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 167: The Knot In Huo Yishen’s Heart 

The evening was a busy time, with countless survivors coming out to move around. There were stalls selling barbecue, grilled squid, cuttlefish, seaweed, and sea fish. 

Without oil or seasoning, you had to imagine the taste; it was so fishy that you wanted to vomit. 

The barbecue was relatively good, but the seafood soup was even fishier. Various seafood was crushed and boiled in the pot, and the fishy smell wafted for miles. 

Although Jiang Ning couldn’t stand the smell now, in her past life, she never had the chance to eat this. In this life, she was just lucky to have the opportunity. 

Nowadays, many people still can’t eat well because they are too poor to afford food and often go hungry. 

There are also many villagers in the fishing village selling water on the roadside. Even though it has the salty smell of the sea, it is still much better than filtering the sea water directly. 

However, despite many people asking, very few bought it. 

There were a lot of people queuing at the relief station as well. They are relying on their entry permits to receive relief food. 

The beach was crowded with people. For safety reason, Jiang Ning didn’t want to go there, so she queued up to receive relief food instead. 

The rice balls were fist-sized, and you could only get them for the previous seven days with the card, one per day. 

They were called rice balls, but they were actually crushed raw seafood mixed with flour or cornmeal and rolled into balls. They didn’t look good, but they could fill your stomach. 

Three people and a dog, but none for Coke. 

The taste was really bad, and it made your throat scratchy, but nobody complained because it was life-saving food. 

Huo Yishen was about to eat when he noticed a child running towards the soldier distributing relief food. The child looked at him weakly, helplessly, and pitifully, begging, ‘Uncle, I’m so hungry.’ 

The soldier was very young, only in his early twenties, and he was quite thin. 

He held the last rice ball in his hand, which was his own food. 

Looking at the child in front of him, he didn’t hesitate to hand over the rice ball, smiling at the child and saying, “Here, you can have this.” 

The child took the rice ball and stuffed it into his mouth desperately, without even saying thank you. He turned and ran away. 

At the same time, several other children ran over, surrounding the soldier and asking him for food. “Uncle, I’m hungry too; please give me some food.” 

They surrounded him and grabbed his clothes to prevent him from leaving. 

The soldier looked embarrassed, but he couldn’t make food out of thin air. 
 

He looked helplessly at the children, his voice choked with emotion. “I’m sorry, Uncle can’t do anything either.” 

His expression was as if he had committed a great sin. 

After more than ten minutes of commotion, the children left in disappointment when they couldn’t get any food. 

Huo Yishen walked over and handed his rice ball to him. 

At first, the soldier refused. 

But she doesn’t know what Huo Yishen said; he finally took the rice ball and ate it. 

However, as he ate, he began to cry. 

Doudou held the rice ball in her hand, turned her head, and looked at Jiang Ning with a questioning look in her eyes. “Sister.” 

Jiang Ning didn’t stop her. “Go if you want to.” 

Doudou got up and ran to her brother, handing the rice ball to the soldier. 

Then she even gave him a gentle hug. 

Watching him finish the rice ball, Doudou came back, looking particularly happy. 

Huo Yishen came back and sat in silence. 

Jiang Ning divided her rice balls into four parts: “Have a taste.” 

They were salty and fishy, with a rough texture, but no one wasted any. 

Huo Yishen took it and chewed slowly. After a while, he said, “Anning, do you think I’m a deserter?” 

Every time he saw them, he felt particularly uncomfortable. 

“I don’t think you are,” Jiang Ning thought for a moment. “There are many ways to serve; not necessarily the way you insisted on before is the right one.”

“Do you remember the shot you did at Lian Haoteng Court? If you hadn’t decisively killed the boss of the Dragon Slaying Society, I don’t know how many police and soldiers would have been sacrificed, as well as the survivors at the bottom, and the captured food could have saved many people.” 

In the hazy moonlight, she looked at him intently and said, “Look at him; he gave up his own food, and even if he encounters danger in the future, he will give up his chance to survive, but how many people can he save? 

Look at Zhong Ping; he appears to be a weak scholar, but he designed the rat traps. Which prevents many survivors from being bitten by rats, and even the outbreak of diseases like the plague never occurred. Who dares to say he isn’t a hero? 

Huo Yishen, I believe even if you didn’t take the old path, you would still have your own way of doing things, and because of this, more people would survive. 

You’re human, not a god. You can’t bear the burden of this natural disaster alone. There’s no need to put too much pressure on yourself.” 

Jiang Ning held his hand, clasping their fingers tightly. “And I believe you’ve already done enough, both morally and rationally; your country and your family won’t be ashamed of you. All that’s left is to live well, for yourself, for your family, for those who love you and those you love.” 

Huo Yishen squeezed her hand back, the moonlight masking the redness in his eyes. “Anning, thank you.” 

He doesn’t have to say thanks; Jiang Ning felt the same way. 

If she hadn’t met Huo Yishen, her personality might have been sharper, but now it has softened a lot. 

The beach was crowded at night. It seems lively, but actually it was full of dangers. 

Jiang Ning and the others didn’t stay long. They drive the dilapidated van back to the villa. 

Once back, they didn’t idle. Jiang Ning assigned the task of guarding to the two, while she and Huo Yishen went to the rooftop to install solar panels overnight. 

The two planned to go to the dock early in the morning to see the seafood that had just arrived and then make specific plans for stocking up. 

Huo Yishen had a high level of comprehension. He installed it while reading the instructions. The two worked for several hours to get the solar power generation system done overnight. 

After taking a shower, living in a high-end villa, and sleeping on a soft six-digit bed, Jiang Ning still felt it didn’t feel real. 

Clearly, it was the end of the world, but life seemed to be getting better and better. 

Well, she just wants to enjoy it peacefully. Who knows how long they can live? Every day must be cherished. 

At two o’clock in the morning, the alarm clock rang on time. 

Jiang Ning was still drowsy, but she was awakened by the dog scratching. 

This guy was very smart. When he heard the alarm clock, he knew the poop scooper had important things to do and hurried her up. 

Not familiar with the place, Jiang Ning packed up the important things into her space while taking the two with her to the car. 

The dock was in another direction, only a few kilometers away from the beach. 

When they arrived, the dock was already bustling, with several fishing boats unloading. 

Many vendors were waiting to pick up goods, some driving four-wheelers and some riding tricycles, all from near Yuecheng. 

Those from too far away dared not to come, fearing that the seafood would go bad before it was sold. 

In addition to vendors, there were also community group purchases, all struggling for a living. 

At the same time, Jiang Ning noticed several water tankers queuing up in the distance to fill water and then sell it elsewhere. 

The seafood that had just been unloaded from the ship was very fresh; some were even still jumping around. 

Yellow croaker, anchovy, mullet, black croaker, sirfish, madam fish, eel, catfish, and so on. 

Lobsters, lobster larvae, mantis shrimp, skin shrimp, green shrimp, big sea shrimp, Lu Gu shrimp, bamboo shrimp, and so on. 

Blue crabs, green crabs, hairy crabs, red crabs, etc. 

Seaweed, laver, sea ear fungus, seaweed buckle, sea moss, kelp, etc. 

There was a wide variety, too numerous to count. 

Transactions were divided into three categories: those that required manual selection of seafood exchanged 1.5 pounds of food for 1 pound of seafood; regardless of variety or size, it was a 1:1 exchange; for seaweed-like sea vegetables, it was a 2:1 exchange. 

It looked cheap, but actually, live seafood was heavy, and a pound wasn’t much at all. 

In addition, only privately caught fishing boats were allowed to trade. Official fishing boats weren’t sold to the public. Apart from the fixed amount of food they set aside each day for making relief rice balls and assisting new survivors, all the rest were dried and stored as dry goods. 

The dock was a mix of fish and dragons. Jiang Ning bought shrimp, squid, yellow croaker, and crabs—over twenty pounds in total. With the action of putting them into foam boxes, she actually put them into her space for preservation. 

The retail price was too expensive. If she wanted to stock up on a large scale, even with mountains of gold and silver, it wouldn’t be enough. She had to figure out another way. 

Jiang Ning wanted to try her luck at the Tang Group and Haisheng Base. 


xiaocaojade[Translator]

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