It was nearly seven when Nan Mo got home. The moment she stepped inside, she smelled the aroma of food. Seeing her return, Uncle Qin immediately instructed the servants to serve the dishes.
“Miss, the agent arranged several groups to view the houses today. Of the three large units on the Bund, two are almost settled. One is priced at thirty five million, the other at thirty five point five million. If you think the prices are acceptable, the contracts can be signed tomorrow,” Uncle Qin reported from the side.
“There are also several large packages in the storage room on the first floor.”
As he spoke, he studied her expression, wanting to ask why she suddenly planned to go abroad and whether she would ever come back.
But seeing that she had only just recovered a little over the past two days, he feared saying too much might upset her again.
Nan Mo noticed his hesitation. “Alright. Uncle Qin, I’ll leave the house matters entirely to you. Whatever you think is appropriate is fine.”
Though she answered aloud, her mind was still wrestling with whether she should tell him about the coming transmigration.
Uncle Qin had always treated Nan Mo and Nan Xiao like his own children. The deaths of her parents and brother had struck him no less deeply than they had her.
To ease her burdens, he had personally handled all the funeral matters, running about tirelessly while not daring to show even a trace of grief. The plan to go abroad might fool others, but it could not fool him.
Nan Mo had inherited all of the original owner’s memories. She could abandon everyone else, but even if she cut off contact after going abroad, it would still make no sense to Uncle Qin.
She could not bear to let this elder, who had aged more than ten years in just a few days, worry about her. She also feared he might think she was heartless and ungrateful.
After making up her mind, she set down her chopsticks and looked at him. “Uncle Qin, come to the study later. I have something to tell you.”
“Alright.” He replied and left at once, afraid of disturbing her meal.
After a long day, Nan Mo returned to her room, showered, and changed clothes before going to the study to wait for him.
Soon he knocked and entered, carrying a cup of hot milk. He handed it to her and waited for her to speak.
“Uncle Qin, do you trust me?”
“Yes. Miss, whatever you say, I believe,” he answered without hesitation.
“Two days ago, I had a dream. I dreamed of my parents. They said they were waiting for me in another time and space so we could reunite.
“When I woke up, I thought it was just because I missed them too much. But then I discovered there is a space inside this necklace.”
As she spoke, Nan Mo opened her palm for him to see. With a thought, the pendant appeared out of thin air in her hand.
The sudden sight startled Uncle Qin. He stared at the pendant in disbelief. “Miss, this…”
“Amazing, right? I reacted the same way. I couldn’t believe something so incredible could exist. But the dreams I’ve had these past two days made me believe it.
“This is a magical space that can hold anything. That’s why I sold the company shares and properties. I plan to turn them into supplies and wait for them to come take me.”
After saying this, she fell silent and let him absorb it.
Not long after, Uncle Qin steadied himself. His eyes reddened as he looked at her reluctantly. “Miss, what can I do for you?”
Seeing him like this, Nan Mo’s eyes also turned red. “Uncle Qin, thank you. Thank you for believing me.” She could no longer hold back and burst into tears, leaning over the desk.
She did not know whether it was the original owner’s emotions or her own reluctance to part with this deep affection from an elder.
Uncle Qin said nothing. He simply stood beside her, looking at the girl who had been forced to grow up far too quickly.
After calming down, Nan Mo lifted her head. “Uncle Qin, starting tomorrow, have the chef cook more of my favorite dishes and pack them in disposable lunch boxes.
“Make sure there are six dishes and one soup every day, all different. Each dish must be at least thirty portions.
“After they’re done, leave them in the kitchen. When I return, I’ll store them in the space. That way, no matter where I am, I can still eat food from home.”
“Alright.”
“You don’t need to give me the money from selling the houses. I need you to help me buy some things.”
“Alright.”
“Tomorrow, arrange for a few purchasing servants to buy vegetables and grain and oil. Here’s the shopping list. After buying everything, send it to the warehouse at the logistics park. Someone there will receive it.”
“Alright.” He did not dare interrupt her train of thought and simply kept agreeing.
“Also check if there’s anywhere selling cotton. Buy one thousand jin of cotton. For quilts, buy one hundred each of ten jin, eight jin, six jin, and four jin. Send those to the warehouse too.”
“Alright.”
Afraid he might miss something, Uncle Qin wrote down all her instructions.
Once she finished, he took the list and left.
Nan Mo sat alone in the study, finished the milk he had brought, and let out a long breath.
It seemed Uncle Qin had accepted everything well. That lifted a weight off her mind.
When she returned to her room and lay down, she finally felt soreness all over her body. Spending money, it turned out, was also a physically exhausting task. As she planned what to buy tomorrow, she gradually fell asleep.
Meanwhile, Uncle Qin returned to his own room and opened the list she had given him. The quantities shocked him.
Wuchang rice, Daohuaxiang rice, long grain rice, Simiao rice, Panjin rice, pearl rice, Thai fragrant rice, Komachi rice, Wannian tribute rice, ten tons of each.
Soybeans, mung beans, red beans, adzuki beans, millet, black rice, red glutinous rice, wheat, barley, buckwheat, glutinous rice, brown rice, corn, peanuts, sorghum, sweet potatoes, purple sweet potatoes, potatoes, Chinese yam, taro, pumpkin, chestnuts, one ton each.
Whole wheat flour, tapioca starch, wheat flour, high gluten flour, medium gluten flour, low gluten flour, glutinous rice flour, mung bean starch, rice flour, sweet potato starch, corn flour, potato flour, ten tons each.
Fresh egg noodles, ramen, dried egg noodles, dragon beard noodles, tube noodles, baby noodles, rice noodles, vermicelli, glass noodles, dumpling wrappers, wonton wrappers, two thousand jin each.
Peanut oil, soybean oil, rapeseed oil, blended oil, ten liter containers, two thousand barrels each for standard quality and one thousand barrels each for premium. Two liter olive oil, five hundred barrels.
All vegetables available on the market and various dried goods and spices, one thousand jin each.
Aged vinegar, white vinegar, rice vinegar, fragrant vinegar, light soy sauce, dark soy sauce, cooking wine, one thousand bottles each of the household brands.
Chili oil, Sichuan pepper oil, premium soy sauce, steamed fish soy sauce, fish sauce, sesame oil, oyster sauce, vine pepper oil, five hundred bottles each of the usual brands.
Lao Gan Ma, sweet bean paste, soybean paste, XO sauce, douban paste, cooked sauce, spicy sauce, chopped chili sauce, beef sauce, salad dressing, condensed milk, five hundred bottles each.
Black pepper powder, white pepper powder, barbecue seasoning, cumin powder, cumin seeds, chili powder, one hundred jin each.
Brown sugar, white sugar, fine salt, one ton each. Coarse salt, chicken essence, MSG, five hundred jin each.
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After putting away the list, he steadied his thoughts and began considering whom to send for purchasing and what reasons to give for buying such quantities. He was determined to handle this matter well for her.