A lonely, unlucky military officer with a stubborn fate insisted on marrying me.

Time flies, and before we knew it, it was getting dark, and the black market was about to open.

Lin Yinyin wrapped half her face with a floral scarf, carried a bamboo basket on her back, and held a heavy basket in her hand as she headed to the address Li Juan had given her.

"Comrade Lin! Over here!"

As soon as I reached the alley entrance, I saw Li Juan craning her neck and waving, her eyes fixed on my basket with longing.

"Let's go!" Lin Yinyin nodded and followed Li Juan deeper into the alley.

There was a two-cent management fee to enter the black market. After the two paid the fee and went in, Lin Yinyin was immediately shocked by what she saw.

This place was much larger than the town's black market. The two streets were well-planned, one for food and the other for daily necessities. Vendors set up their stalls on the ground, and there was no chaos at all.

The two headed straight for the food section.

Lin Yinyin put the basket on the ground, and two middle-aged women immediately gathered around.

"Girl, what's in the basket?"

Lin Yinyin lifted the cloth covering the meat, revealing the dark red salted meat.

"Salted meat! 1 yuan per jin (1g), no coupon required!"

"I want two jin!" the middle-aged women immediately shouted.

"Minimum order of five pounds, no individual orders."

Lin Yinyin thought for a moment and realized that selling by the pound was too troublesome; this way, it would sell faster.

"Then I want five pounds!"

Lin Yinyin was about to put the weight on the scale when she realized, oh no! She was so focused on loading the meat that she forgot to bring the scale!

"I'll go borrow it for you!"

Li Juan reacted quickly, turned around and disappeared into the crowd. She returned shortly after, carrying an old steelyard balance, followed by two women carrying baskets.

"Lin Hui, my aunt and second aunt have also come to buy meat." Lin Hui was an alias that Lin Yinyin had come up with.

"My family wants ten jin, and my aunt wants five jin!"

"Okay!"

Aunt Li Juan quickly said, "Xiao Hui, can I buy more? My family wants to make cured meat to store."

"Can!"

"Then I'll take 15 jin!" His second aunt decisively made the decision and paid the money.

Lin Yinyin's eyes lit up. Sure enough, none of her relatives who worked at the supply and marketing cooperative were ordinary people.

"Okay, Auntie, I'll weigh you right away."

But some people objected, saying, "If this number is so large, there won't be enough for the rest of us to buy."

"Don't worry, ladies, there's plenty!"

The price of salted meat without coupons was already tempting, and in no time, the 90 jin of salted meat in the basket was sold out.

Seeing that two more people wanted to buy, Lin Yinyin told Li Juan, "Sister Juan, wait here for me. I'll be right back."

Lin Yinyin turned and left the black market, found a secluded corner to slip into her spatial dimension, and came out carrying another basket of fresh wild boar meat. Li Juan's eyes widened when she saw it: "Can I buy five more pounds?"

"Of course, this is fresh wild boar meat. It's a bit tough, and it costs 7 cents a pound."

Lin Yinyin quoted a price, and Li Juan immediately took out her money to buy it. Lin Yinyin even gave her an extra pound for free. Li Juan was her mentor.

In this way, Lin Yinyin restocked her stock again, and in the end, she sold out all 180 jin of wild boar meat and salted meat, leaving only 20 jin for herself in her storage space as food.

After seeing Li Juan off, Lin Yinyin did the math: the salted meat sold for 99 yuan, and the fresh wild boar meat sold for 126 yuan, making a profit of 225 yuan!

You should know that Lin Huizhi's monthly salary is only 16 yuan, and this trip is equivalent to almost a year's income for her.

Lin Yinyin clutched the heavy banknotes, her heart filled with joy.

This was the happiest day she had experienced since she transmigrated!

Sure enough, making money is much more enjoyable than getting men.

From then on, she would go to the back mountain every day to hunt and sell meat, which would be quite good for her.

In high spirits, Lin Yinyin began browsing the black market.

She wanted to see if there was any iron material to make arrowheads, but after looking around, she realized that the place only sold food and daily necessities, and there was no way to get ironware due to strict regulations.

Just as she was feeling disappointed, she caught sight of a steamed bun stall and her eyes lit up instantly.

She can't cook, so meat buns are a lifesaver!

"Comrade, how much are the steamed buns?"

"6.5 each."

The price was one cent more expensive than at the state-run restaurant, but Lin Yinyin didn't care at all and simply said, "50 of them, I'll take them all!"

The stall owner was overjoyed and quickly packed it into a bag for her.

She bought steamed buns and two clay pots. She also bought all the common spices like oil, salt, star anise, and cinnamon from the spice stall, and even two sets of small earthenware jars for storing spices. Although she wasn't very good at cooking, she figured making soup and stewing meat would be no problem. She and her sister were both thin, so she would make soup every day to nourish them.

As she strolled to the end of the food street, she spotted a man squatting in a corner selling wild rabbits. In the cage was a small gray rabbit; she couldn't tell if it was male or female, but it was just the right size to keep in her space. Without hesitation, she bought it for 3 yuan and, when no one was looking, threw it into her space.

The only regret was that after walking around both streets, I didn't see any stalls selling antiques or jade.

However, Lin Yinyin was not in a hurry. Black market stalls were always moving around, and there would be plenty of opportunities to try her luck again in the future.

She took out two packets of sponge cakes and put them into the bamboo basket behind her to conceal them before preparing to leave, satisfied.

After leaving the black market alley, she walked briskly towards the family compound.

But as soon as she entered the quiet alley, she felt a chill down her spine, as if someone was following her.

I stopped abruptly and turned around, but the alley was empty; there was nothing there.

She quickened her pace and took a couple of steps when suddenly a large hand patted her shoulder.

"Ah!" Lin Yinyin turned around in surprise, and was stunned when she saw who it was—it was Gao Ming!

"Is it really you?" Gao Ming was also surprised.

Lin Yinyin recalled what she had overheard at Sister Chi's house: Gao Ming was leading a group to investigate the black market.

She immediately put on a sweet smile: "Brother Gao, what a coincidence!"

"Are your legs better?"

"Ah? Oh, okay, okay!" Lin Yinyin quickly stretched her ankle and changed the subject, "You took me to the hospital, right? Thank you so much."

"Thank Li Jinye instead of me. I saw him holding your hand when I went over!" Gao Ming joked.

He knew that Li Jinye had gone to find Lin Yinyin, and that his injury must have been for her sake. So he figured he should help his brother out if he could.

"By the way, the doctor said he lost too much blood and needs to be hospitalized for three days."

"Huh? Oh!"

Gao Ming was surprised. Was this girl not interested in Li Jinye? What did that evasive look in her eyes mean?

These two seem a bit awkward!

However, he knew he shouldn't ask too many questions, so he changed the subject, "You came to the black market because..."

"Brother Gao, I'm hungry!"

Lin Yinyin interrupted, immediately putting on a pitiful expression, and lifted a corner of the bamboo basket to reveal the steamed egg cakes inside. "I'm staying at a relative's house, so I feel embarrassed to eat too much. I'm weak and need to nourish myself, so I thought I'd come here to buy some food."

"Look, with so little stuff, you're not going to send me to the police station, are you?"

Lin Yinyin knew she was a bit unlucky. She was just worried that the black market might be shut down, so she acted as a cover.

Gao Ming found her cautious demeanor somewhat amusing; did this girl lack a clear understanding of herself?

Putting aside Li Jinye's feelings for her, just considering how protective she was of him, how could she possibly send her to the police station?

"Don't worry, Comrade Lin, I'm not here to investigate you."

Gao Ming put away his smile and said seriously, "I just came to browse the black market. I saw it was you, so I came over to say hello. You don't need to be nervous."

"Oh, that's good!"

Lin Yinyin thought, "It would be best if you pretended you couldn't see me."

So she picked up her bamboo basket and tried to slip away, saying, "If Commander Gao has nothing else, I'll head back now. My relatives will worry if I stay too long!"

"it is good."

The next second, Gao Ming saw Lin Yinyin run very fast and disappear in the blink of an eye.

He touched his nose. "Am I that scary?"