CHAPTER 85: CHAPTER 85: BLACK MARKET

In these times, there are no real estate agents. If you want to find a house, without connections and networking, you can only rely on luck.

Most houses now are benefit apartments from the workplace. There are privately owned ones, but they’re rare. Despite asking around for a long time, nothing suitable came up, and without connections or residency, getting into a city school is impossible.

She frowned as she watched the bustling street, feeling a bit melancholic.

It seems that for now, I can only focus on the Mechanical Factory, after all, the receiving unit for my transfer certification is the Mechanical Factory. But this is no ordinary matter; even if the union’s sister is willing to help, I’m afraid Lyu Juncheng and Yao Hui won’t let me have my way.

Seeing it was getting late, and too tired to keep asking around, she found a place to change and headed to the black market she had visited before.

Previously, using the fish caught from the Yuquan River, she exchanged them with an old lady from Xiahe Village for rice and wheat seeds, planting all remaining space with wheat and rice. This space is indeed quite miraculous; as long as there are seeds, they can be grown.

A few days ago, the harvest for one season provided food; it’s best to exchange it for money and feel at ease. Considering the time, the Yu Family might be arriving soon, so I must be ready for confrontation.

Anyway, money in hand brings peace of mind; if the Yu Family truly presses too hard, I can always leave here and figure something out later.

After weaving through several corners to find the place and explaining her purpose, which was easy since she’d been there once before to sell fish from the space, she quickly saw a minor leader at the black market.

She nodded at the person upon entering: "I have a batch of grains; are you interested?"

The person toyed with a jade pendant in his hand: "I don’t take miscellaneous stuff here, but of course, it depends on the quantity. If it’s just a couple of pounds, don’t bother wasting the energy."

Yu Xinyan understood his meaning: "Newly harvested, about two thousand pounds of wheat and three thousand pounds of rice, all unthreshed. Is it worth your trip?"

At these words, the person looked up, sizing up this unassuming woman in front of him: "We never take goods of unknown origin."

Yu Xinyan silently scorned him in her heart, then spoke earnestly: "Absolutely legitimate origin, won’t cause any trouble."

The person put down the jade pendant he was playing with: "Wait a moment."

Saying this, he left the room, and Yu Xinyan waited for probably another ten minutes before he returned with a man in tow.

The man glanced at Yu Xinyan and spoke coldly: "Do you have samples?"

Yu Xinyan opened the bag she was carrying, taking out a handful of rice and a handful of wheat, placing them on the table before them.

The reason she dared to come alone was that she found her strength had significantly increased recently. If something were to happen, dealing with three to five people shouldn’t be an issue, and with her having space, her courage has also grown.

Most importantly, the rice and wheat in the space can’t be threshed by herself; finding a place to sell them for cash brings peace of mind.

The man pinched the grains in his hand, then looked up at Yu Xinyan: "The quality is good. I’ll buy from you at the price of the threshed product."

At his words, the minor leader spoke softly: "Brother Biao, this might not be appropriate; wouldn’t we just be working for nothing?"

Brother Biao glanced at the minor leader: "Do as I say."

He then turned his head to Yu Xinyan: "If you have goods of this quality in the future, bring them, and I’ll pay you the price of the finished product."