Chapter Five: Continue Stockpiling!

Mu Qingyu went to three large grain and oil stores and placed orders in the same manner, ordering the same quantities: 100 tons of rice, 50 tons of flour, and 1,000 barrels of cooking oil from each store.

The prices varied slightly from one store to another. I spent 448,000 yuan at the second store and 440,000 yuan at the third. However, each store only paid a 100,000 yuan deposit, with the balance due upon delivery.

Before finishing her staple food, Mu Qingyu went to a condiment wholesale store and, again under the pretext of opening a large supermarket, started a business deal with the owner.

"This young lady is quite good at bargaining, despite her young age!" the proprietress complained, but couldn't hide the smile on her face. What business doesn't like big customers!

"I'll give you a 10% discount on all prices, based on the wholesale price. Auntie sees how hard it is for you, a young lady, to run your own business," the proprietress said.

Mu Qingyu smiled and thanked her politely, then signed the order form. The proprietress of this shop had considerable influence; she claimed to have most of the general merchandise in the wholesale market, and even if she didn't have it, she could get it from elsewhere.

To save trouble, Mu Qingyu ordered many things directly from her mother.

The most important thing is salt. The human body relies entirely on it for energy; without salt, you wouldn't even be able to lift a knife in the apocalypse. Three hundred tons of salt were arranged directly, the proprietress confidently promising to provide everything she needed.

There are two types of salt: iodized salt at 800 yuan per ton and non-iodized salt at 3700 yuan per ton. Mu Qingyu ordered 100 tons of non-iodized salt and 200 tons of iodized salt. Salt is never too much; in the post-apocalyptic world, salt is a valuable commodity, and surplus salt can be used to exchange for other goods. The total is 386,000 yuan.

Then there's sugar, another source of energy for the human body. Mu Qingyu purchased one hundred tons each of white sugar, rock sugar, and brown sugar. As for finished candies, the proprietress didn't have any, and Mu Qingyu didn't plan to buy any for the time being.

White sugar is 7,300 yuan per ton, rock sugar is 8,500 yuan per ton, and brown sugar is 6,300 yuan per ton. The total is 2.21 million yuan.

After calculating the price of sugar, Mu Qingyu instantly felt immense pressure.

The freshly received ten million suddenly didn't taste so good anymore! Money! We have to keep making money! Make money as fast as possible! Mu Qingyu gritted her teeth and clenched her fists!

Next up is canned meat. After the apocalypse, most animals have turned into zombies, making their meat inedible. If you want to stockpile large quantities of edible meat, canned meat is the best choice.

Mu Qingyu ordered 100 cases of 330g canned pork (20 cans per case) at 536 yuan each. She also ordered 100 cases of 350g canned beef (20 cans per case) at 816 yuan each. She ordered 300 cases of 200g canned luncheon meat (20 cans per case) at 55 yuan each, which was cheaper. The total cost was 151,700 yuan.

Afterwards, Mu Qingyu got too lazy to choose slowly herself, so she simply asked the shop owner to help her prepare the goods. She asked the shop owner to prepare soy sauce, chicken essence, oyster sauce, vinegar, chili powder, and so on, according to what was available in the supermarket.

The proprietress beamed as she quickly filled out the order form for Mu Qingyu. In short, after ordering over twenty kinds of supplies, including soy sauce and vinegar, the total amount was 2.73 million yuan.

So, Mu Qingyu spent 5,483,000 yuan at the proprietress's shop alone. As agreed, the proprietress gave Mu Qingyu a 10% discount and rounded it down to 4,934,000 yuan.

Mu Qingyu transferred 800,000 yuan as a deposit to the proprietress, and agreed to settle the payment upon delivery of the goods.

By the time I left the shop owner's place, it was already dark outside. Most of the shops in the wholesale market were closed.

Although Mu Qingyu has only given out 1.1 million yuan so far, her actual expenses amount to 6.277 million yuan. Once the goods arrive, Mu Qingyu's net worth will shrink by more than half. And she still has many more things she hasn't stockpiled!

It was a very busy day, and it was already dark. Mu Qingyu didn't continue shopping; she took a taxi back to Muxiang Garden as usual.

Mu Xiangyuan has an employee dormitory building. There is usually an empty room on the third floor, which is used by the leaders for occasional rest. When Mu Qingyu left Mu Xiangyuan in the afternoon, she asked Lü Peng to help tidy up the room. If nothing unexpected happens, she will probably stay here for a while.

Back at Muxiangyuan, Lü Peng had already gone home after get off work, but he still arranged for a female employee to guide Mu Qingyu. The female employee was an administrator at Muxiangyuan and usually lived in the staff dormitory.

Although it was staff dormitory, the third floor was very quiet. Currently, only Mu Qingyu lived on the third floor; everyone else lived downstairs. The room was very clean, clearly showing that Lü Peng cared quite a bit about Mu Qingyu, his new boss.

After locking the door, Mu Qingyu couldn't wait to let her consciousness enter the space. She even successfully used her consciousness to put the things in the room into the space and arrange them neatly.

In the very center of the space was a small wooden house. Mu Qingyu wondered if she could enter the space herself if there was a house there.

So throughout the entire night, Mu Qingyu persevered in conducting various experiments in her own space.

Her efforts throughout the night were not in vain; through various experiments, she drew several conclusions.

First, she can indeed enter the space in her physical form, but there is a time limit, seemingly only two hours per day, and it is currently unclear whether this time can be accumulated.

Secondly, there were no other living beings in the space; apart from the lush green grass, no other organisms or plants were found. There is soil inside, but it's currently uncertain whether it's suitable for planting, and it's also unclear whether living beings from outside can enter the space.

Third, the flow of time in this space is the same as outside, but it seems to have a preservative effect; the food Mu Qingyu bought last night was still piping hot after being placed inside overnight. She didn't touch the fresh food, wanting to leave it there longer to confirm whether the space had a preservative effect.

Fourth, the wooden house has a bed so people can live there, and a stove so they can start a fire. But there is no electricity, no fuel, and no firewood inside.

Fifth, there is a stream in the space. The water is clear, but there are no living organisms in it. It is currently impossible to confirm whether the water is drinkable, or whether the stream will dry up with long-term use.

Sixth, one cannot escape the part of the spatial fog, nor can one see what lies on the other side. It is as if the fog is a series of barriers.

Seventh, Mu Qingyu confirmed the size of the space again; it was about the size of eight or nine track and field stadiums. In other words, the overall area of ​​the space was roughly the same size as the entire Mu Xiang Garden, and the space had height. The sky was the same as the sky outside, a blue sky with white clouds, and apart from not being able to see the sun and moon, it was no different from the outside.

So, even if Mu Qingyu emptied all the warehouses in Mu Xiangyuan, this space could still hold it!

Eighth, the space has no night, and seems to be in a state of perpetual day.