Chapter 583: Black Market

Although it was her first time here, she possessed spiritual power.

To save time and return as soon as possible after finishing her business, she unleashed her spiritual power the moment she entered.

When she arrived, the person at the entrance told her the exit was at the other end; seeing this, she realized this black market was actually quite large.

Turning a corner, she saw stalls set up along both sides of the alley at intervals; without spiritual power, she would never have known this place was so winding and twisting, and what surprised her most was that the police station was not far from the exit.

Was this playing the game of hiding in plain sight, or was profit paramount? Everyone kept silent, which showed the black market's organizer was quite capable.

Previously in the capital city, she hadn't had time to look for the black market, but now she was like a rat that had entered a rice jar.

Fortunately, when she came, besides creating a disguise for herself, she had also carried a large backpack.

Not long after entering, she saw a stall selling defective cloth; the price was about the same as genuine cloth at the supply and marketing cooperative, but no coupons were required. This clearly indicated connections with the textile factory. Seeing mostly fine cotton, she naturally could not miss it; she bought quite a lot of floral patterns, blue, and black ones. Seeing there were also ten-plus meters of white cloth with red dots, she bought all of that too. As she placed them into her backpack, she actually stored them all in her space.

Moving further, she surprisingly saw a stall selling chicken and duck chicks: "How much?"

Autumn is the season for restocking poultry; seeing chicken and duck chicks here was not surprising, especially since poultry farming in the Northeast region at this time, while mainly traditional household farming, was quite common; even in the city, many families raised poultry.

The man looked up at her: "Three mao each for five or fewer, two mao each for more than five."

Liu Chuxue looked over; there were still twelve chicken chicks and five duck chicks inside: "If I take them all, can you give me a discount?"

The stall owner didn't expect her to say that; after a moment's thought: "Sure, calculate it at one mao eight."

Liu Chuxue didn't hesitate: "Then I'll take them all, and I'll take this basket as well."

Hearing this, the stall owner said: "Consider the basket a gift from me."

They were all just making a living; Liu Chuxue handed over three yuan and fifty directly: "The rest is for the basket."

Having said that, she carried the basket and walked forward; right ahead was a corner, and soon she disappeared from sight.

Turning the corner, Liu Chuxue placed that basket into her backpack; instantly, those chicken and duck chicks entered her space, arriving in the area where they belonged.

Walking further, she surprisingly saw someone selling paddy seeds with their husks still on.

Although not much, it was enough for her; without hesitation, she took them all. In her past life, when she bought rice, she mostly bought Northeast rice; she had tried Southern rice a few times but felt Northeast rice suited her taste better.

Just as she was preparing to leave, she saw a few small paper packages placed nearby and casually asked: "What is wrapped in these?"

The stall owner took one package and opened it: "Sunflower seeds and pumpkin seeds."

Liu Chuxue glanced over; every single seed was plump, clearly carefully selected: "Give me one package of each."

After paying, she continued walking forward.

Along the way, she also bought some dried goods like wood ear mushrooms and hazel mushrooms, as well as Guoguang apples and Nanguo pears. She also saw someone selling heart-shaped persimmons, but she didn't like eating persimmons, so she didn't buy any.

Walking further, at a corner, she saw a bearded man with some vegetables she didn't recognize laid out in front of him: "What are these?"

The man looked up at her: "Bracken fern."

Liu Chuxue repeated after him: "Bracken fern? There are still bracken ferns in this season?"