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

It snowed on the first day of the new year, but the snow was not heavy. The ground was covered with some white ice and snow, and the vigorous snow clearing operation in the base finally came to an end.

The streets, which should have been deserted during the Chinese New Year, were actually filled with people strolling around. This was probably because the recent snowstorm and extreme cold had trapped most people indoors at the base, and as it was the Chinese New Year and the snow had subsided, more and more people were tentatively heading out.

Good luck on the first day of the first lunar month. This is the custom of celebrating the Spring Festival in Country H. Therefore, at nine o'clock in the morning on the first day of the first lunar month, you can see many children aged 11 or 12 running on the street with various Spring Festival decorations or toys they made by themselves in their hands.

"Yunyun, are you going out later? I want to go out for a walk."

Gu Tongwan opened the door and entered the guest room, only to see Liao Yunyun lying on the bed, wrapped tightly in the quilt. After a while, she stretched out a hand and shook it.

"No, it's so cold outside, what's there to see? Besides, I may have drunk too much yesterday, and I'm feeling a little uncomfortable." In fact, Liao Yunyun was so happy that she drank too much last night. Not only did she drink the red wine brought by Chen Yanxi, but she also drank the plum wine brewed by Gu Tongwan. She drank more than half of Chen Yanxi's red wine alone. Not only did she mix the two kinds of wine, but she also drank a lot. No wonder she felt dizzy and nauseous this morning. Otherwise, with Liao Yunyun's personality, she would never miss the excitement of the New Year's Day.

"Okay, I'm going out alone. If you need anything, just call me. Also, there's porridge cooked this morning on the stove. If you're hungry, just heat it up." Gu Tongwan closed the door again.

Yan Fan was sitting in the living room on the first floor meditating. In addition to normal physical training, Yan Fan also arranged meditation for himself during this period.

Meditation can train the mental power of the psychic, which is also Yan Fan's weakest point at present. Although the energy of superpowers has increased several times compared to before and the time of using superpowers has increased significantly, the perception of mental power is far from the level of B-level psychics.

In fact, Yan Fan is considered a genius among the psychics. Without any formal systematic training, he was promoted from a D-level psychic to a B-level psychic in just a few months. However, he did not go to the Hunter Guild to register as a hunter, so the outside world did not know about such a person. Otherwise, with Yan Fan's speed of improvement and qualifications, he would be a talent that all major guilds would be fighting for.

"Sister Wanwan, are you going out?" Yan Fan raised his head and opened his eyes and asked.

"Go out and have some good luck, and visit friends in the outer circle."

Aunt Man called her early this morning and asked Gu Tongwan to have lunch at her place at noon. She had originally planned to have dinner at night, but when she thought that it would be completely dark after dinner, and that the hotel was some distance away from where she lived, and that it was unsafe as there were few people on the road recently, the landlady decided to change the meal to a lunch gathering at noon.

It's been almost two months since I saw Aunt Man and Xiaoli and the others, and I miss them quite a bit.

Although we can contact each other by phone or online, there is no such intimacy and familiarity as when we are in person. We should take advantage of the New Year period when the weather is still good to go out and meet and contact each other more often.

Because it was Chinese New Year, Gu Tongwan changed her clothes before going out. The light blue calf-length down jacket made her look particularly energetic, and it was in line with her aloof and indifferent temperament. In addition, she wore a white knitted hat made of rabbit fur and a beige scarf and gloves of the same color, which was simply eye-catching.

The shoes she wore were short boots made of deerskin with a layer of white fur on the outside of the boots. They were bought from a small shop abroad. Deerskin has good warmth-keeping effects, and many countries close to extremely cold areas often use deerskin to make various warm products.

Under the down jacket, he wore a cashmere sweater and a thermal underwear, and a single layer of clothing inside. As for the pants, he wore autumn pants, fleece pants, and a pair of down pants on the outside, a total of three pairs of pants. Although they were a bit bloated, at least he could move normally in the outdoor weather of minus 50 degrees Celsius.

Gu Tongwan still drove his off-road vehicle out. New anti-skid chains had been replaced on the wheels, and the speed was maintained at around 50 yards.

It was 9:30 in the morning when she went out. As it was still early, she planned to go for a walk in the nearby commercial street first, and then go to the farmer's market.

The commercial street was much busier than she had imagined. Logically, there wouldn't be too many shops open during the Spring Festival, but businesses that were forced to stop operating during this period of extreme cold and suffered losses were eager to turn losses into profits, so they still chose to open for business even during the New Year period.

Not only restaurants, but also many fruit and vegetable stores were open, but the shelves were empty, with only the most basic ingredients such as potatoes, sweet potatoes and rice on sale.

There is also a shop selling coal nearby. The price of coal is still very high, but there are still many people buying it. After all, the temperature is still dozens of degrees below zero. In this kind of weather, you can't stay at home without a heater.

When they drove the car to the roadside, there was already a parking boy on the side of the road. After seeing Gu Tongwan, he immediately came forward with his hands rubbing, "Thirty points for an hour, and an additional ten points for every fifteen minutes beyond that." The man was smiling and seemed to be in a good mood.

Gu Tongwan saw that there were already more than a dozen cars in the open-air parking lot. It seemed that quite a few people came to the commercial district today. The man was in a good mood because he made a lot of money.

But it’s no wonder that the man is in a good mood. While Gu Tongwan was talking to the man, some more cars came one after another. It seemed that they all wanted to go out shopping while the weather was good.

Gu Tongwan knew that it was meaningless to bargain with the man at this time, and there were not many parking spaces nearby. She was mainly worried that the car would be scratched, so she was destined not to save this money.

To park here, you need to pay a ten-point custody deposit first. I guess they are worried that some people will deliberately refuse to pay and cause trouble when they pick up the car, so they charge in advance to be on the safe side.

After paying the parking deposit, she put on her scarf and entered the new department store which had just opened some time ago but had to close due to the extreme cold weather.

This shopping mall has five floors in total and covers an area of ​​more than 10,000 square meters. It can be said to be the largest supermarket department store since the construction of the base. It is built in the center of the commercial street. Its target group is also very obvious, that is, the high-income people in the inner circle of the base. After all, an ordinary woolen coat there can be equivalent to some people's points income for half a year.

Gu Tongwan actually wanted to buy some things as New Year gifts for people. Although there were many things in the space, those things were too eye-catching compared to those produced in the apocalypse. If it was someone close to him, it would be fine, but if it was an ordinary friend, Gu Tongwan did not intend to leave any hidden dangers, so after much deliberation, he finally decided to choose suitable items from the base to buy.

As soon as you enter the mall, you can immediately feel the difference inside. The heating is even on. Although it is not so hot that it makes people feel stuffy, there is at least a temperature difference of nearly 20 degrees from the outside, which means that the temperature inside the mall is at most minus 20 degrees Celsius.

Probably because it is a newly opened shopping mall, so there are not too many people going in. The first floor is the shoe area, and it seems that the investment promotion has not been completely completed yet. Some shops have not been renovated yet and are even covered with baffles. The rest of the shops each have a salesperson standing there, but these salespeople do not look very energetic, and some even cannot help yawning, looking drowsy.

But it's no wonder that there are so few people here. After all, the prices are terribly high. Gu Tongwan glanced at the snow boots on the shelf of one of the counters and saw that they cost nearly 500 points, which is almost equal to the salary of an ordinary white-collar worker in the inner circle.

However, the salespeople here all look pretty good. Both male and female are above average in appearance and have good figures. It seems that the shopping malls here are quite strict about the appearance and figure of the salespeople.

After a walk around the first floor, I found that about one-third of the shops were still open. More and more people were entering the mall, but most of them were just looking and not buying. After all, with such high prices, ordinary people would definitely consider carefully.

After going up to the second floor, she found that it was for women's clothing. There were more women's clothing stores than in the shoe area, but there were still very few people shopping in the mall. Looking around, she could only vaguely see four or five people who were out shopping like her because they were bored.

The styles of clothes after the apocalypse are actually not much different from those before the apocalypse. Even if the environment is difficult and there are designers designing clothes with advanced design elements, compared to the previous clothes that were more ornamental than practical, most people in the apocalypse still pursue practicality. Even young people will choose casual clothes that are more suitable for activities rather than clothes that just show off their figure.

Unfortunately, after the end of the world, manufacturing factories in various industries recovered slowly, so the prices of goods in the four industries of food, clothing, housing and transportation could not be controlled at extremely low prices.

In fact, few residents of the base would go into such high-end shopping malls to buy clothes. Most people would still choose to buy them at farmers' markets or certain neighborhoods. Since these neighborhoods are not in the city center, the stall rents are cheaper, and the styles are actually similar to those in the shopping malls. The only difference is that they are made in small factories, so the quality is not very good. However, because the prices are in line with people's current income levels, they are very popular among residents.

But because it was New Year's Day, Gu Tongwan didn't mind spending the money if there were suitable clothes in the mall.

[New spring cotton clothes, 2% to 7% off in our store]

In front of one of the women's clothing stores, he saw a billboard outside that clearly stated the store's current activities. The styles of this store were more suitable for young girls. Gu Tongwan immediately fell in love with a white cotton coat worn by the mannequin in front of the glass window.

The waitress in the store sat in front of the cashier counter with her chin propped up. She had just returned to work today so she was not in a good mood. If it wasn't for meeting this month's performance targets, she would not have been willing to work during the Chinese New Year.

After entering the store, Gu Tongwan slowly walked around and found that the styles of the clothes here were indeed good and the quality seemed okay, but because each piece of clothing was covered with a transparent plastic cover, its main purpose was to prevent people from touching it casually. After all, these clothes were indeed luxury goods for normal people.

The white cotton coat in front of the window was Xiaoli's favorite style. The sign behind the mannequin said 2500 points, but this should be the price before discount, so Gu Tongwan turned around and asked, "Beauty, how much discount is this dress?"

The waiter raised his head and first glanced at Gu Tongwan from head to toe, and finally replied indifferently: "New models are 30% off. By the way, don't touch them for too long. If the clothes get dirty, you will have to buy them for real."

Many people came into the store to inquire about prices today. The waiter must have felt a little annoyed, and since he was working during the New Year holiday, his attitude became even colder. Although Gu Tongwan's dress should be that of a girl from a petty-bourgeois family, her temperament is probably rather cold, so people would not think she is a big shot, let alone think that she would readily buy a coat worth thousands of points.

Gu Tongwan had expected the waiter's attitude, so he didn't feel angry. He just quickly calculated the discounted price in his mind. Even with a 30% discount, it would still cost about 2,000 points. This price was obviously beyond his budget.

In fact, it’s not that Gu Tongwan is stingy, but it’s better to buy two more clothes instead of spending two thousand to buy a cotton coat, so that he can change them frequently.

Although he didn't plan to buy a coat, Gu Tongwan caught his eye at a red scarf in the counter. Judging from the material, the scarf should be made of the hair of a mutant animal. It only costs 400 points. In Gu Tongwan's opinion, the value of this scarf is much higher than that of the white cotton coat. He just doesn't know why it is placed in such an inconspicuous place.

"Hello, is this scarf still on sale?"

The salesperson yawned lazily and replied casually: "Everything over there is 70% off, but there are no gifts."

It turns out that in addition to the ongoing discount promotion in order to sell products, the store will also give away an extra two-pound bag of rice when you purchase a coat.

In fact, Gu Tongwan didn't care much about the two kilograms of rice. Instead, she quickly calculated the discounted price of the scarf in her mind. It was only 120 points. And it seemed that there were two scarves of the same material next to it, but one was white and the other was black. Judging from the color, it looked like the fur of the mutant rabbits she had hunted in the northern forest before.

However, she thought it was too troublesome to handle the rabbits at the beginning, so basically the rabbits she hunted were either used to feed her two dogs or given to the proprietress.

However, the fur of high-level mutant rabbits can indeed be made into scarves of good quality. This scarf is mixed with several other scarves that are obviously man-made, so it's no wonder that it can't be sold.

"I want all three scarves. Please help me wrap them."

The salesperson raised his eyebrows slightly, and there was a hint of joy on his face. After all, everything sold could be counted as commission. Although the commission for a few scarves was not much, every little bit counted.

Just as the salesperson stood up from the cashier counter, a fragrant breeze blew in from outside the counter. It was a strong perfume smell, and then a gorgeously dressed woman walked in with a man in his early thirties. Not long after the woman came in, she suddenly shouted to Gu Tongwan, "Are you Gu Tongwan?"