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

Originally, Luo Mei was not very interested in the topics they were talking about, especially one of the girls who asked questions seriously and liked to get to the bottom of things, which made Luo Mei a little uncomfortable. For example, she asked Luo Mei which neighborhood she lived in, how many people were in her family, and her previous work experience.

Fortunately, the girl sitting at the cashier counter changed the subject in time and brought up the matter of frozen mutant pork.

"Isn't this normal? I guess the mutant pork is about to go bad, so they are in a hurry to sell it."

"It's abnormal, okay? Under normal circumstances, mutant pork can be frozen for several months or even longer. The bacteria would have been killed under low temperature conditions. I suspect this batch of pork has already smelled bad, but pork itself has a strong smell, so even if it is sold for cooking, no one would be able to taste it."

"So that means what's being sold is actually spoiled and inedible?" The tall girl's face started to look a little ugly after hearing this. After all, she was planning to talk to the store manager after finishing her part-time job in two days and use the employee price to buy some pork to stockpile at home.

The cashier girl nodded, looking very confident: "It's definitely not edible, but... it shouldn't be inedible, it just makes you have diarrhea, anyway, it won't be a big problem, otherwise the base wouldn't dare to sell it like this, and the daily limit is 100 kilograms of pork. After the supply and marketing cooperatives resume business on the tenth day of the first lunar month, I estimate that the frozen meat will be sold out soon, and the loss of the base will be less."

The tall girl twitched her lips, her tone full of dissatisfaction with the base: "The base's wishful thinking is too sophisticated, aren't they afraid that someone will find out the truth and cause trouble?"

"What else can we do? Normally, pork costs 60 to 70 points per pound, but now the limited-edition spoiled pork only costs 30 points per pound. And it won't kill you. Even if you have diarrhea, how can we tell whether it's caused by eating pork or drinking cold water? The principle that the people should not fight against the officials has never changed since ancient times. Anyway, we can only keep this to ourselves. If we confront the store manager in person, we will only be fired."

As they talked about this topic, they felt more and more depressed. The cashier girl saw that everyone seemed to be affected, so she quickly changed the topic to another matter.

"By the way, have you read the news? The base has recently opened up quotas for home purchases. The first batch of sales includes 15 residential areas, hundreds of shops, and more than 3,000 units in total. If you are interested in registering, you can log in and register directly through the dedicated online channel."

"Aren't we in the inner circle given priority to buy houses this time?" asked the tall girl.

"Well, it seems that this time the lottery is conducted online. Anyway, there are only 3,000 houses in total. It is said that it will take another month after the registration ends before it is open. But if you ask me, the houses in the dungeon are so expensive, not many people can afford them." The cashier girl took out a bag of melon seeds from her pocket while speaking, and gave some to Luo Mei and the tall girl.

"I think the last time the underground city was opened, there was a listing of houses. It seems that a group of people have already purchased them in advance. The leader of my dad's unit bought a three-bedroom apartment, and he paid in full for hundreds of thousands of points. It's more expensive than the houses on the ground."

“How can they all be sold? Houses are so expensive. Just one house on the ground is enough to make people feel suffocated. If there is another one in the underground city, we won’t be able to afford it even if we work our whole life.” The tall girl stuck out her tongue, looking a little disapproving. She always felt that this matter had nothing to do with her. After all, her family would never be able to afford a house in the underground city in this lifetime.

"If you don't buy, someone will. I heard that the base will open up 100,000 permanent residents in July. By then, people from other cities and many small camps outside will want to live in the base. With more people, there won't be enough houses, so they have to live underground. But I heard that houses can be exchanged. The permanent residents of the base can exchange their houses on the ground for underground houses. But this is just a rumor. Whether it is true or not remains to be verified." The cashier shrugged her shoulders, and then saw a boy standing not far ahead. A happy smile immediately appeared on her face: "My boyfriend is here to pick me up. I won't chat with you anymore. See you tomorrow. Bye."

Luo Mei saw the cashier girl fly into the man's arms like a little bird, and the two of them looked like a young couple who had just started dating for a short time.

The tall girl looked away with some envy and pointed to a small alley nearby: "I'm going back in this direction. See you tomorrow."

After the two of them left, Luo Mei set out on the road home alone. Her home was still about two kilometers away. Because the ground was slippery and there was a thin layer of snow, it would take Luo Mei at least another half an hour to walk home. Fortunately, she got off work early, so she didn't have to worry about safety issues.

After returning home, Luo Mei told her family about her work today, even including the fact that the underground city was about to sell houses to the outside world.

Luo Cheng, who was sitting in front of the TV watching TV, glanced at her and said, "Sister, you know it too late. I knew it last night."

"How do you know?" Luo Mei asked.

"This little brat played with your dad's phone until the early morning last night." Zhou Ruochu glared at Luo Cheng with an unhappy tone.

"Don't be nearsighted. Glasses are expensive. The cost of the eye examination plus the cost of the glasses is almost half a month's living expenses for our family."

"Sister, you are so nagging." Luo Cheng couldn't help but mutter a few words under his breath, but when he saw Luo Mei's deathly gaze, he quickly shut his mouth obediently.

Luo's father tried to smooth things over at this time: "Well, it's okay for a child to like playing with a mobile phone, and let him have some fun during the holidays."

With Luo's father's protection, Luo Mei couldn't say anything else, so she could only say, "That's true. Watching TV consumes electricity, and mobile phones can at least save some electricity. But Luo Cheng, let me tell you, you have to pay attention to your eyesight, don't become the first nearsighted person in our family."

"Sister, can't you just hope for me... If you keep nagging, you might not be able to get married in the future."

"What did you say?" Luo Mei narrowed her eyes, her tone filled with the smell of gunpowder.

The fearless Luo Cheng was most afraid of Luo Mei getting angry, so he immediately shrank his neck like a quail and said, "No, no."

Zhou Ruochu collected the last needle in his hand before continuing Luo Mei's topic: "Xiao Mei, if the supply and marketing cooperative sells spoiled frozen meat recently, our family should not buy it in the near future."

"Don't we still have some meat at home? Is there still some from what the boss lady gave us last time?" Luo Mei asked.

"There are still some, but not much. I put a few cans of meat on the balcony, and there is some frozen meat left in the refrigerator, maybe only three or four pounds." Zhou Ruochu recalled with a frown.

"Then we should save some food at home. We can take some out for Lantern Festival. I think the spoiled meat will be sold out by March. Then we can buy some pork and keep it. Oh, there is one more thing I want to discuss with you."

"What's the matter?" Father Luo, who was originally repairing furniture, raised his head and asked curiously.

Luo Mei hesitated for a moment, and finally made up her mind and said, "I want to use our current house to exchange for a house in the underground city."

Luo Mei's words made Luo's father and Zhou Ruochu a little unresponsive. Instead, Luo Cheng leaned on the stool and shouted excitedly: "Really? When will our family really move into the underground city?"

"Luo Cheng, shut up and listen to what your sister says." Zhou Ruochu scolded the noisy Luo Cheng and then turned her eyes to her daughter, "Luo Mei, what's going on? Why do you want to change houses for no reason?"

Luo's father knocked the floor with the tool in his hand, and suddenly said: "If our family's conditions really meet the conditions for exchanging houses, it's not impossible."

"Lao Luo, are you joining in on Luo Mei's mischief? Why do we have to move houses when we are living well here, and underground? I can't be happy when I think about the eerie feeling underground." Zhou Ruochu had a psychological trauma. The flood had just ended and it was extremely hot at that time. Luo Cheng followed the large group to leave the community and head to the rescue center. In order to escape the heat, he lived in a ditch for a while. Zhou Ruochu's condition worsened in that environment. Therefore, Zhou Ruochu never particularly liked the underground city.

Luo's father also guessed the main reason why his wife disliked the dungeon, and could only smile apologetically: "We have to listen to our daughter's reason for changing houses. Luo Mei has been sensible and obedient since she was a child. You know she is not the kind of person who throws tantrums and makes trouble. She must have her own reasons for doing this."

Seeing that the father and daughter were standing on the same front, Zhou Ruochu could only temporarily suppress his anger: "Okay, I want to hear your reasons for the change."

"Take this time for example. The blizzard caused many disasters. Now the global weather system has been completely disrupted. Human beings have entered a new era. We don't know what natural disasters will occur in the future, but extreme heat, blizzards, floods, and even earthquakes are all possible. Although major cities have established base fortresses, they still have to face the invasion of mutant creatures and the threat of non-governmental forces. In addition, the base will continue to open up to foreign populations from the second half of the year. By then, the population of the base will continue to rise, and the ground area is limited. Although the base has plans to expand the ground area, our Jiangcheng plate shifted after the earthquake. There is a barren red soil in the east and a large forest in the north. It will be difficult to continue to expand in the next few years. In this case, the advantages of the underground city are revealed. Although there are variables in the underground city, it is obvious that the government has planned the key areas of human life in the future in the underground city in the past two years. If we can seize the opportunity to get the residence in the underground city first, it will be more beneficial than harmful to our family. So this time we just have the opportunity to exchange houses for houses, and we must not miss it."

Seeing Luo Mei frowning and looking serious, Zhou Ruochu was a little surprised. She could only bite her lip and said, "It's not that serious. We survived all the natural disasters last year, didn't we?"

"We did make it last year, but this year, it's hard to say what's in store for us. Besides, you said we made it, but it was the money that Dad earned by risking his life working at the underground city construction site that kept our family from starving. But mom, have you ever thought that the underground city has actually become an absolute fortress for major bases in the future?"

Zhou Ruochu usually only watched TV or listened to the radio at home, so most of her information came from these two places. As for what Luo Mei said, she really didn't know.

Luo Cheng glanced at his mother and sister, and felt that the atmosphere was a little tense, so he interrupted and said, "Mom, what my sister said is actually true. You haven't checked the forum. Recently, many posts on the forum are talking about the underground city. The future trend is all in the underground city. Moreover, the first batch of houses in the underground city are the best and closest to the central area. If we can get one, we will make a lot of money."

"You just browse the forum all day long. It seems that your sister is right. You should play with your phone less in the future." Zhou Ruochu shook his head, his tone quite reproachful.

"Ruochu, I don't think this matter is unreliable. Do you remember that I worked in the underground city before? The community I was in charge of was in the central area, and it was also the place farthest from the dangerous area. At that time, our contractor mentioned it after drinking, saying that many people would be vying for the houses in the underground city in the future, and that the base might build an absolute underground city fortress, and that some European countries have begun to implement the same plan. He also joked that he had reserved a house for himself this time, and that he would live in the underground city in the future. We laughed at him at that time. He left his large villa of more than 300 square meters on the ground and ran to the underground city to suffer. Now think about it, maybe we are the ridiculous ones. Maybe he had received some inside information in advance." Father Luo felt that something was wrong with this matter, so he told what he knew, and the more he thought about it, the more he understood why the contractor sighed after drinking.

Zhou Ruochu saw that her two children and her husband were on the same front. She was not an unreasonable person. Although she did not like the dungeon, if the dungeon was really the last bastion of mankind in the future, the houses in the dungeon would definitely become something that everyone would scramble for.

"But our house is less than 50 square meters. How much can we get in exchange for a house in the underground city?" Zhou Ruochu sighed. Besides, houses in good locations in the underground city are said to be more expensive than apartment buildings in the ground community. Their family might have to add extra money.

"It can be exchanged for 35 square meters. I just calculated that we can buy a 45-square-meter two-bedroom apartment. We can get a loan for the extra space. Currently, the maximum loan amount for the underground city is five years. During these five years, I can work and I will definitely be able to earn enough money to buy a house."

Zhou Ruochu looked at his daughter's determination, and seeing that both the father and son also supported her, he felt that this matter was actually a done deal.

"Okay, you guys make the decision. Now that you've made the decision, let's hurry up and do it." After struggling for a while, Zhou Ruochu finally chose to compromise, but at the same time he couldn't help sighing in his heart that this H countryman couldn't escape the fate of buying a house in the end.