Stockpiling in the Apocalypse: Supplies Forging a Legend of Survival

Just as Liu Ruoyan was getting impatient, she heard Zhang Yuan beside her suddenly speak up.

"Auntie! What do you do? Is there a neighborhood committee in our base? Do you have to find out the origins, names, and jobs of the people living here? I've never heard of such a thing."

The old lady was stunned on the spot by Zhang Yuan's barrage of questions. It took her a while before she stammered, "No, I'm not. I was just asking out of concern for you. You young people think too much. If you don't want me to ask, then forget it."

After quickly saying these words, the old lady immediately withdrew into the house and slammed the door shut.

Zhang Yuan looked at Liu Ruoyan with a smile. "Let's go!"

When they got downstairs, Zhang Yuan said as he walked, "When you meet someone like that, you can't just keep quiet. You have to be even more talkative than her and ask more questions than she does. When she can't answer, she'll leave on her own."

Although Liu Ruoyan thought there was some truth in what Zhang Yuan said, she didn't intend to do as he suggested.

As Liu Ruoyan was thinking about this, she heard Zhang Yuan change the subject. "However, I can see that you're not the kind of person who would say such things. But it doesn't matter. Just leave it to me."

Liu Ruoyan was taken aback when she heard this. Leave it to him?

Although these were kind words and Liu Ruoyan knew Zhang Yuan meant well, she always felt there was something strange about it.

"By the way, how much do you know about the base? Where have you been around?"

Zhang Yuan asked, turning to look at Liu Ruoyan.

Even though the street lights weren't very bright, they still couldn't conceal the charm in his eyes.

Liu Ruoyan took one look and quickly averted her gaze, slowly shaking her head.

"I've only been out once. I know there's a small night market not far ahead. I don't know anything else."

"Then let's go and have a look there first."

Seeing Zhang Yuan's enthusiasm, Liu Ruoyan didn't refuse. She led him to that small night market.

It was no different from when Liu Ruoyan came here two days ago. There were still people coming and going, and it was very lively.

Liu Ruoyan wasn't very interested in the things sold here.

However, Zhang Yuan was extremely interested. He had a smile on his face all the time as he walked around from one stall to another.

But he just looked around. By the time he had finished looking around all the stalls, Zhang Yuan hadn't bought anything.

The two of them left directly and continued walking forward.

The Qingliang Summer Resort was indeed a famous imperial garden. Although many buildings had been added, which seemed a bit out of place with the original style, it still looked good.

As they were walking, Liu Ruoyan and Zhang Yuan stopped.

Ahead to their left, there were several buildings.

Those buildings were different from the houses they lived in. They didn't look like commercial housing but more like large warehouses.

Even from a distance, they could still hear the noise over there. There must be a lot of people.

Liu Ruoyan understood that this should be the collective dormitories built by the base for those who couldn't afford to rent houses.

Although the windows were all curtained and they couldn't see inside, just thinking about it, they knew the environment inside wouldn't be very good.

However, it was the First Base after all. It was already very good that it could ensure food and drink for these people and provide them with a place to live.

In those small bases where Liu Ruoyan had stayed in her previous life, there weren't even such collective dormitories. Even in the base, everything depended on oneself.

Liu Ruoyan only wanted to live her own life well. She didn't have the extra thought to sympathize with others. She quickly withdrew her gaze and looked at Zhang Yuan beside her. "Where else do you want to go?"

Zhang Yuan shook his head. "There's nothing else worth looking around. Let's go back."

Hearing him say that, Liu Ruoyan nodded in agreement. The two of them went back to the sixth floor together and then each went back to their own homes.

From that day on, Liu Ruoyan didn't go out again and resumed her days of staying at home.

She cooked three meals a day on time, completed her daily training step by step, and spent the rest of the time reading books, watching dramas, or preparing things for the winter.

Don't look at the hot weather now. In just over two months, the weather will turn cold overnight.

And it will change from extremely hot to extremely cold, with a temperature span of dozens of degrees.

In that one night in her previous life, quite a lot of people died of freezing.

Liu Ruoyan had thought about whether to find a way to notify the leaders in the base.

However, after this thought came up, it was quickly dismissed by Liu Ruoyan herself.

She couldn't ensure that she could pass the message quietly, nor could she ensure that she could get away unscathed afterwards.

Having been reborn with great difficulty, Liu Ruoyan didn't want to take risks casually.

Two months after staying indoors, one night, Liu Ruoyan opened the door of her own house.

Her rent had expired, and she had to go to the housing rental center to renew it.

Just as Liu Ruoyan had walked out of the door, she saw Zhang Yuan outside the iron fence gate, using a key to unlock it.

Liu Ruoyan knew that Zhang Yuan had often gone out in the past two months because she could hear the clanging sound of the iron gate each time. However, Liu Ruoyan wasn't curious about what Zhang Yuan had been doing. She was just focused on staying at home and living her own life.

Liu Ruoyan didn't expect that the first time she stepped out of the house in two months, she would happen to meet Zhang Yuan coming back from outside.

Zhang Yuan had already opened the lock. He picked up the big and small bags at his feet and walked in.

"Are you going out?" Zhang Yuan asked with a smile.

"Going out to do something."

Zhang Yuan nodded. After thinking for a while, he leaned closer to Liu Ruoyan and lowered his voice. "You know, I'm helping the base with some work, so I'm quite well-informed about the news.

I heard that the weather is going to turn cold soon. You'd better stock up on some things for the winter."

Hearing this, Liu Ruoyan's heart skipped a beat. "Is this news accurate?"

"It should be quite accurate!" Zhang Yuan said with a smile. "Anyway, it won't hurt to prepare some things and keep them at home. Just think of it as being prepared for any eventuality."

"Since the temperature is going to drop, has this news been announced yet?"

"Not yet, but I think it will be soon. Once the news is announced, the prices of things for the winter will definitely go up. You know that."

Of course Liu Ruoyan knew. She sincerely thanked Zhang Yuan. "Thank you for telling me this news. I'll go and buy some things later."

"That's good. I'll go back first. See you later."

"See you later."

After bidding farewell to Zhang Yuan, Liu Ruoyan went downstairs to the parking lot, drove to the housing rental center first.

Liu Ruoyan renewed her rent for two years and then went to the supermarket officially run by the base.

This was the first time Liu Ruoyan had come here. She had heard from people in the night market before that this supermarket was no different from the supermarkets before the apocalypse.

Now that she was in the supermarket, she knew that what those people said was indeed true.

This supermarket should have originally been the supermarket in the scenic area and hadn't undergone any major changes.

Only the security had been strengthened a lot, and people couldn't go in and browse by themselves.

People who came to buy things could only stand outside the counter and say what they wanted. The salesperson inside would bring the things over, and they would exchange contribution points for the goods.

If anyone tried to snatch something and run, the security guards nearby were not to be trifled with.

Just by looking at the bulges on their waists, one could tell that they must all be armed with guns.