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

Just after one afternoon, the recruitment post previously published on the forum has exceeded nearly a thousand views, and many people have sent private messages, with 69 private messages already posted in the background.

After filtering out some unnecessary information, I selected about twenty people who actually showed job intentions.

The most popular topic among most of them was about salary and working hours. According to the current basic income level, for work hours exceeding eight hours, the income of the outer circle should not be less than 400 yuan, and that of the inner circle should not be less than 600 yuan.

The daily working hours of the fruit and vegetable store are from 7:30 am to 6:30 pm, which includes a one-hour lunch break. And because it is not considered heavy physical work, you can basically sit in the store when you have nothing to do. The time period for preparing goods every day is only half an hour before the store opens in the morning and half an hour after closing at night. So looking at the whole day, although the daily working hours are eleven hours, it is much easier than those jobs with eight-hour working hours.

However, because of the single-day-off system, many people still expressed their desire for a pay raise.

At this time, this post was also forwarded in another communication group and immediately became a hot topic of discussion among some people.

[A Fish] I work eleven hours a day, with only one day off a day, and I only get 650 points a month. Isn't this salary too little?

[The red flag is flying upwards] It does take a long time. I have to arrive at the store at 7:30 in the morning and open on time at 8:00. In addition to the cashier, I also have to prepare stock and organize the shelves. This job is not easy.

[Little White Rabbit is White and White] I think it's OK? Eleven hours, except for the hard work of preparing goods and cashiering during peak hours. Also, I have to get up early in the morning, but there seems to be nothing wrong with it. The salary is not too low. My uncle works in an agency. Their company is a medium-sized enterprise in the base. They work from 8 am to 5 pm every day, and have six days off a month. The salary is 700 yuan, but there is basically no time to slack off during normal times. There are a lot of business, and if they can't finish it, they have to stay in the company to work overtime.

[Jiang Hu Ji Ji] But even if you want to sit and daydream, you can only do it in the store. You can go out for a breath of fresh air for half an hour at the company, but in the store, you dare not leave at all. You are basically nailed to the store. How boring is this job?

[Quanquanyuanyuan] Okay, those of you who live in the inner circle should stop complaining about the low salary. I'm working in the outer circle now and only get 500 yuan a month, from 8 am to 6 pm with only one day off. Moreover, we don't get any bonuses or subsidies for this job. If I lived in the inner circle, I would definitely do this job. After all, it's just watching a store. It's boring at most but not hard.

[Jueqingshui] That's right, they are all full and don't know the hunger of hungry people. I work in the outer circle to transport goods, working twelve hours a day and earning 800 points a month, but this is physical work, and I feel like a dead dog when I get home. Even now, I have to compete with others for this job. Taking advantage of the recent cooling down in the field of cargo logistics where there is a shortage of manpower, the salary is high enough, otherwise I would also like to choose those jobs that are easy.

[Smiling] I think this job is good, so I decided to give it a try. I checked the map and it only takes half an hour to walk from my home there, so I think it's okay.

These were the messages sent before Gu Tongwan joined the group. After Gu Tongwan randomly entered a chat group on the forum, he found that there were not only recruitment information, but also many discounted products and special-priced goods during each supply and marketing cooperative time period, and there were people specifically sending daily notification messages.

After entering the group, I saw that the most discussed topic was the drop in temperature in the past few days.

[Little White Rabbit is White and White] To be honest, it has been getting colder and colder recently. I heard that the temperature will drop significantly starting tomorrow.

[Shui'er] Cool down? How long will it keep cooling down? It's already minus 21 degrees outside. If it keeps cooling down, will people be able to survive?

[Smiling at the Flower] The news I received is that the temperature has dropped to at least minus 30 degrees Celsius, and it will continue to drop. It is already minus 33 degrees Celsius in the capital, and it will be a matter of time for us in Jiangcheng.

[Jueqingshui] Although I am from Northeast China, the coldest time in my hometown could reach minus 37 or 38 degrees Celsius, but to be honest, every household at that time had a heated kang and a fireplace, and the whole room was warm. Even the apartments had collective heating. It was nothing like now when conditions are limited and it is good enough to have a heating stove at home.

[Shui'er] Oh, stop talking. I ran all over the inner city these past two days, trying to buy an electric blanket, but it was out of stock everywhere in the city. I finally found one selling it in a department store on the central commercial street, but they told me it was 65 yuan per piece, and it was one meter by centimeters. This is simply robbery. I remember it was only yuan at most when it was sold last year, and it was unsalable and no one bought it.

[Quanquanyuanyuan] You know, the temperature was over 10 degrees last winter, which was not considered winter at all. This winter is extremely cold, and all the warming products are basically in high demand. Not to mention electric blankets, even small sun heaters, fireplaces and electric heaters are all out of stock.

[A Fish] I went to buy charcoal this morning. There were still a few bags left at home, which were not enough. I spent more than 3,000 points to buy 50 kilograms.

[Picking a flower and smiling] That's right, the price of gas has also increased. It used to be 180 yuan per can, but now it's 300 yuan per can.

[Jiang Hu Ji Ji] If you want to buy gas, go to the east of the city. It’s cheaper there, about two hundred and sixty yuan a can.

【Nianhua Yixiao】Really? Then I'll buy one more bottle, so I don't have to afford it when the price goes up later.

[Jiang Hu Ji Ji] Go early, because the purchase is limited to one bottle, and it seems that there is a limit of 300 cans per day. If they are sold out, you will have to wait.

[Little White Rabbit is White and White] The prices of everything have gone up now. Meat seems to be okay, but the prices of vegetables, except for potatoes and sweet potatoes, have not increased. The prices of green leafy vegetables have increased by nearly 50%. I'm considering not eating vegetables and only eating meat recently. Anyway, there must be a lot of frozen meat in the base warehouse, and the price will definitely not increase in a short period of time.

[Jueqing Water] Eating meat all the time is not a good idea. You must consume vegetables. For now, buy some dehydrated vegetables. It’s okay to eat them twice a week.

[A Fish] What I am more worried about now is the water problem. The water pipes are all frozen, and the water is only available when the temperature rises slightly at noon. However, water is needed for cooking, making meals, and even going to the toilet. It is impossible to use charcoal or gas to heat it every time. It would waste a lot of charcoal.

[Quanquanyuanyuan] I heard that the base has sent technical personnel to check the water pipe problems in each community and self-built house one by one. It is just a matter of time. Before that, everyone can only find a solution by themselves. At home, I put two buckets of water in the master bedroom every day. I have a heater in my master bedroom, so the temperature will be better, and the water inside will not be completely frozen.

[The Little White Rabbit is So White] My family also puts the water bucket in the room, and we scoop water from the room when we need water every day.

【A Fish】It seems that everyone’s methods are similar.

[Unfeeling Letter] I, who live in the outer circle, dare not speak. There is only one fireplace in my room. When I want to use water every day, I have to heat it up.

[Picking Flowers and Smiling] In this cold winter, I worry that my poop will turn into ice chips when I go to the toilet. Fortunately, the sewer is not completely frozen, otherwise we would suffer even more.

[Little White Rabbit is so White] Can you please stop talking about such an unappetizing topic? I’m eating.

[Circle and Round] That’s right, I’m still eating snacks.

[Jiang Hu Ji Ji] The people who are working hard must be the people from the municipal pipeline and drainage companies. Today when I went to work, I saw several vehicles being dispatched in succession to check the road sewers.

[A Fish] Well, there are people with difficulties everywhere, so let’s just think about ourselves.

I saw everyone in the group discussing the issue, and I received several messages in the private message box in the upper right corner of the forum section.

When she opened it, she found several job search messages, but one of them caught her attention.

This girl named Luo Mei not only sent her birth age and some simple work resumes, but also described the duration and working conditions of each job in detail. She has worked as a temporary employee of a supply and marketing cooperative, a domestic waiter, a restaurant waiter, and a temporary salesperson in a commercial center. The reason why all of them were temporary jobs was because the girl was not old. According to her resume, she was only sixteen years old when she got her first job, and she is only eighteen now. In just two years, she has worked in seven or eight jobs of different industries, but after all, none of them were professional industries, so the longest time the girl stayed in one position was no more than half a year, either because the company went bankrupt or because the company cut costs and dismissed the temporary workers.

Moreover, the girl's job application was sincere. She did not show any dissatisfaction with the salary and working hours, and said that she could go to work at any time.

Because the forum pays more attention to personal privacy, personal photos are generally not posted. Basically, after recruitment, offline interviews are arranged directly.

After Gu Tongwan ticked the box for this person, he replied with an interview message. So it is tentatively scheduled that there will be four interviews each in the next two days, with a total of eight people, including two boys and six girls. In addition, Xu Hang also introduced another girl. So in total, he needs to choose a suitable person as an employee of the fruit and vegetable store from among nine people. And this interview must be carefully screened, and he must not meet someone like Zhou Xiaojuan again because of personal connections or by relaxing the conditions.

He stretched his waist and finally finished today's work. Yang Mei and Liu Jinhua were in charge of preparing lunch, and the interview had also been finalized for the time being.

When I woke up the next day, I felt that the temperature had dropped a lot. Yesterday morning the temperature was around minus 23 or 24 degrees Celsius, and now at 5:30 in the morning I was woken up by the temperature dropping again.

Glancing out the window, the entire window was covered in a layer of white mist from the condensed snow and frost, and everything became real and fake. The snow outside had stopped falling, but the layer of snow on the ground was obviously thicker than yesterday.

At this time, two shadows, one black and one white, could be seen playing outside the yard.

Gu Tongwan frowned. What else could it be if not his own dog?

As soon as she opened the door, the cold wind outside made her shrink her neck. Although the living room was relatively warm, perhaps because the charcoal was not strong enough, the indoor temperature was still nearly minus two or three degrees Celsius, which was in sharp contrast to the temperature of five or six degrees in her room.

It was actually a little better after going down to the first floor. The temperature on the second floor was raised from the heating pipes on the first floor, so the temperature was seven or eight degrees higher, and the feeling was almost the same as in the room.

Yan Fan was sitting on the sofa meditating, and only opened his eyes when he saw her coming down.

"When I woke up in the morning, I saw Aoao and Tutu scratching at the door, so I let them play in the yard for a while."

Gu Tongwan nodded and walked to the induction cooker to boil a pot of hot water for herself.

"The thermos has been burned and should still be hot." Yan Fan's voice came from behind. Gu Tongwan then put down the pot, turned around and picked up the thermos to pour himself a cup of hot water. However, as soon as the hot water was poured into the glass, there was a crisp explosion sound, and the glass shattered in front of his eyes.

She looked at the sacrificed glass in silence. It was a glass that she liked very much.

Because the temperature of the glass is too low in extreme cold, it is easy for the two to change when it comes into contact with hot water. Looking at the glass fragments on the floor, Gu Tongwan smiled bitterly and said, "I shouldn't have used a glass cup."

"I'll go get the broom. Be careful not to step on the glass shards." Yan Fan said and turned to get the broom from the utility room.

After changing to an enamel cup, Gu Tongwan made himself a cup of wolfberry and red date tea, while standing outside the window looking at the snow in the yard. The snow was already more than ten centimeters high. It had been snowing heavily for the past two days, and it was the kind of real heavy snow. Except for a temporary stop at noon, the snow continued after eight o'clock in the evening, making it extremely difficult for people to walk outside.

"It's snowing so heavily, I don't know when it will stop." She couldn't help but sigh. Yan Fan, who came back with a broom, cleaned up the glass shards and replied casually, "It will snow for another two days. By then, the temperature will drop to 40 degrees, which should be enough."

"What did you say?" Gu Tongwan looked at Yan Fan in surprise.

Yan Fan shrugged and said, "Sister, I didn't say that. The TV said that." He pointed to the TV, which was broadcasting yesterday's news.

"The Meteorological Bureau announced that the temperature will continue to drop over the next two days, and the lowest temperature could reach -42 degrees Celsius the day after tomorrow. Citizens are advised to stay indoors during heavy snow unless necessary, and take precautions against the cold and use fire safely."

Gu Tongwan lowered his head and took a sip of hot tea, then he said slowly, "Why are all these official notices from the base the same? They all said the same thing last year when there was an insect plague and extreme heat."

When I turned the TV channel to the weather station, there was no one reporting the news. Instead, twenty hours of weather information was scrolling in real time. It now showed that the temperature in the entire Jiangcheng was minus 22 degrees Celsius. By noon, the temperature would rise to minus 16 degrees Celsius, but from tomorrow morning the temperature would drop again to minus 31 degrees Celsius, and in the next 72 hours the temperature could drop as low as minus 43 degrees Celsius. The coldest area in the entire China would also experience the lowest temperature in human history of minus 73 degrees Celsius.