Chapter 46 Heavy Rain
Three days later.
Shen Xiaoxiao got up early and planned to go downstairs to pick up the last batch of express deliveries.
Today is Saturday and it was cloudy in the morning.
The retired old ladies were busy looking after their children at home, and the square seemed unusually deserted because there was no music playing for square dancing in advance.
She dragged a small blue cart with dozens of cardboard boxes of various sizes piled on the flatbed, and pulled it into the elevator corridor with difficulty.
I happened to meet Aunt Wang who was in the same elevator.
She stood aside holding her grandson, watching Shen Xiaoxiao buy so many things, and said sarcastically:
"Hey Xiaoxiao, why did you buy so many express deliveries? You really have so much money to burn. You young people treat money like it's not worth it. You can't even save a little money for your family. If it weren't for your parents, you wouldn't be able to live so comfortably."
"I'm telling you, when you get married and have a mother-in-law, you can't just spend money like that!"
Shen Xiaoxiao was originally very tired after dragging the bag all the way, and she was even more annoyed when she heard Aunt Wang next door nagging.
This old lady is always gossipy. She relies on her age to give orders to every household. Since she is a little girl, she often uses her authority as an elder to educate her.
Shen Xiaoxiao endured it several times, but this time she couldn't bear it anymore.
Angry back:
"Who are you to me? You control the sky, the earth, and the air. I have the money and am willing to buy it. My parents are happy to support me. It's none of your business."
It just so happened that a batch of supermarket takeout she ordered arrived, so she simply reached out to take it.
After the rider left, Aunt Wang looked disdainful and said harshly: "Oh, oh, oh, why are young people so hot-tempered nowadays? They get angry when their elders say something. They don't respect the elderly or the young at all."
"No wonder she's still unmarried at such an old age. If my son brought her home, I wouldn't agree. Who would want an older, unfilial daughter-in-law?"
Shen Xiaoxiao laughed angrily, "Auntie, you are too confident. What is my education level? What is your son's education level? I have a graduate degree and a job, while your son has graduated from high school and is still living off his parents. Who is worthy of whom? Only your daughter-in-law is blind enough to marry into your family and suffer."
This touched Aunt Wang's sore spot. She held her grandson in her arms, glared at Shen Xiaoxiao with a dark face.
Shen Xiaoxiao was not afraid of her. As soon as the elevator arrived, she went up. Aunt Wang had to wait for the next elevator with her grandson.
The little grandson hugged her arm and said, "Grandma, I want to eat something delicious too. I just smelled the delicious barbecue."
Aunt Wang glared at her grandson and said, "Eat whatever you want. Don't be like that bad woman and learn to be greedy. You'll never get married."
She muttered, "There's nothing wrong with it. I can just buy a bunch of food and take it home. That's just making money."
*
As soon as Shen Xiaoxiao entered the house, she saw Shen's father who was about to go out for morning exercise, and immediately said:
"Dad, please help me move the package."
When Mr. Shen saw his daughter dragging a cart of express delivery home, he was puzzled: "Xiaoxiao, what did you buy? Why are there so many things?"
Shen Xiaoxiao spoke mysteriously, lowering her voice. "These are all emergency rescue equipment, including lights, candles and flints, hand-crank radios, compressed biscuits, water purification devices, cassette stoves, solar charging panels, and medical first aid kits. They're all for precaution."
Father Shen looked at his daughter in surprise: "Why are you doing this? It's not like a disaster is going to happen."
Shen Xiaoxiao said with a serious expression: "I saw a prediction from a great god on the Internet that today is the first day of the apocalypse, so I made preparations early. If the disaster really happens, it is always better to be prepared."
"By the way, I also had all the windows in my house replaced with typhoon-resistant tempered glass, and the doors were also specially replaced with visually thickened ones."
Father Shen laughed dumbly and helped his daughter move the supplies in.
He knew immediately that Xiaoxiao must have believed some of the comments on the Internet.
These young people are quite obsessed with following trends, and it will be fine once the craze passes, so Father Shen did not think about it in other ways, nor did he discourage his daughter's enthusiasm.
After all, while he was on a business trip, his daughter renovated the house, so she had some good disaster emergency awareness.
As soon as Shen Xiaoxiao saw her father's expression, she knew that he didn't believe it.
She touched the hard black card in her pocket, curled her lips, and continued to work, starting to organize supplies.
Shen Xiaoxiao is a doomsday game enthusiast. She usually likes similar game novels and TV dramas. A few days ago, her group friends introduced her to a new website. She happened to come across a rescue section with vacancies, and seeing that everyone was scrambling for it, she also grabbed one.
The webmaster of this mysterious website has never appeared on the site except for posting one message.
Everyone treats it as a warm-up for a new game from a certain company, just to join in the fun.
Until a great analyst appeared and deciphered the truth about Snow City, saying that an unknown crisis had occurred in Country A and was trying to cover it up.
This just proves that the webmaster is not exaggerating, and many netizens believe that the predicted doomsday will come.
Originally, Shen Xiaoxiao held a neutral attitude and followed the advice of her group friends to grab some emergency supplies and stock up on some rice and flour.
Until yesterday morning, this black card inexplicably appeared on her desk.
She immediately logged onto the forum to check, and sure enough, she found that everyone was talking about it, and a black crystal card inexplicably appeared in her hand.
It says Base Identity Confirmation Card.
Shen Xiaoxiao realized that she might have really come across an incredible website.
While sorting supplies, she kept an eye on the sky outside the window.
She lives in Shenzhen, a coastal city, but no typhoons have hit the area in recent years.
But some netizens analyzed that her city is most likely to be hit by a tornado, so it is best to prepare in advance.
Although it is cloudy today, the sky doesn’t look like it is going to rain. Is this really the end of the world?
*
At noon, Su You was holding a big orange and standing in front of the French window of the villa in the mountain valley.
She looked at the gloomy sky. It was clearly daytime, but it seemed as dark as ink, and she could not see her hand in front of her face.
With a loud thunder, bean-sized raindrops fell from the sky, and heavy rain swept across the city in an instant.
Everything in front of me is exactly the same as in my previous life.
That day, she happened to be off duty and avoided the huge rainstorm.
Through local friend circles, I witnessed all these disasters and changes firsthand.
This sudden heavy rain resulted in an astonishing 700 mm of rainfall in 24 hours.
Low-lying areas and first-floor shops were completely flooded, and the huge amount of rainfall poured back into underground buildings. Vehicles that were originally driving normally on the streets suddenly had their doors submerged.
Everything seemed to happen in an instant.
Reborn in this life, she has done what she can and left behind a signal of disaster.
But she is still a small figure and cannot influence the general trend.
Many people will still die in this rainstorm.
(End of this chapter)
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