Two days after the small shop in the residential compound opened, Xiao Qiu pulled down the roller shutter just past noon.
Aunt Sun was carrying a bottle of vinegar when she saw this scene as she walked to the door.
"Xiao Qiu, why is the store closed? I need to buy a bottle of vinegar."
"Aunt Sun, everything in the convenience store is sold out. The vinegar was gone this morning."
"Huh? How come it's so fast?"
"There's nothing we can do. Everyone bought too much the past two days, so we didn't have enough to sell."
Xiao Qiu looked helpless.
Who knows? She thought working at the convenience store would be easy, but she was incredibly busy the other day, working non-stop from the moment the store opened.
That's great, after being busy for two days, I don't have to be busy for the rest of the month.
Everything is sold out.
Aunt Sun looked regretful. "If I had known, I would have come earlier to snatch it."
"Does that mean we'll have to wait until next month for it to open again?"
"Yes, Aunt Sun. We won't be able to leave the island to buy supplies until next month."
Helpless, Aunt Sun took the vinegar bottle back home.
Xiang Wanwan is pruning the grapevines to prevent the branches from consuming the nutrients needed for the grapes to grow.
Inside the pavilion, Lu Chen and Lu Yao sat in baby rocking chairs, with Wu Ma comforting them. The children's giggles could be heard from time to time.
At this moment, Aunt Sun slowly walked into the courtyard.
"Wanwan, are you busy?"
"Oh my, my two little darlings, they're getting prettier and prettier."
She walked over to the baby rocking chair and played with the child for a while.
"Sister-in-law, didn't you go to the fields today?"
"I didn't go. The fields are doing great. The corn is as tall as a person. The method you mentioned is really good. This year, everyone's crops are growing well."
"We're sure to have a good harvest in a few months."
Xiang Wanwan was also in a great mood.
In this way, the food problem can be solved, as long as everyone has confidence in farming.
As soon as Aunt Sun finished speaking, she walked over to Xiang Wanwan and helped her tend the grapevines.
"Wanwan, I just went to the convenience store, and Xiao Qiu said they're all sold out and closing up shop."
Xiang Wanwan hummed in agreement.
She wasn't surprised at all. She couldn't buy things before, but now that she could, she had to save up more.
"Didn't you buy anything, sister-in-law?"
"Isn't that right? I asked for a bottle of vinegar, but it was all gone. I saw such a big jar of it yesterday!"
"These people are really ruthless in stealing things."
Seeing her resentful expression, Xiang Wanwan comforted her, "If you don't have enough vinegar at home, I can share some with you. I have plenty at home."
"My family members aren't very jealous."
Aunt Sun quickly smiled and replied, "Oh, thank you so much, Wanwan."
"However, in the end, it's because we don't have enough supplies. There are too many people on our island now, and this amount of stuff is hardly enough."
"Do you think you could talk to Chief Lu and ask him to bring in more stuff?"
Xiang Wanwan believed that Lu Jingnian had already done his best to bring in so many things.
After all, these supplies can't be sold at too high a price. There are transportation costs involved in bringing them in from outside, so there will definitely be a premium.
However, in order to make it affordable for everyone, they didn't raise the price; otherwise, the military might not have enough money.
Therefore, Xiang Wanwan really couldn't bring herself to speak up about this matter again.
She looked apologetically at Sister-in-law Sun: "Sister-in-law, I really can't help with this. The supplies they bring in every month are planned in advance and are counted carefully."
"Moreover, all of this requires upfront investment. If the store continues to operate, the military will inevitably have to contribute money. So, if there are too many, wouldn't the amount of money they contribute be too much?"
"So even Lu Jingnian can't make this decision. The money is all tied up, don't you think?"
Aunt Sun immediately felt a little embarrassed and quickly said, "Look at my blockhead, I didn't think of that."
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