Pork costs 53 cents a pound outside, but here it sells for 3 yuan a pound.
The leg of meat weighed 67 jin (approximately 38.5 kg) and cost 201 yuan. The stall owner rounded it down to 200 yuan.
It's only because Li Xiyue is rich that she can afford to spend so much money on meat. Ordinary families wouldn't be willing to spend so much money on meat all at once; they'd be lucky to get a couple of ounces to enjoy some meat.
The butcher was generous and gave her a stick. She carried the meat and the grain on her shoulders as she left the black market.
However, her purchase of dozens of kilograms of meat still attracted the attention of others.
"You follow her, I'll go find Brother Xiong." Zhang Hai, who was in charge of the place, watched Li Xiyue's departing figure, told someone to follow her, and then turned and went to a room.
The Xiong Ge he mentioned was named Chen Xiong, the head of the black market, a tall and thin man in his forties.
When Zhang Hai went in, Chen Xiong was sitting with his legs crossed, a cigarette dangling from his mouth, playing cards with a few of his underlings.
After hearing Zhang Hai's words, he took the cigarette out of his mouth, flicked the ash, and said, "Two hundred yuan to buy meat in one go? And you still have a lot of meat coupons?"
"Brother Xiong, it looks like a fat sheep. I've already sent Lao Shi to follow it."
Chen Xiong gave him a satisfied look. "Alright, once we find the hideout, we'll take it down."
"Where are they?" Zhang Hai asked.
Chen Xiong glanced at the cards in his hand, laughed loudly, and slammed them on the table. "I won, pay up!" he said, pulling his underling's money in front of him as he replied, "I don't care about life or death."
Zhang Hai understood the situation, smiled, and left.
When Li Xiyue arrived in the dark alley, she had just put the grain and meat into her spatial storage when Xiaobai told her that she was being followed by a tail.
"Is it the group of people I dumped before?" Li Xiyue asked.
Xiaobai said, "No."
Li Xiyue understood; they must be people from the black market who had their eyes on her because of her lavish spending.
She adheres to the principle of "I will not offend others unless they offend me; if they offend me, I will retaliate." Since the other party has designs on her, she will naturally not let them off easily.
Looking at the moon already high in the sky, it seems tonight will be a sleepless night.
"Old Ten, where is everyone?" Zhang Hai came into the alley and didn't see a soul in sight. He asked angrily.
Old Ten hung his head and said, "I lost them."
They watched as the person came in, but once they chased after them, they disappeared.
Chen Hai kicked him in anger, "You can't even stick with one person, what use are you?"
"How about we call some more brothers to search around?" Old Ten suggested.
Chen Hai said, "Why aren't you calling for help?"
Old Ten ran away quickly.
Li Xiyue had already left the alley and was waiting at the back door of the black market. She saw several people pushing a cart full of goods toward a house and secretly followed them.
The house was very large, with two courtyards, and looked quite upscale.
Li Xiyue hid and let Xiaobai scan the house. She found that there were quite a few people inside, men, women, and children, but most of them were asleep except for the people on night watch.
Li Xiyue entered the largest room in the space, where a woman was sleeping with two children. She bought calming incense from the space's shop and lit it.
The calming incense will only make people sleep more soundly and will not harm their health. After all, she has a child, so Li Xiyue is still very careful.
She had a clear goal: to find money and valuables.
These speculators have done countless immoral things. Ordinary people can't even afford to eat, yet they can do these unscrupulous things with a clear conscience.
If they still want to double-cross them, then it's not unreasonable for her to turn the tables and eat them up instead.
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