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

The front yard of No. 94 courtyard was already packed with people.

They had been waiting here ever since they heard that Li Kaixin was back.

Yu Guifen, standing in the crowd, kept glancing towards the courtyard gate, and finally couldn't help but speak:

"Hey everyone, guess what Kaixin brought back this time?"

"Guifen, who could have guessed that!"

An older woman who was a friend of his chimed in, then changed the subject, "But it's definitely good stuff."

Everyone else in the courtyard laughed when they heard this.

As they were talking, Aunt Lu and the others arrived at the door carrying sacks, with Li Kaixin following behind them.

"They're here! They're here! Kaixin is here!" someone shouted from the crowd.

Before he finished speaking, everyone present turned to look at him.

Yu Guifen couldn't contain herself any longer and quickly walked up to Lu Chunhua.

"Aunt Lu, what good stuff is in here?"

She asked with a smile, her eyes fixed on the sack.

"They're all mountain products, like wood ear mushrooms, mushrooms, and walnuts."

Lu Chunhua put down the sack with a smile, then casually opened it. "Aunt Yu, see for yourself!"

"These are all good things!"

Yu Guifen noticed the wood ear mushrooms in the bag, reached out and picked up a piece, "Aunt Lu, these are much better than what our supply and marketing cooperative sells."

Hearing their conversation, the people gathered behind them immediately became restless, all wanting to come closer and see.

"Alright, alright! Stop pushing."

Aunt Ye, who was standing nearby, quickly intervened, saying, "Kaixin said when she came that this time the items would be sold at half the market price."

She paused, glancing at everyone in the courtyard, and said, "Let's stick to the old rules: everyone who wants something, line up in your own way!"

Upon hearing this, everyone in the courtyard didn't delay any longer and lined up behind Yu Guifen.

Seeing this, Li Kaixin, who was standing at the back, stepped forward:

"Aunt Ye, thank you for your help now. I'll head back to my room."

He really disliked dealing with these things, and since he always left them to Aunt Ye, he was relieved.

"No problem, Kaixin, you can rest assured and leave it to me!"

Aunt Ye readily agreed, and then gave him some instructions:

"You've been driving long distances these days, so get some rest."

Li Kaixin nodded his thanks and turned to walk towards his house.

Inside the house, everything was spotless, not at all like it had been uninhabited for over ten days.

Li Kaixin guessed that his mother must have come in and cleaned while he was away.

He then lay down on the kang (a heated brick bed), and within minutes, he fell asleep amidst the noise outside.

......

At two o'clock in the morning, Li Kaixin got up and left the courtyard. Soon after, he appeared in front of Hu Laoliu's stall in the black market.

Upon seeing the familiar attire, Hu Laoliu immediately stood up.

"Brother Zhou, you've finally arrived! You've been gone for a day longer than agreed."

The night before Li Kaixin left for Northeast China, he told Hu Laoliu that he would be away for ten days.

"Brother Hu Liu, I can't help it. There are robbers everywhere these days."

Li Kaixin pretended to shrug helplessly.

After hearing this, Hu Laoliu realized that the situation outside the city was indeed like this, so he stopped talking about it and started discussing serious matters.

"Brother Zhou, how much stock are you shipping this time?"

Li Kaixin thought for a moment and then slowly spoke:

"Brother Hu Liu, I'll pay half this time. I'm afraid you can't eat any more."

"Brother Zhou, you've underestimated us. This time, my boss has prepared a full thirty large yellow croakers." Old Hu smiled, looking very confident.

"Thirty pieces?"

Li Kaixin paused for a moment, then teased, "Brother Hu Liu, looks like you guys made quite a bit on the black market!"

"This is all thanks to you," Old Hu chuckled, then asked:

"Brother Zhou, what do you think of this?"

"Not much, not much!"

Li Kaixin waved his hand, a smile playing on his lips, "It's just 1,500 chickens, ducks, and rabbits, 10,000 catties of chicken and duck eggs, and ten wild boars weighing a little over 200 catties each."

Wow! Quite a lot.

Old Hu was bothered by his pretentious tone and excitedly rubbed his hands together. "Brother Zhou, I'll get ready now."

"Okay! See you at the usual place." Li Kaixin stopped joking and turned to walk out of the black market.

Actually, we did consider selling some of these goods on the black market in Northeast China.

I gave up after inquiring about the price, but found it was too low; otherwise, I wouldn't have so many to sell this time.

Two hours later, after completing the transaction with Hu Laoliu, Li Kaixin had twenty-six large yellow croakers in his hand.

After storing the yellow croaker in the secret realm space, he took advantage of the night to go to Zhao Zhengping's courtyard house.

Li Kaixin didn't rush in. As usual, he first went to the sentry post, gave some benefits to the two brothers who were watching, casually inquired about the recent situation, and then walked towards Zhao Zhengping's courtyard gate.

The same two people were still guarding the door.

When they saw Li Kaixin pushing a cart, one of them immediately turned around and ran into the yard to report the news.

A short while later, Zhao Zhengping, along with three partners and seven or eight underlings, hurriedly came out of the courtyard.

"Brother Zhou, you've finally arrived! I was so worried yesterday that I went to see Sixth Brother." Zhao Zhengping immediately grabbed Li Kaixin's hand, as if afraid he would run away.

"Sorry, Brother Zhao, I was delayed for a few days on the road," Li Kaixin explained, subtly releasing his hand.

"It's alright, it's alright. I'm relieved that Brother Zhou is here." Zhao Zhengping smiled, glancing at his underlings behind him. "What are you all standing there for? Hurry up and move the goods inside!"

Seven or eight henchmen responded and immediately stepped forward to carry the cart into the yard.

Zhao Zhengping then pulled Li Kaixin into the courtyard, personally poured her a cup of hot tea, and chatted with her from the side.

Li Kaixin didn't stay there long. After Zhao Zhengping's men finished counting the goods and handed him the five large yellow croakers, he got up, said goodbye, and left.

On the way back to Courtyard No. 93, Li Kaixin also put the five yellow croakers into the secret space.

Adding to the twenty-six I got from Hu Laoliu earlier, I have a total of thirty-one tonight. I wonder if that will be enough to upgrade the secret realm space by two levels.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but sigh. This secret realm space was truly like a bottomless pit.

When I got back to No. 93 Courtyard, it was already past four in the morning.

Li Kaixin slipped into her room and quickly fell asleep.