Courtyard House: Purchasing Agents' Comeback from the Great Famine

Midnight.

Wang Feng removed Qin Jingru's long legs from his body, changed his clothes and hood, opened the door and went out.

The moment Wang Feng opened the door, Qin Jingru suddenly opened her eyes. When she saw that it was Wang Feng, she closed her eyes again and fell into a deep sleep.

Wang Feng arrived at the backyard, but heard no noise. He climbed over the wall and headed towards the black market.

Upon arriving at the black market, Wang Feng found a secluded corner, took out a large quantity of sweet potatoes from his spatial storage, and then had the gatekeeper notify Brother Tiger.

Before long, a group of more than ten people wearing hoods and pulling seven or eight carts came over.

"Hahaha, brother, I've been looking forward to your arrival ever since you sent me so many sweet potatoes last time. I thought you weren't coming. I've been waiting for you these past two days, I haven't even been able to eat!" Tiger laughed loudly.

"Hehe, Brother Tiger, I've been busy these past few days, so I'm a couple of days late. But this time the quantity is much larger than last time. I don't know if you can handle it," Wang Feng said with a smile.

Tiger Brother declared confidently, "Brother, bring as many as you want, I have no problem with that."

Wang Feng nodded: "Okay, Brother Tiger, come with me."

Having learned from the previous deal, Tiger wasn't worried about anything. He led a group of his underlings and followed Wang Feng to a secluded corner.

Looking at the mountain of sweet potatoes, Tiger Brother laughed heartily and gave Wang Feng a thumbs up.

"Brother, you've really given me a big surprise! This batch of sweet potatoes must weigh over 100,000 jin (50,000 kg)!"

Wang Feng shook his head: "It's exactly 200,000 jin. Brother Hu, hurry up and get someone to weigh it."

Wang Feng waited two days until all the sweet potatoes in his space were ripe before coming to trade with Brother Hu. This time, he had a total of 24 mu of sweet potatoes, and the harvest was a little over 200,000 jin.

When Tiger heard the word "200,000 jin," he paused for a moment, then burst into laughter.

"Hehe, brother, you've really gone all out! This time the quantity is almost three times more than last time. I'm afraid my dozen or so brothers won't be enough. We weren't well-prepared this time, and we didn't bring enough gold. How about this, I'll have my brothers go back and call some more people over, and they can also go back and get the gold. What do you think?"

"Go."

Wang Feng is no longer afraid of people in the black market. Not only is he not afraid of them, but even if officials come, he has nothing to fear.

With his current skills, unless the army comes, they can't stop him. He always wears a hood during his transactions, so even if Tiger and his gang are arrested, it won't affect him.

Tiger whispered a few words to the person next to him, and that person left immediately.

"What are you all standing there for? Get on the scale now!"

Soon, a group of young men got busy, some bagging the food, others weighing it.

Less than twenty minutes later, the henchman who had just left returned with more than twenty people.

It took nearly forty people two whole hours to finally tally the weight.

"Hehe, brother, the weight is in, exactly 200,000 jin. By the way, brother, what should I call you? It's not very convenient to keep calling you brother." Tiger Brother laughed.

After thinking for a moment, Wang Feng said, "My surname is Xu."

Tiger quickly cupped his hands in greeting to Wang Feng: "So it's Brother Xu, my apologies for not recognizing you."

"Brother Xu, this time we have 200,000 jin of sweet potatoes. At 8 fen per jin, that's 16000. If we convert that to gold, it's equivalent to six large yellow croakers, six small yellow croakers, plus 158 yuan. Do you think that's correct?"

Wang Feng had already calculated the score and said directly, "That's right."

Tiger handed Wang Feng the large and small yellow croakers and 158 yuan, which Wang Feng put directly into his backpack, where he had actually stored them in his personal space.

"Brother Tiger, the next order might be even larger. I wonder if you can handle it all? Also, I don't need gold next time; we can trade jadeite instead. Just raw jadeite is fine."

Upon hearing this, Tiger's eyes widened instantly, and he looked at Wang Feng with a shocked expression.

The profit from sweet potatoes is indeed not low. During this period, he sold the sweet potatoes he collected for one cent, and many people were still eager to buy them. But he couldn't possibly eat such a large quantity of sweet potatoes.

He manages this black market and more than a dozen pigeon markets nearby. Currently, the daily output is only about 30,000 catties. Based on the calculation that 200,000 catties are delivered once a week, he can only consume a maximum of 200,000 catties.

It seems the only option is to discuss with his superiors about sharing some of the profits with other black markets. This is a big client. What if Brother Xu thinks he lacks power and decides not to cooperate with him in the future?

Thinking of this, Tiger nodded heavily and said, "Brother Xu, trading with raw jade is no problem, but the next transaction volume is too large, so we can't trade in the wild. Otherwise, even if my brothers work until dawn, we still won't be able to finish."

After thinking for a moment, Wang Feng said, "Okay, next time I'll find a dilapidated courtyard nearby."

After saying that, Wang Feng left, leaving Tiger Brother standing there in shock.

As soon as Wang Feng returned to Nanluoguxiang, he saw three people acting suspiciously, pulling a cart from Nanluoguxiang toward the train station.

Upon closer inspection, it turned out to be Liu Guangqi and his wife, and the middle-aged man pushing the cart behind them must be his father-in-law.

"Looks like there's going to be a good show tomorrow morning."

Wang Feng muttered to himself, not intending to meddle in their affairs.

Back at No. 95 courtyard, Wang Feng climbed over the wall into the backyard. Not hearing any commotion from the Liu family in the backyard, Wang Feng went back inside.

Seeing that Qin Jingru was fast asleep, Wang Feng took off his clothes, crawled into bed, hugged Qin Jingru's teddy bear, and fell into a deep sleep.

What he didn't know was that Qin Jingru woke up just as he returned to the room, but she didn't make a sound.

Since Wang Feng didn't tell her about selling prey on the black market, she would just pretend she didn't know. Anyway, the money Wang Feng made would either be spent on her or saved for their future son.

......

"what!"

At dawn, just as the sky was beginning to lighten, a piercing scream startled everyone in the compound.

Wang Feng heard the shouting coming from the backyard, so he quickly shook Qin Jingru's teddy bear to wake her up.

"Jingru, hurry up and get dressed, there's going to be a good show!"

Hearing that there was going to be a good show, Qin Jingru quickly got dressed and ran to the backyard with Wang Feng.

Upon arriving at the backyard, one finds that quite a few people from the neighborhood have already gathered at the Liu family's residence.

"They ran away! They ran away!"

The second aunt's face was deathly pale, and she kept muttering, "She ran away, she ran away," which puzzled everyone.

Seeing that his second aunt's face was pale, Yan Fugui quickly asked:

"Second Aunt, what do you mean, 'ran away'? Explain yourself! You yelled like that so early in the morning, it scared the hell out of me! What happened? Tell me!"

"Yes, Auntie, I was sleeping soundly at home, and you almost scared me to death."