I open a supermarket in the apocalypse

Back to the issue of accommodation.

Nowadays, credits, crystal cores, and food are usually used as general equivalents. Credit points cannot be used in other bases, and the price of crystal cores also varies from region to region.Only food, no matter where you go, you can collect it, and the price will not be too low.A pound of cornmeal can be exchanged for two palm-sized tortillas.

The hotel room rate was five tacos a night.This is only the price for one person. There are almost 120 people here, and they get hundreds of tacos a night.

Even though Xiang Nanchuan was angry, he still had to maintain his demeanor, he smiled, "Sorry, we can't stay anymore."

The man's face changed slightly, and he immediately changed his words, "The price is negotiable, you have a lot of people, I'll give you a [-]% discount, do you think it's okay?"

Qin Han opened his arms and blocked the boss with his burly body, "Forget it, we don't have that many cornbread, let's go!"

The boss was anxious, "Hot water is included, and two meals a day!"

Everyone walked out of the hotel without looking back.Feng Kun put a cigarette in the guide's pocket calmly, "Apart from the hotel, is there any house that can be rented? We plan to stay in the base for a long time, so we can't live in a hotel every day, right?"

The guide touched the cigarette in his arms, and his smile suddenly became enthusiastic. He stroked the two beards on his chin, and rolled his eyes, "This Cai Yazi's shop is indeed the only hotel in our village. In the past, tourists from outside stayed in it. That." Speaking of this, the guide changed the topic, "The situation is different now, there are too many foreigners, usually the hotel can't accommodate them, so they will arrange to go to other places..."

The guide smiled and stopped here on purpose.

Feng Kun spoke up and said, "Brother, by the accent, are you a local?"

The guide took out the cigarette in his arms, and sniffed the smoke like a treasure, with a fluttering expression on his face.Hearing Feng Kun's words, his tone was full of pride, "I am an authentic Chaoxiang person, and I grew up in Chaoxiang since I was a child. My parents are both from Chaoxiang, unlike our generation, most of them marry Out-of-town women, out-of-town women are too lazy to do things..." After speaking, the guide's voice became smaller and smaller, and his expression was resentful, as if he was venting his dissatisfaction.

Xiang Nanchuan frowned when he heard the guide say "from other places". The locals here are too xenophobic. No wonder the geographical location is so superior that it has not been able to develop in more than ten years.

"Is there any dwelling nearby where I can stay?" Feng Kun said, "Of course we will pay a certain fee."

"Then you are asking the right person. The owner of the hotel just now came from outside. He is lucky. If he hadn't married the daughter of our village party secretary, this black shop would have been smashed." The guide carefully glanced at the back , with a sneaky look, "I know where I can stay. As for the price, this is the amount." The guide gestured with a finger.

Feng Kun responded immediately, "Okay!"

Chi Yan also nodded slightly in agreement, they need a local to get them familiar with the place as soon as possible, instead of renting a house.This guide is not pleasant at all, but he is indeed the most suitable person.

And just now the guide revealed a piece of news that the hotel owner has a strong background, and ordinary people can't afford to offend him.

The guide smiled mischievously, "Yes, I'll take you there now!"

"Okay, you rat, you're here to steal my business again." With a loud shout, everyone turned their heads suddenly in fright. It turned out that the hotel owner had followed up secretly at some point.

Xiang Nanchuan poked Chi Yan, "You already knew?"

Chi Yan wrapped those two green fingers with a big hand, "I just came up." He just didn't make a sound to remind.

The guide said awkwardly, "Brother Qian, there are so many of them, and your hotel can't even accommodate them. So what if I share some of them."

The two quarreled for a long time, but the guide apologized and laughed, and the hotel owner let them go angrily.

The guide was not a very nice person, but he was very popular, and many people greeted him on the road.He led Xiang Nanchuan to turn left and right all the way, and finally came to a row of green brick one-story houses. He knocked on the door, and there was a lot of noise inside, as if playing cards. After a while, no one opened the door , The guide slammed on the door again.

This time the people inside finally heard the knock on the door and came to open the door.

It was a young man with a crew cut who opened the door. He rolled up his sleeves carelessly, and his arm was engraved with conspicuous tattoos, "It's you, Gong Mouse."

Gong Shuzi is the guide, his original name is Gong Hao, and everyone is used to calling him Gong Shuzi.

Gong Hao stepped forward, "Brother Biao, I have brought guests."

Brother Biao took a look, "Hey! There are quite a lot of people, come in."

Brother Biao opened another door and walked inside. He said, "Have the rats told you the rules here? The rent is calculated by the day, Datong shop, one corn tortilla a day, food for yourself, hot water If not, the last one is the kitchen, you can make it yourself."

The house looks very new, like it was just built.Most of the houses on the base were built after the end of the world. The survivors brought back building materials from nearby counties and built them by themselves.The house does not pay attention to the appearance, but to be strong.There used to be more than 100 households in the village, but they moved to the city later. Most of the old houses left behind are dilapidated, such as the former hotel, which can be distinguished at a glance.

Feng Kun asked: "Do you have a house for long-term rental?"

Brother Biao turned his head and looked at Feng Kun, "Do you want to stay for a long time?"

"I have more than 20 people here, and I want to rent a bigger house."

Brother Biao pointed to the front and said, "Did you see that red brick house, fifty secondary crystal nuclei or two hundred catties of cornmeal for a month?"

The price was still within Feng Kun's acceptable range. The house looked quite big, better than the green brick bungalows here. Feng Kun immediately agreed.

There was a foul smell in the Datong shop, and Chi Yan's face turned blue as soon as he walked in the door.Xiang Nanchuan couldn't bear the smell either, the bed was so dirty that the original color could not be seen, and he didn't know how many people had slept on it, Xiang Nanchuan would rather sleep on the bus than this bed, he pinched his nose and asked Brother Biao , "Do you still have the house like just now?"

Brother Biao probably rarely encountered guests like Xiang Nanchuan and the others, and was quite surprised, "Yes, you are satisfied with the house, but at this price..."

"Twenty catties of cornmeal for one night."

Brother Biao said straightforwardly, "I'll take you there right away."

Brother Biao took them to a three-story building with a courtyard. Porcelain tiles were pasted on the outer walls of the house. Even before the apocalypse, it could be considered a country mansion.

The house is very clean, with all kinds of furniture and electrical appliances. There are seven bedrooms and three living rooms. There are more than 100 of them, and they can still live if they are barely squeezed.

After the decision was made, Qin Han and the others went to the base's temporary parking lot, drove their car back, and parked it in the yard.He took out a hundred catties of cornmeal from the car and handed it to Brother Biao.

Brother Biao weighed the cornmeal and said with satisfaction: "If you want to do anything, go to the house just now and find me."

Qin Han handed him a cigarette, "We want to buy some salt to go back. I wonder if you have a connection, Brother Biao?"

The price of salt at the base is clearly marked, and two catties of cornmeal are exchanged for one catty of salt. If there is a connection, the price can be reduced by half.Feng Kun inquired about these from other places, and he told them to Xiang Nanchuan without reservation.

Brother Biao was smoking a cigarette, "How much do you want to buy?"

Chi Yan said: "Four tons."

Brother Biao frowned, "This is too much, I can only give you one ton, if there are too many, the clan will find out."

Don't think that the sea base now has a population equivalent to that of a town. They still continue the patriarchal system in the past. The patriarch has the highest law enforcement power. Several older clan elders have also formulated a series of rules, one of which is about salt.Anyone who violates it will be punished, and those who are serious will be expelled from the clan.

The Chenghai base is near the sea, and the soil is alkaline, which is not conducive to the growth of crops. They need to exchange a lot of food with people outside to maintain the daily operation of the base.

However, wealth and wealth are sought in danger, no matter how severe the punishment is, there will be some people who will take the risk.

Qin Han beckoned, and Hu Man thumped and hugged a big pumpkin weighing ten catties from the car.Seeing that Brother Biao saw the pumpkin, Qin Han couldn't move his eyeballs anymore. He didn't expect that he sold himself for the pumpkin. The corners of his mouth twitched, and he quickly returned to normal. There are all kinds of cured meat, freshness is guaranteed.”

Brother Biao held a cigarette between his fingers, struggle flashed in his eyes, and after a while, he said, "Vegetables, fruits, and meat are each one hundred catties, and one catty of cornmeal is exchanged for one catty of salt."

Chi Yan nodded slightly, "I will see four tons of salt in three days."

"Not in three days, it's too late, seven days."

Chi Yan pondered for a moment, then agreed, and they also needed time to prepare cornmeal.

They didn't bring too much cornmeal with them. It took a lot of time to grind the cornmeal finely. They didn't expect to come to Chenghai base to exchange salt. The cornmeal they prepared was not much, just enough for them to eat.

There are all kinds of flour in the space bracelet, Xiang Nanchuan didn't check carefully, it is estimated that [-] catties of cornmeal can be made together.

After reaching a verbal agreement, Brother Biao walked briskly with cornmeal in one hand and a big pumpkin in the other.

They had a sumptuous seafood feast that night. There were seafood for sale in the supermarket, but the types were few and expensive, so everyone bought some occasionally to taste. Unlike here, one catty of cornmeal can be exchanged for three catties of sea fish.At the end of the meal, the dishes on the table were messed up, and everyone's stomachs were round, and it was enjoyable.

Sleeping at night, Xiang Nanchuan tossed and turned and couldn't fall asleep. He was thinking about Tianyang Base.

The great changes in Tianyang base were beyond Xiang Nanchuan's expectation.It is obviously impossible to close the second store. He needs to accumulate word-of-mouth points in order to keep opening new stores.If you continue to drive, it will only benefit the group of people from the Sheng'an Church. Thinking about it, I can't be reconciled.

Xiang Nanchuan's ups and downs made Chi Yan unable to sleep. With a long arm, he held Xiang Nanchuan in his arms and kept him from moving, "I'm sending someone to investigate Tianyang's situation. There will be news."

Xiang Nanchuan frowned, "I feel that something is wrong with Major General Xu Luo. At the banquet, he even saved me once. He and Mayor Chen don't look like they are in the same group. Do you think he has a clue? Is it in the hands of Mayor Chen? Or Commander He..."

Chi Yan also thought of the problem. Even Feng Kun and the others knew the news that Commander He was seriously ill. I'm afraid it may not be groundless. If Commander He was the murderer of them, it would be really frenzied.

Xiang Nanchuan had a premonition that when he met Major General Xu Luo, everything would come to light.

For the next few days, they stayed at the Chenghai base and didn't go anywhere.

Feng Kun came here twice, once to exchange food with Xiang Nanchuan, and again yesterday with two live fish.He said that they decided to stay here. They also rented a fishing boat and learned to fish with the locals. These two fish were just caught by them.

On the third day, Shao Chengjun and the others finally found him.When Shao Chengjun came, he also brought news that because the Tianlong base was too close to the North City, the zombies in the Tianlong Base had threatened the safety of the North City, and the higher authorities decided to bomb the Tianlong Base.

Judging from the time, it probably started this afternoon.

Xiang Nanchuan was stunned for a moment, "Anyway, there is no one alive, so let's blow it up if it blows up."

The bombing of the Tianlong base lasted for three days and three nights. As far as the Chenghai base, you can see the sky over the direction of the Tianlong base, with a haze and cloudy clouds.

The ashes floated along the wind to the seashore hundreds of miles away.

However, a few days later, a bad news came from Beicheng.After the Tianlong base bombed and killed countless zombies, crystal nuclei were left everywhere. Some zombies ate the crystal nuclei, and a third evolution occurred.

People unanimously called the zombies that evolved after the black rain last year as the second-level zombies, the zombies that evolved after the end of hibernation were the third-level zombies, and the zombies that evolved after the big bombing were the fourth-level zombies.

In addition to the fourth-level zombies, there was also a fifth-level zombie.The fifth-level zombie has gold-type abilities, and Beicheng sent hundreds of high-level abilities to eliminate this fifth-level gold-type zombie.

In order to deal with the fifth-level zombies, almost all the high-level abilities were wiped out. A fourth-level ability user blew himself up, causing only one arm of the fifth-level zombie to break, and finally let the zombie escape.

This incident dispelled the leaders' plans to lure the zombies together before bombing.

If another level [-] zombie is produced, the entire base will be destroyed.

On the evening of the seventh day, Brother Biao came over in the dark and told them that the salt was ready and asked them to bring cornmeal to trade.

Xiang Nanchuan wasn't afraid that the other party would cheat, so He Chiyan took Qin Han and the others to the trading place with Brother Biao.

"Where's your face?" Brother Biao saw these people coming empty-handed, his eyes became dangerous.

Xiang Nanchuan calmly said: "You don't know that you have space abilities, do you?" Anyway, he pretends to be a space ability. If he doesn't say anything, no one will know that he is not a real space ability user.

Brother Biao was dubious. He knocked on the door impatiently, "Brother, it's not that I don't want to believe you. What you say is unfounded. You have to show some evidence to prove that you are a person with space abilities. Even if you have space abilities, How do I know that you have cornmeal in your space? If you take away the salt and refuse to accept it, I will not be at a loss?"

Xiang Nanchuan spread his hands, "Okay, look carefully." As he said that, he waved his hand, and bags of cornmeal piled up high in the yard appeared out of thin air.Surprise flashed in Biao's eyes. He walked over, opened one of the packets of cornmeal, squeezed the dough, sniffed it, and licked it. The real cornmeal was of good quality.

Brother Biao's complexion improved a lot, "I misunderstood you just now."

Xiang Nanchuan didn't care, "It's okay, you should be more cautious." He put the cornmeal back into the space again, and several people followed Brother Biao to the trading place.

The trading place is at the place where the salt is dried by the sea, and there are already people waiting there, about 30 people. Seeing Brother Biao bringing someone over, a middle-aged dark man frowned, "Where's the face?"

Brother Biao pointed to Nanchuan, "Space abilities."

The middle-aged man was a little distrustful, "Pay the money and deliver the goods, you take out the noodles first, and we will check."

Chi Yan said, "We also need to take a look at the salt."

"Mouse, bring a bag of salt." The middle-aged man said.

Gong Hao carried the salt and walked quickly, "Look at it."

Chi Yan opened the bag. The salt is coarse salt that has only been exposed to the sun twice. If it is refined salt, you have to go back and process it yourself, "Okay."

He released five thousand catties of cornmeal and three thousand catties of rice to Nanchuan, a total of eight thousand catties, and one hundred catties each of vegetables, fruits and meat. After checking everything was correct, Brother Biao greeted the others and prepared to quietly transport the things back.

Xiang Nanchuan put four tons of salt into the space, and nodded to Chi Yan, "Let's go back."

Suddenly, Chi Yan said: "Someone is coming!"

As soon as the words fell, I saw flickering torches on the other side of the beach, and a group of people were faintly visible walking towards this side.

Brother Biao spat, and he roared in a low voice, "Who the hell leaked the news?"

Gong Hao's face turned pale with fright, "Could the patriarch and the others come over? What should we do?"

Xiang Nanchuan said, "I can help."

Brother Biao fixedly looked at Xiang Nanchuan, just when Xiang Nanchuan thought he was refusing to help, he heard the other party say: "Then I will trouble you."

Waving to Nanchuan, he immediately put more than 8000 kilograms of things into the space, so when the patriarch and the others came over, when they saw the empty sandy land, several people's expressions changed again and again.

The patriarch is old, looks skinny, and the wrinkles on his face are like ravines. He looked at Xiang Nanchuan and the others, "I just received news that someone said that Gong Biao sold salt privately."

Brother Biao twitched the corner of his mouth, "Who is talking nonsense in front of you again, I have the guts to do it!"

A rogue-headed man said maliciously: "It's not selling salt, what are you sneaking around here at night?"

Xiang Nanchuan raised the corners of his lips, "Let's watch the sea, can't we pick up some seafood and go back for another meal?"

The patriarch's old voice sounded, "This is our private sea area, outsiders are not allowed to enter."

Qin Han said: "I'm sorry, we don't know about this rule."

"They don't know. Gong Biao, you don't know. I'm afraid you brought them here?"

This time Gong Hao was full of confidence, "Third Uncle, you can't wrong people if you don't have any evidence. I saw the sea tide rising at night, so I asked Brother Biao and the others to come and help. I didn't expect to make you misunderstand."

The man still didn't give up, "What about the four tons of salt, how do you explain it?"

"Where did you get the four tons of salt, third uncle, could it be that your old eyesight misread it?"

Someone made peace and said: "Since it was a misunderstanding, forget it, it seems that the tide is about to rise, let's clean up the saltworks first."

The third uncle snorted and led the people away.

The patriarch said: "Irrelevant people should not stay here."

Qin Han said: "Yes, I will let them leave immediately."

After the patriarch and the others left, Brother Biao said to Nanchuan, "Thank you for what happened just now, I will remember this favor."

Xiang Nanchuan smiled, but didn't answer, he didn't ask who the leaker was.It's just one of these people, they don't want to get involved in their clan's infighting, just pretend to be confused.

"Where do you put your face?"

"Third Uncle, I'm afraid people are still staring at me. I'll let you go there for now. I'll go there tomorrow."

Brother Biao stepped on a tricycle the next afternoon, sneaked over, and transported away eight thousand catties of rice noodles in batches.

In the past two days, Mu Dong and Hu Man went around the entire base and bought some dried seafood that was not available in the supermarket. Two days passed in a blink of an eye. Brother Biao thanked them for their help and waived their room fee for a few days.

Before leaving, he said hello to Feng Kun. Feng Kun was a little disappointed when he learned that Xiang Nanchuan would not open a branch in Haicheng base. He took out all the crystal cores on his body and bought a lot of food and daily necessities in Xiang Nanchuan.

Xiang Nanchuan felt that Feng Kun was quite interesting, so he asked Brother Biao to take care of them. If necessary, they would come to Haicheng base to exchange salt.

For Brother Biao, it was just a small matter, and Brother Biao readily agreed.

It took a total of three months to return from the Haicheng base to the Xizhou base. On the way, he passed through more than a dozen large, medium and small bases, and Xiang Nanchuan selected several bases and opened branches.

There are too many small bases like the Chenghai base, which cannot be counted by the above statistics. These bases usually do not last long, and are destroyed in the tide of zombies.

Back in Xizhou, the weather is completely hot, from leather jackets to long sleeves, and now they are replaced with short sleeves.

The more you go south, the more lush the vegetation grows, the deserted city is covered by the jungle, and they were attacked by mutated animals, so they went the wrong way. Fortunately, Qin Han found out that something was wrong, and the team turned around in time.

Even so, it took them half a year to return to Xizhou.

The majestic city walls, towering watchtowers, and long lines lined up at the city gate of Xizhou.I haven't been back for nearly half a year. Xizhou has changed so much that Xiang Nanchuan can hardly recognize it. Is this still the small base that didn't shit?

"This is Xizhou?" The team members who had never been to Xizhou didn't have much hope for Xizhou at first. They had no other relatives, and it was the same wherever they went. Out of admiration and trust for the captain, they followed him. All the way to Xizhou.

And the base in front of it has reached the standard of a medium-sized base. How can it be a small and deserted base like they said?

Although Xiang Nanchuan has quietly returned several times in the past six months, in order to avoid people's eyes, he always came back at night, and only walked around the supermarket street every time, so he didn't know that earth-shaking changes had taken place in other parts of the base .

Probably out of fear of the spiritual zombies, no zombies were seen near the base.The only troublesome thing is that the survivors have almost searched for supplies in the surrounding towns. If you want to go out to search for supplies, you have to go a little further.

"Let's line up." Although the leader of the base was sitting in the car, he didn't want to take advantage of the privilege to jump in line, so he turned the steering wheel to Nanchuan and drove the bus to the back of the line.

The young man who registered at the gate of the city probably had never seen Xiang Nanchuan and the others. He asked them where they came from and how long they lived, and asked them to get out of the car to check whether there were any prohibited items in the car, such as zombies.

Xiang Nanchuan suppressed a smile and was about to get off the car.

At this time, a staff member came in with a thermos cup. He glanced at the window casually and was stunned. He slapped him and said, "What are you doing, our store manager can't recognize it?"

The young man was extremely wronged, "He didn't say anything."

"Didn't I describe the store manager and the others to you? I also said that they will go to Xizhou in the next few days..." The old employee reprimanded the new employee, and turned to Nanchuan and the others to apologize, "I'm really sorry, store manager, This kid just came here not long ago, so he didn't recognize you."

He waved to Nanchuan, "Alright, we didn't report our real names either."

"The car doesn't need to be inspected, does it?"

The old employee hurriedly said: "No, no, no." He turned his head and was furious, "Why don't you open the gate to let the store manager and the others come in?!" Fortunately, he graduated from Beicheng University, so he didn't even see it, that's all. , or transferred to the logistics department.

The old employee pressed his mobile phone and dialed Secretary Shen's number, "Brother Shen, quickly notify Captain Zhong, the store manager and the captain are back!"

The voice of the young man on the other end of the phone was serious, "It's here so soon? Okay, I'll notify Captain Zhong right away."

At this point, Zhong Hesheng is in the plantation. The seedlings planted in March this year have begun to head and fill with grain, and the ears are full. They can be harvested in August.In addition to rice seedlings, potatoes, corn and other crops are also planted in the plantation, and a lot of vegetables and fruits are also planted. Under the careful care of wood-type supernatural beings, the growth is very impressive.

This plantation was established at the beginning of the year. Zhong Hesheng would visit here after patrolling every day. Only the green shoots that grow from the soil can truly bring hope to mankind.

Seeing Shen Chaoan's figure from a distance, Zhong Hesheng waved at him, "What's the matter, I'm so anxious."

Shen Chaoan looked helpless, "Captain, you forgot to bring your mobile phone again. The old enemy at the door just called to say that the store manager and the others are back."

Zhong Hesheng stood up and strode out, "Where did they go?"

"Where else could it be? Qingping Road."

"You didn't tell them?"

"Old Qiu probably forgot, I came to inform you as soon as I got the news."

The two of them stepped on their bicycles, turned their pedals into hot wheels, and hurried to Qingping Road.

At this time, Qingping Road, the intersection was blocked by people coming and going, and the aunt with the vegetable basket yelled: "This is not allowed to enter the car! Don't you know the rules?"

Xiang Nanchuan and the others looked at each other in blank dismay, when was the rule set?

Just when Xiang Nanchuan was in a dilemma, Zhong He rushed over angrily and panting, "Captain! Manager!"

Xiang Nanchuan poked his head out of the car window, "Captain Zhong, you just came, why is Qingping Road not allowed to enter?"

"I'll explain this later. I'll take you to Xicheng Mansion first."

Zhong Hesheng stared at the bicycle and walked in front, followed by a string of buses and cars. The scene was quite funny, which attracted passers-by to turn their heads frequently.

Someone recognized Zhong Hesheng and Xiang Nanchuan's sightseeing bus, and couldn't help cheering, "It's the store manager who's back!"

The news quickly spread throughout the streets and alleys of Xizhou. In a certain community, Qiao Donghua heard the news reported by his subordinates, "Chi Yan and the others are back, and it's time to meet them."