“The apples are all gone. Everyone, you should disperse.”
Mu Xi looked at her completely empty basket, then at the considerable number of people still standing in front of her, and spoke helplessly.
“Elder Sister, how can they already be gone? Go back and get some more. We haven’t even managed to buy any yet.”
“That’s right, Big Sister. See if you can get some more.”
“Exactly. We can wait.”
Everyone began speaking one after another.
Sometimes, people were simply like this. If everyone else was buying something, then it had to be good. So even if they had to wait, they didn’t mind.
“Well…”
News of Mu Xi’s apples had already spread throughout the entire black market, and more and more people were heading toward her stall.
Naturally, this also caught the attention of the black market’s boss.
“Apples? Are they really as good as everyone says?” Brother Mang, the black market boss, asked his subordinate.
“Boss, I’ll call Ermao in and ask him. He was keeping watch at the entrance, so he should know something.”
The subordinate hurried outside to find him.
Before long, Ermao, who had been keeping watch, followed him into the room and truthfully reported what had happened.
The boss stared straight at Ermao, nearly making his hair stand on end.
“All right. Go back and keep working.”
As though granted a pardon, Ermao nodded and bowed repeatedly before running out without looking back.
The moment he stepped out of the room, he secretly let out a huge sigh of relief.
Too terrifying!
Simply too terrifying!
As expected, staying by the boss’s side wasn’t something an ordinary person could handle. A small fry like him was only suited to guarding entrances and keeping watch.
“Boss, should we make a move?” the subordinate asked only after Ermao had left.
“Haozi, Ermao isn’t too bright. Guarding the entrance isn’t suitable for him. Give him another position.”
He had personally seen those apples, yet it hadn’t even occurred to him to bring the seller over to meet the boss.
What a pig brain.
He was useless for anything important.
Haozi: “…”
“All right.”
“As for the apples, go bring the seller over… Forget it. I’ll go take a look myself.”
Mu Xi had never intended to cooperate with the black market. She had only wanted to make some quick money first. However, their arrival gave her an idea.
She followed several people through a maze of turns before arriving at a room.
“This elder sister certainly has courage,” Brother Mang said, looking at Mu Xi with undisguised admiration.
“You flatter me. I simply know that I have nothing of value worth coveting,” Mu Xi replied indifferently.
Inwardly, however, she thought: She was merely confident in herself.
Since she dared to follow them here alone, she naturally wasn’t afraid of them doing anything to her. After all, even if a fight broke out and she couldn’t take them all down, escaping wouldn’t be a problem.
“Elder Sister, you’re too modest. I’m sure you already know why we invited you here, so let’s not waste time with empty words. Do you have any more goods on hand?
“If you do, how about selling them directly to me? Don’t worry, Elder Sister. I won’t let you suffer a loss.”
“I do still have some goods, but not that much.”
“Oh? How much exactly?” Brother Mang’s eyes lit up.
“Only about a thousand jin,” Mu Xi directly gave him a figure.
That was also the amount she had already harvested. She had planned to sell it for a sum of money before leaving.
“A thousand jin? That really isn’t much.”
Brother Mang was delighted at first, but then felt that it really was a little too little.
After all, the volume of goods passing through his black market was usually quite high. A thousand jin might disappear as soon as he put it up for sale.
Of course, he couldn’t bear to put them up for sale anyway.
He had already seen the apples. With something this good, he wouldn’t even have enough to use as gifts for the people above him. How could there possibly be any extra to sell?
“Can’t you get any more?” Brother Mang asked unwillingly.
Mu Xi rolled her eyes.
“If I could really get more, would I turn down the chance to make that money? Besides, you’ve already seen the quality of my apples. How could something this good be so easy to obtain?”