Chapter 19

“I.” Li Yao whispered.

“You scared me to death!” Ning Jia patted his pounding chest and stared at the pair of bright eyes in the darkness, “Why are you here?”

“I couldn’t wait for you, so I came to the village entrance to look for you in case something unexpected happened to you.”

There was a movie showing in the threshing ground in the east of the village. He was sure that Ning Jia would not come back from there, so he came to look for her from the west entrance of the village.

Ning Jia was a little surprised that Li Yao actually cared about her.

She felt somewhat relieved, and her tone was cheerful: “I’m fine. I bought a fishing net but was afraid that someone would see me, so I came back from town when it was almost dark. I’m sorry to have worried you!”

“I’m glad you’re okay.”

Li Xu interrupted at the right time: “Sister-in-law, didn’t you see how restless Lao Liu was? It was as if the stool was burning his butt and he couldn’t sit still for a minute.”

“Really?” Ning Jia looked at Li Yao with a smile.

Unfortunately, it was too dark and I couldn’t see his expression clearly.

Li Yao felt quite uncomfortable as Li Xu saw through his thoughts.

He didn’t deny it, but just said “hmm” softly.

Ning Jia heard it clearly, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth: “Thank you.”

“How can we thank each other as a family? You are so polite!” Li Xu smiled with his big white teeth bared, and did not forget to reach out and touch An Ye’s waist twice, “You see, your sister-in-law and I are not as polite as you guys.”

An Ye grabbed his hand and twisted it hard: “Who is as shameless as you?”

Li Xu: “It hurts, it hurts!”

Ning Jia burst out laughing and thought: Li Xu is going to suffer a lot in the future.

Seeing her smile, Li Yao was surprised and asked, “What were you and Sister-in-law laughing about just now? How did you get together? When did your relationship become so good?”

Ning Jia was stunned.

Oh no!

She and An Ye should be mortal enemies, how could she forget about this?

“Who has a good relationship with her?” Ning Jia denied, “I just cooperated with her reluctantly for the sake of money!”

An Ye also said immediately: “Me too!”

“snort.”

“Tsk~”

Seeing that the two of them were angry again, Li Yao didn’t want to ask any more questions, so he just said, “Let’s go, hurry up, it will be too late if we are late.”

“Okay.” The three of them agreed at the same time.

In order tonight’s operation, brothers Li Yao and Li Xu found an excuse and borrowed two cars from the team.

Taking advantage of darkness, the two brothers carried Ning Jia and An Ye into the mountains.

When I couldn’t ride anymore, I stopped the bike and walked to the water bubble.

The two brothers worked together to cast the net, and soon they harvested a lot of lively grass carp.

The fat fish were sparkling in the moonlight.

Ning Jia and An Ye hurriedly picked up the pieces from the woven bag, one, two…

The fishing net was not big, and the fish caught in one go filled a woven bag.

The two brothers cast another net and filled the other woven bag before they pulled in the net.

“Let’s hide the net nearby. No one will come here for a while.” Li Yao said.

“Okay.” Li Xu nodded, “It’s getting late, we have to leave.”

When I rode back from the mountains, the movie in the village had ended and the villagers had all gone home.

The road through the village to the town was quiet, with only the sound of two tires rolling over the ground.

Ning Jia sat in the back seat of the car, with a bag full of fish on the crossbar, while Li Yao rode on the seat, pedaling the car very fast with his legs full of energy.

The car occasionally ran over a rock and bumped around, and Ning Jia hurriedly reached out and hugged Li Yao’s waist.

His waist is lean and strong, and feels hard to the touch.

Ning Jia wondered, would he have abdominal muscles?

She couldn’t help but reach out to touch it, and sure enough, there were six muscles neatly arranged in front of her abdomen.

Wow!

This feeling is inexplicably familiar?

As she was savoring the moment, she heard Li Yao’s deep voice: “Stop it! Sit still!”

Ning Jia argued: “I’m cold, I want to borrow your belly to warm my hands. If you mind, I’ll take it out.”

Soon, Li Yao’s voice came again: “No need.”

“Oh.” Ning Jia immediately put his hand on his stomach with peace of mind, pretending to move it from time to time, but actually touching the muscles.

Wow! These abdominal muscles are so nice to touch!

Li Yao was distracted by her touch, and slowly, a certain part of his body started to react…

“Ning Jia, don’t move.” He reminded again.

“Stingy.” Ning Jia pouted and complained about him, then withdrew her hand with a lingering feeling.

We finally arrived in town at around one or two in the middle of the night.

Li Yao rode his bike through many twists and turns and brought her to the entrance of an alley.

There was a short man standing at the entrance of the alley. Li Yao stopped the car, supported himself on the ground with his legs, and exchanged a few words with him skillfully.

The short man then took them to a forest of trees. Li Yao took out two cents from his pocket and handed it to him as payment for his services.

After getting out of the car, Ning Jia discovered that there were several dark shadows swaying not far ahead.

“Don’t be afraid, we are all here to buy and sell things.” Li Yao comforted her and pushed the cart over.

Li Xu followed closely behind.

As soon as the car stopped, Li Yao threw the fish to the ground and opened the bag.

The fishy smell spread instantly, and two people surrounded them immediately.

“How much do you sell fish?”

Li Yao: “One and five…”

Before he could finish his words, Ning Jia quickly interrupted him: “One dollar a piece!”

The weight of these grass carps is basically around two to three pounds, which is relatively average, so it is appropriate to sell them by the piece.

“It’s too expensive! Your fish is not big, but you sell it for so much!”

“Yes, make it cheaper! I think 50 cents a pair is about right!”

I didn’t spend a penny on this fish, I’ll make a profit as long as I sell it.

Li Yao was about to agree when Ning Jia suddenly grabbed his hand and squeezed it twice.

He understood, and changed his words abruptly: “It’s not my decision, you have to ask my wife!”

Ning Jia shook his head: “No, one dollar a piece, not a cent cheaper!”

“Why are you so rigid in selling things?”

“Sell it at a lower price! Your fish is not big at all. Fifty cents is too much. Forty cents is about right!”

Ning Jia remembered that the original text said that Lin Xiaoxi came here to sell fish, but didn’t make much money.

Because this black market is not a fixed street market and there are not so many customers.

The reason why it is called the black market is because it goes against the current planned economy and is done secretly without any receipts.

The location of the transaction is not fixed.

Generally speaking, you need to find the middleman who knows the jargon, and then he will lead you to find it.

Therefore, the black market is not open every day, and there will not be many people coming to the black market. There may be only two people trading, or there may be three to five people, or eight to nine people.

She suffered a loss the night Lin Xiaoxi came.

Because two groups of people came to buy fish that night, and the two groups had agreed to join forces to bargain.

If Lin Xiaoxi didn’t agree to that price, she would have made a wasted trip and wouldn’t be able to sell any fish.

Ning Jia knew as soon as she saw the situation tonight that the two people had teamed up to bargain. If he didn’t come up with a countermeasure, these two woven bags of fish would definitely not be sold at a good price.

Sure enough, seeing that Ning Jia disagreed, several more people came up and said, “If you want 40 cents per fish, we’ll buy all your fish! If you don’t want a cheaper price, we won’t take any.”