They headed north, but since it was difficult to refine incense during the day, they encountered a land temple along the way, but they didn't stop. At noon, they arrived at a bustling small county town.
Fortunately, there is a meat processing plant in this county town that is said to be very profitable, and there is also a rural cooperative that raises pigs in the local area.
Zhou Yan asked around and found out that because of the Chinese New Year, there would be a big market from today until the first day of the new year.
Of course, the black market is also open.
If you want to exchange meat, you definitely can’t find it at the market.
After some changes, the two went to the black market. With their generosity, they easily exchanged three wild boars weighing over 200 kilograms for a whole domestic pig weighing over 200 kilograms after slaughter, two pig heads, ten pig offal, 50 kilograms of vermicelli noodles, 50 eggs, five old hens, two roosters, and a new quilt weighing 10 kilograms.
Of the remaining wild boars, except for five kept as reserves, the others were exchanged for things. Some of them were naturally food, and the rest were exchanged for cloth, seasonings, tofu, soybean oil, sugar, melon seeds, fruits and other New Year supplies.
Because there were so many wild boars, the black market finally gave Zhou Yan a 500-yuan bill and, at his request, an 80% new second-hand bicycle.
In fact, to be cautious, they should not change in one place.
But considering that I didn't know when I would be going to the next city, and the number of people buying meat after the New Year would definitely not be as large as before, I decided to take the risk and exchange everything.
"Boss, this time I'll go..." As soon as Xiao Yu and the other two left, the subordinates in power in the black market couldn't wait to take credit.
The man in power gave him a look of disdain and said, "Dog, you have no eyes or brains. Didn't you see those wild boars were killed in one blow? There were more than a dozen wild boars. Tell me, what are you going to do to them? They are just passing by. Don't cause trouble for our brothers."
"That's right, Gouzi. Under normal circumstances, these wild boars could be exchanged for more than three times as much. I didn't make a fuss about it, but you underestimated me, didn't you?"
Gouzi scratched his head and squatted next to a wild boar. Suddenly, he reached out and touched the wild boar: "Boss, it's still warm!"
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Xiao Yu withdrew his spiritual consciousness and followed Zhou Yan to transform again, integrating into the county market.
Zhou Yan saw that the candied haws at the entrance were good, so he paid for two strings and stuffed them into his hand.
Xiao Yu looked at the two strings of candied haws in his hand, then at the young boy and the runny-nosed kid in the crowd eating candied haws. He took a big bite, feeling good, and handed the other string to Zhou Yan: "Brother, you take a bite, I'll hold it for you."
Zhou Yan: -_-||……
Zhou Yan looked at the candied haws that seemed to want to poke his nostrils, and reluctantly took a bite. This scene happened to be seen by a few aunties visiting the big market. They said with disdain: "If you want to eat it, just take it yourself. Why do you have to ask your brother to take it and eat it secretly?"
"The younger brother doesn't care about face when he's young, but the older brother needs to have dignity when he's older."
Zhou Yansao blushed, but Xiao Yu laughed wildly in his mind without any hesitation.
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It was probably a rare big market in the whole year. Even though it was already afternoon, this rare big market was still crowded with people.
Because no tickets are required, even the stalls selling fried dough sticks, twisted dough sticks, and steamed buns are very busy.
Xiao Yu also saw a vendor selling defective enamel pots. It was said that someone in his family worked at the enamel pot factory. Thinking of the bamboo buckets he used for drinking water, he carefully selected two large and two small ones.
When Zhou Yan heard him say that the two smaller ones were for his son and daughter, he chose two more.
“You can’t favor one over the other.”
"Are you sure?" Xiao Yu raised his eyebrows and looked at him.
Zhou Yan nodded heavily.
"Then choose two more. Otherwise, the eldest and the second will think you are biased if they find out."
The eldest and the second? Are there two more besides these four?
Zhou Yan hesitated for a moment and chose two medium-sized enamel pots. Xiao Yu knew he had misunderstood, but he smiled and looked at him silently.
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Passing by a noodle stall that had just been made, Zhou Yan dragged Xiao Yu over and bought twenty steamed buns, twenty fried dough sticks, and twisted dough twists. He also bought some other kinds of pancakes, flatbreads, and other snacks later on.
The bustle at the market formed a sharp contrast with the Xinhua Bookstore on the roadside, but there were also many young men and women reading seriously inside.
The two of them went in and read a book and flipped through the newspaper for a while.
It wasn't even five o'clock yet, but the store clerk started kicking people out, saying that starting today, they had to leave work at five o'clock every day.
"What's wrong?" Xiao Yu looked at the man who was holding five rolled-up newspapers in his hands, but his expression looked a little solemn.
Zhou Yan stared at the joyful crowd on the street for a long time before saying, "Gangzi and the others are fine. Also, the Zhou family is looking for me."
"Looking for you to go back?"
"Well, recently someone wanted to use my case to attack the Zhou family. However, my grandfather is the only one left in the Zhou family, so for now, these are just some specious rumors."
Xiao Yu glanced at the rolled-up newspaper in his hand and wondered, how does this convey information? He had just glanced at it, and there was nothing strange about it.
Xiao Yu's expression was so easy to understand that Zhou Yan was amused. "Let's go. I'll teach you when we get back."
"Forget it. I don't want to damage my precious brain cells."
"Puff, cough, cough, it can grow your brain."
"Don't think about it. I'm fine now. Being too smart can lead to harm."
Zhou Yan held his forehead with his hand: What a weird idea.
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When they came out of the market, the two men pushed a bicycle with roast chicken, roast duck, pork head, candied haws, red paper and locally produced pineapples hanging on it.
When passing by an alley where many people were sneaking in and out, Xiao Yu smelled a familiar sandalwood scent. He asked Zhou Yan to wait for a while and went in alone to buy a lot of yellow paper.
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