Chapter 9 Gold Triggers Greed
Yao Tao avoided two groups of survivors heading to the resettlement site and set his sights on a shopping mall.
There are no trees planted around the mall, and fortunately they are well preserved and have not been overturned or knocked over by the mutated plants.
However, the sidewalks outside the mall are filled with large flower pots, all of which are planted with ornamental flowers.
After mutation, these herbaceous plants formed a "grassland" several people high, tightly wrapping the shopping mall in the "grassland".
Yao Tao stood on a high place holding a map and observing carefully.
She had prepared the map before the end of the world.
After the apocalypse began, cell phones and the internet became useless, so she got a lot of maps and compasses.
After the plants mutate, the terrain and topography of the entire city will change. The original map can only be used as a reference, otherwise it will be difficult to tell where you are.
After confirming the location of the mall, she tied her long hair into a ponytail, put on a baseball cap, put on a sweatshirt, and started to hide in the "grass".
These plants look cute and petite in their pots, but they become terrifying when they grow as tall as towering trees.
Yao Tao used a compass to adjust her direction as she walked to avoid getting lost.
I finally found the entrance to the mall, but it was completely blocked by plants and no one could get in.
She took out a fire axe from the space and chopped it down, finally clearing a passage.
The first floor of the mall is home to cosmetics counters and a gold shop.
In the end times, gold and silver have lost their original value, and sometimes they are even less valuable than a bag of instant noodles.
Yao Tao was not interested in this, but she didn't mind taking away some nice ornaments or jewelry to appreciate for herself.
Her main target is the clothing, shoes, hats, and bedding here.
The mall has five floors in total.
The second floor is the children's area, which sells children's products.
Children's clothing and shoes, baby products, toys, milk powder, diapers and the like.
These things are of no use to her, but they can be exchanged with others.
Even in the end times, children's products are still the most expensive.
Adults can make do with it, but not children.
If you dare to compromise with him, you will die.
Yao Tao had just put the goods into the space when she faintly heard a man's voice coming from the escalator.
She took out a fire shovel from the space and walked quietly to the escalator.
The mall is well-preserved and there is no power outage for the time being.
In order to avoid being discovered, Yao Tao hid behind a billboard and looked down in the direction of the sound.
The voices came from the first floor.
"Wow, we're rich! Nannan, look, look! All this gold is mine!"
Through the gap between the escalators, Yao Tao saw a young man and woman.
The man ran around excitedly, while the woman followed behind him uncomfortably, "Mingyang... this isn't right for us..."
"What are you afraid of? Hahahaha, with so much gold, we're going to be rich!"
"But these things are not ours. Let's go quickly to the resettlement site." The woman grabbed the corner of the man's clothes and pulled him out hard.
The man's face was solemn. "Nannan, don't be silly. How can I possibly have the money to marry you if I don't take it? Your father asked for a betrothal gift of 500,000 yuan. You know my family is poor. When I get rich, we will buy a big villa and I will bring my father over so that you can take care of him in the future..."
Yao Tao stood there and eavesdropped for a while, and realized that the two men's target was the gold on the first floor.
She didn't want them to discover her presence, so she quietly went to the third floor.
Without space, they couldn't take all the gold away.
The mall is surrounded by "grassland" outside, and you have to walk through it to get out. Carrying heavy gold on your back will make you exhausted.
Money is a good thing, but if you have the life to earn it but not the life to spend it, it’s a waste of money.
The third floor sells all kinds of big-name clothing.
Yao Tao rolled up her sleeves without hesitation and said, "Come on, come to my space."
What is a well-known trademark?
What is an international brand?
In her eyes, they were all like free goods, and she just put them into the space.
Oh? It was originally 0 yuan purchase?
That's fine.
After collecting the clothes, Yao Tao went to the fourth floor to shop.
The fourth floor is a supermarket selling various home appliances and daily necessities.
She put everything like washing machines, refrigerators and televisions into the space.
It is difficult to use electricity in the end times, but people can never live without entertainment. In the end times, they need entertainment even more to adjust their mood.
She bought several sets of VR game consoles and VR helmets.
When leaving, I also downloaded and took away all the VR game resources in the store.
When there is no internet, you can only play stand-alone games.
In addition, she also visited the electronic amusement park in the mall, where large-scale video games can be used for both entertainment and fitness.
The fifth floor sells leather shoes and bags.
Yao Tao’s first target was sports shoes.
Since you often have to climb up and down huge trees, a pair of reliable sneakers is essential.
Otherwise, your feet would slip and you would fall from a height of more than ten stories with a "whoosh", leaving only two sounds.
"ah……"
“Bang!”
After finishing "shopping", Yao Tao returned to the second floor to see if the couple had left.
If they left, she would go to the first floor to do some final shopping.
I didn't expect that couple was still there.
"Stop pretending, please, I can't lift it anymore." The woman begged bitterly.
The man found a piece of cloth covering the counter somewhere, and he spread it on the ground and put the gold bricks on it as much as he could.
When the bag was full, he tied the four corners of the cloth bag into knots and made it into a bundle.
Yao Tao found it funny.
He really values money over his life. Doesn’t he know how heavy gold is?
Sure enough, after the man tied up the bag, he couldn't carry the bag of gold even if he used all his strength.
Seeing his face flushed red, the woman was extremely worried and kept urging him, "Please take some."
"No!" The man angrily opened the bundle again, found a piece of cloth, and divided the gold into two bundles. "You carry one and I'll carry this one."
"Me?" The woman looked at the heavy bag in front of her with a troubled expression, "I can't carry it."
"You can't even carry this little weight. How are you going to take care of my dad in the future?" the man complained. "My dad's life has been so difficult. He's paralyzed in bed and relies on others to turn him over. I used to help him turn over, but after we get married, you'll have to do it. You have to be filial to him, okay?"
The woman said innocently, "Originally, my parents didn't want me to marry you, saying your family was too poor. But I know you're a good person and filial to your parents... But this gold isn't ours, and I wouldn't feel at ease if I took it. Let's go."
"I stole the gold for you." The man said anxiously, "It's all because of your father asking for a dowry."
"Then... I'll go back and ask my dad to reduce the betrothal gift a bit more... We can't take the gold."
"Even if I reduce the betrothal gift, I still have to pay. Anyway, no one will know if I take the gold. There is not even a ghost here."
"I heard there are terrible monsters in the city, and they've hurt a lot of people."
"You're the only one who's timid. Those are all lies. Did you see any monsters along the way?"
"...Stop talking, let's go."
"If you want to leave, go by yourself. I will carry the gold back."
"Ming Yang... wuwuwu, don't be like this..." The woman cried in grievance.
Listening to the quarrel between the "young couple", Yao Tao yawned out of boredom.
Have you ever seen mutant animals?
Okay, let me show you.
She got up and went to the warehouse on the second floor.
She swept away the goods in the warehouse, leaving only a few mutant rats that she had knocked unconscious but were still alive.
She picked one that was still able to move, dragged it by its tail to the entrance of the staircase, and swung her arm to throw the mutant rat down...
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