The golden and silver chrysanthemums at Taoyuan Farm have bloomed these days, attracting many bees and butterflies. The white cat jumps around to catch the butterflies, while Xia Shige is busy picking chrysanthemum buds.

The weather has been hot these days, and golden and silver calamus can clear away heat and detoxify, so she plans to pick some calamus buds, dry them, and make tea for her family.

After picking the golden and silver lilies, Xia Shige opened a piece of land next to it to plant isatis root, which can also clear away heat and detoxify. She plans to make herbal tea at home in the future.

After finishing their work, the man and the cat left the space. Xia Shige was covered in dirt and was ready to take a bath, but when she opened the shower, she found there was no water.

Xia Shige suddenly remembered that in his previous life, water supply was limited shortly after power supply was restored.

Limited-time water supply is different from limited-time power supply. Limited-time power supply only lasted for more than a month before it was restored, but limited-time water supply will last for a long time. After all, drought is real drought, and water shortage is real water shortage.

The water level of reservoirs has been dropping, and many rivers have dried up. The state has supported many desalination companies, but the fresh water output is far from enough to support more than one billion people as in the past.

Due to water shortage and the high cost of seawater purification, water prices have soared dozens of times.

Xia Shige immediately opened the community group to check the message:

"6-702 Bai Yueguang: @Property Center, why did the water suddenly go out?"

"4-2009 Sister Ni: Yes, the electricity has only been restored for a few days, why is the water cut off again? Isn't this torture?"

"Property Center: Dear owners, we have received a notice from our superiors that the reservoir has dropped to the lowest water level in history, rivers have dried up, and drought has occurred in various places. Starting today, a limited water supply policy will be implemented. The water supply time for residential areas will be one hour each at 12 noon and 7 pm. Please prepare water storage in time."

"2-1408 Gao Meili: Electricity is so expensive now. I dare not turn on the air conditioner at night. I often wake up in the morning sweating. How can we take a shower in the morning with the water supply time? Do we have to go to work sweating?"

"2-1908 Coconut Tree: I'm planning to buy a few large water storage tanks. Anyone want to group buy?"

"6-702 Bai Yueguang: I want to be with you, I want to be with you. I can't stand not being able to take a shower."

"4-1209 is slacking off: When storing water, you have to consider the building's load-bearing capacity. Everyone, be careful. I've seen people build indoor swimming pools before, and they ended up smashing through the entire building."

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Xia Shige went downstairs and saw his grandmother and Grandma Liu preparing dinner. Unexpectedly, the water supply was cut off and they were a little worried.

"Grandma, Grandma Liu, don't worry. We have a backup water tank at home, and the basement swimming pool has been converted into a water storage tank, so we won't be short of water."

After Xia Shige finished speaking, he went to change the water supply in the water tank, and then the three generations of grandparents and grandchildren prepared dinner together.

*

Today, Xia Huiyin and Sun Yuegui got home very late. Sun Yuegui had nothing to do at home these days, so she went to Jingjing Supermarket to help.

"Mom, aunt, why did you come so late today?" Xia Shige stood up and greeted them, saying, "Hurry up and wash your hands and get ready for dinner. Today grandma made braised duck, lychee meat, pocket tofu, and sauerkraut lamb."

Xia Guocheng also called out to them, "Come quickly. The weather is so hot now, and electricity is expensive. The cost of raising livestock has risen a lot. The price of meat has risen to several yuan per pound. There are not many families like us who have several meat dishes for one meal. Today, Xiao Qi from the property management told me that his family has eaten rice with pickled mustard strips for several meals in a row."

Xia Guocheng has been busy in the property management these days, leaving early and returning late every day, wishing he could sleep in the property management center. Many air conditioners are overloaded, and he is so busy that he has no time to rest, and he also makes a lot of money.

After washing their hands, Xia Huiyin and Sun Yuegui collapsed directly on the chairs out of exhaustion.

Sun Yuegui said: "Don't mention it. Today, all the mineral water stocks in Jingjing Supermarket were emptied out. Not a single bottle was left! A group of owners came to grab water, and one person bought 50 boxes at once. Others were not happy, so they finally limited the purchase to 5 boxes per person. Even so, many people still didn't get any."

"Not only are the mineral waters sold out, but even the beverages have been cleared out. There was a kind of tea drink that was unsalable before. It was said to be tastier. Not many people bought it at the time, but it was cleared out today as well."