The Wizard's Journey Begins in a Courtyard House

Li Qin had a good sleep in the courtyard of the planting space.

When the moon was high in the sky, he slowly woke up.

Because he didn't have a watch, Li Qin could only estimate the time by observing the position of the moon.

It's now around 1 or 2 a.m.

Li Qin got out of bed in the bedroom, and the clothes hanging on the hanger automatically put on him.

"Completely cleaned up!"

After casting the spell on himself, Li Qin immediately felt completely awake.

He slowly walked out of the main house and into the courtyard.

While Li Qin was sleeping, all the wild boars, wolves, and other animals in the yard had already been dealt with.

Li Qin selected half a wild boar and then used a magic spell to cut it into more than a hundred pieces, each piece being roughly the same size and weighing a little over a pound.

Then, ten cleaned rabbits were selected, each weighing more than three pounds.

Finally, we selected ten processed pheasants, each weighing over two pounds.

Then Li Qin transformed a piece of wood into a basket and put all these things inside.

Then cover it with a tattered black cloth.

Of course, the black cloth was also created through transformation.

Cloth was an extremely scarce resource in this era. The original owner had saved up only one foot of cloth coupons after a year.

This is generally true.

After preparing the items, Li Qin waved his hand and put them into his storage space.

Li Qin's gaze then swept over the remaining processed meat.

Li Qin originally intended to store it in the warehouse, but after thinking about it, he put it into the ring space instead.

Then Li Qin extinguished the light spell illuminating the courtyard and stepped out of the magic suitcase.

As soon as he came out, Li Qin shrunk the magic suitcase again and put it in his pocket.

Next up is tonight's main event.

Li Qin carefully cast the illusion spell on himself, and with a "snap snap" sound, he had already teleported to a small alley near the black market.

During the day, he had already figured out the location of the black market.

What's called a black market is actually just a few relatively hidden alleys.

Li Qin glanced around and, after confirming that there was nothing unusual, lifted the illusion curse from his body.

Then he took out the basket full of things from the ring and carried it on his back.

Finally, he used the Transformation spell on his clothes again.

The originally thin clothes suddenly turned into a dark gray outfit covering the whole body, and it was a very old-fashioned one at that.

Then Li Qin took out a piece of black cloth and covered his head and most of his face.

Only their eyes were visible outside.

After checking himself to make sure there were no flaws, Li Qin slowly walked towards the black market with his basket on his back.

"Buy or sell?"

At the entrance to the black market, two burly men stood guard.

Upon seeing Li Qin approach, he immediately asked a question.

Li Qin knew this was the rule of the black market;

If you're buying something from the black market, you can go in directly, but if you're selling something, you have to pay a two-cent fee.

"Let's sell something!"

Li Qin said in a low voice.

At the same time, he took out two cents and handed it over.

Without saying a word, the burly man took the money and made way for him.

Li Qin didn't say much and went straight inside.

After he walked a distance further in, the once empty alleyway suddenly changed, with lights shining on both sides.

Some used kerosene lamps, while others used flashlights.

By the light, you can see that there are some things placed on the ground.

It could be grains, vegetables, fruits, or some other miscellaneous things.

In short, there are all sorts of things, and it feels like there are many.

Next to each stall, there was a person dressed similarly to Li Qin.

These people are all here to sell things.

Where there is a seller, there will be a buyer.

Many people with their faces completely covered were walking back and forth in the alley.

If you find something you want, walk up to the corresponding stall and whisper to the stall owner.

Although there were quite a few people in the black market, they all tacitly kept their voices down and tried their best to remain quiet.

Although Li Qin also wanted to buy things, it wasn't the right time.

He needed to empty the contents of the basket first.

In the black market, there are also stalls specifically for displaying meat.

Unfortunately, meat was quite scarce at that time, and if there was any, people would keep it to improve their meals and not sell it.

Only animals hunted in the mountains are brought out for trade.

However, such people are few and far between, so there are very few people at the meat stalls, only a handful.

Li Qin didn't care about this.

He walked straight over, put down the basket, and took out several pieces of wild boar meat, two rabbits, and two pheasants.

Then he lit a kerosene lamp and placed it beside him.

Since you don't need to ask for drinks when buying things on the black market, Li Qin just needs to wait.

If someone wants meat, they will naturally come and talk to them.

For the first few minutes after I put my things down, no one came forward.

Li Qin was not worried at all, because he knew that meat was scarce in this era, so there was no need to worry about not being able to sell it.

Sure enough, soon a person completely covered up passed by and saw a light on at the meat stall.

Most importantly, under the light, the man saw pieces of meat neatly arranged on the table.

The man immediately walked up to Li Qin's stall and carefully examined the meat on the cutting board.

"How much is your wild boar meat?"

The other person's voice was very soft, but Li Qin still heard it clearly. He spoke calmly.

"If you have a meat coupon, it's 60 cents; if you don't, it's 1.2 yuan."

Li Qin's price was quite fair, so the person opposite him nodded slightly without saying anything.

Moreover, the person on the other side had also carefully examined the meat, whether it was cut-up wild boar, rabbit, or pheasant, everything was cleaned very thoroughly.

Not a single stray hair was left.

That alone is enough to push the price up a bit more.

"I want five pounds of meat!"

The person opposite was also decisive; after confirming that the wild boar meat was of good quality and the price was fair, he made his offer directly.

Li Qin remained calm as he spoke;

"The meat here is all cut into pieces, each piece weighing a little more than a pound. I'll charge you by the pound, and you can choose five pieces yourself."

Upon hearing Li Qin's words, the person opposite him stopped talking, first handing Li Qin six yuan, and then began to select meat.

Actually, the meat here is processed and cut using magic, and they are all roughly the same size.

Therefore, there's not much to choose from.

Soon the person opposite took out five pieces and put them into the cloth bag they were carrying.

After the transaction was completed, the person left.

Li Qin then took out a few more pieces of meat from his basket and placed them on the cutting board.

Once you have the first one, the second one will come quickly.

Less than a minute after the first customer left, another person came to Li Qin's stall.

Having gone through the first experience, Li Qin was already prepared.

Therefore, while retrieving the meat, I used Transfiguration to conjure a small wooden board with the following clearly written on it:

"Wild boar meat is 60 cents with a ration coupon, 1.2 yuan without a coupon; wild rabbit is 3 yuan each; pheasant is 2 yuan each."

The visitor first looked at the wild boar meat, rabbit, and pheasant on Li Qin's cutting board, and then looked at the prices marked on the wooden board.

After a brief moment of contemplation, the visitor spoke directly:

"I want five catties of wild boar meat, a wild rabbit, and a pheasant."

As he spoke, the man placed a large black 10-yuan bill and a one-yuan bill on the cutting board, totaling eleven yuan.

Li Qin accepted the money and nodded to the other party;

"The meat is all cut up, each weighing about a pound. The rabbit and pheasant are about the same size. You can choose for yourself."

After saying that, he ignored the other person.

The people on the other side didn't care about Li Qin's attitude and immediately began to make their selections.

Finally, he left with five pieces of meat, a rabbit, and a pheasant.

Throughout the entire process, neither Li Qin nor the other party uttered a single unnecessary word, nor did they haggle over the price.