Chapter 35 - 35

Chapter 35 Hoarding 2Su Xiaoyu arrived safely at the pharmacy. The store was very large, with three floors. The marks on the wall reminded them that only the first floor was flooded during the previous flood.Without needing to be reminded, Zhao Yongtook the initiative to step onto the stairs and rushed inside. All the medicines on the first floor were scattered on the ground, turned into discarded boxes, and the medicines had long since become unusable after being soaked.He went straight to the second floor, only to find that it was where IV drips were administered. He had no choice but to go up to the third floor.Su Xiaoyu and Gu Lingxiao followed closely behind.Upon arriving at the third floor from the second floor, we found a storeroom and another room where the shop's staff rested, equipped with basic cooking utensils.I found rice, wheat flour, instant noodles, dried noodles, and some packaged pickled vegetables.The location here is relatively high, so it wasn't completely flooded; otherwise, all these things would be unusable."I found the medicine!" Zhao Yong excitedly ran over to show everyone. His backpack was full of medicine: anti-inflammatory drugs, fever reducers, and some injections. He also had quite a few syringes, about a dozen.Su Xiaoyu: "Are there many things in the warehouse?"Zhao Yong: "Yes, there are quite a few, but I can't bring too many. You can go and take a look and take more of what you need. Let's not talk about morality now. If the natural disaster ends later, I will come to the pharmacy to make up the difference."Su Xiaoyu turned to Gu Lingxiao and said, "I'll just grab some random stuff. You guys go downstairs and wait for me, otherwise it'll be a wasted trip."Gu Lingxiao nodded, and then followed the others downstairs.Zhao Yong carefully packed the rice, flour, and oil into a plastic bag and stuffed them into his backpack, thinking how kind they were to leave all these things for him.With noodles and pickled vegetables, they can survive for many more days.Su Xiaoyu knew that after they went downstairs to the storeroom, they packed up everything in the house, without even seeing what it was. In any case, they didn't even leave behind a needle.After everything was settled, I went to the door to meet them.The water here is quite shallow, and speedboats can barely navigate it.Su Xiaoyu didn't see any corpses along the way,and she felt uneasy. She didn't see any large forces helping with the cleanup, but she did see many teams coming out to collect supplies.Some people used inflatable boats or rubber dinghies instead of assault boats; most of them were men, with only a few teams having women.We looked at each other without disturbing each other; instead, I needed to hurry up and collect supplies.They had arrived at the supermarket entrance by then, but the water was too deep to go in through the main gate.The inflatable boat was moored at the window.Jin Jun used his advantage to climb up first. He saw that the second floor was mostly flooded, so there was no point in going in as everything was submerged. The third floor was a clothing store, and the fourth floor was a bedding store. He had already found out the location before coming, so he had to go in. He continued climbing to the third floor, opened the window, and saw that there was water inside, but not much.They specially wore long rain boots when they went out today, but it was a bit dangerous when climbing.He climbed up in one go, jumped down, and then slowly lowered the rope down the window.Seeing that both of his bags were full, and that he couldn't take anything else back as per the rules, Zhao Yong spoke up."You go up and look for things. I'll watch the speedboat. I'll shout for you if anything happens."It would be even better if someone voluntarily stayed.They used ropes to successfully reach the third floor, where the shops sold clothes, pants, shoes, and the like.I've been eating and drinking well lately, but I haven't had any clothes to wear.Gu Lingxiao had a lot of clothes in his dressing room, and he took them all out for them to change into, but there were so many people that he didn't have many clothes left.Su Xiaoyu saw a dazzling array of clothes; men's clothing was on the left, and women's clothing on the right. They were currently offering free purchases, so why not take them?"I'll go to the women's clothing store to pick out some clothes for Xiu'er. You guys go to the men's clothing store. We can get there faster if we split up. There's also a shoe store up ahead, so everyone pick out plenty of shoes. And be quick!"Gu Lingxiao saw that the women's clothing store next door was actually an underwear store, so he couldn't go in. Instead, he followed his brother to the men's clothing store next door to pick out underwear.After opening the door, Su Xiaoyu put all the items she liked into her space and casually grabbed a few more to make a show.Having eaten meat during this time, her two little buns have grown a bit. Although it's not very noticeable when she takes a bath, it's better than nothing.When she came out, she saw them go to the men's clothing store in front, which made it convenient for her to move around.The advantage of zero-cost shopping is that you don't have to spend money. Although you have a lot of things stored in your space, you can store them indefinitely.She collects everything she likes; the shop has a warehouse with many unopened clothes, all of which are her targets.They went from shop to shop, and when they arrived at the shoe store, they saw everyone sitting there picking out shoes.Su Xiaoyu's target was the store's warehouse. After going inside and taking away the inventory, she came outside to pick out shoes.I picked out two pairs of fleece-lined long boots, some non-slip fleece-lined shoes, and a few pairs of flats.The socks displayed in front of the counter were clearly popular with them, as men tend to have sweaty feet, especially when exercising, which makes the smell even more unpleasant.Normally, they would just throw away their socks after using them, but now they have to wash their smelly socks every day.They could tolerate everything else but not this one, so they started frantically stuffing socks into the bag, and soon it was full.To pack their belongings, they specifically looked for large plastic bags, stuffed them into the outside as much as possible, and then put two more layers of plastic over them so that they wouldn't get soaked when placed on the speedboat.After finishing all that, everyone was carrying a large bag, their backpacks were full, and they had changed into new shoes.Seeing their expressions and thinking about their future, Gu Lingxiao said to Jin Jun,"Why don't we split into two teams? You can send the goods back first, and that way we can bring back more supplies."Jin Jun said, "Boss, do as you say. I had a few pairs of shoes I liked but didn't want to take. I'll pack them up and take them back." Turning to the other brothers, he said, "Anyone else wanting to take something but didn't want to? Pack it up quickly, Zhou Yu and I will take it back." Realizing there was a lot of stuff, he added, " Liu Hai, Cheng Xu, Wang Jianshu, come back with me later. We need to be quick and try to make as many trips as possible."Of course, no one wanted to miss the chance to take more things back. They immediately went back to where they had chosen the shoes, picked up the pairs they liked, and also took a few more sets of men's clothes from the nearby clothing store.They've got all the plus-size long down jackets for men designed to withstand extreme cold.Slowing the rope down little by little, Zhao Yongplaced the items onto the assault boat. He was impressed by how much these people could carry, and his own desire to join in grew, though he knew his own limitations.