“This is nothing, take whatever you want.”

“You’re so generous, boss! May your business prosper!”

With the shopkeeper’s permission, Ji He happily took one piece of each spice. She wasn’t greedy—she really only took one of each, just enough to upgrade her space.

The shopkeeper instructed the staff to quickly prepare the order. Although everything was sold by weight, the seasonings were all pre-packaged in independent buckets, not loose.

After collecting the spices, Ji He saw that it would take some time to finish packing everything. She told the shopkeeper she would come back later and quickly headed to the grain section.

Her order there was already prepared. She had the workers help load it onto her tricycle, making several trips to transport everything.

Once the grains and seasonings were stored away, she spotted the dried goods section and decided to make a detour. She bought 50 jin each of wood ear mushrooms, shiitake mushrooms, kelp, seaweed, red dates, and preserved mustard greens.

In the end, she spent 7,000 yuan before leaving.

After that, she visited the seed wholesale store on the market’s side. The variety of seeds truly opened her eyes—almost every type of grain had multiple varieties, many of which she had never heard of before. Even corn was divided into sweet corn, glutinous corn, black corn, regular corn, and high-oil corn, each with different subtypes.

Ji He asked the shopkeeper for recommendations and selected seeds for grains, vegetables, fruits, cotton, and medicinal herbs—all ones that had good taste and could be replanted.

When she bent down, she also noticed piles of yam, sweet potatoes, potatoes, and sugarcane, so she bought some of those as well.

The shopkeeper was a bit surprised at her large purchase, but with the philosophy that “only a fool turns down money,” he also introduced her to mushroom cultivation kits. He explained that if she watered them properly, she could harvest three times. Ji He didn’t let this opportunity pass and bought 40 packs of common mushrooms like enoki, oyster, king oyster, and shiitake.

After checkout, she spent a total of 1,000 yuan. Although seeds weren’t expensive—only 1 or 2 yuan per pack—buying in bulk still added up.

Since she purchased a lot, the shopkeeper gifted her several extra seed packets, encouraging her to come back if she had a good harvest.

Leaving the seed shop, Ji He headed to the sapling section. She bought two saplings each of apple, banana, orange, dragon fruit, jujube, pear, bayberry, mulberry, apricot, peach, nectarine, plum, mango, cherry, mangosteen, lychee, durian, lemon, pomegranate, yellow kiwi, and jackfruit.

The shopkeeper kindly advised her that tropical fruits like durian and mango wouldn’t survive in this region.

Ji He told him she was just experimenting—it didn’t matter if they didn’t survive.

In truth, she just wanted to test whether they could grow in her space. If durians thrived there, she wouldn’t bother growing vegetables anymore—she’d switch entirely to durian trees. Selling those would be far more profitable than regular fruits.

Besides the saplings, she also bought farming tools like hoes and shovels.

After tallying everything, she had spent over 50,000 yuan on this trip. Though it hurt a bit, she still felt satisfied. Seeing her space stocked with supplies gave her a deep sense of security.

She discreetly stored the saplings in her space and then headed to the livestock breeding base. The place was quite large, but the smell was unpleasant.

Ji He picked out 10 hens, 2 roosters, 5 female ducks, 2 male ducks, 3 female rabbits, 2 male rabbits, 3 female geese, 1 male goose, and 6 quails. She bought all young animals since they were cheaper—only a few yuan per chick.

Then she chose a pair each of pigs, cows, and sheep.

These were much pricier. Even as juveniles, they weren’t cheap, and the total cost came to 9,500 yuan.

(I haven’t raised cows or sheep, but I have bought baby chicks and ducklings. In the market, the cheaper ones are around 2.5 yuan each, while the expensive ones are about 6 yuan.)

Ji He haggled for a while, but the shopkeeper wouldn’t lower the price. In the end, he agreed to throw in some feed, feeders, and troughs as a bonus.

Since getting freebies was better than nothing, Ji He accepted.

After buying livestock, Ji He was so hungry her stomach was cramping. She hadn’t eaten all morning, and after running around for hours, she was completely famished.

She rode her tricycle around and soon found a food stall near a construction site selling boxed meals. Lining up with the workers, she paid 12 yuan for a meal and ate in her vehicle.

The moment she opened the box, a delicious aroma filled the air. She took a bite and nodded in satisfaction—the food was pretty good.

Today’s meal included meat chunks, stir-fried tofu with chili, dry-fried cauliflower, and braised eggplant—one meat dish and three vegetable dishes. Ji He enjoyed it so much that she didn’t leave a single grain of rice. She even drank the complimentary egg drop soup before finally feeling revived.

After storing the livestock in her space, she rode off toward the aquatic breeding base.

Ji He had never raised fish before, and the variety of fish fry at the farm was overwhelming. Many species were completely unfamiliar to her.

In the end, she decided to be selective. She found a well-established shop and explained her needs to the owner.

“Boss, I want to raise fish at home. I’m looking for ones with good taste.”

The shopkeeper, a middle-aged man with an honest look, didn’t try to take advantage of her just because she looked young.

“Are you looking for freshwater or saltwater fish?”

“Both. I want varieties that taste good and sell well.”

After hearing her request, the shopkeeper suggested a package deal and patiently introduced different species. Some could be raised together, like crayfish and crabs, while others couldn’t.

Ji He nodded repeatedly as she listened. In the end, with the shopkeeper’s guidance, she purchased around 20 species, including crayfish, hairy crabs, eels, and loaches. She only bought a few of each to use as breeding stock.

As time went on, the shopkeeper seemed hesitant to speak. He probably thought Ji He would get scolded at home for buying so much and even tried to warn her. But when he saw her determination, he didn’t say much more—after all, even offering a warning was already a sign of his good conscience.

After buying the fish, the shopkeeper also taught her some fish-farming techniques and persuaded her to buy additional supplies—fish worms, aquatic plants, seaweed, fish feed, tools, nets, and more.

Ji He found them useful and bought them all, along with extra fishing nets to set up separate zones in her space’s ocean. Since she paid for these fish, she didn’t want them to get eaten by the predatory fish inside before she could even taste them.

In total, she spent nearly 6,000 yuan.

Before leaving, she also asked the shopkeeper for one fry of each species she hadn’t bought. The shopkeeper agreed without hesitation—those tiny fry weren’t worth much, and he let her catch them herself while he prepared the rest of her order.