Chapter 064 The impending collapse of housing and cars
It's just that these clear routes are difficult to cross and hard to explain. So during this period, Jingshu also had to find a way to ask her father and grandfather to set some traps around the villa.
A live trap would be best. One that's normally closed and opens when needed. She'd have to ask her carpenter grandfather and Baozi's father about this; they should understand what she meant.
Although no one who has ever owned a space in history might use such a stupid method, Jingshu still feels full of satisfaction.
Being a human being should be simple, and killing people should also be simple. Don't do anything fancy. If there is a way to kill someone directly by smashing them to death, there is no need to think of anything else.
Also, Jingshu also had a little selfish motive. During the migration in the late apocalypse, the wind was strong, the snow was heavy and it was extremely cold. Jingshu could only use this folk method when she could not think of any other alternative.
When they needed to stop for accommodation during their migration, they could secretly put up a stone fence to block the wind and snow, and put a tent inside so that the family could sleep more comfortably. Anyway, it was pitch black everywhere, so no one would notice her quietly putting up a fence surrounded by granite.
On March 2, 2023, more than a week had passed since the black fungus beetle incident, and the apocalypse had entered its third month. People were panicking, waiting for the end of the dark day in anxiety, fear, and uncertainty.
All schools in Wucheng continue to suspend classes, pharmacies have long been closed, electrical appliance and digital devices stores are closed except for a few large shopping malls, all snack bars and buffets are closed, only a few clothing stores are still open, and no one knows where the mountains of supplies that used to be piled up in wholesale and agricultural markets have gone. Wucheng seems like a dead city.
In order to save resources, all businesses and governments that needed offices temporarily moved to buildings in the city center, and only here were the lights on.
There are more people handing out flyers on the streets selling houses, shops and cars than pedestrians. If you are not firm enough when passing by, you may be pulled away inexplicably. The prices of houses and cars are falling lower and lower. Even school district houses in the city center cannot be sold even if the prices have dropped to zero.
The car is really worth the same as a pile of scrap metal and can never be sold again.
Antiques are valuable in prosperous times, and gold is valuable in troubled times. As the value of cars and houses depreciates, the price of gold is getting higher and higher. All these indicate that the world is really going to be in chaos.
As for the others, there are only dozens of large supermarkets that are open for 2 hours a day, but the non-staple food products, condiments, fresh food, snacks, and even the extremely expensive imported food are all gone, not to mention that cigarettes and alcohol have disappeared without anyone noticing.
As for daily necessities such as toilet paper, their supply is decreasing at a visible rate, but supermarkets are no longer restocking them.
The only thing that is piled up like a mountain of rice and flour is the last line of defense to appease people's hearts, as if to comfort everyone, but the amount of rice and flour that each person can buy every day is pitifully small. At this moment, countless people are regretting one thing: why didn't they come to collect it when the country distributed free rice in December last year?
Despite this, the fact that the supermarket was empty spread like wildfire, causing more people to line up in the supermarket every day, because everyone was horrified to find out: there was a shortage of paper today, a shortage of seasonings tomorrow, and a shortage of lighters the day after tomorrow.
In short, many convenient things in life will only seem too troublesome to you when they are gone.
Jingnai felt it clearly. She had encountered many inconveniences during the time she lived in her daughter's house. If she forgot to boil water, she would not be able to drink hot water for the whole day. She had to prepare meals for the next day in the afternoon every day, otherwise there would be a power outage and she would not be able to get natural gas, and the supermarket would not even sell lighters.
She hadn't taken a shower for a month and her body smelled bad. The monotonous food lacked fresh vegetables, causing her and her husband to suffer from constipation. Although her son would bring some food from time to time, nothing tasted good without onions and ginger, and so on.
In short: it's troublesome to live in this environment.
Fortunately, the trouble did not last long. Jingshu and Jing's father came to pick up Jing's grandmother, Jing's grandfather, third aunt Jinglai, and cousin Wu Youai, saying that they would stay for a while, but in fact they asked them to take all the food away, and then took them to the new house and showed the property certificate to the old couple.
"You are kidding! How much does this house cost?" Grandpa Jing pointed at Jing's father and almost kicked him.
"Grandpa, Grandma, I bought this house for 100,000 yuan, including the furniture and appliances. If you don't like it, I will sell it to you.
I just happened to have enough money to pay back the 200,000 yuan I owe you." Jingshu deliberately lowered the price.
When he heard that it was bought for 100,000 yuan, Jing Ye's eyes widened. Jing Nai quickly interrupted him and said, "There is no need to rush to pay back the 200,000 yuan. I think this house is also good." The most important thing is to be with his son and granddaughter, and he can also bring his divorced daughter with him.
"Dad and I thought you guys wouldn't be used to living in the villa every day, so you could come live here. In the future, when your aunt and second aunt come over, they can live here without feeling awkward. Besides, my live broadcast will be going on for at least a few more years, so I still need your help. I can't bear to let you go back to the countryside, so why don't you just live here for now?"
Jing's father quickly added, "Mom, I still want to take care of you in your old age. Let's live together in the future. I know Third Sister is not used to living with me, and she is used to living with you. So you can just live here together in the future. You can live in whichever house you want."
"Okay, okay, it's good to live here. There are fewer people and the environment is good." Jing Nai quickly accepted it and asked San Gu to move all the luggage over. "You'ai has finished her busy schedule recently. Come and stay here to relax. This will be our home from now on!"
Third Aunt smiled and joked, "I see you guys haven't wanted to live there for a long time. But after the power outage, you've been running up and down the sixth floor every day and it's really tiring. This is on the first floor, so convenient."
Jingshu explained to the family that they used a toilet with a cat litter collector, and a small 5L water tank for drinking water, which Jing's father would refill after use. As for domestic water, they would have to go back to the villa. She also explained other features, and Jingnai became more and more satisfied with them.
"Let your grandma cook the dinner tonight, and we'll officially move in." Master Jing was still very particular, but the matter was settled.
At this time when supplies were scarce, Jingshu's aunt Jingpan spent several hundred yuan to take a bus and delivered a large box of apples to each of Jingnai, Jingba and Jinglai's families.
She walked a few miles with the cart carrying three boxes to Jinglai's house, but found no one there, so she made a phone call. Jing's grandmother asked Jing's father to go and pick someone up quickly.
"You said this kid came without telling me, and now she's waiting in front of your door with all her stuff on her shoulders. She's carrying so much fruit in such a chaotic situation, isn't she afraid someone will steal it? Go get her quickly, and Third Brother, you can go and bring the luggage over too."
It’s no wonder that Jingnai has a bad mouth. When Jing’s father took her aunt back, he found out that her aunt had indeed been kidnapped in the corridor!
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