Lin Chen led Luo Guangming around the various street corners of the village, where they spotted the big-faced big brother who had previously managed the black market.

He quickly pulled Luo Guangming aside.

"You wait here, I'll go and find out."

Luo Guangming has difficulty walking, so if anything happens, he can't even run away in time.

To avoid being recognized, he still took out the ink and beard he had prepared in advance and started working on them.

Before long, Luo Guangming saw that he had transformed into a dark-faced middle-aged man.

"Brother Hei... no, Brother Chen, I don't even recognize you after you've dressed up like this," Luo Guangming flattered.

Lin Chen smiled and said, "Guangming, that's a good name. From now on, my name in the black market will be Brother Hei. You wait for me here."

After nodding to Luo Guangming, he walked towards the broad-faced man.

"Brother, you're out and about again?" He handed a cigarette to the man with the broad face.

The man with the broad face recognized him, took the cigarette, lit it, and took a deep drag.

"This place is now under the jurisdiction of the King of Hell." He's just a lookout for someone.

Lin Chen found it amusing. The black market was located in a more remote area last time, and he hadn't taken good care of the place. Yet, the new black market boss still trusted him.

Aren't you afraid that he betrayed you?

However, Lin Chen didn't care about any of that. He had no intention of meeting the boss codenamed Yama today; he just wanted to sell the wood ear mushrooms first.

After he paid and went inside, the wood ear mushrooms in his hand immediately attracted several middle-aged women who came over to ask about the price.

"Two pieces. These are the freshest wild wood ear mushrooms, plump and big." He started promoting them, holding up the mushrooms to show them off while glancing at something not far away out of the corner of his eye.

"This is too expensive. It only costs one yuan and fifty cents at the grain and oil store." The aunt was picking and choosing.

Lin Chen wasn't in a hurry. "Then go to the grain and oil store to buy it. This stuff of mine costs two yuan, and I can't sell it for a good price. Who would be willing to take the risk here!"

The auntie knew that wood ear mushrooms were a hot commodity, and that was just the market price; if she couldn't negotiate a lower price, she would have to accept it.

She took out her money to buy half a jin (250 grams).

Lin Chen weighed it for her on a scale, then grabbed a handful and gave it to her.

Once the store opened, the goods sold out quickly; in no time, a whole sack of wood ear mushrooms was gone.

He then went to find Luo Guangming and brought over the other bag of goods.

Just as the goods were about to sell out, he saw a tall, dark figure walking into the depths of the alley.

He quickly finished shipping the goods and followed, but the shadowy figure had already gone far away and disappeared.

After leaving the black market, he returned to his original appearance and met up with Luo Guangming, giving him forty-six yuan and twenty cents.

“Count out today’s total earnings, and we’ll split it in half.”

"Brother Chen, I'm just helping out, you don't need to give me so much." Luo Guangming returned the money.

Lin Chen was a little annoyed: "Last time your sister-in-law lost all your money for your future wife, so you should save some money to get married. This time, keep your own money and don't use it all for household expenses."

Luo Guangming was an honest child from a young age.

"Thank you, Brother Chen." Luo Guangming still only took twenty yuan.

He was already very satisfied. He could earn so much money in just a few days, which was much better than working a regular job.

While he was waiting outside, his ears were also busy. He heard a lot of news, and some people asked him about other mountain products. He suggested to Lin Chen that in the future, they could not only collect wood ear fungus, but also mushrooms, fungi and the like. As long as it was a mountain product, there would be people who wanted it. He had also found out the prices.

Lin Chen smiled and agreed, "Okay, let's do it that way."

After returning, they expanded the variety of mountain products they purchased.

As the weather gets colder, there are fewer and fewer wood ear mushrooms, and other mountain products are also becoming scarce.

Jiang Ning watched him wash the wood ear mushrooms and suggested:

"Since there are fewer wild ones, let's breed them artificially!"

Lin Chen looked at her inquisitively: "Do you know how to cultivate it?"

Jiang Ning had never done this before, and smiled slightly: "You can give it a try. I've seen the cultivation method in a book before, I'll write it down for you."

She went inside, found a book on cultivating wood ear mushrooms in her spatial storage, and copied the methods from it into the book.

Lin Chen picked up the notebook and began to study:

"The cultivation of wood ear mushrooms requires spawn, which can be selected, propagated, and then placed in spawn bags for cultivation. The process of making spawn bags includes..."

He went through all the materials needed to make the mushroom bags, and none of them were hard to find. Although the process was troublesome, it was doable if he took it one step at a time.

As for the strain, it can simply be extracted from the roots of the existing wood ear mushrooms.

That very evening, he began making mushroom bags.

It took until midnight to finally finish making the mushroom bags.

According to Jiang Ning's notes, the placement of the mushroom bags is also very important. If they are placed too densely, it will cause heat damage; if they are placed too loosely, it will result in insufficient temperature.

Once the microbial culture is successfully cultivated, its subsequent growth environment is also very demanding, with temperature, humidity, and other factors having an impact.

To successfully cultivate wood ear mushrooms, just like caring for a baby, requires patience and meticulous care.

The next day, just as dawn was breaking, Lin Chen opened his eyes, kissed his wife in his arms, and quickly got up.

To his delight, the fungus spawn had indeed been successfully cultivated. He quickly found a piece of linden wood, transplanted the spawn onto it, and then watered it.

Over the next few days, he observed and recorded the growth of the wood ear mushrooms every day. They grew very quickly, and in just a few days they had grown to the size of an ear.

Seeing his cultivation results, Luo Guangming gave him a thumbs up.

"Brother Chen, you're amazing! You actually managed to cultivate the wood ear mushrooms just like that. You can monopolize the wood ear mushroom market now."

Lin Chen smiled and said, "It's all thanks to my wife."

With his successful experience, he cultivated more mushroom bags and transplanted more mushroom strains, and a small mushroom base has been formed in a corner of his own vegetable garden.

That night, in the middle of the night, he groggily reached out, wanting to pull Jiang Ning into his arms. He groped for a long time but couldn't find her. He sat up with a start, threw off the covers and got out of bed, walking out without even putting on his shoes.

As he reached the door, he bumped into Jiang Ning.

"Ningning, where did you go?" Lin Chen quickly hugged her.

Those ten-odd seconds when I couldn't see her felt like an eternity.

My heart was beating twice as fast as normal, and my legs felt weak.

Jiang Ning reached out and touched his face, chuckling, "I just went to the bathroom, why are you so nervous?"

"Of course I'm nervous. What if I run into bad guys? You can just use the urinal inside the house. I'll clean it frequently, so it won't smell."

Lin Chen pinched her waist as a warning.

Jiang Ning was tickled and laughed as she dodged, "I know, I won't do it again next time."

Lin Chen scooped her up, threw her onto the bed in a seemingly savage manner, and pounced on her with bared teeth and claws.

"See how I punish you!"

"No, we've already come once today, why come again?"

"Are you doubting my physical strength?"

After some flirting, the air temperature gradually rose, and an intimate scene unfolded inside the mosquito net...

A few days later, Lin Chen arrived at the black market with a small bag of wood ear mushroom samples, specifically requesting to meet the King of Hell.