Thinking that buying supplies was the most important thing, Wang Guifeng calmed down after making a fuss for more than ten minutes.
After groping under the bed for a while, she dug out a dusty box.
"All the jewelry in the house is here. Take it to the supermarket and exchange it for food."
Zhuo Yingping held the box in his arms and glanced at his daughter standing in the corner.
"Lingling, come with me."
Wang Guifeng frowned, "Why take her there? So she can cheat on me?"
Zhuo Yingping said helplessly, "Xu Da just told me that Shuguang Supermarket has a purchase limit on goods. If one more person goes, we can buy more supplies.
Lingling can go with me and help me carry things."
If it weren't for her poor legs and the need to look after her grandson, Wang Guifeng would definitely rush to go.
“It’s okay for her to go out with you, but you can’t let her eat the food you buy.
The gold is mine, and I can give it to whomever I want."
Zhuo Yingping said nothing, took his daughter, opened the door and went out.
When they reached the third floor, the man spoke in a soft voice, "Lingling, don't take what your grandma said to heart.
If you can really buy food later, eat it in the supermarket before going back."
Zhuo Ling had thin cheeks and sunken eyes, showing obvious signs of malnutrition.
Zhuo Yingping's salary was paid weekly, which was barely enough to support his family of four.
With the biased Wang Guifeng around, she only got very little each time. It was very difficult for her to survive until now.
She nodded slightly, "Yeah, I know, Dad."
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There were few items in the supermarket, and when the father and daughter arrived, most of the shelves were empty.
Zhuo Ling was suppressed so severely at home that she didn't even dare to look up when she walked outside.
She looked around Shuguang Supermarket carefully. It was beautiful, clean and tidy.
It was like a ray of light, shining through the cracks and into her dark and gray world.
Zhuo Ling followed her father closely, stepping lightly onto the smooth floor of the supermarket.
Zhuo Yingping stood in front of the cashier and asked in disbelief:
"Boss, can the things you have here really be bought with gold?"
Jiang He nodded and said affirmatively: "Well, you can apply for a card first, then load the gold into the card, and then you can go to the supermarket to buy supplies."
Although Zhuo Ling lowered her head, she kept stealing glances at Jiang He, and her eyes were filled with nothing but envy.
To her, Jiang He at this moment was the light that she looked up to, almost like a living Bodhisattva.
Zhuo Yingping's hands were shaking with excitement. After getting the card, he divided the jewelry in the box into two halves and loaded the money into the card.
There are 2,000 points on his card, and 1,800 points on Zhuo Ling's card.
When he walked to the shelf and saw the price tags of the goods, Zhuo Yingping's heart almost jumped out of his throat.
It’s so cheap!!
No wonder Xu Da was able to bring so many things home.
The points he and his daughter have added up are not a small amount.
There are many empty items on the shelves, but there are still some limited-purchase supplies left.
Zhuo Yingping took two bottles of water, two bags of bread, two rice balls, two bottles of oatmeal porridge, four buckets of instant noodles, four boxes of mixed noodles, six bags of bear biscuits, and two bottles of insecticide...
When Zhuo Yingping passed by the medicine area and saw the empty glass cabinet, he regretted it so much.
I shouldn't have dragged him out for so long. If I had come earlier, maybe I could have bought some fever-reducing medicine and other things.
However, Shuguang Supermarket will still be there tomorrow, and they still have a chance.
After work tomorrow morning, he would go out to look for gold and silver jewelry to see if he could earn more points and then come back to buy things.
After paying the points, Zhuo Yingping stuffed a bucket of instant noodles into his daughter's hands.
"Lingling, there's a dining table over there, go eat this."
Zhuo Ling had long been accustomed to her grandmother's harsh words towards her, and she was not greedy. As long as she had something to eat and could keep her alive, that was enough.
Holding the instant noodles in her hand, her first reaction was not happiness, but fear.
"Dad, what if grandma finds out?"
Zhuo Yingping knew what she was worried about. He took the instant noodles, helped her open them, and then went to get hot water.
"As long as you don't tell her and I don't tell her, she won't know."
Smelling the rich aroma of instant noodles, Zhuo Ling swallowed hard. She was instantly overwhelmed by hunger and had no energy to think about anything else.
There is only one thought in my mind: eat first!
Zhuo Yingping put the noodle bucket on the dining table and sat down opposite him.
Zhuo Ling picked up the plastic fork and asked in a low voice, "Dad, don't you want to eat?"
Staring at her wrist which was only a skeleton left, Zhuo Yingping's eyes were filled with heartache.
"I'll eat when I get back."
Upon hearing this, Zhuo Ling couldn't wait any longer and quickly started eating.
All she got every day were cookie crumbs.
Only my younger brother is qualified to eat the whole cookie.
A whole bucket of instant noodles belonged to her alone, something she would never have dared to imagine before.
Zhuo Ling ate very quickly. After finishing her noodles, she picked up the noodle bucket and gulped down the delicious noodle soup.
Zhuo Yingping kept his eyes fixed elsewhere, otherwise he was afraid that he would not be able to resist and would take out the food he had just bought and eat it.
The elderly and children at home are all hungry, he can't just enjoy himself.
With a thud.
Zhuo Ling put down the bucket and wiped her mouth.
Today's meal was the best and most filling she had ever had since the end of the world.
"Dad, I'm done eating. Let's go back."
"Yeah, okay."
Zhuo Yingping was reluctant to throw away even the empty noodle bucket, but if he took it back, his identity would be exposed, so he had no choice but to pick it up and throw it into the trash can.
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Wang Guifeng was so happy to see the two men coming back with a bunch of supplies that she couldn't stop smiling.
She patted her grandson on the back, her tone particularly gentle.
"Yanyan, don't sleep anymore, get up and drink some water and eat some bread."
Zhuo Yan opened his eyes dazedly. He was still sleepy, and his mouth curled up, and he subconsciously wanted to cry.
He sniffed and smelled an enticing aroma. His eyes widened instantly and he stretched out his hand to reach the seaweed and pork floss bread that Wang Guifeng was holding.
"Grandma, I'm hungry, I want to eat!"
Wang Guifeng smiled and said, "Okay, give it to my little grandson."
She tore open the package and gave the whole piece of bread to her grandson.
"Eat slowly, don't choke."
Zhuo Yingping handed over another bag of bread: "Mom, you should eat some too."
Wang Guifeng turned her eyes away and lowered her voice: "There are still compressed biscuits at home, I can eat those. Such good things should be left for you and Yanyan to eat, don't waste them."
As she spoke, she glanced at Zhuo Ling beside her and found everything about her displeasing to her.
“These grains belong to Yanyan, don’t even think about it.
What are you still doing there? Why don't you grab some insecticide and kill the bugs in the house? You're just eating rice."
Zhuo Yingping felt deeply powerless. He really couldn't understand why his mother still couldn't stand her eldest daughter even though the family had so many supplies.
Zhuo Ling has become accustomed to Wang Guifeng's various insults and no longer reacts.
She obediently opened the insecticide and went to kill the mosquitoes in the corner.
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