Years after nuclear wastewater discharge, the Earth's ecosystem was severely damaged, natural disasters occurred frequently, and the end of the world arrived!
After Qin Muxue was tragical...
Chapter 4 Various Stockpiles of Supplies (1)
"Why are you treating me to dinner again? I feel so embarrassed to eat your food every time. Let me treat you this time!" Ding Manman picked up the menu, took a look at it, and put it down in panic. What kind of restaurant is this? A serving of beef costs 199. Is it something a commoner like her can afford?
"Manman, what are you talking about? When I was the poorest, you often treated me to meals and helped me. I just treated you to a few meals. You don't have to take it to heart."
Qin Muxue ordered a lot of premium Wagyu beef and pork belly based on the principle that the end of the world is approaching and if she doesn't enjoy it now, she will never enjoy it again.
"Can you eat so much?" Ding Manman asked in a low voice.
"Don't worry! If you can't finish the food, pack it up and take it back. I have two hungry beasts at home!"
"Actually, I'm curious, why did you rent a house on your own..."
In the high-end barbecue restaurant, there were waiters who served them specially. Qin Muxue pondered for a moment and said, "Now that I have Baozhu and a cat, it is definitely impossible for me to live in the dormitory. My father treats me well on the surface, but in fact he listens to my stepmother and treats me well because of the inheritance my mother left me and the house. I feel uncomfortable living there."
Ding Manman had met Qin Muxue's sister before. Although the girl was about the same age as them, her personality was not as carefree and cheerful as Qin Muxue. If Qin Muxue had not been so stubborn and only thought about how to please Yan Xu, they would not have had such a quarrel before.
But now Qin Muxue was so kind to her all of a sudden, she was a little uncomfortable for a moment.
While eating the premium roast beef, Qin Muxue felt a sense of emotion. This was what life was all about. The delicacies of the world could make one's mentality better.
"Xiaoxue, are you still in touch with Yan Xu?"
Qin Muxue frowned, "Don't mention him, I've already seen what kind of scumbag he is. Don't worry, Manman, you are my good friend, I won't be a spare tire anymore!"
Ding Manman smiled freely, and felt that the old Qin Muxue had returned. "Well, that's good."
"Hurry up, let's eat more barbecue. We may not have the chance to come here again in the future."
Looking at the sizzling and smoking barbecue, Qin Muxue couldn't help but eat several more plates. Her stomach was already so full that she couldn't move!
But she couldn't help but eat a few more pieces because she was greedy. After all, everyone was starving in the apocalypse, and she had been eating every day since her rebirth, so she had to eat enough this time.
Thinking of the so-called teammates in the end times who shared her companion's orb, hatred rose in her heart. She would not let any of Yan Xu, Sang Xi, and that burly man go.
"By the way, Manman, I want to learn archery again!"
Although she gave up halfway, she still had the experience of ten years of study, and she could get her hands back in another six months.
"That's a good thing! You always won first place in the competition. If it weren't for your stepmother, you could have participated in the world competition now."
Qin Muxue felt depressed when she recalled the past. There was another important reason why she gave up archery.
At the beginning, she had passed the selection and could obviously participate in the competition, but her stepmother Xia Qiaoyun couldn't bear to see that she was better than her daughter Qin Jia, so she designed a plan to make her fall down the stairs, and also stepped on her arm with her high heels, saying that she did it accidentally.
Her arm was broken, but Xia Qiaoyun cried in front of her father and said it was an accident. He also said that he would find the best doctor to treat her. However, the treatment was delayed in the end, and she suffered from a chronic illness and has been unable to use her arm with great strength.
After rebirth, some things can be changed, but some things cannot be changed. Qin Muxue looked at her injured arm and sighed silently, but now she has money and a way to heal her injured arm.
Ding Manman comforted her, "Nowadays, technology is becoming more and more advanced, and medical technology has also improved. Xiaoxue, your arm will definitely get better."
"Well, don't worry, I won't feel sorry for myself. I will work hard to get treatment."
"Manman, I have a good idea!" Qin Muxue's eyes lit up, "Why don't you move in with me!" They had agreed before that they would live together, Manman would be responsible for cooking and she would be responsible for cleaning. Now there is an empty room in the house, so there is enough space for Manman to come and live with her.
Ding Manman hesitated and said, "But I don't have money to pay the rent. Now I am still living with my uncle. How can I afford to pay the extra rent?"
"Stupid Manman, do we still need to talk about money?"
Just because Ding Manman risked her life to save her, she will definitely protect her well in this life!
"I still feel embarrassed when you say that..."
"It's okay, think about it first and tell me when you've made up your mind!"
She has other things to do now and also needs to start purchasing some resources.
Qin Muxue opened her cell phone and searched for equipment for survival in the apocalypse.
Surprisingly, there is indeed a group of people online who believe that the end of the world is coming, but their number is relatively small and they cannot cause any waves.
She wrote down the supplies that needed to be purchased on a document, filling up an entire page and looking dizzying.
The most important things are medicines and food. After all, in the end times, all kinds of diseases are emerging one after another, and medicines are scarce. Some of the medicines she listed cannot be bought in pharmacies and need to be purchased by someone else elsewhere.
Fortunately, Qin Muxue had a classmate at the Medical University who had a way to get large quantities of drugs. She called her, and the other party was very surprised why Qin Muxue needed so many drugs.
"Yes, there is a way, but I also need to make some connections." Qin Muxue didn't say much and gave her 200,000 yuan. "Is it enough?"
"That's enough, but what do you need this medicine for?"
"My father's company wants to use the medicine as a special benefit for employees, so they need a large quantity."
"Okay, leave it to me."
Qin Muxue went to the drugstore to buy some of the medicines that are usually available everywhere, such as anti-inflammatory drugs, antipyretics, stomach medicines, Chinese patent medicines, and antidiarrheal drugs. The drugstore employees found it strange because they had a large inventory of these medicines and usually only a few people came to buy them. But this girl bought half of them at once. However, her sales performance was achieved, so she didn't ask any more questions.
In order not to arouse suspicion, Qin Muxue only bought a portion of the medicine in each pharmacy and did not buy them all.
She also bought various vitamins. It is also very important to maintain a balance of vitamins in the body in the last days.
Then I went to a Chinese medicine shop and asked the pharmacist to prescribe some Chinese medicine prescriptions, including those for colds, stomach problems, and tonics.
Thinking about how all her pocket money was wasted on that man Yan Xu, and then wasted on Sang Xi, Qin Muxue felt extremely distressed. She would not let those two dogs have an easy life in the future.
At that time, she had stockpiled some supplies, but she didn't expect that Yan Xu would secretly help Sang Xi. This time, she would never give anything to that man again.
What kind of man do you want? They are all spendthrifts.
The next day, the friend delivered the medicines, and even she was amazed by the efficiency.
It turned out that the friend thought it was profitable, so he did things faster than usual. It turns out that money makes things easier.
Qin Muxue put all these medicines into the space. They will be life-saving things in the future.
Now that she had stockpiled medicines, she naturally needed to stockpile some self-defense items. She knew how to shoot arrows, and she had even signed up for a martial arts class to learn martial arts, which could both strengthen her body and provide self-defense, killing two birds with one stone.
Huaguo's martial arts are extensive and profound, but unfortunately she is already in her twenties and it is too late to lay the foundation now. She can only learn some simple moves first.
After doing the set of movements, her back and waist ached, and her arms also ached.
It seems that what she needs first is to strengthen her physical fitness. Quick success will definitely not work. She can only gradually strengthen her physical fitness and improve her physical strength over this period of time.
First, I regulate my daily routine, getting up early in the morning for a run, fixing my biological routine, and taking the dog for a walk at the same time, killing two birds with one stone.
Every day at dawn, she gets up for a morning run. The air is better in the early morning. This place is close to the lake, and running by the lake makes people feel refreshed. Occasionally, there are a few elderly people doing morning exercises passing by.
Qin Muxue felt that there was a man following her, and she couldn't help but become more cautious.
She hid in a small forest nearby, and sure enough, a man wearing sunglasses came out after a while. He was annoyed when he saw that he had lost someone.
"Are you following me?"
The man in sunglasses was startled. He just saw a girl living alone and thought it would be easier to take action, so he followed her. But he didn't expect that the girl would come out on her own initiative.
The man in sunglasses had a knife on his waist. Even when facing the barking Baozhu, he was not afraid because he had a weapon on him.
"I advise you to hand over your belongings, and I can spare your life!" For some reason he felt a little guilty when he said this.
The way the dog looked at him frightened him.
Qin Muxue didn't expect that in this day and age there are still people who rob openly, but when she thought about the news on TV, there were many reports of single women being killed.
"Whatever you want, come and get it yourself!" Qin Muxue smiled provocatively, making the man in sunglasses feel very unhappy.
Qin Muxue let go of the chain in her hand and let Baozhu rush forward. Baozhu bit the man's trouser leg. The man grimaced in pain and was about to stab Baozhu with a knife.
While the man wasn't paying attention, she immediately stepped forward and snatched the knife from his hand, and also controlled him with a grappling technique. It was all done in an instant, and the speed was so fast that even she was surprised.
The man screamed in pain. Qin Muxue controlled him with one hand and called the police with the other.
It turned out that this man was a repeat offender. He was responsible for many recent cases of girls being robbed, and Qin Muxue was even rewarded for this.
Qin Muxue thought that the weather was about to get cold, so she needed to prepare some wilderness survival supplies. She couldn't save on these things because they would affect her life safety at any time.
She came to the largest shopping mall in the area and went to the area selling clothes.
It's still summer now, and down jackets are basically on sale. She took the opportunity to pick out more than a dozen thick, warm, windproof and waterproof down jackets, not only for herself, but also a few according to Manman's height, as well as various cold-resistant artifacts such as windbreakers, hats, thermal underwear, snow boots, hiking boots, sports shoes, and hundreds of pieces of various clothes, including underwear, which are all essential underwear, all made of cotton.
Things like down quilts were all on sale, so she bought about a hundred thick and warm goose down quilts.
Then we went to the outdoor sports area and bought several sets of great quality wilderness survival tents, sleeping bags, portable wilderness survival stoves and pots, and barbecue grills. We sold out all the supplies in the mall.
Of course, there are also various mosquito coils, flashlights, insect repellent, compasses, raincoats, and other outdoor survival supplies.
Heaters and stoves are also essential, and coal must be stockpiled in large quantities.
You naturally need to prepare a kettle, cooking pot, hot pot, spatula, bowls and chopsticks, cups, and the utensils you use for your daily meals.
There are also some daily toiletries. When I think about the end of the world without even these things, I feel stinky all over.
Qin Muxue went to the supermarket and bought some soap, laundry detergent, toothpaste, toothbrush, washing powder, a lot of paper towels, wet wipes, and toilet paper. She didn't want to wipe her butt with leaves anymore.
Then she stocked up on some cooking seasonings: salt, sugar, soy sauce, vinegar, beef sauce, chili sauce, pickled mustard, and various spices. If she had the chance, she also wanted to cook for herself.
I went to the food section and bought some of her favorite snacks: potato chips, biscuits, cookies, melon seeds, peanuts, as well as carbonated drinks, juice, milk and other various beverages.
She also bought a lot of noodles, dumplings, wontons, rice balls, and nuts. She basically bought all the food in the supermarket.
Dry goods area: various dried black fungus, seaweed, shiitake mushrooms, red dates, cinnamon, chili, prickly ash, aniseed, cumin, pepper, wolfberry, longan, peanuts, tangerine peel, raisins, etc.
Instant noodles: braised beef noodles, old-style pickled pepper beef noodles, red oil fried pepper beef noodles, old-style sauerkraut beef noodles, spicy beef noodles, stir-fried red pepper beef noodles, fresh shrimp and fish noodles, mushroom stewed chicken noodles, turkey noodles, etc.
I bought some fat beef, fat lamb, hot pot base, hot pot meatballs, tripe, pig throat, etc. for hot pot.
I also bought special eggs for raising, what if they really can be hatched one day in the apocalypse?
Then I bought a few small suns, electric fans, hand warmers and hot water bottles online.
Necessary disinfectant, alcohol, toilet water, and insecticide.
I went to my favorite snack stand again and ordered 5,000 servings of a variety of snacks, including fried dough sticks, century egg and lean meat porridge, spicy soup, xiaolongbao, spicy vermicelli buns, tofu buns, beef patties, grilled cold noodles, scallion pancakes, sauce-flavored pancakes, and shou-pulled pancakes.
I also went to a noodle shop and bought 10,000 servings of noodles, including large pork rib noodles, small pork rib noodles, pork intestine noodles, vegetarian chicken noodles, Zhenjiang pot lid noodles, Lanzhou ramen, etc.
Originally, she wanted to buy some more kayaks, but it was difficult to keep balance in the rough waves, so she made up her mind and consulted about private yachts.
This kind of yacht is usually only purchased by wealthy people. When she came to a private yacht sales center with no makeup on and simple clothes, several salesmen were too lazy to pay attention to her.
"Little sister, are you coming to buy a yacht?"
"I just came to take a look." Qin Muxue smiled slightly, and the salespeople around her knew that this was another customer who just came to take a look.
"Can I see the best yacht you have here?"
She touched the material of the yacht. She was bringing her cats and dogs with her, so she definitely needed a bigger space. She was not satisfied with most of the space here.
The salesperson thought she was overestimating her abilities. Only a new guy came to greet her, carefully introduced the performance of the product to her, and took her to see the yacht with the best performance.
Qin Muxue was very satisfied after seeing the actual product and prepared to pay the deposit immediately.
The young man was very surprised, "Miss Qin, are you really going to buy a yacht?"
"Yeah, is that weird?"
"No, no, but the price is so high. I know a second-hand yacht with a good value for money and super good quality. The price is half of a new one."
"Then take me to see it!"
That second-hand yacht was called second-hand because it only had a scratch on the hull. Otherwise it was no different from a brand new one, and she could save half the money, so Qin Muxue bought it immediately.
"I'll send someone to drive it away in a few days."
The yacht also needs oil, so she found a lot of people who helped her buy gasoline at a high price. All 1,000L of diesel was stored in the space. It can be used not only for the yacht but also for the car.
Thinking of this, she went to the auto show center again and started buying cars.
It happened that her stepmother Xia Qiaoyun brought Qin Jia to buy a car. Wow, her father didn't say he would buy one for her, but bought one for Qin Jia first. She was not surprised by this. Anyway, with her stepmother around, her father would never think of her if he had any good things.
It seemed that Xia Qiaoyun was very picky and was planning to buy a luxury car worth about 3 million yuan for Qin Jia. She was wandering around the luxury car area in a high-profile manner until she saw Qin Muxue.
"Muxue, are you looking at cars too?" On the surface she was smiling, but in fact she began to show off how outstanding Qin Jia was.
"Our Qin Jia has done very well in her studies this time. I'm going to buy her a car. Muxue, are you coming to look at the cars too? Which one do you like?"
"Oh, I think that car is very nice, I like it very much."
Qin Muxue pointed to a flashy red sports car not far away, admired it for a long time with a longing look, and even asked for a test drive.
"I'm sorry, miss, we don't allow test drives on our sports cars," the salesperson replied politely.
In fact, this thing only looks good on the outside. As for its practicality, it is just for show.
"Do you like that one, sister?" Qin Jia asked deliberately.
She deliberately said with regret: "I like it. I fell in love with it at first sight, but it's too expensive."
"Mom, I want that one!"
Sure enough, Qin Jia just couldn't stand seeing things she liked. Qin Muxue sneered in her heart and said, go ahead and buy it. This is actually the car with the worst cost-effectiveness, and it has had frequent quality problems in the past few years. She was pretending to like it, only in this way could she make Qin Jia take the bait.
Sure enough, no matter how Xia Qiaoyun persuaded her not to buy this car, she insisted on having this sports car. Qin Muxue shrugged as if it was none of her business and went to the RV area next to her.
Her goal is actually very clear, which is to buy an RV.
She took a fancy to an RV with high cost-effectiveness, reasonable space planning, refueling and built-in solar charging. It can easily accommodate two or three people and a dog and a cat.
Qin Jia had already paid the deposit for the sports car, and watched Qin Muxue buy an RV. "Sister, why do you want to buy an RV? Why not a sports car? Oh, I forgot, there is only one of this sports car, and you can't buy it now."
Qin Muxue folded her arms and sneered, "Yes, I really want it, but since you bought it, I can only settle for the next best thing. I bought the RV because I want to travel and visit all over the country."
Without giving her a chance to speak, Qin Muxue bought the RV and quickly rushed to the next venue.
That’s right, it’s the largest farmers’ market in the entire city, and she has to stock up on all kinds of food and vegetables.
But after arriving at this place, Qin Muxue regretted her decision. She wanted to buy a lot of rice, but the boss made the mistake of selling inferior rice as good quality, mixing old rice with new rice. In fact, she couldn't tell the difference, but this kind of business was really despicable.
Moreover, the vegetables here are extremely expensive and not very fresh.
So Qin Muxue started searching the Internet for ways to help farmers. By purchasing agricultural products from ordinary people, she could buy fresh and low-priced agricultural products, and help people in poor areas at the same time.
The next day, Qin Muxue took three days off, asked Ding Manman to take care of her cats and dogs, and went out to buy food.
There is such a place in a village in the neighboring city. A farmer who contracted the land was preparing to sell all the grain in the rice barn because he urgently needed money to treat his daughter who had cancer.
"The harvest has been getting harder and harder in recent years. I had no choice but to sell the grain at a low price. Otherwise, I would not be able to do so."
Qin Muxue not only took a fancy to his rice, but also to the various vegetables in his greenhouse. "Do you sell these vegetables?"
"For sale." Actually, this was decided by the previous partners, but now that the vegetables are about to be harvested, there is uncertainty on their side. He is worried about what to do with so many vegetables.
"These are all natural, pollution-free, organic vegetables. Little girl, you won't get anything wrong if you buy them."
Qin Muxue looked at the fresh tomatoes and asked, "Can I try some?"
"Of course." The farmer picked one and handed it to Qin Muxue. She took a bite and immediately felt that it was fresh, juicy, and very sweet, with a first-class taste.
This saved her the trouble of looking for other farmers. "I want all these vegetables."