Chapter 016: Signs before the End of the World

The two walked away hand in hand, burping.

Jingshu exhaled through gritted teeth, already thinking about how to deal with Wang Zijian.

"The kids are ignorant. It's because the shrimps are so delicious." Uncle Sun drank up all the remaining shrimp porridge.

Jing's father finally brought up the issue of paying back the money. Uncle Sun readily promised to pay it back within the next two days, but Jing's father was no longer convinced. Finally, they agreed to pay it back before three o'clock in the afternoon the day after tomorrow before letting Uncle Sun leave.

Jingshu threw away all the plates, bowls and chopsticks used by the three people. She would never allow them to come over to eat and drink as much as they wanted, and even asked them to pack up the food. It seemed that she had to help accelerate the deterioration of the relationship between Jing's father and them, otherwise Uncle Sun's family might come back to pester her after the end of the world.

Speaking of Uncle Sun, Jingshu also admires him. To describe him in one sentence, he is like a piece of tough meat, which is impervious to water and fire, oil and salt, and can resist anything hard or soft!

No matter what you say to him, he always agrees with a smile, but never does anything. Jing's father, out of pride or friendship, would say the most serious thing: "Then please pay me back as soon as possible."

Uncle Sun Zi always says, "Okay, okay, sure." and that's it.

Those who owe money are the bosses.

Jing's mother was picked up by Jing's father very late in the evening. After eating the meal made by Jingshu, she kept praising it for being delicious.

The three of them held a family meeting. Jing's mother said, "The government and public institutions will implement the new collective responsibility law starting tomorrow. Two months later, it will be extended to state-owned and private enterprises, and finally to ordinary families."

"The new policy is that if any of our immediate family members are found to have committed a crime or engaged in corruption, we will also be fired. In serious cases, we will be charged with the same crime as the criminal, unless we report it in advance."

After the end of the world, there was a period of riots and violence across the country. China directly introduced a new law. If one person committed a crime, all immediate family members would be convicted, and collateral relatives would also have to do reform and labor. No relief food would be given to any disobedient family, and the informant would be rewarded.

"There has been a severe crackdown recently, and something big might be about to happen. The ban on food exports has caused a lot of trouble in international exchanges." Jing's mother talked about the recent public security and other new policies. There are many more security checks and patrol cars on the streets, and you have to scan your ID card wherever you go.

Jingshu's heart skipped a beat. Had the country already begun preparing? They'd long known the consequences and social phenomena that would result from the collision of stars, and had begun developing corresponding countermeasures. It must be said that the new policy had severed many people's devious aspirations in the early days of the apocalypse.

Unfortunately, no one expected that the disaster would last for at least ten years, and no one expected that the earth would begin to suffer so many disasters, not just the lack of sunlight.

Afterwards, Jing's father talked about raising money. He said that a buyer had found his car and the money would be available in the next two days, so he planned to sell the house at a lower price.

"I want to withdraw my shares and get the money, so I can start my own business." Jing's father said this nonsense and refused to explain any further.

Jingshu knew that it was impossible for Jing's father, a grown man, to say something like "I'm going to be fired from the company." He had contributed more to the company and had deeper feelings for it than anyone else. He said this to warn Jing's mother and Jingshu.

Jingshu has been spending money like water these days. After buying food, oil, dried goods and fruits, air conditioners and home appliances, she only has 300,000 yuan left. Next, Jingshu has to stock up on some daily necessities and equipment, otherwise it will be difficult to survive in the harsh conditions of the apocalypse.

A large sum of money is still needed, so I can only ask Jing's father to raise some more money.

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"On November 9th, the Central Procuratorate uncovered a massive corruption case involving 87.9 billion yuan..."

"On November 10th, a concerned citizen, Mr. Zhou, reported and verified that core leaders of the Welfare Lottery had embezzled over 100 billion yuan..."

"On November 11th, a concerned citizen, Mr. Liu, reported a constant glowing light next door at night. After verification, it was discovered that Secretary Zhang of Yuzhou had hidden tens of billions of yuan worth of gold in dozens of locations..."

For several days in a row, there were explosive news every day, mostly about how much money someone embezzled and how it was all confiscated. Jing's parents watched the morning news every morning to see who else had embezzled how much money.

"This is just the beginning." Jingshu yawned, washed up, and went out for a morning run to clean up the poultry manure.

Recently, the community posted a notice prohibiting the secret breeding of large livestock that would damage the community environment. I don’t know if it was directed at her.

"Let me think about it. This month we're catching corrupt officials, and next month it'll be the turn of celebrities evading taxes, right? In two months, it'll be the turn of the food industry. By then, anyone who dares not donate money or supplies will be punished by the government."

Everything was exactly the same as in her previous life, but unfortunately she didn't notice it in her previous life. Jingshu felt that the sun in November was still very warm, but in another month and a half she would never see the sun again.

"Master Kong is really smart. He donated instant noodles and water at the beginning of the apocalypse. After three months, he announced that he would stop production due to insufficient raw material supply. He gained both fame and fortune and successfully entered the political arena."

"The news is constantly reporting on corruption and tax evasion, how much money this celebrity donated, or how much food that food factory donated. Some food factories remained unmoved and even hoarded the food. Later, the government shut them down, found a pretext to take over the food, and then distributed it to citizens with clean records."

In the first year of the apocalypse, there was no harvest, high temperatures and plague. The only way to survive was to kill corrupt officials, control various food industries, and eat stored grain.

The country is actively stockpiling food, so why shouldn’t Jingshu be active?

The rules of Double Eleven are becoming more and more complicated, but Jingshu is not at all troubled. At midnight on Double Eleven, many stores will offer half-price sales for the first ten minutes or the first hour. Jingshu bought a small batch early last night.

Today Jingshu mainly went shopping at Tmall Supermarket, JD.com, NetEase Kaola, etc.

Jingshu bought a lot of snacks of all kinds, including compressed biscuits, chocolate, beef jerky, butcher shop, instant noodles, etc., and bought 5 boxes of them because they are good for keeping full.

She bought several boxes of milk, yogurt and drinks, mainly for easy consumption in emergencies. She also bought several boxes of adult milk powder, and Jingshu planned to wholesale a whole room of mineral water.

Instant noodles, sausages, and canned hot pot ingredients are all essential. Jingshu also bought 10 boxes and planned to put them all on the second floor of the villa.

Jingshu bought so much toilet paper, shampoo, shower gel, sanitary napkins, toothpaste, toothbrush, soap, laundry detergent, disinfectant, dishwashing liquid, skin cream, etc. that she couldn't finish using them all in ten years.

Jingshu bought 50 60-liter storage boxes, mainly to store various dry goods and miscellaneous supplies, which made it convenient for Jingshu to organize them. When she escapes, she can put everything in one pot so that the space is not cluttered.

Jingshu also wanted to buy more different kinds of clothing, such as a one-piece airtight space suit, winter clothes to protect against extreme cold, etc., but she didn't have enough money!

Most of her money was spent on snacks, and she was reluctant to return some of the snacks because after the apocalypse, all of them were discontinued and she would never be able to eat them again.

Jingshu can only wait for the next payment to arrive.