After the boss lady left, Su Han quickly rushed to the supermarket. However, when she arrived, the food and daily necessities in the supermarket had been emptied.
There were also some baby food and sauces on the shelf, but they were left because they couldn't fill their stomachs.
Su Han thought about it and walked slowly along the road - she planned to look around to see if there were any convenience stores, shops, pharmacies or the like nearby.
After walking for ten minutes, I found a convenience store. When I went in, I saw that most of the shelves were empty, as if it had just been looted by bandits.
Going forward, there is a big drugstore. When he walked in, he saw that the shelves were all empty. Su Han almost thought that the store was going to close down. After asking around, he found out that people were rushing to buy the products so much that everything was sold out.
Su Han seemed to have sensed something. She murmured softly, "It seems that the problem of insufficient inventory is more serious than the currency depreciation."
The currency has depreciated, but even if the amount is small, at least you can still buy something. If the inventory of goods is insufficient, you really can't buy supplies even if you wave your money.
Su Han wandered around, just taking a walk at night. After walking for a full forty minutes, she finally found a small shop that had survived the disaster in a corner.
"What do you need?" the shop owner asked.
Su Han was stunned. In fact, she had already stockpiled a lot of things, but who would complain about having too much useful supplies? Of course, the more the better.
After careful calculation, she already had 100 bars of soap, 100 bottles of mineral water, 10 pieces of pork floss and butter bread, 10 medical bandages, 5 boxes of anti-inflammatory drugs, 70 bags of steel balls (100 balls per bag), 2 slingshots, 1 bottle of milk, and 1 loaf of brown bread.
"I want ten bars of soap." Thinking that food and water can be obtained through professional talents, and medicines cannot be bought, Su Han decided to continue stockpiling daily necessities.
The shopkeeper quickly threw out a bar of soap and said, "A bar of soap costs 8 shells, a total of 80."
Su Han paid the bill and sighed. When she went to the supermarket in the morning, a bar of soap was only 5 bei. In the evening, the price immediately became 8 bei. And she was actually glad that there was a place where she could buy daily necessities...
Probably crazy.
Thinking so, Su Han immediately bought toothpaste, toothbrush and towel, spending all the money.
After a hard day's work, the cleanliness level dropped from 100 to 53, and it was about to turn yellow. However, after using toothpaste, toothbrush and towel, the cleanliness level immediately returned to 98.
After ordering a bowl of noodles and eating it hastily, Su Han fell on the bed and quickly fell asleep.
Tomorrow is another new day.
**
The next morning at 8:30, Su Han started work on time. Because it was still early, there were not many customers in the store, so it was not very busy. While she was greeting customers, she listened carefully to people's discussions.
There were a few middle-aged ladies sitting at the table at the edge, eating noodles and complaining to each other.
"I didn't even bother to eat after get off work yesterday and went straight to the department store to buy things. Luckily I went early, otherwise I wouldn't have been able to get anything."
"I went to a department store to buy something and waited in line for an hour before it was my turn to check out."
"My friends are desperately trying to exchange their cash for physical goods. They are all panicking, which makes me nervous too. No, I have to go buy some supplies right away to store at home."
"I heard that the shelves in the department store were full again this morning. I have to hurry and buy some food and daily necessities. I was shocked to see that most of the shelves were empty yesterday."
Are the supermarket shelves full again? Su Han thought to himself, this is good news.
However, after a few minutes of peace of mind, at 9 o'clock, the system's mechanical voice sounded again, "On the second day, the price level continued to rise by 50%."
But this time, the amount of milk and brown bread in the portable warehouse did not increase.
Suddenly, the lady who was eating noodles waved her hand and said, "Little girl, these noodles are delicious. Please pack a bowl for me."
Before Su Han could say anything, the proprietress spoke first, "You can take it away, but it's 23 shells a bowl."
The aunt was very dissatisfied, "I just ate a bowl, isn't it 15 shells?"
The proprietress had a cold expression on her face, "Just now was just now, now is now, the prices are different."
The aunt was speechless and had to give up in disappointment.
After the aunties left, the proprietress said, "I'm going to go buy some goods, you stay and look after the store." Then she left in a hurry.
Su Han guessed that the boss lady was probably worried that the price of flour would continue to rise, so she was in a hurry to buy more. He didn't know how much he could buy.
It was not until 3pm that the proprietress returned to the noodle shop, but her face was very unhappy. "I bought two bags of flour. I will use them for now. I will think of other ways later."
One bag of flour can make about 200 bowls of noodles, and two bags... can probably keep the noodle shop running for 5 or 6 days.
"Yeah." Su Han responded, but she was thinking in her heart, the system stipulates that there will be hyperinflation, what can they do?
After getting her salary in the evening, Su Han found that the big supermarket was empty again. She had no choice but to go to the small store. But this time, the small store in the corner was not working. She didn't know how others found it, but when she arrived, more than half of the goods were sold out.
"The soap is 13 pieces, and there are only 15 pieces left in total. But I have to keep 5 pieces for myself, and I can sell it for a maximum of 10 pieces." The owner took the initiative to express his opinion.
Su Han had a cold face and spoke as if she could afford ten bars of soap!
"I want seven bars of soap. The rest..." Su Han looked for a long time and finally couldn't help asking for help, "Do you have anything below 9 taels?"
The shopkeeper pursed his lips and said, "Bottled milk, no more, no less, exactly 9 shells."
"Then seven bars of soap and a bottle of milk!" Su Han made the decision.
After dinner, Su Han used two bars of soap to raise the cleanliness to 100, and tossed and turned, unable to sleep. The difficulty of the game seemed to be beyond her imagination, and she always felt that the difficulty increased exponentially with each passing day.
At 9 o'clock the next day, the system sounded on time, "On the third day, the price level continued to rise by 50%."
Su Han paused. What does it mean that prices will continue to rise by 50%? Now the noodle shop sells noodles for 23 pebbles a bowl, and if the price is raised again, it will be 35 pebbles a bowl.
In other words, the salary she got after working a day in the noodle shop was not as valuable as the three meals of noodles she ate.
Of course, if we think optimistically, three meals a day are provided, which is equivalent to her getting double salary...
"It's killing me! This is killing people!" The lady boss was so anxious that her lips were covered with blisters. She said she would try to find a solution, but after thinking for a long time, she couldn't find a solution. It was already very difficult to get a bag of flour.
Su Han didn't say anything, just quietly doing her job. When the noodle shop couldn't survive, she would leave.
In the evening, although she thought there would be no goods left in the store, she still went there with a glimmer of hope.
As expected, the shop owner replied, "Soap is 20 pepsi each, and it's sold out long ago."
"What else is there in the store?" Su Han wanted to spend the money.
"There is nothing to eat, drink or use." The owner replied very straightforwardly.
Su Han, "..."
What else could she say? She could only accept her fate.
"The goods were sold out at noon. You came so late, of course you can't buy anything." The owner couldn't help but say a few more words.
Su Han spread his hands, feeling helpless. "I can't help it. I have to go to work. From morning to night, I just have some free time."
The shop owner saw that she was a young girl and felt sorry for her. He finally pointed out a clear way, "Do you know the department store? The shelves are restocked at six in the morning every day. If you get up early and rush over, you should be able to buy daily necessities."
After a pause, he couldn't help wondering, "Speaking of which, why did you buy so many soaps?"
"Stocking up." Su Han blinked and said seriously, "I'm afraid it will be out of stock later, so I want to keep some more at home." Although in the eyes of NPCs, a bar of soap can be used for half a month, but for players, they only use one bar at a time and it will be gone in a moment.
“It’s because there are too many people with similar ideas that daily necessities are out of stock!” The shop owner shook his head, thinking that hoarding goods is a very bad behavior.
Su Han didn't say much, just smiled and left.
On the fourth day of the game, she got up early and went to the department store to shop.
Unexpectedly, there are many people who share the same idea. In the early morning, the department store is packed with people. As soon as the salesperson puts the goods on the shelves, customers rush to buy them all.
Su Han was quick-witted and managed to grab five bars of soap. She squeezed through the crowd and went to the cashier to pay. Then... she saw a line that was more than ten meters long.
For a moment, Su Han almost collapsed deep down. But there was nothing he could do. If he wanted to buy soap, he had to queue up. An hour and twenty minutes later, Su Han walked out of the supermarket with five bars of soap.
Back at the noodle shop, the proprietress looked worried and kept muttering something.
Su Han ignored her, made some noodles for breakfast, and then started working.
At 9 o'clock, the system's mechanical voice sounded like a death knell, "On the 4th day, the price level rose by 75%." The pace of hyperinflation did not slow down, but accelerated instead.
Su Han glanced at his portable warehouse and found that he had received another set of milk and black bread.
The proprietress took a deep breath and said in a deep voice, "I want to talk to you."
"You say." Su Han looked obedient. But she had a vague idea of what they were going to talk about - a bowl of noodles cost 61 shells, and with her daily salary, she could hardly afford it.
But it turned out that the boss lady was very kind. She said in a negotiating tone, "I won't pay you wages, but I'll provide lunch and dinner every day. What do you think?"
"No problem." Su Han agreed with a smile, looking very easy to talk to. But in fact, she knew that it was not easy to find a job, and it was difficult to buy suitable goods with the hard-earned salary. Thinking about it this way, the boss's willingness to pack two meals was already a very good treatment.
"Let's get back to normal as soon as possible. We can't live like this any longer." The proprietress kept muttering.
However……
On the 5th day, the price level rose by 75%.
On the 6th day, the price level rose by 75%.
On the 7th day, the price level rose by 100%.
In just three days, the price of a bowl of noodles has risen to 375 Bei.
At this time, worse news came: "Due to the lack of raw materials, many production companies had to close down and their employees lost their jobs."
The author has something to say: Every day, 50 cleanliness points are lost, and two bars of soap are needed to restore them. I try not to repeat them because it feels tedious.
There are countries in history where prices doubled every day. I remember one country where prices doubled in 23 hours, and another country where prices doubled in 25 hours.
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