After figuring it out, I stopped worrying about it and slept soundly through the night. I woke up at six in the morning and was still covered in sweat despite having the air conditioner on all night.
Xu Lin finished washing up and came out of the bedroom. Zhou Pin had made iced porridge and brought it to the table.
“Let’s find some blackout cloth to cover the windows and work at night. It’s too hot during the day. I’m so sick of drinking Huoxiang Zhengqi Water these past two days.”
"I also wanted to tell you about this. I'll tidy up the outside this morning, and then we'll start the renovations tonight."
Although the base has electricity, it is subject to power restrictions. The residential area is divided into east and west sections, with staggered power usage and a power switch every ten days. Recently, Xu Lin's area happened to have electricity during the day.
They can use solar panels to power the air conditioner while sleeping at night, and no one will know it's in their own home. However, turning on the lights is a bit too bright, so the two of them usually do renovations during the day. But this time it's too hot, so they have to start work at night.
After the two finished eating, Zhou Pin went to the yard to check the electric grid again, while Xu Lin took out the flooring and finished laying the unlaid parts on the second floor.
After finishing his work, Zhou Pin returned to the second floor.
"Let's fix the kitchen on the first floor first. I'm afraid dust will fall into the pot when I cook in a bare-bones house every day."
“I’ve collected electrical wires and sockets from a hardware store before, and I’ve found them all and put them on the first floor. This is a video on electrical and plumbing renovation. Can I learn it and apply it now?”
"Give it to your boyfriend, you can rest for a while."
Let's study together and make progress together.
Xu Lin laid out a cooling mat on the floor of the second-floor living room, which she had received from the live-streaming company. The two of them sat on it, enjoying the air conditioning and fan, and studying water and electricity renovation on their tablets.
Xu Lin took out two Magnum chocolate bars and handed one to Zhou Pin. The chocolate coating was crispy and tasted great, but it was a pity that he had to eat it quickly or it would melt.
Because they had to work in the evening, the two watched the video and then took a nap. Xu Lin woke up at five o'clock in the afternoon, and dinner consisted of cold dishes and rice.
Summer is the perfect time to enjoy cold dishes. Blanched bean sprouts, potato slices, enoki mushrooms, lotus root slices, spinach, asparagus, broccoli, dried bean curd sticks, white fungus, wood ear fungus, gluten, kelp, etc. are topped with sesame sauce and peanut sauce, and then seasoned with salt, chicken essence, crushed peanuts, sesame seeds, soy sauce, vinegar, minced garlic, and a little sugar. A big bowlful is enough for two people to finish every last drop.
"This is the most refreshing way to eat in summer. Let's have fried skewers tomorrow. I'm craving fried enoki mushrooms and cabbage."
"My girlfriend's wishes must be fulfilled."
"Thank you, boyfriend."
Having eaten and drunk their fill, they were full of energy. The two took flashlights and went downstairs. Zhou Pin had already covered the windows with blackout cloths, but Xu Lin took out two solar-powered lights, making the entire first floor as bright as day.
Following the steps in the video, the two began to operate (I don't know anything about plumbing and electricity, so I'll skip the specific steps here).
At midnight, Xu Lin called a halt and took out a bowl of cold noodles to share with her teammates.
"Renovating is so tiring, no wonder the renovation workers make so much money. I was planning to save up money to renovate my house, but by the time I had enough, the apocalypse had arrived."
"In my previous life, I finally saved up enough money to make a down payment on a house. I thought I would finally have a home, but in the end, I was still wandering around."
Zhou Pin listened to Xu Lin's rambling and responded with "hmm" and "ah" in response. This kind of reminiscing and rambling was probably the antidote for Xu Lin's psychological problems caused by the apocalypse.
After experiencing rebirth in the apocalypse, some people become taciturn, like Zhou Pin, while others, like Xu Lin, are taciturn in front of strangers but talkative in front of acquaintances. Xu Lin is the latter. In this sense, the two complement each other quite well, one active and one quiet.
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