Chapter 9
H City is located in the north-central region. The insects there are not as big and fierce as those in the south, but it can be very troublesome if there are small cockroaches.
The previous deep cleaning also included a full-house pest control. They sealed off the balconies on both floors, and during the inspection, they confirmed that all insects and eggs had been eliminated. At their request, all gaps in the pipes connecting to the outside world were sealed with specialized materials, and all sewers were equipped with iron filters to further prevent insects from entering.
The vegetables on the balcony are all pest-free varieties selected by the owner. The balcony door is usually closed and kept clean to prevent insect infestations inside the house.
The rented truck brought all the equipment back in one trip. After Chao Youqian set up the balcony under his boss's online guidance, he stretched exaggeratedly and said, "Should we just buy a truck? It would be very convenient to move things."
Lang Xin, who had been responsible for most of the assembly, showed no sign of fatigue. He washed his hands and said, "Let's rent a truck first. Buying a truck like this takes a week to get licensed, and it consumes too much fuel. Without a systematic fuel system, it will just be a pile of scrap metal."
"Our new energy jeep truck also has a lot of space, but it's still not as convenient as this specialized truck. Let's first transport the supplies from our warehouse. Once we get the license plate from H City, we can use that truck to buy some smaller items."
Let the plants on the balcony grow slowly, and take time to check on them and water them every day. The chickens in the chicken coop are still small, so the cage seems extra spacious. You just need to keep the temperature suitable and add water and food regularly.
They went out in their work clothes for lunch. Chao Youqian, now completely recovered from his cold, insisted on having spicy hot pot. Lang Xin cleverly misjudged the point and directed the navigation to a famous chain of porridge-based beef hot pot restaurants.
He was unhappy but this was also a hotpot restaurant. Chao Youqian was not very good at eating spicy food but he was greedy, so he added a few more chili rings to the dipping sauce. The fresh beef dipped in a little satay and chili had already made his lips a little red.
Lang Xin, knowing how to read his expression, brought him a bottle of soy milk. "Even after you recover, eat light food for a few days. H City's spicy hot pot is said to be the closest to S Province's. The ingredients are flown in from S Province every day. Eating something so stimulating all at once will cause stomach problems."
Chao You's humility had long since dissipated with the delicious food. The beef was smooth and delicious, and the shacha sauce was authentic and rich, just to his taste. He gave Lang Xin two pieces of meat to express his reconciliation.
In the afternoon, I went to the car rental company to change to a larger truck. I first went to the gas station to fill up the gas, and asked a team of workers to use special carts to move the materials that had been stored in opaque boxes in the warehouse onto the truck. There were a lot of things, and it took several trips to empty the warehouse.
Registered cars can drive into the community and go directly to the basement as in the morning. After moving the things into the elevator, you can swipe the card and go directly to the 26th floor. The process was very smooth and you did not meet other residents. There are only five households on the 1st, 7th, 12th, 15th and 21st floors of this building with residents. The other floors are still unfinished or simply decorated and no one lives there.
Houses that are too expensive and too large will have this problem. People who have money to buy them will not be stingy with money for decoration, and generally will not like the model-style fine decoration of real estate developers. Large-scale redecoration will take at least several months, and it will take several more months to dissipate the formaldehyde after decoration.
Therefore, in the less than five years since the opening of this place, many houses have been sold - for investment, for occasional visits during holidays, and for those who have money and want to buy a house to keep - but only one-third of the owners actually move in, and even fewer live there permanently. It is not even August, the peak tourist season, yet, and the entire community is quiet.
The supplies in the villa were directly piled in the basement, to be opened later when I had the chance. The supplies brought to the main floor were sprayed again with disinfectant spray on the corridor near the elevator entrance, and then placed one by one in the lockers and storage rooms.
The large storage room on the 26th floor, which was converted from the nanny's room and laundry room, was packed with two sets of doomsday canned food. In order to prevent the paper boxes from being contaminated with insect eggs or getting damp, all the cans were placed in dry and disinfected storage boxes.
The lockers on the two floors finally stopped sitting empty and were now fully stocked. The stockpile of daily necessities, including cleaning supplies, toiletries, and skincare, was enough to last for over a decade. Medicines, including both Chinese and Western medicines, filled two lockers, as much as they could afford. The smallest storage room on the 27th floor was dedicated to hard goods like vacuum-packed rice, oil, and compressed biscuits. Once filled, it could last for three meals a day for years.
In addition to the doomsday canned food sets, Chao Youqian also bought some delicious, long-lasting foods based on information shared by highly-rated netizens. In his largest storage room, he stocked up dozens of boxes of domestically produced canned foods that appeal to Chinese palates, including braised pork, braised beef brisket, luncheon meat, lamb ribs, various fish, vegetables, and canned fruit. He also stocked over a dozen boxes of internationally produced canned bread, pasta, and rice bowls. The shortest shelf life is five years, and as long as a dry environment is maintained, they can be stored indefinitely.
After the clothes, shoes, and hats were cleaned and disinfected at the dry cleaners, they were stored by a team of professional organizers hired from City B. The team was given the styles and sizes of the three cloakrooms, and told not to allow outsiders into their homes. They were instructed to sort all clothing in the store, hanging items that couldn't be folded on hangers and protective bags. Other items were packed by season and type, and quilts and sheets were folded and compressed into sets in vacuum bags.
The collected clothes are delivered by a large truck sent by the dry cleaners. The transportation of the clothes is not so conspicuous, so they can be delivered directly downstairs.
All the clothes combined fill two and a half closets, leaving the remaining space filled with compressed towels, underwear, and other disposable items for when water is scarce. Hundreds of pairs of shoes make full use of the two large vertical shoe cabinets at the entrance. Most of the shoes are practical, with the general requirement being flexible and non-slip, with waterproof, warm, and other functional items tailored to different situations.
Five bags of the latest clothing moth repellent, which is mildew-proof, insect-proof, and moisture-resistant, are placed in each room. It lasts a year. There's also a box of 100 bags of moth repellent left unopened, totaling 500 bags. Dozens of hanging special-effect insect repellent boxes, designed for over 50 species of insects, are also stored in the locker, just in case.
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