Reborn with Nothing but My Farm and Vengeance in the Apocalypse novel Chapter 49

Chapter 49: Chapter 49: Old Acquaintances

Melody Summers and her group walked into the supermarket. At the checkout counter, Finn Lynch and Shawn Lynch were busy ringing up customers, so Winnie and Colin Summers went over to relieve them.

Crystal Lynch pulled the Lynch father and son aside and briefly explained what had happened at the property management center today:

"Dad, Bro, Manager Grant said the government is requisitioning the supermarket to be a supply distribution point. Since we, along with Uncle Colin and Miss Winnie, are the original operators, we’ll likely be recruited as supply management and distribution staff. We’ll get official government positions and a stipend."

The Lynch father and son didn’t have any objections to begin with. In their eyes, it was Crystal Mart, so Crystal Lynch called the shots. But hearing this news from her now, they were even more pleasantly surprised.

Finn Lynch said excitedly, "So you’re saying all three of us will be working for the government now? This is fantastic news! Our ancestors must be smiling down on us!"

Shawn Lynch also sighed with emotion. "It’s a good thing we didn’t sell the supermarket. Getting a government job these days means passing a mandatory exam, there are tons of restrictions, and the competition is insane. For something this good to just fall into our laps... And speaking of which, we really owe it all to the Summers family for investing. We would have missed this opportunity otherwise."

Hearing this, Finn Lynch nodded and added, "That’s right! It’s all thanks to the Summers family. We would have regretted it otherwise. We have to remember this favor!"

The family of three was ecstatic over this unexpected windfall, and they worked with even more vigor.

Prices had gotten even higher over the past two days, but more people were coming to hoard supplies than before. The rapid price hikes were making everyone panic.

Every day, Finn and Shawn Lynch drove to various suppliers to snap up any remaining stock. Many manufacturers were now unwilling to sell, hoping to hoard their inventory and sell it for an exorbitant price later.

"How did the price of rice get so high again? It’s more than ten times what it was before the tornadoes! Isn’t this just profiting off a national disaster?" a customer in a white T-shirt said angrily.

"If you don’t want it, I do! Give me all the rest of this rice. I’ll take it all," another customer said hurriedly.

"You can’t just take it all for yourself! My family is out of rice too!" The other customers nearby protested.

Seeing that a fight was about to break out, Finn and Shawn Lynch rushed forward to intervene. "Everyone, please don’t fight! There’s more in the warehouse. We promise everyone will be able to buy some!"

The first customer in the white T-shirt saw this and said angrily, "Are you people crazy? You’re just letting these greedy merchants jack up the prices?"

He then turned and yelled at Finn Lynch, "Believe it or not, I’ll trash your crooked shop!"

Melody Summers’s expression turned cold as she quietly reached for the taser in her pocket.

Just then, Hollis walked in with two security guards. He said to the customer in the white T-shirt, "The supermarket’s current prices are set by government directive. If you continue to cause trouble here, we’ll have to ask you to leave, and you will be banned from shopping here in the future."

The customer in the white T-shirt glanced at the two towering security guards beside Hollis, a flicker of panic in his eyes. Still, he pressed on defiantly, "You’re just security guards. What law enforcement authority do you have? What right do you have to order me around? And what right do you have to ban me from buying things?"

Hearing this, Hollis produced a document and said sternly, "This is a document issued by the government. The property management also posted it in the homeowners’ group chat. You can take a look. Our work is authorized by the state."

Seeing this, the customer in the white T-shirt could only leave in defeat.

The other customers in the supermarket saw what happened and began to chatter amongst themselves:

"Look at that, they’re even bringing out government authorizations. Something big is definitely about to happen. We need to stock up on more food, quickly!"

"Yeah, the world is about to fall into chaos. Everyone, hurry up and buy! We might not even be able to buy anything in a few days. I’m going to stock up on a few bags of rice."

"Me too! I’m getting two barrels of cooking oil."

"My family is big, so don’t fight me for it! I have two kids at home. I need to buy 30 cans of powdered milk!"

"..."

Melody Summers also rolled up her sleeves and started helping move goods from the warehouse. At the same time, she thought with relief, ’With the property management’s security guards around, my family won’t have to go through the trouble of standing guard at the supermarket all night.’

*

News that property management security guards were stationed next to Crystal Mart also spread through the community’s homeowner group chat. For the past few days, the group had been buzzing with heated discussions about it:

"4-2009 Nina: Isn’t that a bit of an exaggeration? It’s just a supermarket, and they’ve got property management guards surrounding it? Haha, are they afraid someone’s going to rob it?"

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