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

Jiang Tian glanced at the store and saw a middle-aged couple busy in the store. The husband was squatting in front of the stove smoking a roast chicken, and the wife was cutting side dishes for the smoked chicken on the counter.

It was around 3:30 in the afternoon, so there weren't many people around. The daylight hours have increased recently, and it gets completely dark after 6 o'clock, so we had to wait until 4:30 before more people would start to gather in the commercial street.

Jiang Tian walked to the front and glanced at the several servings of smoked chicken placed outside. In this weather, a thin layer of frost had already condensed on the smoked chicken. There was also a portion of mixed food placed next to it, which showed that it probably contained potatoes, green onions, onions, fungus and other side dishes.

The smoked chickens used here are basically tender chickens that are less than twenty days old. In the apocalypse, the taste of chicken, duck, fish and meat has basically changed. The appearance of poultry and livestock is also somewhat different from before. Some animals and poultry are larger than before, so the twenty-day-old chickens here are actually about two kilograms after processing, and the side dishes look quite large, so the selling price of two hundred points is actually not too outrageous.

Looking around, he found that in addition to the smoked chicken shop, there were two other shops next door selling braised meat, and another one selling fried food. Jiang Tian thought about it, and finally asked the boss for a portion of mixed smoked chicken. Finally, he spent another fifty points to buy two meat buns for tomorrow's breakfast. In addition, he bought a fried eggplant box. This fried eggplant box is not cheap. One portion costs 150 points, which is equivalent to Jiang Tian's daily income. Moreover, a portion of fried eggplant box is only seven or eight yuan. After all, the price of vegetables in the base is now higher than that of meat.

I also bought a bowl of not-so-authentic spicy Hu La Tang at the restaurant next door, so today's New Year's Eve dinner only has four dishes and one soup, which is quite sumptuous for two people.

It was nearly five o'clock in the evening when they returned from shopping. There were more and more people in the street at this time, and there were even people selling spring couplets written by themselves. Jiang Tian finally spent fifty points to buy one. She felt very relieved with her hands full of things.

Although it is still extremely cold now, this year is the first time she has spent the Spring Festival at home after the apocalypse. In previous years, she was either on a mission with the guild or training in the camp. Being able to have a reunion dinner with Jiang Chi in her own home is the happiest thing.

When Jiang Tian came back, she found that Jiang Zhi had just cleaned the whole room. The heater in the room was on, which was in stark contrast to the cold air outside. Looking at the clean living room and bright bedroom, Jiang Tian took the things in her hand to the kitchen and said with a smile: "Brother, look what delicious food I bought. I didn't expect it to be so lively outside. I thought there would be no one outside."

"After all, it's New Year's Eve. If it weren't snowing, many people would be happy to come out." Jiang Zhi rolled up his sleeves and walked into the kitchen to help naturally.

Jiang Tian's eyes fell on Jiang Chi's profile. A few years had passed, Jiang Tian was already 21, and even Jiang Chi was already 24. He didn't know if he would have the chance to see his brother get married in the future.

The Jiang family’s New Year’s Eve dinner is simple, but it adds a touch of homely atmosphere to this warm little apartment.

The same situation is happening in other homes in the base. Some people are happy to be with their loved ones, but sometimes there are people who can only huddle in the rescue center in the cold winter and eat tasteless steamed buns and clear soup.

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The Zhang family's New Year's Eve dinner is also being prepared in full swing. Compared to the Jiang family's simple New Year's Eve dinner, the Zhang family can be said to have put a lot of thought into the preparations this year.

Because this year is the first time that the Zhang family can get everyone together to have a New Year's Eve dinner. At this time of year in previous years, Zhang Youfan and his son basically chose to stay at the construction site to work in order to earn double points. This year, due to the extreme cold, all construction sites were basically shut down, so Zhang Youfan and his son were forced to be "unemployed", but this also made the Zhang family's first "reunion dinner" possible.

In comparison, the dishes at the Zhang family seemed much more sumptuous. In total, Liu Jinhua and Yang Mei prepared seven dishes and one soup, including soy sauce chicken, cured duck, stir-fried bacon with green onions, steamed pumpkin, tomato and egg, shredded potatoes with vinegar, stir-fried cabbage, and winter melon soup.

Liu Jinhua and Yang Mei, who had been busy in the kitchen for an afternoon, finally breathed a sigh of relief when a dish was served. Zhang Youfan and his son, who were mending tools in the living room, were already starving after smelling the food on the table. Even nine-year-old Zhang Zhibao couldn't help swallowing his saliva and even urged his mother in the kitchen: "Grandma, Mom, are you done? I'm almost starving."

"Why are you in such a hurry? You're not going to starve to death if you're just a few minutes late. Go wash your hands quickly and get the dishes from the kitchen." Yang Mei came out from the kitchen carrying the last dish of winter melon soup. The winter melon soup was made with chicken broth, and there was even a layer of brightly colored chicken oil floating on top.

"By the way, remember to call Wanwan later and ask her if she wants to come to our house for the New Year's Eve dinner. She gave us so many things last time, and now she is alone at the base during the New Year. This child has no relatives and is afraid of loneliness." Liu Jinhua untied her apron and looked in the direction of Zhang Youfan.

Zhang Youfan smiled and said, "Xiaobao called just now. She said she will spend New Year's Eve with her friends this year. She also wished us a happy new year in advance and said that she would come to visit us if the weather is good later."

"Oh, it's good that she's with her friends. I feel relieved too." Liu Jinhua finally showed a slight smile on her face.

Yang Mei took over the conversation at this time: "This year, it's all thanks to the dishes sent by Wanwan, otherwise our New Year's Eve dinner wouldn't be so sumptuous. Mom, didn't you and I find some wool under the bed a few days ago? I was thinking of knitting a scarf for Wanwan as a New Year's gift."

"That's great. You're really thoughtful. Why didn't I think of giving her a gift? I was just thinking about giving Wanwan a red envelope, but the base doesn't use paper money anymore, and it feels weird to transfer points on a phone. You're really thoughtful. Giving her a scarf can keep you warm and show your thoughtfulness."

"I will start knitting tonight and will probably be done the day after tomorrow. I see girls like lighter colors, and I happen to have a beige scarf. If I have enough wool, I'll knit another pair of gloves." Yang Mei smiled, and her mood was better than ever.

"Okay, let's eat quickly. The food will get cold and won't taste good." Liu Jinhua caught a glimpse of her grandson sitting at the table with his saliva about to flow, and she couldn't help but smile.

And in the base, there are many ordinary families reuniting together to celebrate the fifth New Year after the apocalypse.

Compared to the Zhang family’s New Year’s Eve dinner, Gu Tongwan’s New Year’s Eve dinner was also in full swing.

Liao Yunyun was well aware that her cooking skills were not good and she was worried about being in the way in the kitchen, so she took the initiative to clean the house.

Yan Fan was sweeping the snow on the roof. The snow on the roof had not been cleared away yet, so he could take this opportunity to clean it.

Liao Yunyun took the mop and started cleaning from the second floor. There is a tradition here during the Chinese New Year to get rid of the old and welcome the new, so before the arrival of the first month of the year, the dirty clothes must be washed and the house must be cleaned. These things will not be done on the first day of the new year.

When Gu Tongwan and Liao Yunyun were young, they often followed the director's aunt to clean the orphanage on New Year's Eve. Not only that, the director's aunt would also clean all the children on New Year's Eve, and they would not be allowed to take a bath or wash their hair on the first day of the new year.

In fact, Gu Tongwan is not a superstitious person, but maybe since childhood he has known that this is a local custom, so it has continued for many years. For this reason, Gu Tongwan plans to take a bath before twelve o'clock tonight and simply wipe his body on the first and second days of the New Year.

Because Chen Yanxi is coming in the evening, there must be at least five or six dishes for the four of them to celebrate the New Year this year. She has quite a lot of cooked dishes in her space, but because they are all bought from restaurants, they are authentic local dishes in terms of taste and appearance. The spices and side dishes are extremely rich. There are not many restaurants in the apocalypse that can make such taste. Once she takes it out, it will be too eye-catching. Therefore, after much thought, she decided to do it herself. Although the taste is not as good as those packaged ones, it can at least beat most of the restaurants in the apocalypse.

There are only four people coming to dinner tonight, and Gu Tongwan plans to make eight dishes and one soup. After all, the more dishes there are, the more festive the atmosphere will be. The tentative menu is: stir-fried lamb with green onions, chestnut chicken, sweet and sour pork, three fresh vegetables, pork and cabbage stewed with vermicelli, eggplant with fish flavor, steamed spare ribs with rice flour, stir-fried rapeseed, and radish and lamb chops soup.

More than half of the eight dishes are main dishes. It is a big challenge to prepare so many dishes at one time. This is also the first time for her to prepare the New Year’s Eve dinner alone.

I get up at 7:30 in the morning and start cleaning after having breakfast. At least I have to tidy up my room. I put some down jackets and cotton coats that I often wear in the closet, change the bedding to a new four-piece set, and change the curtains in the room from beige to pink blackout curtains.

The curtains in the living room have been hung for five months. Gu Tongwan took down all the curtains on the first and second floors, and replaced them with light green light-blocking curtains from the space. The remaining curtains were all thrown into the washing machine. However, the water in the pipes was frozen, and the washing machine had basically become a decoration. Most of her underwear and autumn clothes were washed by boiling hot water and then mixing it with ice water. Moreover, the clothes could only be placed indoors and dried with a heater or a dryer. After all, if the clothes were placed outdoors in this kind of weather, they would turn into popsicles in a short time.

After dealing with the curtains, she also changed the sofa cover. Therefore, the first and second floors are all equipped with fabric sofas. The sofa covers she bought before were second-hand goods from the black market in order not to attract attention. After using them for a period of time, the color gradually faded. So she found a set of gray and a set of light green from the system warehouse inventory. In order to unify the color with the curtains, the light green sofa cover was directly used on the first floor, and the other gray sofa cover with cartoon patterns was used on the sofa on the second floor.

When Liao Yunyun got up, she was shocked. Looking at the newly changed curtains and the brand new sofa, she thought she had entered the wrong house.

On the other side, in the villa of the hunter team, the hunters who had a rare day off today had been busy until the early morning last night after several days of special missions. Fortunately, New Year's Eve to the third day of the New Year are holidays, and Chen Yanxi also agreed to give the team a few days off. During this holiday time, everyone in the team went to sleep with the determination to sleep until noon.

The first one to get up was still Xu Qingzhi, who was used to getting up early. Even though Xu Qingzhi, who was used to going to bed early and getting up early, did not touch the pillow until three in the morning last night, he still got up at nine thirty this morning. The first thing he did after getting up was to start cleaning. Just when he was sighing that he was the only one who got up on the morning of New Year's Eve, he saw the captain appear in the living room on the second floor with a cup of black coffee in his hand, which actually did not refresh him much. After all, for high-level psychics like them, ordinary refreshing drinks have lost their effect on them. If they want to maintain good energy, in addition to high-intensity mental strength, they have to rely on the "nutrient solution" specially developed by the base's scientific research institute for psychics.

"Captain, you got up so early today too?" Xu Qingzhi admired and feared Chen Yanxi. On the one hand, she admired and worshipped the strong man, and on the other hand, she was frightened when she thought of Chen Yanxi's coldness and strictness during daily training. So it was no wonder that Xu Qingzhi broke into a cold sweat when she saw her captain sitting in the living room right after getting up.

"Well, I got up because I couldn't sleep." Chen Yanxi's voice was not as low as usual. Even Xu Qingzhi could feel that his captain was in a good mood at the moment. At least the low pressure on his body was much weaker than usual.

Xu Qingzhi seldom spends time alone with Chen Yanxi except when on missions. It can even be said that except for Fang Tang, no one else in the team is willing to be alone with the captain. After all, their captain is a well-known "ice cube". This is not to say that Chen Yanxi always has a cold face, but he has been in the front line for many years. The bloody aura on his body gives people a strong sense of oppression. Coupled with the fact that he doesn't smile easily, it is easy for people to feel that he is difficult to approach or even have the courage to look him in the face. So gradually, even the members tried to reduce the time they spent with Chen Yanxi as much as possible.

Xu Qingzhi quickly washed up and started cleaning. Unexpectedly, when he was halfway through cleaning, he saw Chen Yanxi walk to the windowsill and start to take down the curtains.

Can you imagine how weird it would be to see a man who usually fights ferocious and bloodthirsty mutant beasts on the battlefield doing housework at this moment?

Anyway, Xu Qingzhi had never imagined this scene, so he lost his grip on the broom in his hand and it fell to the ground, which successfully attracted the other party's attention.

Facing those deep black eyes, Xu Qingzhi even stuttered: "Captain, what are you doing?"