Ever since Shen Zhiyao learned that she would traverse to the past in two months, she never had that nightmare again. She slept soundly until dawn, then took a taxi to the morning market. The Northeast morning market had even more variety: large wontons, fried dough sticks with tofu pudding, small buns, and so on. She walked from one end of the street to the other, found a secluded spot to store everything in her space, then walked back from the far end to the start of the street and bought everything again before finally stopping. Not for any other reason—it was simply too delicious.
After finishing, she returned to her warehouse, sat on a small folding stool at the door, and shortly after, the delivery convoy arrived. Shen Zhiyao hired dozens of workers to unload the goods; otherwise, it would have taken until midnight. Bag by bag, the grain was moved into the warehouse. Four hours later, everything was unloaded. She gave each worker 500 yuan as labor fees, and when they left happily, she waved her hand and all the grain was transported into her rice warehouse. A glance with her mind confirmed the entire warehouse was now full.
Next, Shen Zhiyao went to a rental company and hired a truck to collect prepared foods. She went to the local wholesale food market and bought all the local specialties: black fungus, monkey head mushrooms, Beidacang liquor, red sausages, and so on, thousands of pounds each. By the time she checked the clock, it was 4:50 PM. She drove to the restaurant street where she had ordered meals yesterday, collected the prepared foods from each restaurant, and delivered them to her space immediately. After paying the final bills and returning the truck, she took a taxi to the airport to head to S Province to stock up on vegetables.
She arrived in S Province at midnight, checked into a hotel, and rested. The next day, before dawn, she was at the wholesale vegetable market. She rented a warehouse and handed the person in charge her order: 10,000 jin each of celery, asparagus, snow peas, spinach, broccoli, winter melon, Shanghai bok choy, cabbage, cucumber, bitter melon, lettuce, okra, romaine, green beans, Chinese cabbage, leeks, carrots, bean sprouts, tomatoes, kale, coriander, and 50,000 jin each of potatoes, sweet potatoes, and 50,000 jin each of onions, ginger, and garlic.
The manager quickly calculated the price, handed her the POS machine, and assured delivery within an hour. Seeing how calm he was, Shen Zhiyao realized that in a province so rich in vegetables, her order was not a big deal. She then added 40,000 jin of each item and ordered 50,000 jin of vegetables not on the list, spending a total of 7 million yuan. Less than three hours later, all vegetables were delivered. She hired dozens of workers to unload them, then waved her hand and transported everything into her space’s vegetable warehouse, which filled instantly.
At noon, she didn’t rest. She went to a seed company and bought out all their seeds, also purchasing 100 saplings of each type of tree.
In the afternoon, she went to several restaurants to order more prepared foods: braised pork intestines, stir-fried kidneys, sweet-and-sour carp, four-happiness meatballs, braised shrimp, Texas roast chicken, and so on. She collected each order and delivered it to her space. That night, she went to the night market to stock up on snacks, her hands nearly giving out from exhaustion.
The next day, she went to a small county town in S City known for its seasoning production. She went directly to the manufacturer and bought 10,000 boxes of every seasoning she could name. She then took a taxi to the airport—this time, she was heading to the grasslands to stock meat and live animals.
She arrived at N City airport at midnight. Shen Zhiyao decided to rest properly; with over 50 days left, there was no need to exhaust herself. Even drinking spiritual spring water couldn’t calm her mind completely, but she calculated that she had plenty of time. She found a hotel and rested until the afternoon, planning to quickly buy furniture for the buyers’ stores and finish decorating her space villa before settling in. When she left her previous home, she hadn’t brought any furniture, only her parents’ photo albums as a memento. She wanted to start fresh, without carrying her past life’s memories.
Renting a car and following the GPS, she arrived at the largest ranch on the grasslands. She met the owner, pulled out her supply list, and ordered 1,000 live cows, 5,000 live sheep, 100 horses, 1,000 rabbits, 10,000 each of chickens, ducks, and geese, 10,000 pigeons and quails, 5,000 pigs, and 100,000 jin of various eggs. For all the animals except the horses, she ordered the same quantity as freshly slaughtered meat. The total came to 200 million yuan, which she paid happily. She arranged for delivery to a warehouse the next day.
She continued her usual routine: visiting restaurants to order prepared food. The next day, when collecting all the live animals into her space, Bai Bai screamed excitedly, chasing sheep, herding chickens, and even jumping onto a horse. Shen Zhiyao laughed indulgently. She went to the meat warehouse, which was now completely full.
Yes, Shen Zhiyao had both a mild cleanliness obsession and severe OCD. She could not tolerate clutter, and as soon as she first saw the warehouses, she had named each one.
Two days later, she returned to H Province. H City’s fruits were all tropical: watermelon, apples, pears, ugly tangerines, mangoes, various grapes, cherries, blueberries, lychee king, longan, wax apples, pomegranates, grapefruit, bananas, kiwis, durian, peaches, apricots, papayas, dragon fruit, strawberries, jujubes, rambutans, mangosteens, lemons, pineapples, sugar oranges, muskmelons, sugarcane—100,000 jin of each, costing over 10 million yuan. She then went to the seafood market: oysters, scallops, abalone, sea conch, geoduck, black tiger shrimp, Arctic shrimp, tuna, saury, Boston lobster, Australian lobster, king crabs, emperor crabs, tiger crabs, mud crabs, sea cucumbers, squid, tiger grouper, yellow croaker, turbot, ribbonfish, tuna—100,000 jin each. All seafood was placed directly into her space’s sea. With a thought, she could retrieve anything instantly.
She also bought freshwater fish—though not local specialties, they were cheap: silver carp, grass carp, crucian carp, bighead carp, three-lined carp, common carp, tilapia, whitefish, blackfish, and her favorite crayfish—50,000 jin each. Once all the goods were collected and workers left, she checked her space: the fruit warehouse was full, the seafood in the sea, and freshwater fish in the river. She even walked barefoot on the sand, which was soft and fine like cotton. She stayed in H Province for three days, then flew to G Province, the most developed region where factories were everywhere. With enough money, she could buy anything.
By the time the plane landed in G City, it was evening. Shen Zhiyao immediately went to the night market to continue buying snacks. The next day, she visited manufacturers: various types of sanitary pads, all sizes of protective underwear, toilet paper, tissues, wet wipes, towels, and bath towels, buying tens of thousands of boxes as if they were free. She then went to the home appliance wholesale market, where she bought everything she could name: TVs, refrigerators, washing machines, dryers, computers, phones, tablets, cameras, water heaters, air conditioners, fans, air-cooling fans, all kinds of lights, air purifiers, humidifiers, and small appliances like coffee machines, rice cookers, water dispensers, blenders, electric kettles, air fryers, electric griddles, steamers, cooking pots, hairdryers. She bought 100 units of each, spending nearly 10 million yuan.
Finally, she hired some university students to download TV shows—everything that could be downloaded—and various e-books, so she would have plenty of entertainment for the future.