Rebirth: Leading Families to Survive in the Apocalypse novel Chapter 362

Chapter 362: Chapter 362 Luo Hui

“…”

At this moment, Lin Yunguo truly felt that being an elderly person in the Apocalypse made it very easy for others to discriminate against him.

Thinking back to the last time he was looked down upon at Freedom Dawn Base, he suddenly became somewhat indignant.

So what if someone is elderly? The elderly also need to be self-reliant!

“Xiuyuan!” Lin Yunguo called out angrily.

“Yes, Grandpa”

Lin Xiuyuan had long been disdainful of that woman, but he had been tolerating it silently in order not to cause a conflict at the base.

He was about to buy that Golden Ruyi, the kind without haggling!

“Buy this entire accessory stall for me!”

Lin Yunguo spoke with considerable resilience.

Lin Xiuyuan, who had just been about to agree to buy the Golden Ruyi, was at a loss for words: “…”

When had his grandfather become so domineering? To buy not just an item, but the entire stall?

He had thought they were just buying a Golden Ruyi!

However, he felt that at this moment, neither he nor his grandfather could afford to lose momentum, so he stepped forward and asked the short stall owner, “Boss, we want to buy everything on your stall, give us a bulk price!”

Buy all of it?

Bulk price?

The short stall owner was already scared by now; he had never seen such a scene even before the Apocalypse when he was doing business, so he tentatively asked, “Handsome, are you guys serious?”

“Really, really, hurry up and calculate it for me.”

Lin Xiuyuan answered without hesitation, standing next to Lin Yunguo.

“In total, that would be 300 Crystal Cores…”

The tone of the small stall owner became weaker and weaker; he felt that 300 Crystal Cores might be too much. If the two men in front of him still wanted to bargain, he would be willing to sell for tens of Crystal Cores less. After all, there were times when he couldn’t sell a single item at his stall for several days.

The woman selling bags nearby was also watching and laughing, thinking 300 Crystal Cores were enough for a person to eat for several months at the base; who would be the fool to buy a bunch of junk?

However, the woman selling bags then saw the young man take out an earthy yellow, worn cloth bag with several grey patches on it. The young man pushed aside the golden ornaments on the side of the stall to clear a space and then grabbed handfuls of Crystal Cores from the bag and started to count them on it.

He can’t be serious, can he?

At this point, the woman selling bags started to feel embarrassed—as if the other stall owners in the row were all laughing at her as they pointed and whispered in this direction.

Li Xiuying and Mao Qiqi, who had been enjoying the show from the sidelines, also became flustered. How could Su Jin have given Lin Xiuyuan the storage bag?

No wonder Lin Xiuyuan agreed so readily earlier.

“Boss, count them again to see if it’s enough,” Lin Xiuyuan said after quickly finishing counting the Crystal Cores, awaiting the stall owner to pack everything up for him.

“Okay! It’s enough, it’s enough. I’ll pack them up right now,” said the short stall owner, now overjoyed. He took out a large cloth bag from behind the bench on the ground and poured all the gold and silver ornaments into it.

“Sir, Madam, would you like to take a look at the various watches I sell? They’re all branded watches from before,” he offered eagerly.

However, Su Xiangmei should be back in a few days, and there would be no harm in talking to her then.

After making up his mind, Luo Hui left the place and knocked on the door of a low house.

“Luo Hui, why are you coming only now? The rest of the guys and I need one more player, we’ve been waiting for you for ages,”

A man with a stick of wood in his mouth complained while fiddling with the mahjong tiles on the table.

He used to be a heavy smoker, but in the Apocalypse, not to mention smoking, he couldn’t even smell the scent of cigarettes, so he had to chew on a stick of wood every day to ease his nicotine craving, but it didn’t help much.

“Brother Cao, I think I saw some familiar faces in the base just now, so I watched for a little while longer,” Luo Hui said, trying to please him.

This was his newly joined team. After being kicked out of the last one, this one was willing to take him in.

“Look at you, you’re an Earth Element Ability User for goodness’ sake, how could you send your own mother to a place like that?”

A slightly older man seated to the left commented. He had introduced Luo Hui into the team, hoping to ease the hardships of Luo Hui and his mother. It was only during a chat with the others just now that he learned Luo Hui had sent his mother to the research institute for experiments.

“It’s nothing, Brother Zhang, it’s just a drug trial. Even before the Apocalypse, didn’t pharmaceutical companies conduct such drug trials? Not only are the accommodations and food good there, but there’s also a Crystal Core allowance, and we signed a contract,”

Luo Hui spoke casually. Although Su Xiangmei had been fearful at the time, the Crystal Cores were too tempting, and after discussing it together, they decided to go ahead with it.

He had seen videos of such drug trials before the Apocalypse; at most, there might be some side effects. He had explained all this to Su Xiangmei, who agreed after hearing about it.

Brother Zhang sneered and said, “Drug trial? Hmph, just hope that your mother doesn’t die too miserably. As far as I know, there’s a clause in the contract about the death of the trial participant. Since you’ve already signed it, there’s no saving her now.”

“Aren’t contracts all like that? Even before, signing an informed consent form for a simple appendicitis surgery at the hospital mentioned the possibility of patient death,”

Luo Hui argued defiantly.