Zhang Youfan and his son Zhang Guoming were also standing in the crowd. They were originally just planning to eat melons, but Zhang Youfan gave his son a look, and Zhang Guoming immediately understood and walked out of the crowd.

"We can't go on like this. Vegetables are really too expensive, but if we don't buy them now, they will become even more expensive later. And once the whole neighborhood is blocked, it will be hard for us to get out."

Zhang Youfan's wrinkled face was full of worry, but Zhang Guoming, who had been pursing his lips and not saying anything, said softly: "Dad, I know someone who can get us some vegetables, but the price is not much cheaper."

"Hey, why didn't you tell me earlier that you knew someone? At this point, the prices are all the same. We should buy our things and go home as soon as possible. Who knows what will happen outside? Don't you see that the inner circle is in chaos? If the city wall is breached, we residents of the outer circle will be in greater danger."

"Okay, I'll take you there, but you have to keep this a secret from mom, because the source of this product is not very good, it's someone from an underground organization."

"What? The underground you are talking about is not the underground black market, right?" Zhang Youfan stopped abruptly, horror flashing in his eyes.

Zhang Guoming knew that he would not be able to hide the truth from his father sooner or later, so he could only nod his head truthfully, "I took on a project for the underground black market some time ago, and I met a good brother there, who is in the fruit and vegetable business. However, his products are all good, so the price is even 20% higher than the above. But I helped him out before, and we have a good relationship. If I ask him for help this time, he should not charge me too much."

Zhang Guoming explained as he walked. Seeing that his old father was still worried, he could only continue to explain, "He also has his own store at the farmer's market. It is usually managed by his eldest brother. Don't worry, there should be no problem."

Zhang's father and son had just walked a short distance when a commotion broke out at the fruit and vegetable stall. The same middle-aged woman who had been arguing before had started fighting with the owner of the fruit and vegetable store.

The crowd was so engrossed in eating the melons that they temporarily forgot about the zombie attack outside the base. Instead, they took advantage of the fight to snatch the fruits and vegetables that the boss had placed outside.

"Stop it right there! What do you want to do? This is my stuff! Rob it! Rob it!"

The boss, whose ear was grabbed by the aunt, endured the pain and watched his things being snatched away by the crowd. He was so angry that he kicked the aunt to the ground, and then ran to fight with the man who tried to take away his whole basket of tomatoes. The scene was chaotic for a while.

Two hours later, Zhang Youfan and his son Zhang Guoming finally moved the things they bought back home.

The two men had empty hands when they went out, and had two more sacks when they came back. They were not worried about being seen, after all, they could see many people along the way carrying large and small bags of supplies like them.

When they got home, Zhang Guoming's wife immediately took the supplies from the two men, and Zhang's mother immediately handed them some water.

"It's a mess out there now. Prices have been raised several times. I'm afraid we won't be able to buy anything in a few days."

"When I went out with my mother just now, we didn't buy anything. Several nearby supply and marketing cooperatives had already sold out. We only bought five kilograms of flour, three kilograms of noodles, and some dried meat." Zhang Guoming's wife said this with a worried look on her face.

However, before the family could remain in this panic for too long, the base's alarm sounded for the second time in one day.

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