22: Points earned, redeemable for 300,000!
They bought a few oysters and a pre-cleaned grouper in the fresh food section, placed them in the shopping cart, and strolled toward the gift section.
Chen Kai was quite curious about what the gift section contained; it seemed Pan Dongdong's gift section was different from other shopping malls, as everything was carefully selected by the procurement department.
For example, they sourced Wild Ginseng and Lingzhi from the north, and imported authentic wines, not ones shipped abroad just to be "gilded" with a fake foreign label.
The most expensive area in the entire supermarket was this gift section.
Chen Kai wasn't greedy; spending one yuan to get a hundred back was enough. If he spent a few thousand yuan, the points would deduct several hundred thousand in cash.
A deduction of several hundred thousand in cash was enough; too large an amount would only arouse suspicion.
For someone who had never been to their supermarket before to suddenly spend tens of thousands and rake in millions in rewards was too high-profile.
At most, it would be reasonable for him and Liu Yunshang to each get a membership card and rake in several hundred thousand.
With so many people in the supermarket, he didn't believe they were the only ones buying a few thousand yuan worth of items; others must be doing the same.
But if they bought over ten thousand yuan worth of goods, they would stand out; it was safer to blend in with the flock.
"Sister Liu, I heard this saffron is good for beauty and skincare; let's buy some!"
"Hmm! Alright, then let's also get a box of Wild Ginseng for my little brother to nourish your body."
Liu Yunshang naturally placed the Wild Ginseng, priced at 2,399 on the shelf, into the shopping cart.
Chen Kai picked for a long time before grabbing a bag of saffron for three thousand.
He calculated the value of the cart; it was around six or seven thousand yuan, which was enough to stop.
He checked the time again: 11:40! Only twenty minutes left until the ten-million subsidy started!
"Sister Liu, I don't think there's anything else to buy; we can go check out now."
"Hmm... then I'll go grab two bottles of wine."
Liu Yunshang rolled her eyes, as if thinking about something.
"Then I'll go with you." Chen Kai made a move to push the cart and accompany her to the liquor section.
"No, no, you just wait here for me; I'll go by myself."
Liu Yunshang's expression was a bit unnatural, slightly flushed, and she hurried toward the liquor section.
Although puzzled, Chen Kai stood where he was, took out his phone, and quietly watched the time.
Three minutes passed, and a pair of long legs in black silk walked up to him, somewhat coyly, and placed two bottles of plum wine into the shopping cart.
She then snatched the cart from Chen Kai's hands. "I'll push it. You walk in front."
While Chen Kai turned around, she secretly tossed two palm-sized colorful boxes into the cart, covering them with the red box containing the ginseng.
She followed behind him as if nothing had happened.
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When Chen Kai reached the self-checkout machine, he silently checked the time again.
11:50, ten minutes until the ten-million subsidy.
Checking out would only take a few minutes; he still had to wait a bit longer.
He casually led Liu Yunshang into the self-checkout line, where only one very plainly dressed woman with a child was checking out ahead of them.
Sensing someone behind her, the woman with the child sped up her scanning.
Seeing that the woman only had four items left in her cart, while there were still ten minutes until the ten-billion subsidy started, Chen Kai initially wanted to give her a heads-up.
But he quickly shut his mouth; respect others' destiny.
Giving a reminder at this time would seem too weird.
Just then, a greasy-faced fat woman with short hair and two buck teeth shoved her way in front of Chen Kai without a word, carrying a basket of vegetables.
"Hey? What are you doing? Why are you cutting in line?"
Liu Yunshang frowned, looking very displeased.
"I'm pregnant! So what if I cut in line? Besides, this is my friend in front! I'm with my friend; I just went back to get something, and I was originally standing in this spot!"
The fat woman with a face full of flab stood with hands on her hips, looking completely unreasonable.
Chen Kai twitched his mouth; how was that a pregnant woman?
Weighing nearly two hundred pounds, it wasn't that her belly was big; on the contrary, her belly was smaller than her thighs.
The whole person was developing horizontally, especially the fat on her thighs.
Was she pregnant in her thighs? And twins at that, one in the left leg and one in the right.
"I'm sorry, I'm sorry. This is my friend; she's not feeling well after standing for too long. Let her check out first. I'm really sorry, I'll go line up again."
The plainly dressed woman with the child in front apologized profusely, cleared the items she had already scanned on the screen, and took her bag of goods to line up behind them with her child.
"Tch, acting like a saint."
The fat woman muttered disdainfully, then picked up the vegetables from her bag to scan and check out.
She took out her phone to pay, and after paying, she immediately took a donut out of a plastic bag and stood at the checkout counter eating it.
She also occasionally turned back to look at Chen Kai with disdain, deliberately stalling for time because she didn't want the people behind her to check out quickly.
Chen Kai looked down at his phone, a slight smile appearing at the corner of his mouth.
11:58, she had already finished checking out, totaling 158 yuan. Two minutes short, and she could have gotten 15,800 for free.
It was karma for an evil person; she would probably regret it to death once she got home and heard the news.
The plain-looking woman had lined up at the end, and by the time it was her turn, it was exactly during the "ten-million subsidy" time slot.
Sometimes one has to sigh; good people are rewarded.
The fat woman stood there for a while, feeling bored, then picked up her plastic bag and left.
Chen Kai checked the time: 12:03, the ten-million subsidy had already started.
"Sister Liu, do you have their membership points card?"
Liu Yunshang pushed the cart and said nonchalantly, "I don't think so; those few points aren't really useful."
"Sister Liu, you should get one; let's check out separately."
Chen Kai whispered; raking in a 300,000 deduction each would maximize their benefits.
"Hmm? I don't think that's necessary, do you?"
Liu Yunshang muttered, feeling a bit confused.
"Listen to me."
"Alright~ then I'll listen to my little brother~"
Liu Yunshang said dotingly.
Maybe Chen Kai didn't want her to spend too much? Wanted to share the burden for her?
What a good little brother.
Seeing Chen Kai reach for the ginseng box placed at the very top of the shopping cart, Liu Yunshang instantly became uneasy.
"Then I'll check out first! Little brother, you wait to check out!"
Liu Yunshang hurried to the self-checkout machine, positioned the cart in front of her, and secretly took the two colorful boxes out of the cart.
She took the opportunity to get a membership card.
"Beep! Spent 3,260 yuan, points successfully added!"
Chen Kai looked at the 32,600,000 points displayed on the checkout screen, the corners of his mouth curling up.
It was in the bag.
Converted, that meant a deduction of 326,000 yuan.
After Liu Yunshang finished checking out, he scanned the barcodes of the remaining 3,500 yuan worth of items one by one and readily took out his phone to pay.
"Beep! Successfully spent 3,500 yuan, points added successfully!"
He carefully looked at the 35,000,000 points on the checkout screen and nodded with satisfaction.