Before the apocalypse, Ren Xingchen was an extraordinarily stingy person who had grown up poor. She loved saving money and stockpiling things. When the apocalypse came, she happened to gain a one-cubic-meter storage space.
Wait, other people's storage spaces are huge. Why is hers only one cubic meter?!
Still, if she made good use of that one cubic meter, she wouldn't have to worry about food or drink for years.
Flour has a density of 0.52 tons per cubic meter, and contains more calories than the same weight of rice. One cubic meter of flour would be enough to feed an adult man for three years.
If she could gather half a ton of flour, that would leave 38.5 liters of space. She could use 18.5 liters for seeds, then put salt and oil in the rest. She could carry small items and instant food in a backpack. She could condense water herself, so there was no need to store any extra...
To make the most of this single cubic meter and roam the apocalypse, Ren Xingchen became increasingly miserly, surviving through sheer thrift and calculation.
She had a small appetite, so two meals a day were enough. She could split up the seasoning packets from instant noodles, using half with half a block of noodles. The sweet potato shoots and Chinese chives she'd kept in a water bottle were gradually growing, and could provide her with some leafy greens every few days. When she finally managed to get some meat, she saved the bones to make soup for her next meal...
A miser's nature is to see something and immediately wonder, "What if this comes in handy?"
Later, Ren Xingchen picked up some peanut and rapeseed seeds, planning to grow them and press them for oil in the future. She collected fabric that no one had bothered to take from a supermarket, cut it up, and made herself a few outfits. The aluminum foil and foam she scavenged helped insulate her drafty little shelter against the cold...
Then one day, Ren Xingchen picked up a young man.
"What if he comes in handy too?"
Theme: Keep striving to survive
