The Beginning of Natural Disaster, I Won by Hoarding Tens of Billions of Supplies
The Beginning of Natural Disaster, I Won by Hoarding Tens of Billions of Supplies | Chapter 159: The Eightfold Path

In this extreme heat, water is even scarcer than food. 

And Jiang Ning’s space has water and electricity, so what she lacks least is water. 

Don’t look at the drilling rig working non-stop all day long, drilling wells everywhere in various regions. At the beginning, they found water, but before the drilling rig could be removed, the water source disappeared again. 

That’s right, surface water disappears at a visible speed. 

The street where the Jinrong community is located is very lucky. It didn’t take long for them to start drilling wells, and residents can fetch a bucket of water every day with their ID cards. 

But as the water level continues to decrease, they can only fetch half a bucket of water each day. 

Now, they don’t even have half a bucket of water. 

At first, Jiang Ning still carried a bucket out as a gesture, but now she doesn’t even want to pretend. 

With so little water every day, let alone washing vegetables, dishes, or watering sweet potatoes, they can only barely meet their basic needs. 

It is estimated that very soon, they won’t even be able to meet those needs. However, this is also Jiang Ning’s opportunity. 

Huo Yishen seemed pensive. “Sell water?” 

“Potatoes will do as well.” The last batch of cold-resistant potatoes hasn’t been sold yet, plus there are quite a few planted in the black soil garden. 

In short, there’s always one suitable for survivors. 

Huo Yishen had no objections, but they still had to be careful; after all, there were quite a few who didn’t play fair. 

They could first explore the situation and then make plans, which wouldn’t be too late. 

So, after the sun went down, Jiang Ning led the two downstairs, planning to ask the Zhong family to look after them. 

Just as they arrived at the door, they saw Mrs. Zhong coming back with a full bucket of water. Jiang Ning couldn’t help but be surprised. “Can you fetch so much water?” 

Mrs. Zhong smiled bitterly. “The well in the street dried up, so we have to re-queue for the drilling team to dig down. This is the seawater I bought. One pound of potatoes can be exchanged for a bucket of water. If you need it, hurry up and go to the place at the corner of the street. It might be gone if you’re late.” 

Seawater? Who on earth came up with selling seawater? 

Upon hearing the voice, Grandma Zhong opened the door and welcomed the two in, while imparting life experience to Jiang Ning: “Little Jiang, seawater is a good thing. Although it’s salty and bitter, you can still drink it. 

Cut open a coke bottle, make a few small holes at the bottom, lay a clean cloth, add some clean sand, and repeat several layers to filter the seawater.” 

As she spoke, she took out the bottles she had made at home and demonstrated to Jiang Ning on the spot, “After filtering, it still tastes bitter, but it’s much better than before. In addition, boiling seawater can make salt.” 

Two years of natural disasters had depleted the salt stored at home, so it was just right to extract salt from seawater. 

The old lady had rich life experience. Jiang Ning nodded and thanked her, “Thank you, Grandma Zhong; I’ll go fetch a bucket later.” 

Only Coke, with a frightened look on its face, couldn’t understand why the kind grandmother wanted to cut it open. It wanted to escape so badly!!! 

Leaving the Zhong family, Jiang Ning and Huo Yishen walked towards People’s Square under the twilight. 

When they reached the intersection, they saw a green spray truck selling water. 

Curious, Jiang Ning walked over to see what was going on. 

Surprisingly, there were indeed people lining up with buckets to buy water, and the exchanged items were all sorts of things. 

Even though seawater sells so well, wouldn’t her fresh water sell even better? 

“Sis, are you here to buy water too?” A pleasantly surprised voice rang out. 

Uh, he really is everywhere, unparalleled in his professionalism. 

Sharp-mouthed monkey came over with a smile and said, “Sis, do you live nearby?” 

“Just taking a walk, happened to pass by.” Jiang Ning cut to the chase. “How is seawater sold?” 

“It’s free.” 

Jiang Ning was taken aback and was momentarily caught off guard. 

“You are my only sister.” Sharp-mouthed monkey smiled at the sight. “I’ll give it to you for free.” 

Sea water isn’t expensive to begin with, and he can make an easy profit selling it to others, but to her… It’s better to just give it away as a favor. 

Jiang Ning wasn’t joking. “How do you sell it?” 

Seeing that she didn’t seem like someone in dire need of water, sharp-mouthed monkey spoke frankly: “Half a catty of rice for a bucket of water, while potatoes and sweet potatoes are exchanged for a catty. Other items are also accepted.” 

Jiang Ning pretended to be shocked. “Why don’t you go rob people?” 

Sharp mouthed monkey didn’t like hearing that. “Sis, don’t just talk without understanding the situation. It’s more than seventy kilometers to drive to the seaside in Guangdong City to get the water. We have to burn fuel for the car, pay tolls for the round trip, and the profit we make is hard-earned money. Even at our fair price, other merchants sell for more than twice as much!” 

“Look at you, all pitiful.” Jiang Ning patted his shoulder and walked away. 

Sharp-mouthed monkey alarm bells rang loudly. Was his sister going to compete with him for business? 

As they walked towards People’s Square, they saw several people carrying pots, pans, and household items, walking slowly with numb expressions. 

Fengcheng is located along the coast but lacks the sea. It is sandwiched between Guangdong City and Xiangshan City. Which forms a triangular shape. It belongs to the one-hour living circle, and the beaches on both sides are not far away. 

Judging by their direction, which is opposite to the base, they should be heading to the nearest beach to survive. 

However, Sharp mouthed monkey’s words reminded her that it wasn’t easy to go to the beach either; there were extortion fees halfway. 

Thinking of her past life, it was both agonising and painful. It’s really not easy to survive. 

This time, she was grateful to have her own space and people to share hardships with. 

As the sky darkened, Huo Yishen held Jiang Ning’s hand, and they walked towards the market with a flashlight. 

After being eliminated by the extreme heat, although there are still a lot of people in the market, it feels less lively than before. 

Apart from death and escape, there were also countless office workers. It was reasonable that it was desolate. 

Apart from food, water was the scarcest. 

You can survive without food for seven days, but only three days without water, so few were willing to trade. 

Mineral water, beverages, and the like were available, but they could be consumed in a few sips and couldn’t solve the bigger problem. 

After walking back and forth, they didn’t find any antiques or calligraphy to buy. Instead, they saw a few people grabbing water, and they ran away after grabbing it! 

They ran to the side to drink, and by the time the stall owner caught up, the water was already gone, and even if he beat them, they couldn’t spit it out. 

It seems that selling in small quantities doesn’t work; she needs to find people who have what she needs. 

With little success and some worry about their two left-behinds, they didn’t delay and hurried home. 

Taking a shortcut was risky, so Huo Yishen held Jiang Ning’s hand tightly and was especially vigilant. 

“Ah…” 

A distant scream. 

No need to guess; it’s a robbery. 

This kind of thing happens every day, even at this moment. 

If you can’t handle it, you don’t even want to think about it. 

Knowing the danger but not taking the main road, you have to bear the corresponding risk. 

The two continued forward without stopping. 

“Get lost, you bastard, die!” 

Jiang Ning stopped in her tracks and turned back slowly. 


xiaocaojade[Translator]

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