Chapter 5 Intense, Space Continuously Expanding

Chapter 5 Intense, Space Continuously Expanding

The next morning, Meng Ci still woke up around nine and had the boss help him put the food in the car.

This time, Meng Ci chose to eat noodles, which tasted good.

Meng Ci flipped through the menu; there were plenty of noodle dishes and rice bowls. He pondered how to find an excuse to have the boss make each one.

After eating, he drove a short distance away, and when no one was watching, he stored the items in the space.

Meng Ci took a detour and placed another family's braised eggplant in the car, then after driving out, stored it in the space.

The money spent on food and drinks over the past two days disappeared into the space without a sound.

Meng Ci first drove to the wholesale market for fruits and vegetables and handed them the list.

The fruit seller was a woman in her forties, looking quite surprised.

"Little guy, are you sure you want this much?"

"This stuff isn't easy to preserve."

"Moreover, these things are picked fresh from the trees. If you don't want them after they're picked, what will we do?"

The fruit and vegetable sellers were from the same village.

In recent years, with government support, villages were encouraged to develop industries, and their village chose to grow vegetables and fruit trees.

Vegetables were grown in large patches, and fruit trees were planted in categorized areas.

The village had greenhouses and cold storage facilities.

Meng Ci found the right people.

"Of course it's real. First, check which items on the list you have."

"If you don't have something, circle it."

"For the ones you do have, weigh them according to the quantities listed and deliver them here within three days." Saying this, Meng Ze gave her the warehouse address.

"I plan to do business and sell these to Country H."

"You know how expensive fruits are in their country; I'm sure to make a profit."

They were all simple farmers and didn't know about export taxes or the labor involved.

But they had seen online that people in Country H could even find ways to eat watermelon rinds, so they believed Meng Ze.

Then, the bosses of the fruit and vegetable wholesale departments sat on small stools and began checking, making phone calls to confirm uncertain items.

"Huiwa, how many pounds of apples do you have left?"

"No problem, no problem. I need a thousand pounds. Can you pick them in two days?"

"Okay, I'll tell the boss!"

"Xiao Ting, how many potatoes do you have?"

"Oh, I need five hundred pounds!"

"Alright, prepare them well, and I'll arrange a truck to pick them up!"

...

Meng Ci sat on a small stool and started buying snacks on his phone.

Spicy Prince, very spicy and slightly spicy, two thousand boxes each.

Potato chips, one thousand packets each. Hmm, two thousand packets of lemon flavor, delicious.

Dried fish, one thousand boxes.

...

Popcorn, lollipops, dried fruits, candied fruits, plums, crispy noodles, mango slices...

He ordered three to five hundred bags of each snack, all delivered to the warehouse, arriving within three to five days.

It seemed he would need to hire someone specifically to handle the deliveries, otherwise, it would waste his own time.

Meng Ci spent two hours placing orders, while the others took that long to confirm everything.

"Some of the items I drew lines through are off-season fruits and vegetables. Do you still want them?"

"Yes." In the apocalypse, who cared about seasons? It was already great to have anything at all.

With that, more than half of the items on the list were settled, and Meng Ci paid two-thirds of the amount without hesitation.

As for the remaining vegetables and fruits, he would buy them if he could; if not, it didn't matter.

"Auntie, since I paid so quickly, remember to pack them well."

"No problem." The aunt nodded happily, seeing the payment on her phone.

"Good. If there's little spoilage, I'll come back to you after I finish buying."

Meng Ci's words remained unchanged, further solidifying their trust.

"Sure, sure, we'll definitely pick the best for you."

This time, the two aunts who handled fruits and vegetables shut down the wholesale department, hurried back to the village with their orders, and asked everyone to work overtime.

Some young people heard about this and thought they had been scammed.

They came back to persuade their parents not to believe it, but when they saw the extra money in their accounts that could actually be withdrawn, they were stunned.

Under their parents' urging, they called their companies and schools to take leave and quickly helped out.

After two days of preparation, they got everything ready and called Meng Ci.

Meng Ci told them to bring the goods that night, saying he would contact the transportation team early the next morning to send them abroad.

The rice and flour previously delivered to the warehouse had already been stored by Meng Ci in his space.

With goods worth around two million yuan, his space increased by two hundred square meters, and the middle room also expanded a bit.

Fortunately, Meng Ci had bought shelves in advance; otherwise, these items wouldn't have fit.

After unloading the fruits, it was already late at night. Meng Ci not only paid the remaining one-third but even added an extra ten thousand yuan.

Initially, they refused to accept it, but Meng Ci insisted they take it as a labor fee.

Besides, money would be useless in the apocalypse.

In recent days, Liang Xiu helped sell several properties, adding several hundred million yuan to Meng Ci's account. The company and other shares would also be credited in the coming days.

So now, Meng Ci was not short on money at all.

After everyone left, Meng Ci stored all the goods in his space.

Seeing the space packed tightly, Meng Ci felt a headache coming on.

Rice and flour weren't very expensive. To increase the space, he needed to think of something valuable yet compact.

What should he buy?

As Meng Ci drove back, he pondered.

Yes.

He could buy gold.

Paper currency would be worthless in the apocalypse, but gold would still be a universal currency.

It was uncertain if gold could change the size of the space.

Remembering the gold bars in the safe, he decided to put them in and test it out.

Each gold bar weighed five hundred grams, and Meng Ci stuffed them all into the space.

Sure enough, it worked. The moment they were placed inside, the space expanded by over a hundred square meters.

However, unlike food and other supplies, the gold disappeared once inside the space.

With plenty of money, Meng Ci didn't feel it was a waste.

Lying in bed at night, Meng Ci couldn't sleep and continued online shopping.

This time, he bought daily necessities.

Toothpaste, toothbrushes, shampoo, conditioner, shower gel, body lotion, hand cream, towels, bath towels—all one thousand each.

Bedding sets and underwear—Meng Ci directly ordered high-end brands online.

A hundred sets of 230 cm by 230 cm bedding, and two thousand pairs of underwear, which he could throw away if there was no time to wash them.

Summer quilts, silk quilts, down comforters...

Meng Ci bought a hundred of each, all the same size as the bedding sets.

With twenty-four days until the apocalypse.

Early in the morning, after washing up, Meng Ci went downstairs to collect the meals from both families before driving to several nearby hotels.

These hotels were selected online last night for their good reviews.

At each hotel, Meng Ci booked fifty tables for banquets, stating that in ten days, he would host weddings, birthday parties, full moon celebrations, and more.

He booked six hotels, scheduling them at different times to finish everything in one day.

After booking the hotels, Meng Ci had a quick meal.

Then he went to several banks and exchanged two hundred million yuan for gold.

Fortunately, the Meng family had done business with these banks, so the managers didn't ask many questions and respectfully escorted him out.

Placing the gold in the car, after driving a short distance, Meng Ci stored all the gold in his space.

Thus, the space instantly expanded, and now he wouldn't worry about running out of storage space.