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

32 days before the end of the world

The temperature today remains at 32 degrees. The air is hot and humid but there is no sign of rain. There is not a single cloud in the sky, but it is so blue that it is dazzling. Pedestrians can be seen on the road holding parasols.

Gu Tongwan still drove the same Ford pickup truck as before. She still needed to refuel later, so she went to a gas station where she had worked before. She had contacted a former colleague at the gas station and was told that she had a way to get some gasoline, but the amount would not be too much, and she could only get about 800 liters at most.

Although 800 liters of gasoline is not a lot, it is a scarce resource in the end times. Gu Tongwan agreed immediately and transferred more than 9,000 yuan to his former colleague last night, of which the extra 1,000 yuan included the cost of the oil barrel.

After driving to meet the former colleague and chatting for a while, the former colleague took Gu Tongwan to an empty house nearby, which was only a few hundred meters away from the gas station. This should have been an abandoned warehouse. The former colleague had brought the diesel here early in the morning and placed it there.

"It would have been better if you had come to me some time ago. I could have helped you get more oil, but now the authorities are investigating the sale of smuggled oil more strictly. I asked my uncle to get the goods for me and this is all I got. The price is not much cheaper. Don't accuse me of cheating you."

The former colleague explained as he helped her load the full oil drums into the van.

"Thank you very much. I'll treat you to a meal some other time if I have the chance." Gu Tongwan thanked with a smile, knowing in his heart that there would be no chance after the end of the world.

Before driving away, while his former colleague was rushing back to work, Gu Tongwan sent the other person a red envelope of 500 yuan and a few cute emoticons.

***

The residential community where the adoptive parents live is located on Huaihai Road, which is an area of ​​high-end residential areas. The adoptive father Zhao Yongming works as a human resources manager in a construction company, and the adoptive mother Liu Yuan works as a supervisor in an insurance company. The combined annual salary of the two is at least nearly one million. Although they are financially well-off, they still chose to abandon Gu Tongwan after their biological daughter came back.

Originally, the family did not have deep feelings for her. The reason they were willing to adopt Gu Tongwan was because she looked very similar to their daughter when she was a child. But when Gu Tongwan grew up, the couple found that Gu Tongwan was nothing like their daughter in terms of appearance or temperament.

Because Gu Tongwan was so beautiful, her double eyelids before the age of twelve somehow opened into double eyelids after she was sixteen. Her almond-shaped eyes were round and bright, completely different from the slightly drooping and narrow eyes of her husband and wife. When the three of them went out, outsiders would never think they were a family.

Perhaps it was because the adopted daughter was too beautiful, and the growing anxiety after losing her daughter gradually spread to Liu Yuan. She originally adopted Gu Tongwan just on a whim, thinking that having a child who looked like her daughter could fill the void in her heart, but she didn't really like Gu Tongwan, and this patience soon turned into disgust.

During the years that Gu Tongwan stayed in the Zhao family, even though her adoptive parents did not physically abuse her, they often used cold violence against her. Once they worked overtime, they would never prepare any food for the child in advance, nor would they leave any extra pocket money for her. All she could eat at home was a pot of white rice porridge with some pickles that she cooked herself.

So she often thought that if she had not been adopted by Zhao Yongming in the beginning, she might have lived a good life by continuing to stay in the orphanage.

After coming back to his senses, Gu Tongwan parked the car on the side of the road outside the residential complex. He registered his ID card when entering the residential complex, and was only allowed in after the security guard contacted the other party.

Gu Tongwan thought that the security level here was similar to that of Zijing Community.

I looked up at the small Western-style buildings in front of me. These buildings are eight-story buildings with two households per elevator. The exterior is built in the style of a European castle. When they were first launched, they were sold as the first castle community in Jiangcheng.

However, the difference is that the Zijing community is located at the highest point in Jiangcheng, while this community is located at the lowest point in Jiangcheng. I remember that in my previous life, the community of my adoptive parents became the first community to be flooded to the fourth floor due to waterlogging after more than a month of continuous heavy rain.

After the fourth month, the entire community was basically submerged by floods. I am afraid that this time the community will experience the same situation as in the previous life.

Her adoptive parents lived in Building F, close to the artificial lake. Her adoptive mother had said with a smile that it was a great blessing for her to be adopted by their family. She could see such a beautiful scenery every morning when she opened the window, which was better than her staying in a smelly welfare home with a bunch of children.

Who could have thought that after the natural disaster, Building F, which is close to the artificial lake, would become the worst hit by flooding.

At that time, she was only immersed in the joy of having someone take care of her, and did not notice the contempt in her adoptive mother's eyes at all. Otherwise, she would not have had any expectations in the beginning, and then endured the pain of having her expectations destroyed bit by bit.

When he reached the fourth floor, Gu Tongwan pressed the doorbell, and soon he heard footsteps coming from inside.

The door was opened by a middle-aged woman in a water-green dress with gold threads, followed by a slight cool breeze and a strong scent of perfume coming from the room.

Liu Yuan had an eager smile on her face. She was about to pretend to be intimate and pull Gu Tongwan in, but she hesitated after seeing Gu Tongwan's shirt was stained by moving the diesel barrel earlier. She tied up her hair and said softly, "Wanwan, come in."

Gu Tongwan saw the familiar contempt in her eyes but felt nothing in her heart. Ever since she was abandoned, she no longer had any extra feelings for this family.

The Zhao family's house is very big, with four bedrooms and two living rooms, at least 180 to 200 square meters. According to the purchase price ten years ago, more than 70,000 yuan per square meter, it would cost at least more than 10 million yuan.

Not only that, the furnishings in the house are even more exquisite, all of which are imitation European designs, with a leather sofa over two meters long and a three-meter-long mahogany table in the living room.

"Zhenzhen, your sister is here, why didn't you say hello? Didn't you say before that you missed her so much after not seeing her for a long time?"

When Liu Yuan saw her daughter lying on the sofa with her knees hugged playing with her mobile phone, she smiled and urged her.

Zhao Zhenzhen, who is one year older than Gu Tongwan, raised her head. When she saw that Gu Tongwan was dirty but still couldn't hide her beautiful features and good figure, a hint of jealousy flashed in her eyes, and she said "oh" casually. Liu Yuan was so angry that she winked at her wildly, hoping that her daughter could "suffer" herself temporarily today.

Zhao Zhenzhen didn't care about all this. It was her parents who used her phone to send goodwill messages to Gu Tongwan. The reason why she didn't delete Gu Tongwan from WeChat was because she wanted Gu Tongwan to see her daily circle of friends and let Gu Tongwan deeply understand the gap between her and herself.

What's the point of Gu Tongwan being beautiful? Can she afford a top buffet that costs more than 3,000 yuan per person? Has she ever been to a Michelin restaurant? Has she ever stayed in a luxury hotel that costs tens of thousands of yuan a night? Has she ever traveled abroad?

Here, Zhao Zhenzhen was madly diss Gu Tongwan in her heart, but Gu Tongwan treated her as air. Being ignored, Zhao Zhenzhen felt more and more unhappy. But when she thought of the promise her parents made to her, that if she could successfully trick Gu Tongwan into returning the paper mill house today, they would reward her with the latest Hermès bag, and let her travel to Maldives after the holiday in August.

For the sake of her bag and her trip to the Maldives, Zhao Zhenzhen had to temporarily stop working.

Zhao Yongming took a few sips of tea and said a lot of emotional words at the beginning, which were nothing more than asking Gu Tongwan with concern about how she had been doing in the past few years, how her grades were in school, and how her work was now. At the end, he even said with a "heartbroken" look that he should not have ignored her at the time. The reason he abandoned her was because the company's performance was not good and it was even in huge debt. He abandoned her in order not to implicate Gu Tongwan and did not want her to suffer.

Even Liu Yuan next to her became addicted to acting. Tears came out of the corners of her eyes and she choked up at one point.

This family didn't look for her in her previous life, so it must be that something has changed in this life. So Gu Tongwan is still quite curious about what they want to do.

"Are you still living in the old house at the paper mill that was given to you? That house is shabby and dilapidated. The cold wind in winter can make people sick, and the environment is not good. Your mother and I feel bad that you continue to live there."

After all this time, it turned out that my attention was focused on the old house that had been sold.

I wonder how interesting the expressions on their faces would be if they knew that the house had been sold by her.

It was at that moment that Gu Tongwan thought of an opportunity to make money.

Aren't there two big fat sheep in front of me? How can I be justified if I don't slaughter them?