Chapter 263 The grand opening of the shopping mall
As seven o'clock started, everyone in the fire bamboo forest got up and rushed to the shopping mall.
Zhao Kai and others led the patrol team to maintain order around them.
A thousand people doesn't sound like a lot, but if they all crowd into one place, it still seems like a lot.
Fortunately, this mountain col is big enough, and Liang Yuan’s shopping mall is also spacious enough.
Ji Feng, Wang Xiao, and Han Ben, relying on their speed powers, almost dodged and rushed to the front of the crowd.
When they arrived at the square, they saw that the square had changed drastically.
The huge Yangshan Shopping Center logo billboard is hung above the cliff. The entire billboard is made of transparent plastic and then welded to the wall.
It is worth mentioning that this LED light sign was not found by Liang Yuan, but by Tu Long who volunteered and flew around outside to collect it.
In addition to the light signs in the shopping mall, there are also many wooden signboards hanging on the walls to remind everyone of the areas on each floor of the shopping mall.
From the food area on the first floor, bursts of aroma waft out.
It has the aroma of rice porridge, the sweetness of pasta, and the aroma of meat from stir-fried vegetables.
However, no one went to the food area first. The Monsoon trio immediately ran to the second floor.
There is a supermarket shopping area, which not only sells clothes, shoes, food and drink, but also hardware supplies and home decoration items.
Monsoon rushed the fastest and was the first to reach the second floor.
But someone is faster!
I saw Han Xiangman stepping on a waterspout under his feet. With a crash, it broke through the heavy rain curtain and flew directly up from the first floor without even climbing the stairs.
Not only did she come up by herself, she also brought Luo Hongmian and Meng Youyou up.
As soon as the three girls reached the second floor, they immediately ran into the bamboo building outside.
Han Xiangman waved her hand, and the water vapor on the three of them was immediately sucked out by her, and the wet areas on their bodies also lost their moisture.
"Wow! Look, it's so bright in here."
Meng Youyou looked toward the direction of the cave inside the bamboo building and suddenly exclaimed.
You can see that the interior of the bamboo building is paved with wooden floors, and even the ceiling and walls are made of wood.
A very bright white light bulb is installed on it, and the entire bamboo building and the stone hall are bright.
Starting from the bamboo building, there are various shops on both sides, displaying all kinds of supplies.
From snacks to rice and noodles, everything is available here.
Going further inside, there are areas for clothes, hats, shoes, and socks, which are arranged in categories and orderly.
Then continue inside, and there are all kinds of daily necessities, shampoo, laundry detergent, washing powder, shower gel, soap, toothbrush...
Everything is dizzying to see. .
Luo Hongmian said quickly: "Quickly, let's get a set of toiletries quickly. I'm tired of not having shampoo and my hair feeling greasy."
"Where's the list? Youyou, take out the list and start scanning the goods!" Han Xiangman couldn't help it anymore and hurriedly urged her.
As a girl who loves cleanliness, she may not eat well or wear warm clothes, but she must have a set of toiletries.
The three of them quickly started to get toiletries.
Just after taking three sets, I heard survivors swarming outside and started shouting. They were stunned by the dazzling array of products inside.
However, most people rush to the food supplies as soon as possible and use their points to buy oil, salt, sauce, vinegar and other supplies that may seem inconspicuous but are consumed every day.
The waiter in charge of the shopping guide quickly maintained order and shouted: "If you want to buy something, come to me to register first. The shelves are full of samples and you can't take them. If you register here, a staff member will bring them to you from the warehouse." , don’t be anxious, please line up in an orderly manner.”
It turns out that in order to save space, Liang Yuan naturally does not put everything out, but puts out samples for everyone to look at and buy.
Issue an invoice and then have someone take the goods from the warehouse to deduct the points.
Some people did not stare at Youyanjiangvinegar, but ran to the clothes and shoes area.
Many people have found that the weather is getting colder and they need to buy warm winter equipment.
Gloves, socks, and thick warm shoes are also available here.
In preparation for the upcoming cold wave, Liang Yuan spent thousands of points to raffle off a large amount of winter supplies.
"Wow, there are even thermal underwear!"
"Look, look here, there is an electric blanket, there is an electric blanket!"
"Hi , what do you need an electric blanket for? Do you have electricity at home?”
"Instead of buying an electric blanket, it's better to buy two more sets of quilts."
"Oh, I can't bear to use such a clean quilt on my shabby meadow."
"You Buy a Simmons, don’t we also have a Simmons mattress?”
"Let me see how many points there are. Hey, more than five hundred points? Is a Simmons mattress so expensive?"
"Is it more expensive than five hundred? Don't you think about it, over there in the slaughterhouse, there are three or four fish per fish. It’s just a matter of a few hundred fish, just sprinkle it with water.”
"That's not bad. Hundreds of fish can be caught in a few days."
"That's not bad. It's not expensive. It's just that we were in the military before and didn't earn many points."
“Damn it, if this bastard Li Yuefeng hadn’t insisted on killing Mr. Liang with others, would we have become service members? "
"Yes, grandma, if I had known, I would have joined Mr. Liang's shelter directly."
"Stop it, don't buy such a big thing. Come on, let’s buy something small. My pair of shoes are too worn out. I need to buy a pair of durable ones.”
"Oh, now that you tell me, I have to buy shoes too. I'm a speedster, so I need shoes the most."
"There are also socks, Lao Wang, you have socks. How many years have you not washed them? Let’s buy a few pairs for a change.”
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Hu Weimin took his wife Liu Xiuqin and went straight to the daily necessities area.
Liu Xiuqin held the list in her hand and said anxiously: "Why don't we buy oil, salt, soy sauce and vinegar first?"
Hu Weimin looked back and said: "Look at what the queue is like over there. If we go to queue, we don't know when we will be in line. We might as well buy other things first. At least we have to buy everything on the list. You have to prepare all the things."
Liu Xiuqin was right. She looked back at the crowded hall and couldn't help but exclaimed: "This business is so good, Mr. Liang's shopping supermarket. I'm afraid I really want to It’s hot.”
“Isn’t this necessary? There is only one shopping mall like this in Yangshan. Don’t you think it’s the end of the world?” "There's a big flood. Many people don't have enough to eat now. Mr. Liang actually gathered so many supplies and built such a big supermarket. I really admire him." Hu Weimin was filled with emotion, his face filled with emotion. It is the color of worship.
With so many supplies, let alone collecting them, even moving them back will take a lot of effort.
"Thankfully we followed Mr. Liang. If we had stayed in the building, we would have starved to death long ago." Liu Xiuqin also said with emotion.
While the two were talking, the son Hu Tutu in front quickly turned around and shouted: "Dad, Mom, I found the wire and the vise!"
Hu Weimin quickly said with joy: " Come on, follow the guide I want more wire if I buy it.”
Liu Xiuqin couldn’t help but said, “Do we need that much?”
“We make the steamer with fire bamboo, and wire is indispensable.” br>
"This is called sharpening the knife before chopping firewood. You have to be prepared for everything."
"We have points in our hands now, save part of them, go back to the food area on the first floor to open a bun shop, and use the other part. I have to save some supplies for the winter and prepare flour. "
"Well, it's all up to you, husband."
On the other side, Aunt Li finally squeezed in. He reached the front of the team and bought a lot of daily necessities.
She looked back and saw that her wife, Ma Guocai, had disappeared.
Aunt Li couldn't help stamping her feet angrily: "This old thing turned around and disappeared."
She quickly found a shopping guide, paid the points, and just queued up to get the things when she left.
Then she hurriedly and slowly ran to the living area.
I saw Ma Guocai stopping in front of a shop with not many people in the distance.
Aunt Li ran over quickly and shouted: "Old Ma, what are you doing? Others are buying clothes and shoes for winter, why are you here? What are you selling here?"
Aunt Li said while looking inside.
Then I saw a dazzling array of medical drugs and medical supplies in the store.
Lao Ma excitedly took out the receipt in his hand and smiled at Aunt Li: "Liang Yuan is really amazing. He really got insulin, insulin needles, and a blood glucose meter!"< br>
"Honey, you can finally control your blood sugar." Lao Ma was very happy.
Aunt Li's eyes were also slightly red, and she quickly asked: "Does this cost a lot of points?"
Lao Ma immediately said: "Don't you just spend these points after earning them? Liang Yuan takes care of us two old guys, and the positions he gives us are not bad. You lead so many people to plant in Xiao Song's place, and you can earn a thousand a month." That’s a lot of points.”
“I’m at the patrol team’s logistics post, and I have one thousand points, two thousand points, we can spend them however we want.”
Aunt Li said sincerely, wiping her tears. feel happy.
"Thanks to Xiaoliang..."
Yangshan Shopping Center is completely popular in Yangshan.
The spending power of thousands of people is still considerable, but even so, the shopping mall did not run out of stock, and everyone bought what they wanted. And because of this, the points they had accumulated in the past month were basically used up.
Many people fail to buy all the things they want because they really have no points in their hands.
So some people started asking other people around, wanting to borrow some points.
But at this time, who is willing to lend points to foreign countries?
They all want to take advantage of the fact that Yangshan Shopping Center has just opened and all supplies are discounted, so they can spend a lot of money.
"Sister Zhuang, Sister Zhuang, they all have no points. Many people are looking for someone to borrow points." Luo Hongmian immediately turned around and called Zhuang Shuyuan.
Bai Zhilei also hurried back and said, "Sister Zhuang, I took a look and basically everyone has spent their points. Is it time?"
Zhuang Shuyuan At this time, she finally laughed and said, "It's time."
I saw her taking out a sign from behind and setting it up at the entrance of the shopping mall.
"Short-term loans with points, interest rate of three points per day, please discuss in detail if interested."
When people passing by saw this scene, their eyes suddenly lit up and they ran over quickly.
"Girl, can you borrow points?" A middle-aged man asked quickly.
Zhuang Shuyuan smiled: "It's not a loan, it's a loan! You want to give me interest."
"What does three points of daily interest mean?" asked the middle-aged man.
"Simple, I will lend you one hundred points, and you have to pay me back three percent interest every day, which means you have to pay me back three points."
"I only do short-term lending. Within a month, you must repay me with interest. If you want to sign the receipt, you will have to ask someone from the patrol team to be a notary." Zhuang Shuyuan's words made the middle-aged man couldn't help but say: "Isn't the interest rate three per day too high? A point? I want to lend you a thousand points for one day. I have to give you 30 points? Don’t I have to give you 900 points a month?”
Zhuang Shuyuan smiled: “That’s not how it works, brother. If you buy something at the shopping mall today, you will earn it. It’s here, and it’s still limited If you don’t buy it today, it will be gone tomorrow. If you have points then, you won’t be able to buy it.”
“The points I loan you now are the same as the points you earn next month. , that’s not the same thing.”
"Besides, you can repay the loan in advance. I don't have to pay it back to me in a month. If you borrow it today, can you pay it back to me in a week?"
"I can Can't I give it back to you tomorrow?" The middle-aged uncle couldn't help but ask.
Zhuang Shuyuan immediately shook her head: "That won't work. I can't repay the loan until at least a week later, otherwise I won't make any money."
"This..."
"You should consider it Thinking about it, I don’t have many points in my hand, and I won’t have any more after the loan is finished.”
After much thought, the middle-aged man finally gritted his teeth and decided to take out a loan.
Because he just took a look and found that many people were buying that battery.
A battery can be used in many places. It can not only be used to provide power at home, but can also be used to electric fish outdoors.
He urgently needs that battery!
He has seen it. There is a limit on the purchase of batteries. There are only twelve units in total. Eighty-nine units have been taken away.
He bought other supplies with the points in his hand, but he couldn't get enough points for a while, and there was still a big gap. He could only borrow money now.
"When I get the battery, I can try to use the power grid to electrocute fish. It will be faster than fishing. Then the speed of earning points will be greatly increased, and I will definitely be able to pay off the loan here within a week."
He made a quick calculation in his mind and immediately made up his mind.
“Okay, beauty, I’ll lend you!”
Zhuang Shuyuan was overjoyed with a smile on her face: “How much is the loan?”
"One thousand points!"
Zhuang Shuyuan was even more happy, this is a big customer!
With one thousand points, you have to pay back interest at thirty points every day, which is more than two hundred points a week.
If it lasted longer, she could earn more.
I am sure to get 10,000 points next month and rent a store!
The two quickly signed a contract and then went to the officer on duty that day to testify.
Finally, Zhuang Shuyuan took this middle-aged man named Fan Jin in to transfer money by swiping his card.
It is worth mentioning that among the supermarket equipment Liang Yuan extracted, there is a card printing machine.
Every shelter resident who enters the shopping mall will receive a real-name card.
It records their shopping records, points balance, etc. in detail.
A card reader is placed at the entrance of the shopping mall on each floor to facilitate them to check their shopping consumption status.
This set of supermarket equipment produced by the system is very easy to use and runs very smoothly, which is why all the shelter residents who come to shop are amazed.
In such a doomsday flood situation, it would be incredible to have electricity supply.
Now I even have a VIP card, everything seems to be back to the time before the end.
People who have never experienced suffering will never imagine how they feel at this moment.
Soon, in just one hour, almost everyone had no points in their cards.
Everyone was jealous when looking at the dazzling array of products, but they had no money in their pockets.
Yes, it only took one hour for the shopping mall to empty out everyone’s points.
Next, they have to work hard to catch fish and hunt, and then take them to the breeding farm and slaughterhouse to sell them to earn points.
Of course, you can also go to the bar in the food area on the first floor to see if there are any tasks to earn points.
However, most of those tasks were to find mutant plants, hunt down powerful mutant beasts, and so on.
Ordinary people have no idea, that is, people with super powers will run over to take over the task.
After all, these tasks are time-consuming and labor-intensive, and they are also dangerous. Most people will definitely not go there.
They would rather go to the river to catch fish. Although the profit is not much, it is better than safety.
A thoughtful person will also try to see if he can start a small business, or look for ways to make money.
Nowadays, shelters are full of waste and waiting for improvement. In fact, there are many opportunities. It depends on whether everyone has the brains.
At least Zhuang Shuyuan and the other three girls have found a way to make money from money this time.
They only kept 500 points in their hands, and all other points were loaned out.
A total of more than 4,000 points, two people signed a one-month loan agreement, and the rest are shortest-term loans.
But even so, Zhuang Shuyuan calculated and conservatively estimated that they would be able to recover more than 2,000 points this time.
Coupled with their own hard work next month, they should be able to accumulate another four to five thousand points, and ten thousand points will be enough by then.
Zhuang Shuyuan breathed a sigh of relief, turned to Bai Zhilei and Gao Jie, and said, "Let's work hard this month to earn more points."
Bai Zhilei nodded: "I will do more nutrition express in the next month."
Gao Jie also said: "I will make a few more trips to the field. Next month I am a free man. After joining the patrol team, my salary will definitely increase."
Zhuang Shuyuan also nodded: "I should be promoted to the leader of the botanical garden team next month, and I should get points every month. It can be increased to 500, and then I can get 1,000 points by doing some other tasks.”
"Let's go. After working for so long, we have these five hundred points left. It's time for us to go shopping."
"Ha, let's go, let's go. I'm going to buy a set of toiletries. Mr. Liang gave them to me last time." My set is all gone." Gao Jie shouted quickly.
Zhuang Shuyuan couldn't wait any longer. Wu Meng got a set of toiletries from Liang Yuan last time, but he didn't use them and gave them all to Zhuang Shuyuan.
Zhuang Shuyuan loves to be clean and washes up basically every day, but she is about to hit the bottom.
Not to mention Bai Zhilei, her little girl loves to be clean, and she basically has to take a shower every day.
The three sisters ran into the shopping mall. They had not come in just now, but when they came in now, they were stunned by the bright lights and densely packed shelves.
This is not much different from a real shopping mall.
However, Zhuang Shuyuan ran to a toiletries and reached out to pick them up, only to find that they were empty.
Then she saw the words below, sample packaging, for display only, please go to the counter to purchase.
Only then did she realize that many of them only had packaging, and no real objects were taken out.
"There are no real objects?" Gao Jie couldn't help but said.
Zhuang Shuyuan shook her head and said: "This is a smart way. If you take out the physical objects, firstly, they are unsafe and can easily be taken away. Secondly, some items have a shelf life and will easily deteriorate when taken out."
“Let’s write down what we want to buy and go to the counter to check out later. "
Bai Zhilei couldn't help but said: "Sister Zhuang, can you save some points, let's go to the food area on the first floor later?"
Gao Jie's eyes suddenly lit up, Said: "That's right, I haven't gone to the food area yet. I just smelled the delicious fragrance there."
Zhuang Shuyuan laughed and said: "Okay, leave 100 points, and everyone will have a big dinner at noon!"
"Okay!"
Gao Jie and Bai Zhilei suddenly jumped up excitedly.
Zhuang Shuyuan suddenly felt that such a life of hard work seemed pretty good.
Compared to before at Wuwang Pavilion, I looked superior, but my simple life was incomparable to what I have now.
At least, she now enjoys the wonderful experience of shopping with her sisters again.
(End of this chapter)