Jiang Ning was quick to act, and the donkey dodged quickly.

Huo Yishen raised the crossbow in his hand and fired without hesitation, only to hear screams from the rubble.

He did not stop the car and continued to set off.

The closer to the municipal center, the more people there were, and the work hall was crowded.

It is estimated that the contractor did not dare to cut corners, so the municipal center was preserved in the earthquake, but it no longer has the glory and majesty of the past. The cracked ground, the mottled high walls, the cracked buildings...

The work hall was crowded with many survivors, all for the new city plan.

Even if it is a natural disaster at the end of the world, the idea is deeply rooted that only a house can have a home.

Those who allow the conditions want to find opportunities to get a suite; those who do not allow the conditions want to save points to exchange for supplies.

Dozens of pages of paper were densely posted on the bulletin board, all of which were lists of various materials in exchange for points.

There was also a precious electronic display screen in the lobby, scrolling and displaying the same content.

It took the two of them half an hour to read the relevant content, and then they looked at each other with a bad taste in their hearts.

The complete steel bars are indeed expensive, but the built houses are more expensive.

A

two-bedroom house requires 5,000 points, and a villa requires 50,000 points. By the way, it can no longer be called a villa. It is a two-story independent courtyard, and the two-bedroom is really two-bedroom, without a living room and toilet, and only about 15 square meters.

What does this mean? It’s not that the official is unscrupulous, but that resources are too scarce, so they can only raise the threshold to meet the needs of some survivors.

It's understandable that there is no living room, but no toilet... uh-huh!

Jiang Ning pulled Huo Yishen, hoping that he could give some popular science.

Huo Yishen lowered his voice, "In the end times, there is a lack of various building materials. Without waterproof coatings, toilets cannot be built. Once leakage occurs, it will damage the quality of the house."

The steel bars have been frozen in extreme cold, and the material is more or less affected. The floors cannot be built too high. Five or six floors are already the limit.

Public bathhouses and toilets will be built at that time, which can be regarded as solving the problem of reincarnation.

Jiang Ning was shocked. Wouldn't that mean running out to the toilet in the middle of the night? Or put a shit bucket at home.

Remembering the key points, Huo Yishen pulled her away from the crowd and found a quiet place. "A villa requires 50,000 points and 2,000 kilograms of food, but it comes with a yard and toilet."

He calculated that if he took out all the steel bars and tiles they had hoarded before, plus 2,500 kilograms of food, he could buy a villa and a two-bedroom apartment.

"Why do you need so many points?" Jiang Ning frowned, "Was the house in my last life so expensive?"

Of course not, at least one zero had to be removed.

Huo Yishen didn't understand at first, but he soon figured it out. "Few people survived the earthquake last generation, but this time the authorities gave early warnings, and most people survived, which means that resources are more scarce and the competition for survival is more intense."

"You mean, the authorities intend to increase the points for buying a

house in exchange for more resources so that the survivors at the bottom can survive." So many people survived, but almost all of them can't afford to buy a house, so the authorities can only raise the price of the house and cut the leeks of the middle and high classes. In

layman's terms, it's tearing down the east wall to repair the west wall.

Jiang Ning counted the building materials in the space and shook his head and said, "We can't donate all the materials. We have to renovate the villa after it's finished."

In addition, it's great to be neighbors with rich people, but when the environment is extremely bad, the villa area is also unsafe.

For example, in the polar night, the cost of crime is very low.

If the villa collapses, where can we retreat?

Even if we have an extra two-bedroom apartment, we have to take care of Doudou and the dog, and raise rabbits, so we can't make ends meet.

So, we need not only the villa, but at least two two-bedroom apartments.

But in this case, the stockpiled building materials will not be enough.

Precious materials are not used, steel bars are more valuable, and tiles can only exchange for a few points. As for glass... we have to keep it for decorating the villa to prevent acid rain.

Jiang Ning had a new idea, "We can stockpile other building materials with relatively high points and try to exchange for another two-bedroom apartment."

"Sand and wood?" "

These two are in the greatest demand." Jiang Ning nodded and said, "Next to Aoyuan is the Fengcheng River. As long as you are willing to dig, there will be no shortage of sand." As

for wood, we can go deep into the mountains.

For others, these two things are not difficult. The difficult part is how to solve the transportation problem.

But Jiang Ning has room to cheat. If he wants wood, he just needs to go into the mountains.

It was still early when he left the municipal center. Jiang Ning didn't want to go back to lie down and do nothing. "How about taking a walk?"

It was dangerous everywhere, and the two had no friends in Fengcheng. Huo Yishen suggested, "Go visit Grandma Zhong?"

Jiang Ning had no objection, "Okay."

The Zhong family passed the level in the extreme cold. I wonder if they survived the super strong earthquake?

It's not too far away, so I just rode my donkey over there.

There are ruins everywhere, which makes people feel extremely depressed, especially when they see the family building of the research institute collapsed.

The building where Grandma Zhong lived collapsed.

Jiang Ning stood in front of the ruins, a little dazed.

A woman who was scavenging not far away looked up

and said, "Little girl, who are you looking for?" Jiang Ning was stunned for a moment, and then said after a while, "I'm looking for Zhong Ping's family."

"Zhong Ping and his family..."

The woman thought for a long time before pointing to the distance and said, "It seems to be over there."

Two or three hundred meters away, there were densely packed tents, wooden houses and the like.

Only one building of the research institute collapsed, but the research work had to continue, so the family had to be wronged.

Jiang Ning asked, "Is their family okay?"

The woman sighed deeply, "My son is in the same group as Zhong Ping's father. I heard him mention it a few times ago. The old lady seemed to be injured in the earthquake and the situation is not good."

After thanking her, the two went to the temporary shantytown.

Worried about safety, Jiang Ning wiped two handfuls of dust on his face and clothes.

The air in the shantytown was polluted, garbage and debris were everywhere, the survivors were unkempt, and there were piles of old items collected by scavengers next to the tents or wooden houses.

I asked several times before I found the old tent.

Mother Zhong squatted in front of the tent, boiling herbal medicine on an earthen stove, "Mom, the medicine is almost ready."

A cough came from the tent, "Don't waste food to buy medicine. I've lived long enough to this day."

Mother Zhong added firewood to the earthen pit, "Mom, don't let your imagination run wild. If Zhong Ping hears, he'll be worried. You're not seriously ill, it's just that you're recovering slowly due to your age."

When she saw Jiang Ning, Mother Zhong was particularly surprised, "Why are you here?"

"I'm doing business nearby and came to see you on the way."

Mother Zhong was very happy. She wiped the handle and led the person inside, "Please come in."

The tent was cramped, but it was kept clean and there was no strange smell.

Grandma leaned over, "Xiao Jiang and Xiao Huo are here?"

They looked not very well, listless and listless. They seemed several years older than the last time they met, and their cheeks were thin and unrecognizable.

Jiang Ning sat on the ground, "Grandma, what's wrong with you?"

"Nothing, I just hit my head during the earthquake."

Just as Grandma Zhong was about to sit up, she felt dizzy.

Mother Zhong helped her lie down and explained to the two of them, "Zhong Ping made an iron box to absorb shock. When the earthquake happened, our whole family wrapped ourselves in thick clothes and got inside, but we didn't expect the earthquake to be so severe."

The sky was falling and the earth was cracking, and the weather was extremely hot and muggy. If she wasn't killed by the earthquake, she would have been suffocated to death.

Grandma Zhong escaped the earthquake, but not the aftershocks. She was in trouble as soon as she got out of the iron box.

The old lady was not flexible and fell to the ground and was injured by flying rocks.

She exchanged supplies for expensive anti-inflammatory drugs. The external injuries barely healed, but she suffered from headaches and dizziness, and no matter how she took the medicine,

it didn't work. The old lady was burdened and always felt that she was a burden to her children and grandchildren. This made her more depressed.

Jiang Ning saw it and smiled and comforted her: "Grandma, if you can trust my poor medical skills, I will take a look at you."

"That's great." Mother Zhong thanked her repeatedly.

The barefoot doctor she hired outside talked nonsense. Not only did he not treat the disease, but he almost scared the old lady to death.