Watching her father walk towards his workplace with Lu Yongbing and Grandpa Lu, Xu Lai also went out for a stroll.
It was alright in the morning; the heat wasn't too intense yet.
But by noon, the scorching heat of 40 degrees Celsius, coupled with the lack of electricity, made it feel as if the whole world had been placed in a giant oven.
The sun hangs high in the sky, relentlessly unleashing its heat, leaving no escape.
The air on the street seemed to have solidified, so stuffy and hot that it was hard to breathe.
People sought refuge in the shade, trying to escape the scorching sun. Pedestrians hurried along, their faces beaded with sweat, constantly fanning themselves, yet unable to dispel the oppressive heat.
The few remaining trees along the roadside, washed away by the flood, looked listless, their leaves drooping as if begging the sun for mercy.
"It's so hot!"
Upon returning home, Xu Lai brought her mother, second uncle, and younger brother into the space.
Maruko couldn't stand the sweltering heat outside, so Xu Lai had already thrown it into her spatial dimension.
Maruko, who was happily playing with the goat, saw its owner come in. The plump Maruko immediately turned around and rushed into its owner's arms.
Brown bears are very dangerous animals to humans in the wild, but brown bears that have been domesticated by humans since they were young are still very docile to their owners.
Maruko is a young female brown bear. At one year old, she is still in her infancy and is still very dependent on Xu Lai and the others for food.
Now that Wanzi is one year old, in addition to drinking milk, Xu Lai also feeds her fish, chicken, and vegetables from the space's vegetable garden for her three meals a day.
Brown bears are actually omnivorous; in addition to these, they also eat insects, mammals, and nuts.
Of the five and a half acres of land in the space, besides the two acres of pasture that were always planted, the remaining three and a half acres were planted with two acres of potatoes and one and a half acres of sweet potatoes this time.
Potatoes and sweet potatoes are not only high-yielding, but also require far fewer steps in planting and harvesting than rice and wheat.
Moreover, sweet potatoes can not only be eaten raw, but also, when made into a staple food, only potatoes and...
Most importantly, the space is sunny and can accommodate three crops a year.
So far, they have only consumed about one-third of the rice and flour they had previously stockpiled.
The rice and wheat harvested in the previous crops were enough to feed their family of five for two years.
So for now, their family doesn't lack staple foods like rice and flour.
Xu Lai plans to find a way to exchange these potatoes for work points after the harvest.
The potatoes in the space soil still need to wait two more days before they can be dug up. Xu Lai thought about the hot weather outside, so she discussed with her second uncle and younger brother about taking out another set of solar power generation equipment stored in the space and installing it.
"It's really not good without electricity. The temperature is too high. Your dad goes out to work during the day, and it's not good for his health if he doesn't get enough rest when he comes home at night!"
Xu Jiangming raised Xu Haiguo from childhood to adulthood. Although Xu Haiguo was not his son, the bond between them had long surpassed that of a typical father and son.
Song Qiu'e and Xu Haiguo have been married for over twenty years and have a harmonious relationship. Of course, she loves her husband dearly and supports the installation of solar power equipment.
Xu Chao, a teenager, is not going to force himself to suffer when he has the opportunity to enjoy good things.
Three generations acted on a whim.
After Xu Lai took the equipment and the others out of the space, everyone began to install the solar power generation equipment.
This system is equipped with an 8-kilowatt solar generator and six 670-watt solar panels.
It can generate 26 kilowatt-hours of electricity and store 12 kilowatt-hours of electricity per day.
Excluding the stored electricity, the generated electricity is just enough to power a 1.5 horsepower wall-mounted air conditioner in the house for one day and one night.
Where would be a suitable place to put these solar panels?
Song Qiu asked.
"This kind of thing is a rare commodity now, it's too unsafe to install it outside!"
Although the military and government have now officially begun to manage the city, they are too busy to deal with something like this theft.
This solar panel can only be installed indoors, in a place without sunlight, so it can only be installed on the balcony.
Fortunately, each solar panel comes with a bracket, which secures it in place so that it doesn't completely fill the balcony.
However, the sunlight on the balcony also changes as the sun moves.
In the morning, the east-facing balcony is sunny; in the afternoon, as the sun begins to set, the west-facing balcony is sunny.
Xu Jiangming decided to install three solar panels on each of the two balconies.
This ensures that the solar panels are exposed to sunlight all day long.
"It's so hot outside! I wonder if your dad can stand it!"
Song Qiu'e looked at her second uncle, daughter, and son, whose clothes were soaked with sweat as they busily installed solar panels. She didn't bother to wipe the sweat off her own face. Instead, she quickly wet and wrung out the towels the three of them used to wipe their sweat and handed them to them, all the while feeling sorry for her husband who was out earning work points.
"Mom, don't worry. In a couple of days, we'll take some sweet potato vines and sweet potatoes from the garden to the government supermarket."
I heard that the government supermarket was opened by the C municipal government and it sells all kinds of daily necessities such as rice, flour, cooking oil, etc.
Citizens can use their work points to purchase what they need.
It's actually quite similar to the supply and marketing cooperatives of the early days.
I also heard that there is one of these government-run supermarkets in each community. Xu Lai and his friends haven't been to their community's supermarket yet.
Xu Lai made up her mind that if she could exchange these things for work points, she would tell others that her family had worked hard to grow them.
This way, Dad can "grow" sweet potatoes at home and exchange the sweet potato vines and sweet potatoes for work points.
That way, people won't suspect anything because their family members don't go out to work but still have food and drink.
"That's a good idea. Everything needs to be rebuilt now. Not only do we need to restore various facilities, but the government is also definitely stepping up efforts to restore agriculture!"
Xu Jiangming, who had already installed the last solar photovoltaic panel, strongly agreed with Xu Lai's idea.
Now that the sun is out, we can simply move some of the sweet potatoes and seedlings out of the soil in the space and put them in baskets or flower pots filled with soil.
After having this idea, Song Qiu'e's worries about her husband lessened considerably.
The solar photovoltaic panels were installed by noon.
These solar photovoltaic panels need to absorb sunlight for a while before they slowly convert into electricity.
"It's too hot outside, let's cook lunch in the space!"
The air conditioning couldn't be used immediately, and Xu Lai saw that everyone was unbearably hot, so she led them into the space.
After more than a year of feeding, the more than 30 chickens in the enclosure have grown up, and 20 of the hens are already laying eggs.
Fifteen of the twenty ducks and twenty geese are also laying eggs.
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