"Don't worry. I won't do anything to you. I'm not that kind of beast."
"That would be best."
Gu Sinian slowly approached Su Ying and whispered in her ear, "Even if I were to do something, I wouldn't do it in front of everyone."
"you!"
Unable to argue further, Su Ying helplessly took Gu Sinian's hand and walked towards the sugar vendor.
A man and a woman walked towards them from afar, clearly a rural couple judging from their clothes. The small vendor's face was expressionless; any customers he had had had their money taken by the morning's customers who had only looked and asked about prices.
He's too lazy to smile now, and he's lost all enthusiasm for greeting people. The rural couple already doesn't have enough money or food.
When people have money, they flock to the grain market next door. His sugar shop is considered a luxury item, so even fewer people buy it.
Business used to be pretty good, but I don't know why I didn't make a single sale today. I'm so unlucky. I couldn't keep my mouth shut and my attitude was terrible.
"Go away, go away. Go to the side. I sell sugar here, not grain. If you want grain, please turn right and then left."
He encountered quite a few people who came in to ask about prices but didn't buy anything, which made him lose interest in customers and become extremely rude.
Su Ying found it all quite novel. Didn't he see her walking towards him?
She has no sense of propriety at all. If I hadn't run into her today, I would have been completely out of luck.
"Of course I'm coming this way to buy sugar. Do you think I'm going to treat this place as a stopover so I can just glance at it and buy some grain? I'm not in a hurry. If I buy all the sugar, will you give me a discount?"
The small vendor, who was about to get angry, was looking for someone to vent his frustration on and get rid of his bad luck when these two unlucky guys came to him on their own. So he wasn't going to be polite.
Just as he was about to unleash a furious tirade, upon hearing that all his sugar would be bought, he immediately grinned, looking as if it were worthless.
"Hehe... I was blind and didn't recognize your greatness just now. I neglected you, my esteemed guest. If you want it all, I'll give you a discount of five cents per pound. How about that?"
Su Ying calculated the price in her mind. It was about the same as the supply and marketing cooperative's price. They weren't overcharging and weren't too greedy. Even if she fought to the bitter end, the price wouldn't be much cheaper.
Since the price was right and the vendors had enough, Su Ying immediately decided to buy it, wanting to make a quick decision. There were still two people waiting at the supply and marketing cooperative, and delaying too long would cause a lot of unnecessary trouble.
“I’ll take them all. Deliver them to that rather secluded alley near the black market entrance in an hour. I’ll pay you half as a deposit now, and the remaining half after I receive the goods.”
The vendor agreed immediately, nodding and bowing repeatedly, "Okay, okay. I'll deliver the sugar to you promptly in an hour."
Gu Sinian was a little confused by Su Ying's actions and muttered to himself, "Aren't we going to keep an eye on things? What if the vendors shortchange us? Who can we complain to? After all, black market business is a one-time thing, and there's no point in talking about credibility."
Su Ying covered her mouth with her hand to block out the voice, "That's enough. They're still weighing it, and you're so blatantly saying they're shortchanging you. Where does that leave their face? They've already chosen to buy things from the black market, why would they care about such a small matter as shortchanging them?"
"The important thing is not to be too unscrupulous. We'll turn a blind eye to it. After all, there's no reasoning in the black market. The government has been cracking down on the black market, and it doesn't support us buying things from it. But we insist on coming here, and if we get scammed, we can only swallow the bitterness ourselves."
Gu Si Nian was speechless for a moment after being told what to do. It made sense, but she still couldn't swallow her anger.
"Anyway, I have money. As long as it looks similar, that's fine. It's understandable for people to take a small advantage. If they all choose to buy things on the black market, who can we complain to? Where can we sue them? Who will handle it? We all know the rules."
Gu Sinian was speechless and chuckled, "Looks like you're used to lying, otherwise how could you be so calm?"
Su Ying's lips twitched. This man was just rubbing salt into her wounds, saying such blunt truths that she should have just kept them to herself, but he insisted on saying them to tear her heart out.
That's ruthless.
"None of that matters. You get used to being scammed after a while. I've been to the black market so many times, I'm used to it. As long as I can buy what I want, that's all that matters. Let's go, let's look somewhere else."
Gu Sinian let Su Ying pull him along, taking him to the places she wanted to go. They strolled around, stopping and looking at things, and soon Gu Sinian was carrying a lot of delicious food.
These are all snacks that Su Ying loves to eat.
"I bought all the food I like to eat. What do you like to eat? I'll buy you some too."
"No need. I'm not picky. I eat everything. Just buy whatever you like."
Su Ying was speechless at this point. Since the man had said so, she didn't hold back and picked out all the things she liked to eat... Every ten minutes or so, she would hang a bag of things in Gu Sinian's hands.
When Gu Sinian's hands were full, she would pull him to a secluded place, throw all the items into her spatial storage, and then continue with the next shopping trip.
"This is enough for you to eat for a long time, do you still want to buy more?"
"You forgot that my space has a preservation function, so nothing will expire or have an expiration date. Since I've found a lot of good things today, I'll buy them if I can."
"After all, I will be very busy for a while. I will be busy building a house and making dried yellow peaches. I won't be able to come to the city for a long time, so I'll take advantage of this opportunity to buy more and stock up to eat slowly."
That makes some sense. Gu Sinian acts as a puppet carrying things. He doesn't care what Su Ying buys and just carries it. When the bag is full, the two of them will secretly leave for ten minutes or so and then come back feeling relaxed. And so on.
When the two returned, they passed a small vendor, and the man would buy some medicinal herbs that could help nourish the body.
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