Ji He first entered her space to feed the livestock and fish. Seeing that they were all adapting well, she left the space and grabbed some bread to eat.

She lived in a self-built house on the outskirts of the city. It had two floors and came with a small yard.

Her parents usually drove large freight trucks and had little time to tend to the yard, so it was mostly empty.

Ji He wandered around the house. Her room was upstairs, while her parents’ room was downstairs. Besides the two bedrooms, the first floor also had a storage room, a kitchen, a bathroom, and a living room.

Aside from Ji He’s room, there were two more rooms upstairs.

For a family of three, the house was quite spacious.

Ji He entered the storage room to take a look. It was packed with supplies.

Some of the goods were brought back by her parents while trucking—plenty of bread, cakes, biscuits, sausages, and instant noodles, meant for Ji He to eat when she was home alone.

Other items were old things that the family had replaced but couldn’t bear to throw away.

Ji He glanced around and grabbed two packs of biscuits and six small loaves of bread, tossing them into her space as emergency food for when she didn’t have time to cook during the day.

After eating a piece of bread and drinking a packet of milk, Ji He got on her tricycle and set off again.

She headed straight for the wholesale agricultural market. She hadn’t bought enough rice and flour yesterday, so today she planned to stock up.

She bought 30 bags each of rice and flour, with each bag weighing 100 jin (about 50 kg). The wholesale price totaled 12,000 yuan.

After paying, she made several trips to transport the goods into her space.

Next, she returned to the spice vendor from yesterday and bought another 10,000 yuan worth of seasonings, adding more cooking wine, baking soda, and various brining spices.

The shop owner was very enthusiastic when she saw Ji He return. Though the prices remained the same, she gifted Ji He several extra boxes of braising spices and told her to come back after enjoying them.

Ji He was very clear about her situation. When the apocalypse hit, she’d likely be scavenging animal offal rather than real meat.

Not to mention, she already had a pile of offal stored in her space. Without enough seasonings, it would be inedible.

Passing by, she saw aloe vera and cactus seedlings and impulsively bought a pot for just 6 yuan.

After storing away her grain, she headed to her prearranged meeting point to exchange cash for the medicines she had ordered.

The rest of the day, Ji He rode her tricycle all over the city.

She prioritized essential supplies, visiting an electronics market to buy a diesel generator, a solar generator, a large battery, solar panels, an egg incubator, an ice maker, an electric blanket, a rice cooker, and an induction stove.

She didn’t buy an air conditioner or fan since the ones at home were still relatively new.

Electronics varied in price, and to ensure durability, Ji He didn’t choose the cheapest options, spending a total of 21,000 yuan.

The diesel generator was a concern since diesel was restricted and hard to purchase. However, the shop owner discreetly slipped her a business card, telling her she could buy some through that contact, as long as the quantity wasn’t too large.

Ji He nodded knowingly and continued shopping.

She bought diving suits, oxygen tanks, and life rings—10 oxygen tanks in total, including diving tanks and everyday oxygen bags, along with two of each other item.

She then purchased five entrenching tools, three axes, an electric saw, a hand saw, an electric drill, a stone mill, 30 stainless steel basins, 10 large stainless steel barrels, 30 plastic barrels, and 10 large pickle jars, spending around 7,000 yuan.

Afterward, Ji He went straight to a wholesale meat market. This place mainly served large buyers, so coming for a small purchase wouldn’t be worthwhile.

She carefully examined the meat prices. Pork was still relatively cheap, with the lowest-priced cuts at 8 yuan per jin. She bought 700 jin (about 350 kg) of fully processed pork, including ribs, pork belly, and tenderloin. She skipped the pig heads because they were too hairy and required extra processing.

She also bought 600 jin each of beef and lamb, 200 jin of rabbit meat, and 50 chickens, ducks, and geese.

Her order wasn’t considered particularly large here, so the shop owner didn’t even question her. He gave her a small discount and threw in a generous amount of offal for free.

The total bill came to 35,000 yuan.

Since there was still time, Ji He stopped by the gardening district, where she found vendors selling fences and bamboo products.

Many city dwellers liked to turn their yards into small gardens with bamboo fences and vegetable patches—it was quite trendy.

Since her yard wasn’t very big, she bought 50 meters of fencing for 1,000 yuan and got the vendor to throw in a few bamboo chicken coops and baskets.

By the end of the day, Ji He had spent a total of 86,000 yuan.

After subtracting her spending from yesterday, she had about 65,000 yuan left.

She had planned to use that for gasoline, diesel, and coal, but now she had to reserve some funds for upgrading her space, which required plants and animals.

For now, she had to slow down her stockpiling.

After storing all her new supplies in her space, Ji He prepared to return the rented tricycle. Suddenly, she remembered she still needed bees.

Without bees, who would pollinate her plants?

She certainly wasn’t going to do it manually.

Turning her tricycle around, she hurried back and bought a beehive with a queen bee for 600 yuan.

The intense heat had left the bees sluggish, but the seller assured her they would recover with proper care. If too many died, she could come back for a replacement hive.

Ji He placed the bees into her space and left them alone.

By now, it was already 4 p.m., and she had to return the tricycle before the rental shop closed, or she’d be charged for an extra three days.

Hurrying back, Ji He managed to return the tricycle just before closing time. Before handing it over, she even wiped it down to avoid losing any deposit due to dirt.

With her deposit refunded, Ji He headed to a barbecue shop, spending 100 yuan on a meal and thoroughly enjoying it.

As she ate, she thought to herself—she would rather stockpile supplies in vain than face the apocalypse. If the world ended, she might never get to enjoy barbecue again.

After finishing her meal, Ji He took the bus home, watching the bustling streets along the way.

It was already 5 p.m., but the heat outside was still unbearable, two degrees hotter than the previous days. She had been sweating all day while riding, going through multiple bottles of water.

Thinking about water, she suddenly realized she hadn’t stockpiled any drinking water yet.

Her space could store water for daily use, but for emergencies, she planned to buy two collapsible water towers online, each with a one-ton capacity.

For drinking water, she needed something immediate. She quickly changed buses and rushed to a mineral water bottle factory. Fortunately, there were still workers on duty.

She ordered 1,000 bottles of 7.5L mineral water, priced at 10 yuan each.

With this, even if she were stranded in a desert, she wouldn’t have to worry about dying of thirst.

The factory had stock on hand and arranged to deliver the order the next morning. Ji He then finally headed home.

When she arrived, the sky hadn’t completely darkened yet. Entering her house, she looked around again.

If possible, she really wanted to replace all the doors and windows.