She called a friend and found out that it was not difficult to borrow a warehouse from him for seven days. The warehouse was in the city, not too far away.

She called a part-time worker named Xiao Lin, whom she knew, and asked him to work as a receiver at the warehouse. She paid him 5,000 yuan a week, plus 1,000 yuan for food, but it was hard work, as he had to watch over the warehouse from morning to night.

Xiao Lin happily accepted the job and started working there this afternoon.

Lian Xiaomin had a good rest and went out. The first step was to take a taxi to the grain and oil wholesale market.

No matter what the situation, food is the most important thing.

Manager Wang from this market is an old acquaintance.

Under the leadership of Manager Wang, Lian Xiaomin went to five stores and bought 300 tons of Wuchang rice from Heilongjiang, 300 tons of Panjin rice, 100 tons of pearl rice, 100 tons of Thai fragrant rice, 100 tons of long-grain rice, and 200 tons of millet, all in 100-jin bags. She also ordered 100 tons of white flour and 20 tons of cornmeal, all in 50-jin bags.

The total weight of these grains is more than 2.4 million kilograms, calculated based on the lowest wholesale price, totaling 8 million.

In addition, they requested 100,000 jin of dried noodles, which they required to be packed in blank cartons. They also requested 30,000 jin of various grains, in bags of 20 jin each.

Lian Xiaomin particularly emphasized that all the packaging of the grain she wanted, such as sacks, should not have any printed words on them.

All these goods would take about three days to be delivered. She paid half of the payment as a deposit and then proceeded with the next purchase.