Chapter 17

The heavy rain kept falling. It was not extremely cold in June and July. For Chao Youqian, he just set the central air conditioner to 26 degrees, covered himself with an air-conditioning quilt, and slept sweetly until noon in the well-insulated environment.

After experiencing all the things that happened before, Chao Youqian deeply understood that the content of the book he had dreamed of only reflected the tip of the iceberg of the end of this world and could not be adopted in its entirety.

When the day of the apocalypse described in the book in the dream came, there was no chaos around, nor was there a global collapse as soon as the apocalypse began like in the movies.

The top trending search was "Academician xxx's response to the novel virus and its related issues." Chao Youqian calmly accepted the situation and scrolled through his screen. Previous fantasies, such as the idea that the apocalypse didn't exist, vanished as the comments section became increasingly lively.

Several cities in the country have been listed as key areas. After the official Q&A, a city lockdown notice was quickly issued. All three cities were closed at 10:00 this morning, with only entry and no exit. All personnel will be fully deployed to assist in the fight against the epidemic.

The comments under the hot search terms are different from time to time. There are conspiracy theories about whether the virus was produced in a foreign laboratory, because the serious cases are currently in coastal areas with frequent contact and transactions with foreign countries.

Some people are actively asking how to prevent the virus. According to this comment, the neighbor downstairs in the community also showed symptoms yesterday and was taken to the hospital. Now everyone is in danger and afraid of contracting the virus.

There were also heartbreaking comments asking for hospital beds, saying that when they went to the hospital, they found it was overcrowded with patients, even the corridors were occupied by beds, and they could not leave the city and had nowhere to get treatment.

During the news report, Lang Xin couldn't help but give Chao Youqian a tight hug, feeling fortunate that he believed in him 120%. If Chao Youqian was separated from him or even died because of the virus, he couldn't imagine how he would survive alone.

The doctor, with whom they had some friendship before, had lost contact after fleeing abroad. At this time, their care was inevitably covered with a layer of hypocrisy, and the only visible circle of friends on the other party was a notice from City B Hospital to a patient.

The brother of a doctor whom Lang Xin was more familiar with sent him a message, saying that his whole family had gone to a villa abroad, and urged them to come as soon as possible, as everything was calm here at the moment and they could just treat it as a short vacation.

People with different ideals cannot work together. Lang Xin said perfunctorily that the temporary calm abroad is just an illusion. In fact, the virus transmission rate and subsequent mortality rate abroad will definitely be higher. If the world falls, the security of the country will be more guaranteed. At least there will be no hot weapons violence.

While he and Chao Youqian were staying at home, they still made some minor renovations and upgrades to their two-story house, which covered a total area of ​​more than 1,000 square meters, of course through online shopping.

The sliding door was temporarily unlocked and covered with a curtain. I declined the help of the building manager and asked the delivery guy to carry the furniture and belongings one trip at a time, saying that I had just moved into a new house and needed to transport them.

The biggest change is that there are two more upright commercial freezers in the house, with six doors and a capacity of 1600L; and a 0-2 degree Celsius fresh-keeping cabinet of the same model as the convenience store, with a capacity of 800L.

I stayed at home and watched several bloggers' videos about stocking up, reorganized my refrigerator and freezer, placed orders online to replenish supplies, and chose a time period where there were only two elevators and one household so I wouldn't run into other residents. The property management wouldn't care too much about who bought what, and the surveillance would cover it within 7 days.

The three large refrigerator shelves are all set to fruit and vegetable storage mode. Tests have shown that fruits and vegetables can maintain their freshness for a month. Washing and drying fresh fruits and vegetables and sealing them in vacuum bags can extend their shelf life even further.

In addition to processed vegetables and fruits, there are eggs. Meat, eggs and milk are the basic guarantees for a healthy life. There are 100 eggs in the fresh-keeping area. It looks like a lot, but in fact it only takes up one layer of the refrigerator.

Place the opened sauce and side dishes on the side, and fill the empty space with seasoning sauce packets.

The freezer area of ​​the refrigerator is filled with fast food that can fill the entire volume. Wontons, buns, dumplings and other pastries occupy the freezer layer of the refrigerator. I specifically chose an old brand teahouse because such semi-finished products are very convenient.

In order to prepare for a life without takeout in the future, the fast food chain took a large takeout order. Hundreds of different types of hamburgers were delivered to the doorstep, each one vacuumed and frozen. Fried chicken, pizza, sausages and other Western fast foods filled the gaps and filled the second refrigerator.

The freezer of the last large refrigerator is used to store beef of various parts, and there is another drawer that freezes more than 200 eggs. They can be stored in fresh-keeping boxes for more than half a year, which is enough to supply the chickens raised at home.

There are three freezers. One is dedicated to raw meat such as pork, chicken, duck, shrimp, salmon, etc., all of which are cut or cleaned; one is for different vacuum-packed breads, both sweet and salty; the last one is for freeze-dried fruits, expanding the category beyond berries.

After all, there are still a lot of pork jerky, chicken legs and bacon stored at room temperature in the storage room, and there are even more canned meat and bread. After some optimization, the storage box was replaced with an airdrop box, and the vacuum storage can last for decades.

There were large boxes of dried vegetables, dried soy products, and other dry goods, along with even more condiments, noodles, rice, and flour. The steamed rice alone could last them for years. There were even more snacks, and the large, low-content potato chips were tossed onto the 27th-floor hallway shelf. They only used the 26th-floor elevator anyway.

Two extra-large commercial freezers are filled with a large variety of pre-prepared dishes, so diverse that they can be listed in a list.

One-sixth of the space is reserved for desserts and dairy products, bacon and ham, hot pot meatballs and meat rolls. Vegetables that are difficult to grow at home are also blanched and vacuum-frozen.

The fresh-keeping freezer holds milk, yogurt, and juice with a shelf life of one to two months, along with other commonly consumed beverages and alcoholic drinks. The remaining space is used for vitamins, various capsules, tea, and some medications that need to be kept cold.

The two-story flat is cleaned automatically by robots every day when outsiders cannot be hired to clean and store the floor.

The interior layout is very suitable for these small appliances, with no dead corners, and they are very good to use, so I bought three of the same model as a backup. Needless to say, the special detergents and various cleaning products are in stock, and the amount I have can be used for several years.

Clean the battery room and food storage room with an electrostatic duster every week, and use a steam mop and handheld vacuum cleaner for deep cleaning.

The magnetic boards are labeled with the type and quantity, purchase and opening date using a label machine, and clearly placed in each place so that people can have an idea of ​​the quantity in stock.

Lang Xin took care of all these tasks and proudly took Chao Youqian on a two-story tour of the material exhibition.

Chao Youqian applauded and praised enthusiastically. You know, a month ago, they still had aunties cooking at home and buying fresh ingredients every day without stockpiling anything. Now takeout is so convenient that whatever you want to eat can be delivered to your door at any time.