"How about I go back and change?" Zhou Jihong said somewhat embarrassedly.

Chen Shuning didn't say anything, but Gu Xinyi waved her hand impatiently and said, "Forget it, just wear this. We can wash it if it gets dirty. We'll miss the oxcart if we're any later."

After saying that, Gu Xinyi ignored Zhou Jihong, who looked conflicted, and pulled Chen Shuning away.

Because of last year's experience, although there were quite a few people buying coal at the educated youth settlement this year, not all of them went to the town. Instead, a few people were sent as representatives.

Each person stated the quantity they wanted to buy, paid the money, and then just waited to unload the truck when they returned.

Because they had to wait for Zhou Jihong, Chen Shuning and Gu Xinyi were a step behind the others. At this moment, Gao Hongyuan and Sui Yuanchao, along with several other male educated youths, had already gone to the village entrance to wait.

Because of the long wait, the people on the oxcart were starting to complain, and the male educated youth who had come first to reserve a spot didn't look too happy either.

Fortunately, Zhou Jihong was quite sensible. She apologized as soon as she arrived. Plus, she was pretty and had a sweet tongue, so she kept calling everyone "auntie," "grandma," "brother," and "sister" in apologetic way. After that, the atmosphere in the car was still pretty good.

After arriving in town, the group headed straight for the street where the black market was located.

Fortunately, the gatekeeper was the same skinny man from last year, and Gao Hongyuan, as the elder brother, stepped forward to negotiate with him.

The short man became very enthusiastic when the topic of the educated youth who bought coal last year came up. He had made a lot of money off these young people last year, so it would be strange if he wasn't enthusiastic when he heard that they wanted to buy coal again this year.

This year, because there were more people, they bought even more than last year. The short man was so happy that he promised to weigh out the best coal for them and deliver it to their door as usual.

Buying and weighing coal was naturally the job of the male educated youth. Chen Shuning and Gu Xinyi tacitly said they had things to do, told their companions that they would take the village's oxcart back at the appointed time, and then left the black market in a hurry without giving Zhou Jihong a chance to speak.

Having not been to the black market for some time, Chen Shuning found a secluded spot to put on makeup and went to the small courtyard she rented near the black market.

The courtyard was very clean, which means Hei Zi and his friends must have come to clean it regularly.

Although Chen Shuning left a lot of things for Hei Zi before leaving, it was a helpless move at the time in order to go home for the Chinese New Year.

Now that we're back, we should continue doing business with Kuroko.

When Chen Shuning left, he used the excuse that he was going to Guangzhou to check out new sources of goods.

Therefore, Chen Shuning naturally brought out a lot of new styles of clothes this time, using the gimmick of smuggling them from Hong Kong.

Since they were all old acquaintances, the transaction went smoothly. In addition to making Chen Shuning's empty money box much fuller, Chen Shuning also received a lot of jewelry this time.

In just over two months, Hei Zi has indeed collected quite a few good things.

After leaving the courtyard, Chen Shuning found an empty alley, removed her makeup in her spatial dimension, packed the things she had prepared into a bamboo basket, and when she saw that it was almost time, she left the spatial dimension and walked towards the big tree at the entrance of the town.