Snowstorm: I'm Super Rich in the Apocalypse-Chapter 153 - The Bases Shopping Mall

Chapter 153: Chapter 153: The Base’s Shopping Mall

Chapter 153 -153: The Base’s Shopping Mall

Gu Pan agreed and said her goodbyes.

After Chen Lu had left, Lu Ruisheng went to the car to fetch the bag of rice and some other daily necessities, which were for appearances; it wouldn’t make sense to move in without any daily items.

Then Gu Pan watched the stuff downstairs while Lu Ruisheng made two trips to bring everything up. On the final trip, they carried their belongings up together.

Once upstairs, they felt settled looking at their new home. They did a simple tidy up, not taking out too many items from the “Space” straight away because they weren’t yet familiar with the place and didn’t want to risk any trouble with things like household registrations that might pop up later.

The two only took out a basin, cloth, and mop from the “Space”, and cleaned the room.

The bed had a new straw mat, so there was no need to replace it. They laid their bedding and hung their clothes in the wardrobe.

With that, they were done.

Later, Gu Pan said to Lu Ruisheng, “Since we’ve just moved in, it is normal to be missing some things, like the bucket and charcoal Teacher Chen mentioned. If we didn’t go out to buy these items, others would find it strange. So, let’s go to the department store and buy some things to blend in.”

Lu Ruisheng nodded, “Okay, and we can also see what else is around and get to know the situation.”

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They changed into clean, ordinary clothes, both wearing sportswear from the wholesale market, a local no-name brand. Gu Pan had stocked up on a lot of these clothes before; they were inconspicuous but durable.

Gu Pan then put the remaining grain and “contribution points” back into the “Space” to be safe. There wasn’t anything of great value left in the house, just clothes and bedding.

They didn’t encounter anyone in the hallway; it seemed that most people were at work during the day, and she was reminded of the production teams that elderly people talked about, where you worked for public points.

Gu Pan was in a good mood today, chatting with Lu Ruisheng as they walked, “I didn’t expect everything to go this smoothly today. Everyone we’ve met has been friendly. Sister Wang seems stern, but she’s efficient and doesn’t cause trouble. And Xiao Chen, too, is very welcoming. It seems that the order here at the base is really good.”

Lu Ruisheng agreed, “Yeah, today went more smoothly than I expected. I know you’re worried about the villa over there. Once the acid rain lets up, we’ll go out to find some minerals, oil, or large machinery, bring them back and exchange them for contribution points. Then we’ll have a legitimate claim to a villa.”

“Right, and remember we still have some things that we can trade in like those solar panels,” Gu Pan mentioned to Lu Ruisheng. “We can trade half of them for contribution points and free up some space in the ‘Space’, keeping some in case of an emergency.”

Lu Ruisheng remembered. They had collected quite a few solar panels previously, which would likely be valuable to the base and not very useful to themselves.

“That makes sense,” he replied. “If Teacher Chen isn’t around, it would be hard for us to use them. And even if we could, we have too many and they take up a lot of room. It’s better to exchange some while they can still be useful to the base.”

Gu Pan nodded, “Alright, after we’ve settled in for a while, we will find the right time to trade them.”

Lu Ruisheng said, “Okay. Then, after the acid rain is over, we’ll move into a villa. The villas aren’t as resistant to acid rain as the middle floors are.”

Speaking of which, Gu Pan felt a bit of self-blame; she hadn’t thought things through at first and only considered the easy escape of an end unit, completely overlooking the issue with the acid rain.

Lu Ruisheng reassured her, “It’s okay, as long as it’s not dangerous. Once the acid rain stops, the base will do repairs. While that’s happening, we can go out to find supplies, and by our return, we could move into a villa. By then, the repairs to the base housing will be done, and we won’t have to worry about it.”

Gu Pan thought about it and realized that in her past memories, acid rain didn’t come with wind, and it didn’t significantly affect brick structures, so physical damage to the walls was minimal.

If the acid rain had collapsed the walls in her previous life, she would have remembered it distinctly and would not have rented on the edge. Now, realizing that there wasn’t much danger, there was no need to change houses.

They soon arrived at the entrance of the department store, which bore the sign: Seventh Base Department Store.

Gu Pan then remembered that when they arrived, they had seen the sign for the Seventh Base at the entrance. They were ranked seventh out of ten, though she wasn’t sure what the ranking was based on, nor did it seem important.

In the department store, it felt more like a supply and marketing cooperative from the eighties or nineties with its counters and limited range of goods, mainly daily necessities.

Directly inside the entrance was a general goods section with the most counters, carrying daily essentials.

To the left of the general goods were fabrics, bed sheets, and bedding sets. Further left was clothing, next to which were shoes, followed by a corridor leading to a back door.

To the right of the general goods were watches and small electronic devices, including radios and alarm clocks, but no mobile phones or computers. These were rare partly due to the lack of network and also because they were expensive. If one truly needed these items, they had to be purchased through an official request to the relevant department.

Beside the clocks were bicycles and stationery items.

Directly opposite the general goods, with no counters, was where production materials were located, items such as lino, plastic foil, pots and pans, and buckets.

There weren’t many people in the department store at that time because it was working hours, so the shoppers were mostly new residents like Gu Pan and Lu Ruisheng, focused on essentials such as buckets and charcoal. Gu Pan and Lu Ruisheng weren’t in a hurry, so they decided to browse around first.

They both dressed plainly. Gu Pan wore a beige tracksuit while Lu Ruisheng was in grey. Both also wore duckbill caps. It was better to keep a low profile on their first day, quietly absorbing the surroundings.

Their entrance into the store didn’t attract attention, and they began to look around starting from the counters on the side. If they found something they needed, they could purchase it right away. Many items were now in short supply, but their “Space” could accommodate anything they wanted to buy.

As they reached the fabric section, Gu Pan was drawn to a water-green silk bedding set. The soft color was very comforting to see; everything outside was still barren. When she had been stocking up on supplies before, she didn’t have the luxury to focus on aesthetics, prioritizing practicality instead. Now that she was in a store able to choose, seeing something she liked made her want to buy it, especially since she wasn’t short of money.

She walked to the counter and asked the sales clerk, “Hello, could you please show me that water-green silk bedding set?”

The saleswoman, a young woman in her mid-twenties wearing a standard uniform, was engrossed in a storybook and responded without looking up, “Wait a minute, I’ll show you after I finish this page.”