Hoarding Begins(2)

Elena was about to move forward when she saw a shop selling condiments, prompting her to pause for a moment and check the store.

Upon seeing the quality, she quickly orders a variety of condiments and their corresponding seeds.

It cost her 2 million green coins, and after that, she provided her warehouse address for delivery.

The shop owner promised to deliver everything by tomorrow.

Next, she saw a shop selling seeds.

"Boss, how many kinds of seeds do you have here for grains, vegetables, and fruit in total."

"Well, approximately 600 seeds." the shop owner replied.

"Great, I want to order 60 pounds of each seed." 

Elena ordered many seeds of each kind and paid just like she did at other shops.

She ensures that all her dealings will be delivered tomorrow so she will not waste time waiting for each product to arrive.

Afterward, she set out to find a farming tools store. After several walks, she saw rows of farming tools displayed on the shelves.

Looking at them, she feels elated and disappointed at the same time. She could only see basic farming tools on display, no big machinery.

Upon seeing Elena approach the store, the shop owner immediately greets her with a smile.

"Miss, may I know what you are looking for?"

Seeing the shop owner's enthusiasm. Elena did not hesitate and said.

"Shop owner, do you a have complete set of farming tools?"

"If you're referring to small-scale farming production, yes, we have it all."

The store sales have been dropping for a couple of months. So, he takes this customer seriously.

"Can I see it? I want to check the quality first before buying some."

"Sure, come inside, Miss."

Elena entered the store and browsed the row piles of farming tools.

There, she saw all kinds of tools like hand trowel garden fork, weeder, pruning shears, hand rake, transplanter, hori hori knife, handheld cultivator, garden hoe, seed dibber, soil moisture meter, spray bottle, mini tiller, seedling trays, handheld fertilizer spreader, garden spade, planting auger, plastic row covers, harvesting scissors, and compost bin.

In fact, she had the power to command the space to tilt the soil and plant vegetables and grain seeds simultaneously, but it would sap the spiritual energy from the golden tablet more quickly.

So, she refrains from using too much spiritual energy, considering it needs much to replenish.

Once the apocalypse descends, she will find a trustworthy person to handle the farming.

The store also has various pest control like neem oil, diatomaceous earth, insecticidal soap, beneficial insects, companion planting, garlic spray, row covers, cayenne pepper spray, essential oils, and traps.

Though her space doesn't need it, this pesticide is highly recommended for rats and other insects during apocalypse.

She still remembers how this pest overthrew a particular town and spread diseases in the 2nd year of the apocalypse.

Aside from that, there were also bags of different kinds of fertilizers like urea, ammonium nitrate, superphosphate, bone meal, potassium sulfate, muriate of potash, compost, well-rotted manure, fish emulsion, seaweed extract, slow-release fertilizers, and ammonium sulfate.

Some of them are unnecessary since the space soil is already of the highest quality, and using the lake water can further enhance the crops, but she still bought a ton of it.

It's wise to be prepared; she could use it at the official base in the future.

"Shop owner, I've noticed the quality of your farming tools is excellent. I'll place an order for 1,000 units of each type!"

Upon hearing Elena's order, the shop owner was elated, yet a thread of worry tugged at him; a large number of orders seemed to be suspicious.

Elena knew the shop owner didn't trust her, so she resorted to the same strategy she had used with other shops.

"Shop owner, I'll pay half the cost of the total amount and once delivery is done, I'll pay the rest."

Realizing she was genuinely serious. The shop owner's tension was relieved.

He then calculated the total cost.

"Okay! The total cost will be 20 million green coins."

"Shop owner, I'm not finished yet. I'd also like to order 60 units of each type of pesticide and 10 tons for every kind of fertilizer."

The shop owner looked at Elena but didn't ask any further. He just simply recalculated the total cost again.

"Okay, the total cost would be 85 million green coins."

"Sure, give me your bank account."

Elena asked if the owner knew some big machinery stores for farming.

"Miss, we also have machinery for automating farming process, threshing unprocessed grain,etc. It's just it was not display because the area are not big enough. If you want to check it out please follow me."

"Sure"

They walked for a few minutes until they finally spotted the farming machinery in the distance.

Seeing that it was brand new, Elena then bought the product.

"Does this machinery use a lot of gasoline?"

"Not really, this one is energy efficient, a new release from the company."

"Okay, I will order 100 units of each machinery."

Hearing of the big order placed, the shop owner was happy.

He agreed to the deal, confirming that the products would be delivered by tomorrow. However, the machinery would take a bit longer—10 days—since the shop needed to request it from the main company.

Having secured the farming tools, she stepped out of the shop and began to search for a livestock section.

According to the shop owner of farming tools, if I want to buy livestock, I must go to the public market's north area.

After a few walks, Elena felt hungry, considering it was already noon.

So she went first to a famous restaurant here.

She sits and orders a large amount of meal.

To be exact, she ordered 50 of each kind.

The shop owner was stunned but did not ask further questions. They immediately process the order.

After the dishes were cooked, they were served to her, and she eagerly dug in, savoring each bite. Thankfully, the place she chose was private, so others wouldn't know how a petite woman like her could finish these dishes.

The rest of the dishes are packed carefully. 

After the meal, she was helped by the employee to carry the dishes in her truck.

Once everything is in place, she drives a little in a secluded area and stores every dish in her space.

She was glad the space inventory had built-in shelves and a unique sorting function, so she didn't need to manually place each dish in the inventory.

Afterward, she returned to the public market and looked at the livestock section.