The person in charge said enthusiastically, “Of course, miss. Our company carries a complete range of medicines, and the quality is guaranteed. Cold medicine is 20 yuan per box, fever reducers are 25 yuan per box, anti-inflammatory medicine is 30 yuan per box, stomach medicine is 22 yuan per box, antibiotics are 50 yuan per box, and an emergency medical kit is 300 yuan each. How many of each would you like?”
Luo Keke said, “I’ll take 5,000 boxes of cold medicine, 4,000 boxes of fever reducers, 3,000 boxes of anti-inflammatory medicine, 3,500 boxes of stomach medicine, 2,000 boxes of antibiotics, and 1,000 emergency medical kits.
“Also, give me 2,000 sets of medical bandages, 1,000 thermometers, and 500 stethoscopes. You’ll have to give me a discount on the price.”
The person in charge thought for a moment before saying, “Miss, since this is such a large order, I’ll give you cold medicine for 18 yuan a box, fever reducers for 22 yuan, anti-inflammatory medicine for 28 yuan, stomach medicine for 20 yuan, antibiotics for 45 yuan, and emergency medical kits for 280 yuan each. Medical bandages will be 15 yuan per set, thermometers 10 yuan each, and stethoscopes 80 yuan each. These are already the lowest prices I can offer.”
Luo Keke thought the prices were reasonable enough, so she paid and requested that everything be delivered to the warehouse that afternoon.
Afterward, Luo Keke went to the largest traditional Chinese medicine market in Shanghai. The medicinal herbs there were all rare and valuable.
There was ginseng, bird’s nest, cordyceps, natural musk, deer antler, seahorse, donkey-hide gelatin, saffron, notoginseng, fritillaria, Dendrobium officinale, ganoderma spore powder, gastrodia, scorpions, tortoise-shell gelatin…
She bought every kind of medicinal herb available in the market, spending several hundred million yuan in the process.
After several days of frenzied shopping, the warehouses in Luo Keke’s space were packed to the brim. All kinds of supplies were available, and if she wanted to stock up on anything else, she could only pile it up in the open area outside the villa.
One day, she was wandering around the streets when she spotted a radio and a pocket watch in a nostalgic-style shop. Only then did she remember that people in the 1960s and 1970s needed the famous “three turns and one sound” items when getting married.
Sewing machines, radios, and watches were things that were surprisingly difficult to buy in modern times. Fortunately, vintage bicycles were still available…
Luo Keke walked into a bicycle shop and bought all the dozens of vintage bicycles in one go.
Seeing that she had almost bought up everything available in Shanghai, Luo Keke worried that her excessive purchases might cause panic, so she headed to Nanshi and repeated the same process. By the time she finished, she had bought almost everything she could think of!
There was still one more thing. With such a huge amount of land in her space, she had to buy some seeds and raise poultry and livestock, right?
Farming was actually a bit troublesome. Luo Keke had never planted anything in either of her two lifetimes. She was wondering whether she should buy some farming tools when a screen suddenly appeared inside her space:
One-Click Plowing, One-Click Weeding, One-Click Fertilizing, One-Click Pest Control, One-Click Harvesting, One-Click Irrigation, One-Click Sorting…
Looking at all those buttons, Luo Keke was overjoyed. She immediately began trying them out and tapped One-Click Sorting.
In an instant, a flash of light swept through the space. The massive quantities of supplies that had been piled up haphazardly inside and outside the villa warehouse seemed to be controlled by an invisible pair of hands with an extraordinary sense of order.
The first things to catch her eye were the various fabrics. Solid-colored black, white, blue, and gray cotton cloth, silk, linen, corduroy, woolen fabric—all of them instantly fluttered into place like lively butterflies. They were sorted according to material and color, stacked neatly into small “mountains” with distinct colors and orderly textures.
Next, the various clothes began moving in an orderly fashion. T-shirts, shirts, dresses, jeans, trench coats, down jackets—they moved like well-trained soldiers, each rushing toward its own “camp.”
Clothes of the same style and color quickly gathered together, arranged in perfectly neat rows, with collars aligned and sleeves resting against one another. Even the wrinkles seemed to have been ironed out, creating an astonishingly tidy display.
The daily necessities section was even more fascinating.
Soap, toothpaste, toothbrushes, towels, toilet paper, and other items were sorted at astonishing speed as if by magic.
Soap was stacked according to brand and fragrance.
Toothpaste was arranged according to function and size, forming neat rows.
Toothbrushes were sorted by bristle firmness and color.
Towels were folded into perfect squares according to size and color.
Toilet paper was stacked tightly like bricks.
The food section underwent an equally dazzling transformation.
The famous dishes packed from the restaurants—spicy shrimp, braised pork, stir-fried eel paste, Eight Treasure Duck, poached chicken, and Kousansi—along with the marinated beef, salted duck, roast chicken, and braised pig’s trotters purchased from delicatessens, were all moved into the refrigerated storage area.
Every dish was arranged as neatly as if it were on display at an exhibition, while their tempting aromas filled the air.
Rice, flour, cooking oil, seasonings, and dried goods also found their respective places.
Rice was sorted by variety, flour by shape, oil containers were lined up neatly, and all the seasoning bottles faced outward with their labels perfectly aligned.
The electrical appliances—televisions, refrigerators, washing machines, and radios—were like summoned steel beasts, obediently arranging themselves into orderly formations.
The television screens faced one another, refrigerator doors remained tightly closed, washing machine drums rested quietly in place, and radio antennas were folded down. Everything looked perfectly organized.
In the medical supplies section, cold medicine, fever reducers, anti-inflammatory medicine, stomach medicine, antibiotics, medical bandages, thermometers, and stethoscopes quickly moved into position like precision components.
The medicines were divided according to their functions. The bandages were rolled perfectly, the thermometers were neatly arranged with their mercury ends pointing downward, and the earpieces and chest pieces of the stethoscopes were lined up in order.
Even the newly purchased vintage bicycles lined up one after another along one side of the space, their frames gleaming as though they were waiting for their owner to inspect them.
In just a moment, the entire space had gone from a chaotic mess to perfect order. Every type of supply had its own designated place, creating a harmonious and orderly scene.
Luo Keke stared wide-eyed at the miraculous sight before her, her heart filled with shock and delight. She had gained an even deeper sense of awe for the magical functions of her space.
If she had known the space could do this, she wouldn’t have needed to stock up on so much grain. She could simply buy more grain seeds and grow everything herself in the space. Besides, the crops could be irrigated directly with spiritual spring water, shortening their growth cycles to several times less than those in the real world.
With that thought, Luo Keke immediately drove toward the seed market.
She hurried to the seed market and, the moment she stepped inside, was attracted by the countless bags of seeds displayed at the various stalls.
She walked straight toward a relatively large seed shop with an impressive selection.
The shopkeeper was a friendly middle-aged man. When he saw Luo Keke, a smile immediately spread across his face.
“Miss, what kind of seeds are you looking for? I’ve got all kinds here. Grain, vegetables, fruit trees—you name it, I’ve got it.”
Luo Keke didn’t waste any time.
“Uncle, I want to make a large purchase. I’ll start with 5,000 jin of rice seeds, 200 jin of wheat seeds, 2,000 jin of corn seeds, 1,000 jin of sorghum seeds, and 3,000 jin of soybean seeds.
“For vegetable seeds, I’ll take 100 packets of Chinese cabbage seeds, 80 packets of radish seeds, 60 packets of tomato seeds, 70 packets of cucumber seeds, 50 packets of eggplant seeds, 80 packets of chili pepper seeds, and 60 packets of green bean seeds.
“For fruit tree seeds, I want 800 apple seeds, 500 pear seeds, 600 peach seeds, 500 apricot seeds, and 1,200 grape seeds.
“Uncle, calculate the total for me, and give me a better price. This is a huge order.”