My maternal grandfather's family runs a traditional Chinese medicine clinic. They have all the necessary licenses and permits. Both my maternal grandfather and the original owner of this body have medical licenses. My maternal grandfather is a very skilled doctor, and many patients come from far and wide because of his reputation. He is deeply trusted by the people.

That day, the police suddenly came to our door and took him away. After that, we never heard from my grandfather again.

The original owner inquired around and went to the police station many times, but the police only said that his maternal grandfather was no longer at the police station and they didn't know where he had gone, and they were unwilling to say anything more.

Fearing that someone might be watching her outside, Li Xiyue used her spatial teleportation to her maternal grandfather's house.

The house was ransacked; the medicine cabinet was overturned, the bookshelves were scattered, and the examination table that my grandfather used to see patients was also overturned on the floor. All the valuables were gone.

There used to be a long line of patients here every day. My grandfather would go to the doctor, and the original owner would get medicine. They were all very busy. But now, all that's left is a mess.

Li Xiyue sighed, looked around but found nothing, and then went to the room where the original owner lived.

Her room was also ransacked, and even the bed was dismantled piece by piece, as if they were looking for something.

Standing by the window, looking at the moon in the night sky, I recalled how the original owner and her grandfather had enjoyed the moon and eaten mooncakes in the courtyard last Mid-Autumn Festival.

Liao Qingshan is a tall and robust old man. Although his hair is all white, he practices Tai Chi every day and is more robust than some young people. He is very optimistic and always has a smile on his face.

He treated the original owner very well, and the original owner was very happy every day during the years she lived with her maternal grandfather.

If Grandpa hadn't gotten into trouble, he would have protected the original owner, and she wouldn't have been beaten to death by that vicious brother and sister.

But where is the original owner's maternal grandfather? Is he still alive?

Looking up at the bright moonlight, Li Xiyue remembered what her grandfather had once said.

"Yueyue, if you ever get separated from your grandfather, you must take good care of yourself. We will meet again someday."

But the original owner of this body died, and she and her grandfather could never meet again.

Li Xiyue clenched her fist. Now that she had taken over the original owner's body, she would definitely live well for the original owner and wait for the day she could reunite with the original owner's grandfather.

Li Xiyue left silently, took a sip of the disguise potion she had bought earlier, transformed herself into a man, arrived at the entrance of the black market, paid the two-cent entrance fee, and entered the black market.

As darkness falls and people return home and birds go back to their nests, the bustling black market is just beginning to come alive.

Li Xiyue wandered around inside and found that they sold everything imaginable, including clothing, food, housing, and transportation. They had everything that was available outside and even things that weren't available elsewhere.

Li Xiyue bought two chickens, one duck and one goose, one male and one female, and placed them in her space to lay eggs and hatch chicks.

Chickens and ducks cost 1.8 yuan per jin, and geese cost 2 yuan per jin. The total cost for the six was 48 yuan.

This price is half again as expensive as outside.

I also bought some fish, shrimp, and crabs, which I plan to raise in the pond.

The fish is just ordinary grass carp, 1.2 yuan per jin; the shrimp is river shrimp, 1.5 yuan; and the crab is also river crab, 1.6 yuan.

Li Xiyue didn't buy much. She bought two grass carp, one of which had a bulging belly and was already pregnant. She bought half a catty of shrimp and six crabs. She asked the vendor to round down the price to ten yuan and gave her ten yuan.

Seeing that there were piglets for sale, I bought two, one male and one female, for twenty yuan each, totaling forty yuan.

The two piglets cost the worker a month's wages, which was indeed quite expensive, but black market prices were higher than outside prices, so it was good enough that they could buy these things at all. Li Xiyue wasn't short of money.

She borrowed two sacks and a carrying pole from the stall owner, who, fearing she wouldn't return them, even paid a one-cent deposit.

After packing the items, Li Xiyue carried two sacks of live poultry out of the black market, walked to a dark and deserted alley, put the items into her spatial storage, and then returned to the black market with her carrying pole.

After returning the carrying pole and sack and getting a penny back, Li Xiyue planned to buy some more grain. She already had some meat, but lacked grain.

But after searching the black market, I only managed to buy five or six pounds of refined grains, three and a half pounds of rice, and two and a half pounds of wheat flour. I also bought a few pounds of sweet potatoes and potatoes as coarse grains.

Rice costs 15 cents a pound outside, but here it sells for 1.5 yuan. Flour only costs 18 cents outside, but it sells for 1.8 yuan on the black market. Coarse grains like corn, sweet potatoes, and potatoes cost 0.8 cents a pound outside, but here they cost 0.8 cents—ten times the price.

Cities rely on government-subsidized grain, which is scarce. Now, during the lean season, individual farmers have very little surplus grain, so this price is quite good.

After buying the grain and preparing to leave, a butcher came by and somehow got hold of a whole leg of pork. Li Xiyue rushed over and bought it all.

It will take some time for the two pigs to grow up and have piglets, so let's buy some meat to eat in the meantime.