very firm.

Seeing the stalemate between the two, Su Nuannuan figured out what was going on and quietly took out ten yuan from her spatial storage.

Then, he stepped forward, grabbed Li Gang's hand, stuffed ten yuan into his hand, and said calmly.

"Section Chief Li, my brother and I are only buying ten catties of cured meat. If you find it troublesome, you can take the cured meat out and give it to us."

Section Chief Li felt something in his hand and glanced at it.

Upon closer inspection, Li Gang discovered that he held a ten-yuan note. He glanced at Su Nuannuan, then at Su Daliang, whose eyes were filled with anticipation, coughed twice, and finally spoke.

"Alright then. Since you have urgent business, I'll bring out the cured meat for you."

After saying this, before the two could react, Li Gang continued to add.

"Ten pounds of cured meat costs twenty yuan. You need to give me the money in advance."

Although Su Nuannuan gave him ten yuan, Li Gang was still worried that the two siblings would try to rob him after he took out the cured meat. He was the only one left in the department store, and he couldn't possibly fight off two people.

Seeing this, Su Daliang was somewhat embarrassed.

Li Gang was worried that they would steal the meat, and they were also worried that Li Gang would cheat them out of their money.

Li Gang immediately noticed Su Daliang's worry, rolled his eyes at him, and said directly.

"Are you still going to buy it or not? If not, I'm closing the door and leaving."

Hearing Li Gang's impatient words, Su Daliang had no choice but to hand over the twenty yuan as requested.

Su Nuannuan did not stop her.

If Li Gang dares to make any trouble, Su Nuannuan vows she will make him suffer.

Although Li Gang had been corrupt, he didn't want to cause trouble. While city dwellers might not have seen through these country folk, they were also the most afraid of them.

It's common knowledge that people in a village are extremely protective of their own. If you offend one of them, expect them to come knocking on your door the next day with a whole village of tough guys.

Don't ask Li Gang how he knows. It's based on experience.

Li Gang didn't let Su Nuannuan and Su Daliang go in; instead, he went to get the cured meat by himself.

Ever since Li Gang entered the department store, Su Daliang has been somewhat distracted.

Su Daliang is not yet financially independent. Twenty yuan is a huge sum for him. If Li Gang runs away with that twenty yuan, he will definitely feel the most guilty.

Su Nuannuan patted Su Daliang on the shoulder and said.

"Don't worry, brother. Section Chief Li will definitely bring the cured meat over."

Su Daliang forced a stiff smile at Su Nuannuan.

(End of this chapter)