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

As soon as Gu Tongwan opened the door, he saw a woman in her fifties or sixties lying on the ground in a somewhat funny posture.

"Who are you? You've been shouting outside for so long. This is considered disturbing others late at night, do you know that?" Gu Tongwan closed the door slightly, clasped his hands across his chest, his tone filled with displeasure and rebuke.

The old lady saw Gu Tongwan wearing a mask and a hat, and after taking a closer look at her for several times, she asked, "I was just wondering who you are. Are you the girl who lived with us before?"

"Who I am is none of your business. But you, who have been standing outside acting suspiciously, what do you want to do?" Gu Tongwan saw that the old woman continued to tilt her head and tried to look inside through the half-closed door, so he moved his feet slightly to deliberately block her view.

The old woman raised her head and glared at Gu Tongwan with some dissatisfaction, and said sarcastically: "Young girl, you are not very old, but you are so harsh in your words. What's wrong with me just taking a look? I didn't do anything to you."

"You were standing at someone's door and trying to peek. I was speaking gently. If I were really mean, I would have used violence." If she hadn't been concerned that Liao Yunyun would have to stay in the community in the future, she would have taught this kind of person a lesson long ago. She has seen a lot of people in the apocalypse, and age and appearance are not the criteria for judging good people and bad people.

The old woman knew that this girl was not easy to mess with when she saw Gu Tongwan's confrontational look, but she was still angry and kept on pestering him, "What do you mean by peeping? I just passed by and took a look. Besides, what's there to peek into in your house? Or did you do something shameful that you're afraid of being found out?"

"Auntie, you were out for so long, what happened?" A slightly younger voice sounded in the corridor, and a young woman in a pink down jacket was seen walking towards this direction with her neck shrunk.

The woman saw that both Gu Tongwan and the old woman had angry looks on their faces, and were standing at the door of 504. She suddenly remembered the conflict with 504 during this period, and her expression instantly darkened.

"Auntie, is that woman from Room 504 going to bully you again?" Women are really good at confusing right and wrong. This is exactly what Liao Yunyun told me just now. Every single person in this family next door is really weird.

"Xiao Ya, you are here. This family is being secretive, as if they are secretly eating instant noodles. I asked a few more questions, and now they are so angry that they are pointing at my nose and scolding me. I think there must be something fishy going on with this family. Other families eat pickles and drink rice porridge, so how come they can buy instant noodles?"

The woman named Xiaoya's eyes widened instantly when she heard the word "instant noodles". She was really craving for the taste. It had been a long time since she had eaten instant noodles. It had been four years since the end of the world. Although the supply and marketing cooperatives also sold them, the taste of the cooked noodles was really hard to describe. It was better to eat compressed biscuits. But I don't know if it was because the old woman mentioned this, she seemed to really smell some familiar fragrance in the air, which was exactly the same as the taste of the instant noodles seasoning packet in her memory.

"Wanwan, stop talking to those two lunatics and come back quickly to close the door!" Liao Yunyun heard the conversation outside clearly from inside the house. She had long been impatient with this family, so she couldn't help but yell twice towards the door.

The curve of Gu Tongwan's mouth faded a little, and the coldness in his eyes was even stronger than the blizzard outside. He looked the old man and the young man up and down, and then said calmly: "Even if I have instant noodles, I found a way to buy them myself. If you want to eat, go out and buy them yourself. The largest trading center six kilometers away from here is still open, 150 points per pack."

Before the old woman could speak, Gu Tongwan continued, "My patience is limited. If you continue to make trouble at the door, I will not be as good-tempered as my friend who will just go to the property management. I have my own way to deal with you. By the way, let me remind you again that a massacre happened here a month and a half ago, and I was at the scene at the time."

After saying this, Gu Tongwan went into the house, leaving the two men with only the sound of the door slamming.

Xiaoya realized it later and her face turned pale in an instant. She quickly stopped the old woman who was about to knock on the door. "Auntie, don't knock on the door. That woman should be someone we can't afford to offend."

The old woman returned to her home cursing. Xiaoya rolled her eyes behind her, thinking that this old woman almost got her into trouble. That woman was obviously not easy to mess with. If she got mad and started fighting, she had no intention of helping.

The old woman sat on the sofa angrily, still muttering some dirty words, her face very gloomy.

The daughter-in-law was sitting on the sofa watching the news, chewing some dried sweet potatoes. The son was sleeping on the bed, browsing the forum on his mobile phone. The dishes and chopsticks used by the two of them were piled in the sink.

This family's house is slightly bigger than Liao Yunyun's, at about 40 square meters. When it was first built, all houses over 40 square meters (including 40 square meters) were converted into two-bedroom units, and the rooms and halls seemed very cramped.

Currently, the son and daughter-in-law live in the master bedroom, the old woman lives in the other room, and there is a double-sided sofa in the remaining living room. During the day, a mosquito net is set up, and my sister-in-law Xiaoya sleeps in it temporarily.

The old woman had only one son, and she had been living with her son since before the end of the world. Because the mother and son had always lived in a nearby village, their village was also included in the selection when the site for the base was being chosen.

Because she had her son in her old age, and her husband passed away more than ten years ago, the old woman has always treated her son as her treasure and spoiled him. She has taken care of him from childhood to college. In order to make it easier to take care of her son, she let her son apply for a local third-rate university. She even rented an apartment near the university since her son's freshman year to make it convenient for him to commute to classes, and she could also take care of his daily life.

It was because of the old woman's doting that the son gradually developed a lazy character of being gluttonous and lazy, and just opening his mouth for food and stretching out his hands for clothes. Anyway, it seemed that his mother was responsible for everything. Therefore, his friends around him joked that he was a typical "mama's boy" in modern times. It was also because of this character that the son had a relationship in his twenties, because girls can't stand a man who always says "my mother said" every other sentence.

The son planned to live with his current daughter-in-law after they met her by chance when they were shopping at the supply and marketing cooperative two years ago and they chatted. However, at the insistence of the girl, they went to the base government to get their "marriage certificate" stamped and signed.

Currently, a "marriage certificate" within the base can only be processed after being reviewed in accordance with procedures at the base government hall. Once a husband-and-wife relationship is formed, it means that both husband and wife bear joint responsibilities. In fact, there is not much change from before the end of the world.

But because the end of the world is so unpredictable, fewer people are getting married, and more people would rather live together.

The daughter-in-law was also a shrewd person. Before getting married, she had drugged the man and actually made him agree to let his sister-in-law live in their new house.

At first, the old woman and the couple had quarreled over this matter many times, but because the sister-in-law was sweet-talker and good at handling things, the old woman gradually calmed down after she moved in, and she gradually accepted the sister-in-law.

The old woman saw that her daughter-in-law and son were still in the same position as when she left, and the dishes were not washed. She was so angry that she yelled at them, "Do you two have no hands or feet? I cooked dinner and washed your clothes. Now you want me to clean up the dishes for you?"

Xiaoya knew that the old woman was upset next door, so she was going to get angry at someone now. Therefore, she could only stand quietly by the side and keep silent, for fear of getting into trouble.

The daughter-in-law was scolded for no reason and was unhappy. She frowned and said dissatisfiedly: "Mom, did you get fired when you went out? Why are you talking so sarcastically all of a sudden? Besides, the dishes can be washed anytime. There is no rush to use them. Is there any need to rush?"

The son also sat up from the bed and echoed his wife's words: "That's right, Mom, it doesn't matter if we keep these dishes for tomorrow's washing. By the way, what good things did you get back from your trip?"

The old woman was furious when she heard this, and she slammed the table in front of her so hard that it made a tremor.

The daughter-in-law who was sitting on the sofa was startled and immediately stopped eating. She looked at the old woman in surprise and then quickly turned her head to glance at her sister.

"Xiao Ya, what's going on? Why is she getting angry for no reason?" The daughter-in-law pulled her sister over and whispered in her ear.

Xiaoya said helplessly, "I just got turned away by the people next door, and was scolded by them. Not only that, I almost got taught a lesson. I'm feeling unhappy now, so I came back to give you a hard time."

The daughter-in-law seemed a little unconvinced. Although she knew that the young woman next door had had several conflicts with their family before, the old woman was not one to be afraid of trouble, otherwise when the property management came to her door, she would have been scolded away by the old woman. If they met the other party on weekdays, they would at most give her a cold eye and would not really fight. After all, both parties knew very well that once a fight really broke out, no one would be able to continue living in the community.

"With her personality, how can anyone bully her? And it's not the first time she's been turned down. I've said it many times, the person next door is a tough guy, who will hold a grudge for life after being wronged once. Even if what the other person eats and drinks has nothing to do with us, she just wants to make him unhappy. Now that he has made her unhappy, she comes back to vent her anger on her family. What's going on?" The daughter-in-law sneered in annoyance, and the more she looked at the old woman, the more disgusted she felt. If she hadn't wanted to have a place to stay, would she have fallen for her current husband? He is simply a 'mama's boy'!

At this time, the son also realized that the old woman was really angry this time, so he quickly turned his head and pretended to cough twice, and his voice became much softer than before, "Mom, didn't you go to the next door to check? What's wrong? They didn't let you in?"

"You're not even going to get into the door. That little bitch doesn't give me a good face when she sees me. Today, I knocked on the door politely and talked to her nicely. This little bitch even teamed up with her friends to bully me. These two people are guilty and are obviously cooking their own wares. After I found out, they made all kinds of excuses. They don't have the spirit of friendship and mutual help at all. They even threatened me. These two people are simply not worthy of being human beings. And you, your mother has been bullied to this extent, and you can still lie down and browse your phone with peace of mind?" The old woman became more and more angry as she spoke. She turned her head and glared at her daughter-in-law, and continued to scold: "And you, tell me how long have you been married? You haven't even cooked a decent meal. You just sit and wait for food on weekdays. You don't do any housework at all."

The daughter-in-law frowned in grievance: "Mom, I have to go to work."

"Heh, does going to work conflict with doing housework? Besides, I haven't seen you go to work in such a bad weather. The company has been on holiday for ten days, right? Let alone washing dishes, you haven't even washed clothes once, nor swept the floor. And you!" The old woman turned her eyes and was obviously looking at Xiaoya. "Your sister is my daughter-in-law after all. What about you? What kind of relative are you to my family? How can a sister-in-law follow a man into the house? If you don't know, you would think your son has two wives? Or do you also want to marry in?"

The son sitting on the bed had a hint of joy on his face. Although he tried to hold it back, his daughter-in-law still caught it, "You dare!"

Xiaoya shook her head like a rattle, "No, no, no, I don't want to. I don't want to marry in. I just... I'm just here to live temporarily. Besides, my sister is not here. I'm your sister-in-law, so I'm a relative."

The daughter-in-law got angry when she saw her sister being scolded, so she retorted: "Xiao Ya is my sister, and we are sisters. Now Xiao Ya has no place to stay for the time being, and she is still young. What's wrong with me taking care of her a little as her elder sister? Besides, it's not like I haven't given her living expenses."

"Living expenses? You dare to mention this in front of me? I only give you two hundred a month. Don't think I don't know that half of my son's living expenses are given to you. Usually, the portion he gives me is not even enough to give you half."

The old woman became angrier and angrier as she spoke. Seeing that her son and daughter-in-law were becoming more and more displeased, she simply walked up to her son, grabbed his ear and scolded him, "You are also a loser. You listen to your wife's pillow talk every day, right? Do you know what people are saying about you now? They say you are henpecked, that you are henpecked, and that you have forgotten your mother because you have a wife."

"Mom, calm down, calm down, that's all nonsense. Don't be angry, I'll go next door and teach that little bitch a lesson some other day. If she dares to bully our mom, I'll kill her!"

"You just know how to brag. Last time, the girl told you off so hard that you couldn't even fart." The daughter-in-law laughed at him.

"What did you say? Say it again. Do you think I'm really afraid of you?"

No one knew what happened to this weird family, but they ended up quarreling like that. The whole building was filled with the sounds of yelling, cursing, and banging tables, chairs, and benches.