The beginning of everything is rain.

No one thought that the rain would stop and get heavier. A month later, when the city's drainage system could no longer bear the load and the water accumulated deeper and deeper but could not be drained out, it would be too late.

The terrain of Huacheng is high, and the neighborhood where Qiao Qingqing's family is located is the highest in the area. When it was developed, the advertisement advertised the place to sit and enjoy the scenery of Huacheng, with everything in sight.

In this community, the flood reached the sixth floor when it was at its highest, while in other low-lying areas, it had reached more than ten floors.

The floods lasted for nearly a year, and then the temperature plummeted by 40 degrees Celsius, from 22 degrees in autumn to 20 degrees below zero. The temperature continued to drop, reaching as low as more than 80 degrees below zero.

After that, there was no warning when the disaster came. When people looked back at the beginning of the end of the world, they discovered that the disaster was relatively "gentle" at the beginning. Floods did not appear suddenly. At least the rainfall in the previous month gave people enough time to react.

Opportunity. The state machinery was able to cope with it at first, until the water level got higher and higher, and all places were soaked in water... According to news reports, except for the provinces and cities with high terrain in the west, all other provinces and cities were immersed in floods.

When the temperature drops, the flower city in the south will reach minus 80 degrees Celsius. It is hard to imagine what a terrifying figure the temperature in the north of the country will be.

When shopping online, Qiao Qingqing first purchased the necessary supplies for disaster relief. She placed an order for a large amount of bottled mineral water. Because the order was so large, she negotiated a discount with the store. After placing the order, she rented a factory warehouse in the suburbs.

Send the address to the store.

Then order rice, noodles, flour, down jackets, quilts and other warm supplies. Logically speaking, it is more cost-effective to go to grain producing areas and wholesale markets. It has been raining lightly this week, and it will take a week before the rain becomes heavier, and the floods will form.

, there is still half a month to turn around. But Qiao Qingqing does not dare to take risks. What if she is stuck on the road and cannot come back? It is not convenient to buy so many things and rent a warehouse to receive the goods in other places. It is better to collect goods everywhere in her own territory.

It was familiar. She specially rented the warehouse of a closed garment factory in the suburbs. She paid a monthly rent of 10,000 yuan and a deposit of 4,000 yuan. The nearest residential house to the factory was 800 meters away, so she was not afraid of being spied on.

In her previous life, she had seen too many evil incidents motivated by money. Even this home was targeted and robbed. She collected so many supplies and she must not be noticed by others.

There is no need to save at this time, since the money will be useless in the future anyway. In order to buy a house, my family has saved 1.2 million, so use it all to buy supplies!

An hour later, the master who installed floor heating and solar generators arrived, and Qiao Qingqing welcomed them in. Construction started at home. She put the bed cabinets and other movable items in the master bedroom into the space, and the floor was not glued.

Bricks, this saves the time of removing tiles. This house is more than 20 years old, but the community used good materials when building houses. The quality is still very good after more than 20 years, at least it was damaged by floods in the previous life.

It lasted for one year, and was frozen by ice and snow for nearly two years. When the intense heat came, the ice and snow melted and floods reappeared. Qiao Qingqing was evicted, but the house was fine.

"Make a good partition so that it doesn't affect the downstairs." Qiao Qingqing told the floor heating master and took the solar installation master up to the terrace.

Her home is on the eighth floor of the top floor. The attic that came with it when she bought the house has a 15-square-meter terrace from the attic. In the past few years, the drainage was not good and it would flood when it rained. After Qiao Qingqing got married, the house was used for construction.

In the wedding room, Shao Sheng'an and his master improved the drainage on the terrace and attic, and things got better.

She bought a 10kw solar generator and installed it for free. The final price was set at 110,000, and she paid a deposit of 20,000 in advance.

Seeing that the raindrops were light and the masters were doing well, Qiao Qingqing went downstairs. She looked around the attic. The attic was low, with the highest point only two meters. It was cold in winter and hot in summer and was not suitable for daily living. It was usually used to store sundries. She looked

She came to a box and pulled it out. It was already covered with dust. The lid was opened, revealing a stack of old photos inside. She flipped through them one by one. They were all family photos of her and her parents, from the age of one month to seven years old. She sneered,

She threw the photo back and planned to find a time to cut out her and her mother.

At noon, she ordered seven takeaways, the same as the chefs.

After dinner, my husband sent a video invitation: "Look, I'm on the plane. The plane has been delayed for an hour. I will shut down my phone in a while. You wait for me. I will arrive in Yuecheng around 5 pm domestic time. I will transfer there then."

You can get home by high-speed rail at about eight o'clock."

"Okay, come back quickly." Qiao Qingqing answered the video call on the balcony. Shao Shengan only heard the loud sound in the background, but didn't think much about it. The stewardess came over to remind him, and he reluctantly told him to cut off the video.

Not having so much time to feel nostalgic about autumn, Qiao Qingqing kept placing orders. Large quantities would be sent to the warehouse, and small quantities and short distances would be sent for express delivery within the city. The courier continued to deliver her express delivery in the rain. There was no elevator in the old community.

The couriers were all sweating from exhaustion. Qiao Qingqing gave five-star reviews one by one and also rewarded them on the platform.

At two o'clock in the afternoon, the master who came to install the water tank and the master who modified the doors and windows also arrived. For a while, the sound of construction was heard all over the house.

At four o'clock, the master who came to measure the dimensions of the balcony and terrace came to the door. He and his apprentice quickly measured the dimensions of the balcony and terrace. Since it was introduced by an old friend, the master said directly: "The balcony is a small problem. Your terrace needs to be closed."

It costs a lot of money. I see you are still making a solar generator. It does need to be light-transmissive, but you don’t have to use tempered glass. Just use ordinary aluminum alloy or stainless steel to seal the surroundings. The price is lower and more affordable. The top

I will connect you from here to the attic, and it can be sealed."

"It's okay. I need five layers of tempered glass. I want it to be capped. Can you please calculate the price? How much deposit do I need to pay in advance?" It is certainly affordable to install stainless steel security guards, but when the flood reaches the sixth floor, the cold winter will freeze the flood into two pieces.

When there is more than ten meters of ice, the eighth floor actually becomes the second floor, and people with malicious intentions can easily climb up. Wouldn't it be easier for them to install stainless steel anti-thefts? It should be installed with tempered glass to seal the entire balcony.

, let them climb as much as they can.

After placing the deposit, the master left and said he was going to the factory to place an order.

The eighth floor was very lively all day long, and the neighbor downstairs finally came to the door.

"It's a Saturday, why don't you take a day off to decorate? Oh, you are tearing down your home. Didn't your home just be renovated a few years ago when you got married?"

The person who came up was Grandma Wang. It could be said that she had watched Qiao Qingqing grow up. She was not a bad person, but she loved talking about her and what she said was a bit unpleasant.

"Well, the roof is leaking again. I'll ask the master to fix it."

"It's leaking again. I told your dad back then not to buy it, but the top floor hasn't been sold for a long time. It's just your dad who is greedy for cheap and insists on buying it. Who can bear the leakage every day?" Grandma Wang said, "

Isn't your man at home? How can you let someone come to fix it when he's not at home? It's not nice to see so many people coming in and out, so why don't you wait until he comes back to fix it?"

"Grandma Wang, is it too loud? I'll ask the masters to lower their voices. Please go downstairs slowly."

Grandma Wang waved her hand: "It wasn't too loud. I just saw strangers coming and going up and down the stairs. I came up to take a look. It turns out that your home is being renovated."

Just as he was talking, the workers carried the water tank up.

"The pipes are done, just connect the water tank."

Qiao Qingqing helped Grandma Wang aside and nodded to the master worker: "Then you pretend."

Grandma Wang stared and counted: "Oh, how many water tanks do you need to install in your house? One is enough! You installed three more?"

"Well, Grandma Wang, let me help you downstairs." She helped the person down to the seventh floor and said apologetically, "My family still has a lot of work to do these days. I guess the workers have to come in and out frequently. How can I disturb your family?"

I'm really sorry. When my husband comes home, I'll ask him to come and apologize."

Grandma Wang liked hearing this and patted Qiao Qingqing's hand: "The man still has to make the decision in the family. You can't imitate your mother and push away all the men..."

"Goodbye, Grandma Wang." Qiao Qingqing turned and left.

"I still don't like to listen to what the old man said. What the old man said is true -" Grandma Wang sighed and went into the house to watch TV. She only closed the security door, and she could still hear the movement of people coming in and out of the stairs. She also heard someone going up to the stairs.

I went upstairs and walked to the door with a cane to take a look. When I saw it, I couldn't help but scold him: "This young man just doesn't know how to save. He buys so many things, doesn't have children or raises them, and spends money indiscriminately..."

The new guy is here to measure the dimensions of the indoor walls. He is measuring over there and the water tank is installed here. There is originally a water tank on the terrace at home. Because the floor is high, sometimes the water pressure is not enough, so a booster pump is installed.

.Today, three 05-ton stainless steel water tanks were installed, one on the balcony and two on the terrace.

When checking out, Qiao Qingqing asked: "My factory needs a large water tank. What is the capacity of the largest stainless steel water tank you have?"

The worker counted the money and said with a smile: "That's huge! It's four meters in diameter and one meter high. It can store ten tons of water!"

10 tons? Qiao Qingqing was satisfied when she heard it. Things put into the space will be in a static state. As long as enough water is stored, there will be clean tap water for consumption in the tenth year of the apocalypse.

"How can I sell one?" The worker knew from her tone that she really wanted to buy it, and said happily, "Boss, wait a minute, I'll ask the boss."

I immediately called and asked, telling Qiao Qingqing: "There are eight more in stock in the factory, and the market price is 5,230 each."

"Give me your phone and I'll talk to your boss."

After haggling, we finally decided on ten of them, with a fixed price of 48,000.
Chapter completed!