The Pregnant Mommy Survive on Unlimited Supplies
Chapter 92 - 091 cannot afford survivors of two cities

Chapter 92: 091 cannot afford survivors of two cities

By the side of the big truck, everyone swarmed forward and scanned codes. Within a short moment, the oranges Tang You had brought from the city were sold out.

Da Fu, holding a large trash bin, shouted to the survivors scattered on the ground eating oranges,

"Please help, my sister doesn’t let us litter, throw the orange peels in the trash bin for my sister. Those who litter will be blacklisted and won’t be allowed to buy oranges from here."

The child’s voice was drowned in the noisy crowd.

More and more people gathered at the entrance of Xiang City, and the more people there were, the easier it became chaotic.

Thankfully, Gong Yi was a tough man, he either set no barriers, or he set them extremely firm.

At the first checkpoint of Xiang City, Gong Yi had equipped the garrison with live ammunition.

People who had bought oranges, carrying large and small bags of them, ate while lining up to pass through the checkpoint.

Someone quietly inquired with Da Fu,

"Kid, do your city allow the cars from B City in?"

"Vehicles can enter the city, but there’s no fuel inside."

Da Fu knew little, but the garrison commander hadn’t said vehicles couldn’t enter.

The city had long been out of fuel supply.

Rumor had it that all the fuel in Xiang City was bought by Sister Hua, but there was no evidence for it, and Da Fu certainly couldn’t spread such news everywhere.

"Then, can you really use money inside Xiang City? What can money buy?"

Others also whispered their inquiries; they couldn’t help it as they were new and anxious.

After thinking for a moment, Da Fu honestly replied,

"The cheapest thing right now should be the oranges, the emergency aid center provides three meals a day with two snacks, though the portions of food have been decreasing lately."

It was a grave reality, many people said that the supply chain of Xiang City was cut off, supply trucks couldn’t enter Xiang City.

Of course, it was the same for other cities.

Thus, the food supplies Xiang City needed weren’t being shipped from other cities.

Rumor also said that the three meals and two snacks a day at the emergency aid center of Xiang City were a severe burden.

They had already started consuming the city’s emergency rations, so gradually, the food supply at Xiang City’s emergency center was expected to decrease.

Hearing this from Da Fu, the people who came from B City quickly ran some calculations in their minds.

It seemed Xiang City was just like B City, facing a big problem with supplies, and soon money might become worthless.

An orange cost 9.9 yuan each, as big as a fist, and two could suffice a meal for an adult.

If there indeed was a food shortage in Xiang City, then eating oranges for every meal, three meals a day, six oranges a day, would both fill them up and hydrate them.

Hmm, eating oranges could even save a lot of mineral water.

At that moment, Tang You made a call, requesting the Factory Director to send another truckload of oranges out of the city for Da Fu to sell.

Seeing the truck fully loaded with oranges, the survivors from B City hastily shouted,

"Then give me ten thousand oranges, I’ll scan now."

"I, I, I want twenty thousand!"

Taking advantage of the moment while Xiang City was foolishly selling oranges, they hurried to stock up.

Stock, stock, stock!

In less than half an hour, another truckload of oranges was sold out.

Tang You had to urgently call for more supplies, the oranges from the RV’s encircling walls warehouse were emptied out, and even the oranges from the garrison supplies were urgently fetched.

Even the Welfare Oranges kept by the guard at the city gate in the movable cabins were sold.

Hua Mi’s oranges were plentiful, but the market demand was even greater.

Finally, Tang You had no choice but to call Hua Mi, asking Sister Hua to quickly dispatch more oranges to sell in the city.

At that time, Hua Mi had just left the emergency area and returned to Lotus Shengxing Supermarket.

After hearing what Tang You said, she couldn’t help but laugh hysterically.

"Alright, alright, alright, have your guys come to the underground garage next to my supermarket. There’s plenty of oranges, and water too. Do you need mineral water? It’s only 5 yuan per bottle, and I’ve got plenty."

Tang You was somewhat speechless as he ended the call and looked toward Gong Yi, who was holding a telescope and peering out through the iron gate at the pile of survivors.

"Boss, how many oranges and bottles of water has Sister Hua collected? Where is she getting her supplies?"

The amount was exaggeratedly vast. With such sales tactics, even the major tycoons who hoarded oranges should have sold out.

Even if there were still many stockpiled goods, seeing the frenzy of the purchasing, there should at least be some sense of crisis—raising prices or limiting quantities.

But Sister Hua wasn’t panicking—in fact, she even seemed vaguely pleased.

Gong Yi, holding the telescope, moved his cheek slightly,

"Don’t ask what you shouldn’t, it’s rare to be blissfully ignorant in life, you know!"

This woman had issues, and Gong Yi was not foolish.

But Gong Yi never inquired too much.

He treated Hua Mi with an unusual patience and a laissez-faire attitude.

After all, Hua Mi would talk when she wanted to, and if not, asking would only irritate her.

Putting down his telescope, Gong Yi looked at Tang You with a tone both solemn and warning,

"Right, as long as you can survive, as long as our brothers can survive, that’s enough. Delving into her matters benefits no one."

Tang You immediately stood straight,

"I understand, boss, I will keep Sister Hua’s secrets well."

Gong Yi raised his hand and patted Tang You on the shoulder, turned around, their shoulders touching, and spoke in a subdued yet grim tone,

"Don’t let anyone touch her."

"Yes!"

Resolute voices echoed, and outside the iron gates, survivors from B City had already caused congestion at the entrance.

Most people would be allowed into Xiang City as long as they had no criminal records; Gong Yi wouldn’t deliberately detain anyone.

But it still couldn’t keep up with the rate at which survivors from B City were flooding into Xiang City.

Soon, some began to struggle for breath.

Someone exaggeratedly yelled,

"There’s someone dead, you garrison people, why are you blocking the way?"

"Let us into the city, people are dead; hurry and let us in!"

The thick iron gate, made of top-quality steel from the garrison’s heavy industry, would not easily break even if a tank rammed into it.

Gong Yi’s brows were tightly furrowed as he picked up the telescope again.

Behind him, someone from the garrison said:

"Just the day before yesterday, there weren’t this many survivors; I don’t know who cleared the road between Xiang City and B City, but now all the survivors from B City are coming here."

Until today, Xiang City had mostly been receiving seriously injured victims air-dropped from various cities.

There were survivors arriving on foot from various cities too.

But they came in dribs and drabs, never in such large numbers.

These were the survivors from the entire B City, bringing their belongings to Xiang City.

And on the highway, no less!

Thankfully, the mysterious clearing person had only cleared one highway linking Xiang City to B City; otherwise, the entire Xiang City would be encircled by survivors flocking from various cities.

It wouldn’t have been a big deal to be surrounded; the key issue was that Xiang City alone simply could not support the survivors from two cities.

Merely managing eating, drinking, and sanitation would become a huge problem.

At its simplest, regarding accommodations, buildings in Xiang City that could collapse had already done so; there simply wasn’t space to provide lodging for more survivors.

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