My Apocalypse System Arrives 10 Years Early

Chapter 260: Chapter 193: The House-Guarding Cute Pet Squad (2)

Dried daylilies could be stored and taken out to eat anytime. Whether served cold in a salad, stir-fried with meat, or stewed in a soup, they were absolutely divine.

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Li Xiang had previously asked He Zhixiang to lease a large warehouse for him on the border of Yunnan Province and Myanmar. He Zhixiang called to say he had found three potential locations and hoped Li Xiang could come inspect them in person to choose the best one.

Li Xiang told his granny he was leaving and then set off.

Nowadays, when he traveled long distances, he basically didn’t take a car or a plane. Instead, he would turn off his phone and use Extreme Speed to run there before dawn. It was only seven or eight hundred kilometers, after all. A single sprint could cover two to three hundred kilometers. With a short break in between, three bursts of speed were enough to get him there. It was incredibly convenient.

Once he arrived, he would wait until around nine in the morning to turn his phone back on, then contact He Zhixiang to go look at the warehouses together.

In Yunnan Province, three cities were renowned as jadeite processing and trading markets: the provincial capital, Spring City, as well as Tengchong and Ruili. Both Ruili and Tengchong were on the border with Myanmar.

He Zhixiang’s coffee plantation, located in the suburbs of Baoshan, was also relatively close to these two cities. This was especially true for Tengchong, which was a county-level city administered by Baoshan.

The coffee merchant from Yunnan Province was well-connected in his hometown and the surrounding cities, and he had helped Li Xiang pick out three potential warehouses for lease.

Two were in Tengchong, and one was in Ruili.

The warehouses in Tengchong were around eight hundred and five hundred square meters, respectively, while the one in Ruili was over nine hundred square meters.

The warehouse in Ruili had better conditions, security, and surrounding amenities. After comparing all the options, Li Xiang chose the one that was over nine hundred square meters. It wasn’t exceptionally large, but it was big enough.

Then, He Zhixiang took him to see a Jade Processing Factory. There was a local factory whose owner was being forced to sell. His son had gotten addicted to gambling and racked up a huge debt, leaving the owner with no choice but to reluctantly transfer ownership of the jadeite workshop he had run for many years. It came not only with all sorts of cutting, carving, and polishing equipment but also a ready-made workforce of over thirty skilled technicians.

The factory also had a storage room, but it was quite small—only a little over fifty square meters. It could only be used for temporary storage of jadeite raw materials, semi-finished goods, and finished products.

Li Xiang conducted an on-site inspection of the factory, spoke with some of the veteran craftsmen, and watched them work. He felt their skills were decent.

While Li Xiang was busy in Yunnan Province, back at his home, his Little Aunt, Li Caihong, returned to her parents’ house with a suitcase in hand.

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”Mom, is Xiaoxiang not home?” Li Xiang’s Little Aunt arrived to find the house empty. She left her suitcase in the living room and headed to the backyard.

Sure enough, she found her elderly mother busy in the backyard vegetable garden.

Granny Li Xiang looked up, overjoyed to see her most filial youngest daughter had returned. ”He had to go to Yunnan Province for something,” she said. ”Something about looking at a warehouse and a factory.”

Li Caihong rolled up her sleeves and came over to help her mother tend the garden. ”Xiaoxiang’s business is really getting bigger and bigger now.”

”Yes, his parents’ spirits in heaven must be so pleased,” Granny Li Xiang said with a chuckle. In the past, the mere mention of her unfortunate son and daughter-in-law would fill the old woman with sorrow. But now that her grandson was successful, and the younger generation was on a path to a better future, the grief had faded.

”I know. If my son were this capable, I’d be grinning in my sleep,” Li Caihong said with a smile. Then she added, ”Mom, is it okay if I stay here for a few days?”

”Of course! Why wouldn’t it be? You can stay as long as you like. Your nephew even saved a room just for you. Come on, come on, I’ll take you to see it. It used to be piled high with tea and red wine, but he moved all that to the shop next door.”