Seeing that there was still time, Lu Jingqiu hurried to the farmers market but didn't manage to buy any fresh vegetables.
After a moment's thought, she sneaked off to the Black Market.
Once there, Lu Jingqiu ran into that "young man" again
"Young man, do you have any meat today?"
Xue Jianian had seen her come in and knew she would come over here: "Yes, how many pounds do you want?"
"Two pounds, do you have any good stuff?"
"As usual, rice, millet, flour, chicken, duck, fish meat, and also seafood."
"Seafood? What kind?"
"Prawns, clams, squid, and also oysters."
They even have squid: "How much for each, I mean the seafood."
Xue Jianian said, "Prawns are one yuan per pound, clams are fifty cents, squid, eighty cents, and oysters are ten cents each."
Lu Jingqiu was surprised for a moment. Is it all so cheap? Could it be the quality isn't good?
"Can I take a look?"
Xue Jianian opened the bamboo basket to let her check.
Lu Jingqiu said in surprise, "They are still alive."