Volume One, Chapter Six: Spatial Supplies, Overnight Wealth

“Men, come with me to see what’s going on. The women stay home and tidy up.”

Old Su’s heart was still pounding with anxiety as he quickly issued the order.

His instinct told him that something serious had happened in the village, so he hurriedly gathered his sons and grandchildren to leave.

Shen Yuehua took her daughter back to their room.

“Sweetheart, do you want to sleep with me tonight or go to your own room? Don’t mind it, that room was Wanwan’s before, but I’ve already changed the bedding. No one else has used it,” Shen Yuehua hurriedly explained, recalling something.

Shen Shuli hadn’t seen her parents for eight years and missed them deeply, but she didn’t want to compete with her father over her mother.

Besides, there would be plenty of chances to sleep with her mother once they were on the run.

“Mom, I’ll sleep by myself. Don’t worry, I’m not bothered by that,” Shen Shuli replied.

Shen Yuehua breathed a sigh of relief and asked, “Shall we wait for your father to come back and see what happened in the village?”

“Sure, it’s still early. I can’t sleep anyway.” At this moment, Shen Shuli didn’t know what had happened in the village.

After all, this part wasn’t written in the book.

She was genuinely curious.

“Mom, I’m going to enter the space to organize supplies and see what we’re missing,” Shen Shuli said.

“Okay, I’ll keep watch for you. Go ahead and organize,” Shen Yuehua ruffled her daughter’s hair and let her lie on the kang to work.

Shen Shuli’s space could only be entered by consciousness; her body remained outside, as if asleep.

Her space was divided into two parts: the warehouse area and the spirit field area.

From the outside, the warehouse looked like an antique-style house about one hundred square meters, but inside, the space was as large as a football field.

In the real world, Shen Shuli liked to stockpile supplies, but these only took up less than one-thousandth of the warehouse space.

The supplies moved from the Lin family occupied one-tenth of the entire warehouse.

She hadn’t had time to look through the Lin family’s goods in detail yet.

Now, she quickly sorted and classified everything with her consciousness.

It took half an hour to finish.

“Tsk, tsk, tsk, the Lin family is far wealthier than I imagined,” Shen Shuli’s eyes sparkled.

There were ten chests filled with gold alone.

Each chest was about the size of a box of mineral water.

Each chest contained five hundred pounds of gold, totaling fifty thousand taels of gold, which would be worth more than five hundred thousand taels of silver.

The entire annual gold production of the Great Yong Dynasty was only about one hundred thousand taels; no one knew how long the Lin family had been hoarding this, and it turned out to be a bargain for her.

There were more than a hundred chests of silver bills, but their combined value was only about sixty thousand taels more than the gold.

Other precious jewelry like gold and silver ornaments, pearls, jade, jadeite, coral, and so on filled more than a hundred chests. Their value was incalculable but undoubtedly immense.

There were fifty-five chests of luxurious fabrics, twenty-three chests of antiques and calligraphy.

Hundreds of precious artifacts adorned antique shelves, so many that Shen Shuli was too lazy to count them all.

There were also premium delicacies, bird’s nests, shark fins, donkey-hide gelatin, and health tonics like century-old ginseng and lingzhi mushrooms.

There were also banknotes of every denomination, totaling over one million.

In addition, she had taken over more than ten thousand pounds of grains such as rice, flour, beans, and peanuts from the Lin family’s cellar, granary, and kitchen; over a hundred barrels of lard; hundreds of eggs from chickens and ducks; and more than five hundred pounds of various vegetables.

Stored in the ice cellar were several thousand pounds of pork, mutton, donkey meat, horse meat, and even over three hundred pounds of rare beef.

In short, overnight riches truly belonged to Shen Shuli.

There were many good things, but they weren’t practical for her.

Who would dare to use these on the road during a famine?

That would be foolish and invite deadly envy.

Many everyday essentials were actually lacking.

The supplies she had stockpiled in the modern era, though fewer, were more complete.

For example, daily consumables such as various kinds of toilet paper, tissues, wet wipes, towels, bath towels, sanitary pads, disposable face towels, disposable underwear, shampoo, shower gel, hair masks, body lotion, soaps of various functions, skincare products, face masks, toothpaste, toothbrushes, and so on.

She stocked them in tens of boxes at a time.

Such supplies could last a lifetime for one person, but a large family would consume them quickly.

Moreover, once used, they would diminish, and in ancient times, replenishment was impossible.

Life was long, and Shen Shuli didn’t want to enjoy the first half only to suffer in the second half.

Besides daily necessities, Shen Shuli had confiscated many contraband items during difficult missions.

For example, when capturing domestic and foreign drug dealers, terrorists, arms dealers, illegal immigrants, and various criminal gangs.

She had seized countless prohibited items and often secretly stored some trophies in her space.

These included various firearms and ammunition, extremely sharp cold weapons, various medicines, military armored vehicles, and military equipment.

Having this gear greatly improved Shen Shuli’s safety on her journey to escape famine.

The spirit field planting area was small, only one acre.

Shen Shuli deliberately divided the spirit field into three parts.

Around the outermost edge, she planted a circle of fruit trees she liked.

She fenced off a section of the spirit field solely for cultivating precious medicinal herbs.

Another section was rotated with various crops, vegetables, and fruits.

She also set aside a ten-square-meter space to raise a few chickens, ducks, geese, and rabbits for eggs and meat.

Though the planting area was small, it was enough for Shen Shuli’s food and drink.

The livestock and rabbits were lively, chirping and chattering whenever they saw her.

The cattle, donkeys, mules, horses, chickens, ducks, and geese taken from the Lin mansion were all in the vegetable fields, causing havoc.

The dozen or so fierce dogs, which had awakened sometime ago, were also causing trouble in the fields.

Fortunately, the medicinal herb field was fenced off and remained unharmed.

Shen Shuli was somewhat helpless; the space was limited, and there was genuinely no place to accommodate all these living creatures.

As for the livestock and fierce dogs, she wasn’t ready to slaughter them yet.

She planned to let these animals eat the vegetables and grains produced in the space for a while; this would not only strengthen their bodies but also make their meat more delicious.

For now, she would keep them alive.

When there was time, she would fence off a small space in the spirit field specifically to raise them.

Between the spirit field and the warehouse was an ancient spring well that produced two liters of spirit spring water daily.

If not used promptly each day, the water would not accumulate.

Spirit spring water was incredibly powerful, able to cure all illnesses, detoxify, strengthen the body, delay aging, and promote plant growth—truly miraculous.

It was thanks in no small part to this water that she had become a super ace in a special department in the modern era.

She exited the space.

As soon as she opened her eyes, Shen Yuehua was fanning her, her perfect peach blossom eyes gazing at her tenderly without blinking.

She didn’t seem to notice how hideous Shen Shuli’s battered face was at this moment.

Shen Shuli grinned at her mother, now holding an empty glass, and poured a third of the spirit spring water to her.

“Mom, I haven’t used any of today’s spirit spring water yet. Here, drink some first.”

“Are you done? Are you tired? Keep those for yourself. Let’s fix your face first; I don’t need any,” Shen Yuehua immediately pushed the glass back, refusing firmly.

“There are two liters every day, no need to worry. Drinking that much at once has too strong an effect. Dividing it into three portions is perfect for our family of three. This portion is for you. Hurry and drink it. Afterward, we’ll clean up properly together,” Shen Shuli insisted.

“All right, my dear daughter is so considerate, always thinking about us when there’s something good,” Shen Yuehua finally relented, took the glass, and drank it in one gulp, sighing, “It’s been so long since I tasted spirit spring water. It really is a delicacy.”

“Hehe, naturally,” Shen Shuli smiled and drank a glass herself before putting the remaining portion into a cup to store in the warehouse.

Time was suspended inside the warehouse, so nothing stored would expire or spoil.

If left outside, spirit spring water’s effects would diminish over time; only in the warehouse could it be perfectly preserved.

After drinking the water, mother and daughter felt a warm sensation throughout their bodies, as if sweating.

This was the spirit spring water taking effect.

Shen Yuehua quickly led her daughter to the bathhouse to wash up.

Shen Shuli secretly took out toiletries, and the two washed thoroughly, feeling much refreshed afterward.

“Sweetheart, the swelling on your face has clearly gone down,” Shen Yuehua remarked.

Shen Shuli immediately took out a large doll mask from the space and put it on.

“Mom, your skin looks several years younger, but you should also take care.”

“Hmm, I’ll cover mine too.”

Just as the two left the bathhouse, the Su family men returned.