Chapter 3 20% Discount
The sun sets in the west and the sky darkens.
But the temperature is still very high, it's still over 40 degrees outside.
Outside the city, a mother and son were running towards the city with difficulty, their clothes were already soaked with sweat.
"Mom, I can't run anymore..."
With a thud, the little boy fell to the ground.
"Come, let mommy carry you!"
Yang Liu helped her six-year-old son up, squatted down, quickly carried him on her back and continued running forward.
I have been running for more than an hour.
She was almost unable to hold on, but there was a zombie dog chasing her and her son, so Yang Liu didn't dare to stop.
She could barely deal with the slow-moving low-level zombies, but she was really helpless against the zombie dogs.
After all, she had no special powers, and the zombie dogs moved too fast, so she would be bitten if she was not careful. She was carrying Xiao Hang with her, so she could only escape.
A week ago, her family ran out of food again, and her husband decided to join a small team to come to the city to look for supplies.
But three days ago, only two members of the team returned, and her husband was not among them.
It is said that they encountered a large wave of zombies on the way, some died, some were injured, and a few got separated from everyone, so the team was disbanded.
Yang Liu waited for two days but still didn't see her husband. She was so anxious that she decided to take her children out to find food. She also held a glimmer of hope in her heart that she might meet her husband on the way.
It has been three years since the end of the world.
It is difficult to find usable supplies outside.
Yang Liu walked with the child for a whole day, her legs and feet became weak, and she also encountered zombie dogs. Her vision became increasingly blurred, and her steps became increasingly weak.
She hadn't eaten for two days and gave the only small packet of compressed biscuits she had left to her son.
'Plop.'
Yang Liu was exhausted and fell to her knees. She looked behind her with difficulty and fortunately the zombie dog did not continue to chase her.
"Mom, what's wrong with you...Mom..." Xiao Hang pushed his mother who fell to the ground, feeling scared and worried.
Dad once said that if he is not at home, he is the man of the family and he must protect mom!
Thinking of this, Xiao Hang wanted to drag his mother forward, but he couldn't move her after trying many times.
He looked around anxiously, hoping someone would come to save his mother.
He didn't dare to go far, so he just walked around. But by chance, Xiao Hang seemed to see a lighted sign at the door.
He rubbed his eyes, thinking he was seeing things. His father had told him that electricity was a rare thing and could only be generated in a special way.
But he was now very sure that there was a bright sign not far ahead.
He ran back to Yang Liu, a little excited, "Mom, wake up... There's a light on up ahead, is there someone there?!"
Xiao Hang kept calling out to the person lying on the ground.
Yang Liu was not completely unconscious, she was just too tired and hungry and collapsed.
As a mother, she heard her son's anxious call and was afraid that zombies would appear here. Yang Liu tried hard to open her eyes.
"Don't be afraid, Xiaohang, mom is fine." Yang Liu forced herself to get up.
The ground had been exposed to the sun all day and was very hot.
In this short while, half of her side was burned.
Yang Liu followed her son step by step, looking in the direction of his finger.
And... there really is a shop whose door is still lit.
It's incredible!
This discovery immediately made Yang Liu clear his mind.
No matter what the situation was, she decided to go and take a look, after all, she had reached the end of her rope.
Yang Liu took her son and walked towards the store.
As she got closer, she could see the sign on the door clearly. It was indeed a small shop.
"Lucky, Mom! Look, there's someone in there! Alive!"
Xiao Hang ran to the door first, looked up at the door sign, then lay down in front of the glass door and saw the backs of the people walking back and forth in the room. He was very excited.
Shannai had just changed into new clothes when she heard a sound at the door and turned around, "A customer is coming!"
She quickly straightened her clothes and went to open the door. After all, she was the first customer, so she had to be dignified and formal.
"Ding-ling~" The glass door was pushed open, and the wind chimes on the door sounded crisp and pleasant.
"Welcome."
Shannai squinted her eyes and smiled, putting on a smile that she thought was perfect.
But she was a little nervous inside, "System, system, is this okay for me?"
[Hmm, perfect.]
Xiao Hang stared at the beautiful sister standing at the door in amazement, "Mom...Mom, look, this sister is so beautiful, she's alive! A living person!"
Yang Liu also came over, pulled Xiao Hang over, and pushed him behind her, her eyes full of vigilance.
The girl was wearing a light apricot dress with a waist, which looked clean and beautiful.
This was Yang Liu's first impression of her.
But it was just too clean and beautiful, totally out of place with the devastating scene on the street behind it.
This supermarket and galangal made Yang Liu a little dazed, as if she had returned to the end of the world in an instant.
It was bizarre that the bright lights of the door sign did not attract any zombies or monsters.
"Don't be afraid, my name is Shannai, and I'm the owner of this supermarket. We sell food and drinks here, so come in and take a look if you need anything."
Shannai tried to keep her voice as soft as possible.
The mother in front of me looks tired and has chapped lips. She definitely needs water.
"Food? Drink?" Yang Liu licked her cracked lips, a little skeptical.
At this time, there are still people with extra supplies to open a store? They must be scammers.
"Yes, the store has just opened, and all the goods are 20% off within a week!" Shannai turned sideways and made a "please" gesture.
She remembered that all previous stores had this kind of promotional method when they opened, which was very effective in attracting customers.
Yang Liu looked at her son. The little guy hadn't had a single drink of water for the whole day, and he couldn't help but tilt his head to look into the store.
Maybe because Shannai didn't look like a threat, she took her son's hand and followed Shannai into the supermarket slowly.
As soon as they stepped into the supermarket, the cold air that hit them in the face shocked the mother and son.
air conditioner!
Although Yang Liu doesn't have special powers, her husband does. He knows that they live in the end times and electricity is precious, but this store actually has electricity to run the air conditioner!
You know, even some large bases don’t dare to use air conditioning like this. At most, they will turn it on during the hottest time of the day at noon.
This supermarket is not big, and the shelves are filled with mineral water, biscuits, instant noodles...
"Mom, it smells so good! What is that?" Xiao Hang pointed to the food plate at the dining table.
Yang Liu also smelled it. If she saw it correctly, there was hot food on the plate and steamed buns next to it.
Xiao Hang lived through the end of the world when he was less than three years old, and he had never had a decent fresh meal in all these years.
"That's the prepared food. Today's meal is a large stew and white steamed buns. You need 15 points to buy a dish and a steamed bun, and it's 20% off."
The system said that the food in the cooked food area will be randomly refreshed every day.
"Points? I don't have any points..." Yang Liu looked embarrassed and blushed slightly. She didn't understand what points were.
"Yeah, that's right. Guests can redeem points with crystal cores or rare items."
Shanna pointed to a scanner with a round cat head next to the cash register.
Yang Liu felt around and found nothing valuable.
Crystal core...
She did have two, which were saved by her husband.
But now her husband is missing, and she desperately needs the supplies sold in this supermarket. Being able to buy supplies in the apocalypse is something she couldn't even dream of.
"Here!" Yang Liu thought for a moment, took out two gray crystal cores and handed them to Shannai.
"Customers please come this way."
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