Natural Disaster Strikes: I Stockpiled Billions and Carved My Way Through the Apocalypse

Mu Jiuyue nodded and said, "Yes, my family runs a small restaurant. This amount is just enough for one day's consumption. If it works well, we'll naturally buy it again. As for the price..."

The boss was overjoyed and repeatedly assured her, "What's your name, miss? My surname is Li. Let me tell you, I've been in this business for seven or eight years, and I guarantee that there's no one in the entire wholesale market who offers better deals than us! I sell rice to others for five yuan a pound, but I'll give you four yuan and fifty cents. How about that?"

"Three yuan," Mu Jiuyue bargained.

"Too low, not enough to cover costs, four yuan."

"Three yuan and one jiao."

"Three yuan and sixty cents."

"Three yuan and two jiao."

"make a deal!"

"Mr. Li, please deliver these to this address." Mu Jiuyue wrote down her home address.

Although she lives on the sixth floor, it has a storage room and garage, which are right opposite the main gate of the complex, making it very easy to find.

As for whether she's worried about others finding out she has supplies?

Ha ha ha.

By then, she'll be nowhere to be found, so who's afraid to look for her?

Renting a warehouse also costs money.

Let's save money where we can!

People who are used to living in poverty know how to be frugal.

Her goal was to outlive everyone else, and to make the most of every penny.

After paying the deposit, I immediately went to the next store.

This family gave her a big surprise; they had some old grain.

When Mu Jiuyue went in, the boss and his wife looked worried and distressed.

"What's wrong?" Mu Jiuyue asked with a smile.

"Oh, don't even mention it. The warehouse manager quit, and when we were counting the goods, we found out that we had a batch of old grain that had been sitting on us since last year. We're stuck with it now." The proprietress looked dejected. "These days, who eats old grain? We can only sell it cheaply to the feed mill. We've lost money, we've lost a lot. I'm afraid even the feed mill won't want this batch of old grain."

Mu Jiuyue's eyes flashed.

Old grain?

Old grain is good, because it means it's cheap.

When people were eating each other, even stale grain was a life-saving food that people desperately needed!

Mu Jiuyue immediately laughed and said, "I thought it was something serious. How much old grain is there? What's the price?"

The shop owner and his wife exchanged a glance, then looked at Mu Jiuyue with surprise: "You want it?"

“It just so happens that my mom has leased a pig farm and a chicken farm in the countryside. The old grains aren’t spoiled, so we can still eat them. As long as the price is right,” Mu Jiuyue replied with a smile.

"How about two yuan a pound?" the proprietress asked impatiently, looking at Mu Jiuyue with anticipation.

Mu Jiuyue turned and left.

The shopkeeper shoved his wife aside and quickly stopped Mu Jiuyue: "Hey, don't listen to my wife's nonsense. It's all old grain, how can we charge such a high price? One yuan per pound, okay?"

Mu Jiuyue held up three fingers: "The package price is three cents a pound. If you agree, then buy it."

The proprietress panicked: "We've lost too much money. No, no, add some more."

With her hands in her pockets, Mu Jiuyue said casually, "If it doesn't work out, then forget it. My mom doesn't need that little bit of food."

After saying that, he made a move to leave again.

The boss gritted his teeth and readily agreed: "Fine, three mao it is! Let me tell you, this batch of grain has just been stored for a little longer, but it's perfectly fine for feeding livestock! At this price, I'm practically losing money!"

Mu Jiuyue ignored his nonsense and took out her phone: "Where do I scan the code to pay?"

The proprietress quickly handed over the payment code: "A total of 5,000 catties of corn, 3,000 catties of soybeans, and 6,000 catties of wheat, for a total of 4,200 yuan! Don't worry, the weight is definitely right, and there will be more than enough!"

Mu Jiuyue readily paid and left her address: "Deliver it here before 8 PM tonight, is that alright?"

"Sigh, we also have to cover the driver's fee and loading and unloading costs," the proprietress muttered.

Mu Jiuyue pretended not to hear.

There's only so much money, not a single penny more.

As soon as Mu Jiuyue left, the boss and his wife immediately put on a joyful expression, shedding a bunch of burdens and finally making room to store new grain.

They were happy, and Mu Jiuyue was happy too.

I bought so much grain for only one-tenth of the price.

If she eats sparingly, it'll be enough for her to eat for several years!

After wandering around the wholesale market several times and placing orders with a few vendors, the total amount spent was only a little over 200,000 yuan.

She currently has 1.8 million yuan in her possession.

The reason I'm being so stingy is because the things I'm about to buy are really expensive!

Mu Jiuyue is just a lowly worker with no connections or influence. If she wants supplies, she has to buy them with money, and at a high price at that.

Although the first natural disaster was only drought, the subsequent torrential rains, severe cold, and extreme heat created an urgent need for various heat and cold insulation materials.

Whether it's solar generators, diesel generators, gasoline generators, ice makers for cooling, or coal and cotton clothing for keeping warm, none of them are cheap.

Mu Jiuyue compared all the mid-to-high-end brands on the market, selected a few, and carefully placed her order.

Despite her careful budgeting, Mu Jiuyue still spent a considerable amount of money.

The coal alone cost 200,000 yuan.

Touching her shrunken wallet, Mu Jiuyue felt a pang of heartache.

Just as Mu Jiuyue was about to take the bus home, two middle-aged women in the seat in front of her were chatting.

Auntie A: "Have you seen the gossip news? I heard that the richest man in our area has a child out of wedlock. The child came home and wanted a share of the assets, so his wife immediately filed for divorce."

"I heard that this richest man made his fortune through his wife. Once he had money, he kept mistresses. I also heard that the villa his mistress lives in has a whole room full of gold hidden underneath!"

"real or fake!"

"Is this fake? Isn't that villa called Golden City?"

"Although it's called the City of Gold, there might not actually be any gold there, right?"

"What do you know? Gold is the easiest thing to hide, and it's also the easiest to sell..."

The two middle-aged women were gossiping with great interest, but Mu Jiuyue, sitting in the back, couldn't help but have her eyes light up.

While the city of gold may not actually contain gold, the villa where the richest man's mistress lives certainly does contain hidden gold.

Mu Jiuyue suddenly remembered that in her previous life, when she was fleeing with others, someone in the group talked about how the richest man in K City abandoned his first wife when he fled, and instead took his mistress and her illegitimate child, along with a plane full of gold, and went straight into the base's circle of wealthy people.

Later, thanks to the gold in that plane, he not only became the fourth-in-command of the base, but also arranged for his illegitimate son to marry the daughter of the base's top leader.

Those days were incredibly prosperous.

As for how the first wife fared afterward?

no one knows.

Mu Jiuyue smiled slightly.

She prided herself on never being a good person, but this time she was going to do something good for her first wife.

The bus arrived at the stop, and Mu Jiuyue calmly got off the bus and began navigating to the location of Golden City.

The richest man's mistress lives in the best location in Golden City, the most central and prestigious building.

Having determined the location, Mu Jiuyue smiled slightly, turned around, and walked into the pharmacy next door.

Not only can you purchase a batch of necessary medicines here, but you can also buy the raw materials for preparing secret medicines.

"Hello, please take as much of these as you can: cold medicine, fever reducers, anti-inflammatory drugs, amoxicillin... iodine, alcohol, disinfectant tablets... Also, please take a batch of Chinese medicinal herbs: Poria cocos, peony bark, rosemary..."

Mu Jiuyue wanted a lot of things, and the pharmacy clerk couldn't figure out what she was going to do with all that. She just asked professionally, "Madam, since you've bought so many things, you can become a member and enjoy member discounts!"