Chapter 10 Material Preparation
Chapter 10 Material Preparation
After returning home, Lu Wei had the company's workers bring in a special military-grade security door to begin installation.
The heavy metal door was carefully carried upstairs by several workers, making a dull thud.
The buzzing of the electric drill and the pounding of the hammer echoed in the corridor, attracting other residents to peek out.
Su Jinjin lives in a high-end apartment building, specifically on the top floor.
The reason I chose the top floor was purely because of the panoramic view overlooking the entire city, not because it was cheap.
There are four households on this floor: Su Jinjin and three others.
The two households closest to Su Jinjin are both office workers like her, while the house across the hall is occupied by a family of six, whose surname is Zhou, and their house is more than twice the size of Su Jinjin's.
Just then, Aunt Wang from the Zhou family was carrying a shopping basket and was about to go out to buy groceries. Seeing workers going in and out of Su Jinjin's house, dismantling and installing doors, she stopped and asked with a puzzled look, "Little Su, are you doing renovations?"
Su Jinjin looked up and saw it was Aunt Wang. Her gaze fell on the shopping basket in Aunt Wang's hand, and she gave a wry smile: "Yes, Aunt Wang, are you going to buy groceries? The supermarkets are all sold out now, how can you still buy anything?"
Upon hearing this, Aunt Wang immediately looked around, then mysteriously pulled Su Jinjin to the stairwell and whispered, "Shh! Little Su, I'm only telling you this. You know what my son does..."
Su Jinjin's heart stirred.
Aunt Wang's son, Zhou Zheng, is a soldier on duty and rarely comes home.
Aunt Wang leaned closer and lowered her voice: "My son called last night specifically to tell us to stock up on supplies in advance. He said that soon food and medicine across the country may be subject to unified control by the authorities, and that we might have to limit the supply of things we buy in the future."
Su Jinjin's pupils contracted slightly, and her heart tightened. Zhou Zheng clearly knew about the country's recent actions.
Just as I had guessed, the country had already begun to take action, albeit without much fanfare, in preparation for the impending apocalypse.
Aunt Wang sighed and shook her shopping basket: "Everything in the supermarket is sold out, but I have another way. I'll go to the farmers' market later and buy some seeds. There's plenty of space at home, so I can grow some fast-growing vegetables. Even if supplies are controlled in the future, no one can stop me from growing my own, right?"
Su Jinjin was taken aback, then suddenly realized.
Yes, stockpiling supplies is only a short-term solution. If the apocalypse really comes, a long-term food supply is the key!
She looked up at Aunt Wang and said solemnly, "Aunt Wang, your idea is absolutely right! I'll go with you later and buy more seeds."
Aunt Wang nodded with a smile: "That's right, young people are quick-witted and understand things immediately!"
The security doors were being installed in a flurry of activity, the clanging of metal echoing through the hallway.
Taking advantage of a break in the construction work, Su Jinjin followed Aunt Wang straight to the farmers' market.
The market was bustling with people, much more lively than usual, with many people rushing to buy other food items.
Of course, many people also buy seeds and fertilizers; clearly, they are not the only ones who have thought of the path to self-sufficiency.
Farming is ingrained in the very genes of the Chinese people.
"Bok choy, lettuce, spinach, these grow fast, and can be harvested in a month." Aunt Wang skillfully picked out seeds, muttering planting tips, "I'll also buy some sweet potatoes and potatoes, they keep well and keep you full."
As Su Jinjin nodded, she glanced at the shelves and suddenly thought of a problem: how could she grow things when her home had limited space?
There is no balcony on the 32nd floor.
She immediately took out her phone and quickly searched for "planting methods in small spaces".
Luo Fan's trending topics online have long since disappeared, replaced by some strange news.
Su Jinjin scanned
#Headless female corpse discovered in Nanjing City; victim suffered cruel humiliation and torture before her death!#
Tens of thousands of packages disappeared overnight in a large express delivery industrial park in Donghai City!
...…
Su Jinjin paused for only a few seconds before checking the search results.
Various solutions popped up on the screen: hydroponics in plastic bottles, planting in foam boxes, multi-layer shelf vertical cultivation... Some people even modified PVC pipes into planting troughs and hung them in their rooms.
"Aunt Wang, you pick what you want first, I'll go check out the grocery store next door!" Su Jinjin said, then turned and rushed toward the nearby hardware store and scrap yard.
Half an hour later, she returned dragging several large bags filled with empty plastic bottles, foam boxes, old shelves, and even a bundle of PVC pipes and several bags of coconut coir.
Aunt Wang stared wide-eyed: "Xiao Su, what are you trying to do?"
"I'm going to make something," Su Jinjin wiped her sweat. "I plan to build a three-tiered planting rack in the house and a few hydroponic racks in the living room."
Upon returning home, Su Jinjin immediately began the renovation.
Plastic bottles were cut open to make hydroponic containers, foam boxes were drilled and filled with soil to become planting boxes, and old shelves were reassembled into three-dimensional cultivation racks.
Following an online tutorial, she mixed coconut coir and organic fertilizer and divided them into various containers.
Seven days of preparation time is simply not enough.
During the day, I run to the building materials market to buy tools, and at night I stay up late assembling the planting racks.
By the third day, Su Jinjin's apartment had undergone a complete transformation—
A planting trough made from PVC pipes hangs on the outside of the balcony, and seeds of fast-growing vegetables have already been sown inside; a three-tiered shelf stands in the corner of the living room, each tier filled with hydroponic bottles.
Even the bedroom windowsill was lined with styrofoam boxes, planted with shade-tolerant aromatic plants.
At this moment, Lu Wei finally finished installing the last military-grade security door.
Su Jinjin tried it, and even when she hit the door hard with a hammer, the door panel did not dent and the lock did not budge.
"I told you this door was specially installed in the bank, how could it be broken with a hammer?"
"Now we're safe." Lu Wei patted the door panel with satisfaction.
Lu Wei sighed, "I feel like the world is really about to change. I'm going back first; there are still many things I haven't prepared."
Su Jinjin did not stop her.
Thinking of this, Su Jinjin suddenly realized that although she had a space to collect resources in the dungeon, she still couldn't be careless about the reserves in the real world.
Especially the most basic water and electricity supply, once the apocalypse comes, it is very likely that water and electricity will be cut off after a period of time.
We still don't know what kind of apocalypse will actually occur in reality.
"But water and electricity are the foundation of survival..." she muttered to herself, and walked quickly toward the storage room.
Sure enough, I found the home solar power system that I bought online last year in the corner of the storage room.
She bought this on a whim after watching a DIY blogger, and Su Jinjin couldn't help but feel glad that she had bought it back then.
This system includes:
Two 100W flexible solar panels
A 2000mAh lithium battery pack
Inverter and controller
Matching wiring tools
"Although the power is not high, it should be enough to charge a phone and boil water for cooking." Su Jinjin carefully inspected each component, already planning the installation location in her mind.
She decided to install the solar panels on the bay window of the master bedroom—it faces south, gets the best sunlight, and is not easily visible from the outside.
As for the water issue, Su Jinjin also bought some things in the city during the three days of door installation.
Of course, she also found several water storage buckets at home, which she had used when she was camping before.
Now she has cleaned them all and is preparing to fill them with tap water.
She also bought within three days
1. Portable water purifier
2. Rainwater harvesting device
3. A dozen or so cases of bottled water