Xu Lai observed the mall and found that although the prices of daily necessities were relatively high, there were still quite a few people buying them.
Many people even brought several others and pushed carts to buy things.
It seems that some "smart" people are also hoarding goods.
Xu Lai turned her gaze away and glanced casually at Xiao Rui, who was standing to the side also watching the people hoarding large quantities of goods. She noticed that Xiao Rui's brows were furrowed unconsciously.
It seems that her neighbor also noticed something was amiss.
"Things here are so expensive, why don't we wait a while and talk about it later?"
Li Qingya is a teacher who takes care of students every day. She can't be careless about anything related to her students and pays great attention to details.
Because of their habit of scrutinizing details, they are more likely than normal people to spot problems in their interactions with others in daily life.
This has led some business people to have a prejudice against teachers, saying that they are most afraid of dealing with teachers and that teachers are generally very serious.
Li Qingya, who is "very particular," felt that since there was no shortage of food at home, and things were so expensive here, it was definitely not worth buying anything now.
"No, we must buy as many supplies as possible today, no matter how expensive they are!"
Hearing his wife's words, Xiao Rui, who had been frowning, retorted decisively.
"Brother Xiao is right. We really need to stock up on more supplies today. After today, it will probably be very difficult to buy these supplies again!"
Xu Lai understood the intricacies of the situation but kept quiet; she only meant one thing.
purchase!
Ever since he believed that his daughter had been reborn, Xu Haiguo has almost always put his daughter's opinion first in all matters concerning the family.
When his daughter said she wanted to buy something, he immediately took out the money.
Xu Chao was still a minor, so he naturally listened to his family members in these matters.
Although Li Qingya had her own ideas, she believed that her foresight was far inferior to that of her husband.
Since my husband said he wanted to stock up on some goods, then let's do it.
Once everything was decided, the five of them began their sweep.
Twenty bags of rice, each weighing twenty pounds.
Twenty bags of noodles, each weighing three pounds.
Ten bottles of cooking oil also arrived.
In the vegetable and fruit section, there were no fresh vegetables or fruits left.
I also bought some dried kelp, dried green beans, and dried bean curd sheets.
Because of the purchase limit, each person could only buy one bag of salt, so they took five bags.
I also selected some various seasonings.
"Xu Lai, let's go buy some sanitary napkins!"
While selecting seasonings, Li Qingya walked up to Xu Lai and whispered something to her.
Xu Lai had stored enough of this stuff in her spatial storage that she and her mother could never use up in a lifetime.
However, Xu Lai couldn't let others suspect anything, so she nodded and followed Li Qingya to the area where they bought skincare products.
"My God, why doesn't this supermarket owner just rob a place?!"
"Xu Lai, look at this! This bag of eight sanitary napkins used to only cost sixteen yuan a bag, but now it's selling for one hundred and fifty yuan a bag! That's outrageous!"
Li Qingya picked up a bag of sanitary napkins from a brand she usually uses, and her eyes widened when she saw the price on the tag.
These were for daytime use; she glanced at the next row of overnight sanitary napkins, which were even more expensive.
"This is an everyday necessity; every adult woman needs it. With so many people needing it, the price is naturally high!"
Xu Lai smiled and offered an explanation.
"Then I'll buy less, just enough for two months. Surely this torrential rain and flooding won't last for two months!"
It's perfectly normal for Li Qingya to have this thought, as she is a normal person.
Since the beginning of humankind, no natural disaster has ever been known to last for a year or two, and there is no such record in historical books.
"Sister Qingya, that's not necessarily true. Let's stock up on more!"
As someone who had been through it all, Xu Lai could only advise Li Qingya to buy more.
Finally, Li Qingya gritted her teeth and stocked up on a six-month supply at once, spending a full three thousand yuan.
Xu Lai also stockpiled enough for half a year.
After packing the item into a large black plastic container, the two found Xu Haiguo and his group, who were buying instant noodles, hot and sour noodles, and other semi-finished food products.
It took them about half an hour to finally buy the food.
Because we bought a lot, the mall staff specifically came up to us and told us that the mall offers a paid home delivery service.
The service fee was naturally not cheap, but Xiao Rui immediately agreed to the delivery service.
"Does your store still sell bottled gas?"
After the group of five paid for their purchases, they followed the staff to the designated delivery area. Xiao Rui politely inquired with the staff about their needs.
"I'm sorry, sir, there are strict regulations regarding bottled gas. Shops can only stock a limited quantity, and this stuff has already sold out!"
Seeing that they had bought quite a lot of things, the staff patiently explained the situation.
After listening, Xiao Rui nodded with some disappointment.
"No wonder he's a big businessman, he really has a business mind!"
As the five of them stood in line at the delivery area with a pile of goods, Xu Haiguo saw that the mall had arranged for dedicated delivery personnel to drive more than a dozen speedboats back and forth between the mall and customers' homes, and couldn't help but admire them.
Their neighborhood isn't far from the mall, but the delivery fee for this trip was a whopping 10,000 yuan.
After queuing for almost an hour, it was finally their turn.
Xiao Rui paid a 30% deposit for the delivery fee, and the balance would be paid after they delivered the goods to the community.
After arranging the delivery of the purchased supplies, Xu Lai and his group walked to the gate, handed their number plates to the staff guarding the gate, got into their rubber boats, and paddled back to the community.
The diesel-powered speedboats were fast; when Xu Lai and his group returned to their apartment building in Jinxiu Haoting, the delivery boats from the shopping mall were already parked there.
Fortunately, it was already evening, and due to the weather and the citywide power outage, it looked very dark outside.
The people who were crowded in the third-floor hallway when they set off have long since gone home.
With no one paying much attention, Xu Lai and the others breathed a sigh of relief.
The two deliverymen at the mall were also tall and burly young men, each holding a stun gun and looking quite intimidating.
Xu Haiguo even muttered to himself, "Could the mall owner be involved in organized crime? I wonder where he found so many intimidating staff members."
After Xu Lai and his companions paid the remaining 7,000 yuan for delivery, they kept quiet and refused to let the two troublesome individuals help them.
Xu Lai led her younger brother and Li Qingya up to the third-floor corridor.
Xu Haiguo and Xiao Rui began passing supplies up the stairwell, while Xu Lai and the other two received them in the stairwell.
After going back and forth for a while, the five of them finally managed to transport a pile of supplies from the assault boat to the corridor on the third floor.
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