After finishing the warehouse’s matter, Ruan Ning would not stock up on gasoline today, mainly because she was afraid that someone would recognize her at the gas station if she went there too often.
Her first priority today was to buy coal.
In the apocalypse of natural disasters, the natural gas supply in the city was cut off.
If you want to survive, you must find fire sources. Tables, chairs, and benches at home, community greening, suburban woods, and even library books have been burned.
Now that she could store energy, she must of course store more.
In a rural area far away from the urban area, Ruan Ning found a briquettes factory.
Upon entering, Ruan Ning saw everything in ruins. Probably because of environmental protection in recent years, small briquette factories like this have struggled to survive.
Summer was the low peak period, and business was deserted. The entire factory felt like a crumbling house with four walls.
The boss didn’t have the money to sit around and tinker with the mold with the two workers. His whole body was covered in black dust, especially where the sweat dripped down his face, washing out clear ‘rivers’.
When he saw Ruan Ning, he dropped what he was doing, walked over, and asked, “Little girl, do you want to buy coal?”
Ruan Ning nodded: “How many household models are there per ton?”
Seeing that she was a young girl, the boss thought that she was sent by her parents: “One ton is about eight hundred. How many do you want to buy? Do you want two hundred?”
Ruan Ning calculated that more fire would be needed during the extreme cold period, but other energy sources could also be used. Even if coal was burned every day, and 4 of them were used a day, then if twenty tons were stored, it would still last for ten years.
Ruan Ning said: “I need about twenty tons. Boss, what’s the lowest price you can get?”
The boss was shocked: “Do you want so much?”
If he could do business, he didn’t care what Ruan Ning did.
The boss couldn’t hide the surprise on his face. He pondered for a moment and said: “Ours are environmentally friendly briquettes, which have a long burning time. They are usually one yuan per kilogram. The price really can’t go down. So, I can only calculate 900 yuan per ton.”
Ruan Ning: “850.”
The boss was embarrassed: “I really can’t sell this. You also know the current coal market. Labor is expensive. It’s not easy for me to do business.”
Ruan Ning saw that he was really working hard: “Then, just the lucky number 880. My boss won’t agree more than that. By the way, do you know where I can buy smokeless carbon around here?”
The boss was overjoyed. He finally managed to make a big deal. He was weighing how much money he could make: “Smokeless charcoal? If you go out and turn right, there will be a charcoal seller about a thousand meters away.”
Ruan Ning asked again: “Is there any timber business? I want to buy some scraps.”
The boss introduced them again, and Ruan Ning wrote them down one by one.
In the end, the two of them agreed to deliver the goods in batches within three days. They would be paid as much as they delivered.
Later, Ruan Ning found a small smokeless carbon factory. Because this was mainly used in extremely cold periods, the price reached 3,100 yuan per ton, so she only bought five tons.
That was five thousand kilograms. (T/N: In the original text, it says 10,000 kg. But, I calculate it should be 5,000 kg, right? So, I changed it. Sorry, Author-sama.)
This factory actually sold a return air stove or stove, which could be used for both coal and firewood and had a flue. The stove was mainly made of stainless steel. There was a one-meter-two-diameter tempered glass table on top, which could be used to boil water for cooking. There was also a small oven next to the stove, which could be used to roast sweet potatoes in winter.
After burning, a stove could warm the area around 20 square meters.
This was an extremely cold weapon.
Ruan Ning just didn’t know if she could install it by the time, but her father would be there by then, so there should be no problem.
Just took protective measures.
After making an appointment with the delivery time and place, Ruan Ning found two more wood processing factories and packaged their scraps, which amounted to about six or seven tons, for a total of more than 2,000 yuan.
More than thirty tons of fuel could be used by their family for a long, long time.
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Lucien On ABRWF Chapter 34.1
Why the hell is she bargaining with a man who’s already finding it hard to survive when she has been spending money like water on other things? Is she a demoness, lol?
I know my reply is a year later but Ur srsly not thinking about her situation. The apocalypse is coming. She needs to maximise every bit of money for herself and her parents. Is she supposed to be responsible for his well being. Giving him business in the first place is good enough. She could have gone somewhere else too you know?