The sky collapsed, and in the blink of an eye, I found myself transported to Nanluoguxiang.

Time flies, and it's already past midnight.

Li Kaixin had just gotten out of bed when he entered the secret realm.

Upon entering the secret realm, one sees that the soybeans, wheat, and corn planted ten days ago have matured, and each plant is full and plump.

Li Kaixin immediately used his mind to separate the mature seeds and skillfully replanted them in the secret realm space.

The number of seeds has increased from just a few of each kind at the beginning to enough to plant half an acre now.

Li Kaixin was still very happy, thinking that after planting another round, he could start raising livestock.

I then looked at the places where gastrodia elata and ginseng were planted, and they had already sprouted.

Without hesitation, Li Kaixin carefully planted the remaining ginseng and gastrodia elata, as well as the century-old ginseng.

After taking care of things in the space, Li Kaixin left the secret realm space.

He skillfully put on the hood he had worn to the black market last time, carefully climbed over the gate, and arrived at the entrance to the black market with practiced ease.

Two burly men with masked faces were still blocking the doorway, saying as usual, "Buy one cent, sell three cents."

Li Kaixin silently paid the money as usual and entered the black market.

Without stopping, I headed straight for the corner where I had encountered the ticket scalper last time.

Sure enough, there was a person squatting there. Although their face was covered, their figure and posture were similar to those in my memory.

Li Kaixin wasn't entirely sure, so he stepped forward and whispered tentatively, "Is this the same guy from last time? I was the one who sold deer a while ago."

Li Kaixin didn't directly mention buying tickets, since this person was a seller who saw many people every day and might not remember them clearly.

When the ticket scalper saw someone approaching, he instinctively looked up. Upon hearing these words, he searched his memory for a moment, and then his eyes crinkled into a smile.

He said happily, "Hey! It's you, brother! It's been a while! Do you have any good stuff to sell this time, or are you looking to trade some tickets?"

Li Kaixin had spent almost all his money on this trip to Northeast China, and his main purpose now was to sell goods to raise cash. So he whispered:

"This time, the main goal is to catch some prey."

"Of course, if you have any particularly valuable tickets, we can discuss that. I just don't know... whether you can handle this entire shipment?"

Upon hearing this, the ticket scalper arrogantly declared, "Brother, as long as you dare to put it out, I'll take it all."

Seeing that Li Kaixin still seemed to have some doubts, he leaned forward and said with a hint of pride, "To tell you the truth, this black market is run by my older brother."

Li Kaixin immediately understood and no longer hesitated.

He whispered, "There are five wolves, weighing over 300 pounds each. There are also two large wild boars, probably weighing over 500 pounds each. They're in an abandoned yard. Look..."

The ticket scalper's eyes lit up with excitement.

He said repeatedly, "Brother, you wait here, don't go anywhere, I'll be right back."

Having said that, he turned and quickly disappeared into the darkness.

Before long, the ticket scalper returned with two henchmen, a cart, and a scale.

"Brother, I've called two helpers to pull the cart. Do you think that's enough?" the ticket scalper asked in a low voice.

Seeing this, Li Kaixin nodded, which was taken as agreement.

He led the ticket scalper and his two henchmen out of the black market.

Before long, they arrived at a dilapidated courtyard that was half collapsed.

Li Kaixin gestured for them to stop and whispered, "It's just ahead."

"Brother, do you want my two buddies to lend a hand?" the ticket scalper said enthusiastically.

"No!" Li Kaixin hurriedly stopped him.

Using a pre-prepared excuse, he said, "I have a brother guarding my place, and he doesn't like seeing strangers."

After saying that, Li Kaixin quickly crawled into the ruins and, at the corner of the broken wall, swiftly moved two large wild boars and five skinned wolves out of the secret realm space.

He then turned back, said "okay" to the three people who were waiting, and led them to the place.

By the dim moonlight, the ticket scalper and his two henchmen saw the mountain of meat on the ground and their breathing quickened.

The ticket scalper was a straightforward man. Suppressing his excitement, he said to Li Kaixin, "Brother, I'm not lying to you. Meat prices have gone up again these past few days. This is all whole stock; I'll give you 1.5 yuan for the wild boar and 1 yuan for the wolf meat. How about that?"

The price was far beyond his expectations, and Li Kaixin agreed without hesitation: "Okay, it'll be as you say."

The ticket scalper was overjoyed: "Great! Let's weigh them then!"

After weighing, the wild boar weighed 560 jin and the wolf meat 320 jin.

The ticket scalper readily pulled out a wad of cash, carefully counted it, and handed it over, giving a total of 1,160 yuan.

Seeing Li Kaixin take the money, the ticket scalper said enthusiastically, "Brother, do you still want the tickets?"

As Li Kaixin stuffed the money into his pocket and put it into the secret space, he replied, "Yes, of course I want it."

As soon as he finished speaking, the ticket scalper handed all the tickets to Li Kaixin and let him choose.

Li Kaixin also picked and chose, expanding quite a bit.

Five more Class A liquor tickets were added, bringing the total to ten, and the number of Class B liquor tickets reached twenty-nine.

There are twelve Class A cigarette coupons, fifty-five Class B cigarette coupons, and the same two milk powder coupons that I bought before.

In addition, there were cloth coupons, grain coupons, and the five-jin White Rabbit milk candy coupons that became a household name in later generations.

After settling the bill, Li Kaixin handed back ninety yuan.

The ticket scalper took the money, seemingly hoping to win Li Kaixin over.

He then introduced himself: "Brother, my surname is Hu, and I'm the sixth son. You can just call me Hu Laoliu. If you have any good goods or want to exchange tickets, just come to the black market and tell those two at the entrance my name."

Seeing this, Li Kaixin casually made up a name and said, "Brother Hu Liu, my surname is Zhou, and I am the seventh in my family. You can call me Zhou Qi from now on."

Seeing Hu Laoliu glance at the pile of game on the ground, he knew they were in a hurry to clean up, so he said, "Sixth Brother, you're busy. I'll definitely come to you if I have any more game. I'll be leaving now."

Hu Laoliu was delighted to hear that Li Kaixin was bringing more game, but when Li Kaixin said he was leaving, he didn't try to stop him.

So he clasped his hands in a fist and said, "Brother Zhou, take care, until we meet again!"

Li Kaixin waved his hand, and the two went in different directions, quickly disappearing into the night.

On his way back, Li Kaixin was wary of his surroundings and deliberately circled around a few times to make sure no one was following him before slipping away home.

the other side.

After the three men had pulled the cart for a while, one of Hu Laoliu's henchmen looked back and whispered:

"Sixth Brother, that guy surnamed Zhou hasn't gone far yet, and he's got over a thousand yuan on him..."

"How about we..." He made a throat-slitting gesture.

Old Hu raised his hand and smacked him on the back of the head, scolding him in a low voice:

"We're not street thugs anymore, don't tarnish our boss's reputation!"

"Besides, look at the size of those wild boars and wolves. Do you think that person is someone to be trifled with?"

Hu Laoliu and his henchmen hauled the meat back to a large courtyard deep within the black market.

Hu Laoliu respectfully addressed a middle-aged man sitting upright among them, saying, "Brother, the matter is settled. It weighs a total of 880 jin."

The middle-aged man stood up, walked to the cart, looked at the wild boar and the wolf, nodded, and said, "Sixth Brother, next time that person comes, make sure to improve your relationship with him."

"Yes, elder brother," Hu Laoliu bowed.

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