Chapter 263 Shopping Mall Grand Opening

As seven o’clock approached, everyone in the Fire Bamboo Forest got up and rushed to the shopping center.

Zhao Kai and others led the patrol team to maintain order in the surrounding area.

A thousand people may not sound like a lot, but when they all crowd into one place, it still seems like a lot.

Fortunately, the valley is large enough and the shopping mall built by Liang Yuan is spacious enough.

Ji Feng, Wang Xiao and Han Ben, relying on their speed-type abilities, rushed to the front of the crowd in a flash.

When they arrived at the square, they saw that it had changed drastically.

A huge Yangshan Shopping Center logo billboard is hung above the cliff. The entire billboard is made of transparent plastic and then welded to the wall.

It is worth mentioning that this LED light board was not found by Liang Yuan, but Tu Long volunteered to fly outside and collect it.

In addition to the shopping center’s light signs, there are also many wooden signs hung on the walls to remind people of each area on the shopping center.

From the food area on the first floor, bursts of delicious aroma wafted out.

There is the aroma of rice porridge, the sweet taste of pastries, and the meaty aroma of stir-fried dishes.

However, no one went to the food area first. The Monsoon trio ran to the second floor immediately.

That is the shopping area of ​​the supermarket, which sells not only clothes, shoes, food and daily necessities, but also hardware and home decoration items.

Ji Feng rushed the fastest and was the first to reach the second floor.

But someone is faster!
Han Xiangman was seen stepping on a water tornado. With a loud splash, it broke through the heavy rain and flew directly up from the first floor without even climbing the stairs.

Not only did she come up herself, she also brought Luo Hongmian and Meng Youyou up with her.

As soon as the three girls went up to the second floor, they ran into the bamboo building outside.

Han Xiangman stretched out her hand and waved it, and the moisture on the three people’s bodies was immediately sucked out by her, and the moisture on the wet parts of their bodies was also removed.

“Wow! Look, it’s so bright in here.”

Meng Youyou looked towards the direction leading to the cave inside the bamboo building and immediately exclaimed.

You can see that the interior of the bamboo house is paved with wooden floors, and even the ceiling and walls are made of wood.

There were very bright white light bulbs installed on it, and the entire bamboo building and the stone hall were bright.

Starting from the bamboo building, there are various shops on both sides, displaying all kinds of supplies.

From snacks to rice and noodles, everything is available here.

Going further in, there are areas for clothes, hats, shoes and socks, which are arranged according to categories in an orderly manner.

Then, going further inside, there are all kinds of daily necessities, such as shampoo, laundry detergent, washing powder, shower gel, soap, toothbrush…

Everything is dazzling to look at.

Luo Hongmian said quickly, “Quick, let’s get some toiletries. I’m tired of having greasy hair without shampoo.”

“Where’s the list? Youyou, take out the list and start shopping!” Han Xiangman couldn’t help it and urged quickly.

As a girl who loves cleanliness, I can eat poorly or wear warm clothes, but I must have a set of toiletries.

The three of them quickly started getting their toiletries.

Just after I took three sets, I heard the survivors who were rushing in from outside starting to shout and scream, stunned by the dazzling array of goods inside.

However, most people still rushed to food and supplies first and used their points to buy oil, salt, sauce, vinegar and other items that seemed insignificant but were consumed every day.

The waiter in charge of shopping guides hurriedly maintained order and shouted loudly: “If you want to buy something, please register with me first. The things on the shelves are all samples and cannot be taken. I have registered them here, and staff will bring them to you from the warehouse. Don’t be anxious, please line up in an orderly manner.”

It turns out that in order to save space, Liang Yuan would not put everything out, but instead put out samples for everyone to look at and buy.

Issue an invoice, then have someone pick up the goods from the warehouse and deduct points.

Some people did not focus on oil, salt, sauce and vinegar, but ran to the clothing and shoes area.

Many people have found that the weather is getting colder and they need to buy winter warming gear.

Gloves, socks, and thick warm shoes are also available here.

In preparation for the upcoming cold wave, Liang Yuan spent thousands of points to win a large amount of winter supplies.

“Wow, there’s even thermal underwear!”

“Look, look over here, an electric blanket, there’s an electric blanket!”

“Hey, what do you need an electric blanket for? Do you have electricity at home?”

“Instead of buying an electric blanket, why not buy two more sets of quilts?”

“Oh, such a clean quilt, I can’t bear to use it on my shabby meadow.”

“You want to buy a Simmons? Don’t we have Simmons mattresses here?”

“Let me see how many points I have. Hey, more than 500 points? A Simmons mattress is so expensive?”

“More than 500 is still expensive? Don’t you think that at the slaughterhouse, one fish is worth three or four points? It’s just a matter of a few hundred fish, so it’s nothing.”

“That’s good. Hundreds of fish can be caught in a few days.”

“That’s OK. It’s not expensive. It’s just that we were in military service before, so we didn’t earn many points.”

“Fuck it, if that bastard Li Yuefeng hadn’t been determined to harm Mr. Liang, we wouldn’t have become military personnel.”

“Yeah, damn it. If I had known earlier, I would have joined Mr. Liang and his team in the shelter.”

“Stop talking, don’t buy these big items for now, let’s buy something small. My pair of shoes are really worn out and can’t be worn anymore. I have to buy a pair of durable ones.”

“Oh, now that you mention it, I have to buy some shoes too. I’m a speed-type mutant, so I need shoes the most.”

“And the socks, Lao Wang, how many years have you not washed your socks? Hurry up and buy a few pairs to change into.”

……

Hu Weimin took his wife Liu Xiuqin and went straight to the daily necessities area.

Liu Xiuqin held the list in her hand and asked anxiously, “Shouldn’t we buy oil, salt, sauce, vinegar, etc. first?”

Hu Weimin looked back and said, “Look at the queue over there. If we go and queue up, we don’t know when we can get a seat. We might as well buy other things first. At least we have to prepare everything on the list.”

Liu Xiuqin thought so too. She looked back at the crowded hall and couldn’t help but exclaimed: “This business is too good. Mr. Liang’s shopping supermarket is probably going to be very popular.”

“Need I say that? This is the only shopping mall in the whole Yangshan. Don’t you see what time it is now?”

“It’s the end of the world, it’s a great flood, and many people can’t even get enough to eat. Mr. Liang has gathered so many supplies and built such a big supermarket. I really admire him.” Hu Weimin was filled with emotion, his face full of admiration.

With so many supplies, it would take a lot of effort to even move them back, let alone collect them.

“Fortunately, we followed Mr. Liang. If we had stayed in the building, we would have starved to death long ago.” Liu Xiuqin also sighed.

While the two were talking, their son Hu Tutu turned around and shouted, “Dad, Mom, I found the wire and the pliers!”

Hu Weimin said happily: “Hurry up, tell the salesperson to buy them, and ask for more wire.”

Liu Xiuqin couldn’t help but ask, “Is it really necessary to use so many?”

“We use fire bamboo to weave the steamer, so iron wire is indispensable.”

“It’s like sharpening the knife before chopping wood. You have to be ready for the job.”

“We have points now. We should save part of them and open a steamed bun shop in the food court on the first floor. We should keep the other part to buy some winter supplies. We also need to prepare flour and other things.”

“Well, I’ll listen to you, husband.”

On the other side, Aunt Li finally squeezed to the front of the line and bought a lot of daily necessities.

She looked back and found that her husband Ma Guocai was gone.

Aunt Li couldn’t help stamping her feet in anger: “This old man, he disappeared as soon as he turned his head.”

She quickly found a shopping guide, paid the points, and then lined up to pick up her items when she went out.

Then she hurried to the living area.

From a distance, I saw Ma Guocai parked in front of a shop where there were not many people.

Aunt Li ran over and shouted, “Lao Ma, what are you doing? Others are buying winter clothes and shoes, why are you here? What are you selling?”

Aunt Li looked inside as she spoke.

Then I saw a wide variety of medical drugs and supplies in the store.

Old Ma excitedly took out the receipt in his hand and smiled at Aunt Li, “Liang Yuan is really amazing. He really got insulin and insulin needles, as well as a blood glucose meter!”

“My dear, your blood sugar is finally under control.” Lao Ma was very happy.

Aunt Li’s eyes were red as well. She quickly asked, “This will cost a lot of points, right?”

Old Ma immediately said, “Aren’t these points earned to be spent? Liang Yuan takes care of us two old guys and gives us good jobs. You lead so many people to plant in Xiao Song’s place, and you earn more than a thousand points a month.”

“I’m in the patrol team’s logistics position, and I also have 1,000 points. 2,000 points, we can spend them however we want.”

Aunt Li wiped her tears and felt genuinely happy.

“Thanks to Xiao Liang…”

Yangshan Shopping Center has become extremely popular in Yangshan.

The spending power of thousands of people is still considerable, but even so, the shopping mall did not run out of stock, and everyone bought what they wanted. And because of this, the points they had accumulated in the past month were basically used up.

Many people were unable to buy what they wanted because they had no points left.

So some people started asking other people around them, wanting to borrow some points.

But at this time, who is willing to lend points out?
Everyone wants to take advantage of the fact that Yangshan Shopping Center has just opened and all the goods are discounted to make some big purchases.

“Sister Zhuang, Sister Zhuang, they all have no points left, and many people are looking for others to borrow points.” Luo Hongmian immediately turned around and called Zhuang Shuyuan.

Bai Zhilei also hurried back and said, “Sister Zhuang, I took a look and found that almost everyone has spent their points. Is it time?”

Zhuang Shuyuan finally laughed at this time and said, “It’s time.”

I saw her carrying a sign from behind her and standing at the entrance of the shopping mall.

“Short-term loan with points, daily interest rate of 3 percentage points, if you are interested, please discuss in detail.”

When people passing by saw this scene, their eyes suddenly lit up and they hurried over.

“Girl, can you lend me some points?” a middle-aged man asked quickly.

Zhuang Shuyuan smiled: “It’s not borrowing, it’s lending! You have to pay me interest.”

“What does three points of daily interest mean?” asked the middle-aged man.

“It’s simple. I’ll lend you 100 points, and you have to pay me back at 3% interest every day, which means you have to pay me back 3 points.”

“I only lend money for a short period of time. You have to pay me back the principal and interest within one month. You have to sign a receipt, and you have to ask someone from the patrol team to act as a notary public.”

Zhuang Shuyuan’s words made the middle-aged man unable to help but ask, “Isn’t this interest rate too high? Three points a day? I want to lend you a thousand points, so I have to give you thirty points a day? Doesn’t that mean I have to give you nine hundred points a month?”

Zhuang Shuyuan smiled and said, “That’s not how it works, big brother. Today the shopping center is having a discount, so if you buy something you’ll make a profit. And it’s limited. If you don’t buy it today, it will be gone tomorrow, and you won’t be able to buy it even if you have points.”

“The points I lend you now are not the same as the points you earn next month.”

“Besides, you can repay the loan in advance. You don’t have to pay it back a month later. If you borrow it today, can’t you just pay it back a week later?”

“Can I return it to you tomorrow?” the middle-aged man couldn’t help but ask.

Zhuang Shuyuan immediately shook her head: “That won’t work. I can’t pay back the loan until at least a week later, otherwise I won’t make any money.”

“This……”

“Please think about it. I don’t have many points. Once they lend me the money, I will have nothing left.”

After much deliberation, the middle-aged man finally gritted his teeth and decided to take out a loan.

Because he just looked and saw that a lot of people were buying that battery.

A battery can be used in many places. It can not only be used to power the home, but also to electrofish outdoors.

He needs that battery urgently!

He checked and found that the batteries were limited to twelve units, and eight or nine of them had already been snatched away.

He used the points he had to buy other supplies, and he couldn’t get enough points at once, so there was still a big gap. Now he could only borrow money.

“Once I get the battery, I can try to use the electric grid to electrocute fish. It’s faster than fishing, right? Then I can earn points much faster, and I will definitely be able to pay off the loan here within a week.”

He did a quick calculation in his mind and immediately made up his mind.

“Okay, beautiful lady, I’ll lend you the money!”

Zhuang Shuyuan was delighted and smiled: “How much do you want to borrow?”

“One thousand points!”

Zhuang Shuyuan was even happier, this was a big customer!
For one thousand points, you have to pay interest of thirty points every day, which means more than two hundred points a week.

If it were longer, she could earn more.

I will definitely be able to collect 10,000 points next month and rent a store!
The two of them quickly signed the contract and then went to find the person on patrol duty that day to testify.

Finally, Zhuang Shuyuan took the middle-aged man named Fan Jin in to swipe the card to transfer money.

It is worth mentioning that among the supermarket equipment Liang Yuan sampled, there was a card making machine.

Every resident of the shelter who enters the shopping mall will receive a real-name card.

It records their shopping records, points balance, etc. in detail.

There is a card reader at the entrance of each floor of the shopping mall, so that they can check their shopping consumption information.

The supermarket equipment produced by the system is very easy to use and runs very smoothly, which is also what all the residents of the shelter who come here to shop are amazed at.

In the event of such a doomsday flood, it is incredible to have electricity supply.

Now there are even VIP cards, and everything seems to have taken us back to the time before the end of the world.

Those who have not experienced suffering will never imagine how they feel at this moment.

Soon, in just one hour, almost everyone had no points left on their cards.

Everyone looked at the dazzling array of goods and was extremely jealous, but they had no money in their pockets.

Yes, it only took one hour for the shopping mall to empty everyone’s points.

Next, they have to work hard to catch fish and hunt, and then take them to farms and slaughterhouses to sell and earn points.

Of course, you can also go to the bar in the food area on the first floor to see if there are any tasks that can earn points.

However, most of those missions are about finding mutant plants, hunting powerful mutant beasts, etc.

Ordinary people don’t have any idea about it, only those with special abilities will run over to take on the task.

After all, these tasks are time-consuming and laborious, and there is a certain degree of danger. Most people would definitely not do them.

They would rather go to the river to catch fish. Although the profit is not much, it is safer.

Smart people will also try to find ways to start a small business or look for ways to make money.

The shelter is now in a state of disrepair. In fact, there are many opportunities. It just depends on whether everyone has brains.

At least this time, Zhuang Shuyuan and the other three girls found a way to make money.

They only kept 500 points, and loaned out all the other points.

With a total of more than 4,000 points, two people signed a one-month loan agreement, and the rest were shortest-term loans.

But even so, Zhuang Shuyuan calculated that they could conservatively make back more than 2,000 points this time.

If they work hard next month, they should be able to accumulate another 4,000 to 5,000 points, and by then they will have almost 10,000 points.

Zhuang Shuyuan breathed a sigh of relief, then turned to look at Bai Zhilei and Gao Jie and said, “Let’s work hard over the next month and try to earn more points.”

Bai Zhilei nodded: “I will make more Nutri-Express in the next month.”

Gao Jie also said, “I’ll go on more field missions. I’ll be a free man next month. After I join the patrol team, my salary will definitely increase.”

Zhuang Shuyuan also nodded: “I should be able to be promoted to the leader of the botanical garden team next month. By then, the points I get every month should be able to increase to 500. Then, if I do some other tasks, I should be able to get 1,000 points.”

“Let’s go. We’ve been busy for so long. We have 500 points left. It’s time to go shopping.”

“Ha, hurry up, I need to buy a set of toiletries. The set that Mr. Liang gave me last time is used up.” Gao Jie shouted hurriedly.

Zhuang Shuyuan was also impatient. Wu Meng got a set of toiletries from Liang Yuan last time, but he didn’t use them and gave them all to Zhuang Shuyuan.

Zhuang Shuyuan loves cleanliness and washes almost every day, but her hygiene is almost gone.

Not to mention Bai Zhilei, as a young girl, she loves cleanliness and basically takes a bath and washes up every day.

The three sisters ran into the shopping mall. They had not been in just now, but when they came in now, they were stunned by the bright lights and densely packed shelves.

This is not much different from a real shopping mall.

However, when Zhuang Shuyuan ran to a box of toiletries and reached out to take it, she found that it was empty.

Then she saw the words “Sample packaging, for display only, please go to the counter to purchase” written below.

Only then did she realize that many of the things here were only packaged and the actual products were not available.

“There’s no real object?” Gao Jie couldn’t help but ask.

Zhuang Shuyuan shook her head and said, “This is the smart way. If we take out the physical objects, it will be unsafe and easy for people to take them away. Secondly, some items have a shelf life and will easily go bad if we take them out.”

“Let’s write down what we want to buy and go to the counter to pay for it together later.”

Bai Zhilei couldn’t help but ask, “Sister Zhuang, can you please save some points so we can go to the food court on the first floor?”

Gao Jie’s eyes lit up immediately, and she said, “Yes, yes, we haven’t been to the food area yet, but I just smelled something delicious over there.”

Zhuang Shuyuan laughed and said, “Okay, leave 100 points and we’ll have a big meal at noon!”

“Great!”

Gao Jie and Bai Zhilei immediately jumped up with excitement.

Zhuang Shuyuan suddenly felt that such a life of hard work seemed pretty good.

Compared to when he was in Wuwang Pavilion before, he seemed to be superior, but the simple life there could not be compared with what he has now.

At least now she can enjoy the wonderful feeling of shopping with her sisters again.

(End of this chapter)