Rebirth of the apocalypse: Winning a prize of 30 million at the beginning

The icy disaster has lasted for three and a half months.

In the trading market, some level four members can still hold on for a while relying on their previous points.

There are also people like Xie Dongming who have their own business shops in the trading market.

A lean camel is bigger than a horse, although business is much worse now than before.

But with the many points they had earned in the past, they were able to live a very comfortable life.

Moreover, restaurants like Xie Dongming,

Even under this kind of icy disaster, there are still many customers coming to consume, most of whom are level three members.

They have a fixed amount of points, so they are more generous in spending.

Since the snow in the trading market has been basically cleared now, the limited manual work does not require so many people to do.

So now most people have nothing to do, and if they have nothing to do, they will not have any points.

Every day they see the points on their points cards decreasing, and they can only reduce their daily rations again and again.

From two tortillas a day, it was reduced to one tortilla a day, and then to half a tortilla per person a day.

Now that I don’t have to go out to work, my physical energy consumption is less, so half a tortilla a day is enough.

East End residential area.

Area C.

Building 15, 2nd floor, Room 2019.

Xu Qingwen pushed open the door and lifted a thick layer of cloth, followed closely by Sui Dahua.

The cloth behind the door was sewed and nailed on by themselves.

Every time I open and close the door, the cold air from outside blows in and makes me shiver.

So they thought of an idea. Everyone collected some strips of cloth and sewed them together, and wrapped some sand at the bottom to form a windbreak.

Everyone in the room is familiar with each other. Although they do not form a team in name, they actually take care of each other and support each other, which is almost the same as a group.

call!

As soon as Xu Qingwen came in, he let out a long sigh.

"Uncle Xu, are there any new tasks in the task hall?" Ma Xiaotiao asked as he got up from the bed.

Xu Qingwen shook his head, a little disappointed in his eyes, "No."

"Okay." Ma Xiaotiao lay back down.

Ma Xiaotiao only has the last fifteen points left. He only eats one tortilla every day. One tortilla costs 0.25 points. After deducting the heating fee, he can still hold on for 56 days.

But no one knew when the icy disaster would end, and the construction of the buffer city had been delayed. He was so worried that he was eating up all the food.

Ma Xiaotiao shrank his body and thought to himself, "Why don't I just eat half a tortilla a day starting from tomorrow? This way I can last for about 4 months."

beside.

Xu Qingwen threw the hot tortilla to his wife.

Xu Qingwen's wife tore a tortilla into pieces and then threw the torn pieces into an enamel cup.

Xu Qingwen walked to the bedside, took off his heavy boots, and said to Ma Xiaotiao, who had his back to them:

“Don’t be discouraged, Xiaotiao. We are much better off now than the people in the building next door. I just saw them lining up to go to the mission hall to loan points.”

"Although we are a little tight on money now, at least we are not in debt."

Ma Xiaotiao turned over and said to Xu Qingwen:

"Uncle Xu, I'm so hungry. Eating half a tortilla for a meal feels like not eating anything. And I get so hungry at night that I can't sleep."

After hearing what Ma Xiaotiao said, Xu Qingwen didn't know how to respond for a moment.

Their family of three only eats two tortillas a day, and Ma Xiaotiao alone only eats one tortilla a day.

However, Ma Xiaotiao is in the period of growing up and his consumption capacity is extremely high, so it is normal that he gets hungry easily.

But Xu Qingwen couldn't possibly give his tortillas to Ma Xiaotiao, as he had a wife and daughter to support!

Unless Ma Xiaotiao really has no points and is on the verge of despair, he will lend a helping hand to Ma Xiaotiao, and this is also for the sake of Ma Xiaotiao's father's face.

Sui Dahua, who was standing next to him, glanced at Ma Xiaotiao and sighed, "Alas."

"I told you to be frugal with your points and not to spend them lavishly, but you didn't listen. Otherwise, you would have enough points now."

Ma Xiaotiao said aggrievedly: "Uncle Sui, I will listen to you later."

"Luckily you listened!"

Sui Dahua pointed at Ma Xiaotiao and said with a look of regret:

"Otherwise, you have no money left now, how could you have persisted until now? You would have borrowed money long ago!"

Ma Xiaotiao was scolded so much that his face turned red and he was embarrassed. He lowered his head and said nothing.

Seeing this, Xu Qingwen quickly tried to smooth things over:

"Well, I've looked at the loan conditions at the trading market. If you're not in dire straits, it's better not to borrow money. The interest rate is too high.

The official annual interest rate for loans reached 30%, and the annual interest rate for loans without collateral reached 50%!

The small loans in the market before had an annual interest rate of 5,000%! This meant that if you borrowed 10 points this year, you would have to pay back 500 points next year, which was a full 50 times increase!

Moreover, the repayment is not based on years, but on months. This means that if you borrow 10 points this month, you have to pay back 40 points next month. If you don’t pay it back, you will have to sell yourself. It’s really scary!”

"What, are micro loans still available? Wasn't it stopped by people in Oil City?" asked Sui Dahua's father Sui Deguang.

Xu Qingwen nodded and said, "So what I said before, it has indeed been stopped now. I heard that the boss of the Water Dragon Society, Zhou Feilong, set such an outrageous loan interest rate, and some people actually went to borrow money."

"Later, someone reported him. The owner of the Shuilonghui bar, Zhou Feilong, was made an example and criticized. I heard he was fined nearly 1,000 points!"

"hehe!"

Sui Dahua sneered, "He thought that the Water Dragon Club bar business was so good that 1,000 points would be nothing to them."

Xu Qingwen: "Not necessarily now. Their business has not been very good in the past few months. It is said that they have to pay very high taxes, almost 50% of income tax to the Oil City, and they also have to pay for raw material costs, rent, water and electricity. These all cost money."

Sui Dahua cursed:

"It's what he deserves. He's doing such outrageous loan sharking. It's simply too much. He's just profiting from the blood of others!"

Sui Deguang said helplessly:

"So, the loans offered by Oil City are still fair. At least they don't urge you to pay them back. Although the interest rate is not low, in this apocalypse, being able to lend out your points without urging you to pay them back is already pretty good."

Xu Qingwen explained:

"Not really. I haven't finished talking about the official loan conditions. The first one is to unconditionally accept all types of work that is arranged later and use the points earned from work to repay the loan. If you don't pay off the loan, you can't leave the trading market.

If you refuse the work arrangement later, you will be forced to do it, and if you resist, you will be shot!"

"That's great, there are also work arrangements!" said Ma Xiaotiao.

Sui Dahua glanced at him and said faintly:

"You are still too young. You have to see that the key word is to accept all types of jobs! Do you think you will be assigned a comfortable job? It will definitely be the hardest, most tiring, dirtiest and most dangerous job!"

When Ma Xiaotiao heard this, he felt a little frightened.

In fact, people have been sent to clear the sewer leading to Nanwan Lake. It is dark and damp down there, and there may be zombies, so it is very dangerous.

But this kind of work is also done by some people who are extremely short of points.

He was somewhat reluctant to borrow money when he thought that accepting the official loan points would be like signing a short-term agreement to sell himself.

No, I must not borrow points!

Ma Xiaotiao made up his mind to save his existing points and eat half a tortilla a day!

Xu Qingwen's wife brought over the soaked corn tortillas, and on the other side, Sui Dahua's soaked corn tortillas were also ready.

Sui Dahua looked at Ma Xiaotiao lying in bed and said suddenly:

"Why are you still lying there? Come and have a bite."

He has a sharp tongue but a soft heart, and he can scold people harshly, but when he sees his old friend's son is hungry, he feels a little soft-hearted.

The most important thing is that he still has enough points.

Both he and his father were earning points, and they had accumulated 220 points before this ice disaster.

They consumed one point every day to buy four tortillas, which was enough to sustain them for 210 days, a full seven months.

Three months later, they cut down their daily expenses to three people, buying three tortillas for a day.

By this calculation, it can last for nearly 5 months.

Not only him, Xu Qingwen is also not much different, but Xu Qingwen's points are less than Sui Dahai's.

In the eyes of many people in the trading market, Xu Qingwen and Sui Dahai are enviable successful men.

It has been so long since the end of the world, but Xu Qingwen was able to keep his wife and daughter. Although Sui Dahua has no wife, he has a healthy father and son.

Moreover, both of them are level 4 personnel, and they don’t need any points to live in the C-level houses in the trading market!

These two people are extremely stingy and calculating when they are outside.

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It is precisely because of this sense of crisis that they are able to still have points to spend even after the freezing disaster lasted for more than three months!

But others only see that they are comfortable now, but do not think that they are moving forward with a heavy burden.

Why can I be promoted to level 4 personnel?

That was because they had run out of food at home during the previous rainstorm disaster, and they had no choice but to risk their lives to fight.

By chance, in order to encourage them, Oil City promoted those who defended the trading market to level four personnel, and gave them permanent residency rights in the trading market.

Why are there still points now?

That's because they started saving points a long time ago. After getting a job, many survivors would go out to get drunk after getting points every day, or save up points for a few days to go to brothels.

But they didn't. The construction site provided them with food, and they tried to save the points they earned every day.

They didn't know that there would be a freezing disaster later, they started accumulating points a long time ago.

In the room.

Sui Dahua saw that Ma Xiaotiao didn't move, and said in a bad tone:

"Come over now, it will be cold!"

Ma Xiaotiao dragged his body and walked over hesitantly.

He is young and wants to save face, but the aroma of the tortillas is really delicious!

Xu Qingwen, who was sitting with the family opposite, saw this scene and his eyes flickered.

"Xiaotiao, you can eat with us tonight."

Ma Xiaotiao stood up, somewhat moved.

"Uncle Sui, Uncle Xu, I was wrong before. I will never dare to disobey you again!"

"I still have 10 points left on my card. I'll give half to each of you."

Sui Dahua and Xu Qingwen looked at each other, and they could see each other's attitude from each other's eyes.

After accepting these five points, I will have to keep supporting this kid from now on.

But he is Lao Ma’s son after all.

During the thunderstorm, if Lao Ma hadn't pushed the two of them away and rushed to the parapet with a spear to stab the zombie to death, they would probably have been dragged down by the rope at the end of the spear.

They owe Lao Ma a life.

Old Ma died, and Ma Xiaotiao was entrusted to them.

Sui Dahua nodded and said:

"Okay, let's do it this way, but I have to make it clear first, you eat whatever we eat! Distribute it equally."

"What does Old Xu mean?"

Xu Qingwen: "Okay, I'll take care of him at noon, and you take care of him at night."

"no problem!"

Ma Xiaotiao was deeply moved to hear such promises from two uncles who were not related to him by blood.

He is not a child anymore, so he naturally knows how precious it is to be able to achieve such a step in this doomsday.

Food!

"Thank you!" He bowed deeply to the two of them.

As for the family members of Xu Qingwen and Sui Dahai, they didn't say much. After all, they had been through hardships together. When they really ran out of food, the worst that could happen was that everyone could just go and borrow money together.

Trading bazaar.

North District.

Complex building.

There was a huge crowd of people inside, and there was even a long line outside the complex.

The weather was so cold that those who were queuing outside kept stamping their feet to warm themselves.

"It is said that a Level 5 personnel can only borrow 5 credits at most. This is too little!"

"Five points are not a small number. Look at how many people are here. I estimate there are at least one or two thousand people ahead of us!"

"Yes, yes. Lending points to us is actually equivalent to lending us food. It has been so many years since the end of the world. Where else can you find someone to give you food? Be content if you can! Nowadays, food is more valuable than human life."

"But these 5 points are really a bit too little. If we exchange them for tortillas, we can only get 20 points. And we have to deduct the cost of accommodation, heating and water. Living in the market is not easy!"

The loan window in the complex building is almost identical to the bank counter before the end of the world.

It's also glass, and there's only a small hole at the bottom.

"Hello, you are not qualified to borrow money, next one." A staff member at the counter, wearing a headset, checked the computer and said to a Mediterranean man outside the glass.

"What? What do you mean I don't qualify for a loan? If they can borrow, why can't I?"

The staff inside looked at him angrily.

"Yesterday, you borrowed 5 points at counter No. 2. Each person can only borrow once!"

"What use are 5 points? Lend me another 5 points!" the Mediterranean man said angrily.

The staff member operated on the computer and said to the man:

"Wang Jinlong, I just found out that there are 3 points left on your number card. I hope you can save and use them well, and at least hold on until the trading market starts issuing work tasks."

"I have just noted that you are a key observation target. If you spend all your points and cannot pay them back, we will take your mortgaged bicycle back to Oil City!"

"Please live well and don't starve to death!"

"Next."

Wang Jinlong wanted to say something, but the staff inside glared at him.

Shouted:

"roll!"

Wang Jinlong shuddered all over and then realized where he was.

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'll get out of here right now!"

The decoration here really looks like a bank before the apocalypse. It was normal to have an argument with the lady at the counter in the past.

But now it is the end of the world, and we are still in the trading market.

If this angered the staff inside, they would take control of him in minutes.

Human life is cheaper than grass in the last days.

(asking for monthly ticket)