Chapter 2 Hoard Supplies
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Tight on time, Anna made a hoarding list with a cell phone memo and rushed out the door.
In the neighborhood, walkers were gathering in twos and threes to chat about their families.
Young couples were holding hands and strolling under the boulevard, full of happiness.
Anna couldn't help but feel that such a harmonious and beautiful scene hadn't been seen for a long time.
Unfortunately, in a few days, such beautiful images will no longer exist.
Anna accelerated the pace, came to the neighborhood near the car rental agency, rented a light truck, and went straight to Linbei City's largest wholesale farmers market.
The first thing she came to was the grain and oil section to stock up on staple foods.
In a natural disaster, even if you don't have anything, as long as you have enough rice, flour and water, you can always live.
50 kg bag of flour to buy 500 bags, all kinds of beans 300 bags, potatoes, sweet potatoes, each 1,000 kg, 500 kg of corn, all kinds of beans 500 kg, oats, buckwheat and other kinds of miscellaneous grains 500 kg.
These staples were enough to feed a family of three for 70 years.
Although Anna was alone, she bought some extra. The extra could be used to replace other much-needed supplies.
In the post-apocalyptic world, food is money.
In the late stage of flooding, a bag of moldy flour can be used to replace a young girl's night.
Vegetables and fruits can't be replaced, after all, space preservation, the last few years still take out fresh vegetables, definitely make people suspicious.
Channing their brother and sister's previous experience, this life, the secret of space must not let anyone know.
After stocking up on staple foods, I came back to buy oil. 5-liter barrels of oil, soybean oil, peanut oil, corn oil, sesame oil, olive oil and so on bought a total of 500 barrels.
Next came the seasoning section next.
I bought 600 pounds of salt, 300 pounds of white sugar and other kinds of sugar.
Chili sauce, huy fong 600 liters each, and various vinegars totaling 600 liters.
Other seasonings, garlic powder, black pepper, steak powder, barbecue seasoning, chili powder, cumin powder, red bell pepper powder, basil leaves, rosemary, nutmeg, diced onions, etc. totaled 300 pounds.
There were also a variety of semi-finished condiments: salad dressings, yellow mustard sauces, ketchup, spaghetti sauces, steak sauces, curry sauces, and various sauces.
All of these things with her light truck, transported to the outskirts of the countryside where there is no one, and then avoided the surveillance collected into the space.
It took eight or nine trips to collect them before they were finally collected.
Just when she wanted to continue to stock up on meat and vegetables, her stomach grumbled.
Anna just remembered that she was in a hurry to stock up on things, and hadn't eaten since she had been busy all morning.
As a person who was afraid of hunger in the last days, Anna decisively stopped her buying pace and chose to soothe her stomach.
When she came to the snack street not far from the wholesale market, she was dazzled for a moment.
Steak house, japannese food, chinese food, pizza plaze, BBQ house, Seafood......
This is not a restaurant, this is the dream she has been thinking about day and night for four years in the last world!
Anna picked the restaurant with the most families and walked in.
She ordered: a whole table
T-Bone Steak, Waffles, wine, Spaghtii, Salad, Smoked pork, fried chicken wings,mashed potatos....
The waitress in charge of ordering was shocked:
“Miss, you ordered so many dishes by yourself?”
Anna was calm, “I'm inviting my friends, they haven't arrived yet, please serve the food first.”
The dishes were served quickly, meat and vegetables were matched, salty and sweet were moderate, and the dish sizes were large.
Half an hour later, Anna touched her bulging stomach and put down her fork with satisfaction.
God knows how much she missed these cuisines in the last few years of the Last World!
Not to mention such delicious meals with all the colors and flavors, even a mouthful of expired bread was a headache to grab.
For a long time, she could only eat dirt.
Not the Internet joke “I'm so poor that I eat dirt”, but really and truly eat dirt on the ground.
Dry swallowed, eat more difficult to defecate, very difficult, many people even directly suffocated.
But if they don't eat, they starve to death even faster.
Anna knew the preciousness of food better than anyone and waved his hand, calling the waiter from before.
“My friends aren't coming, so pack it for me.”
Carrying the packing box back to the car, she stowed it away in space when no one was looking.
Although it is tempting to stock up on some more snacks, but the farmer's market side closes early, it is better to hurry back to buy food first, and wait for the evening to come over again.
Back to the wholesale market, this time Annan went straight to the meat and egg section.
I asked for 8,000 eggs, 4,000 duck eggs, 4,000 goose eggs, and 3,000 quail eggs.
500 pounds of pork, 300 pounds each of beef and lamb, 500 chickens and ducks each, and 300 geese.
All of them are well-treated.
Being born again, she not only wanted to eat well, but also to live her days beautifully.
Next Anna came to the seafood area.
Bought all kinds of fish totaling 1000, all kinds of shrimp totaling 500 pounds, razor clams, clams, oysters and other kinds of shellfish totaling 300 pounds, mollusks squid, octopus and so on are also prepared some.
Meat are prepared, Anna came to the fruit and vegetable area.
Spinach, leeks, lettuce, celery and other leafy greens 2000 pounds, cucumbers, winter squash, pumpkins and other melons 1000 pounds.
Cabbage detoxifies and comes in at 800 pounds. Tomatoes, eggplants, bean sprouts, radishes, beans, etc. totaling 1,500 pounds. Shiitake mushrooms, enoki mushrooms, fungus, silver ear and other various mushrooms 800 pounds. 800 pounds each of green onions, ginger and garlic.
When she got to the fruit section, Anna picked only a few of her favorites.
Apples, pears, strawberries, blueberries, bananas, oranges, lemons, peaches, grapes, lychees, durians, watermelons, cantaloupes, etc., a total of 6,000 pounds.
The market is very diverse, and although some of the fruits are out of season, it's good to have them, and if you don't buy them now, you won't be able to eat them later.
Anna spent the afternoon buying food, driving and pulling it away, and storing it in the space, the cycle repeating itself.
After the food was all procured, she immediately rushed to the city's largest wholesale clothing and department store.
There was no need to buy more clothes, her family's closet was very well stocked, so she only needed to buy some that would be changed every year.
The end of the day does not pay attention to what style, convenient and comfortable can be.
Spring, summer and fall dresses, pants, skirts, each category 300 pieces.
300 pairs of sandals, slippers, sneakers, leather shoes, and other kinds of footwear.
Warm winter clothing was mainly purchased, as thick clothing is as important as the flesh on one's body when extreme cold arrives.
It's the middle of summer, and the prices of anti-seasonal winter clothes are very cheap, many of them are half price.
Anna keeps down coats, wool sweaters, thick cotton pants, hats, scarves, cotton gloves, etc. on hand.
Cotton shoes, snow boots, thick socks, etc. are also arranged.
Finally, there are the basic daily necessities.
Toothpaste toothbrush, shampoo, shower gel, laundry detergent and other toiletries to buy more.
Thick quilts, pillows, sheets, pillowcases and other bedding, 50 sets of each.
There are also pots and pans, garbage bags, scissors, lighters, disposable lunch boxes and other miscellaneous things.
Anna walked around and bought a lot of everything she saw.
The most important toilet paper, sanitary napkins and other hygiene products, but also directly pulled a full truck.
Thinking of all kinds of mosquitoes when it is extremely hot, Anna went to buy some insecticides, mosquito coils, eau de toilette, androgynous powder and so on.
There are also warm babies and hot water bags for when it is extremely cold.
Anna bought everything she could think of, but still felt it was not enough. After all, it is difficult to buy everything in these few days to prepare for the next few decades.
But by now it was already time for the market to close, so Anna had to call it a day.
Transporting all the things in batches to the uninhabited suburbs and storing them in the space.
Tired from tossing and turning all day, Anna finally had time to take a break and sat in the car with her eyes closed.
“Buzz-”
The cell phone in her pocket suddenly vibrated.
Anna felt out her phone, tapped on message, glanced at it, and couldn't help but frown.
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