Stockpiling in the Apocalypse: Supplies Forging a Legend of Survival

Seeing that Zhang Yuan stopped when he reached the door of the bedroom, Liu Ruyan simply walked forward and opened the door herself.

"Come in quickly, or the warm air will all escape." Liu Ruyan urged.

Hearing this, Zhang Yuan then entered the room.

The last time Zhang Yuan came to Liu Ruyan's bedroom was when he helped her carry the stove.

It had been a while since then, and there were quite a few changes in the bedroom.

At that time, the room was chilly, and there were cool mats and ice silk mattresses everywhere.

But now, everything in sight was in warm colors.

The bedding on the bed and the carpets on the floor were all fluffy.

Just looking at them made one feel very warm.

Liu Ruyan took off her snow boots, put on the shoes crocheted with wool, and stepped directly onto the carpet.

Not hearing any movement behind her, Liu Ruyan turned her head and saw that Zhang Yuan was still standing there.

Looking at the black leather boots on Zhang Yuan's feet, Liu Ruyan immediately understood.

"Wait a minute!"

Liu Ruyan said this and walked around to the other side of the bed and started rummaging under the clothes hanger.

Fortunately, due to the current weather, the clothes were relatively thick and long.

If one didn't get close, one couldn't see what was in the woven basket under the clothes hanger at all.

After rummaging around in it for a while, Liu Ruyan took out a pair of light gray men's cotton slippers.

"Here, try them on and see if they fit."

She had bought these during the extremely hot period at a men's clothing store that was having a discount.

At that time, she just bought them just in case they might be useful in the future.

She didn't expect that they would really come in handy now.

She just didn't know if they would fit.

While Liu Ruyan was thinking about this, she saw that Zhang Yuan had already bent down to take off his boots and put on the cotton slippers.

Zhang Yuan gently stepped on the ground with his feet. "They fit well. Thank you."

"Glad they fit. Come over and sit down quickly."

Zhang Yuan walked over and sat down beside Liu Ruyan.

Fortunately, the mat was long and big enough. Even if three or five people sat on it, it wouldn't seem crowded.

After sitting down, Zhang Yuan took out the things from the cloth bag.

There was a booklet and four large thermos flasks.

"To prevent the nutrient solution from freezing, I put it in the thermos flasks." Zhang Yuan explained.

Liu Ruyan indicated that she understood and started reading the booklet carefully.

Seeing that Liu Ruyan was focusing on the booklet, Zhang Yuan's gaze fell on Liu Ruyan.

Unlike when they were out, Liu Ruyan was now wearing fluffy pajamas at this time, and there were two long rabbit ears on the hood of the pajamas.

Her facial features were originally delicate, like a doll's.

She also had short hair, and now dressed like this, she looked even younger.

Zhang Yuan looked her over for a while and thought that she could be described with one word - cute and soft.

The booklet was very thin, with only four pages in total, and a large part of it was pictures. Liu Ruyan finished reading it quickly.

As soon as she looked up, Liu Ruyan saw that Zhang Yuan was staring at her.

"What's the matter?"

Liu Ruyan said as she reached out to touch her face. "Is there something wrong with me? Why are you looking at me like that?"

Zhang Yuan came to his senses and smiled and shook his head. "Nothing's wrong."

"That's good."

Liu Ruyan was relieved. Her fair and slender fingers tapped on the booklet. Her full and round nails showed a healthy pink color and were very pretty.

"I've finished reading it. According to what's written here, it's quite simple to plant them.

These are new cold-resistant varieties. As long as the temperature is in the teens Celsius, they can survive, and there are no pests. We just need to mix the nutrient solution in proportion and add some to the water at regular intervals.

I want to give it a try. What about you?"

Zhang Yuan readily agreed. "I also want to give it a try. The fried shredded potatoes are really delicious."

Liu Ruyan nodded in agreement when she heard this. "Roasted sweet potatoes are also delicious! And they can be made into dried sweet potatoes too!"

After saying that, the two of them looked at each other and smiled, and there seemed to be more tacit understanding in their interaction.

Hydroponic cultivation needed containers. Liu Ruyan had quite a few, but she didn't know if Zhang Yuan had any.

"Do you have containers for hydroponic cultivation?"

"No."

"Then I'll go and get some for you. I have quite a lot."

Liu Ruyan changed her shoes and went out of the bedroom, and then quickly ran into the larger bedroom.

After closing the door, Liu Ruyan took out some logistics boxes from her space.

The bottoms of these logistics boxes were completely sealed and wouldn't leak water, so they were quite good for hydroponic cultivation.

Liu Ruyan carried a stack of logistics boxes back to the door of the small bedroom and knocked on the door with the boxes. The door was opened from the inside.

Before Liu Ruyan could say anything, she felt the boxes in her hands become lighter as Zhang Yuan took them.

Liu Ruyan took out twelve logistics boxes, and each of them got six.

For the first time of planting, Liu Ruyan didn't plan to plant too many. Three boxes for potatoes and three boxes for sweet potatoes.

"Before planting, we need to raise seedlings first and wrap them with plant ash..."

Liu Ruyan took a look at the stove. There was ash in the stove, but it was the ash left after burning charcoal, so it definitely couldn't be used.

However, there were the firewood they brought back yesterday piled up in the living room outside.

She took a few pieces over, lit them in the stove, and then put them into an iron bucket to let them burn slowly.

Looking at the burning wood in the iron bucket, Zhang Yuan stood up. "It seems that it won't burn out for a while. It's almost time for lunch. Let's go to my place to cook?"

Liu Ruyan didn't refuse. She asked Zhang Yuan to carry the iron bucket and the nutrient solution back first, and she would go over after changing her clothes.

When she went over, Liu Ruyan also carried the six logistics boxes along.

Opening her own door, Liu Ruyan found that Zhang Yuan hadn't closed his door at all. She walked in with the boxes in her arms and put the boxes in the living room.

Although there was an iron fence gate at the stairs, and even if the living room door was open, no one else could come in, but with the door open like this, Liu Ruyan still felt a bit uncomfortable. She walked over to close the door.

Just as she was about to close the door, Liu Ruyan saw a person standing outside the iron fence gate, standing on tiptoe and craning his neck to look this way.

Probably not expecting that Liu Ruyan would come back, after his eyes met Liu Ruyan's, he was stunned for a moment and then quickly turned around and hurried downstairs.

Looking at the figure of that person leaving, Liu Ruyan narrowed her eyes.

Liu Ruyan wouldn't say that she had a photographic memory, but she thought she had a good memory.

Although she could only see that person's eyes, Liu Ruyan still recognized that the person just now should be the one living in the east household on the first floor.

Several young people lived in that household. Liu Ruyan had met them a few times when she went out, but there had been no communication between them.

"Why don't you go in? Isn't it cold outside?"

Hearing Zhang Yuan's words, Liu Ruyan closed the door and turned to walk towards him.

After entering the room, Liu Ruyan said, "I just saw a person standing outside the iron fence gate. It should be a boy living in the east household on the first floor."

Zhang Yuan raised his eyebrows when he heard this. "The people living on the first floor, what are they doing coming upstairs?"

Liu Ruyan shook her head. "I don't know. As soon as he saw me, he ran away."