My Courtyard Refuge

Aurora

Xu’s father was still hesitating, Xu’s mother directly made the decision for him: “Old man, Dongzi is right, don’t open the convenience store for the time being.”

“But there are still some unsold fresh products in the store, I’m afraid they will be spoiled.” Dad Xu wondered.

“That’s easy.” Xu Dong interjected, “Dad, let’s go to the store now and bring all these things back. There are still three empty jars in the yard. If you can’t finish them, you can make pickles.”

Mama Xu immediately agreed, “That’s it.”

Just do it, Xu Dong took the key and walked towards the garage, Xu Dad reluctantly followed behind.

As soon as he stepped out of the gate, Xu Dong suddenly found an aurora in the sky.

The curtain swings lightly, the radiance…

The appearance of these auroras is 100% related to solar flares.

I just didn’t expect the aurora to appear on the first day in Yanjing, perhaps because of the high latitude.

In the previous life in Luyang, the aurora only appeared two days later, and then went all the way south to the ends of the earth.

“Coco, Lele, come out to see the aurora.” Xu Dong hurriedly greeted.

The whole family ran out, even the triplets were carried out.

“This is the aurora, it’s so romantic!” Yang Lina’s eyes almost glowed.

“Wow, so beautiful.” Coco clapped her little hands and cheered.

Watching the lanterns in the first half of the night and watching the aurora in the second half of the night, the little guy feels that today is a lucky day.

“It’s really strange and beautiful!”

It was the first time in their lives that everyone saw the aurora, and they were more or less shocked.

After admiring the aurora for ten minutes with his family, Xu Dong and Xu Dad set off anyway.

There are many more traffic police on the street, and some sections are even closed.

In addition, almost all the external wall screens are broadcasting the news, and the host is repeating the emergency briefing, over and over again.

Go shopping all nightThere were many more people in the west than expected, and some impatient customers slammed the door of the store with a “bang bang”.

When I came to my convenience store, several customers had already gathered at the door.

As soon as everyone saw Dad Xu getting off the car, they quickly gathered around him.

A young guy was touched and said: “Uncle Xu, you came too timely. I was still hesitating just now, whether I should go to other places to try my luck.”

Dad Xu just finished greeting the old customers here, and the door of the convenience store has been opened over there.

Xu Dong shouted: “Buyers, come in quickly, we only open for half an hour.”

Several customers rushed in, picked up their shopping baskets and rushed straight to the shelves.

It’s such a time, and everyone doesn’t care what the price is, just take what they need, and don’t hesitate.

Father Xu wandered back and forth in the store, mainly because he was worried that someone would steal things while Xu Dong turned into a porter and worked hard.

Ten minutes later, customers checked out and left one after another.

Xu Dong observed that they were basically ready-to-eat foods such as instant noodles, biscuits, and bread, as well as boxes of mineral water.

Dad Xu’s skin is still not thick enough, and he never mentioned the price increase from the beginning to the end.

Half an hour later, the door of the convenience store was closed again, and a notice of “suspension of business” was posted.

Xu Dong started the truck again and took away all the fresh products in the store.

Back home, Xu Dong immediately discharged the batteries of the two cars instead of helping Dad Xu and the others unload the goods.

In his previous life, it was because he did not discharge the car battery in time that the electronic control system of the entire car was almost scrapped.

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After unloading the goods, Madam Xu immediately made a video call to her daughter Xu Ting. She didn’t get through several times just now, but this time it was connected quickly.

“Mom, I was just about to call you, are you all right?”

Xu Ting should be outside at this time, and the camera shakes a little.

“Everything is fine, the food at home is well prepared, and Dabao’s milk powder is not lacking.”

Xu’s mother moved closer to the screen of the phone after speaking, trying to see where her daughter was, “Where are you, why isn’t Ma Jie with you?”

Fearing that Xu’s mother would be worried, Xu Ting turned over the phone, pointed the camera at the door sign on the side, and explained:

“It’s just in front of the supermarket in the community. I just received a notice that the water and electricity will be cut off across the country. Everyone is rushing out to buy things. Now the street is busier than during the day.

Ma Jie drove to RT-Mart, and the nearby small supermarkets were almost sold out, and he couldn’t buy anything at all. ”

“Where are Lingling and Ma Xu?”

“I’m collecting water at home. The big and small pots are full, and I don’t know how long it will take?” Xu Ting complained.

Dad Xu interjected, “Your brother said that it will be suspended for about a week.”

“cough……”

Xu Dong quickly came out and corrected:

“I’m talking about the flare going on for a week, and as for the power and water outages, I don’t think it’s going to be good for a month or so.

This time the flare level was huge and the damage was astonishing, and it was not easy to recover. ”

Xu Dong deliberately exaggerated the recovery time, just to let the old sister’s family stockpile more supplies and make more preparations.

In fact, Luyang City is also the capital of a state. According to the experience of the previous life, the water, electricity and gas in the urban area were restored in less than half a month.

“So serious?” Xu Ting asked in surprise.

“I just read the news on the Internet. It is so serious in Europe and the United States. Even experts have said that it will take at least 20 years to restore the entire power grid.”

Although the news is fake, what the experts say is true. This is a report that Xu Dong read in a newspaper in his previous life.

Even Xu’s father was shocked, “The country cut off the power ahead of time, and it can’t be avoided?”

Xu Dong once again became the Great Prophet Emperor:

“Didn’t I just say that the scale of this flare is unprecedented. Anyway, the larger the electrical equipment, the easier it is to be damaged. The power outage is just to reduce the damage, not once and for all.”

“What’s the point?”

“I’m not an expert, and I don’t understand the specific principles. It seems that there are some charged particles, which are themselves charged. Anyway, scientists in Europe and the United States say so.”

In the video, Xu Ting’s complexion suddenly became heavy, obviously believing her brother’s “nonsense”.

Xu Dong took the opportunity to suggest:

“Sister, ask your brother-in-law to buy more rice, buy big bags, ten bags or eight bags are not too much, you’d better stock up a few thousand catties.

And the Jinhua ham and air-dried chicken you brought back, don’t give them away, you can keep them as a dish for yourself. ”

“I see, I will call your brother-in-law later.” Xu Ting solemnly agreed.

Mama Xu gave a few more instructions and then hung up the phone. After that, she will not be able to contact her again for at least half a month.

Immediately afterwards, Mother Xu called the elder son’s family again. This time Xu Dong did not show up, but the content of the call was similar to what she had just said.

In a word, it is to stock up more food, anyway, it will not cost a lot of money, so be prepared.

When the time came to 3:15, the air defense siren that had sounded for over an hour finally stopped, and the whole world was quietup.

Yang Lina hurriedly arranged for the Keke sisters to go to bed, and they could hardly keep their sleepy eyes open.

Xu Dong didn’t feel sleepy at all right now, and was making the final preparations for the next major power outage.