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Although the authorities hadn’t released any news, by June 16th, the day I had frozen to death in my past life, the temperature started to drop from over 90°F.
As a result, news about this abnormal celestial body movement still trended online.
Therefore, more and more people came to the supermarket to buy things. This was the only thing that could make my in–laws and Jack happy these days.
To compete for customers, my in–laws and Jack unanimously decided to launch a promotional campaign.
Not only were the prices cheaper, but they also gave away daily necessities.
Because our supermarket had the biggest promotion in this area, it attracted all the customers from the surrounding area.
I pretended to persuade them, “Mom, Dad, look at this weird weather. Don’t do the promotional activity. We can sell slowly, it’s all the same.”
Lily suddenly jumped out and said, “Mom, Dad, don’t listen to her. She just wants to stop us from making big money. All the surrounding supermarkets are doing promotions. If we don’t, won’t we be letting them take all the money?!”
Since Lily had been completely ostracized and couldn’t even eat at the table, I hadn’t sent her any more money or posted bounty tasks.
And besides me, there was no one else who would pay for Lily to prank her own father, mother, and brother.
Lily had apologized profusely and finally managed to somewhat reconcile with her parents and Jack.
This time, Lily seized the opportunity again, and they all unanimously turned against me.
Martha scolded me, “You useless girl, you’re up to no good again, trying to stop us from making a fortune.”
George spat at me, “Get lost, you jinx. Don’t hinder our money–making.”
Jack even kicked at me, but this time I dodged in advance.
Jack nearly lost his balance and almost fell. He cursed at me.
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I quickly apologized, but by this time, there were more and more customers in the supermarket. Jack couldn’t bother to discipline me and burried to attend to the customers.
11:12 AM
On the first day of the promotional activity, because our supermarket had the biggest promotion, we made quite a lot of money.
That night, my in–laws, Jack, and Lily were counting the revenue.
At this time, the temperature outside continued to drop.
By the next day, fine snow started to fall outside.
The day before, my in–laws had sold 22 pounds of rice for $50, and they were still gloating about it.
As a result, on the second day, the price of 22 pounds of rice rose to $100.
This made my in–laws regret and beat their chests, saying they shouldn’t have done this promotional activity yesterday. They had earned much less money, losing tens of thousands of dollars.
Martha was so angry that she slapped Lily again, knocking her to the ground.
Lily covered her face, looking at her parents pitifully.
But this time, no one really cared about Lily anymore.
Seeing this scene, I found it really funny. My in–laws always said I was useless, and that Lily was going to do great things and make big money in the future.
Now it seems, hasn’t Lily become the useless one?
By the third day, it had turned into heavy snow, and the temperature had dropped to 5°F.
Prices had directly increased tenfold, with essentials like grains and down jackets increasing twentyfold.
But at this time, my in–laws and Jack still couldn’t bear to close the supermarket, because the profits were too great. In one day, they made what they used to make in a year. Anyone would be tempted.
But for me, it was also a good thing. They didn’t want to close the supermarket, which was better. This way, no one would know that I had moved the things from the warehouse.
By the fifth day, the temperature had already dropped to nearly -40°F.
Now, $1,000 couldn’t even buy 22 pounds of rice.
Essential supplies like grains were skyrocketing in price.
My in–laws and Jack finally realized something was wrong and decided to close the supermarket.
Even with limited sales, people still came in endless streams.
Martha, who had been smiling while collecting money, now had a stern face.
Due to the uncertainty about how long this abnormal weather would last, more and more people came to buy things every day.
An elderly couple begged Jack to sell them some food.
But Jack not only refused to sell, he even scolded them, saying old people like them didn’t deserve to eat food, they were wasting food and should die soon.
I frowned, unable to watch anymore. I turned and went to the warehouse, took some food and two down jackets, and gave them to the elderly couple.
I gave the two elderly people a suggestion to go to the countryside.
Now, while the roads weren’t icy yet and transportation was still relatively convenient, they could go to the countryside and burn wood for warmth.
When Jack saw that I had given food and down jackets to others, he immediately wanted to take them back, but the two elderly people, although they looked old, walked away very quickly. Jack couldn’t catch up
11:12 AM
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I quickly said to Jack, “Honey, they paid for it.”
I held out $1,000 in my hand.
Jack took the money, and his expression improved somewhat, but he still scolded me, “You idiot, don’t you know how cold it is now? Even with money, you can’t buy food!”
Lily chimed in from the side, “That’s right. Sister–in–law still thinks it’s an era where money can buy anything. How stupid.”
I looked coldly at the two siblings, thinking to myself, it’s not time yet.
