My Siheyuan Shelter

Chapter 7 Hoarding Food
As the saying goes, money can make a ghost run the mill!
Motivated by money, the renovation of the courtyard was officially completed in less than a week.

Xu Dong found a professional in the industry to come over for inspection, and the result was not bad.

In the other party's original words:
"If it is well maintained, it will be fine for 100 years."

This renovation, Xu Dong spent a total of about 356 million yuan before and after.

After deducting the 1 million yuan for the purchase of the courtyard house, plus the repayment of various loan sharks and 30 yuan of foreign debts, Xu Dong now has almost 6000 million yuan left.

And of this 6000 million yuan, most of it will be used to hoard various materials.

Xu Dong first chose to hoard food, including staple food and non-staple food.

According to the experience of previous lives, after the end of the solar flare, the world will soon usher in an unprecedented drought with no end in sight.

At that time, food will become the strategic material next only to freshwater resources in all countries.

Even from a certain perspective, food is more important than freshwater resources.

Because as long as the ocean has not completely dried up, freshwater resources will continue to flow, and it is nothing more than a matter of cost.

The grain is grown, and there are too many unexpected factors, and no one can guarantee the output.

In order to facilitate purchasing, Xu Dong deliberately took over a small supermarket that was about to go out of business through an intermediary, and used it as a cover.

After all, some purchases require specific qualifications and channels, and ordinary people simply cannot intervene.

everything's ready!
Xu Dong quickly placed his first order with the supplier, 30 tons of hulled de-rice.

Among them, Northeast rice and silk seedling rice are half and half, and deoxidizers are required to be added, and then sealed and packaged.

The reason for such strict requirements is to prolong the shelf life of rice. In theory, as long as it is stored properly, the shelf life can be as long as three to 40 years.

In order to attract suppliers, Xu Dong had to increase the purchase price of rice by [-]%, so that sellers were willing to take orders.

After all, 30 tons of rice is more than enough, enough to feed a family of ten for 30 years;

However, less is less, and some large manufacturers are not willing to change the production line for this, because the quantity is too small and the loss outweighs the gain.

Only some small manufacturers will be willing to try, provided they have to pay extra.

After placing the order for paddy, Xu Dong immediately placed another order for 10 tons of wheat. The requirements were the same, and it was sealed with deoxidizer after drying.

Although Wanzhou belongs to the transitional area between the north and the south, Luyang is definitely a southern city. The staple food of ordinary people is still rice, and Xu Dong's family is no exception.

Wheat is only used for breakfast, or to adjust the appetite. Of course, dumplings are definitely the best choice.

After placing these two orders and agreeing on the delivery time, Xu Dong did not continue to place the order.

It has been a week since he came to Yanjing for a "business trip", and he is a little homesick, especially the children.

And you really need to go back and show your face, lest the family worry.

Happy times are always short...

Five days passed in a blink of an eye, and Xu Dong returned to Yanjing again, because the rice and wheat were about to arrive.

At eleven o'clock in the evening, Xu Dong received a call from the logistics company, and the delivery team finally arrived.

Right next to the courtyard house, there is a square more than 500 square meters. Under Xu Dong's guidance, three large trucks parked neatly on the square.

After completing the handover procedures, Xu Dong greeted the porters to start unloading.

The porters are part-timers found online in advance. There are 20 people in total, and they are charged by the hour. Because it is heavy physical work, each person costs 70 yuan per hour.

Two hours later, all 30 tons of rice were transported back to the courtyard of the courtyard. Fortunately, three electric forklifts were purchased in advance, otherwise the work would not be finished until dawn.

Early the next morning, 10 tons of wheat also arrived. This time, four small trucks came. Xu Dong directly asked the driver to park in front of the gate.

It didn't take much time this time. Ten people finished the work in less than an hour. Xu Dong saw that everyone was working happily, and finally each of them directly sent one hundred yuan.

For the sake of confidentiality, in the next week, Xu Dong used the spirit of ants to move all the 40 tons of staple food into the negative second floor of the basement.

The temperature of the negative second layer is lower than that of the negative first layer, so it is more suitable for storing food.

Don't look at the 40 tons of cargo that looks like a lot, but it actually only takes up about one-fifth of the shelf.

The entire warehouse still needs more goods to fill up, and Xu Dong is full of expectations for this.

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After hoarding the staple food, next is all kinds of miscellaneous grains, including corn.

For many southerners, corn is also a kind of grain, which is rarely used as a staple food in daily life.

This time, Xu Dong did not look for a supplier, but placed an order directly on the shopping website. After all, the amount required was not as exaggerated as the staple food.

Among them, soybeans are the most purchased, with a total of 2 tons. These soybeans are mainly used for grinding soy milk and making tofu, and adults and children like to eat them.

Followed by millet, barley, oats, mung beans, black beans, peas, lotus seeds and corn, Xu Dong bought 1 ton of each, enough for the whole family to eat for many years.

The above-mentioned miscellaneous grains of beans and cereals are very suitable for long-term storage. They also only need to be dried and sealed. Generally, they will not deteriorate after three to 50 years.

In addition, Xu Dong purchased 200 kilograms of grains, such as sesame, peanut, barley, chestnut and other grains that did not have such a long storage period, enough to eat for a few years.

Anyway, after eating, you can also buy it through the black market.

Even if you can't buy it, it doesn't matter, you won't be missing a piece of meat if you can't eat it.

When it comes to meat, there is no need to think about fresh meat. At that time, you can only try your luck on the black market.

Xu Dong plans to buy a batch of bacon and Jinhua ham. If these two foods are sealed and stored, they should be kept for several years.

On the online shopping platform, he picked a very famous merchant, and Xu Dong directly wiped out all his inventory, totaling more than 4000 kilograms.

Because of the large quantity, the merchant gave a 150% discount, but even so it cost more than [-] million.

Unwilling, Xu Dong searched the Internet and finally let him find a food with meat with a long enough shelf life.

This is an emergency food that is very popular on the other side of the ocean. It is freeze-dried and has a shelf life of up to 30 years.

What's even more amazing is that this emergency food is rich in ingredients and can be made into finished dishes, and vegetables, meat and pasta can be used as raw materials.

Its taste is also said to be good. Even in the past few decades, it can still retain most of the taste and nutrients. It is a product specially developed for "survival in the last days".

However, its price is also very expensive. A bag of emergency food weighing about 100 grams costs about 70 yuan in Daxia money.

Xu Dong was wealthy at this time, and of course he was willing to spend money.

Through the agent, he purchased 10 packs of emergency food in one go, in various flavors, including shipping, and finally paid a full 720 million yuan.

The only trouble is that this shipment will not arrive until August, after all, there is still a Pacific Ocean between the two countries.

(End of this chapter)