"Comrade, why are you following me?" He was wearing a black cotton hat and his clothes were patched, and he looked at him with an unfriendly face.
Xu Xiangyang felt a little embarrassed to be discovered. But this was normal. There weren't many people on the road, so it was easy to spot someone following him.
He smiled and said, "Big brother, I saw you exchanging things with someone just now..."
Before he could finish, the man said sternly: "What do you mean by exchange? Don't talk nonsense."
Having said that, he was about to turn and leave.
Xu Xiangyang immediately ran over and said, "Brother, don't get me wrong. I also want to exchange something with you. Look."
As he spoke, he took out a paper package from his cotton-padded jacket and opened it to reveal a piece of frozen pork belly.
This meat weighs more than two kilograms and has a lot of fat. It looks like a good piece of meat.
The man looked at him in surprise and said hesitantly, "Are you willing to exchange this meat?"
In fact, after seeing the meat, the man wanted to give money and tickets immediately. Recently, there has been a shortage of meat in the city, and there is no meat on the black market, so everyone is craving meat.
But he was also worried that Xu Xiangyang might be a cadre, what if he was here to arrest someone? So he continued to observe carefully.
Xu Xiangyang nodded and whispered, "Brother, to be honest, I moved here from the neighboring mountain city and haven't found a black market yet."
The man was stunned for a moment before he realized that this man was not selling meat, but was really asking about the black market.
However, the black market is not a secret place. Although it is now strictly prohibited by the authorities, they still turn a blind eye to it.
If that's the case, then it's easy. Isn't it just a matter of pulling a string? Besides, I can buy such a big piece of meat myself, so it's not a loss.
"Okay, my name is Wang Er. If you have any good stuff in the future, remember to find me there. I will take you to the black market now." He took the meat with a smile and gave Xu Xiangyang money according to the black market price.
Xu Xiangyang didn't care about this. It would not be a loss even if he exchanged two pounds of meat for a black market channel.
But who would think that having too much money would be a burden?
"You're welcome, Brother Wang. I'll definitely think of you when there are good things in the future." He replied with a smile.
This kind of polite words are just polite. With the black market already in place, what other channels are needed to sell things?
The two of them talked and laughed as they walked to the city gate. When they were about to leave the city, they came to a small alley.
Wang Er took him straight in. After walking less than a hundred meters, they heard the sound of many people talking.
Xu Xiangyang's eyes lit up. This place was really easy for him to find. If he were to look for it by himself, it would probably take him until the New Year to find it.
He never imagined that the black market was right at the city gate.
"Brother, I'll just take you here. We have to go home." Wang Er patted his shoulder and was about to leave.
There are still two pounds of fatty pork belly in my pocket. Let’s go home and eat some meat.
Xu Xiangyang didn't stop him. He thanked him and watched him leave.
When he got closer, he saw that the black market was a large yard, like an abandoned factory.
Because it was almost afternoon, there were still quite a lot of people. Generally speaking, there are more people at night, because everyone is busy during the day and only at night do they have time.
It is also easier to hide at night, making it the most suitable for buying and selling things. Even if it is difficult to see clearly, people will bring a flashlight to illuminate the things.
Xu Xiangyang pressed the hat on his head, then went in and took a walk around.
Most of them were selling coarse grains and scraps of cloth, and the meat and eggs were basically snatched away as soon as they were taken out.
He didn't buy anything, just walked around and left.
I came here today just to check out the place. I have to wait until he settles down in the city before I can do any buying or selling.
After leaving the black market, Xu Xiangyang found a remote place to enter the space.
The space was still like a cloudy day, with light and a suitable temperature.
He went to the dormitory of the logistics port, found a single room that no one had ever lived in, and then went to the bathroom to take a shower.
The water inside was quite warm, and he didn't know why. He had been resistant to the initial contact, but now he could ignore it.
I changed into the pajamas I brought with me and lay on the new bedding. It was so comfortable.
This single room is pretty good. Apart from the bathroom, there is a bed under me.
Although it is a bit simple, he doesn't have high requirements and just wants to have a good night's sleep.
This day had been very tiring for him, and he felt that he might not be able to adapt to the job of moving grain.
But without this job, what can he do when he returns?
He didn't even know how to farm, so he went to work and slacked off? That would be the same as the original owner, and he didn't want to become like that.
So we still have to do the work, take it one step at a time, and we can't go on like this.
On the day of work, Xu Xiangyang was still wearing the original owner's clothes, but he had washed them.
There is a washing machine in the dormitory and it also has electricity, so I just washed my clothes directly.
There is water and electricity, so you can just settle down in it.
But he didn't want to live like this. What was the point of hiding in space? Living a muddled life?
What's the difference between that and salted fish? He wants to be a carp, a koi.
Just as he was thinking about it, he arrived at the granary.
Someone was unloading a truck outside. Xu Xiangyang walked over to ask, and then went to the office next to the warehouse.
Sitting in the room was a middle-aged man in his forties, wearing glasses and slightly balding.
"Who are you?" He was eating when he looked up and saw someone standing at the door.
Xu Xiangyang glanced at the white rice porridge and two-grain flour steamed buns on the table and couldn't help wondering, are the meals for the warehouse gatekeeper so good?
Then he smiled and said, "Hello, comrade. I'm here to report. Here's my letter of introduction. Please take a look."
After saying that, he handed the letter of introduction that he had prepared long ago to the person in front of him.
The man took the letter of introduction, glanced at it, nodded, and returned it to him.
He stood up and said, "Okay, I received a notice yesterday. You can just work with the people outside. I'll take you out and find someone to guide you."
The two men walked out of the office one after the other and came to the door of the warehouse.
"Xiao Zhang, come here." He waved to someone over there.
The man called Xiao Zhang was in his thirties. When he saw someone calling him, he ran over quickly.
"Director Liu, what's the matter?"
Director Liu nodded and said to him, "This comrade is new here. Please take him under your wing and tell us what kind of work he will do."
Xiao Zhang nodded immediately, "Okay, Director Liu, you're busy, I'll take him over there."
Xu Xiangyang watched from the side. What were you busy with? Are you busy eating?
But I didn't expect that he was the warehouse director. He is quite capable. No wonder he eats rice porridge and steamed buns with two-grain flour for breakfast.
You have to know that those who can eat these things at that time are either cadres or have lucrative jobs.
Xiao Zhang watched Director Liu leave, then turned around and said to Xu Xiangyang, "Our job is relatively simple, just moving and unloading goods. You can work with them."
He pointed to the truck next to him, where several people were working.
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