After turning two corners, we arrived at a small courtyard. The courtyard wasn't large, it was ordinary, and completely unremarkable! No one would imagine that the black market's administrators lived in such an ordinary little courtyard.

The young man leading the way reached the door, knocked five times in quick succession, paused for about 30 seconds, then knocked three more times! He stopped knocking then! About a minute later, a voice was heard from inside the courtyard asking:

Who is it?

"Big cousin, Grandpa wants you to come home for dinner."

The young man answered!

There are quite a few tricks to this, Lin Qing thought to herself without showing any emotion.

After he finished speaking, the door opened from the inside.

"Xiao Jiang, I'll take this young man to meet our big brother."

The person who opened the door was a young man who was about 14 or 15 years old.

"Brother Xiangzi, come in! Big Brother is waiting!"

After saying that, he stepped aside to let Xiangzi and Lin Qing, whom he had mentioned, go inside.

Lin Qing walked into the courtyard and immediately saw many burlap sacks piled up in the yard, not knowing what was inside.

Follow Xiangzi into the house! You'll see a man in his forties wearing a Zhongshan suit and with his hair parted in the middle sitting on the sofa!

On the coffee table in front of the sofa were some rice, millet, red dates, and other things, which were the items Lin Qing had been selling on the black market these past two days.

"Young man, what's your name?"

The man in the Zhongshan suit asked.

"You can call me Xiao Gu."

"Alright, Xiao Gu, you can just call me Uncle Wang. I invited you here today because I want to do some business with you. What do you think, Xiao Gu?"

"Uncle Wang, do you want to buy grain from me?"

"Let's not beat around the bush, Xiao Gu, you name your price!"

"Uncle Wang, you've seen the quality of my goods. How much are you prepared to offer?"

"That depends on how much stock you have," Uncle Wang said with a sly smile, looking every bit the old fox.

"I have 30,000 jin of rice, 20,000 jin of millet and 10,000 jin of pork here. Uncle Wang, can you eat all of this?"

"If the quality is the same as the ones on this table, I'll take them all."

"How about this, I'll give you 40 cents for rice, 50 cents for millet, and 1.2 yuan for pork, what do you think?"

Upon hearing Lin Qing's words, Uncle Wang sat up straight!

With these goods, he can seize the market in the south as well. No matter what, he must get this batch of goods.

"Rice is 50 cents, millet is 60 cents, and pork can be the price you want."

"Little Gu! You're not earning enough for your uncle. I have a whole group of people to support!"

After hearing Lin Qing's words, Uncle Wang began to bargain.

"Uncle Wang, you know how good the quality of my stuff is. This is top-notch merchandise, and I don't sell it for much on the black market. The price really can't be lowered; this is my bottom line!"

"Besides, the goods aren't mine. My older brother set the price, and I only offered the lowest price because I saw that you could take them all."

"Moreover, we have a lot of people, and the shipping and labor costs are also quite high."

Hearing Uncle Wang plead poverty, Lin Qing also tried to bargain. "It's just bargaining, isn't it? Anyone can do that."

"Alright, since Xiao Gu said so, Uncle Wang will earn a little less, just to be friends with you."

Uncle Wang said with a shrewd look, "The price that Xiao Gu offered is indeed not high. With this quality, if you add 2 or 3 cents, you can still sell it. If you sell it to big cities, you can earn even more."

Moreover, with such a large quantity of goods, we can completely seize the territory in the south. No matter how you look at it, this deal is a sure win.

"Xiao Gu, when do you think we should make the deal?"

After confirming that the price had been agreed upon, Uncle Wang asked another question.

"Let's do it tomorrow. There's a dilapidated factory outside the city. We'll make the deal there at 9 pm tomorrow. But let me make this clear beforehand: I'll be the only one doing the deal with you tomorrow. The rest of us don't want to be in the public eye. If we find anyone staking out the place, the deal will be canceled."

Lin Qing had already scouted the area; the factory outside the city was located in a relatively open space, so there was no risk of an ambush.

Moreover, my parents are already asleep by 9 p.m., so I can sneak out to make the transaction.

After the transaction is completed tomorrow, I'll head straight to the countryside the day after tomorrow, and nobody will be able to find me.

"Don't worry, Xiao Gu. Uncle Wang is a man of integrity in business. He would never send someone to stake out the place. I wonder if you want money or something else, Xiao Gu?"

Uncle Wang had originally considered this idea, but after listening to Xiao Gu's words, he decided not to take the risk, since this batch of goods was too important.

"I need money and tickets, valid nationwide. Gold and silver jewelry and antiques are also acceptable."

In this era, money and tickets are hard currency, while gold and silver jewelry and antiques are things that can be kept for future appreciation.

"Okay, I understand."

Upon hearing Lin Qing's request, Uncle Wang readily agreed.

"Alright, Uncle Wang, I'll be going now. See you tomorrow."

"Okay, see you tomorrow."

As he spoke, Uncle Wang stood up and saw Lin Qing out with a smile.

"System, can you check if anyone is following us?"

"No host available."

It seems that Uncle Wang is a man of principle.

"..."

"Brother, should we send someone to follow them?"

"No need, it might alert them and ruin the deal. Let's talk about it later..."

Nothing happened that day. The following night, after her parents had fallen asleep, Lin Qing secretly slipped out of the house.

Lin Qing arrived at the abandoned factory outside the city ahead of time to wait.

At 8:50, some noises came from afar. Lin Qing waved his hand, and a corner of the factory was piled with sacks. These sacks were the ones Lin Qing had traded with Uncle Wang when he left yesterday!

At one cent each, Lin Qing bought 5,000 in total. She had originally wanted to buy more, but unfortunately Uncle Wang didn't have that many in stock.

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