novellhall Chapter 197 has actually been published!
Chapter 197 has actually been published!
The two remained silent, following closely behind Qiao An.
"You two relax a bit," Qiao An said, looking at Huang Hanliang. "Especially you, aren't you just telling everyone you're holding onto your money and are ready to rob me?"
Huang Hanliang pursed his lips into a thin line, saying it so casually, but it was 30,000 yuan.
"Let's go back to the guesthouse first, and then buy fertilizer after we've rented the warehouse."
Huang Hanliang stood beside Qiao An without moving.
"Huh? What's wrong?" Qiao An asked, puzzled.
"Sister-in-law, you should deposit the money first, otherwise I'm afraid I won't be able to sleep tonight."
Li Chao nodded. "Me too."
That's right, she forgot that 30,000 yuan is a huge sum of money for people nowadays.
She looked up and saw a savings bank on the side of the road.
"You two wait for me at the door, I'm going to deposit the money."
Qiao An took the bag and went inside, while Li Chao and Huang Hanliang stood guard outside the door.
There's no online shopping or cryptocurrency now; everything has to be done with cash.
Where is the convenient place to store money in a savings bank?
Qiao An pretended to go to the restroom, put the money into her spatial storage, and lingered for a while before coming out.
Seeing the empty backpacks, Huang Hanliang and Li Chao inexplicably breathed a sigh of relief.
I can finally get a good night's sleep.
At noon, Qiao An took them to eat some local snacks from Guangyun City.
Two soldiers who had lived in the Northwest for several years and only knew how to fight and train were frightened by the dazzling world of Guangyun City.
Girls wearing flared jeans or brightly colored dresses can be seen everywhere on the street.
The young man, with a perm and wearing sunglasses, walked along singing popular songs from the port city.
Huang Hanliang and Li Chao looked out of place in the crowd, appearing dull and wooden.
They were soldiers, so Qiao An naturally wouldn't reform them in the same way she reformed Feng Sanqiang and the others.
"This is rice noodle roll, a famous snack in Guangyun City. Try it!"
Joanne pointed to the food on the table and said with a smile.
The two turned their attention away from the street and hurriedly began to eat.
"Sister-in-law, these buns aren't as good as yours."
Li Chao finished a plate of rice noodle rolls in just a few bites, feeling that he hadn't tasted anything at all.
"Boss, six more servings of pan-fried dumplings, three plates of stir-fried snails, and two plates of radish and beef offal," Qiao An called out to the boss.
Li Chao glanced at the menu on the wall, and his expression immediately changed.
"Sister-in-law, we're full, you don't need to eat anymore..."
Joan interrupted him, "I know how much you soldiers eat. One serving of rice noodle rolls is enough to fill you up. Do you think I'm stupid?"
Li Chao swallowed his words back.
He just saw it; a single serving of fried dumplings costs one yuan and fifty cents.
Six portions would cost nine yuan.
Adding in miscellaneous items, it totaled more than ten yuan, which wiped out more than half a month's salary for him.
"You two come out with me. As your sister-in-law, I naturally can't let you suffer. You've seen it yourself, I'm rich. Supporting you two is a piece of cake."
Huang Hanliang and Li Chao exchanged a glance.
It's more than enough to support not only the two of them, but the entire Fourth Regiment.
The regimental commander really found a good wife; she's practically a reincarnation of the God of Wealth.
Qiao An didn't have any free time in the afternoon; she went to find the small business owners she had met on her last visit.
Purchase a batch of dried goods according to the previous list, sell some to the Northwest Army, and keep the rest for future business in Amutu.
Huang Hanliang and Li Chao just watched from the side.
One thousand, three thousand, five thousand, eight thousand.
Qiao An spends money like water, spending eight thousand yuan in just half a day.
From initial shock, the two gradually became numb.
So what if other people spend a lot?
Didn't I earn it back with just two sets of clothes?
When discussing business, Joanne would find a way to get the two of them away and have them go to the market to buy things for her.
When Huang Hanliang and Li Chao returned, Qiao An pretended that they had finalized the deal to buy fertilizer.
In the evening, Dong Dahai called the guesthouse and told her the exact location of the warehouse.
Qiao An slept in a single room, while Huang Hanliang and Li Chao slept in a double room opposite her.
While everyone was resting that night, Qiao An secretly ran away from the guesthouse.
Guangyun City is very lively at night, with streets full of people having late-night snacks, so there's no need to worry about safety at all.
Even if someone is blind enough to pick a fight with Qiao An, it's not certain who will be the one who suffers.
Qiao An arrived at the warehouse smoothly and registered her personal information with the security personnel.
The other party gave her a key.
"This is the warehouse that Boss Dong rented for you. It's been rented for seven days. You can return the key when it's time to go."
"Okay, thank you."
Joanne took the key and turned to walk towards warehouse number 4.
"What are you doing in the warehouse so late at night? There's nothing inside." The security guard was completely baffled.
Joanne opened the warehouse and locked the door behind her.
She took out ten tons of urea from the space.
A small mountain immediately appeared in the warehouse.
Next came ten large sacks of freeze-dried vegetables and dried fruits.
After doing all this, Joanne ran back to the guesthouse.
The next morning, Qiao An brought Huang Hanliang and Li Chao to the warehouse.
She had arranged to deliver the goods to the bosses at 10 a.m.
Joan pretended to go to the security guard, handed him a pack of cigarettes, and chatted for a bit.
Then he took the key and walked up to Huang Hanliang and Li Chao.
He deliberately lowered his voice, "Last night, when no one was around, Boss Zhang brought over the fertilizer and freeze-dried vegetables."
"So fast?" Huang Hanliang was shocked by the speed of the businessmen in Guangyun City.
"I paid an extra 20% just for one word: 'fast'."
Upon hearing this, Huang Hanliang and Li Chao felt even greater respect for Qiao An.
They knew that Joan had come to Guangyun City to solve Amutu's food crisis, and that he had even paid for it himself.
The things my sister-in-law did are so bad that even high-ranking officials would be hesitant to use their own money to buy fertilizer for the farmers in the commune, let alone other military families.
They bought ten tons at once.
The three waited in the warehouse for a while, and several owners of dried goods stores arrived one after another.
After all the goods were unloaded, Joan paid the remaining balance.
The goods and people were exchanged.
After a quick lunch, Qiao An, along with Huang Hanliang and Li Chao, went to the Armed Forces Department of Guangyun City to hand over the expedited military train transport order approved by Wu Yingguo to Shi Xinda, the head of the Armed Forces Department.
Wu Yingguo was Shi Xinda's former superior, and he saw the note personally approved by his former superior.
He didn't dare delay for a moment, and in the afternoon he sent people to load everything in the warehouse onto trucks.
When Qiao An finally got into the car to check, she put half of the dried goods inside into her spatial storage.
Anyway, the person unloading the truck is different from the person loading it, so nobody knows exactly how much she bought.
The military train transport had gone ahead of time, and Qiao An bought a return ticket for 10 p.m.
There are still several hours left.
Qiao An led the two of them for a stroll through the streets of Guangyun City. When they passed a bookstore, they suddenly heard someone talking about CNC machine tools.
This is something that ordinary people don't know, so Qiao An pricked up her ears and listened carefully.
"The person who wrote this book is absolutely a genius. Our professor said that this author named Joan must be a very impressive mechanical engineering expert."
"I watched it too, but I don't understand many parts. I'll have to ask the teacher again when I go to school tomorrow."
"The name sounds like a woman's."