The people gathered at the official store and made a lot of noise.

"Now that many privately-owned shops are closed, we can't buy food. If official shops impose purchase restrictions, how can we survive?"

"Not only are there no vegetables, fruits, or seafood, but each person can only buy 10 potatoes at a time, and if you want to buy more, you have to wait a week. There are six or seven people in my family. How can I survive for seven days?"

"We've all been through this pandemic, and our bodies are suffering. We need to replenish our nutrition, but you officials aren't helping us, and you're not even letting us have enough to eat!"

Several shop assistants standing outside the door tried their best to calm everyone down.

"During this special period, I hope everyone can understand the difficulties faced by the safety center. Although official stores have restricted the purchase of food, locusts are edible."

"Locusts are nutritious and easy to prepare. Anyone who wants to try them can come and get a leaflet..."

The clerk was interrupted before he could finish his words.

"Who wants to eat those disgusting bugs?! What we want is food! Food that humans can eat!"

"Even if we can't have fruits, vegetables, and seafood like before, it would be fine if we could sell more potatoes!"

A new round of quarrels began.

Jiang Fei drove past the official store and glanced at the large sign hanging on the wall.

The only products sold at the moment are potatoes, special sweet potatoes, dried noodles, instant noodles, and compressed biscuits.

Potatoes, especially sweet potatoes, are limited to 10 of each type per person.

Noodles, instant noodles, and biscuits are limited to 3 packs.

Each person can only buy one type of food at a time.

All official stores of the security center have implemented purchase restrictions, and most privately-owned stores have closed.

The shops that were open also put a sign at the door that read, "No points accepted, barter, only food required."

This is enough to show how scarce safe food is.

The authorities previously asked the rescue team to catch a large number of locusts, probably intending to make insect cakes for the survivors to eat.

The planting base has already cultivated fast-growing, high-yield crops and is conducting the first experiments.

If all goes well, large-scale planting will begin soon.

I don’t know if the security institute can survive the food crisis caused by the locust plague.

Jiang Fei's face showed a trace of worry as he drove to the police station.

Xu Qianyao and a dozen comrades were waiting for her at the door. Hundreds of cardboard boxes filled with gold were piled on the ground.

After parking the car, Jiang Fei got out and opened the door.

The comrades began to move the boxes.

Xu Qianyao: "Director Ning said that grain is very valuable now, and he can't let you and your boss do business at a loss, so he gave you some extra gold."

At this point, he lowered his voice to remind Jiang Fei: "Recently, food is in short supply. The higher-ups announced today that official stores are limiting purchases. This can only ensure that the survivors don't starve to death."

"This situation is prone to robbery and theft. You should close your store after a few days."

Jiang Fei also had the same idea.

Not to mention that the food crisis has the potential to develop into a famine, people who are in a state of hunger for a long time will become irritable and angry.

To put it simply, I was starving.

They are capable of doing anything extremely violent.

The authorities want to control it, but they have to kill all the starving people.

Otherwise, if security gets out of control, she will become a sitting duck by opening a shop.

After his comrades finished packing the boxes, Jiang Fei got in the car and drove towards West Street, and on the way he took the gold to a supermarket.

System: [Ding—Gold detected: grams]

When Jiang Fei arrived at Ping'an Supermarket, he saw a long line outside the window.

There was also a long queue at the branch.

Private stores were closed and official stores were limiting purchases, so everyone came to the two Ping An stores to stock up on goods.

The store door was locked from the inside. Jiang Fei used the intercom to contact Jiang Zhengkang from the branch to open the door, then got out of the car and went in to help.

The branch closed at 20:00 in the evening and most of the goods were gone.

The lounge could no longer hold the gold, so Jiang Fei simply moved the suitcases to the car with Jiang Zhengkang, Han Yang, Su Liuyuan, and Yao Jin.

Including the gold earned by Ping An Supermarket in the past few days.

After working for more than an hour, Jiang Fei and others returned to the second floor of the branch, and Niu Er had also prepared the meal.

Each person gets a bowl of vegetarian noodle soup and a chicken drumstick roasted in an air fryer.

Niu Er explained to Jiang Fei, "A lot of people have been stockpiling these past few days, saying there's going to be a famine. Brother Su was worried that the cooking fumes would attract people with bad intentions, so he asked me to make some simple meals with less aroma."

Su Liuyuan: "Captain, you are at the planting base. I couldn't reach you via intercom, so I took the initiative."

"You're doing great. We really need to keep a low profile right now."

Jiang Fei told them about the purchase restrictions.

"When the goods in the two stores are sold out, there is no need to replenish them. We will just close down. Remember to hang a sold-out sign at the door when the time comes."

"Uncle, I'll deliver the supplies you need tomorrow."

Jiang Zhengkang and the others had no objection, but Su Liuyuan was a little worried.

"Will I then be stuck at home with nothing to do for weeks?"

"Not necessarily. It depends on what measures the authorities have to deal with it."

After saying that, Jiang Fei called A Meng on the intercom and asked him to tell Wang Quezi and Yao Damang to come to the store to find her later.

By the way, I told A Meng Cao Xiuhong's address and asked him to come over.

After dinner, Jiang Fei went to the big truck outside to secretly collect the gold.

[Ding——Gold detected: grams]

Then go to the warehouse in the back street and collect the profits from Wang Quezi and Yao Damang.

[Ding——Gold detected: grams]

[Current unlock progress: 75%]

The revenue of North Market and East Central District has declined significantly.

I guess Director Ning can’t transfer much gold.

The gold in the safe house is not liquid, and sooner or later there will be a day when she will take it all.

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