Everyone had been busy the whole day. Their stomachs were hungry, so they left the building and went out.
Not long after leaving the building, they saw an open place with some stands arranged. Several workers were there distributing relief food.
Dozens of people were in a long line waiting for food.
One fatty was holding a ladle. Every person who passed by the pot received a scoop of gruel plopped in their bowl.
Da Gouzi walked by and took a look. He saw that in the bowls there wasn’t any rice, it was basically all water. He couldn’t help but complain: “Damn, is this what people eat? It’s all water!”
Da Gouzi could eat a bowl of food every day in Always Bright Village. The gruel in Always Bright Village also had more rice in it than this.
The fatty distributing the gruel looked at Da Gouzi and mocked: “If you don’t want to eat then scram! Wait until you’ve been hungry several days, then you’ll reconsider.”
The other survivors received bowls of gruel that were practically water, and they all licked their bowls clean. Then they looked at the big pot of gruel with greedy eyes.
This bowl of relief food is practically rice soup and not gruel. But to these survivors, it is their hope for life.
Chen Zhiguang apologized to Yue Zhong: “Brother Yue, I’m sorry. You all can only receive the relief food here.”
Yue Zhong looked at the large relief food pot without much rice inside. He had not the slightest bit of interest in it. He asked to Chen Zhiguang: “Is there a market here? I want to go buy a few things.”
Chen Zhiguang immediately said: “Yes! Please follow me.”
Walking along the road in the survivor camp, Yue Zhong’s group saw everyone looked famished. Clearly they were all starving. There were several places with refugees lined up to get gruel.
Under Chen Zhiguang’s guidance, Yue Zhong arrived at a street. There were all types of things displayed on the street. The complexions of the vendors were only slightly better than the other survivors of the city.
“There is the rice store. You need government issued food stamps to exchange for rice. The government worker salaries are all issued with food stamps. The army is the same.” Chen Zhiguang pointed over at a store where four soldiers guarded with live ammo and explained to Yue Zhong.
“This is Phoenix street where they sell all kinds of goods. If you have foodstuffs or food stamps, you can buy many things.” Chen Zhiguang pointed at a street and explained to Yue Zhong.
Yue Zhong heard Chen Zhiguang’s introductions, and then he lead everyone into the street in a grandiose manner.
“Boss, can I buy this pot and these bowls?” after arriving at a general store, Yue Zhong looked at the floor full of pots and pans and asked the owner.
The owner looked at Yue Zhong, and immediately his eyes became bright. He hastily said: “one or two food stamps for a pot, one or two food stamps for twenty bowls, one or two food stamps for a kitchen knife, one or two food stamps for three iron pots. Or you can use food to exchange.”
Chen Zhiguang pulled on Yue Zhong, he coldly said: “Boss, you’re being swindled. The price is extremely high. Leave, brother Yue we will go to the next place.”
Yue Zhong immediately turned to leave. The shop owner hurriedly stood up. He shouted out: “Don’t go!! Don’t go! A little cheaper is okay. A little cheaper is okay!!”
Yue Zhong pointed all around at the ground, indicating a full set of pots and pans: “We will buy all these for five packs of instant noodles. Otherwise you can just keep them.”