Chapter 9 009 Heavy Rain 5

Along the way, they met many people who were out shopping like them. The heavy rain was still continuing. One family's speedboat capsized and all the people on it fell into the water. Ye Fu was operating the speedboat and happened to pass by. He saw that there were old people and children, and the neighbors sitting in the back all reached out to rescue them.

The dirty water poured into the children's clothes. The children were shivering from the cold and crying timidly. The old man looked very bad, with a swollen and pale face.

"Thank you all for your help. The wind is too strong and it's hard to drive a speedboat. Are you going to Dashun Shopping Mall? We just came from there. There are a lot of people in the mall, but there are security teams to maintain order. Please go over there quickly." The family thanked them profusely. The adults held the children and the elderly leaned in the corner. The family started the speedboat and left in the opposite direction.

"What a sin this weather is."

"Where are they going? They are bringing their families with them. It doesn't look like they are going out to buy supplies."

"We should go to the shelter. I live on the fourth floor. If the water level keeps rising, we'll have to go there too."

Everyone was chatting in the back, while Ye Fu and Qiu Lan sat in the front in silence.

When we arrived at Dashun Shopping Mall, we saw a huge crowd of people, and everyone looked desperate.

Complaints were heard one after another at the scene. Some people were shivering from the cold, some were crying loudly in anxiety, and the security team was holding electric batons in their hands, staring at everyone seriously.

"Don't make noise, don't push, put the speedboat over here, we will put a mark on it, and you must check the mark when you leave." Someone was trying to steal the speedboat by being clever, but was stunned and towed away by the security team. The swift and decisive measures instantly stunned everyone.

Qiu Lan and Ye Fu parked their speedboat, paid 500 yuan for parking, had their wrists sprayed with marking numbers, and were allowed into the mall.

The mall was packed with people, making it difficult to turn around. Ye Fu took a look and saw that the price of a small bottle of mineral water had risen to 20 yuan. Everyone was complaining and cursing, but their hands were not slowing down at all.

From time to time, I could hear the sound of quarreling. As soon as someone started fighting, the security team would come over and subdue the person and take him away.

Ye Fu grabbed a large barrel of mineral water, a five-jin bag of rice, a large cabbage, and three large potatoes.

She felt like her internal organs were being squeezed and displaced. Someone who failed to grab something on the shelf wanted to snatch it from her. Ye Fu took out the dagger hidden in his sleeve and slashed the man on the back. The man covered the wound and cursed, but there were too many people around and Ye Fu acted very quickly, so he didn't know who cut him. At this time, Ye Fu had squeezed past and grabbed a can of bean paste.

Qiu Lan was following behind her. Someone had just stepped on her a few times, causing her to grimace in pain.

Seeing that she had a bag of flour and three handfuls of noodles in her shopping cart, Ye Fu took her to the side again and snatched three bottles of water from a group of uncles and gave them to her.

"Qiu Lan, food is life." He gently reminded her that now was not the time to be pretentious.

Qiu Lan blushed a little. She was not tall, and if Ye hadn't led the way in front of her, she might not even be able to squeeze into the mall. Thinking of her elderly and demented grandparents at home, Qiu Lan's eyes became determined.

Half an hour later, the two squeezed to the cashier counter. Items that usually cost more than one or two hundred yuan ended up costing more than a thousand yuan when they checked out, especially rice. Five kilograms of ordinary rice had risen to five hundred yuan.

Ye Fu packed the things into waterproof sacks. Qiu Lan didn't have her own bags, so she bought two. However, each bag cost one hundred yuan, which was really scary.

The two did not leave, and went to the drugstore next door. The drugstore did not raise prices much, but there were too many people buying medicine, and the purchase of medicines was limited. Only one box of each medicine could be bought. Most of the medicines people wanted to buy were cold medicines and antipyretics. Ye Fu only bought one box of painkillers and one box of antipyretics.

The two were lucky enough to buy a speedboat, but only the smallest model was left, which could only seat three people, and it was ridiculously expensive.

There were only fifty minutes left in the three hours. As there were people queuing up behind them to use the speedboat, the two had to go back on time. After getting the speedboat back from the security team and putting the supplies on board, the two prepared to set off back.

"What will they do?"

"Didn't you say that we should let them go back by themselves?" Ye Fu was definitely not mocking her. She was just curious. At this time, why did Qiu Lan still have the mind to worry about others?

"What if they don't get the speedboat? If we leave, they'll be stranded here."

Ye Fu glanced at Qiu Lan and said seriously, "They have families. If they are stranded, their families will come to look for them."

"But..."

There was no need to say but. The six men came out covered in dust, each holding a pitiful amount of supplies in their hands. Only when they saw Ye Fu and Qiu Lan did the despair on their faces fade away.

"Xiao Ye, Qiu Lan, I thought you guys went back first. There are too many people in the mall, and the prices of everything have increased. It's really a rip-off."

"That's amazing! You guys actually managed to get a speedboat. We went over to check, but the boss said they were out of stock today, and the price was ridiculous, it's increased twenty times."

"You have a lot of supplies. You two little girls are awesome. You are better than us grown men."

Seeing the two sets of speedboat bags and oilskin bags filled with supplies in the corner, several people looked at Ye Fu and Qiu Lan with envy.

Ye Fu ignored them, and the man shut up angrily. The people next to him chattered and squeezed to get on the speedboat. Before starting, Ye Fu turned around and looked at them.

"This speedboat is on the eighth floor. It costs 3,000 yuan for three hours. There are eight of us, so if we split the cost, each person will pay 375 yuan."

After Ye Fu finished speaking, everyone, including Qiu Lan, looked at her. Qiu Lan reacted quickly and nodded in agreement. Finally, an uncle on the fifth floor broke the awkwardness and said that he would pay when he got home.

Ye Fu then started the engine. The six people looked at each other and exchanged glances. Some rolled their eyes at Ye Fu's back, and some made sarcastic remarks. Ye Fu ignored them all. Anyway, she bought the speedboat under everyone's noses today, so she could go out alone in the future.

The return journey was very fast. Even though Ye Fu was wearing gloves, his hands were still numb from the cold. When he was about to reach the community, a loud thunder sounded, scaring the people behind him and they screamed.

The corpse of a large dog floating in the water rushed over, and a foul smell rushed to his head. Ye Fu held his breath and rushed into the community as fast as he could.

After returning the speedboat to its owner, the six men shared the cost. Ye Fu carried the supplies in one hand and the speedboat in the other and quickly went upstairs.

"Ye Fu."

When they reached the ninth floor, Qiu Lan suddenly called Ye Fu.

"Thank you for today. If it weren't for you, this trip wouldn't have been so smooth."

Ye Fu shook his head, "Go home quickly."

The two of them went back to their own homes. At 901, Zheng Yang withdrew his gaze from the cat's eye and looked at Sister Liu excitedly: "Ye Fu and Qiu Lan have bought food and speedboats. Go borrow them. We will go out and buy some things too."