Chapter 24

"You are sick, why are you messing with their family? Their daughter has killed someone, okay?" Liang Lina, who was pregnant, was furious.

"Killed someone!" The hearts of He Meiying, mother and son were beating wildly, and they couldn't believe their ears.

Liang Lina showed a look of fear and disgust on her face: "Yes, she killed a person from Country M when she was studying abroad in Country M. She was only twenty years old at the time, and she dared to kill people at the age of twenty, okay!"

He Meiying was in disbelief: "Then why wasn't she arrested?"

Liang Lina explained: "That M country man went in and stole things in the middle of the night. According to their laws, you don't have to go to jail for killing the thief. But ordinary people who dare to kill the thief, do you dare?"

A female college student studying abroad made news when she killed a burglar. She caused a sensation in the local study abroad circle. There are several children in their community studying abroad, and the circle of studying abroad is so large. Who doesn't know that the Qiao family has a daughter who dares to kill people.

After learning about it by chance, Liang Lina walked around when she saw Qiao Xi.

He Meiying, mother and son didn't dare. They thought they were not good men and women, because they were unreasonable enough and they had two sons. They walked sideways in their hometown, but they rarely beat anyone, let alone kill people.

Liang Lina glared at her mother and brother irritably: "She dares to do what she says. Now that the surveillance outside is broken, I will really beat you to death. It's useless to call the police. If you don't want to die, just go around her."

He Meiying, mother and son nodded in succession. They never expected to offend a murderer, no wonder they were so scary.

The more Liang Lina thought about it, the angrier she became: "This is a villa area, where rich people live, not the mountains and valleys of my hometown. How dare you bring the same thing as my hometown? If they don't want to sell it, they won't sell it. You actually want to buy it by force." Damn it, are you mentally ill? How could you let me go out to meet people? The neighbors here looked down on me. But when Lao Wang found out, he would definitely scold me again. Now, he didn't like coming back very much. , even more reason to go to that vixen."

He Meiying suddenly panicked and quickly supported her daughter: "Don't be angry, don't be angry, but don't be so angry that your body will be damaged. There is a little grandson in your belly."

Liang Lina touched her belly to calm down: "I will get angry when I see you. Move it back here. Don't stay here to make me angry."

There is electricity, water and heaven and earth here, which is not comparable to that of a low-level executive. He Meiying was reluctant to give it up. She and her two sons tried their best to coax her, and finally coaxed Liang Lina into laughing: "I want to stay." It's okay, just stay calm and don't offend anyone. I'll give you ten thousand yuan. You can go out and buy some meat and vegetables. Don't ask Lao Wang to come over and have nothing to eat and start quarreling with me."

He Meiying was elated and said yes again and again.

At the other end of the Qiao family, Qiao Xi put Qiao Yuanshan on the sofa and asked about the origins of He Meiying and others: "Where did this garbage come from? I haven't seen it before."

Qiao Yuanshan spoke with disdain: "The second wife's natal mother and brothers came here because she has a generator at home. In the past half month, each family has gained a lot of relatives."

Speaking of relatives, neither Qiao Yuanshan nor Xi Jingyun were born in Changjing City. Qiao Yuanshan's ancestral home is Yangcheng, and Xi Jingyun's ancestral home is Rongcheng. They both settled in Beijing because of work, and they have no blood relatives here.

Xi Jingyun is an only child with no brothers or sisters, and her parents have passed away. I have a normal relationship with my relatives in my hometown, and only keep in touch during weddings and funerals.

Qiao Yuanshan did have a father, but he was almost like an enemy. He cheated on his mistress and gave birth to an illegitimate son, which made his own mother so angry that they had no contact with each other for thirty years.

For this reason, Qiao Yuanshan was extremely disdainful of the mistress's illegitimate son. Liang Lina, the second wife, was not an honorific title, just a joke.

Hearing this, Qiao Xi immediately knew who it was. Liang Lina was also a celebrity in the community. Liang Lina, who didn't know she was the youngest, gave birth to Boss Wang's 'eldest son'. She made Boss Wang, who had several illegitimate daughters but no son, happy, and made a big feast to 'marry' Liang Lina as his second wife. Later, Boss Wang added a third wife who gave birth to twin sons. Last year's New Year's Eve, the third wife came to the house with her son in her arms and provided a variety of entertainment and gossip for all the residents in the community. The reality is much more exciting than the TV series.

"It's really not like a family doesn't come into the same house."

"Don't talk about them. It's bad luck. Talk about yourself. You are dark and thin, and you must have suffered a lot." Qiao Yuanshan looked at his daughter distressedly.

Qiao Xi touched his face: "What hardship can I endure? With such a big sun hanging in the sky, no one can be darker. I want you to be thin."

"You know how to talk a lot," Xi Jingyun, who came back with medicinal wine, glared at her daughter, "Tell me how you got here these days?"

Qiao Xi asked first: "Have Kelin's family returned?"

Zhou Kelin also lives in Jinxiu Villa, right next door to their house. The reason why she bought the house here was partly to be neighbors with her good friends.

Qiao Yuanshan and Xi Jingyun looked at each other and shook their heads: "Not yet. Their family has a house and relatives there, so the situation shouldn't be too bad. I heard that the higher-ups are studying the evacuation of overseas Chinese, and they may be able to come back soon."

Qiao Xi is not so optimistic. She has been in various situations during the more than 3,000 kilometers, and she relies entirely on the blessing of space. How can it be so easy for the Zhou family to travel tens of thousands of kilometers? In addition to natural disasters, there are also man-made disasters, but she didn't want to show it and make her parents worry, so she cheered up and smiled: "Uncle Zhou and his family are smart people, so everything will be fine. "

"Where's Sister Cai?" Qiao Xi looked around and asked about the nanny hired by the family.

Xi Jingyun replied: "Let the mother and son go back to their hometown, because they are afraid that if they want to go back in the future, they will do something wrong." Sister Cai's son works in a restaurant. Seeing that the situation is not good, they settle the wages with all the employees and let them go home early.

There were no outsiders, so Qiao Xi immediately took out a bunch of fruits that her parents loved to eat, including durian, mangosteen, grapes, strawberries, cherries, and blackberries. She knew that the fruits at home were no longer fresh without looking at her.

While eating fruit, Qiao Xi talked about his experience for more than half a month, naturally hiding the dangerous part and not mentioning it in MD. Today is different from the past, communication is blocked, and if she meets an insider without any luck, her parents will never know.

Of course, Qiao Yuanshan and Xi Jingyun could guess that she was hiding something. Their daughter knew how to report good news and not bad news since she was very young. But I couldn't think of anything so horrifying even if I thought about it. I just thought that she must have concealed some of her hardships. Just say that picking up leaking containers at the port and taking millet from the fire are not dangerous.

After talking about his own experience, Qiao Xi also knew what his parents had been going through for the past half month.

On the night of the 7th, they found that the satellite phones were not working, and the city and Beijing failed to restore power communications in time. They realized the seriousness of the problem. Thanks to Qiao Xi, the two of them had watched a lot of doomsday-related movies and TV dramas back then, so they were particularly sensitive.

Therefore, they were among the first to react and start stocking up. On the one hand, it was to prepare for the future life. They could not predict that Qiao Xi would gain so much outside. They only knew that there was a shortage of space supplies. On the other hand, if you don't find something to do, you can't help but think wildly. Even though he had confidence in Qiao Xi and believed that she would come back safely, how could a parent not be worried.

Xi Jingyun took her daughter to the basement as if she were offering a treasure. The villa was divided into three floors above ground and one underground.

There are ten freezers in the gym in the basement, which are filled with fish, meat, vegetables and fruits, a pile of rice, flour, grains, oils and dry goods, a pile of wine and beverages, and a pile of convenience foods. The first few items were the stocks of the restaurant, while the packaged foods such as instant noodles, cans of cookies, candies, and snacks were purchased later.

"There were too many things in the warehouse that we couldn't fit at home, and there wasn't enough electricity to maintain them, so we sold some of them and replaced them with things we didn't have."

Qiao Xi smiled and said, "You and my dad are so wise." What she lacks most now is ingredients, but there is a shortage of domestically packaged food.

Xi Jingyun urged: "Put them all away. It's easy to spoil in such a hot weather. Look at these fruits and vegetables, they are all rotten."

Qiao Xi put them away one by one. Even after watching this scene many times, Xi Jingyun was still a little dazed, but in the past, she was mostly worried, always afraid that her daughter would be exposed and become the target of public criticism. Most of them are thankful now that they have space, their family's basic life is guaranteed, and they don't have to worry about their daughter's safety.

Next to the gym is an indoor swimming pool, with oil drums, gas cans, frames of coal, solar panels, gasoline and diesel generators and batteries piled on the shore.

Next to it is a 20-square-meter white wine cellar, which contains Qiao Yuanshan's collection. The most popular is Moutai, followed by Wuliangye. The white wine needs time to settle, so it is not beautiful to store it in space. Now I don't care about the beauty or not, just put them all into the space, safety is the most important thing.

In the audio-visual room are emergency protective supplies such as gas masks, fire-proof clothing, emergency blankets, first-aid kits, fire extinguishers, emergency tents, and water purification tablets.

There are various medicines in the workers' room, including a pile of Chinese medicinal materials.

Qiao laughed sarcastically: "I asked you to buy it back then, but you still said I was a waste."

Xi Jingyun glanced sideways: "Can this be compared? Back then, Tai Pingping had no visions. You said the end of the world was coming. It would be foolish for your father and I to go bankrupt in preparation."

Qiao Xi: "You are convinced this time?"

Xi Jingyun paused before saying: "Have doubts. Among the people who are hoarding goods now, there are not many people who really think that the end of the world is coming. Some of them are really cautious, and some of them are forced to follow the trend. In fact, your dad and I are also holding on to the idea of ​​​​rather... If you don't believe what you have, you can't afford to lose anything. You can keep it at home for peace of mind. You won't need it later. Just sell it and give it away. It's far from going bankrupt."

Xi Jingyun looked complicated: "Actually, I didn't believe it. I thought it might be confusing for a while, but who would have thought it was true."

"Mom, we are not afraid if the end of the world comes," Qiao Xi hugged Xi Jingyun, "As long as we are together as a family, we are not afraid of any difficulties. I am here."

Xi Jingyun patted her daughter, who was half a head taller than herself. Yes, with her daughter by her side, she had nothing to fear.

After calming down, Xi Jingyun pulled Qiao Xi up and said, "There are more upstairs."

Qiao Xi deliberately showed an exaggerated surprise: "There is actually one more!"

Xi Jingyun said to her: "The things in our three warehouses, especially food and things to cool down and prevent heatstroke, are in short supply right now. How can we only get back such a small amount of things."

It is impossible for a restaurant's warehouse to only store ingredients for one or two days. Qiao Xi replenishes them every day, which is to fool the employees into thinking they are fools. There must be at least a week's supply, and some shelf-stable supplies must have a year and a half's supply so that people won't think too much about it. What's more, most of the seafood used in restaurants is live, and the restaurant also has some live seafood. That batch of live seafood can be exchanged for a lot of money.

The basement is a swimming pool, gym, movie room, wine cellar, workers' room, and electrical machine room.

The first floor is a spacious living room, a Chinese and Western dining room, a Chinese and Western kitchen, a storage room, a tea room, a parents' suite, and a guest room.

The second floor is Qiao Xi's room, small living room, study room, yoga room, and utility room.

Viewing room and extra large terrace on the third floor.

There are more or less supplies in the room, many of which Qiao Xi is in urgent need of, such as electric blankets, radiators, small sun heaters, hot water bottles... The climate is hot there, and there are almost no such thermal supplies.

"Ha~ You have prepared all the things for your grandchildren who haven't even seen you yet." When he opened the last yoga room, it turned out to be a children's room, and Qiao Xi was instantly happy. Diapers, milk powder and clothes are piled to the top inside. If you look closely, you can see cribs, strollers, rocking horses... everything for children to eat and play with.

Xi Jingyun smiled bitterly: "It's one thing to give birth or not, but it's another thing to be prepared or not. No one can say what will happen in the future. If it happens, how can we be willing to let the child suffer?"

Regarding having children, Qiao Xi really thought about it. She really liked children. In view of her special situation, she couldn't believe anyone except her parents, so she considered having one or two children as a single person between thirty and thirty-five. It's a pity that the plan once again failed to keep up with the changes. How could we be willing to let our children suffer at birth? No matter how abundant the space and materials were, they could not keep up with one-tenth of what we had in this civilized era.

Qiao Xi coaxed her: "Maybe the apocalypse will pass in a few years, and the world will slowly get better, so there will be opportunities to use it."

Xi Jingyun laughed: "I hope so."

After collecting their things, the mother and daughter returned to the bedroom on the first floor. Qiao Xi took out her mobile phone and recorded all the disasters she could think of and their response plans in the memo.

After Qiao Yuanshan and Xi Jingyun finished reading, they sighed: "If these disasters happened, would people still have a way to survive?"

Qiao Xi comforted them: "I'm considering the worst case scenario, and it's probably not that bad."

In fact, the unknown is more frightening.

Xi Jingyun cheered up: "It's not certain whether nuclear radiation and rising sea levels will threaten Beijing and the city. It will be too late to move by then. As the capital, the capital will definitely spend the greatest effort to maintain stability. This is unmatched by other cities. . It's not too late to move out until Beijing becomes unlivable."

Qiao Yuanshan nodded: "There is no absolutely safe place, it's just a matter of taking one step at a time."

Qiao Xi thought the same thing. He stayed in the capital city first. The people above him were well-informed and knew where it was safer. They ran and followed him immediately.

The family began to discuss what to do next, and while the situation was still good, they prepared everything they should.

The result of the discussion was that an electric grid should be installed on the garden fence to prevent disgusting incidents like today.

All exterior windows are equipped with thick and encrypted anti-theft windows. The window glass is special bullet-proof glass, so there is no need to replace it.

The balconies and top-floor terraces are enclosed with special glass and security windows.

In view of the rising temperatures day by day, the operating temperature of ordinary air conditioners is between -20°C and 50°C, which is not very reliable. It is necessary to replace it with special air conditioners that can withstand high temperatures. Special air conditioners are available in the space.

The yachts parked at Jincheng Yacht Marina were taken back, and at the same time, the missing supplies were purchased in Jincheng. There were many acquaintances in Beijing, so they should try to avoid hoarding goods in Beijing.

"In the afternoon, I will go to the street to find a shop that installs grid-protected windows, and then find two workers who install air conditioners." After Qiao Xi finished speaking, her parents looked at her dissatisfied. She was confused, "What's wrong?"

Xi Jingyun was not angry: "You have to do everything, why do you want me and your father to do it? At home, we cross our legs and act as the master and wife. When the food comes, we open our mouths and stretch out our hands."

Qiao Xixin said it was not impossible, but she didn't dare.

Qiao Yuanshan smiled and shook his head: "Your mother and I are in our early fifties, not in our early fives. We haven't reached the age where we can't do anything well until we die. You have been driving all day and all night, and you are resting at home today. I'll go to Jincheng tomorrow. I'll go out and find a friend in the afternoon. He can do electrical grid security windows."

Qiao Xi disagreed: "Your feet are not healed yet."

Qiao Yuanshan moved his ankle: "Your mother rubbed it and it's much better. It's not a fracture, just a slight twist. What a big deal. The thunderstorm shouldn't spread to the capital so quickly. Even if it happens, I won't go to the wilderness. In the wild, if the weather changes, why not immediately find an underground garage to hide in? Streets are full of residential complexes, shopping malls, and office buildings, and underground garages are everywhere. "

Before Qiao Xi could say anything, Xi Jingyun made the final decision: "That's it. You always have a list of supplies. I will combine the two lists and sort them out. You will have an idea when you go to Jincheng to buy things."

Okay, so be it.

Qiao Xi copied the list of supplies on his phone to his laptop and handed it to Xi Jingyun. He said nonchalantly: "The names of some medicines are too long, and there are some medical equipment that I don't know what they are used for, so I didn't register them. Mom, please register them." , and took a look at what medicines are still missing. "In fact, she didn't have time to register.

When the pile of medicine was released, Qiao Yuanshan and Xi Jingyun were stunned: "Where did you get so many medicines?" The amount was enough for a small hospital.

"Some of them are from the containers," Qiao Xi said, his face not red and his heart not beating. "Then there are the ports and the infirmary on the freighter, and some of them were bought in the drugstore while waiting for the ship. We don't care about them there. It's strict here, and if you have enough money, you can talk about anything."

"There was a power outage, so it won't be broken." Xi Jingyun quickly plugged in the medical refrigerator.

Qiao Xi said: "The refrigerator comes with its own battery. When I put it away, the power light was still on."

Xi Jingyun was relieved.

Qiao Yuanshan looked at the time. It was almost noon, and said, "I'm tired after driving all the way back. Go take a shower. Dad will prepare something delicious for you."

Qiao Xi: "I just sprained my foot, don't do it. There's a lot of food in there. You guys eat some fruit first, and I'll take a bath."

The person has returned, and there will be plenty of opportunities to feed him in the future. Don't worry, Qiao Yuanshan happily agreed.

Now Qiao Xi entered the space and disappeared into the room.

Qiao Yuanshan clicked his tongue: "It used to be okay, but today I'm very happy to see it. I'm very lucky that our daughter is so lucky. The 68,000 yuan spent back then was so worth it." They spent 68,000 yuan to buy the bodhi bracelet back in the temple.

Who says it's not the case? With this magical space, the daughter's safety is guaranteed. Even if Blue Star is destroyed, the daughter will be able to survive. This makes them parents very grateful.

Twenty minutes later, Qiao Xi came out wearing home clothes and took out the baked lobster with cheese, braised abalone with green onion, braised goose, and seafood sashimi platter... One coffee table couldn't accommodate it, so he added another coffee table and opened a bottle of good wine. . Celebrate that you are finally home and back to your parents.

The air-conditioned breeze is blowing, the food is fragrant, the fruits are sour and sweet, the red wine has a sweet aftertaste, and my parents are by my side.

The most ordinary daily life in the past has turned into a wonderful life like a fairy after more than half a month. Things in the world are impermanent, but man can conquer nature. Qiao Xi secretly set a small goal: to live such a life forever as a family.