Rebirth: Leading Families to Survive in the Apocalypse novel Chapter 38

Chapter 38: Splurging Hard

Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

As Huaxia had strict regulations on gasoline management, if the people wanted to refuel, they could only drive to the station and fill up the whole tank instead of using containers to take the gasoline away. If they wanted to take away or purchase a large amount, they needed to go through relevant procedures.

Su Jin did not know about this in advance, and her plan to stockpile gasoline went down the drain after she heard about it from Lu Hao. It seemed that she could only wait until the apocalypse broke out and took advantage of the early chaos to store up some gas.

Therefore, Su Jin went shopping with her mother and Aunt Tianzhen the next day with Nie Qing and Lin Xiuyuan in tow. Aunt Yunxiang had to stay at home and receive incoming parcels, so she did not go with them.

Actually, Nie Qing had been unwilling to go out. He had only a few episodes left of Ashes of Love to finish.

There was only one big TV in Su Jin’s grandparents’ house, almost the whole family binge-watched the drama together with him in the living room, except that they did not sob as woefully as him.

When Su Jin and Lu Hao walked through the door, they were greeted with the sight of Li Xiuying and Nie Qing watching the show together. Each had a pack of tissues in front of them, and the trash can was already full of tissues…

It took the whole family great effort to explain to Nie Qing that the people on TV were not acting just for anyone but the entire country. If not, Nie Qing would probably pull another late-nighter binge-watching the drama.

Li Xiuying was also a TV fan, but she rarely watched youth idol dramas like this. However, she was also overwhelmed by emotion when watching this series. She was especially heartbroken for the handsome second male lead, so she wept together with Nie Qing.

Su Jin was fascinated by this sight. It seemed that she would have to download more dramas onto her computer and tablet whenever she had the time.

The few of them first visited the area’s largest supermarket. After entering the place, Su Jin pulled out a few shopping carts and distributed them to the group. They then started shopping with their respective carts, and even Nie Qing and Lin Xiuyuan had one each.

Considering Li Xiuying’s old age, Su Jin did not let her grandmother push the cart and walked with her instead.

“Lil Lin, can we just take all these things however we want without paying?” It was Nie Qing’s first time visiting the supermarket. Although he was unfamiliar with this shopping mode, he got used to it quickly after seeing everyone putting stuff into their carts naturally.

“That’s right, Uncle Nie. You take what you want and put it into your cart now, then you pay at the exit.” Lin Xiuyuan replied while chucking snacks into his cart. He felt like a tycoon right now, haha.

Lin Xiuyuan glanced at Su Jin’s cart. There was chocolate, ham sausages of different thicknesses, compressed biscuits, canned meat…

He then looked back at his own cart filled with vacuum-packed potato chips, shrimp crackers, puffed snacks… Was he a bit too extravagant? It was already inconvenient carrying such space-consuming items during an apocalypse, but he still bought them.

However, he was relieved to see Su Jin glance at his items without further comment. Never mind, he would hurry up and finish them within these few days, or else he would never be able to eat them anymore.

Lin Xiuyuan looked back only to become anxious when he realized that Uncle Nie was nowhere to be found. Su Jin had instructed him to look after Uncle Nie, and he could not lose him on his watch.

It was a working day, and there were very few people in the supermarket, so he managed to find Nie Qing quickly.

He watched Nie Qing putting his hand on the freezer full of ice cream and retracting it after a while, then putting it back and retracting it again…

Could it be that this Uncle Nie came from some remote rural village and had never watched TV or seen a freezer before? Lin Xiuyuan had unexpectedly hit the nail on the head again.

Seeing Lin Xiuyuan walk over, Nie Qing hurriedly grabbed him and asked, “Lil Lin, what kind of box is this, why is it so cold to the touch?”

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Lin Tianhui and Lin Tianzhen followed Su Jin’s example and bought chocolate, biscuits, and ham. Actually, they had already purchased a lot of these in bulk and stored them in the warehouse. However, they still had some money left, and it would be a waste if they did not spend it.