Apocalypse: I have a supermarket stocked with supplies
Chapter 322: Xu Zhaixiao

Chapter 322: Xu Zhaixiao

"How could that be? It was given to me by an older sister."

"Older sister?" Tao Tao wasn’t sure now, but felt relieved.

Zhaitao never lied.

So it wasn’t stolen.

That was good.

She was genuinely worried that Zhaitao would revert to stealing.

She didn’t want him to turn bad.

"Yes. She was a very sad older sister, she had a lot of candy, and she gave me a lot and asked me to help..." Xu Zhaixiao stuffed the candy into Tao Tao’s mouth.

Tao Tao savored the sweetness in her mouth while she listened to him speak.

The candy was very sweet.

As Xu Zhaixiao finished speaking, she just happened to finish the candy.

"I’m sorry, I wronged you just now. I apologize to you," Tao Tao stood up and bowed deeply in apology.

"It’s okay, Mom, I know." Xu Zhaixiao was very understanding.

He knew that his mom just didn’t want him to pick up bad habits.

Even though, bad people seemed to live better in this world.

However, his mom still didn’t want him to become one.

That wish was quite naive, actually.

But if his mom wished it, he could do it.

He would be a child his mother liked.

"You should eat too. This is the candy we, Zhaitao, earned. You haven’t even had any yet, and you’re giving it to me," Tao Tao hugged him, feeling a bit sad.

"Mom will work hard, too. To buy candy for us, Zhaitao, to eat. To buy a lot," Tao Tao painted him a big picture.

She actually knew that this big picture was far off in the distance.

Xu Zhaixiao knew too, but he was also very happy.

It was a sign of his mother’s love.

He was very touched.

Xu Zhaixiao decided to save the candy, for him and his mother to eat a piece each day.

Every day would be sweet.

After making promises to her son, Tao Tao worked even harder every day.

She had work to do.

As long as one was willing, Happiness Base would assign them work.

The work she was doing now was cleaning the rocks off the streets every day.

Xu Zhaixiao helped too, but as he was young, the person in charge didn’t count his work.

But Tao Tao had a good relationship with that person in charge, and since Xu Zhaixiao was eloquent and sweet-talking, the person in charge turned a blind eye and counted Xu Zhaixiao’s work as Tao Tao’s.

Thus, their days were actually quite good.

They had stored some food before as well.

However, the food they had stored previously hadn’t been as much as what they had bought from the supermarket in the past few days.

The supermarket had really given them a lot.

But Tao Tao still wasn’t satisfied, she wanted even more; the current stored food was still not enough.

She wanted more and more stored food.

That would give her a sense of security.

The safety that food could provide, nothing else could.

Tao Tao now only cared about two things: one was her son, Xu Zhaixiao, and the other was their stored food.

She was putting a lot of effort into her work now.

The person in charge was quite taken aback by her vigor.

Clearing the street’s rocks, Happiness Base paid with Crystal Cores.

Now everyone knew, with Crystal Cores one could go to the supermarket and buy things, so there were a lot of people coming to work every day.

A lot of people.

Superpower Users might disdain these Crystal Cores since working for a day didn’t get them as many Crystal Cores as killing a few Zombies.

But for ordinary people, it was a frenzy.

Everyone was working very hard lately.

Tao Tao was always hardworking, but today she was exceptionally so.

To the extent that it scared the person in charge a bit.

He quite liked Tao Tao: she had a good character, didn’t cause trouble, and worked diligently. He was a little afraid that she might collapse from working too hard.

The person in charge wanted to use Xu Zhaixiao as an excuse to urge Tao Tao to cool it a bit, but looking closely, he saw that, good gracious, Xu Zhaixiao was just as manic.

Person in Charge: "..."

Sometimes, being a person in charge is pretty helpless.

Afraid they’ll slack off, yet afraid they’ll work too hard.

He’s quite helpless.

As the Person in Charge watched and hesitated for a long time, he still didn’t go to persuade. They’re too crazy; no persuading them.

Besides, this way is quite good, they earn more Crystal Cores.

When it was time to settle up, the Person in Charge gave them a little extra.

When Tao Tao received hers, she knew it was extra. She smiled gratefully at him.

The Person in Charge blushed.

"Mom, why was that uncle just now looking at you and smiling like an idiot?" That uncle usually has a stern face, looks pretty smart.

Why smile so silly.

"He... there are some things children shouldn’t worry about." Tao Tao toned down her smile.

That Person in Charge actually had some feelings for her, she knew. She wasn’t interested, but at this point in time, just smiling at that person meant getting benefits for nothing.

She was quite willing.

Sometimes Tao Tao felt that her heart was quite filthy.

Her heart was dirty, but she still wanted her child to be more innocent.

She found herself quite contradictory.

After exchanging for Crystal Cores, Tao Tao immediately took Xu Zhaixiao to the supermarket to buy things.

She knew, the supermarket appeared suddenly. Many people were guessing that since the supermarket appeared so abruptly, it might disappear just as suddenly one day.

Moreover, compared to Crystal Cores, having food in hand felt more reassuring.

They preferred food.

Originally, they didn’t really like Crystal Cores much. Before the supermarket appeared, Crystal Cores were only useful for Superpower Users to upgrade, but generally, to upgrade, Superpower Users needed higher-level Crystal Cores. Low-level Crystal Cores were only useful when they first awakened their superpowers.

After that, they were useless.

In the later stages, Crystal Cores were basically pretty little stones.

Even more so, some Superpower Users couldn’t be bothered to extract Crystal Cores from the zombies’ brains after killing them.

So now, as soon as everyone got Crystal Cores, they would immediately go to the supermarket and exchange everything for supplies.

Supplies were the real deal.

Supplies were the most solid thing.

Everything else was, illusory.

When Tao Tao brought Xu Zhaixiao, he seemed very excited.

His eyes darted around.

The Crystal Cores they earned today were more than the previous days.

After buying the staple food, Tao Tao took Xu Zhaixiao to buy candy.

"We can’t buy a lot, but we can buy a little. Let Zhaitao have two pieces a day." One is still too few.

Tao Tao wanted him to have two pieces a day.

"Mom, it’s okay. I don’t need it." Xu Zhaixiao looked at the candy in the supermarket, swallowing his saliva.

He had one yesterday, so sweet, so sweet. He wanted more, but he had set a rule for himself, only one piece a day.

So he resisted.

But now looking at it, he really wanted to eat.

Xu Zhaixiao struggled to move his gaze away from the candy.

Then he saw another pile of candy.

Xu Zhaixiao: "..."

Ahhh.

He really wanted to eat.

Sweet candy.

He liked it so much.

He wanted it.

Whimper, whimper.

"Mom wants it." How could Tao Tao not understand her own son.

She could tell at a glance, he wanted it.

Today they had extra Crystal Cores, so she bought it.

A little indulgence.

Tao Tao bought candy for her son, not much, only a dozen pieces or so, but Xu Zhaixiao was still very happy.

At the same time, he silently swore to himself to work harder in the future, to help mom earn more Crystal Cores.