People swarmed around the large truck, scanning the QR codes one after another. In no time, the oranges that Tang You had dragged out of the city were all snapped up.
Dafu, dragging a large trash can, shouted to the survivors who were eating oranges all over the ground:
"Please help me! My sister doesn't allow littering. I gave all the orange peels to her to throw in the trash can. She blacklisted people who litter and won't let them buy oranges from me anymore."
The child's voice was drowned out by the boisterous chatter of the crowd.
More and more people gathered at the entrance of Xiangcheng, and with so many people, it was easy for things to get chaotic.
Fortunately, Gong Yi is a ruthless person. He either doesn't set obstacles, or if he does, he sets them to be the most stubborn.
At the first checkpoint in Xiangcheng, Gong Yi equipped the garrison with live ammunition.
People who bought oranges carried large and small bags of them, eating them as they queued to pass through customs.
Someone whispered to Dafu,
"Kid, are cars from City B allowed to enter here?"
"The car can enter the city, but there is no gas in the city."
Dafu didn't know much, but the garrison commander at Gong's residence didn't say that vehicles couldn't enter.
The city has long been out of oil supply.
Rumor has it that Sister Hua bought up all the oil in Xiangcheng, but nobody has any proof, and Dafu can't possibly tell everyone about it.
"So, can you really use money in Xiangcheng? What can you buy with money?"
Others were also quietly inquiring; they were understandably nervous, being newcomers.
Dafu thought for a moment and then honestly replied,
"Right now, oranges are probably the cheapest thing. The temporary first aid center provides three meals and two snacks a day, but the portions have been getting smaller and smaller lately."
This is a very serious fact. Many people say that the supply chain of goods in Xiangcheng has been disrupted, and supply trucks cannot enter Xiangcheng.
Of course, the same applies to other cities.
Therefore, the food supplies needed by Xiangcheng were not shipped from other cities at all.
Rumors also suggest that providing three meals and two snacks a day at the Xiangcheng Rescue Center is a heavy burden.
They've started eating from the city's food reserves, so gradually, the food supply to the Xiangcheng Rescue Center will decrease.
Hearing Dafu say this, the people from City B around them secretly did some calculations in their minds.
It seems that Xiangcheng, like their B city, is facing a major problem with the supply of materials, and money will soon be worthless.
An orange costs 9.9 yuan, and each one is about the size of a fist. Two oranges are enough for an adult to have a meal.
If, by some chance, food shortages also occur in Xiangcheng, then we'll eat oranges for every meal, three times a day, six oranges a day—enough to fill us up and keep us hydrated.
Yeah, when you eat oranges, you can even leave a lot of mineral water behind.
At this moment, Tang You made a phone call and asked the factory manager to drive another truckload of oranges out of the city and deliver them to Dafu to sell.
Seeing the truck was full of oranges, the survivors of City B hurriedly shouted:
"Give me another 10,000 oranges, and I'll scan the code right away."
"I, I, I want 20,000!"
They're taking advantage of the current idiot sale of oranges in Xiangcheng to stock up quickly.
Stock up!
In just half an hour, another truckload of oranges was sold out.
Tang You had to urgently restock, emptying the oranges in the RV wall warehouse and also urgently pulling out oranges from the garrison supplies depot.
Even the tangerines that the garrison soldiers had placed in the temporary houses at the city gate were taken out and sold.
Hua Mi has a lot of oranges, but the market demand is much greater.
In the end, Tang You had no choice but to call Hua Mi and ask her to quickly arrange for oranges to be transported out of the city to be sold.
By this time, Hua Mi had already left the emergency room and returned to Lianhua Shengxing Supermarket.
Hearing Tang You's words, she couldn't help but burst into laughter.
"Okay, okay, have someone come to the underground parking garage next to my supermarket to pick up some oranges. There's plenty of water too. Do you want some bottled water? It's 5 yuan a bottle, I have plenty here."
Tang You ended the call somewhat speechlessly, then looked at Gong Yi, who was holding binoculars and peering into the pile of survivors outside the iron gate.
"Boss, how many oranges and water did Sister Hua get? Where did she get them from?"
The quantity is so excessive that even the largest companies would sell out of oranges by now, no matter how much they stockpile.
Even if there are still many items in stock, seeing this buying frenzy should at least give people a sense of crisis. Prices should be raised where necessary, and quantities should be limited where appropriate.
But Sister Hua wasn't flustered; in fact, she felt secretly pleased.
Gong Yi, who was holding binoculars, twitched his jaw.
"Don't ask what you shouldn't ask. It's good to be a little oblivious in life, you know?"
There's something wrong with this woman, and Gong Yi isn't stupid.
But Gong Yi never inquired about that much.
He treated Hua Mi with extraordinary patience and a Zen-like attitude.
Anyway, Hua Mi will talk when she wants to, and if she doesn't want to talk, asking will only annoy her.
Putting down his binoculars, Gong Yi glanced at Tang You, his words earnest yet full of warning.
“Right, as long as you’re alive, all our brothers are alive. Getting to the bottom of her situation won’t benefit anyone.”
Tang You immediately stood up straight.
"I understand, boss. I will keep Sister Hua's secret well."
Gong Yi raised his hand and patted Tang You's shoulder, then turned around, his shoulder brushing against Tang You's, and lowered his voice, his tone chilling.
"Don't let anyone touch her."
"yes!"
A resounding, firm voice rang out, and outside the iron gate, survivors from City B had already caused a traffic jam at the entrance.
Most people would be put into Xiangcheng, and as long as they had no criminal record, Gong Yi would not deliberately detain them.
However, it still couldn't keep up with the speed at which survivors from City B flocked to Xiangcheng.
Before long, some people began to have difficulty breathing.
Someone shouted exaggeratedly,
"Someone's dead! Someone's dead! What are you garrison troops doing blocking the road?"
"Let us into the city! People are dying here! Let us into the city now!"
The heavy iron gate is made of high-quality steel produced by the garrison heavy industry. Even if someone drove an armored vehicle to ram it, it might not be able to break through in one go.
On the high ground inside the gate, Gong Yi frowned and picked up his binoculars again to look.
Behind him, a garrison officer said:
"There weren't this many survivors the day before yesterday. I don't know who cleared the road between Xiangcheng and Bcheng, but the survivors from Bcheng all came."
Before today, Xiangcheng had at most received airdrops of seriously injured people from various cities.
There were also survivors from various cities who had walked there.
But they arrived sporadically, and we'd never seen such a large number of survivors before.
These are the survivors of the entire B city, who have all brought their belongings to Xiangcheng.
We're still on the highway!
Fortunately, the mysterious clearing man only cleared one highway connecting Xiangcheng and Bcheng; otherwise, the entire Xiangcheng would have been surrounded by survivors flocking from various cities.
The city being besieged is not a big deal. The key issue is that Xiangcheng, as a single city, simply cannot support the survivors of two cities.
Just eating, drinking, and relieving oneself would become a huge problem.
To put it simply, all the houses in Xiangcheng that could be destroyed by the earthquake have collapsed, and there is simply no place to provide accommodation for more survivors.
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