Chapter 22 Preparations before departure: Stocking up and buying!
Cen Yan had her own plans, and the three leaders didn't insist anymore.
“Going to Dongming Island is fine, at least I won’t have to suffer as a sent-down youth.”
"Yan'er, you're a good girl. We three old folks will try our best to delay things for you and give you enough time to leave Shanghai!"
"However, time is limited, at most three days! You must leave Shanghai, otherwise Captain Li will arrest you, and we won't be able to stop you."
The director of the research institute gave Cen Yan a serious and earnest reminder.
Three days? That's enough!
Cen Yan took a deep breath, "Thank you all, I will always remember this kindness!"
Over the next few days, Cen Yan didn't rest. During the day, she went out and bought a large amount of supplies on the black market.
As for agricultural supplies, she buys as much as she can afford.
Plow, harrow, shovel, rake, hoe, sickle...
She bought a hundred of every kind of agricultural supplies available on the market.
She took a thousand packets of seeds for each type of vegetable: root vegetables, tubers, eggplants, beans, and leafy greens!
This includes, but is not limited to, oilseeds, such as peanuts, sesame seeds, sunflower seeds, and other materials that can be pressed for oil.
Spices have relatively few seeds.
The black market only had four kinds of goods: scallions, ginger, garlic, and cilantro. She bought them all, but there were only a few packets of each.
However, since there was space available, Cen Yan was confident that she could save the seeds after planting the vegetables.
After buying the groceries, we definitely need to make meat.
Unfortunately, meat was too precious in 1974. Even on the black market, Cen Yan only managed to buy half a pig at a high price.
They did manage to catch quite a few wild rabbits and pheasants.
She planned not to eat them yet, but to keep them in her space for a while so they could reproduce properly and she would have an endless supply of chickens and rabbits to eat later.
"Resources are definitely scarcer on the island than on the mainland, and transportation is inconvenient, so fruit is certainly scarce! Let's buy some!"
Cen Yan plans to stay on Dongming Island for a long time, and since she has space at her disposal, she doesn't want to make herself uncomfortable.
She bought ten of each of the apple, peach, plum, grape, pomegranate, pear, and banana trees available on the black market, intending to plant them when she entered her space at night.
Then there are staple foods like rice, flour, and eggs, which Cen Yan buys as much as is available on the black market.
Payment is made after the goods are delivered to a designated warehouse.
People are particular about clothing, food, housing, and transportation. Cen Yan felt that she had prepared enough for food, and she didn't want to compromise on clothing, housing, or transportation.
She took a car straight to the department store, handed the salesperson a stack of receipts, and exchanged them all for toilet paper, soft bedding, pillows, mosquito nets, and everyday items like face cream, toothpaste, laundry detergent, and soap...
She bought everything she needed for daily use and had the department store arrange for it to be delivered to a temporary warehouse.
Next, I went to the first floor and bought twenty sets of clothes for each of the four seasons, as well as ten Phoenix brand bicycles.
It's not that Cen Yan ran out of money; it's just that resources are scarce these days.
She searched through the department store, the supply and marketing cooperative, and the black market, and this was all the supplies she could find.
Even so, I only spent a little over six thousand yuan, and I still have about eight thousand yuan in cash on hand. I don't know what to do with it.
However, Cen Yan is a person who knows how to restrain herself, and her large-scale acquisition of supplies has certainly aroused suspicion.
If she doesn't stop now, she'll probably be facing Captain Li's cold handcuffs.
With this in mind, Cen Yan sent a telegram to the troops stationed on Dongji Island.
The letter was addressed to Qi Jingchuan, informing him of the engagement and the approximate time of his arrival on Dongming Island.
Finally, under cover of darkness, he anonymously delivered two gold bricks to the research institute, the water resources bureau, and the railway bureau, respectively.
The three leaders helped her a lot. She may not be a good person, but she always remembers the meaning of gratitude.
After finishing all this, Cen Yan returned home and entered her spatial dimension to recuperate.
The next day, she found out who Captain Li had gone to see, so she disguised herself and went to the law enforcement team.
He successfully established connections using two watches and met Shan Jianshe.
She bought a train ticket for this afternoon, but before leaving, she had something very important to do.
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com