Chapter 12 Crazy Shopping Spree

At noon, Jiang Si had lunch with her third uncle and added a lot of spiritual spring water to the water vat before deciding to return.

Her third uncle knew she was going to buy some things in the afternoon, so he gave her a lot of receipts.

These were all gifts from his disciples and followers; he and Ah Zhong were used to being rough and didn't need them.

Jiang Si didn't refuse and went straight to the largest supply and marketing cooperative in the suburbs with the receipts.

When you arrive, go to the agricultural supplies counter first.

Jiang Si had never done farm work in either her life, and she couldn't tell what these farm tools were for. She could only buy the items she needed according to the one-click function in her space.

Plow, harrow, shovel, pickaxe, hoe, sickle, flail, pitchfork, windmill, sieve, winnowing basket, stone mill, rake, spade, ladder, basket, sack, bucket, watering can, butcher's knife, seed gourd (for sowing)...

She bought one of each item; the prices weren't expensive, but it cost her several industrial coupons.

Jiang Si originally wanted to buy some fertilizer, but since she didn't have a fertilizer allocation slip issued by the production brigade, she had to give up.

As for daily necessities, she doesn't plan to buy them here.

She also needs to go to the Shanghai No. 1 Department Store later, where the selection is more complete.

After wandering around for a while and finding nothing left to buy, Jiang Si approached two sales clerks.

They each gave half a pack of premium cigarettes and asked them to help carry the items to a secluded alley nearby.

She can't move all this stuff by herself!

After everyone left, Jiang Si waited a little while longer before putting the items into her spatial storage.

To be honest, she was quite curious about this one-click function, so she clicked on "One-Click Farming" after entering the page.

With a whoosh—

The plow and harrow went to the designated location and then began plowing the land row by row.

This speed is in no way inferior to that of a large tiller!

After thinking about it, I clicked on "One-Click Digging" again, and I could choose the size of the hole myself.

Dig up some of the smaller ones first, and keep them to plant fruit trees.

She'll dig up a few more big ones; she'll buy some fish, shrimp, and crabs to keep in them later.

Once we reach Qiongzhou Island, we can introduce seawater to raise seafood!

Great, great! Now we can enjoy seafood freely.

Jiang Si watched for a while and then left the space, heading to the city's seed company as her next stop.

They selected the most common seeds available on the market.

I bought the following vegetable seeds: bok choy, spinach, celery, garland chrysanthemum, cauliflower, chives, lettuce, chili peppers, edamame, cowpeas, flat beans, white eggplant, purple eggplant, water spinach, red amaranth, cabbage, white radish, carrot, tomato, potato...

I bought the following bean seeds: red beans, mung beans, soybeans, broad beans, peas...

I bought seeds for grains: rice, wheat, corn, sweet potatoes...

I bought the following oilseeds: peanuts, sesame seeds, sunflower seeds, rapeseed, cottonseed...

I bought seeds for various melons: watermelon, pumpkin, winter melon, cucumber, cantaloupe, cucumber, loofah...

I bought the following spice seeds: scallions, ginger, garlic, cilantro...

I didn't buy many of these, just a small bag of each.

Unlike hybrid seeds of later generations, these could be kept as seed after they matured, and there were enough for her to eat.

Next door is the agricultural technology extension station, which has already cultivated fruit tree seedlings, but there aren't many varieties.

There are only apples, pears, peaches, plums, apricots, grapes, pomegranates, and oranges.

Jiang Si bought two of each.

When they entered the space, the small pit had already been dug.

Jiang Si placed the fruit seedlings one by one, backfilled the soil, tamped it down with her feet, and finally watered them with spiritual spring water!

Suddenly, the grape sapling next to me unexpectedly grew more than a meter tall.

Jiang Si was startled!

Only then did she remember that the space's friendly reminder mentioned that watering plants with spiritual spring water could randomly shorten their growth cycle.

Patting her pounding heart, Jiang Si glanced at the other fruit seedlings.

These are all quite normal, except that the leaves of the fruit seedlings, which were originally wilted, are now noticeably perked up after drinking their fill of the spiritual spring water.

I glanced at it and saw that the land in the space had already been plowed.

After clicking on "One-Click Seeding," Jiang Si didn't pay any more attention to it. Mainly, she couldn't distinguish which seed was which anymore, so she just let the space do its thing.

After resting for a while, Jiang Si left the space and then went straight to the Shanghai No. 1 Department Store.

In those days, apart from national grain coupons, other coupons were unusable in other places.

She had to use all the receipts she had before leaving, otherwise they would be wasted.

Another reason is that if we don't buy it now, we might not be able to buy it even if we have money and tickets when we go to other places.

Especially on Qiongzhou Island, due to inconvenient transportation, even the most basic daily necessities cannot be readily available.

Upon entering the department store, Jiang Si went straight to the third floor and bought the watch.

She didn't like Shanghai license plates; they were too big and didn't look good.

Finally, I chose a women's watch with a "gemstone flower" design, which cost 110 yuan. I also paid an extra 5 yuan for a thinner chain, and it looks delicate and petite on my wrist.

After buying the watch, Jiang Si went up the stairs to the second-floor daily necessities counter.

If there's one thing Jiang Si found most unacceptable after transmigrating into the book, it's probably that there are no sanitary napkins in this era.

Especially for someone like her with a heavy flow, every period is like living hell!

Ignoring the sales clerk's shocked gaze, Jiang Si bought all the toilet paper and sanitary pads.

Buy more soap, so you can use it for bathing and washing your hair.

She remembered that the book seemed to mention that the first shampoo in China would not be available until the late 1970s.

Friendship Store does have imported shampoos, but ordinary people can't buy them, and they don't dare to.

Oh, and face cream too!

Qiongzhou Island is surrounded by the sea, so the ultraviolet radiation is quite strong. If you don't apply something to your face before going out, you'll get a tan in just a few days.

No woman doesn't love beauty, and Jiang Si is no exception!

I chose the most popular ones on the market: Shanghai Women's, Ya Shuang, Pechoin, Friendship, and Shuangmei. I bought five boxes of each!

Then there's toothpaste, toothbrush, soap, laundry detergent, prickly heat powder, floral water, and mosquito nets. These are all things we use most often, especially in summer, so we have to buy them!

Slippers, sandals, and white sneakers—three pairs of each!

Five sets of pure cotton underwear arrived! I wanted to buy more, but they didn't have her size.

Since we were already there, we bought raincoats, rain boots, and umbrellas, and also picked out a few woven straw hats.

Jiang Si didn't buy any metal kettles, enamel basins, or aluminum lunch boxes; she had already stored all the ones she already had in the space, which was enough.

"Hello, comrade, could you help me calculate how much this costs?"

The sales clerk swallowed hard: "Sir, are you buying so much?"

Jiang Si smiled and nodded: "Yes, I brought some for my classmates."

Since there was no purchase limit, it was her freedom to buy as much as she wanted, and what the salesperson thought was completely outside her consideration.

After buying these, Jiang Si went to the nearby grocery counter.

We ordered 5 jin of brown sugar, 2 jin of each kind of pastry, and she didn't like the taste of malted milk powder, so we ended up buying a few bags of Red Star milk powder.

I hadn't originally planned to buy White Rabbit candy, but it was mentioned in every historical novel, and Jiang Si was quite curious about the differences between White Rabbit candy from this era and that from later times, so I bought a few less.

Jiang Si browsed for over an hour, until she had used up all her receipts, before finally leaving the department store satisfied.

I checked the time, and it was already past 5 p.m.

Finding a secluded corner, Jiang Si stored everything into her spatial storage. Her final destination was the black market!

The black market in Shanghai has two sessions, one in the early morning and one in the evening, each lasting about two hours.

There's no need to worry about safety; everyone in this line of work has connections above them, and frankly, they've all paid protection money.

They know exactly when to crack down.

Moreover, the person in charge of this area used to work with Uncle San.

Otherwise, Jiang Si wouldn't have dared to risk going to such a place.

There's no need for disguise; the outfit she's wearing now is the most common white shirt and black pants of that era.

Then put the straw hat you just bought on your head, stand in the crowd, and no one will recognize you.

Half an hour later, Jiang Si went to the address.

This black market is quite large; there are no fixed stalls, and you have to find whatever you want yourself.

Jiang Si wandered around inside for a while before finally finding the place selling chicks and ducklings.

The prices are okay. Chicks are 25 cents each, ducklings are a bit more expensive at 50 cents each, and piglets are the most expensive!

These have been raised for over two months, and each one costs around 20 yuan.

When it comes to keeping small animals, either don't keep any, or keep at least two.

Jiang Si bought two of each, and specifically requested that one be male and one female.

There's no need for too much, since the food and vegetables in the space are all fed by the spiritual spring. The chicks, ducks, and piglets will definitely grow faster than outside if they eat them.

Worried that they would wander around the space, Jiang Si also bought a lot of bamboo fences.

I plan to fence off a separate plot of land for them so they can grow freely there.

Further in, there is a river, and two or three people are selling river delicacies there.

You can no longer find the Yangtze River's "Three Delicacies" – knife fish and shad – this season, but there are still quite a few other types available here.

There are more than a dozen varieties of fish, as well as crabs and live shrimp!

Most people who come to the black market are after hard commodities like grains, pork, and eggs; in comparison, aquatic products are not as popular.

Seeing this, Jiang Si immediately bought them all!

When they returned to the space, an hour had passed.

Seeing that the fishpond had been completely dug, Jiang Si quickly put the fish she had just bought into it.

I glanced at the seeds that had been planted and then clicked on "One-Click Watering".

Next, we need to find a suitable place to build the bamboo fence.

Just as Jiang Si was busily transforming the space, on the other side, Lin Yueru's nephew, Lin Baozhu, along with his cronies, finally made their move!