They gave each person an extra 500 points, encouraging them to buy more food and vegetables, and ideally use all their points to buy food.
"Has something happened?" Li Jingjing was quite sensitive.
“I just heard from Sister Chen that the planting area at the base was looted, and things might get chaotic. You should go back and take turns with your families to buy grain. It’s always a good idea to stock up,” Xu Lin said.
"I'll have my parents and Zheng Ming go buy it right away." Wang Jing took out her communicator and called Zheng Ming.
Xu Lin has made a lot of money selling seafood in the past two months, accumulating tens of thousands of points. She buys food almost every five days, knowing that points are useless if she keeps them; they can only be converted into cash by spending them.
I still have several thousand points from selling seafood these past few days at home.
Xu Lin called Zhou Pin, who happened to be on his way and would be arriving soon. The two agreed to meet at the trading center.
The three loaded the last batch of goods onto the truck and went to the trading hall together. Some well-informed people were already buying grain, but there weren't many people there.
Zhou Pin, Zheng Ming, Zheng's father, Zheng's mother, Sun Wei, along with Old Lady Wu, and Doctor Dai, along with Hao Hao and Xiang Qing, also arrived. Everyone split up to buy food, and after they finished, they loaded it into the car that Zhou Pin, Sun Wei, and Zheng Ming had driven over.
Mr. Zheng took some time to go to the housing rental center and rented No. 42. Dr. Dai also went to rent the newly built villa No. 45.
A while ago, many people from Jinshi came to do business. Seeing the business opportunity, the base built a few small villas in the villa area for visiting businessmen to rent temporarily. They are actually two- or three-bedroom bungalows, but they are detached houses, which protects privacy and allows for parking. It is just right for Dr. Dai and her two children to stay there.
Once the truck was full of Zhoupin, he, Zheng Ming, and Sun Wei transported it back, while the others continued buying. After just two trips, perhaps because more and more people heard the news and rushed over, the service hall started limiting purchases to ten jin per person.
The group then used their ID cards to buy another ten kilograms of grain before finally squeezing out of the service hall.
"I'm going to buy some other things; I haven't used up all my points yet," Xu Lin said.
“We’ll go too,” Wang Jing and Li Jingjing said.
Dr. Dai was moving house, and Hao Hao volunteered to go shopping with Xu Lin.
So the three of them went to other stalls in the trading center to buy things, while the rest of them went back to deliver food, especially Zheng Ming's family and Dr. Dai's family, who were also moving.
Xu Lin led the group to browse through the seed shops, daily necessities shops, and general stores in the trading market. They finally ran out of points, and Zhou Pin, who had finished transporting grain, made five or six trips to help with the tricycle.
The people in the store probably realized something was wrong, and after their big purchase, they started packing up their goods and preparing to close.
Everyone was busy until evening, and they only had a few bites of rice balls for lunch.
Back home, Xu Lin took out food from her spatial storage and ate it. After eating, she rested early. She hadn't had a moment's rest all day and finally managed to exchange all her points for food. With food in hand, she felt at ease.
The next day, Xu Lin harvested all the vegetables in the yard. The situation was unclear, so it was best not to leave any supplies outside.
Zheng Ming sent a message in the group saying that his family had resigned from their jobs at the base, and Sun Wei also said that he had resigned. He also told everyone not to go out or open the door to strangers.
In the afternoon, the two drew the curtains and watched a movie at home, feeling a sense of isolation from the world. However, they both knew in their hearts that this was just the calm before the storm.
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