"Attention all citizens, the typhoon and torrential rain have exceeded expectations. Experts predict further disasters. Please take precautions. Relevant departments have begun constructing official bases nationwide; please tune in to the broadcasts for specific locations. Additionally, four shopping malls will open in the port city starting tomorrow. Please bring your ID cards to make purchases. The four malls are..."
Since the power outage, Xu Lin has been listening to the radio while exercising every day, saving money where she can and spending money where she can. In her previous life, her phone died on the second day of the power outage, and she had no other electronic devices, so she missed various official announcements.
As it turns out, Xu Lin's broadcast was the right decision. At 11 a.m., the broadcast brought news that the country had anticipated the natural disaster, but did not expect it to be so severe, and that there might be other natural disasters in the future; relevant departments had already detected the disaster before it occurred and had begun building a base, and would notify everyone once it was completed; the port city had taken over four shopping malls in the four directions of east, west, south, and north, and everyone could go there to buy food, of course, choosing their own means of transportation.
The water has now reached the second floor. 201 and 202 are owned by the same family. They bought two apartments. The larger one is for the young couple who just got married this year, and the smaller one is for the groom's parents. This way, they can live close to each other while still maintaining their privacy.
The government only came to evacuate the affected people once when the water reached the first floor. After that, they probably couldn't take care of everything and never came to rescue them again.
When the rain reached the second floor, the young man from apartment 201 decisively moved with his parents to the empty apartment 701. Now the water level has submerged the second floor, and it's all thanks to the decisive action of the young man from apartment 201.
The game played three times every hour. Xu Lin glanced at the calendar hanging in the living room. Today was August 31st. In her previous life, the natural disaster had just begun, but in this life, it had been going on for several days.
Even though there's no shortage of food at home, we still have to put on a show. Otherwise, if everyone else goes to buy grain but you don't, it'll be obvious that you have plenty of surplus food waiting for others to come and steal it.
A knocking sound came from the door. Xu Lin looked through the peephole and saw a man who looked to be around 40 years old. He was probably a neighbor in the building, and she had run into him a few times in the elevator before.
Xu Lin opened two security doors and asked the other person what they wanted through the third security door.
“I live in 602. I saw you had a kayak and wanted to borrow it to go out and buy some things tomorrow.”
"Are there any supermarkets still open outside?" Xu Lin pretended to know nothing.
“My family has a solar panel that my wife bought in a live stream. It can charge my phone. I heard from the radio on my phone that we can go to Longhua Shopping Mall to buy supplies starting tomorrow.”
"I'm worried because we're out of food at home. I'll have to go out and buy some tomorrow. But thank you for coming to tell me this. I can lend you the inflatable boat when I come back from shopping tomorrow, but you can only use it by yourself."
"Yes, yes, thank you."
"You're welcome, you've helped me too."
602 left. Xu Lin thought that these days, who would stay at home with rubber boats or something like that? Tomorrow, when they know they can buy supplies, someone will probably come to her to borrow a rubber boat.
At noon, Xu Lin made minced pork with eggplant, braised shrimp, and scrambled eggs with tomatoes. There's still natural gas available, so we can cook. Once the gas is cut off, we won't be able to eat so casually anymore.
Living more comfortably within safe limits has been Xu Lin's guiding principle since her rebirth.
Despite the abundance of solar panels in the space, the lights remain off at night. "A man is innocent, but possessing a treasure is a crime." Compared to being discovered as unusual, not turning on the lights is nothing; going to bed early and waking up early is even better for your health.
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