Chapter Twelve: The Post-Apocalyptic Fortress is Completed
Then came the reinforcement of steel bars; all windows, including those that allowed people or animals to pass through, were fitted with thickened steel bars.
Mu Qingyu specifically asked Brother Wang to install all the iron windows inside, so that from the outside they would still look like ordinary windows. Otherwise, the wall was already so conspicuous, and all the iron windows would be even more conspicuous.
After taking the most basic external protective measures, Mu Qingyu began the interior renovation.
Although the owners of villas 3 and 4 no longer live there, the original furniture, appliances, and decorations are still there. In order to make it easier to redecorate according to her own ideas, Mu Qingyu came to the villa alone before the construction team moved in and stuffed everything movable, including home appliances and furniture, into the space.
When the apocalypse arrives, it's uncertain whether the owner of this house will survive. He probably won't be able to cross the zombie horde from the city to reclaim the house. Therefore, Mu Qingyu didn't have any reservations about the renovations.
These self-built villas in the countryside are all quite large, with an area of over 150 square meters. Aside from reinforcing the doors and windows, Mu Qingyu didn't do any other renovations on the first floor. Because the weather in the post-apocalyptic world is unpredictable, with occasional torrential rains, the first floor is easily flooded.
So Mu Qingyu simply cleared out the first floor, which can be used as an activity area when it's not raining, where people can do some light exercise or something.
The second floor originally had four rooms: a master bedroom, a second bedroom, a guest room, and a children's room. The master bedroom and the second bedroom each had their own bathroom. There was also a shared bathroom.
Mu Qingyu transformed the master bedroom into a kitchen and dining room. The area near the window has good natural light, and a row of small flower beds has been set up so that she can grow some vegetables in the future.
The kitchen has a wood-burning stove like those in rural areas and a gas stove; no appliances are installed. The dining table is also set up in this room.
The secondary bedroom was converted into a proper bedroom. The guest room was also converted into a secondary bedroom.
The children's room was converted into a storage room by Mu Qingyu. It would be used to store everyday food, and after the apocalypse, Mu Qingyu might go out and store some of her loot here. In short, she had to keep the secret of her space abilities a secret until they truly shone.
Next came the renovation of the sewer system. Mu Qingyu had Brother Wang dig a huge biogas digester in the yard. The toilet drainage would then be connected to the biogas digester. After that, biogas equipment and pipes were installed and connected to the biogas stove in the kitchen.
A sewage tank was added next to the biogas digester, connected to the kitchen's sewage trough to treat kitchen wastewater. Then a drainage ditch was dug, leading directly outside, temporarily connecting to underground drainage pipes outside the house.
The original access from the house to the underground drainage pipes was completely blocked off with concrete!
Both villas adopted the same decoration style.
Finally, all the walls of both houses were reinforced and waterproofed.
In addition, there was another surprise in the house – Mu Qingyu found a well in the garden of house number 3!
It's not a traditional round-mouthed deep well, but an underground well. The original homeowner developed it and made a hidden design, with the water pipes directly connected to the original kitchen on the first floor. They even left a small cement tile water tank at the original kitchen's connection point.
This is an unexpected surprise. If the well is deep enough, the water might not be polluted by the apocalypse, and it might be a precious water source in the post-apocalyptic world.
So, Mu Qingyu connected another pipe to bring well water to Building 4 as well, and also built a small water tank exactly the same as the one in Building 3.
After ten days of back-and-forth work, including working overtime, Brother Wang finally renovated the house that Mu Qingyu needed!
There was no way around it! Although Mu Qingyu personally oversaw both the materials and the construction, appearing very strict, she was extremely meticulous about material prices and labor costs! As long as Brother Wang's quote wasn't unreasonable, Mu Qingyu readily paid. With such a high-quality client, how could she not work overtime to get the job done well?
Day 15 of the apocalypse countdown.
During these ten days, Mu Qingyu didn't just focus on the house renovation. She usually kept an eye on the materials, and the rest of the time, she would go out whenever she could, and if she couldn't leave, she would use her laptop and mobile phone to order what she needed online.
During these ten days, large loans from banks were indeed not approved, but small loans from major banks were granted very quickly.
Some banks provided tens of thousands of yuan, while others provided hundreds of thousands. Over the course of ten days, about a dozen banks of varying sizes transferred the funds. The total amount was 2.92 million yuan. Although it was in Mu Xiangyuan's accounts, Mu Qingyu could use this money at her disposal.
At the same time, Mu Xiangyuan also had 3.31 million yuan in working capital in its accounts.
Five days ago, the relevant power generation equipment was delivered to Muxiang Garden, and Mu Qingyu settled the remaining payment of 610,000 yuan. She also secretly stored the equipment in her spatial storage during the night.
Afterwards, the gasoline that Ma Dachuan had found arrived. Ma Dachuan was quite capable; he managed to procure 20 barrels of 95-octane gasoline and 30 barrels of 92-octane gasoline. According to the previously agreed price, Mu Qingyu paid Ma Dachuan a total of 570,000 yuan. Originally, it was 575,000 yuan, but Ma Dachuan generously rounded it down to zero.
Besides bringing gasoline, Ma Dachuan also brought a small surprise for Mu Qingyu. Ma Dachuan said that a friend of his used to run a liquefied gas station, but now he was closing down and had a batch of fully filled liquefied gas cylinders. He asked Mu Qingyu if she would like to buy them.
Ma Dachuan had only asked casually to a friend, but unexpectedly, it was exactly what Mu Qingyu wanted! Mu Qingyu naturally accepted this little surprise that came to her door!
This was a friend's business, not Ma Dachuan's own. Ma Dachuan wanted to do Mu Qingyu a good deal, so he didn't raise the price like he would when dealing with gasoline. The market price for each liquefied gas cylinder was 110 yuan, but since Mu Qingyu bought them all, he gave her 95 yuan per cylinder. Logically, each cylinder was worth several hundred yuan, but the person's business had ended, and he couldn't dispose of the cylinders.
So in the end, the man charged Mu Qingyu a total of 50,000 yuan for the 350 gas cylinders, including the gas cylinders.
After settling all the debts, Mu Qingyu had 3,695,000 yuan left.
Over the past ten days, the biggest expense on the houses has been the cost of various materials, with steel bars, tempered glass, and biogas conversion equipment being the major expenses. All in all, the materials for just one house cost 1.33 million yuan, and for both houses combined, it totaled 2.66 million yuan.
The wages weren't expensive; twenty people worked overtime for ten days and were paid a total of 150,000 yuan.
The workers earned their wages, but Brother Wang earned the difference between the material costs and the actual price. Mu Qingyu didn't know exactly how much he earned, but the project was now finished, and both parties were satisfied, so it was considered a pleasant cooperation.
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