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

The drop in temperature this time covered the streets outside with a layer of white snow.

That’s right, it was snowing, and it was the kind of heavy snow, accompanied by the sharp sound of the wind. It instantly made people feel that it was the coldest time of the year in the north. How could they still remember that Jiangcheng was originally a riverside city?

In just one night, the streets were already covered in a thin layer of snow and frost. Looking out through the window at the outside world, there was no sun, no clouds, and it seemed as if everything was white.

Fortunately, Yan Fan bought windproof stickers yesterday. Although the windows were shaking slightly due to the strong wind outside, no wind came in.

The air conditioner in the room has been turned on to the warmest setting of 30 degrees, two electric heaters are running at the same time, and the floor heating has also been turned on. The second floor is warm even if you walk barefoot on it, but I'm afraid the electricity bill for this month will exceed the limit.

When Gu Tongwan got up, he changed all the clothes in the closet into fleece and quilted ones, and even took out three pairs of down pants.

The innermost layer is a layer of cotton thermal underwear. When you take it out and remove the tag, it says that it can withstand temperatures of minus 30 degrees Celsius. However, this is usually an advertising gimmick deliberately created by merchants to attract consumers. How is it possible to only wear a thermal underwear in minus 30 degrees Celsius?

In addition to the thermal underwear, there is a pure wool sweater, and over the sweater is a fleece vest. The pants are the same trousers as the thermal underwear, then the pure rabbit fur trousers, and finally a pair of waterproof and moisture-proof down pants, and finally a down coat that reaches the calf.

I was going out soon, so I wore two layers of socks. As for shoes, I chose a pair of thick outdoor boots.

The snow outside is not that thick at the moment. Judging from the visual, there is only about three or four centimeters of snow piled on the road, so the boots just need to be waterproof and have thick enough soles.

She stuffed two hand warmers into her pockets and put several heat-blocking stickers on her body before walking downstairs.

The sudden second drop in temperature caught everyone off guard. They originally thought that the low temperature would gradually stabilize, but they did not expect that the temperature would drop by more than ten degrees in less than a day. At around 10 o'clock in the evening, the outdoor temperature had dropped to minus 35 degrees Celsius.

Although there is no floor heating on the first floor, it is not very cold because there is a fireplace for heating and two heaters in the living room. Instead, Gu Tongwan feels a little hot indoors wearing these clothes.

Yan Fan was sitting on the sofa meditating. Since he couldn't go out, he would use the morning time when his concentration was the highest to meditate for about an hour every day.

The two of them had wontons for breakfast. For convenience, they wrapped five kilograms of wonton wrappers at one time. These wontons could be eaten for at least a dozen meals.

Because of the cold temperature, the refrigerator has basically been stopped. Two large foam boxes are placed on the balcony, and all the meat that needs to be frozen is placed in them. Whenever it is needed, just go to the balcony to get it. This saves a lot of electricity bills.

Gu Tongwan had just added some more charcoal to the fireplace on the first floor. She didn't expect that the amount of charcoal used would be greater than she thought. As the weather was getting colder, she basically had to add charcoal to the first floor every morning and evening, with at least fifteen to twenty kilograms of charcoal added each time.

Normally, ten kilograms of ordinary charcoal can burn for about four hours. If it is lychee wood charcoal found in the northern forest, the burning time can be doubled, that is, ten kilograms of lychee wood can burn for six to eight hours. In the twenty-four hours of a day, except for the five hours from ten in the morning to three in the afternoon, when you can stop burning charcoal for heating and use air conditioning and heating to maintain the temperature in the house temporarily, the remaining ten hours must keep the house at a fixed temperature of about seven or eight degrees. Otherwise, it is really hard for people to stay in a cold and damp house in this kind of weather.

Now we have to burn at least thirty to forty kilograms of charcoal every day, which means at least one ton a month. There were already more than ten tons of charcoal in the space, plus the two tons purchased at the base later, the space can only last about a year at most.

Although I feel sorry for the speed at which the charcoal is used up, not using it in such weather would be tantamount to torturing myself. After all, I can't stay at home wrapped in a quilt all day long.

However, when she goes out to look after the store, she can just turn on the air conditioner at home. As for water, it is slightly better. It is said that the base has taken anti-cold measures. The first is to solve the problem of frozen water pipes. It seems that during this period, people will be sent to take turns to check the water pipes in nearby communities and self-built houses.

Gu Tongwan did not plan to stop business when it was extremely cold, but she did want to find a way to hire another employee for the store. After all, one person had limited energy to run the store now.

After much thought, Gu Tongwan simply posted a recruitment thread on the forum and paid the forum administrator a promotion fee of 30 points per day in advance, so that her recruitment information could be pushed to the front row of the recruitment column in turn.

[Recruiting a salesperson for a fruit and vegetable store, female, aged between 130 and , no relevant experience required, but must be able to operate a simple computer cash register system, be able to organize shelves, be serious and polite at work, work six days a week and rest one day, salary not less than points per month, specific salary is negotiable, those who perform well at work will receive a bonus at the end of the month. Contact: Miss Gu, ...]

After editing the store's recruitment conditions, I put the store address there. After only half an hour, it had been viewed 65 times. However, at present, the backend has only received one message about the job.

Unfortunately, the person who left the message started by asking if he could get a salary increase, and thought that the salary of 600 points was too low, and demanded that it be increased to at least 750.

Gu Tongwan had no intention of paying attention to this self-righteous request. Even when he was applying for a job before, he had never seen an applicant ask the company for a salary increase right from the start.

She didn't even get paid for her first internship after graduation. When she became a full-time intern in the second month, she only received a monthly internship salary of 1,200 yuan. It was not until the third month that she received two-thirds of the income of a full-time employee.

Whenever I think of that, I feel helpless, especially for fresh graduates. Unless one is truly exceptionally capable, most people can only choose to temporarily compromise with some of the “rules” of this society.

In fact, a salary of 650 is indeed not low, but there are few young people willing to be waiters, and even fewer people with relevant experience. In addition, with the current cold weather, I am afraid that not many people will come to apply for the job.

In fact, Gu Tongwan had considered raising salaries, but she was also worried that if the salary was set too high right from the start, people would lose interest in the job. So after much thought, she gave up the idea of ​​raising salaries.

After posting on the forum, she drove her SUV to Zhang's house. Yan Fan was in charge of the store for the next two days, so she had plenty of time to deal with some things.

Before leaving, the Security Bureau called and said that the case of the store being smashed a few days ago had been temporarily closed. Zhou Xiaojuan, as the main instigator, was detained for half a month and fined 20 points. She also had to pay 2600% of the fruit and vegetable store, which was about yuan in compensation. The compensation would be deposited into her brand name card account within seven working days. As for the other suspects in Sanming, they were involved in another criminal case, which was still confidential, so they could not explain it to her.

Gu Tongwan didn't care about these, because the blood vine branches had returned to his side a few days ago, and judging from the state of the blood vine branches, they should have hunted prey. These two blood vines were even dormant in extreme cold.

When I went out, I packed several large bags of vegetables and fruits, 200 kg of pork, kg of chicken and kg of beef in snakeskin bags and put them in the trunk of the SUV. I also prepared disposable lunch boxes for everyone. These were all things I was going to take to Zhang's house.

I had talked to Yangmei on the phone last night. Yangmei and Liu Jinhua have been idle at home for a while. After the natural disaster, the whole family could only rely on Zhang Youfan and Zhang Guoming to go out and do odd jobs to support the family expenses. In addition, they spent at least one-third of their savings in the past two weeks to buy charcoal and other cold-resistant supplies, but this alone is not enough. The Zhang family only has 300 kilograms of charcoal. Although they don’t have a fireplace, if they use a heating stove, they will consume at least 10 kilograms of charcoal every day, which will take 300 to 400 kilograms a month. Otherwise, once it’s night, the whole house will be covered with a layer of ice. Not to mention the children, even the adults can’t sleep well. So Yangmei and Liu Jinhua are worried about the future.

Gu Tongwan's phone call last night was like timely help to Yang Mei. Although on the surface Gu Tongwan hoped that Yang Mei and Liu Jinhua would help her, in fact, Gu Tongwan gave the entire Zhang family an extra opportunity to make money.

You only need to prepare 50 boxed lunches every day. Two points can be drawn for each boxed lunch. In this way, you can earn 100 points every day. Ordinary people can't even think about it. You have to know that Zhang Youfan and his son can only earn 80 or 90 points after a day of work. And this is only possible if the two of them work continuously for ten hours without interruption.

So when they realized they were just going to make boxed lunches, the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law immediately nodded in agreement.

The reason why they agreed so readily was that firstly, the Zhang family's life was indeed becoming increasingly difficult, secondly, everyone in the family was quite idle, and having something to do could help kill time, and thirdly, cooking was not a tiring job, and Gu Tongwan had also said on the phone that after packing fifty lunch boxes, any remaining lunch boxes could be distributed by the Zhang family themselves.

Yang Mei was the first to nod in agreement, and she laughed on the phone, "I'm happy to earn more or less, it's better than staying at home all the time. I'm almost bored and moldy."

Liu Jinhua came over and said to her phone with a smile: "That's right. It's hard for us to go out in such a strong wind. It's better to cook at home to keep the food warm."

"Don't worry, I will be responsible for reimbursing the gas used for cooking. Just give me the receipt from the gas company when the time comes." The gas bill has also increased. It used to be two hundred yuan per tank, but now it seems to have increased to three hundred yuan. However, gas is absolutely not to be saved. Not to mention that the price of charcoal is rising. Who would use charcoal to cook, especially in a big pot? Gas is faster.

The price of lunch boxes will also be adjusted according to the weather. It has been temporarily raised by a few points. It is currently 25 points per box. The ratio of meat to vegetables will also change slightly, but seasoning cannot be less. After all, this will directly affect the taste of the dishes.

Gu Tongwan has done the calculations, including the cost of gas, meat, some basic seasonings and rice. The net profit of a lunch box is still eight points, of which two points go to the Zhang family, and she can earn six points per box, which is only three hundred points a day. This may not seem like a lot, but it is almost ten thousand points a month. If the Zhang family can increase their speed in the future, one hundred lunch boxes a morning may not be a problem.

When we arrived at Zhangjia Community, we almost couldn't find their building because the snow was getting heavier. Although we had anti-skid chains on the wheels, we were still scared from the car accident yesterday, so we kept the speed between 30 and 40 miles per hour.

The situation on the road was much more serious than she had imagined. When she went out yesterday, there were still a few shops along the street that were open for business as usual, but today all the doors were closed, and a thick layer of snow accumulated on the protruding plastic roofs of the shops.

After driving for more than ten minutes, I finally saw a white car on the road, but its driving speed was the same as mine, both of which were old cars.

Because I couldn't find the floor they were on, I had to go into the community and call Yangmei again. Finally, I followed Yangmei to find the slide in the community square. I turned left from the slide and entered the third building.

Yang Mei and Zhang Guoming put their hands in their pockets, and both of them hunched their necks like quails. Especially Yang Mei, she was shivering and could only stamp her feet subconsciously, trying to make her body more active so as not to be always thinking about the cold.

When they finally heard the sound of wheels rolling in the wind, the two of them squinted their eyes and looked in the direction they were in. It was indeed Gu Tongwan's familiar off-road vehicle.

Yang Mei pointed to a place with a sunshade in front, and Gu Tongwan temporarily parked the car there. She was not worried that the fuel tank of the car would be frozen. Her car was originally designed for outdoor use, and all its performance was better than that of ordinary vehicles. It could run normally even in an environment of minus 50 or 60 degrees Celsius, and neither the generator nor other accessories would be affected by the low temperature.

"Why did you take so many things?" When the couple saw her opening the trunk, they hurried over to help. They were surprised to find four or five large snakeskin bags in the trunk.