The 20th to 28th floors of the Exchange were purely residential areas, and Tang Li did not go there.
Although Zhuo Ya, like Zhao Xiaoqing, strongly urged Tang Li to stay there for a while, Tang Li still firmly refused.
Floors 11 to 19 of the Exchange housed various restaurants, bars, KTVs, gyms, etc., and major commodity transactions were also conducted here.
However, it was still morning, and places like restaurants, bars, and KTVs were not yet open.
She would go to a restaurant for lunch with the head of the renovation team.
As for the gym, Tang Li was interested. However, she was afraid of exposing the muscles on her body and her incredible strength, so she did not go.
Finally, Zhuo Ya could only take Tang Li to the trading area.
Tang Li was, naturally, not interested in the luxury goods, artworks, and collectibles here either.
At this time, the solar storm had not yet begun, and there were no protective suits or weapons available for exchange at the Exchange.
Originally, Tang Li had no intention of exchanging anything with material allocation vouchers.
But under Zhuo Ya's persuasion, Tang Li still exchanged some items that might be useful later and had not been collected before.
For example, various facial cleansers, toners, serums, lotions, masks, and other skincare products;
For example, various lipsticks, eyebrow pencils, eyeshadows, mascaras, foundations, and other cosmetics;
For example, various ginseng, deer antler velvet, donkey-hide gelatin, bird's nest, and other tonics...
When passing by the place selling Chinese medicinal herbs, Tang Li also collected a portion of all kinds of medicinal herbs from the shop into her space.
Although it seemed a bit strange, Tang Li could no longer afford to be low-key.
If these medicinal herbs were not collected now, they would never be collected again and would become extremely expensive.
This was because, after the apocalypse, many Chinese medicinal herbs would go extinct.
Therefore, even though it might attract attention, Tang Li still had the old doctor at the herb shop give her one liang of all the herbs in the shop.
In addition to Chinese medicinal herbs, Tang Li also bought all kinds of prepared plasters, ointments, and pills.
Fortunately, the old doctor at the herb shop was not like the owner of the previous pharmacy Tang Li encountered, who disliked Tang Li for buying many varieties in small quantities.
He weighed one liang of each of the 76 types of Chinese medicinal herbs, wrote down their names, packaged them, and handed them to Tang Li.
He also happily gave Tang Li one portion of all the prepared traditional Chinese medicines he had made.
He also carefully introduced Tang Li, explaining which ointment was for treating external injuries, which plaster was for bruises and sprains, and which pills were for refreshing the mind...
After this exchange, Zhuo Ya could see.
Tang Li was not interested in things that seemed valuable but was keen on collecting various small items, even if the quantity was very small, as long as the variety was as much as possible.
So, next, Zhuo Ya took Tang Li to see all sorts of diverse small items.
Cotton cloth, linen cloth, silk, chemical fiber cloth, etc., in various colors; various yarns, wool yarns, silk threads, sewing threads, etc.; buttons, buckles, zippers, Velcro, etc., in various styles; as well as cotton, wool, silk, chemical fibers, etc....
Tang Li exchanged some of these items and put them into the car she had just rented.
After taking them out of the Exchange, she would collect them into her space on the way.
Soon, it was noon.
The head of the renovation team was a middle-aged man surnamed Xie.
Before the flood, he ran a renovation company.
After the floodwaters receded, many people asked him to repaint their homes, which had been severely damaged by the flood, so he was also very busy.
However, because the currency before the apocalypse could not be used temporarily, and everyone did not have many material allocation vouchers, he could only take on some small businesses.
He was a little incredulous when he heard that there was a large order at the material exchange, and he only took time to come and discuss it during his lunch break.
Finally, it was agreed that all renovation materials would be provided by Boss Xie, and the electricity needed before the power was restored would be provided by Tang Li.
The renovation fee was 3000 points. Half was paid on the spot, and the other half would be paid after the renovation was completed.
Boss Xie was overjoyed to receive the 1500 points in material allocation vouchers.
He still had a lot of renovation materials purchased before the apocalypse and was worried about how to exchange them for material allocation vouchers that could be used to exchange for survival supplies. Now, he could finally sell them.