I'm Hoarding for the Apocalypse

305 Let’s Find Something to Do

She had gathered so many supplies so that she could live a more relaxed life in the apocalypse. Back in their house, Du Yue and He Xing changed into their home clothes and went into the bedroom. Du Yue took out the carpet and sat cross-legged on it. She looked at He Xing, who was sitting opposite her. “We have to find something to do, right?”

The two of them were now living with Wan Dapeng and the others, so there were still many things to consider.

The most basic problem was the source of supplies. Although He Xing’s off-road vehicle was full of supplies, there was a limit to it. If the two of them only went out every day, those supplies would be used up very quickly. They had to find a reasonable source of income before they ran out of the supplies that were in their car.

He Xing nodded. “Do you have any ideas?”

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Du Yue recalled the shops she saw when she was strolling just now, and after thinking for a while, she said, “My idea is to rent a shop to sell some food. What do you think?” The economy of the third base was developing well, so there was no need to worry about income if one opened a shop. The more Du Yue thought about it, the more she felt that this plan was feasible. “We can open a fast food restaurant and only open for business during lunchtime. We don’t need to prepare a lot of things, and we’ll close the store and go home when everything is sold out. In this way, we can not only earn money but we’ll also be relatively laidback.”

In fact, He Xing was willing to give Du Yue’s idea a try no matter how wild it was. Now that he heard that Du Yue had considered all aspects, he naturally had no objections. “Alright, let’s open a store, then!”

The two of them had always been people of action. Since they had already decided on something, it was better to prepare as soon as possible. The next morning, the two of them left the house after breakfast. If they wanted to rent a shop, they would definitely have to ask Wu Yan about it. When Wu Yan heard that they wanted to rent a retail space, he could not hide the surprise on his face.

“I have the most retail spaces in the entire base. You’ve found the right person! You said that you want to rent a retail space to start a restaurant, and such a space just so happens to be available now. Shall we go and take a look now?”

Du Yue and He Xing did not have any objections and followed Wu Yan out of the door. Ten minutes later, they were standing in front of a retail store. Wu Yan said that this was a shop of 22 square meters, and it was the only one like this so far. It might have been built before the apocalypse, and it looked like it was well-renovated. Du Yue walked around the shop and nodded in satisfaction. “Not bad. What’s the rent?”

“30 contribution points a month,” Wu Yan hurriedly said.

The price was reasonable. Since Du Yue had taken a liking to it and had enough contribution points on hand, she paid a month’s rent without any hesitation. Du Yue had her own concerns as to why she did not rent it for a few more months. She had never opened a restaurant before, and she did not know if she would still want to run a restaurant after a month, so there was no need to rent it for too long. If she still wanted to continue running it after a month, she could just renew the rent. It was not troublesome.

After signing the contract, Wu Yan enthusiastically introduced Du Yue and He Xing to a furniture store. They bought four sets of tables and chairs there. These tables and chairs were not brand new, and they looked like they had been used. Although the colors were the same at first glance, if one looked closely, one would realize that the patterns on them were different. They were not a set. Du Yue felt that these tables and chairs were most likely found in the ruins after the earthquake.

In fact, there were many people who dug out things from the ruins to sell. Although there were some flaws, the price was also cheap. Four sets of tables and chairs, as well as a long table, cost a total of 25 contribution points. The total price of the utensils and bowls only cost ten contribution points. When they were buying these things, the shop owner was very warm to them and chatted with them.

Hence, Du Yue and He Xing learned from the shop owner that ever since the apocalypse, more and more people had gone out to scavenge for scraps. Their source of income was to go to the ruins to find useful things and then bring them back to sell to various shops. What these people earned was actually just a labor fee. The ruins near the base had all been searched long ago. They could only pick up things farther away now. There would always be conflicts between scavengers and lone rangers.

Some people who acted alone had yet to return after leaving the base. No one knew if they had gone to live in another place or if they had encountered some mishap. Other than their family members, no one really cared about their disappearance. Under such circumstances, the base wouldn’t waste their manpower and resources to search for these missing people.