Chapter 96 A Bad Match
Liu Ye readily agreed: "Sure, but you have to pick up the goods at the location I specify. You'll pay me a batch of silver for each batch you pick up."
Li Fugui replied without hesitation, "No problem, tell me where to pick up the goods?"
Liu Ye thought for a moment and said, "I'll prepare the goods for Erdan Noodle Shop on Lianhua Street. You can send someone to pick it up first thing tomorrow morning. Bring a scale and we'll weigh it on the spot."
Li Fugui nodded and said, "No problem, how much stock can you give me tomorrow?"
Liu Ye pondered for a moment. Li Fugui seemed like a decent person, but she couldn't give him too much at once. She had to test the waters first: "50,000 catties of flour and 50,000 catties of rice. My pick-up location is quite far away, so I can only deliver this much for now. I might deliver more next time."
Li Fugui nodded happily, "100,000 jin is quite a lot: 'Okay, then we'll exchange the grain for the money tomorrow.'"
Liu Ye nodded and turned to leave. Little did she know that after she left, Boss Li grinned wickedly and said, "Zhang San, Li Si, you two follow her!"
"It's the boss!"
Liu Ye went to three grocery stores and bought all the grain bags in the stores, collecting 10,000 bags in total. She asked them to deliver the bags to the stores later before she arrived at the stores, locked the doors, and slipped into her spatial dimension.
She arrived at the two grain piles, and with a thought, the rice instantly turned into millet and the wheat into white flour. Suddenly, she realized that if she had to bag 50,000 jin of flour and 50,000 jin of rice, how long would it take her? It would be best if she could control it with her mind.
She went to the side and got an empty bag, threw it on the pile of rice, thinking that she would fill the bag with rice. Suddenly, the bag on the pile of rice flashed with a golden light and was filled with rice. Wow, it really worked! Great! But there was no rope to tie it. Oh dear, she still had to go to the grocery store.
Liu Ye flashed out of the space and suddenly opened the shop door, only to see two people running out of the door in a panic. Their figures looked somewhat familiar, like Li Fugui's attendants.
No way! Li Fugui actually sent someone to follow her! Good heavens! It seems she can't sell the grain. No, wait, she already made an agreement with him, and he even knows about the shop. She probably has no choice but to sell. Damn it, it's her fault, she was careless!
Since that's the case, she'll sell him a batch. She won't buy any more rope; the grocery store will send her bags later, and she'll have someone go back and pick them up.
Soon, all three grocery stores delivered the bags. Liu Ye then bought 10,000 bags of rope from one of them, which also arrived shortly afterward.
After they left, Liu Ye put the rope into her spatial storage, locked the door, and then slipped into the space. When she came out again, it was already noon.
She won't go back to the village today; she'll just stay at the shop. She originally intended to sell the grain to alleviate the food shortage crisis in Xiangshan Town, but things didn't go well. However, it's also possible that she misunderstood. Li Fugui might send someone to familiarize himself with the area, saving them time from having to search for a new place tomorrow.
"Well, I hope so."
She went to the backyard and brought in some firewood, lit the stove in the shop, cleaned the kettle, boiled a large pot of water, washed a set of dishes and chopsticks, and then took out the food from her spatial storage to eat.
Having a space is so convenient. She can store hot meals in her space and they will taste fresh whenever she takes them out to eat. After finishing her meal, she put the food back into her space and then started thinking about where to sleep that night.
Liu Ye arrived at the lower room against the wall on the west side of the backyard. Inside was the living room. There was a large kang (a heated brick bed) against the wall, a stove under the wall at the head of the kang, and a low table on the kang. There was nothing else in the room.
Okay, it's too shabby for her to stay in. She'll sleep in her space tonight and come out again in the morning. She locked the doors to the rooms and returned to the shop in front. With a wave of her hand, she put all the tables, chairs, and benches in the shop into her space, otherwise there would be no place to store the food.
Okay, the place is ready. She'll take out the food tomorrow morning. Before she knew it, it was evening. Liu Ye walked to the corner of the shop and then slipped into her space. She picked three tomatoes, stir-fried them with eggs, ate a simple dinner, and then strolled around the space to digest.
The space was just too big. She walked along the edge of the black soil for about two hours without reaching the end. Suddenly, she heard a loud bang outside the space. Oh no, it seems like someone has entered the shop!
After a while, the sound of voices came from outside again.
Li Fugui's attendants, Zhang San and Li Si, climbed over the wall from the backyard into the yard. The two searched the shop inside and out, but found neither a bag of grain nor any willow leaves.
Zhang San, hands on his hips, said with a puzzled look, "It seems the grain hasn't arrived yet. I'll go back and report to the master first. You stay here and keep watch. If anyone comes, hide. We'll make our move when I return with my men."
Li Si nodded: "Okay, bring more people. I reckon that woman will also need to bring people to guard the grain."
Zhang San curled his lip and said, "Don't worry, Black Tiger Stronghold's leader, Hei San, is leading more than 30 men in Xiangshan Town. They'll come to help in a bit. I'm leaving."
Zhang San climbed over the back wall again, leaving only Li Si in the shop. Liu Ye in the space was furious. "Black Tiger Stronghold, come back and make your move, you bastard!"
It seems she really did run into bad people. Okay, she admits she was blind. Originally, she wanted to sell a batch of grain to get rid of Li Fugui, but it seems that won't work. She was too naive. Li Fugui didn't want to buy at all; he wanted to rob her! Since that's the case, then she shouldn't be polite!
With a thought, she vanished from her spot and reappeared beside the Spirit Spring Well. She picked a handful of chestnuts from the chestnut tree and then slipped out of the space. Since she appeared in the corner of the wall, the shop was pitch black. Li Si, who was squatting under the shop window, did not notice her, but Liu Ye did.
By the dim light from the window, Liu Ye saw a person crouching under the window. Without hesitation, she waved her hand at the shadowy figure and put Li Si into her spatial dimension. Then she also flashed into the spatial dimension to see if Li Si was dead. Logically speaking, since all the wild boars she had taken in were dead, the person should also be dead except for her. Sure enough, there was a dead man lying on the ground, one of Li Fugui's followers.
Liu Ye kicked Li Si's corpse: "Serves you right! Who told you to be blind and follow the wrong person? You had a path to heaven but you didn't take it, so you barged into hell!"
Liu Ye flashed out of the space, waved her hand at the shop floor, took out 50,000 catties of white flour and 50,000 catties of white rice from the space, and hid them under the counter.
About half an hour later, Zhang San returned with his men, followed by a long caravan. Zhang San told Hei San to lead his men to hide in the shadows. He quietly went to the shop window, poked a hole in the paper window, and looked inside with one eye. He saw that the shop was full of grain, and the room was quiet and empty. He was delighted and waved to Hei San.
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