After Xia Shige and his family cleaned up the debris at the entrance of the villa, they did not waste any time and directly installed the photovoltaic panels on the roof.

Xia Shige knew that this storm was just the beginning, it was like an early warning from God to mankind. When the storm ended, a year of extremely hot temperatures had quietly arrived.

After finishing all these, Xia Shige went out to Jingjing Supermarket and saw that Jingjing Supermarket had also activated the generator that it had placed here before, and the freezers and refrigerators in the supermarket were operating stably.

There were a few residents of the neighborhood in the supermarket, queuing up in front of the power strip to charge their mobile phones and power banks. They looked a little embarrassed because they had bought a lot of things in the supermarket.

At this time, two trucks came to the supermarket door, carrying a batch of food and daily necessities ordered by the supermarket.

Lin Yuanfeng and several others hurried forward to help the deliveryman unload the goods and transport the boxes of goods to the warehouse.

At this time, a woman who was buying vegetables in the fresh food section of a supermarket complained: "Boss, why are the vegetables so expensive today? Who can afford it?"

Lin Jingjing replied: "Our purchase price is high. This is what we bought from the farmers' market a few days ago. Now the farmers' market is out of stock. Once this batch of vegetables is sold out, we won't be able to replenish it."

The delivery man also said: "Buy vegetables if you have any. The vegetable market next to our community is out of vegetables. It's not easy for you to buy vegetables here."

The woman who was buying vegetables asked suspiciously, "How come there are no vegetables when the tornado has passed?"

The delivery man replied, "The tornado destroyed all the vegetable fields recently. Farmers are now plowing the soil again and sowing seeds and planting seedlings again. Only when the vegetables are ripe will there be fresh vegetables available on the market. It will take at least 20 days."

"Leafy vegetables need to wait at least 20 days, beans need to wait more than a month, and eggplants need to wait even longer, at least two months. So for some time to come, vegetable prices will be very high, and there may be a shortage of stock at any time."

Xia Shige thought that he couldn’t wait for 20 days. Once the high temperature came, there would be no more affordable vegetables on the market except for the expensive indoor-grown vegetables.

The eldest sister snorted, "Then my family won't eat vegetables for the next few days. We'll talk about it in a few days."

After saying that, the elder sister left the supermarket.

The delivery man picked up a bag and filled it with quite a few vegetables, then took it to the cashier to pay. He knew the situation well, and the price was already very cheap.

After paying the uncle, Xia Shige thought for a moment, pulled Lin Jingjing aside and whispered, "Jingjing, I found that the power supply in the community is not very stable. In the summer, during the peak period of electricity consumption, there may be frequent power outages. It would be best for your family to buy a generator or photovoltaic panels for emergency use. The generators used at home nowadays are not expensive, only a few thousand yuan each, and they are not noisy when running, and can be used for a long time."

Lin Jingjing thought about it and nodded: "That makes sense. This power outage is really annoying. I'll ask my dad to buy a generator and stock up on some gasoline and diesel."

Xia Shige felt relieved after hearing this. Both Lin's father and son were long-distance truck drivers, so they must have more channels to purchase gasoline and diesel than he did.

*

On the way home, Xia Shige saw a group of workers in work clothes gathered together to discuss something.

Xia Shige walked over curiously and saw Xiao He from the sales department in the crowd.

Xiao He still remembered her and greeted her warmly: "Miss Xia, it's been windy these past few days, is your family okay?"

"Thank you for your concern. My family is fine." Xia Shige said with a smile, "What are you doing?"

"It's power maintenance." Xiao He replied, "The power has been out for several days, and today it's finally our community's turn to be repaired. Today we asked the electrician to overhaul our community's power system as a whole, and all the equipment that needed to be replaced has been replaced."

Xia Shige felt relieved after hearing this. The upcoming high temperatures will inevitably lead to a surge in electricity consumption, which will put a great test on the circuit's load capacity. If the Hedu community arranges maintenance in advance, it can solve a lot of problems.

Xia Shige returned to the villa area and saw many luxury cars coming in and out on the way. She was stunned for a moment, and then she realized that the strong winds this week must have caused damage to the city center. Some rich people remembered their idle villas in the old city community, so they moved here temporarily.