Stockpiling in the Apocalypse: Supplies Forging a Legend of Survival

Zhang Yuan took back his card and looked at Liu Ruyan. "Shall we go to the housing rental center?"

Liu Ruyan nodded. "Yes, we should go."

She had only paid the rent for one year before because she wanted to keep some contribution points in hand to pay the electricity bill.

But now that she had more than enough contribution points, of course she should pay the rent for another year.

As for what would happen after that, it would depend on the situation after the earthquake.

The housing rental center was nearby. The two of them walked there and didn't take long.

Liu Ruyan not only paid the rent for another year but also prepaid one thousand contribution points for the electricity bill.

As for the water bill, it was completely unnecessary.

The water pipes were frozen solid, and not a single drop of water could flow out. They couldn't be used at all.

But no one worried about the water issue.

There was snow everywhere in the base. Just fill a pot with snow and heat it up, and you'd get half a pot of water.

As long as there was firewood, no one would lack water.

After coming out of the housing rental center, Liu Ruyan felt completely relaxed.

Before the end of the world, it felt really good to be rich.

After the end of the world, it also felt great to have no shortage of supplies or contribution points!

Liu Ruyan was just about to say that they had finished their business and could go home when she heard Zhang Yuan say, "With so many contribution points, let's go to the supermarket and have a look!"

Hearing this, Liu Ruyan looked at Zhang Yuan. After seeing Zhang Yuan's bright eyes, she nodded in agreement.

Zhang Yuan had accompanied her to handle so many things. Now it was her turn to accompany Zhang Yuan to go shopping in the supermarket.

The supermarket was a bit far from here, so they could only go there by car.

In such a large base, there was of course more than one supermarket.

However, the larger the supermarket, the more complete the range of goods it had.

Zhang Yuan drove the car and headed straight for the largest supermarket.

It was rare that it didn't snow today. Although the temperature was still equally low, without the bone-chilling snowflakes hitting the exposed skin, it felt much better.

Probably because it didn't snow, there was a long queue outside the supermarket.

The last time Liu Ruyan came to the supermarket was during the extremely hot period.

It was at night, and the supermarket only had one window open.

But now, this supermarket had ten windows open.

With so many windows open at the same time, people wouldn't get frostbitten while waiting to buy things.

"You wait in the car. I'll go and queue up first!" Zhang Yuan said.

Hearing this, Liu Ruyan immediately shook her head. "Let's go together. I'm not that delicate."

She wasn't dressed any thinner than Zhang Yuan, so it was completely okay for her to go out and queue up.

Zhang Yuan didn't say anything either. The two of them got out of the car together and stood at the back of a queue with relatively fewer people.

Liu Ruyan stood in front of Zhang Yuan and craned her neck to look ahead. There were about a dozen people in front of her.

Standing there bored, Liu Ruyan asked Zhang Yuan, "What do you plan to buy?"

"I don't know. Let's first see what's available. It's been a long time since I last went to the supermarket."

Liu Ruyan was just about to speak when the person in front of her turned around.

"You young people shouldn't waste your contribution points when you have them. It's best to buy some compressed biscuits, take them back, crush them, and cook them with rice. They're delicious and can fill your stomach, and they can last for a relatively long time."

Just by listening to the voice, Liu Ruyan knew that the person speaking should be an aunt of a certain age.

Before the end of the world, who would say that compressed biscuits were delicious?

But in the current situation, compressed biscuits had become something good to eat.

Since the person was kind-hearted and earnestly imparting life experience, Liu Ruyan and Zhang Yuan wouldn't be ungrateful.

The two of them nodded and thanked her in unison.

The speed at which the people in front were buying things was much faster than Liu Ruyan had expected before.

After about ten minutes or so, it was Liu Ruyan's turn.

Liu Ruyan had originally come with Zhang Yuan and hadn't planned to buy anything herself.

However, when she walked up to the counter, she did see some sweet potatoes and potatoes on a shelf behind the counter.

These sweet potatoes and potatoes were a bit small in size and looked as if they were malnourished.

Seeing that Liu Ruyan was just staring at the sweet potatoes and potatoes, the salesperson urged, "Are you going to buy them or not?"

Hearing this, Liu Ruyan nodded. "Give me two catties of each."

"Two catties?"

The salesperson's voice rose a lot, and her tone was a bit surprised. "They're ten contribution points per catty. Are you sure you want them?"

Liu Ruyan nodded. "Yes, I do."

As she said this, Liu Ruyan took out her card.

Seeing this, the salesperson didn't say anything more. She took the sweet potatoes and potatoes, put them into a cloth bag, and then weighed them on the scale. Altogether, it added up to four catties.

"Do you have something to pack them in yourself? Our cloth bags are charged, one for one contribution point."

Liu Ruyan, "..."

This was much more expensive than the shopping bags in supermarkets before the end of the world.

Liu Ruyan reached into the large pocket of her clothes and took out a neatly folded cloth bag. "I have one."

The cloth bag had been prepared before and was kept in her space. Now she took it out under the cover.

Anyway, the pockets on her clothes were big and the clothes were thick, so it was impossible to tell what was inside.

Liu Ruyan had a lot of contribution points, but no matter how many she had, she couldn't waste them.

For a deal like one contribution point for a cloth bag, Liu Ruyan would never do it.

Liu Ruyan put the potatoes and sweet potatoes into her own cloth bag and then went to swipe her card.

The way to swipe the card was the same as swiping the meal card when she was at school.

The balance of Liu Ruyan's contribution points was clearly displayed on the card reader, and it was a five-digit number.

Seeing that number, the salesperson immediately understood.

So she was a rich person!

No wonder she bought potatoes and sweet potatoes without even blinking an eye.

Thinking that Liu Ruyan must be a capable person, the salesperson said a few more words.

"These potatoes and sweet potatoes are new varieties cultivated by scientists. They're very cold-resistant. You can try to plant them yourself when you take them back."

Liu Ruyan had already guessed this when she saw the potatoes and sweet potatoes before.

She just didn't expect that the salesperson would give such an extra reminder.

"I got it. Thank you."

After saying that, Liu Ruyan put away her card and stood aside holding the potatoes and sweet potatoes.

Seeing that Liu Ruyan didn't leave, the salesperson felt a bit strange.

But before she could say anything, she heard someone say, "Give me two catties of potatoes and two catties of sweet potatoes too."

The salesperson, "???"

The salesperson looked at Liu Ruyan and then at Zhang Yuan, and then realized that the two of them knew each other.

Everyone knew that the friends of the rich were still rich.

This time, the salesperson didn't say anything and directly packed potatoes and sweet potatoes for Zhang Yuan.

"I don't have a bag. I'll buy this bag too." Zhang Yuan added.

Having been shocked many times, the salesperson naturally got used to it and nodded with no change in her voice. "Okay."

Zhang Yuan looked behind the salesperson and could only see the shelves with potatoes and sweet potatoes and the shelves with compressed biscuits.

"Don't you have anything else besides these?"