Reborn in the end of the world, I scavenged in the empty city and bought for free

On New Year's Eve, Gu Tongwan refused the Zhang family's invitation to have a New Year's Eve dinner together. She chose to spend the night alone in her little house, but agreed to have a New Year's Eve dinner with the Zhang family on New Year's Day.

When she was taking a walk outside on the morning of New Year's Eve, she saw Spring Festival couplets hung outside every household, but most of them were from previous years. Some even had the word "Fu" pasted on their doors with the zodiac signs of the previous year.

Some people found red paper and wrote simple New Year messages such as "happy reunion and everything goes well" on it with water-based pens or brushes.

It's simple, but full of the flavor of the New Year. At least after the natural disaster, everyone still maintains an eager attitude to celebrate the New Year.

Walking on the country road, she was wrapped up like a bear, but some people could still recognize her. After all, the down jacket she wore was different from that of others. Although some people occasionally suspected where her food, clothing and other necessities came from when the extreme cold started, and some even wanted to cross the wall when she went up the mountain, they were chased all over the village by Aoao or Tutu who stayed at home.

Aoao and Tutu were also very smart. They didn't bite these people. Instead, when they were exhausted from chasing them, they would strip off their clothes and let them watch helplessly as their intact coats turned into rags.

These people cursed but didn't dare to really argue, after all, they had bad intentions from the beginning.

Xu Feng, who had proposed the marriage before, was also very angry and started gossiping in the village, saying that Gu Tongwan's identity was suspicious. Why would a girl think of traveling a long distance to Xiaoxi Village to set up camp? She must have other purposes.

At the beginning, when everyone was a little skeptical about what Xu Feng said, it happened that mutants attacked the village. Gu Tongwan came forward with the team to go up the mountain to collect flowers that could deal with the mutants. Afterwards, he gave a lot of suggestions to the villagers, and occasionally treated people. Gradually, word of mouth reversed.

In addition, Xu Feng's family had a bad background and they were seen stealing things from other people's yards several times. Gradually, they were ostracized by the people in the village, and no one was willing to believe Xu Feng anymore.

However, the Huang family who were rejected by Gu Tongwan at the beginning were quite interesting. Knowing that they had been rejected, the son of the Huang family did not intend to give up. Every time the village committee meeting was held, the 200-pound fat man would wink at her. The fat man with fat on his face even told others that a forced melon is not sweet. He knew this truth, but he had also heard of the saying "Sincerity can move mountains and open up new horizons". With his own charm and perseverance, he would be able to marry Gu Tongwan home sooner or later.

Gu Tongwan's mouth twitched slightly, and he ignored the Huang family's youngest son's continued madness. As long as he didn't provoke her, he could talk about as much dirty shit as he wanted.

On New Year's Eve, after taking a walk in the morning, I cleaned the house. Although there was a lot to clean up, it was nothing more than sweeping the floor, but I bought myself a new set of bedding.

New Year, new atmosphere, using a new quilt will also make you feel better.

Then we had breakfast, which was a simple meal, American hot coffee and a Lao Jingcheng chicken roll.

Only after eating and drinking do you go to sweep the snow from the roof.

After sweeping all the snow off the roof into the yard, a batch of fresh snow was collected in the yard.

When extreme heat comes again, you won't have to worry about not having ice water. It is great for making iced watermelons or for cooling down.

Now she has collected a lot of ice cubes in an area of ​​50X50 in the space, all of which are collected and shaped in a square plastic container.

There is also a small snow mountain of about ten cubic meters.

After finishing all this, I took a nap, got up at around four in the afternoon, continued to do a set of boxing, and continued training with the two dogs. Before I knew it, it was already evening.

Gu Tongwan directly gave the two dogs a snack. Today was a holiday, so he generously took out a whole fresh pig and placed it directly in the yard to give the two dogs a snack.

Perhaps influenced by today’s atmosphere, Aoao and Tutu both ate with great relish.

She took out two kilograms of spicy crayfish, a portion of Kung Pao chicken, and half a portion of roast duck, and accompanied them with the white rice that had just been cooked on the stove. She ate the Kung Pao egg and roast duck until she was 70% full, and finally took out a bottle of champagne.

By the way, this bottle of champagne was found in the office of a boss in Zhenning Building. A total of two bottles of champagne and half a box of red wine were found.

Gu Tongwan had rarely drunk foreign liquor, so he didn't know the specific prices of these wines, but this champagne had a strong bubble feeling at first, followed by the sweetness of fruit, and paired with the fresh and spicy crayfish, it was simply too delicious.

After this year's Spring Festival, it will be my 22nd birthday in two months. Gu Tongwan drank half a bottle of champagne. He didn't know if it was because he hadn't touched alcohol for too long, but now he was actually three or four parts drunk. Looking at the wall lamp hanging on the wall, he was dazed and thought of his previous life, when he spent his first New Year's Eve under an abandoned bridge pier.

But now I am sitting on a stool, the heater is on in the room, I am eating crayfish, drinking champagne, and having the company of my dog.

This life is so good...

The flat panel in front of me was playing the Spring Festival Gala from previous years, as if this would make the place more lively. The volume wasn't too loud, but soundproof panels had been placed on the windows in advance, so there was no need to worry about the sound getting out. Besides, no one dared to go out at night.

The stars in the Spring Festival Gala program are singing in chorus. Everyone is dressed like flowers, and the host looks even more like a butterfly.

Such TV programs will not appear in the next ten years. Even if the base later has the Internet, the profession of celebrity will basically disappear. The base only allows positions that create value, and there is no room for the development of spiritual entertainment professions such as celebrities.

Gu Tongwan looked at the mobile phone on the table. She still used her mobile phone to read novels or watch TV, and occasionally record her daily routine.

Maybe I was a little drunk tonight, and suddenly I remembered the phone number someone left for me a few months ago, saying that once the network was terminated, I might be able to use this number to contact him.

I called and got a busy tone.

Gu Tongwan gave a bitter smile and thought to himself, see, it really is a fantasy to want to make a phone call in the end times.

When she was about to put the phone back, she heard a crackling sound of electricity, which was so piercing that she frowned tightly. At the same time, a cold voice was faintly heard from the other side.

The air was stagnant for about half a minute. Gu Tongwan thought it was just his illusion, but the other party, who had been silent for a while, suddenly called out a name.

"Late night?"

Just as a hint of surprise flashed across her eyes, there was another sharp sound of electricity, and the entire phone returned to the endless busy tone again.

When I wanted to call again, I couldn't get through.

His head felt heavier and heavier. Gu Tongwan vaguely remembered that he waved his hand and directly took the messy table into the space, then fell asleep in the warm bedding.

When I woke up in the morning, my head felt a little heavy, so I simply washed my face with cold water. Suddenly, I heard the sound of firecrackers outside.

In fact, we should have set off firecrackers at midnight last night, but since the mutant appeared in the back mountain, all activities at night have been prohibited. But once it was daytime, the New Year atmosphere returned.

The sound of firecrackers outside was deafening. People in the village had the habit of setting off firecrackers to celebrate. Unlike in the city where firecrackers had to be bought, almost every household in the village had stockpiled firecrackers. Even the Zhang family was lighting firecrackers outside in the yard. Looking at the exploding red flowers, everyone had a rare smile on their face, and they were all looking forward to the arrival of good days in the new year.

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On the morning of the first day of the first lunar month, people like to go out to bring good luck. Xiaoxi Village is no exception. As soon as Gu Tongwan walked out of the yard, he ran into many familiar people. Qiao Laoer and his wife were also out to bring good luck. The two have been married for more than ten years and are still in love. They walked hand in hand and carefully on the snow that was almost knee-deep.

He stopped immediately after seeing Gu Tongwan. Qiao Laoer saw that she was wearing a pure white down jacket and a small white hat on her head, which was not sure whether it was made of rabbit fur or mink. Although she looked a little bloated, the pair of eyes exposed under the scarf were still cool and beautiful.

Even Qiao Laoer's wife couldn't help but take a few more glances at her. She whispered to her husband, "No wonder the Huang family's youngest son is obsessed with her. What a pretty girl! She's much prettier than the second girl from the Miao family in the Lotus Village next door."

"How can they be compared? They are not on the same level at all. Doctor Gu knows much more than the second girl from the Miao family." Qiao Lao Er couldn't help but sneer.

Qiao Laoer's wife curled her lips, but she didn't really take it to heart. She knew her husband's personality very well. She was the first to greet Qiao Laoer, "Isn't this Doctor Gu? He's here today to bring you good luck, too?"

Qiao Laoer interjected at the right time, "Happy New Year, Doctor Gu."

Gu Tongwan smiled and nodded, and also greeted the two: "Happy New Year, Uncle Qiao and Aunt Qiao."

"The atmosphere is different during the New Year. The snow seems to be lighter today. Everyone should take advantage of the good weather to go out for a walk. Otherwise, you will feel uncomfortable staying at home all the time." The daughter-in-law of the Qiao family is very outgoing. She will go up to anyone and talk to them for a long time when she sees them.

Gu Tongwan was not the type of person who liked to chat with others, but fortunately she was patient and could listen to others talking to her about everything. She was also happy to listen to some gossip about the village. At least it was quite interesting to listen to. This was different from the loneliness she had in her previous life. This was the way life felt.

But in the end, the wife of the Qiao family was pulled away by Qiao Laoer, and they continued to chat, and could not leave for more than half an hour.

Gu Tongwan was actually just walking around the village. There was still light snow in the sky. It was snowing heavily last night, but it was much lighter when he woke up this morning. He wondered if this meant that this year would be a good year.

Gu Tongwan put his hands in his pockets, which contained disposable hand warmers. He wore woolen gloves and walked on the snow holding the hand warmers. He didn't feel cold at all.

Xiaoxi Village is not very big. It takes about an hour to walk around the village along the nearby ridges. The road leading into the village was buried under thick snow, and the sycamore trees on both sides were submerged in snow more than half a meter deep.

Some villagers had thought about shoveling snow before, but they couldn't stand the bad weather outside and the speed of snowfall, so they gave up.

Gu Tongwan found several old ladies bending over on the ridges of the fields, holding small shovels in their hands, and no one knew what they were looking for in the fields.

"Auntie, what are you doing? Do you need help?" Gu Tongwan stopped and asked.

The two busy ladies raised their heads, their weathered faces showing a slightly stunned expression, and then they said, "I want to see if there are any sweet potatoes left."

Sweet potatoes are generally planted in April-May and July-August every year, and can be harvested in July-August and November of the same year. In November, the weather was extremely hot, but sweet potatoes are heat-resistant crops. At that time, every household hid in the house and did not dare to go out easily, let alone do farm work in the fields. For this reason, the sweet potatoes planted by many people last year are probably still buried in the ground.

Although the two aunties' families were not starving, they could not stand eating porridge and cornmeal all the time, so they wanted to go to the fields to see if there was anything to harvest. However, their family members did not believe that there was anything in the fields and waved their hands and did not want to go out. The two aunties had to go to the fields themselves.

Gu Tongwan actually wanted to know if the sweet potatoes from August were still in the field, so he jumped off the ridge and said to the old lady with a smile, "Come over to me, I'll look for them too."

The old lady saw that she was wearing new clothes and waved her hands quickly: "Nannan, this won't do. You are wearing such beautiful clothes. What if your clothes get dirty when you go out?"

Another lady followed suit: "Yes, this is not a very strenuous job, and we two can dig it."

Gu Tongwan just squatted down and started digging the ground very quickly, smiling and saying, "Auntie, just let me try. Besides, the clothes are dirty and can be washed. Do I need to look pretty when I go to work in the fields?"

Upon hearing her words, the two ladies looked at each other in bewilderment and could only stand there in a daze as they watched her start digging the ground.

I don't know if she was really lucky, but after turning over the thick cloth and digging about thirty centimeters down, she dug up something familiar. She picked it up and pulled it out, and saw a sweet potato the size of a palm.

"Oh, girl, you are so lucky. My sister and I have searched many places but couldn't find any. You found it right away. It must be that God loves you more because you are so pretty."

The old lady smiled and immediately picked up another shovel and started digging next to Gu Tongwan. Sure enough, after a while she dug up another bigger sweet potato.

The two ladies looked at each other and saw the light in each other's eyes.

Fuwa?

Gu Tongwan didn’t know what the two aunts were thinking. She just thought it was fun. And it seemed like Chuyi’s luck was really good. She actually found several large sweet potatoes connected to each other. In less than half an hour, there was a small pile under her feet.

When she felt it was about time, she stood up and stretched, then smiled and returned the shovel to the aunt. The aunt took out a plastic bag from her bosom, quickly filled it with three or four pounds of sweet potatoes and handed it to her.

Gu Tongwan was stunned for a moment, and then he heard the old lady smiling and saying, "Child, take it. If it weren't for you, we might not be able to find so many sweet potatoes. Besides, you dug them out, so they should be yours."

Gu Tongwan glanced at the ground and saw that there was still nearly half of the sweet potato left. He didn't dare to be polite to the two ladies. He smiled, thanked them, and happily took it.