Chapter 9: The BGM Plays, Ten Thousand Taels of Gold!

At this time, the old man selling ducks next to her spoke up, “I have a paper box here, you can use it to put the chicks in.”

Since he was so considerate, Iron Orchid naturally wanted to take care of his business. Duck meat was a bit more expensive than chicken meat. One jin was about 4 yuan, a duck was almost 6 jin, so it would cost 24 yuan in total.

Iron Orchid bought a duck and also spent 6 yuan to buy 15 ducklings. The old man selling ducks was so happy he couldn’t close his mouth, he also gave her a sack for free, which was just right for putting the hen and duck in.

Iron Orchid was carrying the sack in one hand and holding the paper box with the chicks and ducklings in the other, she couldn’t buy anything else.

“Brother Fang, I’ll trouble you tomorrow, this is a little something for you, buy some snacks.”

Iron Orchid immediately gave Brother Fang a 1 yuan tip. One yuan wasn’t much, but it wasn’t little either, it could buy a bag of hard candy.

Brother Fang smiled and accepted, “Thanks, girl, next time you come to the black market, just tell me, I’ll cover you.”

Iron Orchid smiled, “Thank you then.”

After saying goodbye to Brother Fang, Iron Orchid left from the back door of the black market.

She walked for about 10 minutes, turning into a secluded corner. When she came out again, the things in her hands were gone, even her appearance and clothes had changed.

The expired cosmetics in the space came in handy. The originally pretty girl had a dark complexion, dark circles and wrinkles, thick eyebrows, and pale lips. She was wearing a gray scarf, a gray jacket, and black pants, she looked like a middle-aged woman.

This time, Iron Orchid was smarter, she carried a bamboo backpack, covered with cloth. She walked around and came to the front entrance of the black market, obediently paid the 2 jiao entrance fee, and successfully sneaked in.

Before, with Brother Fang accompanying her, Iron Orchid had already figured out the general situation of the black market. But because he was there, she couldn’t buy too much, otherwise, it would be too conspicuous. Now that she had changed her identity, she could do whatever she wanted.

She went to the stall selling pork, and Iron Orchid immediately ordered 10 jin of pork and 10 jin of pork ribs. Pork and pork ribs were both 4 yuan per jin, for a total of 80 yuan.

The old lady selling pork was overjoyed, she called her “big sister” enthusiastically, and even gave her some pork offal.

Iron Orchid put the things in her backpack, then went to the stall selling grain. She bought 30 jin of rice, 20 jin of flour, and 10 jin each of potatoes and sweet potatoes, for a total of over 30 yuan.

These grains were put in the backpack, and it immediately became much heavier. Iron Orchid quietly used her mind to transfer most of it into the space.

When she passed by the stall selling apples, Iron Orchid paused.

In the apocalypse, air pollution was extremely serious. No matter what kind of fruit, it couldn’t be grown anymore, so the remaining fruits in the world were sold at sky-high prices.

Iron Orchid loved to eat apples. Once, on a mission, they found an apple on a big tree. Everyone went crazy and scrambled to grab it.

Iron Orchid naturally wouldn’t be outdone, and she finally got the apple at the cost of a bruised face. But when she took a bite, she found that the apple was already rotten for the most part.

Despite this, Iron Orchid still ate it seriously. Food was hard to come by, not a single bit could be wasted.

No matter what world she was in, Iron Orchid would always uphold this belief.

Apples at the black market were expensive, 3.5 yuan per jin, she still bought 20 jin.

Bananas were 4 yuan per jin, she also bought 10 jin.

Tangerines were 3 yuan per jin, she bought 15 jin.

There were no other fruits, there were fewer fruits planted in those days.

After buying enough food, Iron Orchid started to browse other stalls.

There were stalls selling national ration coupons.

Industrial coupons, cloth coupons, cotton coupons, sugar coupons, grain coupons, meat coupons, egg coupons, cigarette coupons, soap coupons, kerosene coupons, tofu coupons, coal briquettes coupons.

Iron Orchid needed all of these, she bought two of each, for a total of 40 yuan.

The black market was originally a dilapidated alley, but later it was renovated. Most of the stalls in the front were occupied by those with connections.

The road at the back was a bit narrow, with a few scattered stalls. These were poor people who couldn’t make a living and took out their ancestors’ belongings to sell.

Iron Orchid was quite interested in the things on these stalls.

“Big sister, feel free to look around, if you want anything, just tell me, these are all passed down from my ancestors, I guarantee they are genuine!”

The old lady selling silver dollars looked sincere.

Iron Orchid squatted down and picked up an item at random, carefully examining it.

In modern times, Iron Orchid, who was so poor that she worked three jobs a day, often searched the internet for ways to make money. One day, she stumbled upon an appraisal live stream.

The appraisal host was very funny, every time he saw a good item, he would excitedly shout, “Open the door! It’s open!”

Then a familiar battle song would play.

The BGM plays, ten thousand taels of gold!

Every time the exciting music played in the live stream, Iron Orchid’s mind was filled with making money.

She dreamed of getting rich! She also wanted to be like the big shots in the live stream who could make thousands or even tens of thousands of yuan with a few steamed buns.

So she started to learn frantically about antiques, hoping to go to the countryside to find bargains.

However, before she could put this plan into action, the apocalypse came.

During the apocalypse, Iron Orchid did come across a lot of good stuff, but she didn’t have a space at the time, so she could only reluctantly discard them.

This became a regret in Iron Orchid’s heart.

And now, Iron Orchid could finally make up for this regret.

She had to make a big move!