After exchanging things privately with the aunt selling hens and thanking her twice, Shen Xiaobei continued: "Auntie, I want to ask you something!"
"What is it, girl?"
"If I have some good stuff saved up at home and I want to exchange it for some money, do you know where I can do it safely?"
"Oh, girl, you want to know where the old alley is?"
"Old alley?"
"Well, that's what everyone calls the black market! But we call it the Old Alley. It's a more inconspicuous name, isn't it?"
"Yes, Auntie, I just want to ask where the old alley is. Is it safe to sell things there in broad daylight?"
In fact, there is a black market not only in the county town, but also in the countryside. This is a special product of a certain period. Shen Xiaobei has studied history and heard about it from his grandmother, so it is not surprising.
The original owner had heard Ke Xiaoli, who lived in the county town, talk about it once before, but she didn't pay much attention to it at the time and didn't ask for the specific location.
"The Old Alley is a small, unnamed alley west of the county town, near the countryside. It's quite remote, and there are even people on guard outside. I've never heard of anyone getting into trouble while selling things there."
"But if you want to get in, you have to pay them a sentry fee, which isn't expensive. Those who bring things in to sell usually pay about 10 cents, and those who go in to buy things just pay a few cents. This fee is also arbitrarily set by those sentries."
"Oh, I see, Auntie, then do you know what items are easier to sell in old alleys?"
"Well, it's not certain. It depends on luck. If you're lucky, you can sell everything. If you're not, then the money you paid for the surveillance might be wasted."
"But, people who go in to buy things usually don't come out empty-handed. They always buy something, otherwise it wouldn't be worth it, don't you think?"
"Yes, that's what you said! Thank you so much, Auntie. I asked you so many questions and delayed your return."
"It's okay, it's okay. We're closing up early today!"
After exchanging a few more pleasantries with the aunt, Shen Xiaobei left, and then used the barter method to exchange for some vegetable seeds.
Because there were four live hens in the backpack, and the old alley was on the west side and a bit far away, she planned to come here next time and take some things from the space to sell there.
After buying the vegetable seeds, it was still early, so she strolled leisurely through several streets to get familiar with some of the commodities and prices in the county town.
Then I slowly walked to the intersection to wait for the bus.
After waiting for more than an hour, a tractor finally arrived on the way. However, this tractor only went to the commune and not to the Baiju Brigade. Shen Xiaobei had no choice but to ride the bumpy tractor all the way to the commune and then get off.
Fortunately, the four hens were not heavy.
If she needed to buy food, she could wait until she was almost at the educated youth point, and then transfer it from the space into the backpack without anyone noticing.
Otherwise, she thought she would be exhausted after walking for more than an hour carrying a backpack filled with food and four hens.
Because he didn't want to arrive at the educated youth point during Fan Huifang and the others' lunch break, Shen Xiaobei walked very slowly on the way back to Baiju Brigade.
When she was walking on a remote part of the road, she stopped and rested for half a day.
I took out a bottle of refreshing lemon-flavored soda, a piece of tiger skin cake and a pineapple bun from the space to quench my thirst and fill my stomach.
In the previous world, she never thought these things were rare or delicious.
But after traveling to this parallel era of material scarcity, every time she secretly took something out of the space to eat, she felt that they were simply delicacies.
It is a great gift to her taste buds and life, making her feel very lucky.
When Shen Xiaobei walked to the yard of the educated youth center carrying four hens on his back, everyone else had gone to work.
She took the four hens out of the basket in a leisurely manner, and unexpectedly, she found an Easter egg!
An egg, to be exact.
A hen had actually laid an egg in the backpack.
"Hens, hens, you guys are so awesome! I have to reward you!"
Shen Xiaobei praised the hen with a happy look on his face.
Then he picked up the egg and put it in the kitchen basket, took out two plates, took some rice from the space and put it on the plates.
Then, he personally helped these four hens to keep watch.
Let them have a secret meal like her while others are away.
After feeding the chickens, Shen Xiaobei took out 20 kilograms of the cheapest rice and 10 kilograms of flour from the space and put them in the kitchen.
I also took 5 kilograms of potatoes and 5 kilograms of carrots, and put these two vegetables that can be stored for a longer time in the kitchen.
The vegetables she stored in the space were relatively clean. In order not to arouse suspicion, she carefully put some dirt residue from the yard on the kitchen floor.
Then roll the potatoes and carrots on the dirt to get some dirt on them.
In fact, she really wanted to take out more food.
However, these foods and four hens together weigh more than 50 kilograms. If more things are taken out, the total weight will be too outrageous.
How could she possibly carry it all the way back from the commune?
So I can only restrain myself from taking things out of the space.
After bringing back so many things, Shen Xiaobei had no use for any of the wealth that Kong Wanwan had taken out, so she put them all in the space.
This way you won’t be discovered by other people, and it’s safe and convenient.
After taking care of the food, Shen Xiaobei went into the main room and took a look, thinking that he had to build a chicken coop as soon as possible, otherwise the chickens would have to live in the utility room at night.
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