Chapter 7

Before, Fu Erdie could ventilate the house every day and blow away the heat waves to bring fresh air into the house, but now she dares not open the windows at all.

Some insects would enter the house through natural gas pipes and range hood ducts, so she had to kill insects, clean and spray air freshener every day.

The only lucky thing is that after twenty days, her little house has still not been without water, electricity or gas.

She didn't use any of the stored water and used clean water from the tap every day.

At 3 a.m. on June 26, a shrill message alert sounded, followed by various alert sounds from every device.

Fu Erdie stood up suddenly and immediately saw the important news popping up on the lock screen of her mobile phone.

It turned out that after emergency repairs, everyone's network was temporarily restored.

Official websites, portals, mobile operators, all channels simultaneously push news that the end of the world is coming, bases to escape to, and radio channels to listen to.

Fu Erdie only had time to take a screenshot before she received call alerts from various devices.

She has four mobile phones in total: an Android, an Apple, an e-reader, and a flip phone that can only be used for making calls.

Just in case, all electronic devices in the house are kept fully charged so that they can respond immediately when there is a signal.

The flip phone is a spare one for when she needs some quiet time alone.

At that time, I only left a computer and a drawing board, without any social software, and my smartphone was turned off. I could only communicate through a flip phone as a backup.

Only her closest people know her number.

At this moment, several mobile phones rang at the same time. Fu Erdie immediately picked up the flip phone, rushed to the bedroom, closed the door, and blocked out other noisy sounds.

"Hello." She lowered her voice anxiously.

There was a sob and a familiar cry: "My daughter...my daughter, you are still alive!"

"mom!"

Fu Erdie's eyes instantly turned red.

On the other end of the phone, my father's anxious voice came: "How are you now! Are you safe?"

"Safety."

Fu Erdie quickly explained her situation: "Water, electricity and gas are all available, and there is enough food stored at home."

Dad wanted to exchange pleasantries, but Mom interrupted him in time.

Even though she was still sobbing, her thoughts were crystal clear.

"To make a long story short, download the map now while you have internet access. You have a printer at home, print out the map. In addition to the national map, there is also a detailed map along the way from City C to City H. Your dad has already started downloading it, so you should download it too!"

Fu Erdie quickly agreed and began to prepare in an orderly manner despite the chaos.

Another cell phone, grandma's, also rang. She turned on the speakerphone and answered both calls at once.

Grandma is doing fine for now. She is on her way to the countryside with her aunt and cousin.

My uncle-in-law turned into a zombie on the first day of the apocalypse. The family locked him on the balcony, and he barely escaped being scratched.

Fu Erdie has always disliked her uncle-in-law who always liked to lie. At this moment, she didn't feel sad at all. She was just glad that her grandmother and aunt were safe.

The only problem is that my grandmother is over 80 years old and has many illnesses, big and small. She usually goes to the community hospital for regular injections every week.

Now we are running for our lives. Even if we bring bottles and jars of medicine with us, we cannot get injections. Coupled with the fear, the situation is very bad.

"Grandma, don't worry. I'm fine at home and have plenty of food."

Fu Erdie deliberately made the situation sound okay: "Although you always accused me of eating junk food before, I still secretly stocked up on several boxes of instant noodles. I also bought several boxes of pork jerky and chicken breast during an e-commerce event a while ago. Now I eat delicious food! It's safe at home too, and I can even watch TV."

Grandma was amused by Fu Erdie.

The greetings and laughter were short-lived, because she was on the road, and all the electricity was charged by the charging cable in the car. More electricity had to be saved.

The call with my parents is still there.

They are stationed in an emerging industrial zone in H City for a long time.

This industrial zone used to be a remote rural area, but now it has become a large factory area, and it is still sparsely populated. The survivors here don't need to run for their lives, as long as they unite to fight zombies, they can get a little bit of a safe space.

In addition, H City is a major grain-producing city with abundant sunlight and widespread solar energy.

The detached villa they rent has solar panels and solar lights, which can be renovated to be charged.

The only problem was that the water pipe burst, and they closed the sluice gate in the villa complex, so we had to go outside to get water.

But no matter what, compared to other people, my parents are already doing very well.

"Your dad has nothing to do now, so he can ride his bike to the gas station to get gasoline. When we have enough gasoline, we will come back to pick you up!" said my mother.

Fu Erdie's nose felt sore.

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Sure enough, even if the whole world abandoned her, her parents would not abandon her.

No one wants to die.

Everyone wants to live a few more days.

But she couldn't ask her parents to travel thousands of miles, drive 1,500 kilometers to pick her up on the last day of the world.

"Mom, don't come pick me up."

Fu Erdie said calmly but with difficulty: "Unless I can have supernatural powers like those apocalyptic novels, I won't drag you down."

"How can it be a burden?" Cao Bingqing interrupted immediately, "Your father and I are in our fifties and sixties. No matter what, our energy is not as good as you young people! If you come, we will be much more relaxed!"

Fu Erdie could tell that this was just her mother's persuasion.

"You have low energy, so you can't come all the way to pick me up."

"What will you do if we don't pick you up? None of your relatives are here, and your friends can't take care of you. If we don't come, you..." Cao Bingqing said, and began to sob again.

Fu Chenghong took the phone and said in a rare and fierce tone: "Don't think about these things. Live well, we will definitely come to pick you up!"

Fu Erdie paused while downloading various documents and materials, and said firmly: "If you come to pick me up, I will jump from the 16th floor now!"

The people on both ends of the phone didn't look like father and daughter, but rather like enemies who hated each other.

Fu Erdie often feels that she has inherited all the shortcomings of her parents. She is pessimistic about reality like her mother and stubborn about the decisions she makes like her father.

My mother is pessimistic but resilient. She has life experience and wisdom, and is more decisive than my father when making decisions.

My dad is stubborn, but he will grit his teeth and persevere towards a goal.

She inherited her parents' pessimism and stubbornness, and did not learn to be decisive and persistent.

She is a complete waste.

No one else will want her, and she won't be a burden to others.

Even if this "others" refers to your own family.

Both sides were deadlocked and silent for a long time. It was the mother who suppressed her bitterness and broke the silence: "Well, you can stay at home. But you must save food and hold on as long as you can. We downloaded the map, and you can download it too. You can also stay in our rented villa for a summer vacation, and you can find it when you want to come in the future."

"Never give up hope at any time."

(End of this chapter)