Courtyard House: After disbanding the Elderly Care Gang, I went to the countryside to cultivate immo

That night, Lin Shengli used his divine sense to check and found that everyone in the courtyard was asleep. Only then did Lin Shengli quietly come out of the house, walk to the wall, and with a little effort, jump over the wall, landing with a very soft sound.

After leaving the courtyard, Lin Shengli used his divine sense to constantly monitor his surroundings.

After walking a short distance, I saw a figure running forward, clutching something tightly in their arms.

Lin Shengli followed without saying a word.

This situation at night clearly indicates they're heading to the black market.

Following the man through a maze of turns, Lin Shengli saw the man exchange a few words with the person guarding the alley entrance, then hand over a dime before turning and entering the alley.

Lin Shengli followed, and when they reached the alley entrance, they saw a young man of ordinary appearance guarding the place. The man glanced at Lin Shengli and asked in a low voice, "Sell or buy?"

Lin Shengli said in a low voice, "Buy it!"

"Buy one cent!"

Lin Shengli took out a dime from his pocket and handed it over.

After taking the money, the man said to Lin Shengli, "If you hear the whistle, run!"

Lin Shengli nodded and walked into the alley.

Upon entering the alley, Lin Shengli noticed two rows of people squatting on either side, each not too close to the others.

Lin Shengli looked around and found that there were only a few people selling grain, and there was also some wild game, but very little. Most of the people were old people and children of the old regime who came out to exchange their family belongings for money. He even saw someone selling truth.

Squatting in front of the seller of truth, Lin Shengli bought a long one, two short ones, and two hundred peanuts for each, which cost him more than seven hundred yuan.

He didn't buy this thing to use; rather, in his previous life, he had never had the chance to play with it except for firing five shots during university military training. Buying it now was simply to fulfill a dream from his past life.

He asked the vendor selling wild game if they had any poultry or livestock cubs for sale, and the vendor looked at him like he was an idiot and said, "Everything is government-owned now. How can you sell these things?"

Lin Shengli then abandoned the idea of ​​buying poultry and livestock from the black market.

As he approached the exit, he saw a young man squatting in a corner. Lin Shengli walked up to him and asked, "Hey buddy, got any tickets?"

The young man glanced at Lin Shengli and asked, "Yes, what kind of tickets do you need?"

"Coupons for tobacco, alcohol, sugar, tea, industrial goods, and national grain coupons—I'll take as many as you want!"

The young man was taken aback by Lin Shengli's words; it seemed he had encountered a major client.

He reached into his pocket and pulled out a cloth bag, opening it to show Lin Shengli, saying, "I have a dozen or so Grade A cigarette coupons, thirty-odd Grade B coupons, twenty-odd Grade A liquor coupons, forty or fifty Grade B coupons, over a hundred industrial coupons, ten jin of white sugar, ten jin of brown sugar, and about ten jin each of milk candy and fruit candy coupons. I only have two or three jin of Grade B tea, and about ten jin of meat coupons. Do you want them all?"

Lin Shengli grunted and said, "I'll take them all. Name your price."

The young man looked down and calculated for a moment, then looked up and said, "Buddy, since you're buying a lot at once, I'll give you a fair price, 200 yuan in total, how about that?"

Lin Shengli thought for a moment and, considering the current market price, realized that the price wasn't too high. He then reached out and pulled out 20 ten-yuan bills, handing them over.

The young man handed the tickets to Lin Shengli. After they each counted them, the young man asked, "Buddy, do you need these tickets later?"

Lin Shengli nodded and said, "Please collect as many of these tickets as you can for me, at a rate of one thousand yuan per ticket. I'll come back to see you at the same time next week!"

The young man was overjoyed and nodded quickly, saying, "Go ahead and do it, buddy! It definitely won't delay your business!"

After the transaction was completed, Lin Shengli turned around and left the black market.

The next day at noon, after having lunch, Lin Shengli prepared to go to the hospital to see Li Kuiyong again.

He bought a pound of brown sugar at the supply and marketing cooperative and carried it to Li Kuiyong's ward, where he saw Li Kuiyong's younger brother, Li Kuiyuan, feeding him.

Upon seeing Lin Shengli arrive, Li Kuiyong struggled to sit up, but Lin Shengli quickly stepped forward and pressed him down.

"Just focus on getting better. We're friends, don't be so polite!"

Li Kuiyong asked his younger brother to put the bowl he was holding on the bedside table and said to him, "Kuiyuan, this is Lin Shengli. You can just call him Brother Shengli. It was Brother Shengli who helped pay for my hospital bill this time."

Upon hearing Li Kuiyong's words, Li Kuiyuan excitedly grabbed Lin Shengli's hand, his eyes reddening, and said, "Brother Shengli, thank you so much. If it weren't for your help, my brother might..."

Lin Shengli slapped Li Kuiyuan's hand: "You brat, what nonsense are you talking about? Your brother is perfectly fine, don't say such discouraging things!"

Li Kuiyuan released Lin Shengli's hand and stood awkwardly to the side. Lin Shengli said to him, "I brought some brown sugar with me. You feed your brother first, and I'll go make him a cup of brown sugar water. It's good for replenishing blood."

Lee Kyu-won quickly refused, saying, "Brother Shengli, how can I let you do it? Let me do it!"

Lin Shengli laughed and said, "It's alright, you feed your brother first, I can do this little thing."

As she spoke, she picked up the thermos on the bedside table and shook it, only to find that it was empty.

Lin Shengli carried a thermos to the hospital's hot water room to get water. On the way, he added some spiritual spring water to it, and when he got back, he made brown sugar water and put it on the table.

After watching Li Kuiyuan finish feeding his brother and go to wash the lunchbox, Lin Shengli pulled up a chair and sat down next to Li Kuiyong's bed.

"You seem to be feeling much better now. You'll be able to be discharged in a few more days!"

Li Kuiyong sighed and said, "To be honest, I want to be discharged right now. Staying in the hospital and spending money every day just doesn't feel right."

Lin Shengli comforted him, "Don't think too much about it. Just focus on getting better, and everything will be fine."

Li Kuiyong continued with a dejected expression, "Shengli, thank you so much, Yuemin and me. If it weren't for you two, I might really be dead. These past two days, lying here, I've been thinking about how things got to this point!"

Lin Shengli didn't speak, just listened to Li Kuiyong talking to himself.

"When you saw me the day before yesterday, I had just been surrounded by a group of kids from the compound with Xiao Jiu, who everyone calls a little rascal. Kuiyuan said that Xiao Jiu was hacked to death on the spot. I was lucky to survive. Yuemin rode his bike over and took me away from the scene. Then I ran into you. At that time, I didn't feel any pain. It was only after I woke up from the operating room that I felt pain all over my body, and my heart ached even more."

"The pain from the wound is a minor matter, but I feel terrible. Xiao Jiu was surrounded and attacked, and I had to help him. Even though he has all sorts of faults, he's my brother, and I can't be disloyal. I knew that even without this incident, he would still be in trouble if he got arrested by the police."

As he spoke, Li Kuiyong's eyes reddened again.

Lin Shengli sighed and said, "Kuiyong, although we were classmates for a year in junior high, I was young then and you always protected me. I know you are a loyal person. Don't think too much about it now. Take care of your health first, and then we can talk about other things."

When Li Kuiyuan returned, Lin Shengli instructed him to make sure to make plenty of brown sugar water for Li Kuiyong to drink to supplement his nutrition. Lin Shengli also left him twenty yuan and five jin of meat coupons.

Li Kuiyong refused to owe Lin Shengli any more favors, but Lin Shengli still forced him to leave his things behind.

After leaving the hospital, Lin Shengli turned around and went home.