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At the time of the transaction, Chu Huai, who was supposed to pay 800,000 yuan, did not give all of it but chose to take a loan.
He doesn’t have much money in his hand now, and the money spent on renovating the house in the back is still gonna be a huge amount so he has to budget tightly, and if he can find a way to save more, then he will save more and use the money wisely.
After signing the contract and giving the money, before the procedures were even completed, Chu Huai began to renovate.
There were only a few months left before the apocalypse, he still had a lot of things to prepare, and now there was not the slightest time to waste.
Because the garbage disposal station had already begun to work when the landlord got the house, the landlord’s family did not move over so the whole house was not renovated, and the storage shed was empty.
This just makes it convenient for Chu Huai to renovate and arrange, and if he wants to live comfortably after the apocalypse, the house is not gonna be changed without him working hard.
It was now five months before the apocalypse.
After counting the funds on hand, Chu Huai first ran to the building materials market to buy the renovation materials he needed and then ran around the construction site to find a few migrant workers from other places who knew how to renovate.
He should find a professional renovation team in this regard because he has many special requirements but the people who have been in the city for a long time are very well-connected, and when the apocalypse comes, knowing the special nature of his house will cause him a lot of trouble.
But migrant workers are different, most migrant workers are more honest, and work harder, will not ask too much, what they do not understand is not strange to them as they have seen the prosperity of the city.
The apocalypse broke out shortly after the New Year when these non-local people returned to their hometown for the New Year, and they would not return to the city in a short time, but even if they thought that his house was special, they could not find fault with it.
First, these people dug cellars.
This is the main reason why Chu Huai found migrant workers to renovate, and it is also the biggest reason why he bought a house on the ground floor. After the apocalypse, the four seasons are chaotic, the cold and hot become extreme, and the houses of ordinary cities simply cannot withstand this climate.
Most people in the late apocalypse did not die in the mouths of zombies and mutant beasts but died due to harsh weather conditions and food problems- the forces of nature are far more powerful than anything else.
Therefore, he has to dig a cellar in advance and make a basement, which can not only store things but also escape the heat and cold at critical times.
In the room, Chu Huai reduced all unnecessary decorative furniture, reinforced and soundproofed the walls, and increased the heat and cold insulation layer.
Ordinary doors and windows are all replaced- replaced with specially customized stainless steel doors and single-sided bulletproof glass, for anti-theft and privacy.
The public garden’s wall height increased, and it was welded with stainless steel to make it look like a cage, which made it absolutely impossible for people to enter by normal means.
If it weren’t for the cellar, he really wouldn’t have chosen the ground floor, as the privacy protection was not strong enough.
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As Chu Huai is busy renovating, and Yu Ke is not idle.
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In Yu Ke’s words, he felt that there was an unusual evil aura in the air recently, which was very dangerous.
One more skill is one more life-saving means, his talent is limited and Daoism is not omnipotent, but Chu Huai-jun will have great achievements, fortunately, he was smart and bored before and memorized a lot of books!
When he said this, the teenager looked like he was begging for praise, and he looked like a puppy wagging his tail.
Seeing it, Chu Huai felt like he wanted to bring the person into his arms and rub and kiss them hard.
This Yu Ke seemed to know his weaknesses, and his words and deeds could always make him feel soft-hearted.
Of course, he knew that he had discussed with Yu Ke about lessons before, but he had been busy hoarding materials and had no time.
Since he doesn’t need to renovate the house anymore and he only needs to guard, Chu Huai also hurriedly raised this matter.
This is not the time for hypocrisy.
During the day, he read Yu Ke’s books while guarding the renovation, and at night, he continued to buy supplies online and followed recent news through his computer.
Originally, he just wanted to familiarize himself with the book in advance, and it would be easier to learn later, after all, how could such a thing as metaphysics be learned in a short time?
But soon Chu Huai discovered that he seemed to have an extraordinary talent in Daoism and ancient martial arts.
There was no need for Yu Ke to teach him too much as the words in the book drilled into his brain as if there was spirituality in it.
In addition to the fact that he still needed to ask questions because he couldn’t understand the text of the traditional characters, in two days he was able to read these characters easily and quickly understand them without a teacher.
It was as if those things were in his head, belonging to his instincts.
Chu Huai was a little shocked in his heart.
However, on the surface, he did not show it, and continued to absorb these things that could save his life in the future as quickly as a sponge, and hurried to renovate the house.
Although the basement project is not large, the area is dozens of square meters, and there is little time, so Chu Huai can only hire more people and start work in two shifts, for both day and night.
Under this kind of overtime and busy rush, the renovation project was completed within one month as scheduled.
After that, there were furniture, electrical appliances, and finally surface reserves of living and food supplies.
In addition to the most basic things in terms of home appliances, Chu Huai prepared air conditioners, fans, and refrigerators.
In every room in the whole house, Chu Huai had a high-power air conditioner installed, and refrigerators filled the entire basement.
Vacuum-stored roast duck marinade, bacon sausages, instant dumplings, rice balls, frozen dim sum, beef and mutton rolls in hot pot, etc., he filled every refrigerator to the brim.
To combat the lack of electricity after the apocalypse, he deliberately stored several solar generators and solar panels in the space for backup.
The living room at home was even arranged by him, and a lot of shelves were installed as storage rooms.
All kinds of rice, noodles, grain and oil, and canned convenience foods were bought in piles, and miscellaneous nuts and snacks were neatly piled up throughout the house.
He can’t do too much to prepare before the apocalypse, and the secrets of the space before the appearance of powers in the apocalypse must be protected.
On the way, he encountered neighbors asking about things, and he fooled them by saying he was opening his community supermarket.
Now many such community shops rent the ground floor of the community to save shop rent, and it makes perfect sense for him to say so.
This excuse can be used even when someone wonders in the future why is that he is rich in materials, otherwise who else has piled up so many things at home?
If he can’t explain it then there would be a problem.
Unfortunately, the neighbor across the door from his house is a family that runs a community shop.
Businessmen are keen, they looked at his side every day as he was moving things in and out so it also looked like they were going to open a community store, and the men in that family immediately had the consciousness of a business rival competition.
Coupled with his strange personality, the man in that family did not have a good face when he saw him, and his nose and eyes were not right.
This kind of person, Chu Huai has seen a lot of them and he is too lazy to take care of it and rectify himself.
But the woman in that family has a good personality, a round and amiable face, is soft-spoken, and greets everyone passing by with a smile on her face.
Not long after moving over, the relationship with the upstairs and downstairs neighbors was very good, including Chu Huai, a suspected future business competitor.
Morning and evening, when she picks up the children to get them home, they will greet each other, when she has fruit snacks in hand, or when they see Yu Ke, they will send some of the treats.
Although Yu Ke is not young, his ignorance-filled eyes will always make people unconsciously take care of him as a weak person, and let down their guard when he is smiling sweetly at people.
After a woman becomes a mother, the aura of motherhood will be particularly serious, and she has no resistance to people like Yu Ke.
In this way, the two quickly became familiar, and Chu Huai also quickly learned that the neighbor’s man was called Yang Tianlong, the woman was called Li Hui, and their son was called Yang Yang.
Li Hui knew that he also wanted to open a community market, and seeing his young and inexperienced appearance, she was very kind to show him the way.
“…… The occupancy rate of this community is too low, and just doing a community market in a short time is not easy to do, you go to those online registered merchants, now online business is the best kind of business.”
It is not that Li Hui’s stupid enough to share her wealth with others, and it is not a secret that it is easy to do business on the Internet now so there is no need to hide it so much.
Besides, her family can’t take all the business in this residential area, and the neighbors should be good friends.
“Thank you, Sister Li, I’ll try it, by the way, I see that the water quality of the community is not too good, and the business of doing bottled pure water should be good, Sister Li can buy some goods to try.”
Chu Huai smiled and nodded, although he didn’t want to open a grocery store, he still had to pretend on the surface, Li Hui was several years older than him, so it was no problem to call her that.
He is still a little cautious as he doesn’t like to owe favors to anyone, Li Hui has a good heart so he doesn’t mind returning it.
People die of thirst if they do not drink water for three days, and they can hoard enough water to cope with the chaotic days of being trapped at home in the early days of the apocalypse.
Li Hui’s man has a figure contrary to the domineering name, very thin, typical of a man who sat in a company for many years and squatted at home without exercise.
In the future, when the apocalypse comes, the other party is afraid that he will not have the courage and strength to go out and kill zombies, Li Hui is a woman and her son who is a few years old is even more unlikely to go out.
“Yes, Sister Li Hui, the water in the community is bad, better install a water purifier, as it is healthier to drink pure water… Yang Yang, is the water at brother’s house good?”
Yu Ke was also next to help, smiled at Li Hui, and took a lollipop to tease Li Hui’s four-year-old son Yang Yang.
Four-year-old Du Yang is very timid, and not lively on most days, and at the moment he is also hiding behind his mother’s back with a timid expression.
The child did not take the candy and did not make a sound, he looked very afraid of people.
Chu Huai grew up in an orphanage when he was a child and for this kind of child he has seen a lot, either he has been shadowed by others or his true personality has been like this since birth.
With Li Hui’s family, thinking about the strange and irritable temper of her man, who often roars at the door, Du Yang seems to have been brought over from Li Hui’s first marriage, and it is not difficult to guess why the child is timid and afraid of people.
“Well, I’ll go back and mention it to my husband, I also think that the water in the community is not delicious, and it smells like the garbage station.”
Li Hui reflexively protected her son before continuing.
“By the way, Mr. Chu, I read the news yesterday that the state is going to implement a new ID card, they say that it is to facilitate the later social security and other policies…”
“They want everyone to re-enter their information within a month, there would be special people in the local area to do it door-to-door, and those from other places will go to the department, listening to your accent that is from abroad, you should hurry up, it’s annoying to queue up late…”
“There is also news the modern people sit in the office all day and physical fitness has averaged down the international standard, there is a kind of new generation of national exercise activities, the government will send soldiers to organize and teach everyone to exercise, in the future, we must take the physical fitness certificate, have you heard?”
“I heard it, I read the news yesterday, I think it’s very good, modern people are quite lacking in exercise.”
Chu Huai looked sideways at Yu Ke beside him, the two looked at each other and smiled. The country finally made a big move.
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Thanks for the chapters!
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I wonder if the “country officials” will cause trouble to our cp in the future…