Chapter 185 - One Hundred Eighty-Five: Open for Business

Chapter 185: Chapter One Hundred Eighty-Five: Open for Business

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A convenience store?

Where is there a convenience store here?

Zhou Chengzhi tried sniffing the contents of the bag, and just one whiff was enough—those chicken legs were damn delicious! The little guy had only eaten one and left three for him.

Feeling a twinge in his nose, he laid out the chicken legs, steamed buns, and soup on the table and said to his son, “Thank you, Yangyang, for saving some tasty food for Daddy. Let’s eat our meal together first.”

Zhou Yang cheered and pulled two small stools over, sitting obediently and waiting to eat. Today’s meal was a lavish feast.

Of the three remaining chicken legs, father and son ate one each, saving the last one. Zhou Chengzhi felt the craving that had been gnawing at his stomach these past few days finally settle down. Not only did the chicken legs smell good, but they tasted great too. To think, it had been over a month since they’d had a taste of meat.

By this time, the other residents in the building had also returned. They were all familiar with each other and were part of his group. When he went to wash the dishes, he asked, “Is there a convenience store in this base?”

“A convenience store? Never heard of it,” a member of the group said lethargically as they slumped on the sofa.

“How could there be such a place? Nowadays, whoever has supplies would surely hide them,” said another member of the group.

“But my son bought things from there with two Crystal Cores today,” Zhou Chengzhi became even more perplexed. Everyone said it didn’t exist, so where did Yangyang go to buy those things?

“What?! Really?!”

The group of exhausted members suddenly perked up with excitement. There was such a place?

You should know that Crystal Cores are important, but supplies are even more crucial. If they could trade Crystal Cores for supplies, they would definitely be willing.

“Daddy, Yangyang can take you all. Yangyang knows the way,” Zhou Yang, emerging from nowhere, overheard the uncles and aunties in the room wanting to visit the convenience store to shop.

“Really, Yangyang? Can you take your uncles and aunties there to check it out now?” a middle-aged woman asked excitedly, patting Yangyang’s head.

Zhou Chengzhi was also very curious about the convenience store his son spoke of, so the group that had just returned set out again, invigorated by the prospect of shopping, their tiredness forgotten.

At that moment, Guo Yang’s shop also welcomed a few customers who had entered out of curiosity. A convenience store? But there was nothing on the shelves.

“Hello, the images and prices on the shelves are our available supplies. To ensure the security of our goods, if you see something you want, I can bring out the actual products for you,” Guo Yang said with a fitting smile, the perfect image of a shopkeeper.

A convenience store like this?

So they could trade Crystal Cores for supplies?

That sounded pretty good.

But their laughter died when they saw the pictures and prices on the shelves. What was with this bizarre art style and these exorbitant prices?

Did they wander into some kind of rip-off store?

A pancake for 15 Crystal Cores?!

Is this a robbery?!

“To celebrate our grand opening, all items in the store are 20% off,” Guo Yang said as though he hadn’t noticed the expressions on people’s faces, still smiling genially.

This was definitely a ruthless businessman, a swindler!

But they didn’t dare say anything; on one side of the store, a few people were watching them intently. Would they get beaten up if they didn’t buy anything?

If Xue Wanyi and the others knew what they were thinking, they would definitely cry out in protest—they were merely looking with “anticipation,” nothing more.

At this moment, Guo Yang noticed the little boy who had come in the afternoon had returned, and this time he was followed by a dozen adults.

Guo Yang was slightly taken aback. Was this the kid drumming up business for him?

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“There really is a convenience store?” Zhou Chengzhi picked up his son and gave him a big smooch.

“Sister! I brought Dad and Uncle and Auntie to shop!” The little boy saw Su Jin and ran straight over.

“Hello, my son wasn’t too mischievous this afternoon, was he? Thank you for being willing to sell him things.”

Zhou Chengzhi didn’t specify what those things were because he knew without thinking that two Crystal Cores couldn’t buy four chicken legs; it must be that the shop owner was kind-hearted and generous.

“Not at all, he’s been very well-behaved and smart too.”

Hearing the pretty sister’s praise, Zhou Yang’s face flushed with happiness.

“Uh, we would like to see what you have for sale here,” a man standing behind Zhou Chengzhi asked.

Guo Yang immediately led them to the shelves for them to browse and choose for themselves.

“These thin pancakes, how many are in a serving? Can we have a look?” someone inquired.

Guo Yang nodded, and a pack of their neatly prepared thin pancakes appeared in his hand, instantly capturing the attention of everyone in the room with their size and abundance—they looked so big and plentiful!

“I’ll take a pack,” Zhou Chengzhi immediately took out a Crystal Core and prepared to pay.

“I want one too.”

“Get me a pack as well.”

“I’ll take two packs.”

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Guo Yang suppressed the excitement in his heart and asked everyone to line up to complete the transactions.

Standing to the side, Liao Yifan and others also came forward to help, never expecting that this little boy would bring them such a big order.

“Boss lady, count the money!” A man generously took out ten Crystal Cores. He wanted to buy a pack of ham sausages to satisfy his craving—it had been so many days since he’d had any meat, and ham sausages counted as meat.

Being called ‘the boss lady,’ Liao Yifan’s face turned red, an unexpected reaction. She regretted standing by to help collect Crystal Cores.

On the other hand, Guo Yang was elated for quite a while and only charged the man six Crystal Cores. Besides the 20% discount, he charged two less because he was in such a good mood that day.

Seeing such openness, customers who previously thought Guo Yang was a swindler also willingly took out Crystal Cores to make purchases.

The thin pancakes looked very appetizing and seemed plentiful—a single pack could probably last for days…

And it had been so long since they had tasted bread made from pure white flour.

Huang Yunxiang was also pleased, telling a few people who bought the pancakes that heating them up would make them taste even better. Of course, if they felt hungry while out, they could eat them as is. After thanking her, those customers left, eager to go back and try a piece.

Zhou Chengzhi bought a pack of thin pancakes and a bar of chocolate. Watching his son hopping and skipping ahead, he smiled wryly; spending all his savings on just these two items, his son shouldn’t go hungry at home tomorrow.

Time to work hard and earn more Crystal Cores! As long as he could provide for the little guy, all the tiredness was worth it.

Seeing that the items in the store were selling, everyone breathed a sigh of relief. In that short span, they had taken in two to three hundred Crystal Cores. That was almost the amount one could get from killing five or six hundred zombies. The future of this store was looking promising.

Guo Yang also regained his confidence. Though he seemed fine on the surface this afternoon and was consoling Liao Yifan, he had actually begun to doubt himself. He hadn’t expected to have so many customers so soon. It looked like the reason no one had come before was that everyone was participating in the base’s construction.

Just then, a few more people noticed the store’s sign and walked in.

Heart Talk Convenience Store?

There was actually still a convenience store?

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