When the corrugated steel tile installer arrived, Jiang Zhi had already tidied up the yard. Her yard wasn't very big, only fifty-seven square meters in total. Besides the swimming pool, there were flowers and plants, a rockery, and a semi-open floor-to-ceiling glass sunroom.
Jiang Zhi wanted to cover them completely, leaving a few vents for ventilation.
“Ms. Jiang, corrugated steel roofing is enclosed, which will cause poor lighting in your house. Are you sure you want to have the whole house covered?”
"I'm sure. You just need to do it. We'll charge you for whatever materials you use, and I'll double the labor costs."
Only after Jiang Zhi spoke for them did the workers settle down and get back to work.
The weather is hot; the outdoor air temperature has reached 35 degrees Celsius, and the ground temperature is definitely over 40 degrees Celsius.
It's not even summer yet.
Seeing that the workers were sweating profusely from the heat, Jiang Zhi took out some homemade chilled plum juice and some Huoxiang Zhengqi Water from the refrigerator to prevent them from getting heatstroke.
The project wasn't large; four people came, and it was completed in one day.
Making corrugated steel sheets is very simple; it only requires splicing, welding, and screwing.
The corrugated steel roofing sheet that Jiang Zhi wanted was coated with three layers of insulation material, which could greatly isolate the intrusion of external temperature.
While the workers were busy, Jiang Zhi wasn't idle either. After learning how to assemble and disassemble corrugated steel sheets, she went inside to continue making plum juice.
Besides sour plum drink, she also makes all sorts of chilled beverages herself, such as chilled watermelon juice, chilled peach pops, and fruit salad. She bought eight thousand watermelons alone and even planted a watermelon nursery in her online space.
As for the workers' lunch, she just took out the boxed lunches she had bought earlier.
There were still some corrugated steel roofing sheets left, which Jiang Zhi kept without letting the worker take them back.
As dusk fell, the neighbor's nanny came out to walk her dog. Passing by Jiang Zhi's house, she saw the blue corrugated steel roof in the yard and immediately thought it was an eyesore.
A perfectly nice, bright villa has been turned into a metal fortress. Who with money does that these days?
Could he be a nouveau riche from the countryside?
Upon closer inspection, it turns out that this was originally inhabited by a wealthy woman who had lost both her parents.
Good heavens! Has he lost his mind?
Jiang Zhi stood on the second-floor open-air balcony, looking at the river view in the distance. When she came to her senses, she saw people on the roadside pointing and talking about her house.
Pshaw, I'm doing what I want, what's it to you!
Returning to her room, Jiang Zhi began to ponder the house's layout.
While there was still electricity, Jiang Zhi turned on the central air conditioning, and the room temperature was 23 degrees Celsius, which was very pleasant.
She first went to her parents' bedroom, where her parents' belongings were displayed. There wasn't much left, just a photo album and a safe.
The safe contained a huge insurance policy and gold and silver jewelry left by his grandfather and parents.
Jiang Zhi flipped through the photo album; these photos were all her past memories.
After moving the photo album and safe to the bed, Jiang Zhi also took down the paintings from the wall and stored them in the space along with the bed and stool.
Since the wardrobe was attached to the wall and couldn't be moved, Jiang Zhi went to other rooms and put away all the furniture and hanging items that she could.
Then close the doors to these empty rooms completely.
Back in her room, Jiang Zhi did the same thing, tearing down everything down to just the walls.
She then took out insulation material from the space and laid it throughout the entire house, even covering the windows with transparent insulation film. In addition to this film, Jiang Zhi also added two layers of black curtains to the windows and installed retractable roller blinds.
If her room still had light on after the power outage, it would be extremely disrespectful to those who were eyeing her with hostility.
After setting everything up, Jiang Zhi replaced the mattress with a waterbed, which wouldn't be cold to sleep on in this weather, and replaced the carpet with a bamboo mat, which would keep her feet cool when walking on it.
Just then, Jiang Zhi's phone rang again.
"Hey, niece, this is your third uncle. Where are you now?"
Third Uncle? Her grandfather only had one son, her father, so where did this third uncle come from?
baffling.
Jiang Zhi hung up the phone immediately.
The phone rang again shortly after, and Jiang Zhi said impatiently, "You've dialed the wrong number."
"No, are you Jiang Zhi? I am Jiang Youcai. Going back to your grandfather's generation, I am the son of your grandfather's eldest brother. Aren't you my eldest niece?"
"You think I'll believe you just because you say it's me?" Jiang Zhi retorted.
Jiang Youcai: "..."
"You little brat, how can you be so rude? Never mind, it's because you lost your parents when you were very young. I even came to see your grandfather when he passed away, and I held you when you were little."
Jiang Zhi said that no matter who you are, people who return ten years after the apocalypse have long forgotten which corner of the world they have relatives in.
Even if there were, they would be completely unrelated.
"What's the matter?"
"Well, it's been so hot lately, it's not safe for a young woman like you to live in that concrete jungle. So, we've been discussing it with you back home, wondering if you should move to the village, or..."
"No, I'm fine. There's no need for me to move to the village," Jiang Zhi said, refusing before the other person could finish speaking.
In the village, a place with no access to anything, going there was basically like a lamb entering a tiger's den.
There are many times more mutated animals in the countryside than in the city.
In the city, there are mostly rats, cockroaches, pet dogs, and the like; in the countryside, there are all kinds of insects.
"Well... think about it. The countryside is beautiful with clear waters and lush mountains, and it's cooler, isn't it? Besides, your family's ancestral home and land are here too."
Now Jiang Zhi understood why she had received that call.
It's just land; there's no use for her keeping it.
"The ancestral home and land belonged to my grandfather back then, right? You can decide how to handle it; I have no objection to whatever you do with it."
"Ha, this is what you said, my dear niece." Seeing that he had achieved his goal, Jiang Youcai stopped chatting with Jiang Zhi about moving.
His great-uncle's line only had one daughter left. This girl grew up in the city, and I doubt anyone would recognize her. I didn't expect her to be so generous.
"Your father left you quite a bit of property after he passed away, right? Can a young woman like you keep it all? My second son, Jiang Liusen, is in Jiangcheng. Should I have him come find you?"
“No need, I’m not in Jiangcheng anymore,” Jiang Zhi said.
"Oh, that's a real shame."
There was nothing more to say, Jiang Zhi said she had something to do and hung up the phone.
One plot of land wasn't enough to shut them up; now they want to take over her property.
Jiang Zhi shook her head.
Perhaps these distant relatives aren't so bad, but Jiang Zhi, having returned from the apocalypse, no longer trusts anyone.
That evening, Jiang Zhi sat cross-legged on the waterbed to cultivate. This magical technique made her feel comfortable both physically and mentally, and she discovered that her strength had increased considerably since she started practicing it.
Before her rebirth, she was a mid-level strength-type ability user, capable of lifting a small car. After her rebirth, she can do it now.
She had previously tried lifting a small, beat-up car in the underground garage of her house from inside the villa's garage, and to her surprise, it was a piece of cake.
The villa's underground garage contained three cars: the SUV she bought, and two cars her father had bought when he was alive.
She has been driving the car ever since her father passed away.
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