The crowd surged and jostled toward the pork stall. Su Wan had already been standing on the outer edge of the crowd, and now she didn’t dare move forward at all.
She was pregnant—if she got bumped into or hurt just to buy pork, it would really not be worth it.
But the pork seller still remembered what she had said earlier. He slammed the butcher knife down onto the thick wooden chopping board with a bang. “What are you all arguing about? Looking to get yourselves locked up?!”
The noisy clamor in the crowd died down a bit, though some people were still unwilling to give up. “Hey, young man, I asked you the price first! I never said I didn’t want it—you have to sell to me!”
There were four men selling the pork, all big and burly. Hearing this, they glared. “Just because you asked first means we have to sell to you? Where’d you get such nerve?! Hey, you over there—did you really say you’d take it all?”
Su Wan immediately raised her hand. “Yes! I’ll take it all!”
The men exchanged glances. In black market trading, the sooner they sold everything, the better. Even though mornings were a bit safer, there was no guarantee no one was watching. They just wanted to sell out, and someone taking everything at once was ideal.
“Alright! Come here then—this pork is all yours!” The man nodded and waved Su Wan over.
Some people in the crowd were still unwilling to accept it. “Hey, we’ve been lining up here since early morning waiting! How can you not sell to us?!”
“Exactly! You pork seller, how can you be so unreasonable? Shouldn’t there be a first-come, first-served rule?”
Some even started accusing Su Wan. The men selling pork looked fierce and hard to mess with, while Su Wan looked thin and weak, like an easy target.
One auntie even grabbed Su Wan’s hand, looking pitiful. “Girl, after you buy the pork, can you sell me two jin? I heard if you buy it all you get it cheaper by a mao! Just buy two jin for this auntie. My kids cry every day wanting meat—good people are rewarded, you know!”
Su Wan tried to pull her hand free, but despite her age, the auntie was surprisingly strong. No matter how Su Wan pulled, she couldn’t shake her off.
The auntie seemed to latch onto Su Wan, gripping her hand tightly, looking as if Su Wan absolutely had to sell her meat today.
Su Wan’s hand hurt from being grabbed so hard.
There were fewer and fewer people selling meat at the black market these days. Many people could only buy meat by sheer luck, mainly because a man who used to supply meat regularly had been caught, so now very few dared to sell.
Some aunties saw that woman clinging to Su Wan, and seeing that she was just a skinny young girl, thought she might really soften.
So more people crowded over. “You’re just a young girl—can you even finish that much meat? Why not sell us a few jin and count it as doing a good deed!”
“Yeah, girl, you bought it for one yuan nine—we could also get it cheaper by a mao. Everyone would thank you!”
Su Wan’s expression completely cooled. They were dreaming if they thought that would work—unfortunately for them, they’d picked the wrong person.
“Let go! You shameless bunch—do you think I’m easy to bully? Who says I can’t finish it? Want to take advantage of me? Not a chance!”
They hadn’t expected that this skinny-looking girl wouldn’t be easy to push around once she opened her mouth. Seeing their plan fail, their expressions turned awkward, but their hands still didn’t let go.
The pork sellers stepped forward and pulled the aunties’ hands away. “What are you doing? Trying to break the rules?!”
He glared fiercely at them. The aunties had originally hoped to beg Su Wan to sell them two jin—maybe the young girl would soften and agree, letting them buy cheaper meat.
But they hadn’t expected the pork sellers to interfere so forcefully. Their plans fell through, and many showed resentful looks, spat on the ground, cursed under their breath, and left.
They finalized the deal at one yuan nine. The man delivered the meat to the place Su Wan specified, and she paid him.
Seeing how straightforward Su Wan was, the man was very pleased.
“Girl, do you still want more meat?” he asked tentatively.
Su Wan lifted her eyes to look at him. “You still have more?”
The man lowered his voice. “Of course! Chicken, duck, goose. Lamb, dog, pork—we’ve got all of it! As long as you’ve got money, I can even get you beef!”
Su Wan’s heart stirred, remembering what Little White had said—the more plants and animals in the space, the more vitality it would have, and it could even expand!
Right now, aside from about two mu of land, the space only had a pond and a wooden house. Looking farther out, it was all desolate. Last night, while chatting with Little White, she learned this was because there were no plants or living creatures inside.
If there were more plants and animals, the space could level up. When that happened, the land would increase and the usable space would grow larger.
Su Wan looked at the man. “I want them! Preferably alive!”
The man was stunned—alive? Was she planning to keep them and eat them slowly? With that much meat, turning it all into cured meat would indeed be a lot.
But how would someone living in the city raise these things?
The man didn’t think too much about it. Whatever—he just needed to make money.
“Alright. How much do you want? We’ll deliver it here before dawn tomorrow, okay?”
Su Wan confirmed the quantities with him. She even ordered plenty of agricultural products, as well as seeds. The man had those too, so she placed a large order.
After he left, Su Wan put the pile of pork into the space. The warehouse inside the space was very magical—it looked like a small wooden cabinet with many little compartments, yet it could store an astonishing amount.
It could even automatically categorize items. As long as Su Wan sent things into the space, they would automatically be stored neatly in the warehouse. Aside from herself, Little White could also take items from the space.
When Su Wan entered the space yesterday, she had even seen Little White hugging an apple and munching on it.
When Su Wan returned to her mansion, both Sister Wu and Zhao Mengxue were there. Zhao Mengxue was leaning against the telephone, talking on the phone. Sister Wu poured her a cup of tea and even peeled an apple for her, cutting it into small pieces with a silver fork stuck into them.
Zhao Mengxue acted just like the lady of the house, very naturally enjoying Sister Wu’s service.
A faint crease appeared between Su Wan’s brows, but she quickly returned to her usual expression.
Seeing Su Wan, Sister Wu immediately came forward. “Miss, where did you go so early this morning?”
Sister Wu had come over early to make breakfast, but when she went upstairs she couldn’t find Su Wan, which made her a bit worried.
“I went out for a walk.”
Su Wan walked over and sat on the sofa. Zhao Mengxue also said goodbye to the person on the phone. “Alright, goodbye then. I’ll call you again next time.”
Zhao Mengxue hung up the phone in a very good mood. Whenever she wanted to make a call, she always came to the Su house, since it didn’t cost her anything.
Seeing Su Wan, Zhao Mengxue got up and sat beside her, looping her arm through Su Wan’s. “Wanwan, where did you go so early?”
Su Wan was extremely repulsed by her closeness, but she forcibly suppressed that feeling and instead put on an utterly heartbroken expression. “Mengxue, Gu Huaizhi really wants a divorce.”
Zhao Mengxue’s heart leapt. Seeing how devastated Su Wan looked, she immediately thought she understood why Su Wan had been acting strangely today. She’d been a little worried before, but now that Gu Huaizhi wanted to divorce Su Wan, it made sense that she’d run out early in the morning.
Zhao Mengxue could barely suppress the wild joy in her heart. Gu Huaizhi wanted a divorce—ha! This was wonderful news!
She hugged Su Wan and patted her. “He must be cheating, otherwise why would he agree to a divorce? Gu Huaizhi is really too much! Has he already submitted the divorce report?”
Zhao Mengxue probed for information. As long as Gu Huaizhi had submitted the divorce report, Su Wan would no longer be a military spouse. With her background as a capitalist’s daughter, as long as Zhao Mengxue reported her, she would definitely be sent to the countryside!
Hahaha, she couldn’t wait for that day to come. It was just a pity about the Su family’s property—all of it would be confiscated.
Thinking of the property reminded her of Su Wan’s jade pendant, the heirloom passed down from Su Wan’s grandmother. She had liked it for a long time.
She had once asked Su Wan for it, but Su Wan said it was her grandmother’s keepsake and couldn’t be given away.
“Wanwan, then do you still want to ask Brother Zhang to help you investigate?”