Chapter 34: The Black Market

Grandma told Zhou Xu to go to bed early and go back to rest.

Zhou Xu was lying on the bed and thinking, he still wanted to go to the black market to see, he had experimented, the fastest crossing of the two realms, less than half a second, even if he stood up, he would not fall, if there was danger, he could go back instantly, hide the things on his body, and then come back with nothing on his body, he was not speculative, by the way, this world prepared something for self-defense, and if there was danger, he could take it instantly.

Thinking of this, Zhou Xu crossed back, and listened to his parents, who should have fallen asleep, Zhou Xu's bedroom has a handicraft sword hanging on the wall, although it is not open, but it is also quite weighty.

Zhou Xu tiptoed up and took off the sword, waved it twice and felt that it was okay, then stripped naked and lay down in the quilt, hid the sword in his hand in the quilt, and crossed over with the sword.

Back in the courtyard world, Zhou Xu didn't bring the sword over, he was ready to travel back in time when he was in danger and bring the sword back, although it was an unopened handicraft, but it was much stronger than his bare hands.

Zhou Xu, who was ready, was not in a hurry to go to the black market, he had to wait for his grandmother to fall asleep.

Although grandma said that there must be a provenance to buy large items, Zhou Xu also agreed, but Zhou Xu still wanted to see if there was anything valuable in the future, after all, Zhou Xu thought that there was no danger, speculation was not allowed, and shopping at night was not allowed?

Zhou Xu went to the closet and found a military uniform without a military rank, which was left by the original owner's father, and the brand new one had not been worn, so he took off the clothes on his body, changed into a military uniform, and found a loose dress to put on the outside, and turned out a scarf.

Zhou Xu waited boredly for about an hour, feeling that his grandmother should be asleep, so he got up quietly and tiptoed open the door, wanting to go to the grandmother's house to have a look.

As soon as he came out of his bedroom, Zhou Xu saw his grandmother sitting on the bed in her room, and the old lady didn't turn on the light, but then stared at Zhou Xu's door by moonlight, and saw Zhou Xu come out neatly dressed, with a scarf, and glared at him helplessly.

Zhou Xu smiled and walked to his grandmother's side awkwardly.

"Grandma, why haven't you slept yet?"

"I don't know about my own grandson? That's what you did when you had to go to change food, and you didn't listen to what you said, and you were the same as your father. ”

Just when Zhou Xu was embarrassed and didn't know how to answer, grandma sighed again.

"Hey, I also complain about grandma, grandma doesn't have any ability, the objects left by your great-ancestor have left me with nothing left over the years, the family is thin, you have to find your own way, you can go if you want."

"But grandson, you have to know the priorities, if nothing matters in a moment of crisis, things are thrown far away, you are a person who drinks too much, going out at night is to criticize a few words, your studio is the most important, don't lose a big one because of the small."

Saying that, grandma brought a glass of prepared wine by the bedside, dipped her fingers in some wine, and bounced it on Zhou Xu, bounced some wine in front of and behind Zhou Xu, and let Zhou Xu take a sip and rinse her mouth and spit it out, and told Zhou Xu.

"You go to the black market, don't go to your Uncle Hai's to sell watches, he knows our family well, you can buy tickets and food from him, but you can't sell watches from him, understand?"

Zhou Xu nodded and agreed, his family has a distant relative who is active in the black market, and in the past, the family used to change some grain and buy some grain through him, and the relationship with the Zhou family was also good, but he knew his own family, and his grandmother was not at ease to let him know.

"Go ahead, be careful."

After grandma finished instructing, she let Zhou Xu go, and if she couldn't stop it, she would help him do it carefully.

"Grandma, don't worry, it's okay not to go once or twice, I'll be back soon."

Zhou Xu comforted his grandmother.

"You are more careful than anything else, go quickly, go early and return early, and you have to go to work tomorrow."

Zhou Xu's courtyard is in South Causeway Lane, this piece is basically a three-in-four courtyard, and now it has been changed into a miscellaneous courtyard, there is a black market here, and it is only five or six miles away from Zhou Xu's house, Zhou Xu's body is much better than the original world, and he is not very tired of walking five or six miles, and he will arrive soon.

Daliu Hutong, Zhou Xu saw a lot of people in the alley under the moonlight before he entered, there were quite a lot of people, but there was no movement, they were all quiet, and there were also heads who came together to negotiate the price, and it was estimated that they didn't know that they would be frightened when they came at night.

Sijiu City now has a population of seven or eight million, which means that there are many people who have a household registration and a ration, and there are many who do not have a household registration, and there is no ration without a household registration.

Therefore, the black market has always existed in the era of planned economy, it is a common phenomenon, there are all over the country, ordinary people go to the black market to buy something and sell something, even if they are caught, it is not serious, the crackdown has always been there, and the black market has always existed.

Zhou Xu didn't wander around when he came in, he looked at it for a while, and walked towards some people selling objects behind the alley.

When I arrived, this small piece was full of people selling all kinds of things, and they were all very afraid that people would recognize them, maybe they were the children of the Eight Banners, the old and the young, and the family was wide in the early years.

Zhou Xu walked up to a person, he squatted on the ground, there was a cloth on the ground, there was a jade pendant on it, a jade wrench, saw Zhou Xu coming over, nodded with him, and pointed to the things in front of him.

The man in front of him should be a middle-aged man, a little thin, but the clothes are very clean, with a scarf to block his face and can't see what he looks like, but people in the black market are basically like this, all with scarves, scarves, and if it doesn't work, you have to find a cloth to block your face.

Zhou Xu nodded, leaned over to take a look and didn't see anything, he didn't understand this, he had never been in contact with it before.

"Big brother, let me take a look?"

The man looked at Zhou Xu a few times and hesitated, but he still nodded and agreed, he waited for a long time Zhou Xu was the first to ask, after all, the jade market is not very good now.

Zhou Xu saw him nodding, and picked up the jade pendant,

Zhou Xu felt something was wrong when he got it in his hand, and the ball of light in his mind moved, revealing a little longing, just like a person walking in the desert suddenly saw water and saw an oasis.

Hey, never before, here's what Goldfinger needs?

After thinking about it, I didn't look at the meaning of the light ball and longing for it, so I bought it back and studied it.

Leaned forward again and asked in a low voice, "How did you sell it?" ”

The thin man didn't hesitate to return in a low voice: "Hetian mutton fat jade, jade pendant 120, wrench finger 50." ”

Zhou Xu doesn't know much about the market, but he heard his grandmother muttered that jade is not worth gold now.

"It's expensive, it's not gold, it's not to be eaten or drunk."

The man was not happy to hear this.

"Hey! Do you understand, this is Hetian mutton fat jade, and the same gold could not be bought earlier! ”

"You also said earlier, but now no one recognizes jade, it's cheaper!"

The man looked at Zhou Xu and thought about it, Zhou Xu didn't tell a lie, now no one recognizes the jade, even this good Hetian mutton fat jade is not as valuable as gold.

"Both? If only it were 150! ”

Although Zhou Xu didn't care about the money, he didn't agree directly, rolled up his sleeve and leaked a watch, and handed his arm to the man for him to see.

"How about trading this watch for it? Brand new, not long after I bought it. ”

When the man saw the watch, his eyes lit up, and he thought carefully for a while.

"Okay, but I'll have to check."

Zhou Xu saw that he agreed, and did not hesitate, he took off the watch and handed it to him, the man took the watch and checked it carefully, and confirmed that it was indeed a new piece for a long time, nodded, handed the jade pendant and wrench to Zhou Xu, and folded the cloth on the ground and put it in his pocket and left.