"Open the door! Open the door!"

"How long are you going to linger!"

"It's freezing cold, open the door quickly!"

In the early morning, crowds gathered on the empty streets. The surging crowd gathered outside the supermarket and kept squeezing forward.

In order to compete for the front position, they even started punching and kicking, and their heads were bruised and bloody. But when the supermarket fence slowly rose and the water poured in, they fell into chaos.

Discount notices are still hanging high in the daily necessities and technology areas, and the supply of goods is sufficient. There are also on-site salesmen who are eager to introduce customers to them, but they are pushed away impatiently.

But when the crowd rushed into the food area, they could only see empty shelves.

Rice and flour are all sold out.

Meat, melons and fruits are all out of stock.

A river of people passed between the shelves, sighing in frustration or cursing in anger.

Some people grabbed the staff and shouted angrily: "What on earth are you doing?"

"Where's the food?" someone asked, "Where's the food gone?"

"They're all sold out. They were robbed last night, and now they're nowhere to be found."

The salesperson shrank back timidly and replied with the excuse arranged by the manager.

In fact, two hours before the supermarket opened, a truck loaded up all the food and took it away. I don’t know where it went.

Even the staff like them were not able to stay quietly.

"Don't worry, why don't you take a look at the instant noodles?" the salesperson smiled flatteringly.

"What other instant noodles are there! They're all gone! The dog food and canned beans are fucking sold out! Even the synthetic vegetarian meat is gone!"

The angry guest pushed impatiently. When he said this, he suddenly froze for a moment, and his eyes became fierce: "Wait, are you hiding?"

Just behind him, those who had come earlier suddenly stopped where they were and slowly turned around.

Looked this way.

His eyes gradually turned cold.

"Wait, wait a minute! Neither do we. I didn't even eat breakfast today..."

The salesperson was stunned, took a step back, and subconsciously looked at the security guard not far away.

But the security guard took a look at the crowd that was gradually gathering, and slowly took a step back, shaking his head at him with an expression of wishing for happiness.

"I...wait a minute, I know it is..."

The salesperson was stiff and wanted to say something, but an angry shout suddenly sounded.

Cursing, scolding or roaring, the manic crowd swallowed him up, the sound of cracking and collapse sounded, and the security guard took a few steps back and pressed the alarm bell.

Unfortunately, it's too late...

At the same time, people who had received the news earlier had given up the idea of ​​trying their luck at supermarkets and grain stores, and instead drove to low-rise areas.

In the early morning, in the alley, I pried open the half-fallen gate.

"I am Alexei, introduced by Hanno."

The man who had been running around all night looked pale and looked a little dull: "Do you have rice here?"

Amidst the stench of stagnant water and garbage, several people were playing poker behind the door. The tall, thin man who opened the door was only wearing a vest. He glanced at him, raised his hand, and made signs with his five fingers.

"What...what do you mean?" Alexei was confused.

"Five thousand yuan, one bag."

The tall and lanky man said impatiently: "We don't negotiate prices here. You should think carefully about it yourself. Don't buy it and then come back to force it."

"Five, five thousand?"

Alexei's voice involuntarily rose, and soon, under the lanky man's indifferent gaze, he lowered it again: "This is too expensive. Wasn't it sixty before?"

The tall, thin man holding a toothpick in his mouth sneered, "Do you understand the free market, idiot! If you don't buy it, get out, don't delay me playing cards..."

"Wait, wait a minute."

Alexei quickly grabbed him and forced out a flattering smile: "It's cheaper, at least it's cheaper. I don't have that much money."

"Don't bargain, didn't you hear?"

The tall and lanky man threw away his hand impatiently, pulled his arm back, and looked at the poor man with disgust: "If it's expensive, don't buy it, haven't you heard? The fields in our home agriculture are all rotten, and there hasn't been a grain of rice in the past few months.

, the warehouses are all empty. Now the entire Holy Capital is short of rice and noodles, and even the price of oil has increased five times.

Five thousand yuan, I already buy more than 4,000 yuan, so what can I do if it’s cheaper? Do you do charity?”

Alexei hesitated to speak, and in the end, he still did not speak.

After hesitating for a long time, he finally took out his wallet.

He took out five cards from it... He originally planned to buy a car full of them, but now he only had one bag.

Although the Holy City issued an emergency food bill last night, stipulating the price of food and cracking down on hoarding and raising prices... Is it useful? Don't these people's goods come from the guard station?

Alexei has been in business for so long, he understands everything he should know and what he shouldn't know.

The situation is stronger than the people.

In this situation, is there any other option besides being slaughtered?

After the crumpled money was taken away, the man glanced at him, smiled, turned back, and soon came back again, throwing the bag in his hand over.

But the bag was loose and there was still most of the space inside.

Not even fifteen pounds.

"Why is there only half a bag?" Alexey was puzzled.

"This is the amount of one bag, that's all. Do you want it if you like it?"

The tall and lanky man glanced at him for the last time, picked up the ringing phone in his arms, answered the call, and waved to him to stop bothering him and get out of here.

Alexey's face turned red instantly.

But in the end, he didn't say anything more, bent down to pick up the bag, turned around and left.

Just when he reached the entrance of the alley, he was stopped again.

It was the man who had just hung up the phone. He caught up with him and said in a hurry: "Wait! Don't leave!"

Alexei was stunned for a moment, then he threw Alexei's money back and reached out to grab the bag in his hand: "I won't sell it anymore, take your stinky money away."

"What's going on!"

Alexey subconsciously grabbed back: "I paid!"

"I won't sell you anymore! Let go! Let go!"

"I bought it!"

"What the hell..." The man was furious. He suddenly flew up and landed on his body, knocking him to the ground. Then he spat, picked up the bag and left.

After taking two steps, I felt a pain in my back.

When he turned around in shock, he saw the ferocious look on that flattering face.

After the smile faded, there was no expression anymore.

Then, he was stabbed again.

Poke again...

The tall and thin man had no time to react before blood foam poured out of his throat and he fell to the ground.

Only now did Alexei realize what he had done.

In the silence, he lowered his head and looked at the increasingly cold corpse at his feet. His expression twitched: "This, you asked for it! You asked for it!"

The dead man could not speak, and no one responded. Only the bag slipped from his body and fell into the sewage below.

Alexei reached out his hand without thinking and picked up the bag.

Breathing heavily.

He took a step back, then another step.

He took one last look around, threw the bloody knife into the gutter, lowered his head and ran away.

Only the bodies in the pool of blood remained in place.

The empty pupils reflected the sky that was gradually lighting up in blood.

The sun gradually rises.

The whole city seemed to be waking up from a deep sleep again. On the dark streets and in the buildings, windows one after another were lit up in the dim morning.

Citizens woke up from their dreams and walked to the kitchen hungry, or looked for restaurants that were still open on the street, walked into them, and enjoyed this rare delicacy, marveling at it.

"Delicious, delicious."
To be continued...