Rebirth: Leading Families to Survive in the Apocalypse novel Chapter 350

Chapter 350: Chapter 350: Attracting Hatred

There was no need to mention that a single steamed bun was exorbitantly priced; here, a bowl of thin porridgeuld sell for five Crystal Cores.

“No wonder when Brother Li mentioned 70 Crystal Cores on the bus, Wan Li didn’t even bat an eyelid as she took out the money,” Su Jin muttered.

“Yeah, suddenly I feel that everything in the Heart Talk Convenience Store is incredibly cheap. Are all the people in this base really that wealthy?”

Lin Xiuyuanuldn’t help but ask.

“Not necessarily, do you see anyone buying anything here?”

Lu Hao glanced at the sparsely populated cafeteria andntinued, “Besides, if they really had money, they wouldn’t be pawning their belongings at the pawnshop.”

Lin Xiuyuan remembered when they had just left the pawnshop; a few more people had entered it with various items big and small. He also felt that Lu Hao was absolutely right—if everyone were wealthy, they wouldn’t need to pawn their things, would they?

At that moment, Lin Yunguo had already led Li Xiuying around the cafeteria, checking each window. The few people inside the window started to sneer at the sight of several people who looked but didn’t buy anything.

“I thought you were rich. You’re dressed nicely enough, but you can’t actually afford to eat, can you?”

“Tsk, just some old men and women, bringing along a little brat, how much money can they have? They must have raided some clothes store outside.”

“Exactly, exactly. Don’t worry, sir, we don’t charge anything for you to look at these dishes, oh hehehe~”

“…”

Feeling helpless, Lin Yunguo glanced back at Su Jin. He had merely looked at the flatbreads in the window and noticed that they were moldy on the surface, which made him look a bit longer, and now they were misunderstanding that heuldn’t afford to eat?

Lin Xiuyuan became indignant. He felt humiliated by people looking down on his family as if they were about to be pointed at and mocked. So, he took a deep breath and started to retort, “Are your meals even edible? You have the nerve to sell them? I wouldn’t eat them even if you paid me!”

“Hey, you young fellow, so many people can’t get a chance to eat our food, I bet you’re just broke! Right, you can’t afford it!”

A woman spoke in a sarcastic tone, her expression growing more smug as she talked.

Su Jin didn’t understand where these people got their sense of superiority from, but she didn’t want her family to endure any more disdain. She took out a pack of plump steamed buns from her backpack, waved them in front of the people at the window, then pointed to the many empty seats inside the cafeteria and asked, “Is there a charge for sitting here and eating?”

The sight of the big, plump pack of steamed buns seemed glaringly offensive to the people at the window, to the point where no one actually heard what Su Jin had asked.

“Miss, there’s no charge for sitting here and eating,”

a middle-aged woman with her hair tied back answered from a nearby seat.

“Thank you,”

Su Jin smiled at the woman, then took a seat at one of the tables closest to the cafeteria window.

She then took out several boxes of packed meals from the backpacks of the others and placed them on the table, telling her family, “It’s about time for a meal. Let’s eat here and thenntinue walking around!”

“Sure, sure, girlie, I’m quite hungry myself,”

Nie Qing picked up a box of packed meals and sat down.

“Let’s all eat,”

Lu Hao also took a packed meal box and distributed a wet wipe to everyone from the ones Su Jin was holding.

Lin Xiuyuan took a big bite of a meat bun and muttered resentfully, “Hmph, you think I’m too broke to eat your food? White flour! Meat filling! See that?”

“Grandpa, this chicken wing is really tasty,”

Mao Qiqi said with a sweet smile.

“If it’s tasty, eat more, darling. Next time, your grandpa will make some for you,”