After Surviving the Apocalypse, I Built a City in Another World - Chapter 219

Chapter 219: Prying Corners (Part 1)
In order for the guards to not drown in the crowd, the team decided to keep the selling area in a small spot for ease of guarding, with the people divided into three batches of sellers.

The first batch was Crow’s group, the former residents of Vismont.

Crow’s team was relatively poor, and they could only afford the more affordable food like biscuits, the cheapest bread, and processed Gouji fruit like Gouji jams and dried Gouji.

This was a small variety to them but, to the eyes of the Vismont citizens, they opened up a cornucopia. Their eyes stuck in the products as if afraid they would disappear if they blinked.

The paper was still under development, so the fragile biscuits were packaged in a large box made of very light local wood, and sold in the wood store.

When this box opened, it was like gold was revealed.

The people in line immediately began asking as soon as they said they were ready (they were very disciplined and their guards looked very strong).

“How much for a box of biscuits?”

“100 copper for a small box,” Sunny said, raising a small box the size of a palm.

The customer gulped, stomach worms causing chaos in his stomach. But then he recalled his assets and thought he ought to haggle a bit.

“100 copper for a small box?” He said, “That’s not cheap!”

Dog’s smile was unfazed. “But it’s definitely worth it!”

They actually decided on the market price of ten times the cost bought in Altera.

Although it was not cheap, it wasn’t too expensive compared to the horrid food from restaurants, so it was too worth it.

Next to him, another sale was happening.

“How much is this piece of bread?”

“Just 50 copper!” Crow said, “Very affordable.”

This one didn’t even bother haggling. He was afraid someone would preempt him so he bought a bit of everything, even if it was a little costly.

A man looked at the blue-ish rice, which was explained thoroughly by the salesperson.

“I want a bag of rice please!” One man said and Sunny shook her head.

“We can only sell half per person.”

“I can only buy half a kilogram?” The customer frowned, repeating, hoping he heard if wrong.

Sunny nodded. “That is correct, good customer. You know we can’t bring too much, right? So we can only set a purchase limit. Give chance to others, right?”

Like in Altera, they naturally had to place a purchase limit here. However, the majority of the reason was to avoid creating a stampede.

The man pursed his lips, not reconciled. His wife and daughter were currently gathering resources in another area and not with him. This little amount wouldn’t last the three of them very long.

However, he knew if he tried to change this rule, he’d probably get ganged up on, so he had no choice but to nod and just buy what he could.

Sunny smiled in understanding and handed him his items, “Don’t worry sir! We will definitely come back and sell stuff often.” She said, and her words comforted all those who heard.

“Really?”

Sunny grinned, “Yes, really.”

Next in line, an old acquaintance of theirs appeared, still looking very gentle.

“Sunny…” he said, really hoping to get a back door or something from acquaintances.

This uncle was one of their neighbors before. They weren’t friendly, but he was one of few who did not bother them.

“Sorry uncle, if you need more, you can just buy from others.” Then she looked at him slyly, “Or just buy in the territory. The purchase limit is two kilograms per person a day!”

Jimmy blinked and leaned forward, interested. “Really?”

“Much more affordable as well.”

At this, the man’s eyes brightened, and he sat next to her to chat while she did her job.

Sunny was friendly and let him do so. Anyway, their chatter also attracted a lot of curious people asking about Altera. Sunny was quite confident she was gonna get loads of contribution points!

There were similar conversations next to hers, this time it was from Bull, who had a lot more money than she did.

“There are strawberries here?” It was a middle-aged woman, looking weathered by the winds. Her son, who had been working very hard gathering resources, liked this fruit the most.

Bull saw it was a potential ‘victim’, he quickly put on a bright smile. “Some people from our territory brought seeds from Terran. So we not only have strawberries, we have soy, peanuts, watermelons, and others.”

“Your territory? You’re not from here?” This time it was Okuri, who was next in line, asking.

She looked closely at the people. In retrospect, they should’ve noticed it earlier. This group of people was completely different from what she had seen since they got to this hell.

These people had clean demeanors, with bright and confident smiles, like this chaos didn’t bother them at all.

“No. We were sent by the Territory to sell surplus from the territory.”

“Surplus?!”

“That’s unbelievable!” People looked at each other in disbelief. While some only gaped, impressed.

“If true, then how amazing is that…”

The words of amazement, disbelief, and inquiry echoed in the area for well over an hour, and the three groups’ items for this area had already been sold out.

Those at the back of the line that were told the cut-off turned pale. “Already gone?!”

“When will you come back?!”

Soon, the crowd got rowdier, and some were outright mad at being unable to purchase.

In fact, the guards had already told them earlier where the line ought to be cut off, but no one really left. They were probably hoping there were hidden stocks.

But when no more products were taken out to be sold, the people became more and more discomfited.

However, before all hell broke loose, a resounding voice, amplified by a makeshift cone amplifier, sounded.

“Please calm down, we may not have any more to sell right now, but we assure you our production lines have been working very hard.

It was a woman named Silvia who spoke. She was quite beautiful, and curvaceous, with short auburn hair.

She was a person in Mathilda’s Department and was assigned to this group to handle interpersonal concerns they encountered.

“Hello! We are from Altera Village, about half a day’s walk away from here.

“We have created a path to go there, and we will welcome customers very much.”

They couldn’t bluntly recruit, right? Anyway, when they visited the territory, Silvia was confident about how it would affect all their visitors.

She knew that when they got there…, they probably wouldn’t want to leave.