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

Zhang Youfan and his son arrived at the nearby commercial street and business district at around 20:40 pm. At that time, some people came to the commercial street one after another, but not too many. After all, the things sold in the inner circle commercial street were not cheap. At least the prices were % - % higher than those in the supply and marketing cooperatives and farmers' markets. After all, the target group was the nearby villa areas and high-end residential areas. Those with good economic conditions naturally would not mind the higher prices.

Zhang Youfan and his son and Liu Jinde had a clear goal, they headed straight for the food area in the commercial district.

"Ten kilograms of rice costs three hundred and fifty points, five kilograms of flour costs two hundred and eighty points, canned beans cost forty points each, canned meat costs fifty, and dehydrated vegetables cost one hundred points per pound. Dad, the prices here are too outrageous. They are simply robbing people. I remember that five kilograms of rice noodles at the supply and marketing cooperative only cost one hundred and fifty points. The prices here are a bit too expensive."

"After all, this is the commercial street in the center of the base's inner circle. The rents of the shops here are quite expensive. Most people can't afford it. Let's take a look first. If it doesn't work, we have to buy it. We can't let our family go hungry."

Zhang Youfan has been frowning since he entered the store. The prices here are indeed shockingly high for ordinary residents of the base like them. He now has only 1,500 points left in his card, and Zhang Mingguo has not even 1,000 points on his card. There are two laborers in the family, but five mouths to feed. Fortunately, when they first entered the base, Liu Jinhua and Yang Mei would take on some manual work at home and earn as little as 100 points every month, so the two of them have not touched their cards much in the past two years, and each of them has about 500 to 600 points on them.

"Youming, go buy some flour later, buy 15 kilograms first. I'll buy 20 kilograms of rice. Use the remaining money to buy some dehydrated vegetables and some canned beans." Zhang Youfan wiped the sweat from his forehead and stared anxiously at the various goods on the shelves.

The sales clerks in the food area did not have the negative attitude like those in the supply and marketing cooperative. They knew very well that anyone willing to step into the store was there to make a purchase. Therefore, they did not care about the other party's identity. They only knew that consumption would bring them commission. So they all stood by the counter with a smile on their faces, waiting for customers to come and inquire or check out.

Zhang Youfan finally selected 20 kilograms of rice, and then he saw a familiar figure standing in the canned food area.

"Xiao Wan?" Zhang Youfan shouted in surprise, and then walked over.

"It's really you. I thought I had recognized the wrong person." Zhang Youfan smiled.

The two actually just met last week, and Gu Tongwan even took some vegetables and a few kilograms of flour and rice to deliver to Zhang's house.

"Uncle Zhang, what are you doing?" Gu Tongwan turned his head and saw Liu Jinde and Zhang Youfan following behind him. He thought that although this place was not far from Xingfu Community, the prices of goods were relatively high, and ordinary residents did not really like to go shopping here unless there was another reason.

Zhang Youfan seemed to notice Gu Tongwan's puzzled look, so he explained the reason.

Gu Tongwan nodded as he listened: "I just passed by the supply and marketing cooperative, and it was already crowded with people. I guess everyone has the same idea. Uncle Zhang, is there anything you need at home? I can get some for you."

"No, no, we still have some of the things you gave us last time. You keep giving us things, and it makes us feel embarrassed."

"What's there to be embarrassed about? I lived in your house in the village for such a long time, and you and your aunt took care of me all the time. Compared to what you did back then, my little bit of support is nothing like a timely help."

As Gu Tongwan was talking, she saw the salesperson coming over with a few heavy bags in her hands and handing them to her, "Miss, these are the 20 kilograms of rice and 10 kilograms of brown rice you just bought, and the 20 kilograms of coarse flour from the warehouse. You will need to wait a few minutes."

"Uncle Zhang, take this bag back." She handed over a 20-kilogram bag of rice, but Zhang Youfan was unwilling to take it.

In fact, it was not difficult for Gu Tongwan to carry the rice. She was very strong now and could easily carry 20 kilograms of rice home in one breath without even taking a breath. She was just afraid that Zhang Youfan would not want to take it, so she pretended to be very tired.

Sure enough, Zhang Mingguo next to him couldn't stand it anymore. Seeing the little girl blushing because of the effort, he quickly reached out to take the rice, "Since it's Wanwan's intention, let's not refuse it. By the way, Dad, don't we have a bag of unopened corn flour at home? I'll give it to Wanwan later." Zhang Mingguo immediately winked at his father, and Zhang Youfan immediately came to his senses, so he frowned and nodded, "That's fine, remember to send it over later."

Gu Tongwan saw the winking scene between the father and son. He couldn't help laughing in his heart, but he didn't expose the two men's thoughts.

After several people finished shopping, it was almost seven o'clock. I don't know if the nearby residents could no longer buy things at the supply and marketing cooperative so they rushed to the commercial street. In less than an hour, the flow of people in the commercial street seemed to have doubled or tripled compared to before, especially the food area was already crowded with people.

Gu Tongwan and Zhang Youfan and his son hurried out before they were squeezed out, but everyone gained a lot on this trip. Zhang Youfan and his son bought almost 50 kilograms of rice and 20 kilograms of coarse noodles, and some dehydrated vegetables. Even Liu Jinde, who had finally squeezed out at the back, bought 30 kilograms of rice and some canned food.

Before leaving, several people also talked about the problem of water sources. They all believed that if the acid rain continued, the groundwater would be threatened one day. Although the base had built a large water storage plant about 20 kilometers away, the water might not be enough for the entire population of the base. Even after the acid rain stopped in the future, it would take some time to purify and filter the contaminated groundwater.

Therefore, we can only store some reserve water at home as early as possible while the water source is not yet polluted.

Gu Tongwan rode an electric scooter this time. He placed all the things he had purchased in advance on the seat and the trunk, so he looked very relaxed when he left and tried not to attract attention as much as possible.

When she returned home, Yan Fan had already filled the water tank on the balcony with water. The water tank had a capacity of 200L. There was one on the balcony on the first floor, and there was also a well tower in front of the open air in the yard, with a 10-ton water barrel on it. She only planned to use the water for washing, so that she and Yan Fan could use it for at least several months. Although she could wash herself in the space, in order not to make herself look too weird, she still had to pretend that she needed water.

It took from four in the afternoon to seven in the evening to finally fill the 200L water tank. If you want to fill the water tank on the balcony, you have to use an electronic pump to pump water. You don't know when the acid rain will fall again, so Gu Tongwan took out the [pumping pump] in advance and installed it.

It's a good thing that I bought this thing. It's very fast at pumping oil and water. If there is no acid rain, the bucket can be filled in one night. However, this will exceed the water bill for this month. But compared with having no water later, who cares about the water bill of almost 500 points?

Fortunately, she built a water well tower in the yard just in case. The entire water well tower is made of cement, so even when it rains, rainwater will not seep into the water tank. In addition, she later asked the workers to apply an extra layer of anti-corrosion paint on the cement layer. At that time, the workers were a little confused and thought she was too cautious, and it was both time-consuming and costly to do such a thing. But after this incident, no one thought that this girl was not smart.

Because of the acid rain in the afternoon, people at the base realized that the next natural disaster might be an acid rain period, so the sense of crisis in their bones suddenly burst out. It is said that at 11 o'clock in the evening, the supply and marketing cooperative rushed to transfer another batch of goods in order to ensure that as many residents of the base as possible could purchase food.

Although there are still purchase restrictions this time, there are no cross-regional restrictions. Each person can only buy about five kilograms of rice or noodles with a brand name card.

The five-kilogram portion is designed to last a person half a month. If one only needs to maintain the most basic energy for the human body, five kilograms is indeed enough food for a person for half a month to twenty days. If a girl eats a little less, a month may not be a problem. However, after experiencing various natural disasters, the people in the base have a deep fear of natural disasters, and they will never allow themselves to miss the opportunity to stock up.

The base may have sensed that this was not an ordinary acid rain, so it decided to mobilize various materials to replenish the supply and marketing cooperatives and trading centers within the next three days. The various food factories and distributors that had been hoarding grain also seized the opportunity to make a fortune in the national disaster and directly raised the prices of various foods to twice or even three times the original price.

Among them, rice, the most staple food, is now sold at 65 points per kilogram, which is almost three times higher than the price before the extreme heat. The price of coarse flour has also been raised to 50 to 70 points per kilogram, depending on the quality of the coarse flour.

The streets were crowded with people the whole night. Some people even brought their families with them, holding various devices that could slightly resist the acid rain, for fear that acid rain would suddenly fall on the road.

At 3:30 in the morning, Yan Fan heard occasional voices coming from the block, and he knew that someone had just returned from the commercial street or the supply and marketing cooperative, or had just gone out.

He lay on the sofa in the dark, his eyes wide open, staring at the pale ceiling. He suddenly felt that he was lucky. Ever since he followed Sister Wanwan, he seemed to have never been hungry again, and he no longer had to worry about the acid rain in the future. Not only that, no matter how bad the weather outside was, he always felt that Sister Wanwan seemed to have an accurate intuition of "foreseeing the future" about everything, as if she was calm and composed in the face of all natural disasters, and could quickly find solutions.

At the beginning, I did not choose to stand against her, but chose to cooperate with her.

It's not wrong to say that I'm relying on her now, but this is the right choice at the moment.

Occasionally, there was a rustling sound of wind outside the window. Accompanied by the quiet night, Yan Fan finally felt a little sleepy and gradually fell asleep in the darkness and the sound of wind.

But what is despairing is that the second acid rain came quietly as soon as the morning sun shone into the house.

This time there were only thick clouds in the sky, but compared to the first time, the sky was no longer completely dark, and a little blue could be seen not far away.

However, even in the presence of sunlight, the acid rain situation has not improved at all, and the acidity has even reached a negative pH.

Gu Tongwan was a light sleeper to begin with, and when he noticed it was raining outside, he immediately got up from bed, washed up briefly, and then went to the living room on the second floor. The window outside the balcony was still open last night, but it had been closed after the acid rain.

Glancing at Aoao who was still yawning in the corner, Gu Tongwan shook his head and smiled. The dog at home was becoming more and more shrewd.

This acid rain is slightly smaller than the previous one, at most it is just a light rain, but the acidity value is higher than the previous one.

In order to conduct the experiment, Gu Tongwan specially placed an unused piece of iron and a piece of wood in the yard.

The rain immediately hit the iron sheet and left a faint black mark. When I looked at it again half an hour later, the iron sheet had completely changed color, as if a layer of skin had been peeled off, and it was no longer intact on the surface.

The same was true for the piece of wood next to it. After more than half an hour of acid rain, the entire piece of wood had gradually turned charred black, and even some dents could be seen on it.

The rain hit the balcony glass but there was no change. She was once again glad that she had spent a lot of time and effort to customize the anti-corrosion glass. It was a correct decision.

At this time, the radio outside made a "crackling" sound, probably because the rain had affected the lines and signals to a certain extent.

【Dear residents, the weather is currently light rain turning cloudy, and the pH value of acid rain is negative 1.5. If you need to go out, please cancel your trip and stay indoors. The acid rain is harmful and corrosive to the human body. Currently, the materials that can resist corrosion are glass, thick plastic and ceramics. If you are accidentally trapped outdoors, please find a place to hide as much as possible, and try to find a high place to prevent the rain from spreading and forming puddles. The rain may turn into moderate rain at noon and is expected to stop after 7 pm. Finally, residents are reminded to be prepared for acid rain. In addition, to prevent large-scale pollution of water sources, this base will start to cut off water supply at noon. Residents are requested to prepare for water storage as soon as possible. 】

Has the base finally realized that the water source is about to be polluted? However, the notice of water outage was too sudden. The residents who heard the broadcast must be in a panic and are busy looking for containers at home to store water. However, this will also lead to a water supply shortage, especially for residents on high floors who will face insufficient water pressure.

Gu Tongwan returned to the sofa and opened his mobile phone to check the messages in various groups.

As a result, I saw that in a certain life group that I had joined casually before, everyone was indeed complaining about the broadcast.