Stay away from beasts in the world of Siheyuan

It was already past eight o'clock in the evening when Xu Changping finished cleaning the house. When he went out again, the once noisy courtyard was plunged into silence as everyone was getting off work.

Under the wall behind the east wing, Xu Changping dug out the two boxes that had been buried earlier and carried them back into the room under the moonlight.

Looking at the small yellow croaker in the jewelry box, Xu Changping thought about it and decided not to absorb it. Now Sijiu City is short of food, and he is short of points. He can go to the ghost market to exchange for food.

He had specifically asked Zhou Jianguo before, and found out that the black market only sold daily necessities such as food, while some antiques and gold were basically traded in the ghost market.

After putting the jewelry box away, he took out the medical books he had put away earlier. He had never studied Chinese medicine at the time, so he only guessed that these things should be unusual.

Now, after studying medicine for a period of time, Xu Changping has a deeper understanding of the value of these medical books.

He picked out some of the ones he could now understand and put them outside, and put the rest back into the box.

After putting the two boxes in the secret room of the ear room, Xu Changping returned to his room with peace of mind, summoned the old man in ancient costume in the system and began to study.

It was not important to Xu Changping whether to celebrate the New Year or not, and there was not much to buy in the market at that time. He boiled some water every day, fearing that people in the courtyard would become suspicious if he did not cook.

Xu Changping spent the entire winter vacation at home treating patients simulated by the system, except for the fact that Zhou Jianguo came twice before the Chinese New Year to bring him some food.

It was such a cold day and no general meetings were held in the courtyard, so Xu Changping had little chance to interact with the people in the courtyard.

Seeing Xu Changping concentrating on examining seven virtual patients, and there were no problems with the acupuncture, the old man in ancient costume nodded with satisfaction and said:

"You can now complete the elementary medical skills. If you want to go further, you have to learn intermediate medical skills."

Xu Changping took a look and saw that there were still five days before school started, so he didn't rush to start learning intermediate skills.

I checked and found that I had 53.1000w points left.

Xu Changping didn't expect to use so many points. After checking the consumption records, he found that each patient simulated by the system had to be charged, and the price varied depending on the condition of the patient.

Moreover, the meals, fruits and snacks I had these days had cost me more than 5,000 points.

This made Xu Changping, who originally thought that his points could be used for a long time, feel a sense of crisis. He still needed to learn intermediate and advanced skills, which would be more expensive.

Even if the famine ends next year, the ten-year storm period will soon be here, and it will not be easy to get food by then.

It seems that I have to find a way to get some yellow croaker, otherwise I won’t have enough points to spend.

Thinking of this, Xu Changping immediately decided to go to the ghost market early tomorrow to see if he could exchange some yellow croaker.

I had a good night's sleep, but was woken up by the system alarm at 4 a.m.

Xu Changping didn't even wash his face. He stepped on the wall and leaped a few times before leaving the courtyard.

The silver moonlight covered the earth, and there was no one on the road. Xu Changping bought a bicycle in the system and headed straight to the ghost market.

Fortunately, the ghost market was not far from the courtyard, and Xu Changping arrived nearby in no time.

He found a dead end, put the bicycle back into the system, bought a backpack, put some cornmeal bought from the system in it, put it on his back, bought a mask, put it on, and strode into the ghost market.

Wow, no wonder it’s called Ghost Market.

The whole street inside was pitch black, with only a little bit of fluorescent light and the occasional swaying figure, which allowed people to see where someone was selling something.

It was Xu Changping’s first time here and he didn’t know how to trade, so he had to find a corner and turn on the flashlight towards his backpack.

"Hey, where did this idiot come from?"

"That's right, you don't know any rules at all."

"I'll go see what he's selling."

As soon as Xu Changping turned on the flashlight, the originally silent ghost market suddenly became like a boiling pot, with whispers everywhere.

Soon a man with a bandaged face arrived at Xu Changping's position.

"Little brother, this is your first time here, what are you selling?"

"Well, for the first time, food."

"Food, what food?"

The visitor was not prepared to impart his experience and asked with a somewhat rapid breathing.

"Food for food."

"I'm asking whether it's coarse grain or fine grain, and how to switch."

"We have both coarse grains and fine grains, and we only exchange them for yellow croaker. One small yellow croaker can be exchanged for 5 jin of coarse grains or 2 jin of fine grains."

“Why are whole grains so expensive?”

"This is pure cornmeal, not corn cobs."

"Let me see."

Xu Changping opened the bag of cornmeal. Under the flashlight, the golden light shone so brightly that the other person's eyes glowed with gold.

"Okay, this is fine."

"how much do you have."

"How much can you change?"

"I want to exchange 100 kilograms of coarse grains and 20 kilograms of fine grains, but I can't trade them here."

The man said a little excitedly.

"Then where can we trade?"

"Little brother, can you wait for me for a while? I came out to exchange things, and I didn't bring any yellow croaker. I have to go home to get it."

Xu Changping listened to his words, looked at the time, and said:

"Then let's do it tomorrow. I'll write it down for you. If you need anything later, I'll write it down and we can trade together tomorrow."

"Okay, then I'll go get you some help."

The man also thought that the ghost market would be over soon, and this little brother would not wait for him that long.

"By the way, do you want milk powder?"

Xu Changping suddenly thought that milk powder was also a scarce commodity during this period.

"And the milk powder, how did you change it?"

"Ten small yellow croakers, one bag."

After hearing this, the man gritted his teeth and said, "Give me two bags too."

This thing is now out of stock. Although they have connections and money, they are out of stock.

After the man finished speaking, he turned around and left quickly, afraid that Xu Changping would say something else he needed to buy.

After the other party left, Xu Changping turned off the flashlight and sat there quietly waiting for him to come back. It was obvious that this man did not have a high status here, otherwise he would not have been pushed up to be the first to talk to him.

Sure enough, not long after, the man came over with a tall and thin man.

"I heard that little brother has some good stuff here."

The tall and thin man asked casually.

"Well, here are some samples of what you want."

After saying that, Xu Changping took off the cloth bag filled with grain from the backpack, and underneath were brown sugar, milk powder, apples, and the most eye-catching piece of pork.

These things were put in by Xu Changping just now on a whim. Although the grain is easy to sell, the quantity is too large for him to transport.

"Where did you get these things? How many are there?"

When the man saw these things, his breathing quickened. He didn't expect that this inconspicuous boy had so many good stuff in his hands.

"Don't worry about where it comes from. It's definitely not from a crooked source. I'm only selling this once. Just prepare as much yellow croaker as you need."

After hearing what Xu Changping said, the man realized that he was too excited and shouldn't have asked about the source of the goods.

He quickly suppressed his excitement and said:

"Quote a price."

"One small yellow croaker for 5 jin of coarse grain or 2 jin of fine grain."

"One for 2 apples,"

"Five pieces for one pound of pork"

"Five pieces for a pound of brown sugar."

"Ten for one bag of milk powder."

This price was the result of Xu Changping's consideration. During this period, people could exchange yellow croaker for apples and pork, so they definitely had no shortage of this thing.

Sure enough, the man didn't have any special reaction after hearing Xu Changping's words, and said directly:

"Okay, I'll go count the number."