bookpower Chapter 26 - 26 Stirring Trouble
Chapter 26 - 26 Stirring Trouble
Chapter 26: Chapter 26 Stirring Trouble
When Liu Lei and his team finished up and left, it was already twelve noon.
The main assembly of the Apple Cabin and installation of photovoltaic solar panels took too long.
After assembling and debugging, they had to wait for the cleaners to clean inside and out several times, and then carried out acceptance checks for various facilities and electrical equipment.
Fortunately, the jet-powered suits, waterless planting machines, and ice makers were all delivered during this time frame.
They were just stored in another warehouse a short distance away.
After all the supplies had been checked and everyone had left, Jiang Yan stored everything in her Space.
There were still some time before the bank reopened in the afternoon, and she was hungry, so she simply took out a portion of sour and spicy noodle salad with beef tendon and a cup of chilled coconut juice sago soup from the Space for a quick meal.
This extremely refreshing noodle salad with beef tendon was a find from some old brand shop tucked away in a forgotten corner, and was second to none in flavor.
The proprietress was not as pretentious as the chubby sister from the rice noodle shop.
She readily accepted Jiang Yan's order for three thousand portions, and even threw in fifty free roujiamo and three thousand cups of sour plum drink.
After eating, Jiang Yan sat lonely on a small stool for a while to rest.
She didn't choose to go into the Space.
Inside the Space, it was always temperature-controlled and very comfortable, but the temperature difference was too great compared to the outside.
She was going to be out and about for the afternoon and was afraid she wouldn't be able to cope with the outdoor heat, not to mention the sudden changes from cold to hot could easily make her sick.
Around the time she estimated the banks would open, Jiang Yan took out a brand-new Harley motorcycle from the Space and rode at breakneck speed towards the bank.
This motorcycle didn't have a license plate, it could even be considered a smuggled item.
After all, she bought it abroad and then threw it directly into the Space.
She was of course aware that driving an unlicensed vehicle could result in a temporary impoundment of the vehicle and a 200 yuan fine.
However, compared to competing with the apocalypse for time, such a penalty was insignificant.
And at that moment, the traffic police probably didn't have the energy to care.
In the Space was a second-hand light truck with a license plate, but under today's circumstances, it was obviously not convenient to use; unlike the motorcycle where, in an unmanned alley with no surveillance, it could simply be touched and stored away directly.
After the bank and buying gold bars, she also experienced some delays.
Moreover, due to people's panic and desire for safe assets, the price of gold had increased from over eight hundred a gram yesterday to over two thousand a gram today.
And the price was still soaring.
Normally, those gold bars cost just over six hundred.
Despite this, there were still occasional attacks by blood mosquitoes on the streets.
However, the number of incidents was relatively fewer.
There were also quite a few car rear-end collisions or spontaneous combustion due to a lack of water in the radiator.
Fires broke out in some high-rise buildings and old residential areas.
The billowing smoke that arose was eerie.
Even some remotely located shops selling refrigerators and freezers had already experienced vandalism and looting.
All in all, the whole world was a chaotic mess at a glance.
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Shallow Bay.
Zhou Guangfu helped his father into the house and after ensuring he was alright and had regained his composure, he grabbed the electric scooter keys and hurried out the door.
Since the mask incident, their household had developed the practice of stocking at least a month's supply of rice, flour, and cooking oil.
He Chunmei also made pickles and cured meat sausages every year.
But he still needed to stock up on supplies in case of emergency.
Especially since the fever-reducing medicine for the children was nearly finished.
Additionally, he needed to buy Chlorpromazine Hydrochloride Tablets, Aspirin Enteric Coated Capsules, and other medicines for the treatment and prevention of heatstroke.
With both Chinese and Western medical clinics overrun, they could only rely on taking medicine for a temporary solution.
Fortunately, his elderly mother, though frail, was still using a towel to wipe down his granddaughter's body, providing her with physical cooling.
And his grandson was doing the same for himself at a basin.
There was no need to go to the bathroom; the water coming out of the tap was already hot.
To prevent blood-sucking mosquitoes from flying in, all the windows in the house were sealed shut, and not even the mosquito screens dared to be opened.
Their home was on the top floor with bitter cold in the winter and scorching heat in the summer. The entire place was sweltering like a steamer, twenty-four hours a day from day to night.
They did put a lot of bottled water in the freezer, but the amount of ice water was too small to make much of a difference.
He Chunmei didn't tell her husband about her plan to gather a crowd to "assault" apartment 3201.
In the homeowners' group chat, only one person from each household was present, so Zhou Guangfu was naturally unaware of the messages she sent.
Soon, about twenty people gathered in the public area on the 32nd floor.