Siheyuan: I can always stay out of it

Moreover, in the black market, one must not only guard against being caught by the police or the red armbands, but also be wary of some criminals. The city is not peaceful right now. There are many hungry people, and there are always some who have no way to survive and choose to take risks.

In addition, enemy agents and spies are extremely rampant nowadays. If you encounter them late at night, they may not let you leave alive. Ordinary people will not choose to go to the black market unless they have no other choice.

It is normal to find a few corpses in the alleys these days. Chen Xu couldn't understand why Yi Zhonghai would take the risk. Like him, if there was no space, he would definitely not choose to go to the black market. He would rather spend a little more money to buy it from a trust store.

After all, safety comes first. Chen Xu is not sure about other things, but he still values ​​his life very much.

In fact, Yi Zhonghai really didn't want to go, but he couldn't resist his apprentice's nagging. Jia Dongxu was an extremely deceiving guy.

Actually, there is nothing wrong with Jia Dongxu, otherwise Yi Zhonghai would not have chosen him to be his elderly caregiver. Filial piety and obedience are his greatest strengths. His only shortcoming is that he has no opinion of his own, but this shortcoming is also an advantage for Yi Zhonghai.

Apart from that, he is a little timid. It is impossible to expect him to go to the black market alone. In the past two years, the Jia family has been short of food from time to time, and Yi Zhonghai cannot always use his own food to subsidize the Jia family. Therefore, this is not the first time that Jia Dongxu has asked him to go to the black market together.

It is now mid-to-late March, and the Jia family is obviously running out of food, so naturally they have to find a way to get food. It is actually normal for Chen Xu to meet these two people, but neither he nor his original self has been to the black market, so they don't know the key.

Chen Xu was also happy about this. He knew the approximate location of the black market, but he had to find the specific location by himself. Following these two people saved him some trouble.

The three of them left the courtyard one after another.

Yi Zhonghai frowned slightly. He always felt that someone was following them, but no matter how hard he tried, he didn't find anything unusual.

The one following behind was naturally Chen Xu. It was not that he had advanced tracking skills, but the alleys Yi Zhonghai walked in were all small and dark, and you could hardly see anything a few meters away. When Chen Xu heard the footsteps stop, he went straight into the space, so there was no way Yi Zhonghai could find him.

"Master, what's wrong?"

Jia Dongxu felt a little strange as he looked at Yi Zhonghai who paused several times to listen carefully, but he didn't find anything.

"It's okay, I guess I'm just overthinking it."

Yi Zhonghai felt that it was because he was too cautious. He had deliberately let Jia Dongxu go first. He slowly went back to take a look, and indeed there was no one there.

Chen Xu stood in the space and looked at Yi Zhonghai speechlessly. This old guy was really careful. If he hadn't heard the footsteps of two people change into one and directly entered the space, he might have been discovered by Yi Zhonghai.

Yi Zhonghai did not let his guard down until he reached the black market. It seemed that he was indeed too nervous.

Chen Xu stood in the distance as the two men paid money to enter the black market. They waited for a while before walking out of the darkness and heading towards the black market.

"Buy or sell?"

"purchase."

"Two cents."

There were two people standing at the entrance of the alley of the black market. After a brief conversation, Chen Xu paid two cents and prepared to go in.

"If you hear someone shouting, run to the alley inside..."

One of them said something again, and Chen Xu nodded slightly, feeling that this black market still had some rules. At least the police would not just run away and ignore other people when they came.

Although it is just some warnings, it is not bad. Although there is a risk of being caught if they run away, it is better than being caught without any preparation.

Chen Xu entered the alley of the black market and found that there were quite a few people inside, but it was a bit eerie.

People coming and going are very cautious, and they will not talk if they can. Even if they are doing business, they will just go aside and whisper. It doesn't seem like they are here to do business, but more like a mafia transaction...

This made Chen Xu, who was here for the first time, a little curious.

There are many small alleys inside, with sellers of all sizes squatting on the ground with their goods in front of them. Most of them are packed in baskets or something, and some are even covered with cloth, with only a corner exposed, making it obvious that they are ready to run away at any time.

There was only dim light in the alley, and if you wanted to see clearly what the sellers were selling, you had to get closer and look at them one by one.

Chen Xu followed suit and looked over one by one like everyone else.

There was indeed a wide variety of things. Chen Xu had already seen several people selling antiques, and they were very cheap. Chen Xu just took a look out of curiosity and left.

He knew nothing about antiques, and there was no telling whether the items on the black market were real or fake. The best way to avoid being cheated was to stay away from these things.

The rest were books and daily necessities. However, Chen Xu did not see the guns and ammunition that he had heard of before. Of course, it is also possible that he has not seen them yet.

Things like guns and ammunition are probably not that common on the black market. After all, if these things become a disaster, it will not be a good thing for anyone.

After walking halfway through the alley, Chen Xu finally saw something interesting.

“How much are the peppers?”

Chen Xu recognized at a glance that these peppers were screw peppers. They looked strange in shape but the flesh was firm and spicy enough. He didn't know where they came from. He remembered that this kind of pepper was generally more common in the south. Chen Xu rarely saw it in the north.

In his previous life, Chen Xu liked spicy food, which made him somewhat out of tune with the serious Beijing men. His former colleagues even said that he might be from the South since he could eat so much spicy food.

In addition to eating, Chen Xu wanted to save some seeds and plant some in the space later. This thing is rare in Sijiu City.

"50 cents a pound, no ticket required."

Chen Xu nodded slightly. It sounded a bit expensive.

Nowadays, green vegetables are only a few cents per pound in the vegetable market, and the expensive ones are only about ten cents. It is indeed a bit expensive to sell this thing for fifty cents. Moreover, peppers cannot be used as a staple food. Foods that can be used as staple foods are expensive now, but everything else is similar to before.

"How many do you have here?"

The seller was also like a dumpling. Chen Xu saw the surprise in his eyes. Actually, not many people in the city bought this stuff. He had been selling it here for a few days, but didn't sell many taels. In his heart, he had already cursed the guy who cheated him for countless generations.

Of course, Sijiu City doesn't have this thing now. It was obtained by someone else. They said it was some new technology and grown in a greenhouse. It is rare in Sijiu City and can definitely be sold at a good price.

So he was tempted and bought some to resell on the black market. The result is predictable.

This guy started selling it for one yuan per pound, then reduced the price several times, until now it’s only 50 cents, and he hasn’t sold many...

China's greenhouse cultivation technology just started around 1960, but on a small scale. It was a kind of luck for Chen Xu to encounter this out-of-season pepper.

"About ten kilograms..."

Although she was a little surprised whether Chen Xu was asking just for fun, she still answered him quickly.

"30 cents a pound. I want them all."

Chen Xu said in a low voice.

"Brother, my purchase price is more than..."

Without waiting for him to finish his sentence, Chen Xu turned and left.

"Sell it, sell it, just three cents."

The man got anxious and quickly grabbed Chen Xu. He bought them at 25 cents, and could make 5 cents a pound by selling them at 30 cents. He had long hated these things, and as long as he could get rid of them, he would sell them even if Chen Xu asked for 20 cents, let alone 30 cents.

What he said just now was nothing more than a trader's habitual rhetoric. If Chen Xu really left, he would cry to death.