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

3 days before the end of the world

The temperature gradually stabilized at around 45 degrees, and the community continued to limit electricity. Now during the hours of power restriction, some people have begun to bring mats and go down to the underground parking lot to enjoy the cool air.

The temperature in the parking lot on the underground first floor is not that hot, only about 30 degrees Celsius, and there is a natural wind vent at the entrance of the parking lot. Wind keeps coming in, which can reduce the heat a little. It is much cooler than the 35 or 36 degrees Celsius at home. People on high floors are more willing to come down, lie down until the call comes, and then take the elevator up.

No one knew who started it, but people from other buildings drove back and saw what was happening, and then they also went home with their families, bringing down mats and pillows.

Therefore, when the power is cut off during the power outage period in the parking lot of 7,000 to 8,000 square meters, you can see many people lying on mats.

Gu Tongwan did not follow suit. After all, she had no shortage of electricity at home. It was just that the diesel generator consumed too much fuel. The 4000KW household generator she purchased consumed nearly 0.25L of fuel per hour. In this weather, when there was no electricity, it had to be turned on to power other household appliances, and it consumed at least 4L-5L of diesel every day.

If extremely hot weather really comes in the future, if you run the air conditioner 12 hours a day and rely solely on diesel or gasoline generators, you will need at least 360L of oil a day, which means L in a month alone.

I get a headache whenever I think of Gu Tongwan. There is also a shortage of gasoline. After the heavy rain, we need to use a speedboat to travel, which consumes at least 6-7L of gasoline per hour.

If I had as much space as I have now when I found the tanker truck in Country P, I could have just taken the entire truck away.

That is why energy is always the most scarce in the end times. After all, oil fields are destroyed after natural disasters and energy cannot be regenerated. The small number of surviving oil fields are protected by various governments. Very little can be sold to the outside world, and only privileges or a large amount of materials are required in exchange. Ordinary people simply cannot afford to drive a car.

Forget it, there’s no point thinking about it now. I can only slowly collect this kind of energy in the future.

She currently only hopes that the rainstorm in her previous life will come as promised. After all, the situation that deviates from the track of her previous life will make her feel uneasy every day.

In the morning, I went to observe the mint leaves on the balcony as usual. This was the fourth day without watering. The mint leaves had a tendency to wilt and no longer expanded outward, which showed that the plants still needed water. Gu Tongwan planned to continue observing for a while. Even though the balcony was not exposed to direct sunlight after the full glass windows were installed, the temperature was still scorching. If the plants could continue to survive, it would indicate that the variability of plants was ahead of humans.

Today she went out again in the Toyota Tundra that she rented before. The Toyota Tundra has a fuel tank capacity of 144L, which is suitable for storing gasoline. Last week, she went to the gas station every other day, and went to more than a dozen gas stations within a radius of more than kilometers. She was worried that the people at the gas station would suspect her purpose of refueling, so she basically went to the same gas station every two days.

But I still plan to visit a few more gas stations today and stock up on more gasoline.

Passing by the Bauhinia Department Store and the pedestrian street on the way, I found that there were very few people outside the originally bustling neighborhood, but the department store was crowded with people. There were still many people enjoying the air conditioning. After all, there was no power rationing in the department store, and the air conditioning was plenty. It was like heaven inside.

I passed by several supermarkets and saw many people queuing up with parasols. They all planned to stock up on food to keep at home. After all, it is uncomfortable to go out now, and most people are unwilling to go out to buy groceries every day. Therefore, they plan to buy enough for three to five days and keep them at home to reduce the time spent outside. Fortunately, under the government's control, except for a slight increase in the prices of fish and seafood that are not easy to preserve, the prices of other raw meat and vegetables have not changed much.

Gu Tongwan went to a total of five gas stations this time, and the distance between each of them was not particularly far. Today he went mainly to refill gasoline. During the apocalypse, it is more convenient to travel by car. However, the gasoline stored in the space is enough to support two years at most, and that is based on the assumption that he only travels a few times a month. If he needs to travel long distances, he will need to consume about one or two barrels of oil each time.

However, when refueling, the fuel tank is usually only filled to about 40%, and a small portion needs to be reserved for normal use. In this way, 10Lx barrels of gasoline were harvested in the morning.

Combined with the efforts made in the past few days, the amount of gasoline in the space has increased to 120 barrels, and a lot of diesel has been stockpiled, which has increased to 160 barrels.

In the space, diesel and gasoline barrels occupy two large three-layer shelves.

This time, when passing by the store where he bought outdoor supplies last time, Gu Tongwan was moved when he saw the discount sign hanging outside saying that speedboats were 30% off.

Although I plan to buy this speedboat for free, it might be a good idea to have one in case of emergency, and it’s on sale now.

After going in to inquire, I found out that these batch of speedboats were all backlogged goods in the warehouse. They were all purchased a few years ago. This type of boat has always been difficult to sell. The boss's son is getting married and buying a wedding house recently, so he wanted to clear out a batch of goods first. Although they are backlog goods, there is no problem with their performance.

Gu Tongwan finally bargained and bought a 2.3-meter double speedboat with an outboard motor, which cost him 4,800 yuan.

When I returned to the entrance of the community, I saw an old man riding a tricycle. He was still exposed to the sun at his age and looked very tired.

Originally, Gu Tongwan was not the kind of person who would easily feel compassion, but he did not expect that the sign on the old man’s tricycle read “Vegetable and Fruit Seeds”.

Gu Tongwan immediately honked his horn and waited until the old man stopped the car before going over to ask.

A packet of seeds is not cheap. The seeds are packed in transparent PV sealed bags. Corn seeds cost about one hundred yuan per packet, and there are only thirty seeds in it.

Other similar bitter melons, winter melons and fruit seeds are similar.

Perhaps noticing Gu Tongwan's hesitation, the old man wiped his sweat and explained, "These are all original seeds left from the crops in our own fields. They can be preserved for more than ten years. If you want hybrid seeds, we also have them. The price will be much cheaper, only a few dollars a bag." As he spoke, he took out bags of seeds from the bottom that looked similar to the seeds sold in the flower and bird market. It was obvious that they were bought wholesale from the market.

Gu Tongwan had a rough understanding of the difference between the original species and the hybrid species. The former had a small yield but good quality and could be preserved for more than ten years, while the latter had a large yield. For example, when planting the same pumpkin, one seed of the original species could only produce one pumpkin, but the hybrid species would most likely produce seven or eight pumpkins. However, the hybrid species had a short shelf life, and the taste of the fruits and vegetables grown was slightly inferior to that of the original species.

Although she had the space, Gu Tongwan didn't know what would happen in the future or whether the space could be preserved for a lifetime, so she chose the original seeds and spent about three thousand yuan to buy dozens of bags of different kinds of vegetable and fruit seeds.

Unfortunately, the old man has no wheat and rice seeds. He said that they don’t grow these things in their countryside. Staple agricultural products such as wheat and rice need to be grown on a large scale. Generally, if a family only has a few acres of land, it is better to grow vegetables and fruits.

Gu Tongwan scanned the payment code for the old man neatly and drove the car to the parking lot. It was not the power cut period and the parking lot was not yet covered with mats.

I took the elevator with the seeds in my hand, and when I got out of the elevator, I saw the little girl of about fifteen or sixteen years old opposite me receiving takeaway food. The delivery guy put a bunch of things on the ground. They were shopping bags from a large supermarket, and they seemed to be full of food.

Hearing the sound of Gu Tongwan unlocking the door, Jiang Tian turned around and saw someone, with joy on her face, and shouted to Gu Tongwan, "Teacher Gu, wait a minute."

Gu Tongwan paused in unlocking the door, then looked at Jiang Tian with a frown.

It seems that no one has called me Teacher Gu for a long time.