Apocalypse: I have a supermarket stocked with supplies

Chapter 79: Braised Beef Noodle Soup

Ah Qian lowered his voice and repeated the story about the supermarket.

“You… don’t tell anyone else,” Ah Qian added after finishing his explanation.

Pei Qing raised his eyebrows, “Thanks, kid.”

Pei Qing became somewhat interested, a supermarket, that’s pretty interesting.

Seeing as he had nothing better to do, he might as well check it out when he had some spare time.

After Ah Qian finished talking, he felt he had already thanked him for the Crystal Core he received, and then he ran off with the Crystal Core.

He had to share this great news with Brother Wang Xin.

They had a Crystal Core now, they could go buy stuff.

When Ah Qian returned with the Crystal Core, Wang Xin and Gou Dan were all shocked.

“Ah Qian, you weren’t caught, were you?” Gou Dan thought he’d stolen it.

“Go on, as if you were the one caught.” Ah Qian pushed away Gou Dan who had approached, making it seem like he had actually gone to steal or rob something.

“Heh, I’m just curious where you got it from, let me touch it.” Gou Dan stretched out his paw wanting to touch, the Crystal Core was really pretty.

And the most important thing was, it could be used to buy things.

Thinking of the things for sale in the supermarket, Gou Dan was practically drooling.

Mashed food was tasty too, but he wanted to eat instant noodles more, for instant noodles smelled better than mashed food.

“Don’t touch it randomly.” Ah Qian slapped Gou Dan’s hand away, still bothered by Gou Dan’s earlier words.

“Okay okay okay, I’ll just look.” Seeing Ah Qian’s reaction, Gou Dan knew he had misspoken, so he could only gaze covetously from the side.

“Brother Wang Xin, Xiao Cao. Let’s all go together.”

“Okay. Let’s do it tomorrow. We’ll hurry our chores in the morning and finish them fast. Then we can all go together,” Wang Xin also noticed the look in everyone else’s eyes.

“Yay!”

“The Crystal Core is yours, you keep it.”

“Alright.” Ah Qian carefully put away the Crystal Core.

Gou Dan: “Ah Qian, you need to keep it safe, don’t lose it.” Although the Crystal Core wasn’t Gou Dan’s, just the thought of losing it was painful.

“Don’t worry. I won’t,” Ah Qian rolled his eyes at Gou Dan. He knew very well how important the Crystal Core was, no need for Gou Dan to remind him.

He would definitely keep the Crystal Core safe.

Ah Qian patted the bag where the Crystal Core was stored.

The waiting time was torture. Ever since they knew Ah Qian had a Crystal Core and they were going to the supermarket to buy things, everyone else could hardly wait, tossing and turning in sleep, distracted while working.

Since Ah Qian brought back the Crystal Core, he might have a say in how to spend the money when they exchanged it for goods.

Therefore, several people were plotting about how to influence Ah Qian’s decisions.

Now, several people gathered around Ah Qian, offering their “strategic advice.”

“Ah Qian, are you going to buy instant noodles? What flavor will you get?”

“Braised beef flavor! That’s delicious.”

“Get the tomato flavor. The tomato and egg dish Boss Su made the other day was so tasty.” Someone remembered the tomato scrambled egg from a previous meal prepared by Su Yinhe. “Sour and sweet, very delicious.”

“Pork rib flavor. The pork ribs are tasty,” someone else recalled the last time they had steamed pork ribs. But he didn’t know that the pork rib flavored noodles didn’t actually contain any pork ribs.

Just like fish flavored shredded pork without fish, and wife cake without a wife.

They were just a bunch of kids who hadn’t seen much of the world.

They didn’t really know the different flavors of instant noodles.

They had just heard about it from Ah Qian, who couldn’t quite recall clearly. But they knew, the supermarket had lots of things, lots of things they couldn’t afford.

“Candy. Buy candy. Ah Qian, you can buy candy, then carry it with you. When you’re hungry, just eat one piece. Eating one can be sweet for a long time.”

“I’ll think about it.” Ah Qian was also troubled, not sure how much money they could get for the Crystal Core, and already stressed over what to buy with the money.

Most of the money exchanged would be managed by Wang Xin, but if there was any extra, he could decide to buy some things too.

He had to plan in advance, given the supermarket had so many things and he wanted each and every one.

Ah Qian remembered the supermarket brimming with stuff.

Each time he visited, he was astonished every time.

How could there be a place with so many delicious things?

So many, so many…

Boss Su could eat for a very, very long time.

Thinking of Boss Su Yinhe, Ah Qian’s expression turned serious for a moment.

“You guys have to help me think, how do you compliment someone?” Ah Qian knew that big shots always liked to hear others sing their praises, and with such a big supermarket, the boss was definitely a big shot, and a good person at that.

He needed to think of more compliments.

Otherwise, the boss’s food would have been given away for nothing.

Thinking of the food Su Yinhe had given, Ah Qian’s stomach grumbled, frightening him into quickly covering his belly.

But this seemed to unleash something, as the stomachs of those around him also began to growl one after another.

They first clutched their bellies tightly, but after some time, they all began to laugh together.

“Are we going to get to eat instant noodles again?” They were going to the supermarket to buy things, so they were definitely going to have instant noodles again.

“I want a big bowl.”

“I want two bowls.”

“I want three big bowls.”

“I… five bowls.”

“Hehehe…”

…

The thought of going to the supermarket made them work with energetic efficiency, full of vigor.

The person supervising their work watched their excitement and was somewhat puzzled.

These kids were listless just a few days ago, why were they so energetic today?

Could it be that they had found some food?

Today, Wang Xin and the others worked with unprecedented efficiency, and after finishing, they greeted the supervisor and ran off.

They were fast on their feet.

One second they were talking, the next they were gone without a trace.

“Hey, these little rascals.”

“Running so fast, are they racing for food? That’s not right, the meal service is over.” He scratched his head, pondered for a long while but couldn’t figure out what made those kids run so fast.

Normally, Wang Xin and Ah Qian didn’t even want to move after finishing their work, they were too tired.

But today, just thinking about the tasty instant noodles, they couldn’t feel tired at all.

They climbed the mountain swiftly, with no one falling behind.

Especially Xiao Cao, who was like a nimble mutant rabbit, scampering up over ten meters in just a few hops.

Even Ah Qian couldn’t keep up with her.

“Xiao Cao, you’re so fast,” Ah Qian admired as he watched her.

“You’re just too slow.” Xiao Cao didn’t even seem to be out of breath, and while watching Ah Qian struggle, she still had energy to reach out and pull him.

“Thanks, Xiao Cao.”

When they entered the supermarket, all the kids’ eyes were wide open, not daring to blink.

So big.

So bright.

So clean.

Xiao Cao looked at the floor that was so clean it could reflect someone’s image, then at her own dirty clothes, and suddenly felt a bit reluctant to walk.

“Xiao Cao?” Ah Qian noticed Xiao Cao’s hesitation while looking around; he had been to the supermarket a few times already, and although he was still astonished, he was handling it much better than the others.

“It’s nothing.” Xiao Cao shook her head at him.

Seeing this, Ah Qian didn’t ask any further; what he cared about now was how much money the Crystal Core in his hand could be traded for.

How many packets of instant noodles he could buy.

Su Yinhe’s memory was rather good, and upon seeing Wang Xin and Ah Qian again, he greeted them.

Just as Wang Xin was about to say something, Ah Qian charged forward.

Unleashing a barrage of effusive praise at Su Yinhe.

One rainbow fart after another, without pause.

Su Yinhe listened in astonishment.

“Tha… thank you,” he said, a bit embarrassed.