The door installation master worked quickly, and when Qin Shiwen returned from work, she noticed that the neighboring door had already been transformed.
Jiang Muyun had just finished tidying up a pile of unusable plastic bags and was preparing to go downstairs to throw them away when she bumped into Qin Shiwen.
Qin Shiwen looked at the rather unattractive large iron door and couldn't help but pat Jiang Muyun's head. "Cub, what happened to your door?"
Jiang Muyun immediately got into character and replied, "Lately, I've been feeling a bit insecure, and when I saw this door on the street yesterday, I impulsively bought it."
In the evening, Qin Shiwen's yellow croaker dish had no trace of spiciness for herself.
Along with the expensive-looking dishes on the table, everything was piled up in front of Jiang Muyun.
While transferring the takeout dishes to plates, they were arranged fancifully, and she could tell that Qin Shiwen's love for her was evident.
Jiang Muyun enjoyed her meal and the loving gaze of Qin Shiwen, savoring every delicious bite. In the end, she walked home with a satisfied and content stomach.
In the evening, Jiang Muyun placed orders and made payments for the bulk purchases she needed online. She then took a few walks downstairs, strolling around for several rounds. She spent some time watching the elderly men play chess near the fitness equipment. Finally, she felt that she had digested most of the food.
Jiang Muyun made up her mind. She decided to go back and purchase some single-player video games as well as some tabletop games like Legends of the Three Kingdoms. She wanted to cherish every moment when humans still had the energy and time to seek entertainment.
The next day, Jiang Muyun deliberately set an alarm clock and woke up early.
She dressed in the most ordinary white T-shirt, tied her hair up in a high ponytail, and wore glasses and a mask. Driving her battle-damaged van, she headed towards the southern suburbs of the city.
This area is the light industrial park of South City, ranging from garment factories to home appliance factories. It offers a wide variety of everyday items, catering to all needs.
With her current inventory, she had enough supplies to ensure she wouldn't go hungry. Now it was time for her to focus on her health.
Once she finished purchasing the essential items, the remaining funds would be allocated for hoarding fried chicken, beverages, and crawfish.
The first place Jiang Muyun went was the newly opened plastic processing factory mentioned by the restaurant owner yesterday.
Jiang Muyun needed a large quantity of plastic boxes of various sizes that met food packaging standards.
From small food containers for portioning cooked food in the future to large water storage tanks she planned to use, Jiang Muyun required a wide range of plastic boxes.
She also needed various thicknesses of plastic film, different sizes of plastic bags, and disposable products such as gloves.
With all these different items combined, the quantity would be in tons.
The amount she needs is actually embarrassing.
In the eyes of large factories, her order was considered small, so she would have to follow the proper procedures and wait in line like everyone else. The waiting time would depend.
However, small factories might not have such a wide variety of products available.
Jiang Muyun could either split the purchase into several batches or visit each factory one by one to see if they had any products available for quick delivery.
But this new factory is different.
The scale of the factory is not small, but since it is newly opened, the order volume is not considered large.
After explaining her intentions, the factory manager promptly accepted the order and assured her that the shipment could be made within a week.
With the most troublesome part resolved, Jiang Muyun started visiting each factory one by one.
First was the garment factory.
According to Jiang Muyun's method of purchase and requirements, garment factories usually sell by weight rather than by piece, so Jiang Muyun had to estimate her purchases accordingly.
Nearly ten thousand sets of underwear, along with the disposable underwear she planned to buy later, would be enough for her to wear for a lifetime.
Jiang Muyun also ordered around ten thousand sets of soft and breathable long-sleeved shirts and loose trousers.
It's not that she doesn't want to buy short-sleeved clothes, but after the apocalypse, there are hardly any days with normal weather.
High temperatures not only mean scorching heat but also intense sunlight and countless mosquitoes.
Jiang Muyun was once pushed down onto the concrete pavement under the scorching sunlight during the first occurrence of high temperatures.
In a matter of seconds, the outside of her right arm was scalded.
After waiting eagerly for a summer with rain, people were almost driven to the brink of collapse by the overwhelming swarm of mosquitoes.
She decided to play it safe and simply buy long-sleeved shirts and pants.
Jiang Muyun's request was also quite simple: she wanted half of the tops to be in light colors and the other half in dark colors.
All the pants should be dark.
The salesperson who attended to Jiang Muyun nodded and also expressed that they could process the order quickly.
Perhaps noticing that Jiang Muyun didn't have specific color preferences for the clothes, the salesperson tentatively asked, "We have a batch of customized pants in the wrong color from our factory. I can assure you that they are not defective products. Would you be interested in taking a look? We can give it to you at cost."
Jiang Muyun is overjoyed.
Of course she's interested!
The salesman immediately leads Jiang Muyun to the warehouse with a smile.
After seeing the samples, Jiang Muyun understood why the manufacturer wanted to sell them at a lower price.
This batch of pants consists of more than eight thousand pieces, all in a dark khaki color.
The pants all have elastic waistbands and elastic cuffs, and the style is unisex. They are available in sizes ranging from XS to XXL.
There is a logo printed on the upper part of the pants, which is also in khaki and blends almost seamlessly with the pants. No wonder people didn't want them.
The quality of these pants is better than what Jiang Muyun originally planned to order, and the length of the legs is longer than the regular sizes.
Jiang Muyun is considered tall among women, with a height of 174 centimeters. Most of the sizes available for this style of pants would fit her.
Even if the XS and S sizes are too short, she can always cut the pants legs and wear them as shorts when at home.
After inquiring about the price, Jiang Muyun immediately made the decision to take all of them.
The salesman was overjoyed.
Before he could even enjoy his happiness for three seconds, Jiang Muyun decided to remove the long pants from her order, stating that this batch would be sufficient.
The salesman's smile froze on his face.
But as Jiang Muyun packed up the factory's winter clothing inventory, the salesman's smile became lively again.
After the apocalypse, there was hardly any spring or autumn season, and Jiang Muyun had no intention of preparing clothing specifically for those seasons.
Jiang Muyun remembered that in the post-apocalyptic world, the climate was characterized by years of drought followed by years of flooding, as well as alternating periods of cold and hot weather. There seemed to be no normal season at all.
Summer shirts needed to be purchased in large quantities because during the dry season, there was no water for washing, and during the rainy season, clothes couldn't dry properly. People had to rely on collecting rainwater during the wet season and then using that water for washing and drying clothes during the dry season.
As for the winter season, with an average temperature of minus sixty to seventy degrees, cotton jackets and sweaters were just the basics. For Jiang Muyun, who couldn't afford fur coats, her main focus for cold protection was on extreme cold weather clothing.
When Jiang Muyun was selecting her purchases, she noticed some loungewear displayed nearby.
Although she knew that these clothes were not very practical, as she touched their soft texture, she shamefully felt tempted.
Just buy a few sets!
Can't she wear them at home during the early stages of the apocalypse?
Fortunately, Jiang Muyun's order quantity was not small. When she mentioned that she wanted to buy a few sets of home clothes separately, the salesperson simply allowed her to choose from the sample pile, and the chosen ones were packed and delivered to her.
Jiang Muyun felt like she had made a profit again.
In a good mood, Jiang Muyun went to the next store.
Next to the garment factory is a textile factory.
Jiang Muyun bought a considerable amount of cotton towels, bed sheets, duvet covers, and some unprocessed blackout fabric.
The quantity she requested was small, so the factory refused to deliver the goods.
Fortunately, Jiang Muyun came by car. Her van may be old and worn out, but it has a large storage capacity.
Since Jiang Muyun only wanted solid colors and wasn't picky about patterns, the textile factory quickly sorted the goods for her on the spot and let her load them into her van and take them away.
The middle-aged female worker who helped Jiang Muyun sort the goods mentioned that she had been working in the factory for nearly twenty years.
Jiang Muyun's interest immediately peaked.
After loading the bed sheets and duvet covers into her vehicle, Jiang Muyun successfully obtained the contact numbers of some employees from small-scale bedding factories, hat factories, and shoe factories from the middle-aged female worker.
The middle-aged female worker expressed that if Jiang Muyun mentioned her name, her friends would allow Jiang Muyun to purchase goods at internal prices.
Of course, Jiang Muyun wouldn't simply believe everything others say.
She first went to other factories to get a general idea of the prices and then dialed the phone number given by the middle-aged female worker.
After inquiring from both ends, Jiang Muyun finally understood what the "internal price" was all about.
In fact, the so-called "internal price" is essentially special products from private small factories, created to encourage employees to promote and bring customers to the factories on their own initiative.
The price offered through the "internal price" is slightly higher than what would be offered to major clients. However, since Jiang Muyun's quantity is small, the price is still cheaper than if she were to individually place orders elsewhere.
The employees who introduce customers to the factory can receive additional bonuses. This not only helps to build good relationships with the employees but also allows the factory to accumulate small amounts of income over time.
Jiang Muyun happily placed an order for fifty 10-catties thick cotton quilts and mattresses, as well as one hundred sun hats.
The bedding factory agreed to deliver the goods, but Jiang Muyun would need to pick up the sun hats herself.
As for shoes, Jiang Muyun had higher quality requirements, and small factories might not have exactly what she wanted. So she decided to try her luck by visiting the shoe factory herself.
