October 23rd, 341. 5:00 PM.
Today is October 23rd, Saturday, the eighteenth day of the ninth lunar month... Today is Frost Descent...
Tang Li drove her rented car, listening to the news on the radio as she headed to the supermarket.
She had just returned from the warehouse, having stored everything she had exchanged at the Material Exchange in her space.
Since Zhuo Ya discovered Tang Li's fondness for collecting all sorts of small items, she had started catering to Tang Li's "quirk."
Over the past month, Zhuo Ya had helped Tang Li gather a lot of supplies.
Initially, they were items that might be used in daily life, such as various rulers, needles, scissors, etc., or various saws, drills, files, etc., and then various sewing machines, hand drills, grinders, etc.
Gradually, the collection expanded to include various types of lumber, pig iron, steel, cement, synthetic plastics, various experimental equipment, chemical raw materials... items not typically used in daily life were also being gathered.
Tang Li accepted everything, no matter what it was. If it was something that might be used, regardless of whether it would be used in the future, she stored a portion of it in her space.
Small items were put in the car and then stored in her space on the way. Large items were transported to the warehouse on the high ground and then stored in her space when no one was around.
Just now, in the warehouse, Tang Li had stored a piece of steel of various specifications into her space.
However, the items in the warehouse couldn't just disappear into thin air. If they did, the people from the exchange might become suspicious when they transported more materials next time.
Therefore, after Tang Li stored all the materials in the warehouse, including the steel, into her space, she would then replicate a copy and leave it in the warehouse.
After a month, the newly added blank space had finally been filled up to about eighty percent.
Of course, exceptionally large items like various lathes, machining centers, excavators, and other machinery were either controlled by the authorities, or if Tang Li bought them, they would just sit idle, or her material allocation coupons were insufficient to purchase them, so Zhuo Ya did not recommend them.
Although the items she exchanged were diverse, they were still in small quantities, just like before.
Furthermore, most of these items were things that people nowadays were unwilling to exchange their material allocation coupons for, and with Zhuo Ya's low-ball offers, the prices given by those selling materials were also very cheap.
Therefore, Tang Li had only spent less than 8,000 points of material allocation coupons to purchase these items.
Tang Li's material allocation coupon account still had over 22,000 points remaining.
After paying the final installment to the renovation team today, she would be just above the VIP threshold of 20,000 points.
In addition to the items mentioned above, Tang Li spent the remaining 2,000-plus points on purchasing walkie-talkies, solar panels, diesel generators, and diesel fuel.
These items were needed for the supermarket.
Although Tang Li already had many of these items in her space, it was not advisable to take them out rashly at the moment.
She could only exchange some more at the Material Exchange using material allocation coupons and, likewise, store them in her space when no one was around, effectively adding to her inventory.
Before the power was restored, the renovation team at the supermarket used the electricity provided by these exchanged diesel generators and diesel fuel.
Soon, Tang Li's car stopped at the entrance of the supermarket.
The mud and debris in various parts of City A had all been cleared, and water, electricity, and natural gas had been restored.
At this moment, standing at the supermarket entrance, Tang Li could not see any trace of the flood.
Except for her supermarket, which had undergone a complete transformation!
Only a glass door remained at the supermarket entrance; all other glass display windows had been sealed up, and not a single window had been opened.
There was also a roller shutter door outside the glass door.
When the extreme cold season arrived, pulling down the roller shutter door and sealing it with sealant strips, sponges, and blankets would provide insulation.
The downside was that the supermarket's ventilation would be poor.
However, the low temperatures during the extreme cold season could be fatal, so sacrificing some ventilation for warmth was acceptable.
Several people were standing on the supermarket roof.
Tang Li looked closely and recognized them as Boss Xie and his crew.
"Little Boss Tang, once these 12 solar panels are installed, the supermarket renovation will be complete!"
Seeing Tang Li arrive, Boss Xie shouted to her.
Tang Li also shouted back, "Thank you for your hard work, Boss Xie. You can come down once you're done, and I'll pay you the final installment."
"Hehe, no trouble, no rush,"
After speaking, Boss Xie scurried down.
Tang Li smiled and shook her head.
Turning back to her car, she took out the Peking duck she had packed before the catastrophe from her space, and then walked into the supermarket.