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

After it was finally confirmed that the store was located near the administrative center, Gu Tongwan finally felt relieved, so she immediately decided to go to the outer circle. She needed to go to the outer circle.

In the outer commercial district, Chuyang and his wife Liu Ying were busy tidying up the store early in the morning. Some of their furniture was damaged during the acid rain period. Who knew that the acid rain period would last so long? They were in a low-lying area, and there were heavy rains for several days in a row. As a result, in the second week, someone posted pictures of the flooding in the group. Chuyang remembered that he still had a lot of wood and furniture ordered by others in his store. Therefore, he ran to the first floor with his wife at night and prioritized moving the furniture for which others had paid deposits to the second floor.

Fortunately, the couple reacted quickly enough. As a result, by midnight, the rain gutters on the street outside began to backflow with rainwater, and the entire block was soaked in acid rain, with a depth of at least knee-high.

However, the small shop of the Gouyang couple is only about 40 square meters. Although there is a cement threshold of about 30 centimeters outside, which can roughly prevent rainwater from coming in in the early stage, it cannot last long. After a while, it can be felt that the rainwater has seeped in.

At that time, about 80% of the furniture was rescued, and even the staircase to the second floor was blocked tightly, making it difficult to move on the second floor of the house.

Even so, Gu Yang and his wife Liu Ying were still very sad that they could not ask for help to get back the logs. These were purchased from the Wanderer Base at a great price. During this acid rain period, at least 20,000 points of wood were lost. These 20,000 points were equivalent to one year's income and profit.

The couple had not originally planned to open a store right away, but they thought about the fact that the rent for a store is paid for one year. Now the store has been closed for nearly a month and a half, and they have only received two orders during this month and a half. Although both were custom-made furniture, they were small items such as benches and decorations, and they did not make much money. They have been living off their savings during this period. Although the family is still able to make ends meet, if this continues for a long time, they may not be able to renew the lease after the store expires in March, and they will need to find a new store then, which is a waste of energy and they also have to consider the price.

"This piece of wood has been corroded too badly. I'll take it to the warehouse first. When the weather gets cold, I can use it as firewood to save some gas bills."

At present, only buildings in a small area of ​​the base have installed gas pipelines, and most people still use gas. If you are in the outer circle, it is more common to cook with firewood. After all, firewood can be directly collected in the safe area of ​​the northern forest. The vegetation there is rich and grows at an amazing rate. The trees that were just cut down today will recover in less than half a month, as if they are inexhaustible. But at the same time, the mutated plants that exist deep in the forest are also frightening.

As for why people don't use electricity to cook, the main reason is that home appliances on the market are expensive. An ordinary rice cooker costs more than 5,000 points, and an electric kettle costs 1,200 points. This means that an ordinary office worker has to go without food and drink for at least two to three months to be able to afford a kettle. At such prices, who would really be willing to spend such a huge amount of money to buy home appliances?

Liu Ying is sorting out the usable wood. She will first slowly remove the corroded parts. The remaining usable parts can be used to make chopsticks, small wine glasses and some small decorations. Those that have been severely corroded by acid rain or have been soaked in water for too long and have become damp and moldy will be taken out to dry, and then chopped and used as firewood after they are dry.

Although the couple were both in the store, they didn't talk much. It wasn't because their relationship was bad, but everyone's mood was not very good during this period. In addition, Zhuoyang was a taciturn person, so he just focused on his work.

Just when this atmosphere was about to continue until closing time as usual, footsteps were heard outside the door.

Chuyang still didn't look up immediately, thinking that it was just another neighbor who came to visit as usual.

"Flatter the boss."

A pleasant sound blew into the store like a gentle breeze. Not only did Qu Yang's heart skip a beat, but even Liu Ying raised his head to look for the source of the sound.

The girl in front of me was wearing a loose denim jacket, tight black cotton pants, and a pair of white sneakers. She looked fresh and beautiful.

Pretty girls always leave a deep impression, especially when they are as eye-catching as Gu Tongwan. Liu Ying even went to greet her faster than her husband, with a bright smile on her face: "Isn't this Miss Gu? You seem to be more beautiful than before."

Gu Tongwan's lips curled up, but she didn't continue to talk about this topic. Although she was very happy to be praised, she didn't care much about her appearance. Perhaps, compared to her appearance, she hoped that God would give her more survival skills, or give her a superpower, such as water power or plant power, which would make it easier for her to travel in the end times.

At this time, Quyang recognized that the person was Gu Tongwan, whom he had not seen for a long time, so he nodded to the other party without stopping the work in his hands.

"Boss, boss lady, this time I want to order some wooden racks from you." She stated her needs right away.

Liu Ying was originally quite happy. After all, it was a rare opportunity to get business. Moreover, she had a deep memory of the girl in front of her. Besides, she was extremely beautiful, and she was also very generous. She had ordered a batch of furniture from them before, and their shop made some money during that time.

But the next moment, Liu Ying couldn't laugh anymore, because she thought that the store didn't have any extra wood to meet her needs, so she could only frown and look embarrassed: "We also want to accept the order, but you said it was too unfortunate. Wasn't it the acid rain period some time ago? Our neighborhood is relatively low-lying, and the rainwater from the rain grates backflowed, so our family also suffered. A lot of wood was soaked in the acid rain without time to move it."

Gu Tongwan followed the direction of Liu Ying's finger and saw a pile of wood in the corner that had been corroded to a state like charcoal.

"Can't we purchase anything?" Gu Tongwan didn't expect the store to be in such a situation, and asked hurriedly.

"It's difficult. Every industry is in a recovery period after the acid rain period. We used to purchase our supplies from the Wanderer Base, but now they say they are out of wood, and we have no choice. We haven't been able to take any orders during this period, and have lost a lot of customers. We don't know if our store can continue to survive." Liu Ying frowned, looking distressed.

Gu Tongwan nodded: "The acid rain period did cause great losses."

At this moment, Gu Yang, who had been silent all the time, stood up and walked towards the warehouse. About a minute later, he came out again and said, "Ms. Gu, I have another shelf here. It was ordered by someone else before. After paying the deposit, they haven't come to pick it up for a few months. I just went in and called the other party again. They may not have it anymore. If you are willing to take it, I will return the deposit to the other party. But I don't know if it is suitable for you. You should take a look at the goods first."

Gu Tongwan didn't mind, so he nodded and said, "Then I'll take a look first."

The warehouse at the back was very small, and was filled with furniture and raw wood. In addition to the unique smell of wood, there was also a damp smell in the air.

Liu Ying followed the two of them. She walked to one side and turned on the lights in the warehouse. A dim light bulb hung on the ceiling, casting an orange hue on everything around it. However, it did not make the warehouse look warm, but instead gave it a weird feeling.

The warehouse was not very big, about ten square meters. On one side were raw wood, and on the other side were finished and painted furniture and some semi-finished products. Zhuoyang walked to one of the four-layer shelves. There was some dust on this shelf, which was filled with various wooden carvings and bowls and chopsticks. The bowls and chopsticks were all new, but the wooden shelf was covered with dust, and it seemed that it had been placed here for quite a long time.

Gu Tongwan roughly estimated with his eyes that the entire shelf was about two meters high and about three meters wide, with a total of three shelves stacked side by side.

The store I took over has an area of ​​35 square meters, and the hall outside for displaying goods is about 25 square meters. The walls on both sides can hold a total of three such shelves, and the other wall can accommodate two more about 1.5 meters wide because it is connected to the door.

She had already thought about it before she booked the store. The store is divided into four main areas: one is the vegetable area, which mainly sells fresh vegetables; another is the fruit area, which will sell some seasonal fruits based on the types of fruits currently on the market; the rest is the cooked food area, which can process the mutated pork and beef bought from the meat processing factory into braised meat or sauced meat; and another area is the rice and noodle area.

"I want all three shelves, but in addition, I also want two more 1.5-meter-high four-layer shelves." Gu Tongwan looked at Chanyang.

Liu Ying was a little surprised. She didn't expect the shelves to be sold out so easily, so she smiled and said, "That's easy. We still have some wood in the back. It should be no problem to make two wooden shelves."

However, Zhuoyang frowned and whispered to his wife, "Those woods are to be left to Mr. Huang. His youngest son is getting married next month, and he wants to make two wine cabinets."

"But he didn't even give you a deposit, and because you're from the same hometown as him, he's only willing to charge you one hundred for the labor. This is obviously a loss for you. What's more, he's still settling the balance for the round table he ordered from us when his eldest children got married last time. Every time we meet, he can easily change the subject." Liu Ying's face showed obvious dissatisfaction.

Zhuoyang looked a little embarrassed, but he still defended his fellow villager: "I heard that his company had some problems recently, which led to a break in the capital chain. It is impossible for such a large company to deny its responsibility."

"Yes, it's such a big company. I heard that the banquet he booked for his youngest son cost 3888 points per table at the Jinhong Hotel. It cost nearly points in total, but the balance for our eight-immortal table is only . He spends a lot of money outside, but he cries poor in front of us every day. I see that your fellow villager has you under control and knows that you can't lower your face to ask him for money. Anyway, I tell you, I would rather burn these woods than let you build a wine cabinet for him. Also, our store contract is about to expire, and we haven't collected enough rent for half a year. If we can take Miss Gu's order this time, it can at least alleviate half of the pressure. Anyway, think about it yourself, are you letting your family suffer for your fellow villager or taking this order?"

Before Liu Ying married Zhuoyang, she was a person who would do whatever she wanted. She just watched her husband working hard to make money in the last days, so she understood that he had been suppressing his temper. But now this business was related to their future life, so she didn't intend to turn a blind eye to it. Otherwise, what would she do if someone continued to blame her in the future?

Fortunately, this Guyang was not really confused. Seeing his wife's resentful eyes and her hands that had become gradually rough from rushing to work on the wood for him, he weighed the pros and cons before finally making a decision. He said in a muffled voice, "I will tell Mr. Huang that the wood is bad and I can't take his order for the time being. The deposit will be returned."

"Why return the deposit? It's only 500 points. Just say that the deposit will be used to offset the previous eight-immortal table. If you feel embarrassed and can't say it, let me say it. I'm not afraid of that person."

Zhuo Yang didn't dare to talk back to his angry wife, so he turned to Gu Tongwan and said, "Miss Gu, these three containers can be shipped immediately, but the remaining two customized ones will take about three days to be completed."

"Okay, then I'll drive over to pick it up. Can you tell me how much it's going to cost in total?" Gu Tongwan wasn't worried that Zhuo Yang would gouge him by raising the price.

Seeing Gu Tongwan's straightforward attitude, Zhuoyang felt relieved instantly, and said, "The price we negotiated with the previous customer for the shelf was 2,200 points, but you can see that the shelf has been unused for a while, so I'll charge you 2,000 points each. As for the newly customized shelf, it will cost 1,800 points each, so the total price is 9,600 points."

This price is actually about 20% cheaper than that in the inner circle furniture mall. In addition, the wood here in Quyang is all fresh solid wood boards, and they are all handmade, so he did not ask for a random price.

"I also want a cash register, two chairs, and a folding wooden ladder." Gu Tongwan then mentioned what else he wanted.

"There are two ready-made tables in the store, one is 1.2 meters and the other is 1.5 meters. It depends on how big you need." Quyang replied.

In the end, Gu Tongwan chose a 1.2-meter-wide counter. It was called a cash register, but in fact, the counter only needed a card machine and a calculator for payment, as well as a laptop for accounting. A counter that was too big would take up too much space.

The wooden ladder is more convenient when organizing the containers. She occasionally needs to put a small stool on the two-meter-high shelf. In addition, there are many things placed in the small warehouse, so sometimes it is more convenient to have a wooden ladder.

The table costs fifteen hundred and the wooden ladder costs three hundred.

"Okay, call me when the shelves and wooden ladders are ready and give me an order."

In the end, he gave a total of three thousand as a deposit, and the rest would be paid after the goods arrived. After Gu Tongwan dealt with this matter, he returned home.