Apocalypse: I have a supermarket stocked with supplies-Chapter 34 - : Cook instant noodles

Chapter 34: Cook instant noodles

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“Boss, why didn’t you just exchange everything for instant noodles?” Xiao Cao, who usually cooked for everyone, asked after seeing the situation.

The boss usually hunted for food with the goal of filling up our bellies.

Given the boss’s personality, he should have exchanged everything for instant noodles, not sausages.

“This isn’t exchanged; the boss gave it to us,” Ah Qian couldn’t hold back anymore and excitedly shared with everyone.

In his mouth, he praised Su Yinhe to the skies.

“Really? That’s so nice.” Just for tidying up the shelves, we get five sausages.

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Xiao Cao and Ah Gou didn’t quite believe it.

That sounded too good to be true.

“Really, the boss is really beautiful and kind-hearted.” And very gentle, not fierce at all.

“It’s okay, I’ve got it under control. Just Ah Qian and I will go, and if we don’t come back tomorrow… my clothes will be left for you guys.” The kids living in the broken house mostly only had one set of clothes, which they had to wear all the time.

Wang Xin was slightly better off; he had two sets of clothes.

“So, today… we can eat instant noodles, right?” Ah Qian looked at the instant noodles, his stomach growling.

He had filled his belly with water today when he went there, but water doesn’t satisfy hunger. He was so hungry he could gnaw on a Mutant Beast.

“…The noodles are already soaked, let’s save the sausages. We’ll exchange them for Contribution Value later.”

“Or maybe let’s exchange the instant noodles too, one packet of instant noodles can be exchanged for a lot of stuff, if we save up, maybe…” Xiao Cao was a bit reluctant; although she also craved instant noodles, she was responsible for cooking for everyone and always thought about how to fill them up, not just eating well.

“Let’s soak them.”

After Wang Xin made the decision, Xiao Cao didn’t say much. She wanted to eat too.

Xiao Cao was in charge of cooking; she didn’t just soak the noodles but chose to boil them. She thought, cooking them longer, softer, would increase their volume and make them more filling.

Thankfully, the pot was big enough to cook six packets of instant noodles.

As soon as she put the noodles in, Xiao Cao remembered something and hurriedly rummaged for a few leaves, throwing them into the fire. A foul smell filled the entire house and then drifted away.

“Xiao Cao, why…”

“The noodle smell is too strong, it can be smelled by others. I burned some Mutated Wormwood to cover the smell.” Their place was dilapidated and barely populated, but not completely devoid of people.

The noodles cooked for a long time, and after Xiao Cao sprinkled the veggie and sauce packets in, as she stirred with chopsticks, one could clearly hear everyone swallowing their saliva, including Xiao Cao herself.

When the noodles became puffy and swollen, Xiao Cao finally said, “It’s ready.”

The noodles were cooked too long, swollen and soggy-looking, not very appealing.

But for them, who were hungry every day, this pot of mushy instant noodles smelled better than any food they could think of.

They grabbed their bowls and chopsticks, dished up the noodles, and despite the heat, began slurping them noisily.

No one spoke; everyone ate as quickly as they could. Sometimes, a cry of surprise came when someone bit into a piece of beef.

The children, always hungry, didn’t have big appetites, so after finishing all the noodles in the pot, everyone was almost full. No one wanted to waste the noodle soup either; they scooped it into their bowls and sipped it mouthful by mouthful.

It was both scalding and spicy, but very satisfying.

“I declare, these instant noodles are the tastiest food I’ve ever had, even better than baked sweet potatoes,” Ah Qian declared, drinking the spicy noodle soup, continuously inhaling, but not stopping.

The noodles were tasty, and so was the soup.

“Right. Let’s go scavenge some more, I want to eat noodles again.” After finishing the soup, someone meticulously licked their bowl and utensils, savoring the seasoning.

During the apocalypse, they were mostly two or three years old and had never eaten it. After growing up, their parents had died, and they, left utterly alone, struggled to survive in the apocalypse, unable to afford such an extravagantly priced food as instant noodles.

But they often heard the elderly mention this food, who would describe how delicious instant noodles were, saying they didn’t appreciate it before the apocalypse, considering it junk food. Only after the apocalypse did they realize how rare such “junk food” was.

They didn’t understand, how could food be considered junk?

All food was edible, life-saving. Whether it tasted good or not, it was meant to be eaten; how could worthless trash be equated with food?

To them, instant noodles were known to be expensive.

They had seen people with ample food trade a whole bag of grain for a packet of instant noodles.

That was a whole bag of grain!

Xiao Cao, after eating, felt it was delicious but also slightly regretted it.

The instant noodles were really tasty; if they were traded, they could exchange them for so much food.

“Why don’t you guys go search again, and don’t get caught. If someone spots you, run. Ah Qian and I are going to take a bath; we need to sleep early tonight to be energetic tomorrow.” Today, their boss had given them so much sausage, they had to work hard. Maybe… the boss would be happy and give them a few more.

“Take a bath? Water is so precious, it’s too wasteful,” Ah Qian felt reluctant.

Although it was now possible to collect water for free, it was still limited. Some clean and food-rich people occasionally traded food for water.

“The boss wants us to tidy up the shelves; we must be clean,” Wang Xin thought ahead.

The boss would definitely prefer employees who were dressed neatly.

Hearing this, although Ah Qian was reluctant, he went to take a bath anyway.

Taking a bath was really just wetting a cloth and wiping their bodies. After wiping their bodies, they also wiped their hair.

Wang Xin had two pieces of clothing, which made things easy.

Ah Qian had only one piece, so after bathing, he remained naked, hanging his clothes on a rope inside the house.

He didn’t dare to hang them outside for fear of theft.

Fortunately, the weather was hot. Opening the window and hanging them overnight should dry them.

After hanging his clothes, Ah Qian wrapped a piece of rag around his lower body and went to bed. Although he wasn’t very sleepy and was still excited about the instant noodles, they had girls, and it wouldn’t be appropriate for him to go out naked.

Their shabby house wasn’t big, with only three rooms. The bigger room was shared by several boys, the smallest by the girls. The remaining medium-sized room was used for storing firewood.

The kitchen was also used for storing firewood.

They didn’t have much food, nor could they cook anything fancy; a stove and a big pot in the living room were enough.

They used it for cooking and, in the winter, for warmth.

The floors in the house were dirt, not covered with any flooring. Sometimes, dust would fly around, but there was no worry about burning it.

While Wang Xin and Ah Qian were sleeping, a few children didn’t sleep and took advantage of the darkness to revisit a previously dug site to search again.

They were lucky, finding an earring.

They brought it back, and when Wang Xin and they woke up, they handed the earring over to Wang Xin.

Wang Xin and Ah Qian woke up before dawn; there was no specified time yesterday, so they had to go early.

His face lit up with a smile when he saw the earring. They could exchange it for instant noodles again.

Wang Xin and Ah Qian set out before dawn, carrying the newly found earring, and carefully washed it before leaving.