Normally, when the Xia sisters asked Xia Tianxiu to bring them food from the state-run restaurant in Sanhe County, they would give her money for the oxcart ride, but she always walked back and forth so that she could save the money and put it into her own little treasury.
This time, they naturally didn't ride in an oxcart either.
The two chatted and laughed as they walked towards Sanhe County, a journey of just over two hours, and soon they arrived.
The black market in Sanhe County is located on the edge of a slum in the southern suburbs. From a distance, the entrance looks like a smelly little garbage dump.
Once inside, you discover a hidden secret—besides piles of foul-smelling garbage, there's only a bald, seemingly blind gatekeeper in the courtyard.
The old man questioned the two unfamiliar faces for a long time.
Seeing that Su Yin answered fluently, he was relieved: "Five cents each!"
This is the entrance fee, it's really expensive!
Su Yin immediately reached into his pocket.
Unexpectedly, as soon as he reached into his pocket, his expression changed instantly—there should have been more than three yuan in his pocket, but now there was nothing there.
Su Yin immediately thought of the incident last night when she climbed over Su Ruyi's courtyard wall—could it be that the money accidentally fell out when she climbed over the wall?
Su Yin looked up at Xia Tianxiu and met her gaze, which was a little embarrassed but also a little expectant.
He could only say to the old man, "Grandpa, please wait, my money is a little difficult to take..."
As he spoke, he turned his back, pulled his vest out of his pants, and put two fingers into the hidden pocket.
With that pull, he felt like the sky was about to fall—the hidden pocket in his vest was bulging and digging painfully into him, but his hand pulled out a piece of yellow paper from it!
Yellow paper!
Su Yin felt as if her soul had flown to the heavens!
He refused to believe it, turned his vest inside out, unbuttoned the three small buttons on the hidden pocket, and reached his hand inside.
It really is yellow paper!
How is this possible?!
Su Yin felt a chill run down his lower back. Thinking of the strange scene last night when he "visited" Su Ruyi but couldn't find her, a layer of cold sweat broke out on his forehead.
How could his money have turned into yellow paper?!
Moreover, all three buttons were fastened properly!
If the loose change in the pocket might have accidentally fallen out while climbing over the wall, then the two hundred yuan in the hidden pocket of the vest turning into yellow paper is blatant ghost story.
Su Yin, who had never believed in ghosts or gods, was now on the verge of her entire worldview collapsing.
Su Yin frowned, about to think, when the gatekeeper said unhappily, "You don't even have a single yuan, do you?"
Seeing Su Yin's troubled expression, Xia Tianxiu quickly took out two 50-cent coins from her pocket and handed them to the old man: "Grandpa, you're joking. This is my brother's first time here, and he's nervous."
The old man took the money, raised his eyelids and pointed behind him: "Keep going in, go through the second door of that row of small blue bungalows, go down into the cellar."
"Huh?" Xia Tianxiu was taken aback.
Although the Haicheng black market was also hidden, it was at least located in an alley. But this black market in Sanhe County was actually... in a cellar?
Seeing that Su Yin still looked dazed and confused, Xia Tianxiu quickly tugged at his sleeve.
Su Yin rubbed her face with both hands before she came to her senses.
The two thanked the old man and walked towards the row of small blue bungalows.
Soon, the two discovered a very hidden cellar entrance in the second room.
Lifting the wooden partition, light did seep through from underneath.
Seeing Su Yin hesitate, Xia Tianxiu jumped down first: "Brother Su Yin, let me scout the way for you first!"
After Xia Tianxiu jumped down, she looked around and couldn't help but exclaim, "Wow!"
Seeing this, Su Yin also jumped down.
Sure enough, there was a hidden world below—not a cellar, but a straight alleyway.
Su Yin and Xia Tianxiu crouched down and walked through a section of uphill connecting to a low gate, where they arrived at an open-air area.
The courtyard wall, which was at least two meters high, was covered with shards of glass identical to those on Su Ruyi's courtyard wall.
The courtyard was about two hundred square meters, and it was almost full of people squatting along the walls selling things.
All the goods, mainly various kinds of food, were displayed on dirty, tattered rags.
The flow of people around the courtyard formed a slow, counter-clockwise ring.
Every now and then, someone would break out of the loop and come to the seller to ask about the price.
People were speaking and asking about prices in hushed tones, so the whole courtyard was emitting a very low-frequency sound, like a huge swarm of bees flapping their wings.
At this moment, Su Yin felt that she had figured it out—it must be the ghost of that dead old village doctor causing trouble!
However, the ghost's power should be limited, as it did not harm him in the slightest.
Su Yin was so angry at losing just two hundred yuan that she beat her chest and stamped her feet.
It seems I shouldn't go looking for trouble with Su Ruyi anymore!
At present, the bustling scene of the black market has completely diverted Su Yin's attention.
With such a great place around, Su Yin believed that he could earn back not just two hundred yuan, but even two thousand yuan!
Su Yin and Xia Tianxiu both stared wide-eyed at the spectacular scene before them, their eyes gleaming with excitement.
Su Yin moved closer to Xia Tianxiu: "Xiuer, how much money did you bring?"
Xia Tianxiu answered in a low voice, "One...one hundred and ten yuan is for Xiaoyu Lulu's lunch, and the hundred...is my secret stash!"
"Lend it to me!" Su Yin's eyes lit up. "I'll pay you back 110 in a couple of days!"
Summer Show didn't hesitate to pull money out of her clothes.
Clearly, she had hidden her money very well; it took her a while to pull out a large roll of money wrapped in a handkerchief.
When Su Yin took it in his hand, he saw that they were all small bills, with the largest denomination being one yuan.
Clearly, this was something Summer Show had accumulated over a long period of time.
Su Yin smiled at her again: "Good girl, just wait and see how much money you make!"
Summer's eyes sparkled: "Mmm!"
The two men's furtive actions were observed by a middle-aged man.
This man was none other than Chef Wang, the head chef of the state-run restaurant in Sanhe County.
His real name is Wang Changping, and his nickname is "Boss Wang".
Because he also has a secret identity: the actual controller of the largest black market in this province.
At this moment, he was sitting in a small single-room house in the corner of the courtyard, looking at Su Yin with a furrowed brow through the open window.
Is this young man really Su Tong, Su Ruyi's fourth brother?
Their eyebrows and eyes are very similar, but their temperament is completely different.
Su Tong was a bit dull, while this young man was very clever and had a slightly sneaky air about him.
However, which person who comes to the black market doesn't act suspiciously?
He looked at it for a long time but still couldn't be sure.
Since Jin Dachun's death, after attending the funeral, he has never been to Dingjiatun again.
Thinking of Jin Dachun, Master Wang sighed – he understood this world less and less. How could Dr. Jin, who dedicated his life to healing and saving lives, not have a peaceful end?
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