Boss Xiong raised an eyebrow and glanced at his subordinate: "The things she has are all valuable. It's not a big deal that she ran away; we'll definitely be able to follow the clues and find her later. But if you offend her, and she refuses to cooperate with us and instead runs off to the west of the city, how much will we lose?"
The other man frowned after hearing what Boss Xiong said: "Boss, her price isn't cheap. Even though we can get a high price, we won't earn much. Perhaps..."
Boss Xiong thought for a moment and didn't reply immediately. In fact, he had been considering this question as well, whether or not to agree to the price.
In their area, many people lack food every winter.
They make their money on the black market through this.
However, during the famine a few years ago, they were unable to buy food from other places, so their reserves have been very low in the last two years.
There were none of the high-quality ones, like the ones that little girl brought.
“Brother, I remember that little girl said something earlier. She said we could mix the bad rice with the good rice and sell it at a higher price. I think that's a good idea.”
"Yes, brother, I also think this is a good idea. We still have some old rice there, and we were thinking of selling it at a low price, but now it seems we don't need to."
The eldest bear tapped the table even faster.
After a long while, he finally made up his mind: "Since I have already promised that girl, I will not change the price and will do as she says. But how to sell it is up to us."
"Sanlaizi, take these things to the Chen family and hand them to their old man in person. Don't say anything else; they'll know what it means when they see these things."
Sanlaizi and Wang Daniu had been listening the whole time, and they were also worried for the little girl.
Upon hearing Xiong Laoda's words, Sanlaizi immediately stepped forward and took the small cloth bag.
The Chen family is a wealthy family. I heard that they were poor farmers for three generations, but somehow they suddenly became rich.
Not only did they settle down in the county town, but they also hired many helpers.
If it weren't for the strict crackdown in recent years, which led them to dismiss all the domestic helpers and bring in some relatives from the countryside to "stay temporarily," the large courtyard would probably have been confiscated, and they might even have been "beaten up."
But what the real situation is, Boss Xiong knows very well.
He didn't believe those relatives were just there to stay, and whether they were even relatives with the surname Chen was another matter entirely.
He always told others that his two sons worked in a state-owned factory and that their wages were enough to support their entire family.
In reality, they had some money from who-knows-where and would often come to the black market to buy food and other necessities.
Xiong Laoda had dealt with their family a lot, so he naturally knew a bit about them. He would often send them some good things whenever he had them.
I'll buy it as long as I like it and the price is right.
...
After Sanlaizi left the black market, Xia Anyan followed him silently.
Following the trail, they arrived outside the Chen family's courtyard.
I wonder what kind of background the Chen family has. This courtyard looks quite large, with three courtyards and three entrances, and quite a few people live inside.
Don't be fooled by their seemingly ordinary appearance; a closer look reveals that they are actually domestic helpers.
In other words, servants in wealthy households.
When Sanlaizi arrived, he knocked on the gate three times quickly and three times slowly. Soon after, a person ran out and led the person inside.
Xia Anyan felt puzzled, but did not follow to check.
Regardless of whether the people here are connected to the black market, as long as those people don't follow her or investigate the origins of those things, she can turn a blind eye.
Once Xia Anyan confirmed that no one was following her, she quickly went into her spatial dimension to change her clothes, then got a small cart, took a large bag of white flour and a large bag of refined rice, and appeared at the spot she had just left.
She covered it with a cloth, then pushed the cart toward the black market.
Although passersby saw it, no one suspected anything, and no one went up to inquire about it.
As he approached the entrance to the black market, he was stopped again by the same burly man.
The same thing happened again, but this time Xia Anyan didn't intend to give any money away.
"Brother, my daughter gave me money when she came over. She asked me to come and deliver something, saying that she has already communicated with your boss, Xiong."
Few people know that the black market boss's surname is Xiong.
But when this person arrived, he not only spoke about it, but even mentioned the little girl from earlier.
The burly man had just received a notification from Sanlaizi that someone would be coming to deliver something soon.
I thought it would be a man, but it turned out to be a woman who looked quite young.
He stared at Xia Anyan for a while before leading his people down the side path.
"The boss said that these things must be inspected before they can be brought in."
"Someone will be coming to inspect later. Just cooperate. As long as the goods pass inspection, you'll definitely get your money back."
Xia Anyan didn't say anything, and just silently followed behind.
The people who came to inspect were the same three who had been standing in that room earlier, one of whom was Wang Daniu.
He didn't seem to recognize Xia Anyan, and as soon as he came over, he couldn't wait to untie the two bags.
His eyes widened when he saw what was inside.
Then, the two people behind him quickly stepped forward, looking at the refined rice and white flour, and couldn't help but want to reach out and touch them.
Xia Anyan frowned and reached out to stop them: "This rice can still be eaten after rinsing, but this noodle will spoil if it gets dirty."
"You can use this to insert it directly and see what the ingredients are like inside, then you'll know."
Xia Anyan took out something that looked like a straw, except it was made of iron.
It's very thin and very long.
Seeing that the three people didn't understand, she simply stuck it into the flour bag.
When they took it out again, the iron bucket was already full of flour.
She poured out the flour and let them check it themselves.
Whether it's the upper or lower level, the quality is the same.
"Can you all rest assured now?"
Wang Daniu and his two companions huddled together and whispered amongst themselves, their conversation unreadable.
Finally, one of them took a small cloth bag out of his pocket and stuffed it directly into Xia Anyan's hand: "We'll take these back first. You wait here for now. After our boss has checked them and there are no problems, we'll come back to find you."
Xia Anyan opened the small cloth bag and saw that it contained some loose change.
The money was enough to buy these things, so Xia Anyan naturally didn't object.
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