Rebirth in the end times: The whole family keeps a low profile

After making several phone calls and sorting out all the details, it was getting late. Su Yun took the children and drove the van home for dinner. As soon as he got out of the elevator, he received a call from the agent. The salesperson said that the senior management of their company planned to buy the property themselves and then resell it to make a profit.

Su Yun's house itself is more than one million yuan lower than the market price. He can make one million yuan by just spending some time reselling it. No wonder the boss of the agency himself is tempted.

The next morning, after sending the children to school, the couple tidied up the house.

Fortunately, the 2000 cardboard boxes I purchased have arrived, and I can use some of them to pack unused items at home.

The five-layer thickened and hardened cardboard box is basically 50*50*50 in length, width and height. It can hold a lot of things with matching hard partitions. Unfortunately, there is not much packing tape left. The only roll left at home is what the children left over from their handicrafts. It seems that I should stock up some packing tape.

Children's toys and books are the most numerous and diverse at home. They are very heavy and take up a lot of space. So organize the things and put them into cartons, put item labels on the outside of each carton, and mark them carefully.

All items were carefully sorted before packing. For example, two large boxes were packed with preschool books, which were full of books that my two sons had read before. The extra pots, pans, and some exposed small appliances in the house were also sorted and packed.

All the signs were put into the space after they were completed. Su Yun put the organized ones in a corner and the unorganized ones aside.

After putting away the things that are not often used, the house suddenly feels a lot more spacious. A 120-square-meter house will look like 150 square meters. Just think of it as preparation before moving.

Wang Jie doesn't have to go to the company starting today, so he can officially join the stockpiling operation. Che Zhichun was worried that Wang Jie would change his mind, so he directly transferred the final payment of 1000 million. Wang Jie felt relieved. Che Zhichun was cheated out of such a large sum of money, and his future days will not be easy. It is said that in his previous life, he spent a lot of cash to stockpile a lot of charcoal and food at the beginning of the natural disaster, so that he could successfully survive the first year. Let's see how he will get through this time.

Before the two children in the family dropped out of school, they needed someone to pick them up and take care of them. Now two of us take turns picking up the children from school, and the time arrangement is more flexible and free.

Wang Jie has been working hard in first-tier cities for ten years, and he has never felt as relaxed as he does today. The long-term pressure and desire intertwined make him dare not relax.

It is said that Shenzhen is a paradise for entrepreneurs, but opportunities are often accompanied by traps. Every step forward in Wang Jie's company, which he started from scratch, requires him to sacrifice time with his family and invest in his career. As a result, he has always felt guilty towards his family for many years, but he rarely has the opportunity to make up for it.

At this moment, he really enjoyed cleaning the house with Su Yun and chatting about topics like which brand of mobile phone is better to use.

After the house was packed, the person in charge of the agency came to sign the contract. Because it was a purchase by a senior executive of the company, all the formalities and processes were completed very quickly. The agency reserved half a month for the two of them to move in, and the money was transferred that afternoon, adding another 650 million to the account.

Su Yun and Wang Jie have handed over the house matters. They also have to go to the warehouse to pick up the goods at noon. After receiving the last batch of ordered meals and grains, oil, rice and noodles today, only the materials purchased online need to be picked up.

After calculating the expenses of the past few days, they still have 1679 million in their card despite their wasteful spending.

In order to get more benefits, the two of them picked up their phones and looked for some private online loans to cash out. They borrowed nearly 180 million from multiple private lending platforms, and the money was deposited into their accounts within seconds. The repayment period was extended to more than three years, and the interest seemed frighteningly high. However, after the extreme cold, the network around the world was extremely unstable, and these lending platforms could no longer operate, so there was naturally no place to repay the money.

After collecting the last batch of rice in the afternoon, he paid the balance to the owner of the rice shop. The owner smiled and gave Su Yun a big red envelope of 888. Wang Jie sighed that the owner of the rice shop really knew how to do business.

In the afternoon, Su Yun ordered a variety of seeds online, mainly vegetables, grains and fruits.

I bought almost all the seeds available in the seed store and kept them there, thinking that if a natural disaster were to happen one day, I would be able to plant some.

The seeds were not expensive, and I only spent 5 yuan to buy thousands of varieties. I then spent another 100 yuan to buy plant nutrient solution, rooting solution, insect repellent, nutrient soil, various fertilizers, pesticides, and 1 foam planting frames.

With these foam boxes, you can grow some balcony vegetables even at home.

The most important drinking water problem has not been solved yet. Wang Jie ordered 200 large water storage barrels with faucets on the side online. Each barrel can hold 3 tons of water, which means 600 tons of drinking water can be stored. It is enough for the whole family to drink every day. In addition, the water purifier can ensure the water for daily use, and basically water freedom can be achieved in natural disasters.

The phone also pushed a message for a small iron bucket with a lid, and Wang Jie put down a dozen of them without hesitation.

Su Yun finally had some time to rest and took out two cups of hot coffee from the space.

I watched Wang Jie scrubbing the iron bucket while putting another cup of coffee on the table and sipping it slowly.

"These are for home use. You can also order a few 5kg portable water storage buckets so that you can go out and fetch water when it's extremely hot."

"Is a 5-kilogram bucket enough? I see there are 10-kilogram and 20-kilogram buckets." The bucket Wang Jie put down earlier is indeed only suitable for use at home. If it is filled with water, it will be difficult to lift it.

"That's enough. How much water do you think the rescue point has? It can only meet the minimum physical needs. One liter of water per person per day. Two buckets at home are enough."

Wang Jie entered the keyword and found several types of buckets. "Hey, wife. Do you think it's better to buy a bucket with a wider opening or a regular one with a funnel?"

Wang Jie is usually taciturn and acts as an observer in front of others, only occasionally expressing his opinions. He becomes very talkative only in front of Su Yun. Today he is especially talkative and likes to ask Su Yun for his opinion on all trivial matters.

Su Yun actually didn't care about these details. In his previous life, his family had nothing. Even the Su family's butcher knife was exchanged for food, but they still managed to survive. If there was no bucket, he would use a washbasin, a cooking pot, a bathing bucket or a sturdy plastic bag.

"A regular opening will do. Buy some funnels. We'll also need them for the wine at home. It would be best if they have ears on the side so that you can tie them to the bucket when you go out to fetch water." Su Yun thought about how he had to queue for a long time every time he went to fetch water, and the person in charge of pouring the water had to be very careful for fear that the water would spill.

Buy some plastic frames with lids, 20 large blue plastic frames and 20 medium white plastic frames in case of emergency.

Su Yun's hometown is in the mountainous area, where there is a lot of spring water. Su's father and mother prefer to drink spring water, which is free. When Su Zhangming has time, he will drive to the spring to fill a few buckets and bring back to make tea.

All Su Yun had to do was go to the mountain to store water before the extreme cold came.

My first priority is to quickly place orders for everything I can buy online. After all, the logistics in Shenzhen is much better than in my hometown. Normal express delivery in Shenzhen arrives the next day, but it takes two or three days to arrive in my hometown. I have to vacate the house to the agency within half a month and then they will leave here.

Su Yun was drinking a beverage and meditating when the thick candles, large-capacity power bank and emergency flashlight he bought arrived. The previous deliveryman had just left and the deliveryman who was delivering the portable lantern, wicks, kerosene and lighter just arrived at the door. Since they were purchased in the same store, all the items were delivered together.

Su Yun was particularly interested in the portable lanterns. He disassembled one and took it out for a careful examination. The retro shape and the deliberately aged copper handle made it feel heavy in his hand and seemed very durable.

Wang Jie was also curious about this retro lantern. When he was a child, there was a very small lantern at home. It looked dark, which was a world of difference compared to this one.

He took a wick and clipped the length, poured a little kerosene into the oil inlet at the bottom, soaked the wick with the kerosene, lit the wick with a lighter, and covered it with a high-temperature resistant glass cover. The orange light refracted and shone in the dimly lit shed warehouse, making Su Yun feel particularly peaceful and warm. The length of the wick can be adjusted near the wick. The longer the wick, the brighter it is. It is indeed a good thing. If it is inconvenient to use a flashlight when going out at night, you can use this lantern.

Wang Jie stared at the lantern carefully, "Wife, why is the wick still so long after burning for a while?" Wang Jie usually pays little attention to these things. Since he became an adult, most of his mind has been focused on work, so he is a little silly in life. Only Su Yun knows this side of him.

"Although it looks like the wick is burning, it is actually the volatile alcohol vapor that is burning. The continuously evaporating gas takes away the heat, and the temperature of the wick in the middle is too low to reach the ignition point of the wick, so it cannot burn. When the lamp oil and cotton thread inside are burned out, they will naturally be burned." Su Yun explained the science seriously.

In fact, every time before buying supplies, she would carefully ask the customer service relevant questions or check the instructions for use.

The customer service said that this lantern can burn for about a day when filled with oil. It is not only windproof and shatterproof, but also made of high-temperature resistant materials.

Su Yun bought a lot, so the customer service sent him a few packages of small spare parts. If anything becomes loose later, he can replace it himself.

Wang Jie was very interested in what Su Yun bought. After trying out the lantern, he put it away and started looking at other things.

He actually bought 10 boxes of lighters, a total of 2000 lighters? Wow, are you planning to open a wholesale store in the future? If you look closely, they are all windproof lighters, which are better in quality and feel than ordinary lighters.

"Lighters are good things. In the future, when there is no gas, everyone will burn firewood. Think about it, not only can you use lighters yourself, but you can also give them to others as a favor without worrying about being exposed. Moreover, wholesale lighters only cost a few cents each. You don't know how high the price of a lighter is at the trading point of the rescue base. It is equivalent to a person's work points for ten days. If you don't have a lighter, you can only borrow fire from outside, and you may not be able to borrow it. Sometimes the fire you borrowed goes out halfway."

Although Su Yun had suffered a lot, as long as she looked at Wang Jie beside her, all the grievances and resentments in her heart were healed at this moment. For those who had harmed her in her previous life, she would stand in the dark and watch them live in pain.

When facing his family, Su Yun is always gentle and always wants to give them the best.

Wang Jie's many questions and confusions surrounded her like colorful bubbles. Instead of being impatient, she felt the desire to talk. She wanted to share everything she knew with the man she loved most in front of her.

"Should we stock up more and become invisible rich people in the future?" Wang Jie was half-joking. He put the windproof lighter in his hand back and looked at the box of flints next to him.

"Let's wait until we finish stockpiling supplies. So many lighters need firewood to burn. It will be hard to find firewood when everyone is burning in the future. I bought the flint and steel by the way, and I don't know if it can be used. I will see how many points I can exchange for the flint and steel at the base. I bought it because I think it will be useful."

Su Yun comes from a wealthy family and has never been frugal in the past. But after experiencing the natural disasters a few years ago, he feels that he needs everything he sees. What seems like an ordinary gadget now will become a rare treasure a few years later.

Therefore, even if there were things he couldn't use, Su Yun would sometimes buy some and keep them.

The two chatted while receiving some scattered express deliveries. After a busy afternoon, his younger brother Su Zhangming called to ask whether the braised pig's trotters and beef trotters needed to be whole or cut into pieces. Su Yun thought that the situation after the natural disaster was too complicated, and it would be nice to save some steps in processing food. He decided to cut them into pieces, which would be both flavorful and convenient to eat.

The two of them received, inspected and sorted the supplies. Su Yun was so tired that his arms ached, so they finished work early in the afternoon. Wang Jie closed the warehouse door and drove the rented Huolala to pick up the children from school and take them home for dinner.

Currently, the warehouse basically does not accept any goods after 4 o'clock, and the deliveryman has to deliver the goods the next day. If the materials are not very important, they will be temporarily placed in the temporary office at the door.

There are cameras in the logistics park that capture the area near the container office. Most of the things Su Yun hoards are not valuables, so there is no need to worry about them being lost or stolen.

In this way, the couple spent a few days placing orders and receiving goods non-stop. About one-tenth of Su Yun's space was occupied, mainly because the solar energy storage device, generator, water purifier, gasoline and diesel ordered by Wang Jie took up a lot of space.

During this period, 1000 isolation protective suits, 2000 bottles of disinfectant, 200 boxes of various insect repellent mosquito coils, and 100 boxes of N95 masks were also ordered.

In response to the first test of natural disasters, Wang Jie also bought a V-shaped snowplow and two all-terrain tracked snowmobiles. His days of shopping were very fulfilling.

Ever since he bought the snowplow and snowmobile, Wang Jie had a crazy plan in mind.

That is the natural disaster free purchase!!!

Before going to bed at night, Wang Jie asked Su Yun for his opinion. Anyway, floods after the extreme cold would wash away and soak all the supplies. If space allowed, Su Yun wouldn't mind taking advantage of it.

Not only did Wang Jie quickly accept the theory of natural disasters, he even got into the state faster than Su Yun.

They went to an outdoor goods store together and bought 15 sets of sturdy and durable thickened outdoor windproof and rainproof tents, including double tents, car trunk tents, roof tents and two-bedroom and one-living room tents designed specifically for families.

10 inflatable mattresses, 50 stab-proof suits, 100 life jackets, 100 thickened swimming rings.

I bought 18 6-horsepower speedboats that can seat 8-10 people at the same time. I also bought a rescue rope, a safety rope, a fire ladder, a telescopic ladder, an ordnance shovel, a Swiss Army knife, a rescue whistle, a fire extinguisher, a raincoat, a descender, a descending rope, disposable medical rubber gloves, an emergency stretcher, and a gas mask to deal with emergencies. I spent a total of 13 yuan.

10 sets of diving respirators cost 5 yuan, 10 sets of professional diving portable underwater respirators, which can be used underwater for 1 hour and have unlimited battery life. It cost 5 yuan.

Finally, he bought 20 ordinary bicycles and 20 mountain bikes, totaling 25 yuan.

The couple had almost bought out all the stock in the outdoor goods store, so the owner generously gave them several outdoor hiking bags and two sets of portable pots and pans.

Su Yun finally received a large amount of medicines sent by his old classmates. Su Yun was in a good mood looking at the various medicines coded in the space. In the evening, he took out several big dishes from the space, and the family drank drinks and slowly enjoyed the food.

The 720 cartons of milk powder, compressed biscuits and instant noodles ordered earlier have all arrived. Su Yun didn't open the spicy strips, candies, snacks, shampoo, shower gel and knives to look at them carefully. He just put them into the space after checking the quantity.

When Wang Jie had some free time, he researched self-defense weapons. He went to several online platforms and found that he could only buy everyday knives, which were not effective for self-defense.

In the evening, Wang Jie drove his Huolala to pick up gas after dinner as usual. He passed by a steel store and was thinking about self-defense weapons. He went in and asked the store owner to cut 20 one-meter-long steel pipes for psychological comfort. As for how to buy self-defense weapons, it seems that he has to go back to his hometown to see if there is any other way. It is easier to get controlled knives in small towns than in big cities. If all else fails, he can only go to a blacksmith to customize them.