Apocalypse: I have a supermarket stocked with supplies

Chapter 89: There is still one bowl of rice left

After finishing the rice porridge, Wang Huifang had regained some strength and looked at Liu Wutong tentatively.

“Wutong, are you guys leaving again this time?” She really missed these two daughters of hers, and they were all she had left.

If her two daughters didn’t need her, what would she do?

“It depends on the situation,” Liu Wutong replied noncommittally.

“Wutong, about Sister Gu, she…” Wang Huifang wanted to explain. These days, she’d been fainting a lot, and aside from Sister Gu speaking up for her, no one cared about her.

She genuinely felt that Gu Honghua was a good person.

“Mom! I’m warning you, don’t ever bring her up in front of me again. If you dare to mention her, we will sever ties,” Liu Wutong was about to be driven mad by her mother’s obstinate attitude.

Sister Gu, Sister Gu, who was actually her relative after all?

Day after day, all she knew was to side with outsiders.

If this weren’t her mother, she would have slapped her already.

“Wutong, why are you being like this?” Wang Huifang felt deeply wronged.

“How have I been? You tell me, how have I been? What, you’re so eager to help your Sister Gu, is she your daughter? Has she ever contributed food to our family? If you like her so much, why don’t you live with her?”

“You said she treated you well, didn’t you? If she’s so good, how come you fainted from hunger? I heard that the food you got for your work was enough for you. How could you have fainted from hunger?”

Liu Wutong fired off like a machine gun, her words popping out one after another.

“Wutong, Sister Gu has no choice either. She has to support a child on her own; it’s really hard. If I can, of course, I’ll help her,” Wang Huifang, with tears in her eyes, looked at Liu Wutong.

Her daughter had truly changed.

She spoke to her so harshly.

Wutong wasn’t like this before.

“She’s struggling? Am I not struggling? Do you know your daughter, fighting for a bit of food every day, face to face with those mutant animals’ gaping jaws. Day in, day out, facing those ugly and disgusting zombies! How old is her son? I can manage to feed three people, can’t her grown man of a son feed two? How can she have the nerve?”

“Mom, Gu Honghua’s family has so much food, and our family has none. Why doesn’t she help our family?” Liu Piaoxu looked innocently at Wang Huifang.

“Is it because Gu Honghua doesn’t consider you a friend, Mom? Speak up, Mom!”

“I… she…” Wang Huifang was at a loss for words.

“Mom, she has so much food at home. Why does she still need our help? Tell me, Mom.”

“Yeah, Mom, tell us,” Liu Wutong scoffed coldly. Piaoxu was so young and yet knew so well; she didn’t believe that her mother was completely unaware that Gu Honghua’s family didn’t lack food.

“Or is it that you and Gu Honghua think the same, believing that Piaoxu and I, being girls, don’t deserve to eat, don’t deserve to live. Are we meant to die, meant to support Gu Honghua’s son?” Liu Wutong became more agitated as she spoke.

“It’s not like that, you and Piaoxu were born after an arduous ten months. How could I bear to let you die,” said Wang Huifang with tears in her eyes, “Mom just thinks that since Sister Gu has helped us, we can’t be so ungrateful.”

“Ungrateful? What favor, what debt? According to you, as I go out every day risking my life to get food for the family, how come you are ungrateful to me? And even want my sister to starve to death.” As she said this, Liu Wutong became even more furious.

Her younger sister, so sweet and gentle, she had brought back so much food for her, but how much had her sister actually eaten? All of it went into the mouth of Gu Honghua’s useless son.

“Mom, from now on, I won’t leave the food at home in your care. You’re my mom, and I will of course ensure you have enough to eat, but that’s the limit. From now on, whatever I give you, you’re going to eat in front of me. If you’re thinking of giving it to Gu Honghua, you’ll have to forcibly vomit it out for her,” Liu Wutong declared her best solution.

The food at home couldn’t be left in her mother’s hands; if it was, it would all end up in Gu Honghua and her worthless son’s mouths.

Though she didn’t like Wang Huifang’s disposition, Wang Huifang was still her mother after all, and had treated her sincerely before. She couldn’t just ignore her.

Well then, from now on, she would give her a couple bites to eat.

No more than that.

If her mother really wanted to give food to Gu Honghua, she’d have to spit it out.

Taking it directly over was certainly not an option.

Having said this, Liu Wutong, with Liu Piaoxu in tow, left.

Now, seeing her mother’s tearful, snivelling face just annoyed her.

With that time, she’d be better off spending it with her sister.

The mother she once knew was gone, but her sister couldn’t afford to have anything happen to her.

Wang Huifang watched her two daughters leave and could only silently shed tears.

It seemed her daughters now resented her.

But all she wanted was to help Sister Gu, who had helped their family in the past.

Liu Wutong couldn’t care less about Wang Huifang. After taking Liu Piaoxu outside, she entertained her with some candy.

After that, she went looking for Xu Jiaoqin.

In the past two days, the Cheetah Team had officially joined in the construction of the base.

They were Superpower Users, capable of doing more work than ordinary people, and thus consumed more food.

After a full day’s work, they even had the energy to pick up some useful items.

Things like spatulas, for instance.

It must be said, the Cheetah Team’s meals were truly excellent.

They would transform the base’s gruel into hard cakes, then cook their own meals over a fire.

Rice, fried meat, and stir-fried vegetables.

Every mealtime, an enticing aroma would emanate from the Cheetah Team’s area.

Now, everyone preferred to eat near the Cheetah Team.

With the scent of meat in the air, their own gruel tasted much better.

Of course, there were also some shameless people who would run over and beg for food.

Tsk.

The Cheetah Team barely had enough food for themselves.

How could they spare any for others?

They weren’t saints.

Since the Cheetah Team had purchased plenty of rice, Xu Jiaoqin took the lead in distributing a bag to each person, with the remainder shared among the team.

Liu Wutong, together with her sister and mother, simply handed over the bag of rice she had received.

She couldn’t let the team feed her sister and mother for free.

She had to cover the cost of their food.

Moreover, she had no time to cook, nor could she possibly give that bag of rice to her mother, Wang Huifang.

She knew that if she dared, the moment she handed it over, it would be given to Gu Honghua by Wang Huifang.

Rather than that, it was better to contribute it to the team.

Let Bai Yuanyuan cook it.

During meals, Liu Wutong kept a close watch on her mother, making sure Wang Huifang ate the food.

Wang Huifang tried several times to save her portion for later, claiming she would eat it afterward.

Liu Wutong wouldn’t allow it.

She was well aware that her mother intended to give her share to Gu Honghua.

“Wutong, can’t Mom eat a bit later? I really can’t eat anymore,” Wang Huifang desperately wanted to save her meal.

Sister Gu had just come to her, crying again.

She said her son was so hungry that he was constantly crying.

Now that she was eating such good white rice, how could she watch Sister Gu, who had been kind to her, continue to suffer?

“Alright,” said Liu Wutong, nodding.

Wang Huifang was delighted and was about to take her bowl away.

But Liu Wutong snatched the bowl from her hands and called out, “Monkey, there’s an extra bowl of rice here, do you want it?”