Natural Disaster: I Started By Hoarding Tens Of Billions Of Supplies

Chapter 217: Selling Medicine



When Yao Ran had filled the refrigerator and the freezer, she retrieved two walkie-talkies from her space and knocked on the doors of units 2001 and 2002. She waited for a moment before Long Yu opened the door.

Seeing her there, he asked, "Why are you up so early?"

Yao Ran handed him a walkie-talkie and replied, "It's too hot, and I can't sleep."

She then pointed at the small refrigerator and freezer near the windows and said, "I made some drinks, soups, and ice cream to relieve the heat. You can grab some if you want."

"Also, pass a walkie-talkie to Shi Xuan and the others. Instead of visiting each other for trivial matters, use the walkie-talkie to communicate. You guys can charge their batteries on a solar generator there."

Long Yu reached out to wipe the sweat from her face with his palm and said, "Alright. You should go back and rest. We will look for Wu Lian after sunset."

Yao Ran nodded and then returned home.

Seeing her weary expression, Long Yu felt distressed but knew there was little he could do. If they want to survive in this harsh world, adapting to the new environment as quickly as possible is their only option.

When Long Yu saw Yao Ran closing the door, he went to see Shi Xuan.

Back home, Yao Ran checked the thermometer in the living room. It had already reached 72 degrees Celsius. It was just five in the morning, but the sun was already high in the sky.

With the intense sunlight, Yao Ran decided to hang a heat-resistant cloth as a curtain to block it. While working, she heard a knock at her door.

"Miss Yao, are you home?"

After lowering the thick curtain, Yao Ran opened the door. Seeing Sima Yun there, she asked, "Is there something you need?"

He handed her a plastic bag filled with cold-resistant potatoes and salted fish and said, "Miss Yao, thank you for saving my family. This is to pay for the medicine and your service."

Yao Ran accepted the payment and asked, "How is Xiao Bao's condition?"

"After drinking the medicine, he stopped vomiting and has already recovered." Sima Yun replied with a smile.

Yao Ran nodded, "That's good to hear."

Noticing that Sima Yun seemed to have something on his mind, Yao Ran asked, "Is there something you'd like to tell me?"

Sima Yun hesitated for a moment, then asked, "Miss Yao, do you have any extra medicine or disinfectant?"

Yao Ran raised her eyebrows slightly, "Do you need more of them?"

Sima Yun nodded and then shook his head. Confused, Yao Ran looked at him and waited for him to speak.

After a brief silence, he finally explained, "The residents in Building 3 came to see me and Brother Quan last night. They said they wanted to trade supplies for medicine or disinfectant and that we could set the price. Since we didn't have many supplies ourselves, we told them to go back.

"These residents aren't the ones who usually give us trouble. Brother Quan and I thought that if you have any extra medicine or disinfectant, you might consider selling some to them." "We heard that the government was running out of medicine, and people were rioting in hospitals. The residents who came to us had gone to the trading center to buy some medicines, but no one was selling them."

Yao Ran listened patiently and fell into deep thoughts.

At the end of the world, the elderly and children are the first to be abandoned. It's cruel, but the world they live in now is like that. Those too weak to survive will be abandoned or become prey to the strong.

Thinking of a future where nuclear radiation would spread globally and trigger mutations in all living beings, the light in Yao Ran's eyes dimmed.

In her previous life, countless children had died in the early phase of the end of the world. As mutations began, there were few children left.

Due to radiation, it became difficult for women to conceive. Because of this, when the government and base leaders realized that children had the highest probability of awakening abilities, no more children were being born.

Eventually, the government announced that the country would care for any woman who could give birth. For every child handed over to the government, the parents would be provided with housing, food, water, and daily necessities for one year.

Sadly, these new policies led to a rise in women and child abductions and human trafficking. Yao Ran had also been a victim of it in her previous life. However, she was sold not as a breeding animal but as an experimental subject.

To this day, she doesn't know if this was a blessing or a curse because either outcome would have sent her to the same outcome-the living hell.

Noticing that Yao Ran was lost in thought, Sima Yun said, "Miss Yao, if you don't have any, I will just tell the residents that we don't have any medicine to sell to them."

When he said that, Yao Ran came out of her thoughts and said, "I have the medicine and disinfectant, but they aren't free. They can exchange a dose of medicine for two kilograms of food and 500 milliliters of disinfectant for a kilogram of food."

"I also accept antiques and gold. I will give you the medicine and disinfectant so you can help me sell them. For your fee, you can take 20% of the food, but I want all the gold and

antiques."

Sima Yun had only wanted to help the residents, so when he heard her terms, he quickly waved his hands and rejected, "No, Miss Yao, there's no need to pay me anything. I'm already grateful that you sold medicine to my family at a lower price."

Yao Ran looked at him for a moment and saw that he was serious. Since he insisted, she

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"Alright. Then wait here while I pack the medicine and the disinfectant."