Chapter 31

She later learned about it and regretted selling it for less, but by then she had other ways to make money, so she didn’t pay much attention to it.

The fat man was eager to take the ginseng.

But before he could, Shen Wu took it in her hand, “I’m not selling at that price!”

She said, and secretly poked Xu Yin with her elbow.

The two didn’t need to communicate, Xu Yin understood her meaning, “These ginseng roots, and this color, the patterns, it wouldn’t have grown this big in less than thirty years, thirty years is not enough.”

She then poked Shen Wu again.

Shen Wu said, “Eighty, if you want it, sell it to you, if not, I’ll find someone else!”

Hearing the price she called out, Lu Ye widened his eyes in the darkness.

The chubby man was startled, “That won’t do, it’s too expensive, it’s worth three months’ salary for ordinary people.”

“Good things are expensive, this thing, in the past, it was something that noble people ate. It’s worth it to be able to eat this kind of nourishing thing for less than three months’ salary. It’s a lifesaver in crucial moments.” Shen Wu lowered her voice, “It’s a lifesaver in crucial moments.”

The fat man shone his flashlight carefully. He had collected things for a long time, and he could tell what was good and what was bad at a glance.

This thing was indeed rare, it was never cheap, no matter when.

But he wanted to haggle the price down.

“The price is too high, our place is small, no one is willing to spend that kind of money on this…”

“Oh well, then I’ll wait a little longer.” Shen Wu pretended to put the thing away.

“Don’t rush, don’t rush, let’s talk about it.”

…

The two of them, one raising the price and the other lowering it, finally settled on sixty yuan. Sixty! They sold it for ten yuan more than Long Yu Jiao. She and Xu Yin each got thirty, which was a lot at this time.

Shen Wu was excited in her heart, but calm on the surface. She thought about it and haggled with the vendor a few more times before finally making the deal.

She couldn’t be too quick, otherwise, the vendor might think she was getting too much.

As soon as she got the money.

The fat man carefully put the thing away, and then smiled at Lu Xuan and Lu Ye, “Usually it’s just the two of you, this is, your wife?”

Lu Xuan nodded slightly.

He didn’t say much, it wasn’t good to be familiar with the people in the black market. After selling the thing, Shen Wu pulled Lu Xuan’s hand.

It was the first time Lu Xuan was held hands in public.

By a woman.

Even though this woman was his wife, he was a bit uncomfortable. He looked around, but fortunately, most of the people in the black market came and went in a hurry, and they were mostly focused on themselves. They left quickly after selling or buying something.

Shen Wu scratched his palm, “I want to eat rice.”

She hadn’t eaten rice in days.

There was rice for sale in the black market, but it was more expensive, more than half the price of the supply and marketing cooperative, but the good thing was that you didn’t need coupons.

Xu Yin also wanted to eat it.

“If she eats, I eat too.”

Lu Ye was already used to the fact that his wife couldn’t lose to anyone, she couldn’t lose to his third sister-in-law, so he immediately said, “Buy, buy, buy!”

“Even if we buy it, how do we eat it? We eat from the big pot, if we steam rice, everyone will know?”

That was a real problem.

In this era, if you cooked something delicious at home, not only would your family know, but outsiders would smell the aroma and want to find out what it was. You had to do it secretly.

Shen Wu frowned, regretting that she didn’t split the family last time, but it was rare for people to split the family in the countryside.

“Then forget it.”

Shen Wu said, her voice filled with disappointment.

Lu Xuan held her hand back and said softly, “It’s fine to buy some back. Otherwise, let’s go to the state-owned restaurant to eat.”

Shen Wu thought about it and gave up. Eating rice was important, but it was also right to be cautious, “Let’s go to the state-owned restaurant to eat.”

There was everything for sale in the black market, mostly coarse and fine grains. They couldn’t eat rice, but Shen Wu found some tomatoes for sale, which were almost impossible to see in this era.

The vendor had six in total, one dime each, not cheap, but seeing her stop.

Lu Xuan bought them all.

Under Lu Ye’s gaze, he gave him three more.

Lu Ye immediately showed off to Xu Yin in a low voice, “Wife, don’t worry, I won’t let you lose to the third sister-in-law.”

Xu Yin…

Shen Wu…

She silently stretched out her hand, “Give me the money.”

Lu Ye readily gave her the money.

As for the vendor, he barely exchanged any words with them. The vendor sold the tomatoes, took the money, and left quickly.

Everyone here was very secretive, Shen Wu was no exception. She hugged the three tomatoes and left.

But not long after they left the black market.

Xu Yin felt something was wrong, she turned her head twice, and her hand was already on the bow on her back.

Lu Xuan pulled Shen Wu, “Someone is following us, you, stay away a bit.”

Shen Wu also realized this. Someone must have been watching them when they sold the ginseng. Sixty yuan was no small amount, someone probably wanted to rob them.

She wanted to look back, but she restrained herself, she swallowed and lowered her voice, “I’ll stay away, don’t worry about me.”

Shen Wu said, and quickened her pace.

The people behind immediately reacted, “Stop in front!”

Shen Wu ran even faster. Lu Xuan and Lu Ye were men, Xu Yin knew martial arts, only she was a master of verbal attacks, why should she stay now?

But Lu Xuan and Lu Ye slowed down their pace. Lu Ye didn’t forget to tell Xu Yin to run away too.

But Xu Yin glanced at her husband, “Am I like Shen Wu? I wouldn’t run away like her.”

Lu Ye thought this was not the time to argue, but it was too late, the people behind caught up to them.

The man was short, bare-chested, with fierce eyes, “This is our brothers’ territory, leave the money, and I’ll let you go!”

As he spoke, the others also caught up, there were seven or eight of them in total, no wonder they dared to attack the four of them.

Someone looked at Xu Yin and smirked, “You brought a woman here, hehe, leave the money, this woman looks good too, leave her behind, we’ll play with…”

He reached out his hand to touch Xu Yin’s head, wanting to pull off the clothes covering her face.

“Crack!”

“Ah!”

In the quiet night, the man’s original teasing words turned into screams. The sound of his wrist being broken was unusually clear. It all happened so suddenly that even Lu Ye, who was about to pull his wife behind him, didn’t react, let alone these hooligans who didn’t take Xu Yin, a woman, seriously.

Holding the man’s broken wrist, Xu Yin raised her long leg and kicked him in the stomach.

He flew out two or three meters, sending up a cloud of dust, followed by the sound of painful screams.

Lu Ye widened his eyes, “Wow, wife, you’re so awesome!”

The robbers finally reacted. One of the leaders shouted, “You’re asking for it! Brothers, get him!”

The others surrounded them.

Shen Wu hid behind the wall, watching the fight. The book described that this era wasn’t a utopia, and because of poverty, there were no cameras, and theft, robbery, and even murder happened much more often than in the future. It was no lie to say she wasn’t worried.

A flash of light, it was clearly aimed at Lu Xuan. Shen Wu’s heart was in her throat…