Cheng Zhen strode over, exuding an aura of dominance and barely containing his temper: "Who gave you permission to forcibly seize emergency supplies? Put them all down!"
Captain Cheng's fiery temper was well-known in the team, so the soldiers carrying oxygen cylinders subconsciously stopped what they were doing and looked at Cao Jin.
Cao Jin, his face grim, looked at Cheng Zhen with a forced smile and said meaningfully, "Captain Cheng, we are just following orders. This is a serious matter..."
Before he could finish speaking, Cheng Zhen interrupted him expressionlessly and without mercy: "Oxygen cylinders are emergency supplies. Are you requisitioning them now? Who gave you the order? Show me the instructions."
There are no instructions here!
This guy surnamed Cheng clearly knows whose orders he's following, yet he still dares to get involved!
Cao Jin gritted his teeth in hatred, but there was nothing he could do.
Cheng Zhen is someone he cannot contend with.
"No instructions?" Cheng Zhen waited a few moments, his gaze sweeping over them, his aura suddenly hardening, and he uttered a single word, "Get lost!"
Some of the soldiers were indignant. Cheng Zhen had only been in Xiangcheng for a short time, yet he was already constantly challenging their captain. They immediately wanted to speak up.
Cao Jin shoved him down, forcing out an order through gritted teeth: "Withdraw!"
The captain instructed that this matter should be carried out discreetly. Now that Cheng Zhen has discovered it, continuing the standoff is not in the captain's interest. It would be better to quickly find another place to get the goods!
The soldiers retreated quickly, just as they had come.
Only the wholesale market owners remained, survivors still shaken.
They all stared at Cheng Zhen, unsure of his stance, while secretly having the goods moved back into the warehouse.
We bought them with money, and it would hurt to lose even one bottle!
Cheng Zhen waved to his men, preparing to call it a day. Before leaving, he instructed the business owners: "Oxygen cylinders are now emergency supplies. From now on, no private transactions are allowed without orders!"
Only after he led his team away did the bosses start commotion: "How did oxygen cylinders become emergency supplies?"
"Why won't they let us sell? They told us to hoard our goods, but we've invested all our savings. What's going on? Are we not supposed to live?"
Those who were more perceptive couldn't help but mutter, "This is so weird, I have a feeling something's about to happen..."
The shop owner who had just sold Jiangwan oxygen cylinders suddenly slapped his forehead, snapped out of his daze, and ran to his warehouse.
When I got back, I was stunned. Half of the oxygen cylinders in the warehouse were gone!
Was he being robbed?!
Or did they move everything in a flash without anyone noticing?!
"Boss! Come quick!" Outside, a junior employee called out to him, holding up a note and looking puzzled.
After reading it, the boss was even more confused. What... exactly is going on?
Jiang Wan was completely unaware of the situation here. Taking advantage of the early hour, she went to the agricultural supply market and bought a large amount of various vegetables, fruits, crops, and especially wheat and rice seeds, which cost her tens of thousands of yuan!
The market was right next door, and she bought all the pork, beef, chicken, and poultry from several stalls in one go. She had the chickens and ducks slaughtered and processed, and she bought up all the chicken eggs, duck eggs, salted duck eggs, and snowflake eggs, no matter how many.
The butchers in the market were overjoyed, and they quickly slaughtered and cleaned the chickens and ducks for her before delivering the goods.
The twins were full of questions, but Jiang Wan didn't explain anything to them. Instead, she headed straight for the supermarket.
Once the shopping cart was in place, Jiang Xiaoxin could no longer contain her curiosity and asked in a cute voice, "Mommy, what else are we going to buy today?"
After asking, seeing her mother's stern face, she couldn't help but whisper to her brother, "They already bought a lot of things yesterday, why do they need to buy more today?"
Jiang Xiaoshu's face was tense. Although he was full of doubts like his sister, he remained calm and did not ask any questions. He just looked at Jiang Wan.
He's so composed, he doesn't seem like a three-year-old.
Jiang Wan sighed inwardly, then said softly to them, "Today we'll buy bread and biscuits. Buy whatever can fill your stomachs."
However, before she could finish speaking, she shut her mouth, her expression turning sour.
Warning signs were hung on all the shelves throughout the supermarket.
Purchase limits have been imposed!
One item per purchase!
Items sold by weight are limited to one pound per purchase!
Purchase limits are imposed based on facial recognition using ID cards!
Jiang Wan took a deep breath to barely keep herself from showing any abnormality. She lowered her voice and instructed the two children, "Do you see those brands? We can only buy one of each right now. Go and choose, buy everything."
If you don't buy it, you'll be wasting your time.
She went to the fresh produce section and bought a portion of all kinds of meat, fish, and shrimp.
Even so, they faced resistance from all levels of the supermarket staff. When they went to pay, the supermarket manager brought security guards to stop them, saying, "Madam, there are regulations now that you can't buy so many items."
"Which rule?" Jiang Wan asked with a frown and a cold face, shielding the twins behind her to prevent them from being frightened.
An employee pointed to the signs hanging all over the supermarket.
Jiang Wan chuckled and pointed to the shopping carts beside her, saying, "I only bought one of each item."
The supermarket manager then realized his mistake and exclaimed that he had been careless. He had received the order in a hurry and was only thinking about passing on the instructions as soon as possible, but he did not expect that someone would play word games with him!
The key point is that normal people only buy what they need when they go to the supermarket; who would buy everything?
But she was right for the moment, so she could only grimace and have someone pay the bill for her. As soon as the person left, she immediately gave the order: "Set up the system so that this face and ID card are banned from entering for one month."
Jiang Wan was completely unaware of this, and even if she knew, it wouldn't matter. This supermarket was far from Yincheng Yazuo, and she wouldn't be able to come here to buy supplies after the apocalypse.
After all that running around, the two little ones were so tired they could barely keep their eyes open when they got home. They had been running around with her all day and hadn't even taken a nap, only managing to doze off for a bit in the car.
Poor Jiang Xiaoxin clung to her leg, crying out that she was hungry: "Mommy, I want to eat."
Although they had a seafood buffet lunch outside, they are still children and get hungry very easily!
Although Jiang Xiaoshu didn't utter a sound, her expression conveyed the same message: she was both hungry and sleepy.
Jiang Wan felt a pang of heartache and took out two cartons of milk and two small bread rolls from the tree hole for them: "Eat some to fill your stomachs first, then go take a good bath. Mommy will make you dinner, okay?"
The two little ones nodded obediently. Of course, only Jiang Xiaoxin was obedient. Jiang Xiaoshu, as always, had no expression. She took the milk and bread, first tore open the packaging and inserted the tube for her sister, and then prepared it for herself.
Watching his carefree younger sister happily eating and his mother busily cooking but looking anxious, he was full of questions. Suddenly, everything went black, his little body stiffened, and he collapsed limply onto the sofa.
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