Chapter 6: Farmer's Market Shopping
Time was urgent, so Jiaojiao went out early the next morning and headed straight for the farmers' market.
She first called the owner of yesterday's grain and oil store and asked for five times the quantity of that batch of goods.
Next, think about your goals for today.
The first thing I needed to buy was seeds, so I went straight to the largest seed store and bought 20 kilograms of each type of seed.
Then we came to a stall selling pork that looked relatively fresh, and ordered 2,000 kilograms of pork on the pretext that my boss was returning to the countryside for his second marriage and was hosting a buffet. I also asked the boss to cut the meat into small pieces.
Following the boss's recommendation, we ordered 2,000 kilograms of beef and mutton each from a beef and mutton shop, all cut into pieces. The two bosses hadn't seen such a large order for a long time, and they couldn't stop smiling. They even took the initiative to round off the change when paying.
This amount of meat is definitely not enough, but if I have more, I’m afraid it will attract other people’s attention, so I can only take time to go to other markets to stock up some more.
For the same reason, Shi Jiaojiao ordered another 2,000 fish from the seafood restaurant, mainly sea bass, Qingjiang fish and tilapia, which had few bones and tasted good.
1,000 kilograms of shrimp and other seafood were ordered each, and all were killed, cleaned and loaded onto the truck.
As for expensive seafood such as king crab and Australian lobster, they need to be reserved. Shi Jiaojiao left a deposit and asked the boss to deliver it within five days.
In addition to these, chickens and ducks are also indispensable. What's rare is that the store actually has more than a hundred large geese, which are rare in the south. Shi Jiaojiao ordered them all at once, and 1,000 chickens and ducks each, and had them all slaughtered for her.
When she paid, the boss directly gave her a few fertilized eggs and a plastic incubator and asked her to take it home to play with.
Shi Jiaojiao slapped her head and wondered how she could have forgotten this. After the end of the world, if a family had a hen that could lay eggs, it would be a real money-printing machine, and their money would be soaring to the sky when they went out.
She bought up all the remaining 100-odd fertilized eggs in the store in one go and ordered 50 boxes of ordinary eggs.
Shi Jiaojiao wiped the sweat off her head, broke off a piece of cardboard from the store, and fanned herself as she ran straight to the vegetable section.
She purchased according to the list she had prepared in advance, stocking up on 500 kilograms of each item, and repeatedly reminded the boss that the vegetables must be fresh, otherwise she would return the goods.
"Don't worry, it must be fresh!" the boss assured, patting his chest.
It was already past one o'clock in the afternoon when Shi Jiaojiao came out of the farmers' market. She ate a box lunch and walked quickly to the nearby fruit wholesale market.
This place mainly does wholesale, and the types of fruits in all stores are basically the same, so I simply found a store that seemed to have the most customers.
Start with 500 kilograms of each kind of fruit, and double the amount if there’s something she and Mu Ci like to eat, so that they can have fresh fruit to eat every day for the rest of their lives.
There were small trucks that specialized in delivering goods near the two markets. Shi Jiaojiao rented three of them and left the warehouse address after paying.
Although she was hot and tired at the end of the day, she felt satisfied when she saw the mountain of food piled up in the space.
Of course, this is far from enough.
I didn't waste time on the way home. Nowadays, the food outside is getting less and less every day. When it is extremely hot, the bacteria multiply very quickly. The meat will turn sour within 10 minutes after being taken out. The restaurants cannot operate at all.
Along the way, I packed 10 servings of this restaurant's signature dish and 5 servings of that restaurant's fried rice, taking the opportunity to accumulate a lot of food in the space.
After arriving home, the whole house was lit with warm yellow lights. Mu Ci sat in the living room, typing on his notebook from time to time.
Shi Jiaojiao felt her empty heart gradually filled. Even if there were countless natural disasters waiting for her in the future, even if the world was slowly destroyed, she was full of courage.
She walked over, pushing the wheelchair, and asked softly, "Brother, what do you want to eat tonight?"
With a wave of his hand, a variety of steaming dishes appeared on the table.
Mu Ci: ...
Although I have witnessed the magic of the Golden House, I still find it very mysterious when I suddenly see this scene.
After they finished their meal and cleaned up, Shi Jiaojiao couldn't wait to take Mu Ci into the space.
As soon as I came in, the transparent screen appeared in front of me——
Current tasks:
1. Collect 5 different meats (9/5)
2. Collect 10 different seeds (35/10)
Upgrade Yes/No】
Shi Jiaojiao tapped lightly on "yes" and found that the whole space made a very short "buzzing" sound. At the same time, the words on the screen also changed.
[Congratulations to the host for successfully upgrading. Currently the Golden House is at level 2.
Reward 1: Warehouse capacity increased by 20 cubic meters.
2: Add one-click storage function to the warehouse.
3: One pill that is extremely unpalatable but extremely useful for improving physical fitness.
Upgrade tasks:
1: Collect 5 different metals.
2: Collect 5 different fuels. 】
There are a few extremely perfunctory little fireworks on both sides of the subtitles.
Suddenly a white light flashed, and a box appeared in Shi Jiaojiao's hand.
When I opened the box, I found a pill the size of a red date inside, which gave off a strange smell.
I have to say that this pill came at a very timely moment. Although Mu Ci recovered faster than others, he had been in a coma for two years after all, and he was still very weak.
But the smell was really overwhelming, and it went straight to their heads. The two of them simply left the space, opened all the windows in the living room, and started the air purifier.
Everything was ready, Shi Jiaojiao stuffed the pill into Mu Ci's hand.
Mu Ci drank two bottles of orange juice in a row before diluting the taste of the pills.
Shi Jiaojiao looked at Mu Ci’s pale face and hurriedly and carefully helped him to the bed.
"Brother, how do you feel now?" Shi Jiaojiao asked softly.
Mu Ci closed his eyes and felt it for a while, "I don't feel anything, I don't think it will be that fast."
After saying that, he directly advised Shi Jiaojiao to go to bed first, as she still had a lot of work tomorrow. Time was running out, so it would be fine if he couldn't help, but he couldn't hold Jiaojiao back any longer.
Shi Jiaojiao took a close look at his face and found nothing wrong except the white spots, so she felt relieved. Before leaving, she put a few more bottles of drinks on the bedside table so that he could drink something to calm down when he felt nauseous.
What Shi Jiaojiao didn't know was that as soon as she left, Mu Ci curled up, his whole body was hot and cold, and his whole body was full of tingling pain, as if countless needles were piercing his body...
***
Early the next morning, Shi Jiaojiao yawned and opened the bedroom door.
"Want some coffee?"
Shi Jiaojiao heard the voice and nodded subconsciously. It was not until a cup of coffee was stuffed into her hand that she realized something was wrong. She suddenly raised her head and looked at the person in front of her. She was stunned and said, "Brother, you stood up?!"
"Um."
The man had a faint smile on his face as he stood there straight. The morning sun shone through the window onto him, giving him a golden edge.
Shi Jiaojiao seemed to see the past Mu Ci, as if the two years he was in a coma were just a dream.
At this moment, she was extremely grateful to the Golden House Space.
On a new day, the two decided to act separately. Mu Ci had accumulated some connections from his business and could find people to buy things that ordinary people could not hoard in large quantities.
Shi Jiaojiao went out to buy some daily necessities.
Water is a necessity, especially when the water supply is cut off due to extreme heat, a bottle of water can be sold at a sky-high price.
At this time, there were delivery trucks parked in front of the water station, and it was busy. There were not many customers in the water station. Most of them called to order water. They would rather spend more money than go out in the hot weather.
When it came to bottled water, Jiaojiao ordered 500 barrels at once, and 500 boxes of 500 ml small bottles. The water was in stock and not far from the warehouse, so it was delivered to her directly for free.
After Shi Jiaojiao thanked everyone, she walked away with the others, sent the warehouse manager away, and put all the supplies purchased in the past two days into the space in one go.
[Whether to use one-key storage. 】
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