Rebirth: I became rich by farming

Chapter 640: Chapter 640 Disaster Relief Supplies (1/5)

After all, when Wang Qiuhe first arrived, she was obviously a troublemaker. How could a few threats make her so submissive?

Fan Tianyu simply said, "She’s just a paper tiger. Don’t bother with her anymore, just enjoy yourself."

If her brother and sister told her not to get involved, then she wouldn’t. The rain outside was relentless, so they could only keep browsing in the duty-free shop until they couldn’t take it anymore. They went for a meal before they noticed that the rain seemed to be letting up.

But by that time, the rain had been pouring down for almost an entire night.

A downpour lasting this long, it didn’t take much thought to know that the streets must be flooded, but she had no idea which areas were submerged.

Mei Mengzhen opened her Weibo, where fresh updates on the rain kept coming in. At the same time, something suddenly occurred to her—around this time in her past life, a city had experienced severe flooding. The lower-lying houses were directly inundated.

She remembered that the relief work at the beginning of that event was quite difficult. The flood was fierce and sudden, trapping many people. She also remembered a serious shortage of supplies initially; the donations sent were too few to be of much help. It wasn’t until after the news reports that many people started to donate money and supplies, but even then, it was a tough time.

Mei Mengzhen instantly felt an alert within her. She couldn’t stop the torrential rain or the floods, but she could help with rescue supplies. Without saying anything else, wasn’t this exactly what a charity organization was for?

Once she had this idea, Mei Mengzhen quickly searched online for what were the necessary supplies for flood disaster relief.

Supplies like drinking water and food, with food best being ready-to-eat items like shelf-stable bread and compressed biscuits, were essential. Tents, bedding, clothes, and emergency equipment including generators, disinfectants, and first aid medications were also needed.

She could get the latter items, but couldn’t explain their source; the former, however, were easy to provide. She hurriedly approached Yan Keke, saying, "Keke, look at the flood situation—It’s time for us to take action."

Yan Keke was surprised by Mei Mengzhen’s suggestion. After a moment of hesitation, she quickly nodded. She had had the same thought, but worried it might be too soon to act. But since Mei Mengzhen brought it up, it was clearly all right. "What do we need to prepare?"

"Water and bread. The people at Xiyuan can supply those, and I can arrange for the goods to be delivered right away."

Yan Keke said, "That’s fine, but aren’t those limited in quantity? If there’s not enough, it’s pointless."

"The limitations you’re thinking of don’t apply to these items. Tea, drinks, coffee, those can be delivered; it’s just that bread has a shorter shelf life, only about half a month. But half a month should actually be enough. After all, there won’t be just one person affected by the disaster—with so many people, a little bit each will add up. There will surely be more supplies from others later on, so don’t worry about that. But we do need to move all the goods from Xiyuan out of the warehouse in advance."

As Mei Mengzhen spoke, almost everyone was listening intently. At the end of her speech, Fan Tianyu and Yan Keke got busy. Yan Keke contacted the trucks to help deliver the supplies. Why her? Because she was the boss of the foundation, and these matters were her responsibility. Additionally, her warehouse had a lot of clothing, for both the elderly and children. Although not in large quantities, they were still clothes which would provide some protection for disaster victims.

Meanwhile, Fan Tianyu called Mei Mengcheng to inquire about the warehouse situation. Mei Mengcheng, who had just returned from two company trips the day before, had been handling the usual turnover at the store, but since he had free time, he managed to empty the warehouse twice in one day.

Knowing that the warehouse was empty, Mei Mengzhen quickly opened the Spatial Mall and hurried to produce more Xiyuan bread, focusing on larger sizes that filled the stomach more easily. She also expedited the production of Xiyuan tea, juice, coffee, as it was necessary to drink something flavorful to prevent fatigue after laboring outdoors—drinking mineral water might be refreshing, but it wasn’t enough. It would be best if they could add some salt to the water, though people could do that themselves.

As she ramped up production, Yan Keke had secured the trucks. Regardless of other places, the rain in Jiangcheng had stopped, which meant they couldn’t delay any longer in the area. Yan Keke said, "When can we leave from here?"

"The rain has stopped outside, so we should be able to go now. You go back first to organize the warehouse and see how much stock there is. I’ve also made contact on my end. The goods can all be delivered to the warehouse by this morning, and we can distribute them in the afternoon. We have plenty of time."

No matter how urgent it was to prepare supplies, it still took time. She had arranged it as quickly as possible, but Yan Keke thought, "Your warehouse is a bit small, only one truckload of supplies can be transported at a time. But how much can one truck really carry?"

"Who told you we have only one warehouse?" Fan Tianyu said. "Our red wine business has been doing well, so Yiran suggested we rent the empty warehouse next door too. We both thought it was a good idea and rented it. We just haven’t used the big warehouse yet, so now we can use it all at once."

He Yiran naturally knew about this. The large warehouse was very close to the smaller one, and she had even visited it before. Nodding continuously at this information, He Yiran asked, "The goods haven’t been delivered yet, have they?"

Mei Mengzhen replied, "Not yet. We just rented it, but we were out on a trip, and with nobody around to organize, so no goods have been placed there."

"Then that’s plenty of space for the goods," Fan Tianyu inquired further, "Zhenzhen, will your supplies be stored in the large warehouse or the small one?"

"Both. But for now, we’ve only contacted one truck. Let’s start by emptying the small warehouse. We’ll send a batch of supplies first, then arrange for more, and deliver them all together..."

Fan Tianyu muttered, "The large warehouse can hold three trucks the size of yours. And if we add the small warehouse, that’s another four truckloads of supplies. In total, we can move five truckloads of supplies, which actually should be just about right."

Five truckloads of goods indeed seemed sufficing, but suddenly having so much was actually quite dangerous.

Logically, Mei Mengzhen, not being short on money, could have just bought a piece of land and built a large warehouse. But a large warehouse would inevitably need dedicated personnel for security, as being constantly emptied without new deliveries would be even riskier. Weighing the options, arranging for space in the warehouse area was actually better.