Keep stockpiling

In the early morning, Gu Lin woke up very early.

This was his body clock developed over the past month and a half of stocking up.

What surprised Gu Lin was that Gu Xue had also gotten up, and the kitchen light was on.

"Brother , do you want dumplings or steamed buns for breakfast?"

Gu Lin looked at the figure cooking porridge while standing on a small stool and smiled, "Let's have dumplings. I bought glutinous rice filling."

Luckily, Gu Xue always makes breakfast herself.

After experiencing the apocalypse, the current Gu Lin probably isn't as skilled in cooking as Gu Xue.

When he tasted the soft, sweet, and perfectly thick corn and vegetable porridge, Gu Lin became even more convinced of this thought.

Watching Gu Xue's chubby cheeks as she ate, Gu Lin made a very wise decision: "Xue, from now on, you'll cook at home."

Gu Xue paused her chewing, looking a bit puzzled. "I'm not as good at cooking as you, brother."

Ignoring Gu Xue's protest, Gu Lin felt this idea was feasible: "Xue, you're almost twelve. You have to believe in yourself to cook well!"

Many kids as young as eight or nine are cooking on social media, and with Gu Xue's intelligence, she can definitely handle cooking for the rest of her life!

Gu Lin realized that it wouldn't be easy to regain his cooking skills from back then in a short time. So, why not let Gu Xue practice cooking instead? She's twelve now and shouldn't stay stuck at just making breakfast. It's time for her to start practicing!

When Gu Lin was twelve, he was already taking care of little Gu Xue proficiently.

Taking a sip of the delicious porridge, Gu Lin made a decision: "I'll bring you some cookbooks today. Xue, you're not a child anymore. It's time to start sharing the household chores with me."

Gu Xue nodded, "Don't worry, I'll do my best. But if my cooking isn't good at first, you can't criticize me, brother."

Even if her cooking isn't perfect at first, it's still better than Gu Lin's current culinary skills, right?

Gu Lin certainly won't complain about the meals prepared by his little chef. "Don't worry," he assured her.

With the cook for the future decided, Gu Lin finished his breakfast happily, then reminding Gu Xue not to open the door for strangers before leaving.

According to the records in his memo, Gu Lin first went to the Electronics Mall.

After arriving here, he found that there were quite a lot of things available.

Originally, he only planned to buy a generator, but now Gu Lin has bought everything he could, including generators, electrical wires, power strips, transformers, water pumps, pipes, coal stoves, glacier temperature gauges, sprayers, micro tillers, and more.

Many people coming and going noticed Gu Lin buying so many things at once and cast glances at him. While most were curious, they wouldn't pry further.

A few persistent individuals continued to inquire, but Gu Lin managed to brush them off.

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The very important thing he remembered last night was medicinal herbs.

Thinking back to his previous life, although he had already stocked up on plenty of common medicines, combined with Bai Weiwei's stash, it would probably be enough to supply a small base, but those things couldn't be replenished.

Because in the aftermath of the apocalypse, the cultivation and use of medicinal herbs were much more convenient than conventional medicines.

Later on, there were several instances of special diseases, all treated with different medicinal herbs as ingredients for potent medicines.

So, this time he went out, in addition to stocking up on some items from the checklist, Gu Lin also needed to buy some medicinal herb seeds and medical textbooks.

Having medicinal herbs alone wouldn't suffice; he also needed to know how to use them.

So, Gu Lin once again adopted the approach he used before, driving the rented truck and heading to a large medicinal herb emporium, where he grabbed nearly twenty sets of each kind of common medicinal herb.

After visiting several medicinal herb emporiums following the same pattern, Gu Lin finally set off for the seed market and bought all the herbal seeds available.

Some herbal seeds were unavailable due to restrictions, so he could only wait to harvest them later.

Gu Lin wasn't in a hurry about this.

There were several medicinal herbs that had mutated after the apocalypse, and only then did they have specific effects against the diseases at that time.

Now, they couldn't be found even if he searched.

After stocking up on electronics and medicinal herbs, Gu Lin loaded all the items he had stocked up into the space before diving into the agricultural market.

"Hi, I need a hundred planting boxes of various sizes," he said to the shopkeeper.

The shopkeeper was taken aback, looking at the young man in front of him, doubting if he had misheard.

Gu Lin, accustomed to such skepticism after hoarding goods for so long, simply scanned fifty thousand over to the payment code displayed at the shop entrance. "I want the sturdiest material available, along with nutrient-rich soil, fertilizers, and nutrient solutions," he specified.

The shopkeeper, suddenly wide awake, replied, "Sure thing!"

Watching the shopkeeper mobilize all the employees in the store to gather the various planting boxes, Gu Lin was about to check out other goods when he suddenly felt a ripple in his space.

Since the onset of the apocalypse, Gu Lin has also activated his spatial awareness.

Whenever Bai Weiwei uses the space on her end, Gu Lin can sense it.

Following the abnormal energy fluctuations in the space, Gu Lin saw what Bai Weiwei was doing now—she kept stuffing gasoline into the space! Barrels of gasoline and diesel were being stuffed into the space by her in a rush, and seeing her urgent movements, she might be up to something shady.

Gu Lin couldn't help but laugh. Indeed, not revoking Bai Weiwei's right to use the space was a wise choice!

Seeing the apocalypse approaching, Bai Weiwei is not only preparing various daily necessities but also acquiring so much oil from who knows where!

Bai Weiwei probably wants to store more of these non-renewable resources.

But she definitely couldn't imagine that all the diligent storage she's doing now will end up benefiting Gu Lin in the future.

Feeling even better, Gu Lin waved his hand and said to the shopkeeper, "Do you have water towers here? Give me twenty water towers and fifty water storage tanks!"

"Of course !"

The shopkeeper's face lit up with a smile as he directed the staff to swiftly move the goods onto the truck Gu Lin had brought.

Gu Lin took out his phone and glanced at the memo.

The stuff he needed to buy should be almost complete.

Then Gu Lin went to the adjacent seed shop and asked for fifteen bags of each type of seed.

These seeds were intended as visible reserves for Gu Xue to use for planting.

The seeds Gu Lin had previously stockpiled should be enough for him to plant in his space.

After all, he was in the countryside at the time and received seeds from farmers, which could produce vegetables that could be saved for seeds, unlike the seeds from stores, which might only yield one crop and not produce seeds.

Gu Lin calculated the items on the memo while sinking his consciousness into the space, taking a glance at the chili seeds he planted last night.

The dark soil still looked like it had just been sown by him, with no changes whatsoever.

After pondering for a moment, Gu Lin used his consciousness to control the water in the pond of the bamboo courtyard, flying towards the black soil, and evenly sprinkling a small amount of water over the area where the chili was planted.

Spring water was precious, so he had to use it sparingly.

It was embarrassing to have forgotten to water the plants after planting them!