Chapter 40: Setting up a Stall in the Black Market, Grand Opening

Liu Pingyuan took out a crumpled pack of Broadsword-brand cigarettes and took a ciggie out as he handed it over to the anxious Gu Jiajie by his side.

“Have one. I think your cousin sister has an idea in mind. Don’t worry, just wait.”

Lu Pingyuan took the cigarette and struck a match to light the cigarette in his mouth before he passed the flame to Gu Jiajie’s mouth.

The two stood in front of their bicycles, smoking while waiting for Gu Jin.

It was already past midnight, and there were clearly more people in the black market now.

Gu Jiajie and Liu Pingyuan were standing in a good location; it was a spot with traffic.

The people who came and went could see at a glance the wild boar meat on the bicycles behind Gu Jiajie and Liu Pingyuan. A few of them had already come forward to ask for the price.

It was really rare to see someone selling such an amount of pork in the black market, and pork was an expensive item there. Many had money but no meat coupons, so they could not buy pork.

With Gu Jin not back yet, the two did not set up stall. They did not know how much they should sell the pork for either.

So, Gu Jiajie asked all of those who had queried about the price to come back later.

Right then, Gu Jin slowly revealed herself.

She was holding her floral cloth bag when she saw a middle-aged woman standing before Gu Jiajie and Liu Pingyuan holding hers tightly as well.

“You can come back later. We haven’t set up our stall yet. This pork…”

As Gu Jiajie spoke with the woman before him, Liu Pingyuan prodded him.

“What’s wrong?”

“Your cousin sister is back.”

Gu Jiajie followed his line of sight, and sure enough, Gu Jin walked over with her floral cloth bag.

“Xiao Jin, you’re finally back. There have been three to four waves of people asking for the pork’s price.”

Gu Jin glanced at him and walked toward the middle-aged woman. “Big sis, we are selling wild boar meat for three yuan a pound.”

“Why is it so expensive?”

The woman frowned, but her eyes were fixed on the wild boar meat on the bicycle beam.

Gu Jin laughed when she heard that. “Big sis, even pork from domesticated pigs sell for two-fifty a pound. Our wild boar meat is even more delicious than that! Three yuan is already very cheap. Trying to kill that thing is difficult enough already. With the danger of anything happening, how can I sell it for cheap.”

The middle-aged woman gritted her teeth and said, “Give me two pounds then!”

There was delight in Gu Jin’s eyes. “Okay!”

She turned around to Gu Jiajie and Liu Pingyuan. “Brother Jie, you cut the meat for her, and Brother Yuan, help me unload the braised pork stew.”

“Okay!” the two answered at the same time.

When Gu Jiajie handed the two pounds of wild boar meat to the middle-aged woman and took the six yuan from her, Liu Pingyuan had already taken down the wooden barrel.

Gu Jin squatted in front of the barrel and took out half a bowl of braised offal stew, placing it on top of the lid.

The fragrance instantly attracted the middle-aged woman who was about to leave.

“Huh? What is that? Smells good.”

Gu Jin smiled. “Big sis, this is braised pork. Would you like to have a piece?”

The woman looked a little embarrassed. “It’s not appropriate.”

“It’s on the house, give it a try.”

The woman nodded in response before she pinched a piece of intestine from the stew and put it in her mouth.

While she tasted the braised offal, two people came over.

“How much are you selling the wild boar meat for?”

Gu Jiajie parrotted the price his cousin sister had mentioned earlier. “Three yuan a pound.”

“Too expensive.”

“Others are only selling for two-fifty a pound. Three yuan is way more expensive.”

Gu Jiajie did not want to waste his breath and turned the wild boar over, revealing the black hair on its skin.