The deliveryman didn't tell Jiang Yuan and Wang Wei that he had delivered the wrong package, so they had no idea about the mix-up.

The young couple had been married for less than two years. Both of them earned a good income and did not have children yet, so they had little financial burden and were quite well-off.

When the power went out, they knew it would be inconvenient to cook, so they immediately ordered various instant foods and drinking water online. They were incredibly lucky; even a day later, they wouldn't have been able to buy so much.

The community announced another power outage in the evening, with no word on when the power would be restored.

After discussing it, Jiang Yuan and Wang Wei decided to give all the fresh produce they couldn't finish within two days to their neighbors.

Wang Wei handed Xia Ning two pounds of beef, a box of lamb rolls, and a bunch of bananas, saying bluntly, "My mom sent these. We can't finish them, and it wouldn't be right to waste them. These things don't keep well, so you should eat them quickly in the next couple of days. If you can't finish them, just throw them away. If they spoil and you get sick, I won't be responsible."

Xia Ning has no shortage of fresh produce and isn't afraid of it spoiling, but that's not entirely true.

"Wait me a moment."

After a moment's thought, she ran to the kitchen and took a bag of biscuits and two bags of pork jerky for Wang Wei, essentially bartering.

Wang Wei didn't stand on ceremony with her, nodded, accepted the money, and left.

Xia Ning quite likes this kind of straightforward communication; at least it's not tiring. Usually during Chinese New Year, whenever she sees her mother arguing with her aunt for ten minutes over a red envelope, she almost wants to yell "cut."

They weren't high-ranking officials retiring to their hometowns, having to ask His Majesty for permission three times before resigning.

Xia Ning closed the door, put the beef and lamb rolls into her spatial storage, broke off a banana and used it as a microphone to hold it to her sister's mouth.

"Our neighbors delivered fresh food to our family. As a new member of the Xia family, what contribution can you make to our household?"

The little sister looked at Xia Ning with a puzzled expression, then sniffed the banana, before turning around and running to her special little toilet to take a fresh pee.

Xia Ning: "..."

This brat is not worth discussing anything with!

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day10

People were naturally quite unhappy about the water and power outages, but their complaints didn't stop them from scrambling for spots in the shaded areas and underground parking garages.

After that, the power and water outages occurred intermittently, and the durations became increasingly longer. Xia Ning strongly suspected that the government was slowly boiling the frog in lukewarm water, and she had gathered evidence to support her suspicions.

But this is also good, because the public has time to adapt, and instead of facing the apocalypse all at once, social order is less likely to collapse.

Look, it's only been two days since the power outage, and new businesses have already sprung up in the neighborhood.

[Homeowners' Chat Group]

Brother Liu from Building 11: There are two empty seats in the car with the air conditioning on. It's 20 yuan per hour. Message me if you're interested. First come, first served.

Old Li from Building 12: I have three seats available. DM me if you need them.

Takeshi Kaneshiro from Building 2: Yesterday it was 10 yuan an hour, inflation is really too high.

Brother Liu from Building 11: Don't you see how hard it is to refuel these days?

Building 2, Daniel Wu: The second most handsome guy, shall we share the place?

Takeshi Kaneshiro from Building 2: If you pay, you're the number one handsome guy.

Louis Koo from Building 2: I, Louis Koo, am the first to disagree.

Mom of baby in Building 2: I think Louis Koo is more handsome and has a manly charm.

Li Le from Building 3: This is almost becoming your Building 2 chat group.

Takeshi Kaneshiro from Building 2: It's my duty, it's my duty to serve the people and bring them joy. No need to thank me.

Building 2 Wu Yanzu: If you really want to express your gratitude, just send a banner.

...

"puff!"

Xia Ning couldn't help but burst out laughing. To be honest, having a pair of lively characters in the group really helped to lighten the mood.

She scrolled through the chat history, and Li Le's name seemed particularly familiar, like Donkey Brother from the road trip novel. She wondered if it was just a coincidence and kept to the observation.

Li Le and Shu Qilan are both quite prominent members of the highway chat group, so it's interesting that they didn't recognize each other.

Xia Ning pondered that Shu Qilan's ID was "Jian Yuan is my husband," and Li Le probably didn't know her real name.

If Xia Ning hadn't happened to witness Jian Yuan and her tugging at the parking lot, she probably wouldn't have been able to recognize them at first glance.

Shu Qilan probably never paid any attention to any man other than Jian Yuan.

Xia Ning rubbed her chin, thinking to herself, "However, I've found another information gap I can exploit."

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Today, the temperature in the city reached a high of 46 degrees Celsius. Looking around, the heat made the asphalt road surface distort.

Xia Ning sat slouching in her chair, laughing at her phone.

After a while, she seemed to remember something and said, "Oh dear, I forgot, I can't keep using the air conditioner all the time, I have to get used to hot weather."

Then, she turned the air conditioner up from 26 degrees to 28 degrees.

Xia Ning: (*￣︶￣)

She argued vehemently, "You can't get fat in one bite; we have to take it one step at a time."

Sister: U???U

After finishing watching the wilderness survival documentary she was watching, Xia Ning patted her bottom, stood up, grabbed her sister's paw, and said, "I'm going down to the underground parking garage to take a look. Do you want to come?"

Sister: "Woof!"

At this time, people still couldn't stand the heat. Those with cars were sitting in their cars with the air conditioning on, and those without cars were trying to find a place to stay in the car. If they couldn't find a place to stay in the car, they would sleep on a mat in the garage, which was cooler than their homes.

Since the power outage also stopped the surveillance cameras, the entire community was crowded together, which made it easy for accidents to happen, and it also gave the opportunity for opportunists to take advantage of the situation and do bad things.

Didn't someone get their tent stolen when they set up a tent in the park?

The property management of the residential community simply drew grids in the garage, assigning one area to each household.

For some people who are out of town or whose cars are parked elsewhere, their empty parking spaces may be "borrowed".

Xia Ning had her car in the parking space, but she didn't dare to be careless and always had to go down and check.

If everyone in the community is scrambling for a spot in the garage, how many spots can they actually get? Families with many members who can't fit will definitely cause trouble.

Xia Ning bet that those who haven't bought a parking space will definitely say that those who already have a parking space don't need to share it anymore.

She needed to go down and check to be at ease, lest her spot be taken by someone else for no reason.

Meanwhile, the atmosphere in the owners' group chat, which was just joking around and friendly, suddenly became tense again.

It turns out that the kids who run wild in the neighborhood during the day aren't invincible; they get dizzy and weak as soon as they get home.