Chapter 129: Learning Navigation from Grandma Sun

Chapter 129: Chapter 129: Learning Navigation from Grandma Sun

No one was happier about the murderer’s arrest than Yun Zhen. The looming threat around her had finally been lifted.

By capturing the killer who had kept everyone on edge, she had done the community a great service. Even better, within seven days, she would receive a massive sum of silver—a full one thousand taels!

While tidying up her stall, Yun Zhen said to Granny Sun, "Grandma Sun, the murderer has been caught. You don’t have to worry about him killing anyone else."

Granny Sun patted her chest and let out a long sigh of relief. "I was so terrified he’d show up right at my doorstep. I hope he gets the death penalty. They absolutely cannot let him out to harm anyone else. For the past two days, no one even dared to speak loudly. We were walking on eggshells whenever we went out, terrified of getting stabbed by that maniac. Thank goodness it’s over now."

She looked over at Yun Zhen and noticed only wooden crafts on the stall. "Yun Zhen, why aren’t there any crocheted dolls today? Those sell really well."

Yun Zhen answered honestly, "I’m out of crochet material kits. I never seem to buy enough. Ordering online takes a day to arrive, and buying them from stores is a bit too expensive."

Granny Sun suggested, "There’s an industrial park right across from Sister Zhang’s charity organization. They have wholesale factories for handicraft materials. You should buy directly from the source. A huge bag of material kits with seventy or eighty colors only costs a few bucks. If you just spend a hundred or two, you’ll have enough to make over a thousand palm-sized crocheted dolls."

Yun Zhen’s eyes lit up. "Where can I buy them?"

"Just use GPS to navigate to the industrial park," Granny Sun told her. "It won’t take long to walk there."

"Navigate?" Yun Zhen wondered what that was. She was completely baffled.

Seeing her confused expression, Granny Sun reached for her phone. "Give me your phone. I’ll teach you."

Yun Zhen handed it over.

Granny Sun skillfully found the navigation app and turned on the location services. "Look, these are the coordinates of the places closest to you. Once you know your destination, you can navigate anywhere."

"Wow!" Yun Zhen was astounded. She was pleasantly surprised to discover that a mobile phone had such a magical function. It was even more useful than a geographical map!

Granny Sun broke down the information and explained it to her step by step. Yun Zhen nodded firmly. "Grandma Sun, I’ve got it." It was a good thing she was a quick learner.

Seeing Yun Zhen eagerly absorbing this new knowledge, Granny Sun felt a deep sense of accomplishment. "It’s good that you’ve learned it. Let me tell you, that industrial park is full of source factories for all kinds of goods. Buying directly from them is much cheaper than anywhere else."

Yun Zhen made a mental note of this, planning to go check it out after work.

Even without the crocheted dolls today, she managed to sell sixty wooden fridge magnets, thirty wooden hairpins, and five three-tiered jewelry boxes, bringing in 11,500 yuan.

She had spent 5,000 yuan on fabric last time, leaving 130,400 yuan in her bank card. Adding today’s earnings, she now had 141,900 yuan. There was also 22 yuan in her mobile payment app and 50 yuan in loose change on her person. Oh, right—she also had the 65 yuan from selling scrap and her 50 yuan wage from the restaurant.

She really hoped the one thousand taels of silver in reward money would be deposited into her card soon.

After finishing her wooden craft sales, she waved goodbye to Granny Sun and headed to Sister-in-law Liu’s vegetable stall for work.

Li Mei was in exceptionally high spirits today, humming a tune as she sorted through the vegetables. The moment she saw Yun Zhen, she couldn’t wait to shout, "Yun Zhen, great news! That hyper-aggressive psychopathic killer from a few days ago was caught! So many people online are petitioning for him to get the death penalty. We finally don’t have to be afraid of getting stabbed while walking down the street!"

Sister-in-law Liu also leaned in and said, "I just heard the news too. Rumor has it he was caught at Sister Zhang’s charity organization. The authorities even publicly praised the organization, and wealthy bosses online are saying they want to donate money and supplies to them!"

Li Mei clapped her hands and laughed. "Yun Zhen lives right there at Sister Zhang’s charity organization! It’s great that those big bosses are donating supplies. Yun Zhen will get to enjoy the benefits too!"

Yun Zhen flashed a timely, happy smile.

Patting her chest, Sister-in-law Liu said, "Apparently, the killer went to the organization looking for his ex-girlfriend to exact revenge. But he ended up fainting outside from low blood sugar and was spotted by the staff. Because he was an unfamiliar face, they took a closer look at him. And what a shock that was—he turned out to be the wanted criminal plastered all over the internet!"

Li Mei felt a lingering sense of terror. "I really hope he gets the death penalty. He can never be let out to harm anyone again!"

Sister-in-law Liu shook her head and sighed. "That’s what everyone online is saying, but who knows what the final outcome will be. After all, in our country, mentally ill people don’t get the death penalty even for murder."

Li Mei counted on her fingers. "This time is different. In just two days, he killed a real estate boss, his own sister, his brother-in-law, his brother-in-law’s parents, and his own nephew. That’s six people! Even if they can’t sentence him to death, they’ll definitely lock him up for life!"

"Regardless, the authorities better not let him out to hurt people again." This was the collective voice of the public.

Li Mei sighed. "Now that he’s caught, everyone can breathe a sigh of relief. Otherwise, we’d spend every day terrified that he’d go crazy and kill someone."

Sister-in-law Liu agreed, "I heard that yesterday, right after he murdered his sister’s entire family, he showed up at Sister Zhang’s charity organization. It just so happened that the whole neighborhood was undergoing security camera maintenance. If he hadn’t fainted from low blood sugar, who knows how much more blood he would have spilled!"

Yun Zhen listened to their conversation as she sorted the vegetables. She was quite shocked to hear that a murderer wouldn’t be beheaded, but merely locked up. In her world, if someone killed just one person—let alone six—they would be dragged to the market execution ground and beheaded. She had even been planning to go watch the spectacle when the maniac was executed. It turned out she had been getting ahead of herself!

She shook her head, tossing aside all distracting thoughts.

After work, she received her 60 yuan wage.

She tallied up her funds. Today’s earnings included 11,500 yuan from selling wooden crafts, 110 yuan from two wages, and 65 yuan from selling scrap. Adding the 130,400 yuan in her bank card, the 22 yuan previously in her payment app, and the 50 yuan in loose change on her person, it all totaled 142,147 yuan.

She transferred everything, minus the 50 yuan in loose change, into her bank card. The balance on her card became 142,097 yuan.

She opened her navigation app and, following Grandma Sun’s instructions, made her way toward her destination: the industrial park. Passing by the residential compound where Sister Zhang’s charity organization was located, she eventually found the entrance.

Above the massive gate were three highly conspicuous words: Industrial Park.

Grandma Sun had said it was full of factories inside, and that a single factory was even larger than Jiuzhou Mall. Now, she had finally seen it for herself. A factory here was essentially the equivalent of a large-scale artisan workshop in her world. It was similar to the fabric shop where she used to work, except every single factory here was vastly larger.

There were quite a lot of people here as well. Typically, they drove incredibly large vehicles, transporting goods out by the truckload. Very few people had walked here like she did. And while Yun Zhen was alone, the others were all arriving in groups of two or three.

"Crochet Materials!"

Spotting those words at the entrance, Yun Zhen stepped inside the factory. This one was a bit smaller than the others she had passed along the way. Upon entering the large courtyard, she saw only a handful of workers busy at their tasks.

A man in his forties, who introduced himself as a sales manager, led her into the factory area. "Miss, are you here to buy something? I’m the sales manager. You can call me Old Li."

Yun Zhen figured she ought to be polite, as a manager was essentially a supervisor. "Manager Li, does your factory have material kits for making crocheted dolls?"

Manager Li gave an enthusiastic introduction. "Hello, Miss. Our factory specializes in handicraft raw material kits. Are you looking to buy crochet kits wholesale? How many specifically? Our wholesale price starts at one hundred kits. The wholesale price is five yuan per kit. You can pick your own colors, and they come with patterns and other tools.

"Our crochet material kits come in a wide variety of colors. They usually sell for tens of yuan outside, but wholesale from the source factory only costs five yuan," Manager Li emphasized.