The sky collapsed, and in the blink of an eye, I found myself transported to Nanluoguxiang.

Li Kaixin and his friends carried their bowls out of the cabin, went to the deck at the bow, leaned against the ship's railing, and ate seafood while enjoying the sea breeze.

The freshly caught seafood, blanched in plain water, was indeed sweet and delicious. Even Zhou Zhiming, Wu Tian, ​​and Song Hai, who were seasick, enjoyed the meal.

Zhou Zhiming spat out a fish bone and couldn't help but ask:

"Master, what was that all about? Why did it seem like those older chefs preferred that cornmeal porridge?"

"Isn't this seafood quite delicious?"

Wu Tian, ​​Qian Dazhuang, and Song Hai were also quite curious and looked at Li Kaixin together.

"I'm tired of it," Li Kaixin replied casually, looking down at the large yellow croaker in his bowl.

What?"

Zhou Zhiming's eyes widened in surprise. "How can you get tired of something this delicious?"

Li Kaixin didn't rush to answer. He slowly finished eating the large yellow croaker, wiped his mouth, and then said slowly, "If you ate it every day, at every meal, you might hate seafood even more than they do."

"Master, are you joking? How could that be! If it were me, I'd love to eat seafood every day, since it's all meat!" Zhou Zhiming said with disbelief.

Wu Tian, ​​Qian Dazhuang, and Song Hai agreed wholeheartedly and nodded in agreement.

Li Kaixin knew that people who didn't often live by the sea would find it hard to understand, so he didn't explain further and continued eating the remaining seafood in his bowl.

Seeing that his master wasn't responding, Zhou Zhiming wisely kept quiet.

At five o'clock in the afternoon, the ship finally docked back at the pier.

As soon as the boat came to a stop, Zhou Zhiming was the first to rush off the boat. His feet touched the solid shore again, and he was so excited that he almost cried.

"I'm finally alive. I'll never go to sea again, no matter what," Zhou Zhiming muttered to himself.

Li Kaixin thought this trip to sea was quite good, a novel experience.

Just then, Liu Zhi, carrying several bundles of dried fish, waved to the transport team: "Comrades from the transport team, come and collect your pay!"

Upon hearing this, Zhou Zhiming immediately perked up, as if he'd been given a shot of adrenaline: "Master, let's go get the dried fish!"

As soon as he finished speaking, he ran over in two strides.

Li Kaixin was already used to his apprentice's easily startled temper, and his face showed little surprise. He simply followed after him.

Upon reaching Liu Zhi, Zhou Zhiming extended his hand, grinning, and said, "Uncle Liu, I've come to collect my dried fish!"

When Liu Zhi saw it was him, he smiled and said, "This time, in addition to the three catties of dried fish, as agreed, I will give you an extra catty."

"Really, Uncle Liu?" Zhou Zhiming was a little incredulous.

He had just been worried that he wouldn't even get three catties of dried fish.

Liu Zhi nodded and handed over the dried fish with a smile: "You've been so proactive, I have to reward you."

"Thank you, Uncle Liu!" Zhou Zhiming accepted the dried fish, then added excitedly, "If I'm still here next time we go out to sea, I'll definitely come again!"

Upon hearing this, Li Kaixin, who had followed, couldn't help but twitch at the corner of his mouth.

......

In the early hours of the morning, Li Kaixin quietly got up in the dark and walked out of the dormitory.

This time, he wasn't dressed in rags like yesterday; he just wore a hood.

By the moonlight, Li Kaixin first arrived at a pile of rocks by the sea. With a thought, he took out more than a hundred chickens, more than a hundred ducks, about two hundred rabbits, and more than a thousand catties of chicken and duck eggs that he had tied up earlier in his secret space.

Suddenly, the sounds of roosters crowing and ducks quacking mingled together, sounding particularly jarring in the night.

Fortunately, it was the middle of the night and no one was around, otherwise we would have been exposed.

Li Kaixin didn't linger any longer and turned to head towards the black market.

Upon seeing the two men guarding the gate again, Li Kaixin took out two cigarettes from the cigarette case in his pocket and walked over to hand them to them.

The two looked up and saw that the newcomer was dressed neatly, without a single patch on his body. Although his face was covered with a cloth, his demeanor was extraordinary.

The two men accepted the cigarettes, and one of the burly men politely asked, "Brothers, what brings you two here?"

"Could you please find out where the person in charge is? I want to talk to him about a business deal," Li said, getting straight to the point.

The two men exchanged a glance, both somewhat surprised, as this was the first time they had encountered someone directly wanting to discuss business with their boss.

The burly man then asked, "How big of a deal?"

Although this man's attire and demeanor suggested he was no ordinary person, they still needed to ask him clearly. If they called their boss but the business wasn't doing well, they would be the ones getting scolded.

Li Kaixin gestured roughly with his hands before speaking, "One hundred chickens. Go ask your boss if you want to discuss this in person."

He didn't list all the goods; he only picked up a portion first.

Upon hearing this, the burly man's eyes lit up, and he rubbed his hands together, saying, "Brother, please wait here for a moment, I'll go and fetch my elder brother right away!"

After saying that, he turned to the other person and said, "Ergou, you chat with this brother for a bit, don't keep him waiting."

Before he finished speaking, he had already hurriedly run into the black market.

The burly man named Erzhu wandered through the black market, finally plunging into a small courtyard in the shadows.

Without knocking, he barged in.

In the courtyard, sitting in a rocking chair drinking tea was the black market boss, with two thugs standing beside him.

Hearing the clanging sound of the gate, the eldest brother thought it was the police coming to his door. He was so frightened that his hand trembled and the teacup fell to the ground.

When he looked up and saw it was his younger brother, he jumped to his feet and roared, "Erzhu! If you don't give me a straight answer, I'm going to teach you a lesson today!"

As he spoke, he casually picked up the broom leaning against the wall.

Panting heavily, Erzhu hurriedly explained, "B-Big Brother! Someone came to the black market and said there's a big deal... he wants a hundred chickens!"

After listening to his halting words, the black market boss became agitated, but still kept a straight face and asked, "Erzhu, do you really mean what you're saying? You know what happens if you lie to me."

"It's absolutely true! That man said it himself, and Er Gou was there too, he can testify!" Er Zhu finally caught his breath.

After hearing Erzhu's words, the black market boss became even more cautious.

It wasn't that he didn't trust Erzhu, but that he was afraid the person outside was a police officer disguised as a spy.

He didn't rush to make a decision, but sat back down in the rocking chair, tapping his fingers on the stone tabletop as he pondered.

One hundred chickens is indeed a considerable business for him, but whether it's worth the risk is another matter.

Just as Erzhu was about to press for more information, the black market boss finally spoke up: "Erzhu, I understand. Go wait at the entrance."

Erzhu opened his mouth, wanting to say something, but seeing the boss's sharp eyes, he didn't dare to say anything more and silently retreated to the courtyard gate and closed it.

A short while later, the courtyard gate opened.

The black market boss, masked, emerged with only one henchman behind him.

Seeing this, Erzhu felt a little strange: Usually, the boss would take two people with him when he went out, so why did he only take one today?

While he was still in a daze, the thug next to him hissed, "Erzhu, what are you looking at! Get out of here and lead the way!"

"Hey! Hey!" Erzhu quickly snapped out of his thoughts, turned around and led the two of them briskly toward the exit of the black market.