Chapter 7 Food, Clothing, and Quilts
On May 16th, the balance was 638,000.
(100w - 23w furniture - 7000 car purchase - 38w house renovation + 5w Sumi transfer - 2000 accommodation and other daily expenses)
I went back to the hotel last night because I can't stay at home with the heated kang bed.
The room is damp, so I need to open the windows to ventilate it and let it air out for a few more days. I don't want to catch a cold and get sick while sleeping on the sofa right now.
When I opened my eyes this morning, I reviewed my recent expenses.
We currently have 600,000 units of currency, which is enough to stockpile supplies.
There are many things to do today.
I called the furniture store owner early in the morning and asked him to deliver all the furniture I ordered. I also went home early to wait.
Once the furniture arrives, I'll have the workers carry it to where I want it.
The extra furniture was placed in the west wing where farm tools and implements were stored.
The coffee table and sofa face the heated brick bed in the east room, and the stove is not far away.
In extreme cold, you can read a book while warming yourself by a fire, with a cup of hot tea on the coffee table – just thinking about it makes me feel incredibly comfortable.
Two large bookshelves were placed on the sunny side of the small west room.
What's causing the headache are the three large wardrobes.
I originally planned to put it on the heated brick bed in the east room, but the heated brick bed isn't dry yet.
I can only wait until it's completely dry, then I'll move it slowly by myself.
After arranging the furniture and locking the door, I hurriedly returned to town to retrieve the second batch of cotton quilts and other samples.
Similar to the inspection of the first batch of goods, keep the good quality ones and return the rest.
I haven't started buying large quantities of either the first or second batch of goods, because I'm afraid that if there are too many orders, they will be mixed together and I won't be able to tell them apart.
It was only 4 p.m. when the second batch of unwanted goods were returned, but I felt completely exhausted.
I went back to the hotel, took a shower, quickly lay down on the bed, and started doing things that only required moving my fingers.
Now I need to buy back all the goods left over from the first and second batches at once.
The selected products are mostly off-brand items, but the quality is guaranteed and the prices are cheap.
I communicated with each merchant before purchasing, and got a discount because I bought a large quantity.
The purchased items are as follows:
Three polar down jackets, 3000 yuan each. This one is the most expensive, has the best performance, and can save your life in a critical moment.
Ten long cotton-padded coats, ten short cotton-padded coats, twenty long military overcoats, ten short military overcoats, and ten cotton-padded jackets for elderly women, totaling 8000.
Snow boots from three brands, 50 pairs in total; cotton slippers in various cute styles, 30 pairs in total; traditional Beijing cotton cloth shoes, 50 pairs; cotton socks, 200 pairs; and all-season socks, 400 pairs, totaling 13,000 yuan.
Ten sheepskin hats, 20 knitted hats, 20 large scarves (which can be used as blankets), 500 cotton face masks, 500 pairs of cotton gloves, 10 small scarves, 20 sets of thermal underwear, and 20 pairs of cotton trousers, totaling 5000 yuan.
Ten soybean quilts, ten 8-jin (4 catties) cotton quilts, and five summer quilts, totaling 3000 yuan.
40 nightgowns (4 types), 100 short-sleeved shirts (5 types), 10 sports jackets, 50 shorts (3 types), 15 dresses (3 types), 200 sets of underwear (6 types), and 100 pairs of traditional Beijing summer cloth shoes, totaling 10,000 yuan.
After purchasing the selected sample items, I started buying products from familiar vendors whose quality I could guarantee.
30 sets of four-piece bed sheet and duvet cover sets.
I've been using his bed sheets and duvet covers since I went to college.
A set costs only 50 yuan, but it's soft and comfortable, doesn't fade or generate static electricity, and has a particularly beautiful design.
To express my reluctance to leave this store, I bought 10 sets of my favorite light yellow duvet covers, 10 sets of American retro dark brown duvet covers, and one set of each of the other various patterns.
Total 1500 yuan
10 memory foam pillows, 4 cotton mattresses, 20 pairs of summer slippers, and 10 bamboo tatami mattresses, totaling 1800.
Four sets of super blackout curtains, four sets of regular curtains, three Northeast-style heated kang mats, three large heated kang beds, and three small heated kang beds, totaling 5200.
All the winter clothing, shoes, socks, and bedding for all seasons have been purchased. This is the first wave of online shopping; the second wave will begin in a few days.
The next morning, I dragged the 20 shelves to the basement.
With a screwdriver he got from the furniture store owner, he began the grueling installation of the shelving.
At first, I was very clumsy and didn't know how to do the movements properly, and my hands hurt from twisting them.
It took me two and a half hours to install the first shelf. I was so anxious that I almost cried twice, and even considered giving up on the shelf and just piling the items on the ground.
But starting from the third or fourth shelf, I gradually became more skilled and the installation became smoother.
After a whole day of installations, I've completed 12 projects. My back and waist are starting to ache, and I'm talking to myself without any regard for my ladylike image, frequently using C language.
On the third day, I got up and continued to work hard on the shelves, finally completing the installation of the 20th shelf just as it was getting dark.
There's a sense of exhilarating liberation, like ascending to heaven or transcending tribulation. I even doubt that I'll feel this liberated when the end of the world comes.
On May 19th, having finally gotten rid of the shelves, I was ready to start stocking up on food!
I plan to buy 100 bags of rice and 100 bags of flour, totaling 100 jin (50 kg).
However, in order to avoid being discovered, I plan to purchase from a branch.
They drove their rattling pickup truck into the town.
I purchased 20 bags of rice and 20 bags of flour from 5 different rice, flour and cooking oil supermarkets.
Because of the large quantity I purchased, I asked them to deliver the goods for me.
I was willing to pay an extra 100 yuan for travel expenses, and the shopkeeper readily agreed. In total, I spent 30,000 yuan.
When buying grain, I kept emphasizing that I was a purchasing agent for an apple factory in the mountains.
This grain was purchased from the factory canteen on the mountain. It just needs to be transported to the yard at the foot of the mountain, and they will send a vehicle to carry the grain back up the mountain themselves.
After leaving the rice and flour store, I went straight to the hardware and general merchandise store.
These small-town hardware and general merchandise stores sell a wide variety of things, including kitchenware, farm tools, and all sorts of other tools.
I bought four trolleys for carrying heavy objects, ten each of shovels, wrenches, pliers, screwdrivers, scissors, axes, saws, and hoes, and thirty each of mops and brooms.
Ten rolls of plastic sheeting for the greenhouse can be laid in the basement to prevent moisture or nailed to leaky windows to block the wind.
It can also provide shelter from the wind and rain; it's versatile and there's no harm in having a few extra.
I originally planned to buy the kitchenware online, but for important items like clay pots, I decided to buy them offline.
Five earthenware pots for stewing soup, five woks, five kettles for boiling water on the stove, two plastic bathtubs, ten kitchen knives, and five cleavers for chopping bones (very useful), totaling 4000.
I initially thought it was just some odds and ends of paper, not very heavy, but once I put it in the car, I realized this metal lump was really heavy.
The clanging and banging sounds became even more frequent along the way; after unloading the truck all afternoon, I was exhausted by evening.
May 20th, the first thing I saw when I opened my eyes the next day was a pleasing date on my phone, but today was destined to be unlucky.
Today is the day I arranged to deliver grain to the grain store owner.
My plan is to stagger the five shop owners, one in the morning and one in the afternoon.
It took exactly two and a half days to complete the delivery.
Every time 40 bags of grain were delivered, I would use a small cart to move them to the basement, and then wait for the next family's grain to be delivered.
After the first batch of food arrived, I didn't rush to move it to the basement.
Instead, he took the plastic sheet he bought yesterday and covered one corner of the basement.
Then, using a small cart, they pushed the rice to the basement entrance and rolled the rice bags down directly.
Another small cart was placed in the basement, and the rice was pushed to a corner of the basement, where it was neatly stacked in bags on a plastic sheet.
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