My Days Running a Supermarket in the Apocalypse

Tian Xiaoman hid by the wall of the ruins for a while, but she was so cold that she couldn't stand it anymore. After looking around with her neck hunched, she finally ran to the small sales station.

"How strange, I can actually buy things? A bottle of water costs 12 points, and a rice ball costs 16 points!" Her mouth gaped open, she was a little shocked.

It's almost the fourth year since the apocalypse, and she's long been used to living a life of hardship. This magical little station is just like a bus stop before the apocalypse... but it can sell supplies to the public!

Before the apocalypse, Tian Xiaoman was just an ordinary little girl. Her parents died in a car accident when she was 7 years old. Her grandparents used the compensation money to support her second uncle, younger uncle, and aunt.

But he specifically didn't want to take care of her, and even said she was the nemesis of the Tian family...

For the next seven years, she lived as a dependent in her relatives' homes, enduring all their mistreatment.

When her relatives were no longer willing to take her along as a burden, she was sent to an orphanage. A month later, the apocalypse broke out.

Tian Xiaoman is 15 years old this year. Oh, right, she was born on New Year's Eve, and she will be 16 in a month.

Perhaps due to her rich previous life experiences, she quickly adapted to the hardships of the apocalypse.

After all, she knew all too well how to survive in difficult circumstances.

Every day that she can open her eyes again, Tian Xiaoman feels that it is hard-won.

She was just an ordinary person. Except for necessary outings to find food, Tian Xiaoman spent the rest of her time hiding in a small shop.

Each time they obtained food, it was always incredibly rare; they had to carefully plan every bite of a bag of biscuits or half a bottle of water.

This little shop was her luckiest hiding place in the first year.

The small shop was hit by an earthquake, and the entrance was blocked by bricks and boulders. She cleared a hole little by little from the back and crawled inside.

Tian Xiaoman looked at the rice ball in the picture, rubbed her rumbling stomach, and licked her lips.

She had carefully read the store rules and warnings, and although she found them intriguing and mysterious, she decided to give it a try.

Tian Xiaoman took a longevity lock off her neck, registered a membership card according to the prompts on the screen, and put the longevity lock into a groove.

Card balance: 20

She was overjoyed to have 20 points, and excitedly clicked to buy a rice ball.

Payment successful, a small rice ball fell out of another groove.

"Haha, amazing! It really makes rice balls, they smell so good..." Tian Xiaoman was overjoyed and bounced around with the rice ball in her hand.

But the next second she took a deep breath to calm herself down, looked around again, hid the rice ball in her coat, and ran towards her hiding place.

This rice ball is enough for her to eat for two days. She can't be too conspicuous outside; it's too dangerous.

But just as she reached the corner, she was tripped by a leg that suddenly appeared.

"Don't move if you don't want to die." A sharp male voice rang in her ears, and the man pushed her to the ground.

Tian Xiaoman felt a cold blade at the base of her neck, which instantly terrified her so much that her heart pounded wildly. Trembling, she touched the rice ball in her arms, her mind racing. "Don't kill me... I have food, and I know there's something good!"

Seeing that she was just a teenager, the man instantly relaxed. He sniffed, picked her up, and roared fiercely, "Give it to me. You'd better not try anything funny."

"I had a rice ball! But... I ate it all..." Tian Xiaoman said softly, her face pale.

'Boom—'

The man kicked her to the ground, pressing a dagger against her neck. "Are you kidding me? Let me tell you, kid, I love to eat human flesh too! Hehehehe."

"Uncle, there's a magical machine on Old Jianshe Road that's full of water and rice balls! I was so excited, I took them out and ate them all... I can take you there..."

Tian Xiaoman quickly squeezed out a few tears, her voice pitiful.

The man was considering what she had said. The child was already in this state; was it really necessary to spout nonsense?

"Uncle, I want to live, I dare not lie. Come with me, and if I really lie to you, it's not too late to kill me then," Tian Xiaoman continued.

The man assumed Tian Xiaoman had discovered some kind of supply store, so he didn't think much of it and pulled her along, asking her to lead the way.

He was starving, absolutely starving. He hadn't eaten for days. If the girl was really talking nonsense, then he would have no choice but to kill her to satisfy his hunger.

Tian Xiaoman was also feeling very uneasy.

Just now, she came up with a risky idea.

He deliberately lured her to the mysterious little sales booth, intending to make his plans while she was distracted.

Moreover, Tian Xiaoman also noticed the punishment mechanism written on the sales platform, and she wanted to take a gamble.

Tian Xiaoman led the way with Shan Nai, and after walking for about ten minutes, they arrived at the brand-new vending station at the intersection of Jianshe Road.

"It's that thing, a little vending machine with water inside..."

Before Tian Xiaoman could finish speaking, the man's eyes widened as he rushed forward, leaning over the small transparent display case and swallowing hard.

"What is this? Is it a real rice ball?" The man's eyes lit up.

Tian Xiaoman stepped back without making a sound. "It's true, I've already eaten it. I took it from that groove!"

The man reached into the groove and felt around, but there was nothing there. Just as he was about to get angry, Tian Xiaoman added fuel to the fire, saying, "Is it stuck because the power is out, Uncle..."

"Damn, a membership?... What are points?!" The man glanced at the large characters on the screen out of the corner of his eye, extremely anxious.

He was both angry and agitated, glaring fiercely at the water and rice ball, and stretched out his leg to kick them.

'Sizzle!'

The man couldn't even touch the machine before being thrown several meters away, and then the electric shock punishment came as expected.

Tian Xiaoman stood to the side trembling. She didn't dare to approach the sales station because she remembered the rule that she could only buy once a day!

but……

Her gaze fell on the man who had been electrocuted.

"Thank you for being so stupid." Tian Xiaoman quickly walked to the man's side, coldly looking at the man who was trembling all over and whose body was tingling with electricity, and smiled.

Tian Xiaoman wouldn't miss such a good opportunity.

She picked up the dagger that had fallen to the ground, her eyes darkened, and she stabbed the man several times violently in the heart.

Three minutes later, the man was completely dead, and Tian Xiaoman finally breathed a sigh of relief.

She searched the man's bag, found some useful items, and quickly left.

It's getting dark, and the zombies will definitely find their way here by the smell of blood.

After observing the sales booth again, Tian Xiaoman decided to start looking for rare items from tomorrow and exchange them for points!

It would be best to accumulate some points so you can book a minibus!

Because she wanted to see what Lucky Supermarket was like.

……

In different cities, survivors scattered in various corners also discovered small sales stations while searching for supplies.

Some people immediately became members, bought a large bag of water and rice balls, and even successfully booked a minibus.

The minimum number of people required for a bus to depart is 3. Some people have no choice but to take their supplies and membership cards and go back to wait patiently.

Anyway, with water and rice balls, that's enough to keep us alive.

A week later.

Tian Xiaoman finally managed to save up more than 200 points and successfully booked a minibus.

She was lucky. She thought she would have to wait, but as soon as she made the reservation, her membership card indicated that the number of people had reached the standard and she could go to the lucky sales platform to enter the station and depart!