93: A fake cat is still a cat!

“You're the one who scammed me in Longxing Town last time!”

Seeing that Yao Jin remembered her, Jiang Fei remained calm, glancing at the shattered liquor bottle at the shop entrance, and said in a tone that could infuriate without consequence, “Please pay the cleaning fee, 200 grams of gold.”

Yao Jin nearly choked, but due to the presence of the Rescue Team, he didn't want to cause trouble. He took off two gold watches and slammed them onto the table: “The extra is my gift to you for your coffin!”

Jiang Fei had Xiao Chuxia take the watches into the shop for Su Liuyuan to inspect and weigh.

The two watches contained a total of 260 grams of gold.

Confirming there were no issues, Jiang Fei, for once, had a good attitude: “Welcome to visit again next time.”

She didn't mind having a golden coffin!

“I'm not done with you over today's incident!” Yao Jin left with Niu Er, feeling stifled.

After leaving West Street, Yao Jin grew more and more frustrated the more he thought about it. He said to Niu Er, “Go ask the shop owners near Ping An Supermarket if any of them are willing to sell their shops. Offer them three times the market price.”

“I'm going to open a bigger and better Supermarket right next to Jiang Fei's and put her out of business!”

Niu Er hesitated, “Boss, the procedures for opening a shop in the Safety Shelter are very troublesome. I heard the approval process alone takes a month.”

“Gifts can speed things up, but they only accept cigarettes, alcohol, and jewelry; they don't care for gold.”

Yao Jin, who had just smashed a bottle of good liquor, turned pale.

The shops in the Safety Shelter didn't sell cigarettes or alcohol; otherwise, he wouldn't have been attracted by the cigarettes Jiang Fei displayed outside.

Jewelry could be traded within the wealthy circles and was even less likely to circulate on the market.

To get cigarettes and alcohol, he could only go back to Ping An Supermarket… Yao Jin clenched his fists: “Then apply through the normal process!”

He would rather wait! And not give any more gold to that penniless wretch!

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Ping An Supermarket's new store was open for business, fully stocked with goods, and even had handsome men and beautiful women to feast the eyes on, attracting a continuous stream of customers.

After a busy day, when she hung up the ‘closed’ sign in the evening, Jiang Fei eagerly opened the ledger Su Liuyuan had kept.

Aside from the 20,966 grams of gold contributed by Yao Jin, she had only earned 168 grams.

With so many people visiting today, she hadn't even earned a single gold bar.

Noticing Jiang Fei's disappointment, Su Liuyuan comforted her, “Gold isn't valuable in the Safety Shelter. Survivors don't know which corner of their homes they left it in. They need to go back and find it, and then compare it with points-based goods to maximize the value of their gold. It's definitely not going to be profitable on the first day.”

“I guarantee that within three days, our shop's income will increase significantly, by at least 10,000 grams of gold.”

“If not, I'll go out and find gold to make up for it.”

Having previously done business in the black market, Su Liuyuan had great confidence in his judgment.

With Su Liuyuan's assurance, Jiang Fei felt relieved and looked at everyone.

Xu Qianyao and Yin Jing were also there.

The Rescue Team had Sunday off, so they stayed to help in the shop.

“Everyone worked hard today. Tonight, my treat for dinner. You can bring family members.”

“There's a Four Seasons Restaurant on the back street, it's quite large. You all go there first to grab a table and order. I'll close the shop and then join you.”

Jiang Fei didn't forget to have Crippled Wang call his subordinates to the restaurant, including Old Mrs. Xu and Old Mr. Wu.

Xu Qianyao and Crippled Wang both had cars, so they could pick up and drop off the elders.

After everyone gradually left, Jiang Fei went to the lounge and used a key to open the blue door.

After she had inspected it that day, Wu Dayong had renovated the lounge again.

To differentiate the two lounges, Wu Dayong had specially painted her door blue, reinforced it with iron plates, and installed an anti-theft lock.

A standing water dispenser was placed at the entrance, connected to the shop's generator, and could be used once a water barrel was installed.

Su Liuyuan's lounge door was painted white, not reinforced, and had an ordinary lock, perfectly illustrating what differential treatment meant.

Jiang Fei's lounge lock had two keys, one for her and one for Su Liuyuan.

This way, the gold Su Liuyuan collected daily could be stored in her lounge, making it convenient for her to collect it all at once.

The gold earned by the shop today had already been placed in the lounge.

Along with the two large suitcases sent by Crippled Wang, they were all taken into the Supermarket.

System: 【Ding—Detected gold: 31,134 grams】

There was still a long way to go to reach the 256,000 grams needed for unlocking.

She hoped more 'Xiao Jin Yang' like Yao Jin would come!

Jiang Fei thought, placing the golden lucky cat on the counter.

A fake cat was still a cat! She couldn't bear to let the Supermarket devour it!

Locking the shop's windows and the large iron gate, Jiang Fei went to the Four Seasons Restaurant on the back street.

Xiao Chuxia was waiting for her at the entrance.

“Miss, everyone has arrived and is waiting for you in the private rooms upstairs. Grandma Xu and Old Mr. Wu didn't come, saying they were resting.” Xiao Chuxia slipped two ID cards into Jiang Fei's hand:

“This is my ID card, with 50 points, and the other one is Brother Lu's, with 60 points.”

“Brother Lu is arranging seats upstairs and can't come down, so he asked me to give them to you.”

“Actually, Brother Lu and I had already advanced our points, planning to treat you to a meal when you opened, but you treated us first. Brother Lu and I discussed it and decided to give all our points to you.”

Miss had no points and hadn't brought any supplies; it would be awkward if she couldn't pay the bill.

She and Brother Lu would cover for Miss!

If it wasn't enough, she could even go home and get jewelry!

Jiang Fei returned the ID cards to Xiao Chuxia: “I brought a ring; it can be used as points.”

Saying that, Jiang Fei took out the pigeon-egg diamond ring from her pocket.

Compared to points, Safety Shelter shop owners preferred to accept jewelry.

“You go back to the private room first; I'll go find the shop owner.”

Only then did Xiao Chuxia feel relieved and went upstairs to return the ID cards.

Four Seasons Restaurant had two floors; the first floor was for open seating, and the second floor had private rooms. It specialized in home-style cooking, and the prices were very high; a plate of stir-fried cabbage cost 10 points.

After all, vegetables were precious now, and even official sales weren't cheap.

Ordinary survivors rarely came to restaurants to eat, finding it expensive and not worth it, so there were no customers on the first floor.

The waiters were busy upstairs, and the boss was dozing in a chair behind the counter.

Jiang Fei showed the diamond ring: “I'm with the guests in the private room upstairs. Is this enough to book the whole place?”

The boss instantly sobered up.

Such a large diamond ring, how many supplies could it be exchanged for in the wealthy circles!

“It's enough, but I need to find someone to appraise it.”

“Okay.”

Soon, the boss found someone knowledgeable about jewelry from outside, confirmed it was a real diamond, and immediately enthusiastically brought a menu to Jiang Fei:

“Ma'am, the two large private rooms upstairs are full, and they only ordered 4 plates of plain boiled frozen tofu. Would you like to add anything?”

No wonder so many guests had arrived at the restaurant, but the boss hadn't gone upstairs.

It turned out everyone was trying to save her money by not ordering much.

Jiang Fei didn't look at the menu but took out a diamond necklace: “You arrange each private room as you see fit, with meat, vegetables, and soup.”

“If they're satisfied with the meal, this diamond necklace will be your final payment.”

“If they're not satisfied, you'll only get one diamond ring.” Jiang Fei put away the diamond necklace.

“You just wait and see! I've been a chef for over twenty years!”

The boss excitedly ran to the kitchen to take charge of the cooking, and Jiang Fei went upstairs.

Dao Ba and A Meng's subordinates were in one private room.

Crippled Wang, Xu Qianyao, Lu Yu, and others were in another private room, reserving the main seat for her.

Jiang Fei sat in the main seat, with Lu Yu on her left and Xiao Chuxia on her right.

After nearly an hour, the waiter served the dishes.

Each private room had 6 vegetarian dishes, 6 meat dishes, 3 soups, a large bowl of mixed-grain rice per person, plus a bottle of drink.

The dishes were only seasoned with salt and soy sauce.

The vegetarian dishes were mostly wilted and yellow, the meat dishes used chicken, pork, and rat meat that had been frozen for who knows how long, and there was also a plate of fried official-brand meat patties.

The soups were the simplest cabbage tofu, seaweed egg drop, and kelp bean sprout.

There was little food and a lot of water; a single soup dish could barely fill a small bowl.

The taste was mediocre, and the texture was poor, but everyone ate with great relish.

In a situation of scarce resources, having vegetables and meat was already a luxury. Who cared about the taste or texture?

When they had almost finished eating, Yin Jing cleared her throat softly, trying to sound natural as she asked, “Jiang Fei, I see the variety of goods in your shop is very rich. Did you stockpile them before?”