104: Comprehensive disinfection

Outside the Shunli Supermarket, more than a dozen people had gathered.

They were all family members who had been bitten in the store these past few days, and they had come to find Yao Jin to demand an explanation.

"Someone got hurt in your store, you must take responsibility! My family member has been in pain for two days, if you don't want to compensate, then let the red ants bite you!"

"This Miss is right! You opened a store without proper protection, causing my husband to be bitten and hospitalized, unable to work. Why aren't you taking responsibility?!"

"If you don't solve this for us today, we'll catch red ants and make them bite you!"

Yao Jin, blocked at the entrance by the crowd, shouted helplessly, "I'll compensate you with supplies, alright!"

"Each of you can fill a box with items from the store!"

As soon as she said this, the woman in charge pushed Yao Jin aside and rushed into the Shunli Supermarket.

The rest of the people followed closely, and Yao Jin was pushed to the ground.

"Ah! Who stepped on my hand!"

"Don't step on my leg!"

Niu Er and the others inside the store were also pushed into a corner, frantically trying to maintain order.

"Everyone, don't rush! Line up and fill your boxes one by one!"

"The boss said he'd compensate you! He won't go back on his word! Don't push!"

However, no one listened to Han Yang and the others; their eyes were only on the supplies on the shelves.

It was a rare chance for a zero-cost shopping spree, who had the patience to queue?

If they were too slow, they wouldn't even get a trash bag!

After more than half an hour, everyone left, satisfied, clutching their supplies, leaving behind a mess.

Shelves lay scattered on the ground, the cashier counter was overturned, chairs had disappeared, and not a single item could be found in the entire store.

Yao Jin huddled helplessly in the corner, her hair disheveled, her clothes covered in dirty shoe prints.

Han Yang and the other two, as well as Niu Er, were in better condition; only their collars and sleeves were stretched, almost exposing their chests.

Looking at the store, which seemed to have been ransacked, Han Yang cautiously asked, "Boss, can we still get paid this week?"

When they first came to apply for sales and cashier positions, Yao Jin had promised each person a box of supplies every week, including food, water, and daily necessities.

"There's nothing in the store, but I still have some at home! You guys hurry up and clean this place up! Otherwise, don't expect to get paid this week!"

"Niu Er! Drive me to the Hospital!"

After assigning everyone's tasks, Yao Jin limped out of the store, only to see a girl standing on the opposite street.

Wearing a clean gray tracksuit, she was casually cracking sunflower seeds, looking as leisurely as an old man out for a stroll.

Yao Jin, stubborn as ever, retorted, "What are you looking at, you poor ghost?! Haven't you ever seen so many customers come to buy things?!"

"I haven't, actually. Unlike my place, no one there gets bitten by poisonous ants."

Jiang Fei said with a hint of schadenfreude, successfully making Yao Jin's face turn red with anger.

Just as Yao Jin was about to explode, Jiang Fei added, "Buying garlic?"

"Garlic can repel poisonous ants, and I still have 10 jin at my store. You're a regular customer, so I'll give you a 10% discount, for a total of 9000 grams of gold."

Before the official news of disinfection was released, she planned to scam Xiao Jin Yang out of a sum!

"No!"

Niu Er pulled Yao Jin aside and whispered, "Boss, it's better to buy some."

"The Safety Shelter sells garlic at vegetable prices; one head costs 5 points, and we don't have any. It wouldn't be appropriate to exchange supplies for points."

"If we can't repel the poisonous ants and have to compensate with supplies again, the big boss will probably find out."

The big boss was Yao Jin's father.

Thinking of his father's temper, Yao Jin was a little scared.

Niu Er: "Look, the Ping An Supermarket has never been invaded by poisonous ants, and it always smells of garlic, so it's clearly effective."

Yao Jin gritted her teeth: "Go home and get the gold bars!"

Soon, Niu Er drove back and carried down three suitcases.

Jiang Fei returned to the store with two large bags of garlic and called Su Liuyuan to help carry the gold bars.

"10 jin of garlic, do you need me to weigh it for you?"

"No need!" Yao Jin carried the garlic into the Shunli Supermarket and handed it over to Han Yang and the others to deal with.

Meanwhile, Jiang Fei and Su Liuyuan returned to the Ping An Supermarket with the gold bars.

"Captain, you're amazing! You went out for a breath of fresh air and earned almost ten kilograms of gold!"

Jiang Fei quipped, "My master taught me well."

Su Liuyuan was a bit worried: "The officials will be disinfecting this week. If Yao Jin finds out you deliberately sold him garlic beforehand, he'll probably come looking for trouble."

"You'd better not come to the store these next few days."

"It's fine, with Yao Jin's intelligence, he won't find out."

Otherwise, she wouldn't have scammed him again and again.

As Jiang Fei expected, the Shunli Supermarket closed for two days, just finished restocking, and had implemented anti-ant measures when the officials sent the Patrol Team to notify everyone through loudspeakers in every street and alley—

"This Sunday, three days from now, we will be conducting disinfection to clear out the Blood-red Poison Ants. Please stay at home and do not go out. All shops will be temporarily closed."

Upon hearing this news, Yao Jin fainted on the spot.

The gold was spent, the garlic was bought, and now you tell me there will be disinfection?

Why was he so unlucky!!!

Coincidentally, because of the ant-biting incident at the store, no customers dared to go to the Shunli Supermarket; they all flocked to the Ping An Supermarket instead.

Jiang Fei's business was booming, and she sold out all her bagged goods that day.

That evening, after Su Liuyuan left, Jiang Fei put the gold from the lounge into the Supermarket.

【Ding—Detected gold: 51652 grams】

【Current unlock progress: 99%】

The next time she opened the door, she would be able to unlock the third floor!

Jiang Fei happily returned to the Mingshang Apartment Complex.

Unexpectedly, Lu Yu and the others got off work very early today.

Each of them carried a backpack and two large bags of supplies.

"Miss, too many people are being bitten by poisonous ants now, and the Hospital is short-staffed. I received a notice that I need to move into the Hospital's dormitory."

Ling Zhaorui: "The officials are about to disinfect, and it's inconvenient and unsafe for me to travel back and forth, so I've decided to stay at the Planting Base for a while."

"The Patrol Team is the main force for disinfection and cannot leave their posts for 24 hours. The general captain told us to stay in the collective dormitory on standby."

"I'll have to trouble you to take care of Big Yellow."

Lu Yu gave the key to 301 to Jiang Fei.

"Wait for me for a few minutes."

Jiang Fei returned to 302 and retrieved the ointment Xiao Chuxia made at Yulan Garden, various chocolate energy bars, and 6 boxes of cooling patches from the Supermarket warehouse.

She divided them into three portions, put them into bags, and took them out to give to them.

"Take care of yourselves."

In their respective positions, her teammates had their own responsibilities. She couldn't stop them, she could only do what she could.

Su Liuyuan, meanwhile, took three mini pistols for them to use for self-defense.

After seeing Lu Yu and the other two off, Su Liuyuan felt a bit off: "We've been together for so long, it feels a bit strange to suddenly separate."

"They'll be back once the Blood-red Poison Ants are gone."

"If anything happens, contact us on the walkie-talkie."

With that, Jiang Fei went to 301 and moved Big Yellow, its supplies, and its cat villa to 302.

To prevent Big Yellow from accidentally eating garlic, Lu Yu had newly built an 1.8-meter cat villa for it out of wood.

"Your owner isn't home lately, so you'll be living with me for a while."

Jiang Fei locked Big Yellow in the cat villa and lavishly brought out a large plate of salmon.

Big Yellow, who had been a bit bewildered a second ago, immediately became engrossed in eating.

What owner?

It only had the fragrant two-legged beast!

—

Except for staff in important positions, all other survivors were on holiday, staying indoors.

The Safety Shelter seemed to have been paused, becoming exceptionally quiet overnight.

As a temporary worker for the Rescue Team, Jiang Fei was called away by Xu Qianyao to work.

Downstairs, there were more than 20 other Rescue Team members.

Xu Qianyao was distributing protective suits and spray backpacks.

"This is the official ant-killing medicine developed by the government. Each of you will be assigned a building to spray."

"Remember to wear your gas masks and protective suits, and do not get any of the ant-killing medicine on you; it's poisonous."

"Once you've sprayed your assigned unit building, you can take a holiday."

Jiang Fei was responsible for Building 2. She put on her protective suit, slung the spray bottle filled with ant-killing medicine onto her back, and began the disinfection.

One bottle of medicine could spray about two floors. Jiang Fei constantly ran up and down the stairs to get new spray bottles, finishing her work late into the night.

She took off her protective suit and gas mask, her clothes soaked with sweat.

After sealing the protective suit in a bag and throwing it into the Supermarket warehouse, and making sure there was no residual ant-killing medicine on her, Jiang Fei entered 302.

As soon as she opened the door, a pungent smell of garlic, mixed with a faint hint of urine, assaulted her.