Chapter 71

It has been more than three hours since Ji Yang went out. It is still early in the morning and the indoor temperature is currently 41 degrees, which is considered quite cool.

She has always been conscious of acclimating herself to these temperatures so that she won't faint from the heat if she really needs to go out in the future. Therefore, she doesn't turn on the air conditioner.

Feeling the temperature was tolerable, she didn't turn on the air conditioner.

Wangwang was playing in the basement. As soon as Xixi came back, she quickly went to the basement as well. It was cooler there and the furry little cutie liked to go there.

Including mice...

Fortunately, Wangwang was watching over her, so the mice couldn't reach her bed.

She had to sleep during the day and naturally had to spend time at night, so she took out the foam box excitedly, sprinkled cabbage seeds in it, and watered it more. The air was too dry and she could easily have a nosebleed if she was not careful. If there was not enough water in the soil, it would soon dry into sand.

First put the foam box in the room on the first floor. Ji Yang just sat down, and before his butt had even hit the ground for two seconds, there was a noise outside. The person who delivered the soil came.

She hurried over to greet him again.

Bags of soil were piled in the yard. Ji Yang took out a planting box, carefully poured the soil in, tidied it up a little, and then held the edge of the planting box with both hands and lifted it hard. The heavy dozens of kilograms of soil were easily lifted by her.

These things cannot be grown outdoors, otherwise they will be destroyed by the scorching sun in a day.

There are five planting boxes in total, but there is still extra soil. The room on the first floor that she planned to use for planting is also mostly empty. Ji Yang simply took out a few more planting boxes from the space to use up all the soil.

After moving things in and out for a long time, Ji Yang was sweating all over. He then leisurely went to the bathroom to wash up.

When I returned to the basement refreshed, I already started thinking about what to eat.

She has had a poor appetite these past two days.

Now my appetite has worked up and I want to eat a lot of things. As for the food that Xie Muchi put in the refrigerator... I'll just leave it for him to eat when he comes back before dawn.

Ji Yang has already found spicy crayfish, ice cola, and hot dry noodles from the space. He plugged in the rice cooker and started cooking the noodles. After the noodles were cooked, he put them in the crayfish broth and stirred them. The taste was absolutely amazing!

But it’s still too strong in taste and needs to be adjusted occasionally, so I’ll have another sip of ice cola.

She was eating and drinking happily, and the two cats beside her were staring at her. Before, Xixi was the only one here, and Wangwang had no interest in her food. But after being taken care of by Xixi for a few days, he learned one of its tricks. Every time Ji Yang ate, it would squat beside her.

Even though the food bowls of these two are filled with enough food for both of them!

Ji Yang didn't know whether to laugh or cry. He took out two cooked shrimps from the space, removed the shrimp heads, and threw the rest to them.

After getting the delicious food, the two cubs did not ask for more. They happily took the food they begged for and ate it in the food bowl with relish.

Ji Yang was completely speechless.

I can't figure out these two weird hobbies.

The air conditioner was blowing cool air. Ji Yang was sweating profusely while eating crayfish. After the noodles were cooked, she wrapped them in the soup and ate half a bowl again, as if she wanted to make up for what she had not eaten in the past few days.

Finally, to clear the smell from the room, she took a shower.

Before taking a shower, she turned on the air conditioner. When she finished her shower and returned to the basement, the temperature had dropped to the early 30s. It was already past five in the morning. Xie Muchi would be back within half an hour after the sun came out.

Next it's time to go to bed.

Before this, Ji Yang closed her eyes and started tinkering in the space. There were also many planting boxes, nutrient soil and other things in her space. The reason why they were useless was because the space had other uses.

As mentioned before, you can consider building a few shelves in the living space, so that you can have a lot more empty planting area. You can't grow anything big, but common vegetables are no problem at all.

In this way, the land specifically used for growing vegetables can be used to plant more vegetables based on what is needed next.

Now all she had to do was set up the scaffolding.

Fortunately, she was in space and could control it with her mind, so she didn't need to do anything, and it was easy to build the shelf. But in this case, there would not be enough shelves. How about learning some carpentry and building the shelf herself with wood?

——

While I was busy, I felt someone coming in from outside.

Xixi and Wangwang didn’t react, so it must be Xie Muzhi.

Now Xie Muchi comes here to sleep during the day, and when he can go out at night, he goes to the opposite side or other places to work. The small courtyard in front has completely become a work area, so all his personal belongings are sent here. Other traders use walkie-talkies to contact him and never come here.

It gave her a private safe house.

Someone came in, but didn't come over immediately.

Instead, he waited for a while before coming over. The moisture on his body from taking a shower quickly cooled down under the cool air of the air conditioner, making him feel very comfortable. Ji Yang took the opportunity to come over and hug him.

"You didn't sleep?" Xie Muzhi asked.

Ji Yang said lazily: "I'm not asleep."

Xie Muzhi: "Didn't you eat? And you don't have a good appetite?"

"No, I'm full." Ji Yang said quickly, "Eat it yourself."

Xie Muzhi responded softly, his chest vibrating slightly, making Ji Yang's ears numb. Then he felt his palm touching his stomach. Ji Yang quickly said, "I just ate and don't want to move."

"No, I just want to see if you're full." As Xie Muchi said this, he had already moved away. He was indeed full, his belly was round.

Looking at Xixi and Wangwang again, they were also full and lying lazily.

He suddenly realized that he was the only one in the family who went to work, and he felt particularly miserable.

Xie Muzhi's mind moved, and a white box appeared in his hand. He said faintly: "It seems that you don't even care about what I have in my hand."

Ji Yang sat up instantly and looked over with anticipation.

"Cellphone?!" She exclaimed in surprise, perking up: "It's out now?! I thought it would take a few days!"

Xie Muzhi handed it over, and a narrow smile appeared on his handsome face: "Oh, you opened your eyes."

Ji Yang glared at him and took the phone. It was still in the packaging before the disaster, but without the brand logos. She sat cross-legged and opened it carefully. A brand new phone appeared in front of her.

It's still a familiar model, with only minor differences.

The bright white color is simple and elegant, and there is a base logo at the bottom of the back.

New phones are all powered. Ji Yang pressed the power button. After a while, the phone turned on. She skillfully swiped through the pages one by one and finally saw the final style - well... there were very few apps.

No more mandatory installation of software.

For a moment I didn't know whether to laugh or feel sad.

Apart from the necessary basic functions such as taking photos, photo albums, music, and videos, the rest is just a piece of software: [Changnan Base]

Xie Muchi handed over another SIM card. Ji Yang installed it, and the phone immediately had internet access. When he clicked on it, he found that it was a shopping app.

The homepage shows the things currently available in the supermarket. In the middle is a forum, which is divided into different modules. The first one is related to the Changnan base, the second is related to the tasks, the third is the free forum, and the fourth is the second-hand trading forum.

On the far right is the personal center, the familiar personal center, but you need to log in.

Ji Yang logged in with her mobile phone number, and her personal account immediately appeared. The account number showed the current balance of her points card. Next to the balance was a ticket package, which contained some bills that she should have issued this month.

She had never received it before because she didn't need it.

But now that she is connected to the Internet, her account is automatically bound, just like the various coupons for shopping before the natural disaster. The only difference is that unlike coupons, this thing must be checked when shopping. If not, she cannot place an order.

After Ji Yang tried to place an order, he understood its purpose.

"This is amazing!" she exclaimed.

This was something that didn't happen in the previous life. In the previous life, everyone was busy stockpiling goods, getting food, and repairing various equipment, and no one had heard of the news of selling mobile phones.

Xie Muzhi nodded in agreement: "Yes, it fully takes into account most of the current needs."

Of course, a small part, such as the same social software as before, is no longer needed, and direct phone contact is enough. Other than that, this phone fully meets daily needs.

Especially when you click on the video, it is full of various video content sold in packages!

It includes all the inventory that ever existed.

The same goes for music apps. You don’t have to download your favorite music from multiple platforms because of copyright issues.

Of course, the same old saying applies: if you want points or traffic, it all comes down to points.

If you don’t have any points, you can just play some stand-alone games on your phone.

Ji Yang was immediately addicted to it.

Although the wireless network is temporarily unavailable because the network has not yet been fully covered, the data on her mobile phone is enough for her to browse forums, shop, play games or listen to music.

Especially on the forum, it is estimated that quite a few people have got the mobile phones. In just a short while, many posts appeared, and there were also many replies. Everyone had all kinds of strange nicknames.

But there aren’t really any celebrities or anything like that right now, so there isn’t much to discuss.

The most popular ones are those showing off wealth.

One poster took a screenshot of how much music and videos he had purchased, and accidentally saw his balance. Even though the other posters were also wealthy people, they still praised him: [666]

[This balance is a little more than mine [Picture]]

[We have the same hobbies, I also bought these [pictures pictures]]

In fact, it is also a roundabout way of showing off wealth.

Ji Yang was amused by what he saw.

However, what they showed off were only a few thousand points, which was actually a drop in the bucket compared to their actual wealth. No one showed off the supplies at home. After this incident, everyone grew up. Some things can be shown off, but some things cannot be chosen.

These posts are more about getting people to chat.

Ji Yang was watching intently. Xie Muchi waited beside her for a long time, but didn't get a glance from her. His expectancy finally died. He realized sadly that he shouldn't have taken out his phone so early.

At least you should have taken care of him before.

Xie Muzhi was so angry that he stroked Xixi's head hard, and went upstairs to heat up the food with a desolate back.

Xixi:?

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The novelty of a cell phone only lasts for a day or two.

Ji Yang didn't want to post anything to communicate with others, so she mostly just read. Before the natural disaster, when the internet was still connected, she just read and didn't say anything, and it was the same now.

In addition to showing off wealth posts, there are also pet posts.

In fact, it is rare to see a pet anywhere in the base. Raising a pet is time-consuming, laborious and expensive. Another reason is that raising a pet means that there are sufficient supplies, and it is the number one target for those who have this idea.

Even if people have pets, they keep them hidden.

But now there are many more posts on anonymous forums showing off their pets. They are all small pets that can be hidden at home, and no one knows who owns them when they are posted.

Otherwise, I wouldn't be able to attract her for two days.

But with less content, the popularity naturally dropped. The only remaining use of the mobile phone, apart from occasionally bragging on the forum, is to facilitate contact with relatives and friends at the base. Once you leave the base, these things are useless.

Ji Yang soon lost interest in the phone and continued to be busy setting up shelves, figuring out how to grow vegetables, and also - drying fruits and vegetables.

The former had to be hidden, so she got up with Xie Muchi every day. When Xie Muchi went out, she would go to the second floor. No one lived on the second floor, so the air conditioners were taken down and placed in Xie Muchi's space to prevent them from being damaged by the sun.

The window is very large, and a lot of sunlight from the south can shine in. Normally this is not a good room, but it is just right for drying fruits.

It had been completely cleaned and disinfected before, and the place was really clean and not humid, so there weren't any bugs when he came up a few days later. However, Ji Yang still disinfected it again and waited for another day before quickly delivering the grapes, blueberries and other fruits that had been prepared at seven in the morning.

This time, it was still padded with cotton cloth.

Get out quickly when you are done.

Then, the fresh vegetables taken out from Xie Muchi's space were also dried. This time, they were placed directly in the yard. The sun was too strong and it was easy to get sunburned, so Ji Yang specially placed an order for semi-finished heat-insulating clothing on his mobile phone.

The current daytime temperature has reached 57 degrees. Although it is not so hot in the morning, the scorching sun can still easily cause burns to human skin.

Although the thermal insulation suit is a semi-finished product and cannot last too long, it is still fine for a few minutes.

Currently, the purchase of heat-insulating clothing is also limited, one piece per person, and it is more expensive than in the previous life, costing 10,000!

Maybe there are more people and the demand is higher.

I guess I’ll have to add a lot more points when the finished product comes out.

Wearing the heat-insulating suit, she only needed to quickly take out the packaged vegetables, pull them apart and let them scatter on the cotton cloth. Within almost a minute, those juicy vegetables would be visibly dehydrated.

For convenience, Ji Yang sorted the vegetables and cut the cabbage and bok choy into pieces.

When she delivered the second batch of vegetables, she found that the surfaces of the first batch had completely dried out, and some of the thin tips had begun to dehydrate.

When it came to the third batch, she looked at the vegetables from the first batch which were already half dry, and fell silent.

The temperature rose too quickly and the thermal insulation suits were useless. She even put the thermal insulation suit under the air conditioner to cool it down before wearing it outside. This delayed her for a while, and the first group was only let out for thirty minutes to bask in the sun.

That means it can be dried in about an hour, and when the sun is directly overhead, it will be even faster.

She yawned. Now she had to stay up late... no, stay up all day.

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In the next few days, Ji Yang was busy all the time. He was busy for a while before going to bed and busy again after waking up. While ensuring adequate sleep, he was able to dry about 50 kilograms of vegetables and more than 20 kilograms of fruits every day.

The main activity at night is to take care of the plants in the planting room on the first floor, and continue exercising to keep my body flexible. Occasionally, I hide in the basement and enter the space to review how to fly a plane and how to use the life capsule.

Although the space is not big enough to fly directly in it, it is no problem to briefly practice takeoff, landing, etc.

Driving a boat also requires practice, which can be learned directly in the pond. The boat she bought was not big. At that time, the Internet and satellite cameras were too advanced. She was afraid of being targeted, so she took the boat back with the mentality of taking a gamble, and only took it two days before leaving.

The bet is that no one pays attention to such a small corner all the time.

It’s the right bet so far.

Even if she was discovered later, no one would know that it was she who took the ship.

Not to mention that after the natural disaster, the country, which originally allowed gun ownership, is now in chaos.

After being busy for half a month, Xie Muchi brought a piece of news - she had not found a suitable buyer for the vaccine, but many people came to ask if she had the same model of RV, or a worse one would also be fine.

Ji Yang: “…”

She thought for a moment and said, "Yes, but the price is not cheap, and... I can't ask where it came from."

Xie Muzhi understood: "Everyone knows this."

Ji Yang added: "I'm not sure if the remaining ones have been modified and can adapt to this environment. I won't be responsible if they are damaged by the sun."

Most cars can actually withstand temperatures between 50 and 70 degrees Celsius, but they become awkward when it's extremely hot. Just within this range, coupled with a serious lack of water, it is extremely difficult to cool down. The windshield washer fluid inside may boil directly, the tires may melt, and even the engine or fuel tank may explode.

Therefore, there were still some cars around before, but these days no one dares to drive.

She also couldn't guarantee that the cars could withstand the extreme heat.

"Okay, I'll go talk to them." Xie Muchi nodded again.

So Ji Yang gave a brief description of the models of several cars that could be sold. These were the ones she had found when she went out to buy cars for free when the temperature was around minus 20 degrees Celsius. In fact, they were enough for her own use. Most of the ordinary cars could be taken out after the extreme heat or even longer, or after a natural disaster.

These few vehicles are suitable for the apocalypse and have high defense capabilities, so they can be taken out to exchange for things.

If you don't have the key, you need to find a technician to make a key for you.

Ji Yang also made this clear, and then waited for Xie Muchi to ask the buyers whether they still wanted it.

When Xie Muchi came back the next day, the result was obvious. They all decisively said they didn't want it.

What they were coveting was the good performance of Ji Yang's car. It could be exposed to the sun like this, and the air conditioner and other things were still working fine. They were not coveting ordinary cars. Although most of the ordinary cars were flooded, which one of these rich people didn't keep some?

Because they were so honest, people came to their door to buy vaccines that day.

I was picky before because there were no suitable buyers, but this time, there was more than one. One of them wanted to stock up on goods. The demand was not urgent, but they had too many resources to afford it.

Because this man is called the Grain King and he works in the grain industry. After the natural disaster, some factories were controlled by the government, but the supplies left to him were also a staggering number. In the past two years, he has been trading with the government for resources, and the amount has shrunk a lot, but the price he offered is the highest at present.

One vaccine costs fifteen tons of rice.

It can also be exchanged for other food at an equivalent value, such as flour, compressed biscuits, canned meat, etc.

Of course, it sounds like a large number, but in fact, based on the normal adult food intake, ten tons of rice is only enough for more than 60,000 people to eat for about one day. Now that everyone's food intake has decreased, fifteen tons will only be enough for about four or five days.

Therefore, the official daily food expenditure currently has a huge gap.

However, natural disasters are rampant, grain production has dropped sharply, and planting has become a hassle. The person who dares to harvest like this must have other benefits to gain.

Ji Yang was very clear about the future situation. Food would only become more and more precious. No matter how rich a person was, there would be a day when they would be emptied out. So she nodded readily: "Okay, you decide on the deal, but don't give too much."

"Okay." Xie Muzhi nodded: "This price is the limit of what a private person can offer at the moment. The other company wants rabies vaccine, and they can give ten tons of food and ten tons of purified water."

"So much water!" Ji Yang was stunned: "How do they have so much?"

Xie Muzhi smiled and said, "Their family is very wealthy. When the natural disaster came, they heard the news in advance and found a piece of Feng Shui treasure land. I heard that they asked a Feng Shui master to calculate it. The location of the land is remote, but unexpectedly it has survived several natural disasters. Until now, there is still a reservoir that has not dried up. Originally, they didn't plan to trade until they hurriedly called me yesterday, saying that a child in the family went out and was bitten by a mad dog..."

Ji Yang: ...

Is this why powerful people always encounter some people who hold them back?

Xie Muzhi: "It was also caught up this time. They actually got some vaccines themselves, but they were either expired or not stored properly."

Ji Yang was still in shock. Although she only took out one-tenth of the vaccines herself, she was extremely careful, fearing that they would go bad due to poor storage. She used special batteries, and she would check the remaining power every day, fearing that they would be ruined if they ran out of power.

"Okay, let's trade first." Ji Yang said, "Vaccines are not necessities, and most people won't store them in advance. There's no rush, and there's still time. It doesn't matter if we can't trade them. These things don't cost much anyway."

In fact, these have been in a static space all along, and time only starts to pass after they are taken out, so at least each one has a shelf life of at least two years. If they are not traded after half a year, the space will be taken back and they can be used later.

Xie Muchi nodded, and took away thirty vaccines the next day, which meant he took away two-thirds of the stock. He also went on a business trip to a distant base to conduct the transaction.

Even the richest people cannot bear to be fleeced by a base.

Perhaps this transaction made his reputation known, and a lot of small businesses came one after another, all brought by Luo Laosan.

However, these businesses do not want expensive emergency vaccines, they are cheap.

Even so, she earned three tons of food.

They are all refined grains such as rice.

These were then sent to the official by Ji Yang and exchanged for points. The price of refined grains has dropped due to various reasons. Currently, it is 15 points per pound of refined grain, and the purchase price is two points cheaper. Those who have few points can only buy potatoes and sweet potatoes, which are large in quantity and can fill their stomachs.

As a result, Ji Yang's account gained nearly 80,000 points at once.

With the vaccines and water she traded previously, her points reached over 4 million. Luo Laosan, who was helping with the transaction, took a deep breath when he saw the amount and gave a trembling thumbs up: "You have become the richest man in Changnan!"

Ji Yang: “…”

She also thought the amount was too shocking, but she didn't expect that she would become the richest person in the base? That was even more shocking.

On second thought, I can understand it.

Those wealthy people are not fools. Most of them will hold on to the supplies instead of exchanging them for points, unless they need them. This is because everyone knows that food will only become more and more expensive.

Even if you have points, you can’t buy many things whenever you want.

Only Ji Yang and Xie Muzhi had the space to be so arrogant, and they were not afraid that once the food entered the base, they would not be able to get it back.

I never thought about taking it back.

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During this period, the temperature is still rising secretly.

Every three or four days, you will find that the maximum temperature has increased by one or two degrees. Occasionally it will warm up a bit, but it will quickly rise again.

Ji Yang used to take Xixi out for a walk every morning between four and five, but gradually the time they spent outside became shorter and shorter. Although she tried to adapt herself to the temperature, as the lowest temperature at night gradually increased, it was still getting hotter even in the early morning.

Without the scorching sun, the earth is like an oven that emits heat.

If the air is too dry and you are not careful, you will get a nosebleed.

After being outside for a while, my skin becomes dry, and after a while, my throat starts to feel uncomfortable. I have to keep drinking water to replenish my body, otherwise I will easily become dehydrated.

It's not just her, it's the same for everyone else in the base.

Except for those who need to support their families, no one goes out.

The night market is becoming increasingly deserted. In a place that used to be so crowded that one could not walk around it all night, only a few skinny people are still setting up stalls. When you walk around, you can hear seven or eight voices saying: xx has a heatstroke!

So gradually Ji Yang stopped going out.

It just so happened that the fruits on the fruit trees in the space were ripe in large quantities, and Ji Yang started to stock up again. She stocked up a lot of dried fruits recently, but they were all strawberries, blueberries, and grapes. The other fruits she bought herself had not been used yet.

Therefore, the dried fruits are monotonous, but the dried vegetables are rich in variety and light in weight after drying. Even so, she has stockpiled nearly 100 kilograms of dried vegetables. After soaking in water, these things will absorb water and swell like the vegetable packets in instant noodles. The taste is not as good as fresh ones, but they are also green leafy vegetables.

Although drying is troublesome, there are many varieties, so Ji Yang takes some time every day to process them. He does it with great enthusiasm. If he is a little obsessive-compulsive, he will try to align the weight of each type of dried fruit.

Now the variety of dried fruits has finally arrived!

Apples, pears, bananas, longans, lychees, cherries, etc., more than 200 kilograms of fruits can be harvested every day. The space vacated by the disappearance of several tons of potatoes and sweet potatoes is gradually filled with freshly baked fruits.

Especially in space, she can pick it even from a high place.

Due to the variety, the taste is not as sweet as the one she bought, but it is fresh!

While drying the fruits, Ji Yang couldn't put them down. Every day he would eat two servings of fruit salad made with freshly picked fruits. The fruits were first refrigerated to a certain temperature, then quickly cut into small pieces, mixed together with yogurt and stirred. They tasted better than rice when eaten in the hot weather!

Eating the fruit also slightly improved her appetite, which had been suppressed for a long time due to the heat.

Two months later, Xie Muchi came back from a busy day outside and was worried about whether Ji Yang had lost weight staying alone at the base.

I found that she was not only a little fatter, but her complexion was also more rosy.

Ji Yang: ...Ahem~