Rebirth: Leading Families to Survive in the Apocalypse-Chapter 451 - They Really Have Food
Chapter 451: Chapter 451 They Really Have Food!
Chapter 451: Chapter 451 They Really Have Food!
They really had food!
The people who had originally been full of disbelief soon reacted.
Crystal Cores!
They were going to get Crystal Cores!
Li Xiuying and Lin Yunguo had never seen people so thin, including the little girl called Xiao Zhen, whose arms looked like they were made up of only two layers of skin, as if they could break with just a little force.
“Oh! This God, is he trying to starve people to death?”
Lin Yunguo felt somewhat distressed, this was indeed worse than previous famines. In the old days of famine, although there was no food to eat, at least they could dig up some wild grass and vegetables, some families even raised chickens and ducks, or went fishing and bird hunting with villagers. Now there was really nothing at all!
No wonder so many people were forced to come out and rob others.
“Sister, I have five Crystal Cores here too, can I buy something?”
The girl called Xiao Zhen asked timidly; Cai Jianbin had already gone to fetch Crystal Cores, and she had five cores in her pocket, which she used instead of stones when playing the stone game alone in the house.
“Of course, little one, five Crystal Cores, I’ll trade you an egg, you take it and eat, okay?”
Su Jin looked at the little girl, who was about the same age as Mao Qiqi. She wanted to give the girl another egg, but the little girl had already dashed back into the house.
At this moment, Qi Liangliang also came down from the second floor, holding a bag of Crystal Cores.
He had eventually found his Crystal Cores. Previously, when Crystal Cores could still purchase items, he had gone out with his team to kill some zombies. But later, as supplies became increasingly scarce and even completely unattainable, the cores were left unused, never expecting they would one day be useful again!
He intended to spend them all!
Su Jin simply brought out a few large baskets and some chairs and stools from the Space, letting the family sit on the side to count the Crystal Cores and tally their numbers.
“You have a total of 478 Crystal Cores, what do you need to buy?”
Su Jin asked Qi Liangliang.
At this time, some people, also carrying Crystal Cores, were coming out. They were curious to see Qi Liangliang buying things.
People were pushing forward, but Su Xiangzhe and Lin Cheng were maintaining order on both sides, reassuring everyone that they could all get supplies, thus calming down those who were worried about not being able to buy anything.
“I want 300 Crystal Cores’ worth of rice and flour, half each, and with the rest, do you have any ready-to-eat items for sale, like instant noodles and biscuits, anything!”
Qi Liangliang couldn’t help but lick his dry, cracked lips; he was too hungry and longed to have a hearty meal then and there.
“Although we have instant noodles and biscuits, they are quite expensive. I suggest you buy our homemade pancakes, braised meat, and eggs,”
Su Jin suggested. Instant noodles and biscuits were non-renewable in her Space, hence the high prices, but ready-to-eat foods from their own production in the Space were much cheaper.
Although no one knew why braised eggs were cheaper than instant noodles, everyone began eagerly counting their own Crystal Cores one after another.
In the end, Qi Liangliang bought a portion of flour pancakes, half a portion of braised meat, and some braised eggs.
He took the food and hurriedly sat on the stairs nearby, starting to eat voraciously.
Some children nearby couldn’t help but gather around him, quietly swallowing their saliva as they watched him eat.
“Do you want to eat too?”
Qi Liangliang, with a mouthful of marinated eggs, asked.
The children’s eyes lit up, and then they nodded heavily.
“Then I’ll let you smell it,”
Qi Liangliang, holding a piece of marinated meat tightly in both hands, lifted it to the children and said.
With a “wow,” a little boy started to cry, but was persuaded to leave by an adult behind him. Everyone knew how precious food was; nowadays, who would willingly share their own food with others?
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Several other children puckered their lips, wanting to cry. Seeing this, Qi Liangliang, without a blush or skip of his heartbeat, said, “You all have relatives. Just wait a bit longer and your families will buy some for you. I have to kill monsters to support myself. I am much more pitiful than you are. If you don’t smell it, I’ll eat it.”
The parents of those children waiting in line didn’t blame Qi Liangliang at all, which unexpectedly made a family feel a slight surprise about the people in this den of bandits. They seemed…remarkably harmonious?
Su Jin noticed that the marinated egg she had just sold to Xiao Zhen had not been eaten. Cai Jianbin was holding Xiao Zhen, who kept trying to give the egg to him. Finally, Cai Jianbin, unable to refuse, split the egg in half and handed one half to Xiao Zhen.
Watching the father and daughter share a marinated egg touched Li Xiuying; she then gave them two more eggs, saying, “My granddaughter said that Xiao Zhen was our first customer, so these two are for you.”
The eggs Li Xiuying gave were not many, enough to evoke envy in others but not enough to cause jealousy.
Su Jin also gave her grandmother a thumbs up, doing what she could within her ability without overreaching and causing trouble—a principle her grandmother had taught her before.
“Miss, how much are you selling these raw eggs for?”
A thin woman came forward to ask, truly a rarity nowadays to still have eggs for sale.
“Five Crystal Cores each,”
Su Jin indicated with five fingers.
The cheap price surprised everyone; an egg for only five Crystal Cores?!
Seeing the basket of eggs up front being quickly bought out, those in the back were anxious but continued to line up peacefully after seeing Su Jin pull out another basket of eggs.
Eggs are indeed great, not only are they filling, but also highly nutritious; thus, nearly everyone bought some.
Cai Jianbin lined up until the very end to buy; he had quite a lot of Crystal Cores, over 5000, mostly because he is a Level 4 Wind Element Special Ability User. Previously, he had killed many zombies alone with his daughter, so these cores were all his own.
Of course, there were those who were envious, but Cai Jianbin’s words quickly diverted their attention: “As everyone can see, Crystal Cores are still useful. If you want to buy more supplies to sustain yourselves, it’s essential to go out and gather more Crystal Cores. If anyone tries any tricks in the line, all of us will kick them out together!”
Since those with ulterior motives were in the minority, listening to Cai Jianbin made them no longer dare to show anything.
Cai Jianbin then had two Space Element Ability Users in the line bring out all the Crystal Cores from their space, which were recently obtained from killing zombies. Technically, everyone had a share, so Cai Jianbin picked ten people to jointly manage the supplies bought with these cores.
Their group was not formed by like-minded individuals walking together; it was more about people trying to scrape a living together, so managing the whole group wasn’t easy.
However, his actions did earn some admiration from Lu Hao; he was a decisive man.
