Chapter 56: Alternative Stocking
(Including 20,000 Nutrient Solution Extra)
In mid-November, the weather in S City had already entered late autumn, but after a tornado hit, the temperature began to rise again.
"What a horrible weather, it's 25 degrees today, can you believe it?" A young couple returning home whispered in the elevator.
"I took out my winter clothes to dry, but today everyone on the street was wearing short sleeves."
"That's good, it means this winter should be a warm one."
"What do you know? This is the greenhouse effect. The winters on G Blue Star will only get shorter and shorter, and the temperature will get higher every year."
"That's not how the greenhouse effect is explained, right?"
"You understand? If you understand, then tell me..."
...
You Xi stood in the corner of the elevator, listening quietly to the couple's conversation. The elevator soon stopped on the eighth floor, and the two walked out. Then there were slight complaints: "Why is this house renovating again? How long has it been going on? And it's not finished yet?"
"I guess it's because the glass was broken during the last tornado."
"It's been more than ten days, and it's not finished yet...are you going to make a fuss..."
"Forget it..."
The complaints in the corridor were quickly blocked by the closed elevator door.
Youxi returned to her parents' apartment on the 15th floor. Fan Qi had already prepared dinner, and Youfeng was helping to serve the rice and dishes.
Fan Qi saw Youxi coming in and said, "Why didn't you tell me you were coming home for dinner? It's the weekend, and you didn't go out for a date or anything?"
Youxi sighed as she changed her shoes.
This is her real mother. She only came home for dinner once a week or two before, and Ms. Fan Qi always called her a precious girl, and asked her what she wanted to eat enthusiastically every time, and she cooked whatever she wanted.
Now she comes home for dinner every night, and occasionally stays overnight, and Ms. Fan Qi starts to complain that she is at home too often...
It has been more than ten days since the last tornado, and the panic caused by the hurricane has long dissipated, and no one even mentions it on the Internet.
Opening the trending searches, the entertainment industry accounts for half of the total, and the rest are mostly social current affairs and fun things about eating and playing. There are only one or two trending searches related to the temperature rise this time, and they are basically at the bottom.
Yes, there have been such temperature rise phenomena in the autumn and winter before. At first, some people were concerned, but after the number of times increased, everyone got used to it. Anyway,
everyone has heard of the greenhouse effect. Nowadays, the air pollution on G Blue Star is getting more serious every year, and it is not surprising that the temperature is unpredictable. No one will care about such temperature rise that has no effect on life.
"Wash your hands and have dinner." Fan Qi was happy to see her daughter coming home more often, but she is already 26 years old this year, and she has never brought a boyfriend home to see them.
Although they are not the type of people who urge marriage, from Fan Qi's perspective, she hopes that her daughter will go on more dates, have more romances, and enjoy her youth and love while she is young and beautiful.
You Xi hummed and turned to walk towards the bathroom.
There are two bathrooms in this apartment, one next to her parents' room upstairs, and the other downstairs.
You Xi turned on the bathroom door, and what came into view was not the bathroom of the original few square meters, but the empty Star House in light gray tones that had expanded to 40 square meters.
**
A week ago, when she decided to move the Star House to her parents' apartment, she had considered where to put it.
The system stated that the Star House must be placed in a separate fixed space, such as the stairwell of her small apartment. It cannot cover the entire apartment, because an apartment has several rooms and is a multi-space.
Secondly, when the Star House is relocated and reset, it must be placed in a space that a normal person can open and enter normally, with the emphasis on the two points that a normal person can open and enter. For example, a room with no door but only a rat hole will not work, because a normal person cannot enter; another example is a room with no door but only a door frame, because it loses its integrity.
But once the Star House is successfully placed in a fixed position, there is no need to consider the above requirements. No matter if the door is broken, or the room structure is destroyed, or even the roof collapses and the floor is gone, the Star House will always be in the original fixed position.
In fact, Youxi also considered not moving the Star House first and letting her parents live in her apartment.
But now, everything is just her guess, and the native world is currently calm. There were many disasters before, but one or two disasters don’t mean anything, after all, the two disasters did not cause collective casualties.
So she didn’t plan to tell her parents about the Star House for the time being, because once this topic started, everything else couldn’t be kept secret.
She didn’t want them to live a life of worry, what if her world was always fine? But her parents had to live in fear every day, and this was not what she wanted to see.
She hoped that she had prepared everything so that she could leave enough retreat for her family, instead of letting their worldview collapse and living in worry from then on, waiting for an end of the world that she didn’t know when it would come, or perhaps never come.
Therefore, after careful consideration, she did not let them activate the "Star House Traveler" immediately, but chose to place the Star House in the place closest to them.
Since the entire first floor of her parents' house is an open space except for the bathroom, she finally placed the Star House in the bathroom on the first floor.
Due to the direction and angle of placement this time, the positions of the two windows in the Star House overlapped with the outer wall of the entire residential building, so when the Star House was moved and placed, she found that the originally foggy scene outside the window was replaced by a familiar city landscape.
"Is this a real scene?" You Xi was surprised.
[When the windows of the Star House overlap with the outer wall or window of the original space, the original obstacles will be ignored and the external scene will be presented. 】
So that's why, when the Star House was in her stairwell, it was foggy when she looked outside because the wall overlapping the window was not an exterior wall.
After all the dust settled, You Xi suddenly remembered that after the Star House overlapped with a certain space, she, who was already tied to the Star House, would not be able to enter the original space every time she entered this space...
So whether she wanted to take a shower or go to the toilet, she had to go to the bathroom upstairs.
It was okay at night when she was sleeping, but during the day when everyone was downstairs, would she look particularly like a psycho?
While complaining, she reorganized the Star House warehouse, and then put the items that had been temporarily placed in the Star House into the warehouse one by one. It was not until all the items in the Star House were moved away that she discovered that there was an extra door on the back wall.
This is the right wall of the Star House. The door panel is also light gray. There is no door handle, only a shallow gap. If you don't look carefully, you can't tell that it is actually a door.
She reached out and touched the door, and the door moved automatically. Inside was actually a bathroom.
The bathroom is not big, about five or six square meters, and is generally curved, with matte white brick walls and black brick floors. In front of the curved wall, from left to right, there are a suspended washbasin and mirror, an integrated toilet, and a glass shower room.
There is also a doorless wall cabinet on the left wall of the mirror.
Although all the lines of this bathroom are extremely simple, it has an almost cold sense of technology and no worldly air.
But it gave Youxi a great surprise. She could put the mattress on the floor when sleeping and put it away during the day. She could also use the alcohol stove for meals and treat it as a picnic.
But this most important "big thing" in life could not be compromised.
She could use a mobile toilet when she was alone, but what would she do when her parents were around? Although the 40-square-meter space outside was not small, it only had one space, which was inconvenient many times.
Now it's good. After the Star House was upgraded, there is a toilet inside, and you can take a shower - wait, take a shower?
Being able to take a shower means there is water. Does the Star House have its own water source?
[There is water. Ten tons of water cost one star coin. You must buy it before you can use it. 】
At this time, whether or not to spend star coins for water is not important. Youxi suddenly realized a problem: "Can this water be drunk?"
【According to the habits of the G Blue Star people, it can be drunk after boiling. 】
Youxi: !!!
The water resource problem is solved from now on.
No matter whether this is black technology or fantasy, at that moment Youxi just wanted to give Star House a hug.
She stroked the white frosted tiles in the bathroom and silently kissed the cold wall.
【……】
**
After moving to Star House, Youxi was not worried even if she didn't sleep at her parents' house at night.
If something really happened, she could teleport back to Star House no matter where she was, and then walk out of the bathroom at her parents' house.
She has been doing the same thing for more than ten days.
Low-key and scattered processing of some gold, and then stockpiling.
She did not go to the wholesale market to buy tons of basic food such as rice and flour.
First, she is not a glutton...
Second, she is not sure whether disasters will continue to occur in her own world, and whether the disasters will lead to the end of the world. Everything is just her guess. But she has to continue the end of the world mission every month. The space in the Star House warehouse is limited. She has stockpiled rice and flour earlier, and she eats little. Now there are dozens of 5KG and 10GK bags of rice in the warehouse. Buying these by tons will take up space and have little use.
Third, you can bring supplies into the end of the world mission, and you can also continue to bring supplies out. If there really comes a day when her own world becomes the end of the world, then you can do the opposite. After all, things like rice and flour are everywhere, and it is convenient to stockpile them.
What she really wanted to stock up were some complicated food and daily necessities. She
had previously stocked up nearly a truckload of snacks, convenience foods, and frozen meats, so this time, she prioritized daily necessities.
Hand sanitizer, shampoo, shower gel, scented bath salts, laundry detergent, dishwashing liquid, toilet paper, kitchen paper, wet wipes, and alcohol wipes were all purchased online, about the amount of goods a family of three would use for two years. She bought them from several different outlets and delivered them to her small apartment in batches. There
was no need to store purified water for the time being, as water resources were available, and there were still 60 barrels of 19L purified water in the Xingwu warehouse that had been stockpiled before and had not been touched.
All the clothes and shoes for the three of them, from hot summer to cold winter to clothes and shoes that can withstand the cold of several tens of degrees below zero, were purchased online. They were mainly loose, durable and comfortable sports styles. She didn't buy too many clothes. Generally, clothes of good quality can be worn for four or five years as long as the body shape does not change. The key lies in the different functions. However, she bought several hundred pairs of disposable pure cotton underwear for each person, which is convenient for replacement and does not need to be washed. She
also bought two more sets of tents, sleeping bags, moisture-proof pads, solar lamps, and a complete set of outdoor picnic utensils online as backup.
She also bought ten sets of three-section batons, electric batons, and multi-purpose shovels, which are suitable for self-defense. The main reason is that she is poor now and cannot buy [high-temperature perfume] and [air hair dryer] as she did before, so she can only use self-defense items that don't cost a lot of money to deal with small situations.
She and Fan Qi often use several brands of facial skin care sets, isolation sunscreen, small amounts of sanitary napkins and safe pants pads for day and night use... Because the usage is not much and the space is small, she bought them online according to the amount for two people for three to four years.
You Feng doesn't smoke, but likes to drink red wine. She ordered three to four years of red wine for him in batches online according to his taste.
In this age where everyone loves online shopping and everyone is a shopaholic, such a small amount of food would not attract any attention at all.
After that, she would drive You Feng's car to different breakfast shops, hotels, and food stores in S City every day during the day.
Some familiar shops that she had eaten at, or Internet celebrity shops recommended by netizens, or some old shops with a long history and good reputation.
There is a breakfast shop that makes particularly delicious pancakes. Because the business is so good, it does not do take-out.
She called a day in advance and reserved 100 pancakes for packaging. She was ready to go to the door the next day and put 100 paper bags of pancakes in a new cardboard box prepared in advance, which just filled a large box.
There is an Internet celebrity bakery, and Fan Qi particularly likes its sea salt bread and cheese sticks. You Xi also ordered a hundred sea salt bread and fifty packs of cheese sticks in advance, and then planned to drive outside the shop and let the bakery help her pack the boxes.
There is a lobster street in S city, which spans an intersection from south to north and is about several kilometers long. There are dozens of crayfish shops in it.
She looked for restaurants where she had eaten or had not eaten but had good reputations, and made phone calls to order from one store after another. Each family placed an order for five super large portions of the four flavors of secret thirteen spices, salt and pepper, golden soup with garlic paste, and ice cold. Each family ordered twenty boxes of super large portions, and then booked a total of ten stores.
After that, she drove along Lobster Street, stopping here and there, repeating the process of stopping at the store to pick up the lobsters, and driving on the road to transfer the lobsters to the warehouse.
She had purchased the same 18 aluminum shelves next to the first row of 18 aluminum shelves in the Xingwu warehouse, with a total of 200 boxes of super-large lobsters, which just filled up two of the shelves.
Looking at the 36 neatly arranged shelves and the 20 shelves that had not yet been filled, Youxi decided to continue.
Another one... another one... and another one...
Although it takes a little time to go around in person, she can buy more at a time, divide the goods among several stores, and keep her address from being revealed.
**
After a few days of stockpiling food, she spent an entire afternoon visiting several cosmetics counters in the mall to pick out perfumes and cosmetics.
Although she was rough in the mission world, she hardly used cosmetics or even skin care products - especially in the previous world. But in her native world, she naturally used these things.
Of all the cosmetics, the ones she bought the most were lipsticks, from C, D... Usually, she would collect them every time a new style or color was released. She
had only used most of those lipsticks a few times, and they eventually expired. Now, this misfortune would never happen again.
Lip gloss, lip glaze, lipstick, lip balm... She bought all the colors she liked and the ones Fan Qi often used, and bought one and kept one for each color, that is, she bought two of the same color, one for use and one for display.
Then from liquid foundation, pressed powder, loose powder, eye shadow, eyebrow pencil, eyeliner... a full set of cosmetics, she bought several sets of different brands for herself and Fan Qi.
The same goes for perfume. She also has a certain obsession with perfume. One layer of the glass cabinet downstairs in the apartment is filled with miniature versions of various classic big-name perfumes. Occasionally, when she is alone at home drawing, she will pick and use them to find inspiration.
This time, she smelled the perfume carefully, slowly selected, and finally picked nearly 20 small bottles of different perfumes for herself and Fan Qi. As usual, buy one and save one. Use one bottle of the same model and save one.
Have money, be willful.
[……]
Sensing the system's reaction, she couldn't help but say to the system in her heart: Today I will show you what kind of cosmetics are really popular among girls. I hope that through this shopping - no, through this learning, the next time Xingwu Mall can refresh more reliable and richer products.
[…………]
Because she bought too much, the salesgirls at the counters were very enthusiastic. As soon as they saw her sweeping a counter, they were busy promoting the new products at their counters, saying which ones she bought would give her free sample sets, which ones would give her the lowest discounts...
The salesgirls at the cosmetics counters were prettier than the other, and they all smelled good. Youxi kept a straight face, but her feet didn't listen to her orders. In the end, she couldn't carry all the things she bought with both hands, so she had to ask someone to help her carry them to the car.
She planned to unpack these things and pack them in two small storage boxes according to her and Fan Qi's different preferences, so that they wouldn't take up much space.
But what if... what if one day, her world really ushered in the end of the world, and these beautiful things exclusive to the peaceful times became luxury goods and souvenirs that would never return.
Even if she didn't use them, she could keep them as a memory.
After putting away the cosmetics and perfumes, she returned to the mall and bought three automatic mechanical watches at a famous luxury store.
The three watches were from the same series, one with a pink dial, one with a red dial, and one with a white dial. In total, she spent more than 100,000 yuan, which is a very cheap model for big-name mechanical watches.
Fan Qi always said that he would buy her a beautiful mechanical watch as her birthday present on her 30th birthday.
She thought it was better to prepare for a rainy day and buy it in advance, and buy three at a time, one for each of the three members of the family.
When Youxi was carrying the watch bag and preparing to leave the mall, she saw her cousin Zhao Xuefei at the door of another luxury store.
She seemed to have had an argument with someone. The man standing opposite her was dressed in designer clothes from head to toe and looked good, but his impatient expression ruined his good looks.
Not far behind the man, a woman dressed in designer clothes was impatiently swiping her phone. In her other hand, she was holding a cup of coffee, taking a sip from time to time, and then complaining to the man in a low voice.
Youxi didn't know if this man was the "BMW man" that her aunt Yuli mentioned last time, but according to the current situation, this man should be Zhao Xuefei's current boyfriend, who was caught cheating on her.
Zhao Xuefei looked sad at first, and she kept saying something to the man while her tears were stubbornly falling.
The man seemed reluctant and his expression softened a lot, but the other woman behind him became unhappy and put down her phone and prepared to leave. The man immediately turned around and pulled her, coaxing her softly.
Even though You Xi and Zhao Xuefei were not close relatives, she felt uncomfortable at this moment. Was she going to keep this scumbag for the New Year?
As a result, before she could finish her thoughts, she saw the originally sad Zhao Xuefei take a few steps forward, first slap the man hard, then suddenly snatch the coffee from the woman's hand and pour it directly on her.
You Xi: ...
The change happened too quickly, not to mention the couple, even You Xi didn't react.
Zhao Xuefei seemed to still be angry. She kicked the man's leg again when she passed by him, and then quickly ran away.
This time, she flashed in front of Youxi. Zhao Xuefei was stunned at first, then frowned: "Why are you here!"
"...Just passing by." Youxi turned around and walked a few steps, and was caught up by Zhao Xuefei and grabbed.
"I have something to say to you." She glanced back, as if she was afraid that the two men would catch up, and said anxiously, "Let's talk somewhere else."
**
Ten minutes later, Youxi's car had left the underground garage of the mall and drove along Binshui Avenue towards the cross-river bridge.
Zhao Xuefei had not spoken since she got in the car. Youxi didn't care. Anyway, she had to cross the bridge to go home, so she just gave her a ride.
"Are you happy to see me so arrogant?" Zhao Xuefei spoke.
"What should I be happy about?"
"You have been like this since I was little, always like to stand by and watch my good show!"
"What good show do you have to watch?" You Xi slowed down and followed the car in front to turn onto the cross-river bridge.
Not knowing whether You Xi's expression was too normal, Zhao Xuefei bit her lower lip and was silent for a moment. When she spoke again, her tone was a little softer: "Don't tell my mother about what happened today. You know her. She is very concerned about her face. If she knew..."
"Why should I tell your mother about this for no reason?" You Xi glanced at her, reached out to take the tissue box beside her and handed it to her, "Do whatever you want, I won't look at you."
"I didn't cry..."
"Well, you didn't cry, the tissues are for you to wipe your nose."
"..." Zhao Xuefei was so embarrassed, "I don't have a runny nose when I cry!"
You Xi stopped talking and started to concentrate on driving. Probably because it was after work, there was a lot of traffic on the bridge. She looked ahead intently and kept a certain distance from the car in front.
But not long after driving, the car in front was getting slower and slower, and finally stopped.
Although You Feng's car had a high chassis, in addition to private cars, there were also buses and coaches in front of her, so she couldn't see the situation in front for a while.
The total length of this cross-river bridge is nearly three kilometers, and the main bridge is two kilometers long. At this moment, her car has only reached one-third of the bridge.
The bridge was blocked in front, and there were cars behind. Her car couldn't move at all for a while. With the traffic jam, she didn't know when she could get off the bridge.
You Xi took out her mobile phone and was about to call Fan Qi to say that she might be late to get home, but she only felt her whole body shaken violently with the car.
"What's wrong?" Zhao Xuefei, who was holding a tissue box, was startled. "Is there something wrong with the car?"
"I don't know. It doesn't seem to be the car, but... the bridge shook."
"Bridge? How is that possible!"
"If the wind is strong, a bridge like this may indeed shake and vibrate." You Xi looked ahead. The traffic was stuck and motionless. However, because of the vibration just now, some people opened the window and looked out, and some people got out of the car directly.
She pushed open the car door, thinking about whether to climb onto the roof of the car to check the situation in front, but the bridge deck under her feet shook again at this time, and the vibration was continuous and large. She could even hear the creaking sound of the huge steel reinforcement cables.
Something was wrong. The amplitude of the vibration of this bridge was too large. What was going on?
Youxi did not hesitate any longer, and quickly climbed up from the hood of the car to the roof, looking ahead at the traffic jam.
On the right lane in the middle of the bridge, at the end of the traffic jam, almost everyone got out of their cars and gathered around to check, wondering why the cars in front of them stopped moving, when the other cars in front were clearly heading towards the other end of the bridge.
Soon, when the people in the front saw the situation on the bridge, they were terrified and backed away, shouting in panic: "Go back! Back, back!"
"What's wrong? Why do we have to back away?" The people in the back who had not seen the situation asked in confusion.
"Back away! Back away! The bridge, the bridge surface is cracked!"
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