Chapter 007: Maxed Out the Credit Card

In her previous life, after placing the only mutated live mouse she had into her space and starving it to death, Jing Shu no longer had any samples for experiments. Awkward.

It’s true that eating vegetables grown with the Spirit Spring can strengthen the body, but cabbages that originally took 90 days to grow became plump and white in just five days with the Spirit Spring. Does accelerated growth shorten their lifespan?

Once the crops in the fields mature, the Spirit Spring stops supplying automatically, but if not harvested for a long time, they will age and dry out. Does this mean that as long as there is Spirit Spring, the vegetables won’t age or dry out? What effect does the Spirit Spring have on animals and humans?

So Jing Shu went ahead to the livestock breeding base to experiment on livestock of different sizes and lifespans. In this life, she didn’t want to be weak and be killed so miserably.

She wanted to become strong in all aspects, keeping a low profile in life but ready to act boldly whenever necessary.

As soon as she arrived at the breeding base, a row of small truck drivers approached to solicit business for transporting livestock. Jing Shu spent 300 yuan to hire Sister Zhou, who had seven years of driving experience.

The smell emitted by the various livestock at the breeding base was unbearable. Jing Shu quickly selected 15 hens, 2 roosters, 6 female ducks, 1 male duck, 5 rabbits, and 10 quails, swiping 2,500 yuan from her credit card. Sister Zhou efficiently moved the cages onto the small truck in batches.

Next, she bought a young heifer for 4,000 yuan, a young bull for 3,500 yuan, one male and one female lamb totaling 1,700 yuan; and one male and one female black piglet totaling 1,000 yuan. She heard that black pork was delicious… *slurp*…

Not only did Sister Zhou help her pick and bargain, but she also got the sellers to throw in some feed, feeding boxes, and troughs. By the time the two of them had packed all the purchased livestock into the truck, it was already 3 p.m. Fortunately, the piglets and lambs were small and didn’t take up much space, and the chickens, ducks, and rabbits all had cages. But the chickens and ducks kept squawking; couldn’t they learn from the piglets and find a comfortable spot to sleep?

Before getting in the car, Jing Shu took photos of the license plate and the cows and sheep in front of Sister Zhou. After getting in, she smiled and explained to her, “Just letting my dad know I’m safe and that I’ve made the purchases. He’s always worried about me shopping alone.”

When a girl goes to remote, unpopulated places, she needs to be extra cautious, especially when carrying livestock worth 12,700 yuan. Money can tempt people; it’s best not to test human nature casually.

“That’s the way it should be; girls need to have such awareness. Don’t worry, young lady, I’ll get you home safely,” Sister Zhou said with a smile, not minding at all, as the young girl acted very naturally.

Following the GPS, Jing Shu had Sister Zhou drive to the villa, which was quite remote, with hardly any cars in sight. They swiped an ID card at the community entrance and drove a bit further to reach the place. Sister Zhou even helped unload the chickens, ducks, pigs, sheep, and cows. Jing Shu swiped her credit card for 350 yuan and said, “Sorry to have delayed your lunch, Sister. Here’s an extra 50 yuan to compensate you.”

Sister Zhou left her phone number, grinning from ear to ear. As she left, she thought, “Do people living in villas now like to raise pigs and sheep? City folks really know how to have fun.”

Jing Shu didn’t dare to use her space at the villa’s entrance. This housing development was built in 2018, and not far away was a community that could accommodate tens of thousands of people. Although more than half of the units hadn’t been sold, and those that were sold were mostly for investment, who knew if someone might be living there? Who knew if there were cameras around?

With 1.4 billion people in China, enough houses have been built to accommodate 6 billion people!

She opened the courtyard gate, and after multiple trips, Jing Shu was panting heavily. After closing the gate and checking the surroundings, she placed the two calves and two lambs into a combined 4-cubic-meter space; when the cows and sheep grew bigger, she would need to expand the space. For now, it was just right—not crowded, with room to move around.

She put the two black piglets into a separate 1-cubic-meter space, 17 chickens into a 4-cubic-meter space, 7 ducks into a 2-cubic-meter space, 5 rabbits into a 1-cubic-meter space, and also allocated a separate 1-cubic-meter space for the 10 quails. Jing Shu threw in the feeding troughs and unlocked cages, and fetched water from the villa to pour in.

The chickens stopped clucking, and the sheep became quiet. The space seemed to have a magical effect, simulating the most suitable temperature and climate for them.

Aside from the space occupied by the livestock, Jing Shu had 1 cubic meter of feed; 1 cubic meter of mushroom kits; 1 cubic meter of seeds; and 1 cubic meter of sweet potato and yam tuber seeds gifted by the shop owner.

Jing Shu’s space usage: 1 Spirit Spring + 6 farmlands + 13 cubic meters for livestock + 4 cubic meters for miscellaneous items, leaving 40 cubic meters of space. The cows, sheep, chickens, ducks, and rabbits would continue to use the space, but after making dried meat and smoked meat, Jing Shu planned to keep just a few breeding pairs.

She would have to prepare diluted Spirit Spring water when she got back. The feed could last a few days; once the vegetables in the space matured, she could feed them vegetable leaves.

Jing Shu took a tour around the villa for an on-site inspection, further refining the renovation plans in her mind before locking the door and leaving.

She wanted to find a taxi but waited fifteen minutes without success. She had to add 10 yuan on Didi to get a car from 5 kilometers away. Without further ado, Jing Shu headed straight to the new energy car market. The reason was simple: she was about to renovate the villa, and without a car, it would be really inconvenient. By the time they sold the house and car, she could use the new energy car to go to work for a few days. After the apocalypse, she wouldn’t have to commute so far anymore.

After the apocalypse, cars that ran on gasoline and diesel became scrap metal because there was no fuel, including those that ran on natural gas; only new energy cars were popular. Especially when fleeing and seeking refuge, having a new energy car while others walked and you rode… heh.

She had planned to buy a new energy car sooner or later, so why not today?

New energy cars had developed to this point, always being hybrids of oil and electricity, as problems like power and endurance hadn’t been solved yet. Market share was very low. No matter how much they boasted, they could only run over 100 kilometers before needing a recharge, couldn’t go over 60 km/h, charging required supervision, it was hard to find charging stations, and the batteries might fail at any time—not retaining value.

But! In the apocalypse, if you had a car that could run, you’d be secretly laughing. No matter how powerful a fuel-burning car was, if it couldn’t run in the apocalypse, what’s the use?

Without saying anything, Jing Shu went straight for the BYD Song MAX, an old model. It came with more than half in subsidies—a luxurious seven-seater, spacious, with energy-saving LED lights, 360° panoramic imaging, and charging cost only a few yuan each time. Now, buying the luxury top model, after all fees, only cost over 60,000 yuan!

She chose a red one and shamelessly took out a loan, swiping her credit card for a 27,000 yuan down payment. After completing the procedures, buying insurance, and getting a temporary license plate, Jing Shu drove the Song MAX home like that!

She had gotten her driver’s license at 18 but rarely drove her parents’ cars, so Jing Shu’s skill level was: as long as you stayed far away from her, you’d survive. 😊

After much effort, she managed to park the car in the community parking space. Jing Shu then swiped her card to buy over a dozen bottles of mineral water. Completely penniless and with her stomach growling, she went home. Opening the door, she saw her eldest uncle and aunt, and her aunt and uncle neatly sitting on the sofa, all turning their heads simultaneously.

Jing Shu swallowed, glanced at the time—6:25 p.m. Oh, even if they were all off work, why were they looking at her like that? What happened?