Chapter 064 Chapter 64

Halfway through the journey, Ji Yang felt refreshed, away from the hills over there.

The people who deserved to die in the previous life still died this time.

As for Ji Anfeng, although she really wanted to, it was not appropriate for her to do it herself. Her grandparents might be sad. In this case, it all depended on whether he could be lucky enough to survive under such circumstances.

After solving this problem, she was in a very good mood. She found a sheltered place, put most of her things in the space as usual, and took out some cold milk tea to drink.

It was already winter when she stocked up on milk tea, but most of the time she asked for ones with lots of ice cubes. Many milk tea shop clerks were very impressed by her. They thought she must have a strong stomach for daring to drink something so cold in such a cold day.

In fact, now is the ultimate use of milk tea.

A sip of cold liquid instantly relieved the stuffiness in her body. She wiped the sweat off her face with a wet towel and then checked the space after she swallowed the jade.

This time, when the two sacks went in, the space was very polite in eating them up, but there was no reaction at all. She scanned the empty corner with her consciousness over and over again, but nothing came out.

Fortunately, Ji Yang didn't give up hope and was not too disappointed.

When she arrived at Building 9 of Jiafu Community, she felt someone looking at her from upstairs. She looked up and saw Li Yi waving at her from the window. She also smiled and waved, then went upstairs.

After so many days, the water level has reached the lower half of the fifth floor.

This is already the lowest water level after the flood.

Ji Yang always felt that there seemed to be a big gap between this and his memory. The frequency of heavy rains in his previous life was much higher than this time. Could it be that God saw how hard they worked and held back?

Or do we need to enter the extreme heat in advance?

I looked at the sky and it was still clear.

Forget it, she couldn't change how God would torment her. Once she went out, she just had to be careful at all times. If there was any change, she would immediately find shelter.

The corridor that was exposed after being flooded was filled with a strong stench, just like a dry sewer. Ji Yang didn't want to wash Xixi's feet, so he put dog shoes on its four paws before carrying it in.

Xixi found it very awkward to walk with shoes on, but it also hated the smell, so it had to climb up quickly.

Ji Yang pulled the rope to confirm that it was still strong before climbing up carefully. Li Yi happened to open the door: "You're back!"

Ji Yang nodded, not noticing any movement behind her, and asked, "Where are the others?"

Li Yi smiled and said, "Today, only Zhu Hao and I are at home. Everyone else went to buy seafood! Did you buy any?"

"I bought it." Ji Yang nodded: "I may not be here in the next few days, so you guys should be careful. Looking at the weather, it feels like it has been quiet for too long, so you should go to the base as soon as possible."

Li Yi nodded seriously: "Yes, I understand. I will tell them."

Ji Yang said hello and took Xixi back.

She took the initiative to come back, firstly to make Ji Anfeng feel a little bit of crisis, so that if he wanted to do something, he should do it sooner, and secondly to get the batch of jade back. Although she knew that she might get nothing, the things were there, so she wanted to send them to the space.

This weird obsessive-compulsive disorder probably can't be cured.

*

It's been less than three days.

When Ji Yang returned home, he found that the lettuce that had just grown had wilted due to the sun!

He is not dead, but he looks a little bit bad.

It was because the sun was too strong and she didn't water the plants in time. Usually when she was at home, she would remember to move the foam box to another place or indoors at noon considering the strong sun.

But this time she was out.

Ji Yang quickly put it back into the space, and used her consciousness to take the watering can and spray water on the roots. Lettuce likes water, and she couldn't judge the degree accurately, so she simply sprayed the soil as well.

Next it all depends on this guy's luck.

etc……

Ji Yang looked at the soil under his feet and wondered if he could get some more planting pots.

Just use the space specifically for growing vegetables. In this way, things like lettuce, cabbage, Chinese cabbage, and cherry tomatoes will not need special land. The saved space can be used to grow other things.

Ji Yang liked his own idea.

But if you want it to be that high, you'll have to build racks and get planting pots, which is a lot of work. It's better to wait until it's extremely hot so you can be stuck at home and it's inconvenient to go out, as you'll have more free time then.

Now she had to go to dinner!

I haven’t eaten hot pot for a long time.

Before eating, the temperature had to be lowered first. Ji Yang liked this large living room very much. She had lived in too many small houses in her previous life. She felt that this three-bedroom, two-living-room apartment in Jiafu Community was very suitable for her, especially the living room.

Spacious and bright without being too big.

That is why the temperature drops and rises much slower than in a room.

But this was quite simple for Ji Yang. One ice basin was not enough, so she used two or three, and then added air conditioning. During this time, she quickly went into the space to wash up.

After taking a shower, throw the dirty clothes into the washing machine.

She has quite a lot of washing machines, specially for washing outer clothes, underwear, and underwear. All of them can be disinfected and dried. They are connected to the water tower in the small house, so there is no need to worry about anything. After a while, she can just take out the clothes.

When she came out after finishing her work, more than twenty minutes had passed and the living room had become much cooler. She had just dried her body and was still a little damp. When she felt the cold temperature, she shivered for a moment, but quickly recovered.

The hot pot will be hotter later, so she won’t take the extra ice bucket away.

Ji Yang took out the rice cooker, poured in pure water, and put a large piece of hot pot base. Xixi immediately ran over attentively: "Woof woof woof!"

"I won't forget you." Ji Yang said, and gave it a rabbit leg to chew.

Xixi was very satisfied with having food. She held the rabbit leg in her mouth and ate it next to the ice bucket.

Ji Yang started to get the ingredients for his next meal.

Then I found that there were a lot of vegetables, mushrooms and meatballs, but only a little fresh marinated meat was left. I quickly took out the chopping board to cut the meat. The meat was sent to the space immediately after being slaughtered, so it did not need to be thawed and could be cut directly.

She has good knife skills and it is very convenient for her to cut things as long as her arms are strong.

Slices of meat were cut, sent back to the space for a simple wash, sprinkled with some seasoning and placed aside. The water had just boiled, so the fresh mushrooms could be put in first. Waves of spicy heat spread in the living room, and the temperature that had just dropped seemed to be rising again. Ji Yang silently took out an electric fan and pointed it at the pot to blow away the heat.

Now it's very comfortable.

The meat slices are marinated for about ten minutes, then thrown into the pot and boiled for a while, and then taken out, they are just tender and delicious.

Ji Yang took the dipping bowl, picked up the meat and dipped it in it. When he felt it was too greasy, he wrapped it with a piece of lettuce leaf grown by himself. This kind of lettuce is safe to eat raw, without pesticides or insects, and tastes excellent.

She was so happy that she felt dizzy.

This is simply the most comfortable time!

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But the leisurely days won't last forever.

After resting for a few days, Ji Yang felt very unhappy as he watched the water level downstairs continue to drop to the third floor.

She has three special electronic clocks in her space. She changes the batteries regularly so she can see the date at any time.

Now it is already early July 2061.

It has been less than half a year since the flood, but the drop in the water level is almost the same as before the extremely hot period in my previous life.

You can consider moving.

This place seemed to be fine after being bombed once, but Ji Yang didn't need to take the risk. What if there was a problem with a load-bearing wall that she didn't know about, or if there was a tornado or typhoon, she would be finished.

Once the water has completely receded, I can drive to transport my luggage. Before that, I have to build my own house.

With Xie Muchi, it was comfortable, but the prerequisite was that she could hardly use the space at all.

There were people coming and going over there. Although the dealers were very sensible and polite, never going to the second floor, eavesdropping or peeking, and even not touching things placed in the kitchen, Ji Yang was not familiar with them, and even if he was familiar with them, he could not trust them.

There are so many people around, and if she is not careful, she might be doomed.

Therefore, your own house, a place without outsiders is very important!

The house needs to be renovated, and it is impossible for her to move into the bare house directly with her luggage. She has to go there in advance and rent a villa. The decoration materials can be bought directly at the base. If there are enough supplies, the base is willing to sell them.

It just so happened that Ji Yang had stored so many medicinal herbs with Xie Muchi. Brothers should settle accounts clearly. The value of these medicinal herbs has been rising, while the value of jade has been falling step by step. What Xie Muchi owes her now, or to be more precise, what the base owes her, can be used to pay for the decoration costs.

After making everything planned, Ji Yang got up early in the morning and looked at the sky first.

As sunny as ever.

You can go out.

This time there is no wild boar meat, so there is no need to carry a lot of luggage. All you need to bring is a mountaineering bag, a speedboat, and Xixi following you.

Open the door.

The house opposite is quiet.

As early as the day before yesterday, Jiang Jing and others also went back one after another. Before leaving, they told her that the research base had issued an announcement that symptomatic drugs for treating plague were already on sale in the hospital!

Even if the patient is seriously ill, if he continues to take medicine for about half a month, he will be mostly recovered. For patients with mild symptoms and strong bodies, he will recover in three days.

With this good news, the base seemed to have rekindled hope.

The price of medicine is not expensive, and most people can buy some to relieve their symptoms if they try hard.

Therefore, the base is very busy now, and few people are willing to cause trouble. Everyone sincerely hopes that the base will be better and that the researchers can focus on curing the remaining viral and bacterial infections as soon as possible.

It happened that the water level had been dropping during this period, and the authorities knew that the extreme heat was coming, so they were also desperately trying to stockpile supplies. They had large ships, enough tools, and were willing to take ordinary people to farther places to collect the necessary supplies. They went out early and came back late, and some might not come back for two or three days. They were very busy.

Taking advantage of this trend, Jiang Jing and his team decisively chose to blend in with the chaos.

The last batch of pork was just taken away the day before yesterday.

This time, they made a lot of money.

Ji Yang was thinking about this and had already gone downstairs.

The water level just happened to be below the corridor on the third floor. He easily stepped over it without climbing. Then he caught the heavy burden Xixi threw at him. Finally, he put two more sacks of medicinal materials on them and quickly headed towards the base.

The terrain becomes higher as you get closer to the base.

Therefore, when he arrived near the base, Ji Yang was surprised to find that the entire appearance of the mountain was revealed.

The land selected for the Changnan Base actually has a mountain underneath, a huge mountain that was once covered with trees, stretching far back. Few people lived here.

Because the mountain is steep and not suitable for climbing, and the vegetation is dense and it is easy to get lost, but the scenery is nice and the foot of the mountain is usually a place for many people to escape the summer heat.

Most of the accumulated water has receded, but you can still vaguely see some traces of houses remaining at the foot of the mountain.

The base was built against the mountain. The state machinery was in operation and a section of the mountain was flattened to build the base. At the same time, several large pillars supported the base, which completely separated it from the accumulated water. At this moment, the base was like a huge flat lid covering it.

It was covered with accumulated water before, and Ji Yang was not very familiar with this place. She once suspected that when it was extremely hot, the entire base would be placed in mid-air and roasted by fire. Now she realized... she was overthinking.

Since they dared to build such a base using super luxurious materials, how could the authorities not imagine the scenario when it is extremely hot.

Next to this stone mountain, it may have been hollowed out to a certain extent, because at this moment Ji Yang discovered that there were workers working in the middle section of the mountain covered by the base. There was a door in the middle, and tools were handed out from time to time.

The base is very large, actually even larger than a mountain, so some places can be said to be suspended in mid-air, but those places were built later in order to accommodate more survivors.

If extreme heat comes, life in that area can be said to be the most difficult. It just so happens that the survivors there are relatively poor. Just like now, those with some assets will choose to go to safer places such as Area 1, Area 2, and Area 3.

If it is possible to live inside the mountains and choose the mountains as a place for collective summer retreat, it would be more resource-efficient and would be a good idea.

——

Ji Yang looked for a long time before stopping the speedboat at the mooring area.

There were a lot of people coming and going at the door, and the atmosphere was less tense and depressing than in the previous times. It was much more relaxed. The staff came to pick her up as usual, and it happened to be the same person who picked her up last time. Perhaps he still remembered her and smiled.

The herbs were very light and there were not many of them, so Ji Yang didn't ask anyone to pick them up. Instead, he hired a small electric scooter to go over.

Xie Muchi won't be there at that time, but other traders will be.

Ji Yang originally wanted them to wait, as Xie Muchi would be back for lunch at noon. However, before they knew it, someone called Xie Muchi with a walkie-talkie, and he came back about ten minutes later.

Now that everyone was back, Ji Yang simply expressed his thoughts.

"Rent a villa?" Xie Muchi was obviously very happy. His peach blossom eyes lit up, and then he drifted a little and said, "I have asked someone to reserve a house in advance. It's just behind mine. If you like it, you can book it directly."

"Huh?" Ji Yang was slightly surprised: "No wonder no one has lived in the back."

Xie Muzhi didn't say anything either, just stared at her.

Ji Yang poked his face, which seemed to have darkened even more, and said with a smile: "Okay, that's it, the renovation fee will be deducted from the medicinal materials, how about you come to help?"

"No problem!" Xie Muchi relaxed a little and held the man in his arms: "As long as you don't mind me meddling too much."

Ji Yang lay lazily: "No problem."

Anyway, the house decoration will definitely be done by someone else, not her.

It would be better if Xie Muchi could be the supervisor.

Xie Muchi took action right away. Thinking that she could move in earlier, he took her to register immediately. Then Ji Yang found that the rent had increased.

After so long since the natural disaster, more and more people have gathered at the base, and the rent has gone up a lot. Now the rent for the house she has chosen is 8,000 points per month.

Sky-high price!

It’s three thousand more expensive than when the base was first built!

However, there is one advantage. Although the price is higher when renting directly with the official company, if the rent is adjusted, you don’t have to pay for the excess, and the shortfall will be returned to your account, so you don’t have to worry about being at a disadvantage.

Therefore, the rent can only be paid for three months at most.

Ji Yang immediately stopped feeling bad. Even if she had rented the base when it was first opened, she would have had to spend more money. As for buying it, that was impossible. Although she was very confident in the current base, she still couldn't be sure that the base would be safe in the future natural disasters.

If you buy a house and it gets damaged, you will be heartbroken.

Even if the base will compensate, the conditions will become increasingly difficult and the houses will only get worse.

"Okay, that's it." Ji Yang made the decision.

Xie Muchi went to pay the money immediately.

Ji Yang was waiting lazily with her chin in her hand. After a moment, the rental contract was in her hands, and her account was increased by 50,000 points. There was no deposit when renting a house at the base. When the rent is due, the money will be deducted directly from the tenant's account. If the deduction is less than the rent for that month, a special person will come to remind her. If it exceeds half a month, she will be forced to move out. On the contrary, if she keeps paying the rent, even the base has no right to take away her right to live there, which is no different from buying it.

These rules are written in the contract.

Ji Yang took a quick look and found that they were all normal contracts.

The house has been rented, and all that remains is to decorate it. Basic decoration materials can be purchased directly at the base, so Xie Muchi took her to place an order again.

He seemed very interested and asked Ji Yang what he thought from time to time.

Ji Yang answered casually. He always felt that this man had a sense of refinement in decorating his own house. When he heard him ask about wiring modification, it would be best if there were sockets at the bedside, kitchen door, balcony, etc., he interrupted him: "Keep it simple, just these reserved for the roughcast will be enough!"

She always uses batteries anyway, and usually charges her mobile phones, tablets, etc. in the space, and she doesn't have many electrical appliances to use.

The staff member couldn't help but laugh. Xie Muzhi was a little disappointed. Ji Yang pinched his palm and said, "Don't you want me to come and live here earlier?"

Xie Muzhi: "No, you are right!"

Both parties reached a consensus on simple decoration.

Of course, this simple decoration still includes tiling.

Next it will be extremely hot, the tiled floor will be much cooler, and water can be added, so the wooden boards are not needed for the time being. Apart from that, sound insulation and heat insulation are still required.

Insulation is already included in the base's building materials, but the owner added it extra, and the effect will definitely be better. Upon hearing this, the staff said in embarrassment: "Currently these materials are no longer for sale at the base."

Xie Muzhi frowned and was about to say something.

Ji Yang stopped him: "It's okay, I can get it, I don't need the base, continue with the rest."

Seeing this, he said nothing more and continued to look down for what he needed.

When the staff calculated the total cost, they clicked their calculators. Ji Yang's eyelids jumped. A few minutes later, the staff said, "According to your order, the total cost is 54,720 points. Since you are a special talent at the base, you can get a 10% discount for orders over 50,000. The total cost is 49,248 points. The base is now transferring the goods. It will take about three days to complete the purchase. You need to pay at least 30% of the cost first."

Ji Yang: ...

Sure enough, good things are expensive!

She planned to pay for many of these herself.

For example, special sound insulation and heat insulation materials, explosion-proof doors and the like.

Ji Yang lost 15,000 of the 50,000 points she had just earned. She walked out with the bill and began to worry, "Are my herbs not enough?"

Xie Muzhi immediately said, "That's not it. You are still the creditor. I don't have that many points on hand now. I will go to the research institute to ask for them later. They took so many medicinal materials from you, many of which were on credit. Now that the plague symptomatic medicine has appeared, the account has a steady stream of points, which is just right for payment."

Ji Yang felt relieved and asked again: "By the way, what is the special talent she just mentioned?"

This also happened in her previous life. She was able to earn so many points in her previous life because she was also a registered special talent. Whenever there were any dangerous tasks, she would be called first.

She didn't react when she first heard it, but when she got out of here, she suddenly remembered that she didn't seem to have much contact with the base in this life?

Xie Muzhi explained: "After completing the mission, we had to make a mission report. You made a great contribution, so I reported it truthfully. The base originally wanted to recruit you, but I knew you didn't like it, so they held them back and said that you had a channel and had been helping me get medicinal materials. This was more important than the mission. So they registered you as a special talent, so that it would be more convenient for you to go to other bases in the future."

Ji Yang understood and smiled with satisfaction: "That's good. I didn't expect that special talents could get discounts."

Xie Muzhi curled his lips, also very happy.

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Next, we were busy with the decoration.

The acceptance of the decoration can be handed over to Xie Muchi, but Ji Yang also has to supervise and inspect the construction materials first.

After looking at the construction drawings, she realized that these small villas all have basements. No wonder there are so many materials!

Having a basement means that the extreme heat that follows will be much easier for people than in other places.

Therefore, Ji Yang focused on renovating two places, the basement and the master bedroom on the second floor. As for other places, it would be fine as long as they were acceptable. Anyway, she would not let too many people in.

But even so, there are still a lot of decoration materials.

This small house, including the yard, covers an area of ​​280 square meters. In actual measurement, the yard alone is nearly 100 square meters, and the rest is the area of ​​the house. In the past few days, a pile of materials has appeared in the yard every day. Those that cannot be exposed to water are placed on the first floor, and those that can be exposed to water are placed in the yard. It is almost full.

During this period, Ji Yang received two visits from the Yu family next door, hoping that Xie Muchi could get those profiteers to provide some clues about Yu Zhiji. He was missing. He had said a few days ago that he was going out to do something and never came back. Before he disappeared, he had a little conflict with Xie Muchi.

But Xie Muchi himself had been busy in the base during this period, and only Ji Yang had been out. The Yu family probably didn't think that the murderer would be a little girl, so they thought that Yu Zhiji's disappearance might be caused by kidnapping or someone outside the base, and hoped that they could help.

Xie Muchi was not at home, and Ji Yang was too lazy to receive him. Every time, Zhou Baoping and others politely declined and sent him back. After a few times, the Yu family gave up.

It is normal for people to die in natural disasters. Since they cannot be found, of course they should just continue to live their lives.

The matter passed quietly.

As for the news about Ji Anfeng, Ji Yang really didn't hear anything at all. No matter whether he was dead or alive, he just kept it as best as possible.

She was very satisfied with this situation. She hid on the second floor of Xie Muzhi's house with Wang Wang in her arms, watching the workers transporting materials in and out.

It was still too hot outside. Although it was bearable, there was no need to endure some suffering, especially now that the little calico cat seemed to have recovered a lot. It still remembered Ji Yang and was very friendly when it saw her. It limped over to her and lay down at her feet for her to pet.

Ji Yang, who had never raised a cat, fell in love with it immediately. He rubbed the kitten's soft belly for a long time. When it was time to go out, he naturally didn't want to go out, so he just watched from here. There happened to be a window here that allowed him to see what was happening behind.

Today is the last day. After the last material on the list arrived, Ji Yang finally let go of Xiao Sanhua.

Wangwang let out a puzzled "meow", looking at her with his round eyes and hooking his tail towards her.

Ji Yang almost couldn't move: "Be good, I'll be back soon!"

Xixi also reluctantly went over, touched and looked at him, and then followed Ji Yang closely.

Although the little guy is beautiful, the owner is the most important!

Ji Yang went downstairs to sign for it. After signing, the person in charge here would take the note with her signature to the official side, and the official would be able to transfer the balance and pay them for the moving costs at the same time.

The next day, the decoration workers arranged by Xie Muchi came in. Now everyone was rushing to work, and the master craftsman was short of manpower, so he only hired three people plus two assistants.

Now Ji Yang will have to get busy too.

Hurry up and bring the decoration materials over.

Fortunately, most of the materials were available officially, so Ji Yang got two more rubber boats and finished the move in just three trips. The rest of the time was spent on supervision. Simple decoration did not take much time, and she had no plans to expand the basement. Basically, it was just puttying, tiling, and doing indoor waterproofing.

The windows do not need to be refitted because various extreme situations were taken into consideration when the base was built, and very good explosion-proof and bulletproof glass was used. Only a small number of doors and windows had problems during the tornado.

Area 1 was created for the purpose of earning points, so there will be no cutting of corners in the materials used.

This reduces a lot of trouble.

Looking at the simple unfinished little villa, it is changing every day.

Ji Yang's job provides meals, and a special restaurant delivers meals to her at mealtime every day, mainly to save time. She also pays a relatively high salary. Except for the hottest time from 11:30 to 3:00 in the afternoon, at other times, as long as you can see clearly, you have to work. The wages are calculated by the hour, 20 points per hour.

The hourly wage is considered very high in the current market.

People who come to do this are all here to earn points, so working overtime is not a problem.

If you can work ten hours a day, you can get 200 points, and 6,000 points a month, which is two or three times what those official grassroots staff can earn. Even if you only work for a few days, you can still make a lot of money.

Ji Yang was in such a hurry because he guessed that the extreme heat was approaching.

The water level dropped too quickly, so officials have sent the boats back. They went there by boat and came back by car. However, the accumulated water in the coastal cities may not have completely receded, so the official personnel have not returned.

The official temporary mooring service is no longer available. The base is located in a high-lying area, and as the water level drops, the official mooring areas are moving away again and again.

By now we are quite far away from the gate of the base, which is a bit dangerous for the staff. The official patrols are no longer conducted on boats, but rely on electric vehicles or their two legs, and they cannot pay attention all the time.

For this reason, Ji Yang went out specifically to retrieve the speedboat and two rubber boats that were originally stored at the official place.

Less than five days after work started, the temperature, which had been stagnant for a long time, began to rise little by little.

Ji Yang also placed a thermometer outside the window so that he could take a look at it from time to time. The moment he noticed something, his heart sank and he urged the decorators to work harder.

After that, it rises one or two degrees every day, which seems insignificant.

But it also made the already hot weather even hotter, and the thick moisture that caused many people to develop eczema dissipated, and turned into a dryness that could almost cause the skin to crack.

It was as if all the water vapor had evaporated.

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hot!

Ji Yang was awakened by a loud noise. His mind was fuzzy and he felt tired and dazed from not having slept well.

The air conditioner was rumbling outside, but I was still sweating from the heat.

She couldn't sleep well during her nap. The two buckets of ice she put there before going to bed had completely turned into water. Ji Yang casually took back the space, gulped down a glass of water, and glanced at the indoor thermometer. The air conditioner was set to 28 degrees, but the actual temperature was: 39 degrees!

I suspect the air conditioner is broken.

She looked helplessly at the dazzling world outside that was distorted by the scorching sun, took out the intercom and asked them to postpone work for another hour, and then went downstairs to see how the air conditioning was.

Before I even reached the first floor, I felt a heat wave coming.

Okay.

It was even hotter than the second floor, so she should go back to her room.

Zhou Baoping, who was in the living room at the time, saw her and asked hurriedly, "Ji Yang, the air conditioner on the first floor just exploded. Is your upstairs okay?"

Ji Yang: “?!”

This is really going to kill me, right?!

"There must be something wrong." Ji Yang said weakly: "What's the temperature outside now?"

Zhou Baoping: "It's fifty-one times."

Ji Yang: ...

It's numb.

So this is what it feels like to be in the world of ice and fire.

My heart feels cold and my body feels hot.