"Iron Tower, Xiao Shou and I only have so much money on us for the time being, you can take it first, although it is very small, but we will think of other ways! I still have a little money where I live, Xiao Zhuang should be able to take out a little more, right? We will send it to you when the time comes! No matter what, you must let your aunt lift her spirits and boost her confidence!" Ye Xingxing handed the more than two thousand federal coins that he and Xiao Zhuang had put together to the iron tower.

"This money...... I can't ask for it!" Tie Ta shook his head, he knew that Xiao Zhuang's family was relatively wealthy, but the living expenses given by his parents were limited, and Ye Xingxing's conditions were not much better than his own, the money was given to himself, and it might be a problem for him to eat in the future, and this money was really a drop in the bucket for his mother's illness!

"When we are friends, just take it!" Ye Xingxing stuffed the money into the hands of the tower, said hello to the tower's family, turned around with Xiao Zhuang and left, and when he arrived at the door, he turned his head and said: "Tie Tower, don't be pessimistic, don't despair, if there are difficulties, let's find a way together!

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Walking out of the gate of the hospital, Ye Xingxing looked up at the bright moon in the night sky, only to feel that something in his heart was pressed heavily, and he couldn't help but let out a long breath.

The moon is shining brightly tonight, and the moon is full tonight, but after tonight, it will fade away. And what about people? I hope that people will not be like the bright moon, there are clouds and sunshines, round and short, but I hope people can always be happy and happy, and have a happy reunion!

Although the time spent in the ward was short, Ye Xingxing could see that the Tie Tower family were all kind and simple people, with loving parents and filial piety to their children.

Ye Xingxing, who came out of the orphanage, knew the preciousness of friendship and the inseparability of family affection, he couldn't bear to see the tower and his family parting from each other, painful and sad, so he was determined to help the tower and do everything he could!

Xiao Zhuang followed Ye Xingxing's side, and seemed to be able to feel the emotional ups and downs in his heart, and asked, "Ye Xingxing, how can we help Tie Tower?"

Ye Xingxing stood up, thought for a while, and said, "Xiao Shou, can you go back to the dormitory later tonight?"

"Okay! no problem!" Xiao Zhuang nodded.

"Okay, let's go to where I live first!"

The two took a maglev taxi again and came to the courtyard house rented by Ye Xingxing together.

"Brother Happy, are you back?" When Ye Xingxing and Xiao Zhuang walked into the courtyard together, Tong Yan, who was doing homework on the stone table under the grape trellis, stood up and said hello sweetly.

If it was in normal times, Ye Xingxing would definitely come over with a smile and chat with Tong Yan for a while, but today he just smiled faintly at Tong Yan, nodded, and then went directly back to his room without saying a word.

Tong Yan found that Ye Xingxing's face, which had always been cheerful, was a little gloomy, and she felt that something was wrong, and her pink and tender little mouth moved, because there was someone next to Ye Xingxing, so she couldn't help but didn't ask the reason, and looked sideways at Ye Xingxing's room, guessing what made Ye Xingxing look full of worries and sullen.

Ye Xingxing rummaged in his room for a while, and found the war beads that he had snatched from the hands of the two thieves who had joined the fire a few days ago, and his face showed a hint of joy, he walked out of the room and said to Xiao Zhuang who was waiting in the courtyard: "This thing should be worth a little money, do you know where there is an underground black market in Zhongdu to buy and sell this thing?"

"Battle beads?" Xiao Zhuang's eyes lit up, "Where did you get it from?"

"Don't ask about that. ”

"The color, shape, and texture don't look very good, this is just an ordinary war pearl, but it shouldn't be a problem to sell it for tens of thousands of federal coins on the black market!" Xiao Zhuang touched his chin and said a little embarrassed: "I've only been to Zhongdu once before, and I'm not very familiar with the situation here......"

"Brother Happy, are you looking for the black market? I know where it is!" Tong Yan's voice came crisply, she stared at the war bead in Ye Xingxing's hand, "The thing you are holding in your hand is called a war bead, right? ”

Ye Xingxing walked up to her and said happily: "Good sister, tell me quickly, where is the specific location of the black market?"

"After going east out of the old city, go straight along the Peace Avenue, turn north when you reach the intersection, about 500 meters or so, you can see a huge black sign, on which is the words "Sky Never Sleeps", there is the largest black market in the city, although the location is a bit remote, but it is more lively than the market. But there's a lot of stuff in there, there's all kinds of people, it's a bit messy, you have to be careful if you want to go there. ”

When Tong Yan said this, he asked curiously: "Brother Happy, what happened? You seem to be very unhappy, can you tell me?"

"The mother of a good friend of mine is seriously ill and waiting for surgery and needs money urgently!

"Oh. Do you need a lot of money?"

"One and a half million!"

Tong Yan's mouth opened wide, and he exclaimed, "Oh my God, so many!"

Ye Xingxing sighed: "It's because I need a lot of money that my friend is so worried! Alas, I'll do my best, how much can I help!"

"I still have a little pocket money!Brother Happy, I'll give it to you, can you bring it to your friends again?" Tong Yan said with a wink.

"Your pocket money?" Ye Xingxing smiled bitterly: "I still owe you rent, why do I want your money again?" Good sister, I ...... your heart."

"You wait......" Tong Yan trotted back to his room, and when he came out, he held a neat stack of federal coins of different denominations in his small hand, solemnly handed them to Ye Xingxing, and said seriously: "Although I have very little money, but the water is a river, and the stones are a mountain, if there are many people to help, then the money will be more and more!"

"Ponding water becomes a river...... The rocks are a mountain......" Ye Xingxing muttered, and suddenly an idea popped up in his heart, and he was immediately overjoyed.

"Good sister, I took your money. Thank you for the money! Thank you for the reminder! Now, I'm going to the black market to sell the battle beads!" Ye Xingxing called Xiao Zhuang, left the courtyard, and quickly rushed to the "Sky Never Sleeps City" according to the address Tong Yan said.

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Although it is known as the "black market", it is a legal place for commercial transactions, and no matter who you are, as long as you pay a certain fee to the management of the city, you can freely buy and sell various items in the city.

The buyers and sellers in the city that never sleeps come from all over the federal districts, and most of the transactions are things that are difficult to see in the federal market, such as rare birds and beasts, antique calligraphy and paintings, numismatic stamp collections, all kinds of jewelry, etc., and since the human race opened the curtain of interstellar exploration, a special area for interstellar items has been opened up here to trade those items from distant alien planets, among which the trading of war beads is the most popular. If it weren't for the fact that the surname of the war beast is as manicy and arrogant as the untamable, and the federal political axe prohibits citizens from selling, maybe there would have been a trade in war beasts here.

The overall area of the "Sky Never Sleeps City" is almost the size of the First Martial Arts Academy in Zhongdu, and it is divided into areas according to the different types of traded items, and each area is crowded with people and is very lively.

Although the human federation has been established for many years, and the citizens of the federation also use the same language and unified currency, many places still retain some of their own traditional customs and habits, and citizens in some regions even choose only their own species and same race when intermarrying, so in today's federation, citizens who speak the same language as everyone else, dress and have completely different skin colors abound, and it is not uncommon.

It was the first time for Ye Xingxing and Xiao Zhuang to come to the "Sky Never Sleeps City", and when they walked through the gate of the Sleepless City, they were immediately attracted by the lively scene in front of them.

Although it was already past eight o'clock in the evening, the sky was dark, but the lights were bright, as daytime, as Tong Yan said, this is the most lively time in the city that never sleeps, all kinds of billboards are erected high next to the stalls, and the stall owners are shouting loudly to promote and sell their products to the endless stream of buyers.

Ye Xingxing and Xiao Zhuang walked inside for a while, both feeling a little dizzy, and then after asking others about the specific location of the battle bead trading area in the city that never sleeps, they went there directly.

The buyers and sellers in the war bead trading area are basically federal warriors, and the sellers obtain the war beads through various channels to sell them here, so as to obtain economic benefits, while the buyers hope to buy the war beads at a reasonable price to improve their own strength.

Because it is extremely difficult to obtain the war beads, even if an ordinary war bead is obtained here, there will often be a scene of multiple people bidding, so as long as you have the war beads in hand, you don't have to worry about not being able to sell them, after the transaction is successful, the seller only needs to pay a low management fee to the management of the city that never sleeps.

Of course, the war beads traded on the black market are usually very ordinary war beads, and for some rare and rare war beads, the seller often takes them to some formal auction venues of the Federation for auction, although the price may be slightly lower than that of the black market, but the safety is guaranteed.

Ye Xingxing and Xiao Zhuang came in a hurry, and they didn't have any preparations, they casually found a vacant place in the war bead trading area and squatted down, Ye Xingxing took out the war bead and put it at his feet, and shouted and sold it with Xiao Zhuang.