Chapter 100 Organizing Supplies
By 8 p.m. on the day of the natural disaster, Li Sijing's cotton had been used up, and other supplies were also difficult to sell.
Come to think of it, the area isn't nearly as crowded as it was when we first arrived.
There are fewer than two thousand people left in the entire area. Some of them already have warm clothing, and it's impossible for all the remaining people to trade with her.
With no activity in the trading area and having already checked the world channel's leaderboard, Li Sijing had nothing to do but look at the uninteresting messages in the regional channel.
Just then, a message from a friend popped up, and she perked up.
The message was sent by Zhao Xinyuan: "Sister Jing, these are the basic materials we obtained from the transactions over the past two days. Please take a look."
Along with the message came a transaction record.
Upon opening it, I found that the basic materials this time were much less than the previous two times; the total of several basic materials was less than 500.
Fortunately, about half of the 500 units of basic materials were wood.
Given the current tight supply of timber, she can be considered to have made a small profit!
“Most of the people still alive in the area should have weapons, so the trading volume hasn’t been very high these past two days,” Zhao Xinyuan explained.
“I know, you don’t need to explain,” Li Sijing replied immediately.
The market has only so many people, and it's constantly shrinking, while others are taking over the market, so it's only natural that business is getting worse.
Judging from the sunshade and electric fan in her hands, there has been almost no activity in the last two days.
Sales of regular air conditioners were good yesterday, but there's been almost no movement today.
Thinking about this, Li Sijing suddenly realized, "Oh right, I have some warm clothing supplies on hand, I'll send you a set."
She naturally wanted to prepare a set of supplies that ordinary people had, for her younger brother as well.
He then sent over a copy of each of the four types of supplies listed in the trading area, with the thickest cotton-padded coat being the most generous.
Zhao Xinyuan readily accepted the supplies sent over, but soon after, he sent over a lot of basic materials.
Upon closer inspection, Li Sijing realized that this was the price she had listed in the trading area! She was both amused and exasperated.
She already knew about his stubborn nature, and figured that if she didn't accept it, he would keep making a fuss!
However, since the other party is following her, they must have plenty of these basic materials. It's good to accept them to prevent their feelings from changing over time.
"Just make the materials I need, and list it in the trading area. That's the price you'd get from selling it to someone else," Li Sijing said with a smile as she sent the message.
She was entitled to receive payment for the materials, but she didn't need any extra compensation.
Fortunately, Zhao Xinyuan was not one to be inflexible; he immediately withdrew the transaction and sent over the quantity again.
After Li Sijing clicked to accept the message, she gave Zhao Xinyuan a few more instructions about the next natural disaster before closing the friend request.
They will be teleported to the next calamity at midnight tonight, and she doesn't plan to sleep before then.
Who knows what kind of scene they'll face once they're teleported there? It's not good to be half asleep.
I checked the time; it's only 8:30. There are still more than three hours to go. What should I do to kill time?
Looking at the messy carriage, Li Sijing suddenly had an idea: why not take this opportunity to organize and take stock of her supplies?
Firstly, with more supplies, the carriages were already very crowded. Secondly, it was inconvenient to look for anything, for fear of missing any supplies.
She had this idea when she first drew up the shelving plans, but she hadn't found the right opportunity until now.
A few hours should be enough.
Once she made up her mind, Li Sijing immediately took action.
The back of the carriage was completely filled with supplies, with only the driver's seat and the original passenger seat having some empty space.
Li Sijing simply moved all the supplies from the back of the carriage to the front, roughly categorizing them.
If there was really no room to put anything else, we put it on the driver's seat, and even the steering wheel was piled with supplies. Finally, we managed to clear out the space in the back of the truck.
Li Sijing estimated that the interior of this four-seater car was about three meters long and less than two meters wide, maybe 1.8 meters.
Based on this calculation, the interior area of the car should be 5.4 square meters, but this should exclude the driver's seat area.
The car was about 1.3 meters tall, so Li Sijing had no way to stand up straight inside it.
In her carriage, there were three main supplies: two small freezers and a portable stove.
The portable stove is 0.6 meters long and wide, the small freezer is 0.8 meters long and 0.5 meters wide, and all three machines are about 0.8 meters high.
Li Sijing first placed the portable stove at the very back of the driver's seat, against the trunk, so that it would be easy to push out from the back when needed.
Next, place the two freezers vertically between the back of the driver's seat and the portable stove.
The two freezers together are 1.6 meters long, plus the 0.6-meter portable stove, and they fit perfectly behind the driver's seat without leaving any gaps.
In this way, two freezers and a portable stove occupy the space on the left side of the car, behind the driver's seat, all the way to the trunk.
This leaves an empty space on the right side of the carriage, about three meters long and one meter wide.
Li Sijing pondered for a moment before opening the manufacturing area and starting to manufacture metal shelves.
After setting the shelf dimensions, Li Sijing clicked "manufacture," and in an instant, a brand-new three-tiered metal shelf appeared directly inside the carriage.
The entire shelf is divided into three layers, each 0.4 meters high, which together reach the top of the carriage.
The shelf is 1.2 meters long and 0.4 meters wide. It fits perfectly against the trunk and is placed side by side with the portable stove, leaving no extra space.
Then Li Sijing made a second shelf, 0.8 meters long and 0.4 meters wide, still with three layers.
She placed this shelf against the right side of the carriage, in front of the first shelf, leaving a 0.5-meter aisle on the left.
Li Sijing left a 0.4-meter gap between the two shelves, making it more convenient to take things out and put them down.
With these two shelves, she should be able to fit all her current supplies!
This leaves a space on the right side of the driver's seat, which is about 1.7 meters long and 1.2 meters wide.
During the day, you can put the folding table here, which is convenient for eating or doing other things.
At night, the folding table is folded up and the folding bed is unfolded, which becomes the place to sleep.
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