With COVID-hit Xi’an city tightly locked down, residents said they are facing the basic challenge of getting food. More than 13 million residents in Xi’an, the provincial capital of northwestern Shaanxi Province, entered their sixth day of home confinement on Dec. 28. Initially, one family member was allowed to to the home to buy necessities every two days, but restrictions soon stepped up. Starting from Dec. 27, residents were barred from leaving their neighborhoods unless permitted to for COVID-19 testing. A resident in the city’s Yanta district shared about their difficulties buying groceries and other necessities to Chinese-language news outlet NTD, a sister media of The Epoch Times. “Now, the prices of vegetables have risen a lot … but the problem is you still can’t buy any for even double the price,” said the woman who goes by the surname Wang. Wang said vegetables are hard to deliver as all …