Surviving the Apocalypse with my Multiplier System novel Chapter 105

Ella grabbed the bag of clothing items that she and her mother had sorted out to sell at the market and set off.

"I’m heading to the market; I’ll be back soon!" she announced as she left the room.

"Okay, be careful! Love you!" replied her mother from the living room.

Ella carried the bag, skipping excitedly to the market. When she arrived, she noticed that a few people were slowly trickling in, and she quickly walked up to the counter.

"Hello! I’d like to sell a few items!" said Ella cheerfully.

The shopkeeper returned her greeting and took the bag of items to inspect. Nodding her head in approval, she said, "Good, these clothes seem to be in good shape, and we can accept them. We’ve had a few cases already of people trying to sell used, ripped clothing, who got angry when we turned them away."

Ella smiled. All of the items they picked out were extras from the cheap clothing store that she looted with her father back when they lived in the countryside. All of the clothing was new, not worn, and in good shape.

"I can give you 75 points for these items. Does that work for you?" asked the shopkeeper. Ella quickly calculated the cost per item and nodded.

"Sure, that sounds about right," she said and handed over her resident card. The shopkeeper swiped the card and handed it back to Ella.

"Feel free to look around before leaving. We just got a generous shipment earlier this morning from someone who sold a lot of canned meat and tuna," said the shopkeeper excitedly.

Ella walked over to the chain-link fence wall and peered inside, noticing the neat stack of canned food the shopkeeper was talking about.

Her eyes landed on the shiny can of tuna, and her mouth watered. It had been over a week since they’d had meat at home, and tuna was one of Ella’s favorites. She recognized the brand on the can as one of the high-end ones and decided to ask for the price. _{freeweɓnovel.cѳm}

"How much is one can of the tuna?" she called out.

"One can will cost 6 points," answered the shopkeeper.

Ella nodded. While the price was a tiny bit high, it was cheaper than she thought it would be. "I’ll take two cans, please," she called out again and walked over to the counter.

"That will be 12 points, please," said the shopkeeper.

Ella quickly took out her resident card and handed it over so the shopkeeper could charge her card. Once the points were deducted, the shopkeeper handed Ella her card back along with the two cans of tuna.

"Thank you," said Ella and turned to hurry back home so that she could treat her parents to her newly purchased tuna!

"I’m back!" she announced, walking inside.

"Welcome back, how did it go? Did they buy the items?" asked her mother.

Ella walked over to stand beside her. "Yes! They said the items were new and of decent quality. They bought them all."

"How much did they give you?" asked Reginald as he walked over.

"75 points! I calculated it, and felt it was an acceptable price," answered Ella. She waited for her father to make it over before she surprised them with her purchase.

"And look what I bought for us!" she exclaimed happily, pulling the two shiny cans of tuna out of her coat pocket.