The snow on the street had been cleared, and bicycles leaving water tracks as they passed by.
About half an hour later, Jiang Zhi and Chen Ze stopped outside a row of seven-story buildings.
Jiang Zhi noticed that there was a row of trees covered in snow about 30 meters away from the building, and a row of corrugated iron walls on the ground below the tree canopy, which were also covered in snow.
This really is the edge of the base, but the base will expand in the future, so it's uncertain whether this will remain the edge.
"Let's go up to the seventh floor." Chen Ze carried his bicycle and waved to Jiang Zhi.
Jiang Zhi nodded slightly and followed.
She was wearing many clothes, making her climb the stairs a little cumbersome. Despite her abundant energy, she climbed seven flights of stairs without breaking a sweat.
"Don't you find it strange that I'm carrying a bicycle?" Chen Ze turned around and looked at Jiang Zhi with a smile.
"I don't think so." Jiang Zhi's tone was flat. Chen Ze had thought he could make this beautiful woman laugh, but he didn't expect her to completely ignore his words. In the past, everyone he had encountered had laughed so hard they were doubled over.
What a boring beauty.
Jiang Zhi looked around the house, inside and out.
She was the only one at the top floor of the house; there was another door at the top of the stairs leading to the roof, which was covered in snow.
The apartment has one bedroom, one living room, one kitchen, and one bathroom, covering about fifty square meters, which is more than enough for her to live alone. All the furniture except for a bed and a wardrobe was moved out, even the range hood was removed.
"Hehe, this house is nice, and the price is reasonable too," Chen Ze said with a smile.
"However," Chen Ze's tone hardened slightly, "I'm telling you this upfront: the original owners of this house died of heatstroke and cold, and their child was also taken away by a mutated animal. It's a real haunted house. If you rent it and don't feel comfortable living there, don't come back to complain to us."
Jiang Zhi frowned: "..."
"Whether it's the houses or the land, the base is owned by the state. Therefore, the houses are only for rent and not for sale. The base is quite humane. Although the original residents have lost their property rights, they will not need to pay rent for the next thirty years," Chen Ze explained to Jiang Zhi.
Jiang Zhi knew a little about these things.
She's only staying here temporarily; she might not be used to it and go back home later.
"I'll rent this place. How many points per month?" Jiang Zhi asked calmly, looking at Chen Ze's face, which was red from the cold.
"Three hundred points, one hundred yuan deposit," Chen Ze said with a smile, holding up his little notebook. He had originally thought Jiang Zhi would be terrified because someone had died in this house.
Damn it.
She's truly an unconventional beauty.
Jiang Zhi directly signed a contract with Chen Ze and paid three months' rent through the agency. As for property management fees, she didn't need to pay anything; the house was handed over to Jiang Zhi, and she was responsible for cleaning.
After handing over the keys, Jiang Zhi drove the car to the apartment building. She pulled a suitcase out of the back seat and took out a tent and cotton quilts from the trunk. After draining some of the gasoline from the car, she dragged the things upstairs.
They made three trips back and forth, putting on quite a show.
Finally, after covering the car with an Oxford cloth rain cover, Jiang Zhi went upstairs to decorate her new home.
Chen Ze said someone had died in this house before, so Jiang Zhi immediately put the cheap bed and wardrobe into her spatial storage, then took out a sprayer, filled it with 84 disinfectant, and sprayed the entire house with it before opening the windows for ventilation. The window glass was very thin and not very wind-resistant.
Then he hid in the space.
She drove for two hours, and then spent another hour and a half redeeming points and looking at apartments. She was starving.
To celebrate the successful transfer to the base today, Jiang Zhi brought out a pot of fish maw chicken, some beef skewers, and her favorite roasted corn kernels.
Jiang Zhi drank three large bowls of the barbecued beef with warm soup. Then she took out the chicken, added star anise, cinnamon, and a little salt, and stir-fried it.
Chicken meat in chicken soup isn't very tasty, but after stir-frying it like this, it absorbs the aroma of spices, and with a touch of cumin, it takes on a barbecue flavor, becoming fragrant, crispy, and delicious.
Jiang Zhi held a bowl of stir-fried chicken, opened a can of beer, and watched TV.
Six hours later, Jiang Zhi emerged from the space. The room still smelled of disinfectant. Jiang Zhi took out another sprayer, filled it with water, and washed the house again. Then, she took out a heater, plugged it in, and started blowing air through the empty room.
It was getting dark, and Jiang Zhi could see that apart from a few buildings with flickering lights, only the central part of the base was lit up.
She tapped the light switch, looked up, and saw that there wasn't a single light bulb in the room.
These damned bastards are so greedy, they even plucked the light bulbs from the sky.
Jiang Zhi took out a voltage tester, plugged it into the socket, and tested it. Goodness, there was no power.
Forget it, it's more comfortable to stay cozy in my room tonight.
Jiang Zhi closed the windows and let the three heaters run in the room.
The next day, the house was basically dry. Jiang Zhi first insulated the bedroom, and then moved the furniture from her previous villa out of the space. She still preferred to sleep in her own bed.
Jiang Zhi laid three layers of eight-pound cotton quilts on the bed, used a coral fleece blanket as a sheet, and placed an electric blanket under the sheet. She wondered who invented coral fleece, and praised that person highly, calling it a wonderful invention of the century, with miraculous effects in suppressing the cold.
She also covered herself with two blankets.
Then add many fluffy little dolls.
She looks exactly the same as she does at home.
She abandoned the wardrobe altogether, since she's currently wearing very heavy clothes, and using a clothes hanger would be more convenient. With a table and a mirror, everything would be complete.
She doesn't plan to decorate the living room; she'll leave it as it is. The floor is covered in off-white tiles, which weren't removed. It looks quite nice even without decoration.
After placing the stove against the wall near the bedroom, Jiang Zhi found the building's chimney. She used an exhaust fan to direct the smoke into the chimney, so she wouldn't have to worry about being discovered while she was cooking.
All the pots, pans, and utensils were put in the kitchen.
The house has no electricity and no water.
There's nothing we can do about the lack of water; it's freezing cold, and the water pipes are all frozen.
There was a sudden commotion outside. Jiang Zhi glanced through the glass window and saw that they seemed to be checking the electrical wires.
Jiang Zhi stopped paying attention and lit the charcoal with gas in her space, then took it out and put it in the stove in the living room.
The room became much warmer because of the fire.
Jiang Zhi put a pot of water on the stove, and after the water boiled, she put dumplings in it.
The dipping sauce for the dumplings was something she paid the owner of a braised meat shop to make before the apocalypse. The owner's secret seasoning was so fragrant it made her mouth water. She paid 200 yuan for processing and 500 yuan for seasoning before he would mix the sauce.
After eating about twenty, Jiang Zhi changed the water and boiled some warm ginger soup.
With everything tidied up, Jiang Zhi suddenly felt bored.
Aside from eating, drinking, and practicing martial arts, she seemed to have nothing else to do every day.
Just lie down if you have nothing to do.
Jiang Zhi really lay there, and after lying in the room for three days, she felt like she was going to get moldy.
Although it wasn't snowing outside, everything was covered in a white blanket of snow and ice.
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