I Became a Vicious Supporting Role in the '70s-Chapter 2 Crazy Hoarding

The real estate agency nearby hosts the largest farmers' market around, and her supernatural space, though modest with only ten acres of land and a pond, has remarkable properties: Items don't rot and plants grow at double the speed, while the pond provides an endless water supply.

Shen Meng first purchased various types of grain seeds: wheat, rice, sorghum, corn...

Then she bought beans, tomatoes, eggplants, chili peppers, cabbage, radishes, and other types of vegetable seeds, clearing out the store's stock.

Next, Shen Meng headed to a grain and oil shop.

Rice, soybeans, black beans, sesame seeds, sorghum, corn, chestnut grains... she bought a hundred bags of each. Peanut oil, soybean oil, sesame oil, walnut oil, olive oil... she got fifty barrels of each. Even red dates, spices, chili peppers, various dried goods, and sauces she didn't skimp on!

The shop owner, seeing such a generous customer for the first time, wrote pages of the invoice; the calculator nearly broke down, accounting for goods worth over a hundred thousand! A month's sales completed in half a day! The happy owner threw in some extra rice bags and even arranged a free delivery later in the day.

After that, Shen Meng, following the same method, ordered three hundred catties of each type of vegetable.

While ordering, she hesitated briefly, considering the ample space she had and that the vegetable seeds could be regenerated. Having fewer vegetables wouldn't matter much; the main thing was to buy more meat later.

The products she ordered were all set to be delivered by the following afternoon; she checked the time, grabbed a meal at a restaurant, then drove two hours on the highway to the nearest small town.

Here, not only is the meat fresh, but also just slaughtered; there are cattle farms, chicken farms, and pig farms, along with plenty of orchards.

When Shen Meng arrived in the town, it happened to be a busy market day, buzzing with activity—miscellaneous dishes, snacks, confectionery, vegetables, fruits, clothes, small stalls, and even shops specializing in quilts and quilt-covers, and general hardware.

She visited the seven pharmacies and five maternity stores on the street, buying anything of good quality she came across.

The vendors, being honest and simple folk, seeing her as a frail young woman, would carry her purchases to her car trunk without hesitation.

Shen Meng would hurriedly stash the goods into her supernatural space after the vendors left.

For goods that couldn't be retrieved on the spot, she had them sent the following day and specifically sought out shops that sold cast iron stoves for outdoor use.

She shopped around the breeding farms, saying she needed it for a family event, and bought up all the animals slaughtered that day. The farm owners were generous, not only giving her the processed offal but helping clean them too.

Shen Meng didn't neglect the various orchards either, purchasing seedlings wherever she could, emphasizing the importance of supplementing vitamins, and had them all delivered the next day.

Just as she was about to leave, she spotted a bun shop and bought several types, finding them quite delicious, and they offered a variety including large meat buns, small vegetable buns, beef buns, soup dumplings, Shuijianbao, vegetable boxes, and various other items like noodles, rice lines, hot and spicy soup, red bean porridge, pumpkin porridge, and more.

Since the shop wasn't crowded, Shen Meng had the shop prepare a massive order; she preferred to take ready-cooked food immediately rather than pre-order, as paying upfront and possibly not getting the food later could be infuriating.

Lastly, as dusk fell, Shen Meng raided the pharmacies, haunted by a dream she had, deeply disturbed by the thought of being in such dire conditions that even drinking water could pose hazards, she bought every possible medicine before returning home.

She reached home past nine at night, utterly exhausted, and fell into bed without even showering, sleeping straight through to morning.

Shen Meng felt slightly disoriented, not having dreamed the previous night, occasionally dreading that perhaps, the misfortune in her dreams might not be intended for her!

If so, had she wasted her 1.7 million?

But destiny gave her no time for doubts.

Upon waking, Shen Meng's phone was incessantly ringing, either for deliveries of clothes and quilts, various meats, or rice, flour, grains, and fruits and vegetables.

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Trucks arrived one after another, unloading goods to her temporarily rented garage—after each delivery, she would store everything in her supernatural space and repeat this several times.

Fortuitously, since most occupants in her complex were speculative buyers resulting in a low occupancy rate, her extensive purchases drew little attention. One afternoon, she only encountered a couple walking their dog near the garage.

After a day of satisfying shopping, Shen Meng was rudely awakened in the middle of the night by a distressing dream.

The dream deeply pained her—the man holding a green coat she had worn before, jumping into the river where she had fallen; during the frigid winter, by the time he was found, he was frozen stiff.

Once her heart calmed somewhat, Shen Meng touched her face, realizing it was damp with tears.

Stunned for a moment, despite her unwillingness, she had to admit that this family's fate was too tragic, and even more heartbreakingly, she needed to continue spending money to stockpile supplies.

The next day, without pausing, Shen Meng bought a plane ticket directly to a small commodities market, purchasing everything she could find including hairbands, cosmetics, old-style porcelain basins, enamel jars, traditional mirrors, hot water bottles, retro clothes, shoes, hats, padded jackets, yarn, needles, sweaters, sock shoes, bicycles, TVs, refrigerators, nostalgic toys, stickers, and books.

She had planned to stay a few more days, but suddenly received a call from the real estate agent, informing her that an elderly couple was interested in buying her house.

Hearing this, Shen Meng immediately canceled her extended stay and flew back promptly, as this matter couldn't be delayed.

The elderly couple, being decent people, didn't drive a hard bargain with her, a young woman on her own. After negotiations, they prepared the contract, processed the transfer, and completed the payment.

After transferring the house, Shen Meng's time was consumed either by receiving deliveries or heading out to receive them. Recently, a trend for domestic products had swept the internet, and she went on a shopping spree live online, buying loads of affordable, high-quality goods that also came with many freebies.

Strangely enough, during this hectic period of stockpiling, Shen Meng found herself sleeping very soundly.