Survival [End Times]

Mother Zhang was in a good mood that day, and she cooked fish soup with chopped peppers. Drinking a mouthful of soup in the cold winter is fresh, spicy, appetizing and warming.

"This fish is really good, where did you buy it?" In recent years, there are more and more fish varieties, and new varieties are emerging in an endless stream. Many undiscovered deep-sea fish are gradually entering people's tables. Yu Heng and Mother Zhang like to eat fish, more than before. Now the price of fish is cheap, and the price of one catty is not as much as one catty of cabbage. Yu Heng often buys fresh fish to eat.

"I didn't buy it. I went to Building 45 to deliver vegetables today. His family used fish to pay for the vegetables. I saw that the fish was very fresh, so I agreed."

"This fish is good, there are not many thin bones. Next time I will go to the vegetable market to see if there are any more."

After finishing lunch comfortably, Yu Heng and Mother Zhang took a routine walk in the corridor. After walking for half an hour, they went home and watched TV again.

"Oh, it's almost the New Year and there's another typhoon." Zhang's mother exclaimed, then looked calmly, "It's great that we are not affected here."

Yu Heng looked up and continued to stare at the notebook and type. He was checking the current flooded areas across the country. According to the rainfall brought by this typhoon and the subsequent impact... He stopped. After the first month of the year, nearly half of the country's land area was under water, and Qincheng, which was already half flooded, would be completely flooded.

"Mom, I'm going out for a while."

"Go ahead, take an umbrella." Zhang's mother didn't ask her son where he was going. A child of that age must have his own private space.

"If you're going on a date, that's even better." She muttered, with some expectations in her heart.

Yu Heng didn't go on a date. He went to see the yacht in the boathouse. He walked for fifteen minutes to the warehouse, checked the condition of the yacht again, and maintained it before he felt relieved. With such a delay, an afternoon passed. When he got home just in time for dinner, he met Zhang's mother's inquiring eyes, but he pretended not to see it.

How could he not understand the old man's thoughts? He must have thought he was going on a date. What a fashionable old lady! He ate calmly, pretending that he didn't understand.

Zhang's mother was so conflicted. It seemed that it was difficult to ask. What if she asked her son and he was too shy to admit it, or if she guessed wrong?

After dinner, Yu Heng went back to his room slowly under Zhang's mother's conflicted eyes. He practiced until eleven o'clock and went to bed on time. He also drank a bowl of honey water before going to bed.

Just like that, the New Year came all of a sudden. On New Year's Eve, the mother and son set up a stall until noon, and sold all the vegetables that they had specially saved until the end of the year, making a lot of money. Now there is a hidden rule in the vegetable market: things are sold by piece. Because the price of vegetables is expensive, people often only buy two tomatoes, two potatoes, etc., and it is difficult to find change, so they just sell them by piece, which saves both buyers and sellers a lot of trouble, and they don't have to weigh them.

After selling, they asked their familiar neighbors, the vendors selling potted plants next door, to help watch over the extra baskets, and the two of them each carried a basket to purchase New Year's goods.

The New Year atmosphere is strong now. Under the cover of the rainproof board, the vendors are standing side by side.

"I heard that the second phase of the new town in Qionghai Mountain has rainproof covers on the streets!"

"We built it earlier, and we didn't have the conditions at that time. Now they have them. Can we add a big rainproof cover here?" Otherwise, it is inconvenient to go out on the street. After setting up a stall for many years, rheumatism has worsened.

"I don't know..."

The main items for buying New Year's goods are meat, vegetables that are not grown at home, and some fruits.

Yu Heng bought a fat fish, and Zhang's mother picked a chicken and a duck, and the meat dishes were decided. After buying some other things, the dishes for the next few days are almost ready.

Go back to the stall to collect the basket, and go home after work. In the afternoon, put up the Spring Festival couplets early, take a bath and wear new clothes, turn on the TV and have the New Year's Eve dinner. After the countdown to midnight, the new year has arrived. Yu Heng counted and this is the fifth New Year he has celebrated in this mission world.

This body is also 48 and almost 50 years old. In a few years, Zhang's mother will be almost 80 years old. Looking at the old lady's face reflected in the colorful light of the TV program, she looks healthy and energetic, which makes him feel quite accomplished. Slowly accompanying a mother to grow old, the whole person's mood is peaceful and soft.

"Mom, Happy New Year."

Zhang's mother grinned and stuffed a red envelope to him: "Happy New Year to you too, Mom wishes you good health."

"Host, Happy New Year."

"Ninety-nine, Happy New Year."

Rui Ting was happy all of a sudden, rubbing against Yu Heng's head and jumping.

After the New Year's Eve, Zhang's mother went back to her room to sleep, and Yu Heng checked the doors and windows before returning to the bedroom.

"Do you want to read a book tonight?"

"Well, just read one."

He took out his mobile phone and leaned against the head of the bed to read. He didn't pursue speed, and it only took him half an hour to finish it. This task world is not suitable for being a thief on the beam. He simply read books in the online library all the time, and read a few books when he was free. The results in the past few years have been very significant. I have also agreed with rt9009 that we will settle the books stored in his mind after the mission is over.

Oh, the host is so hardworking, what a good host, I like him so much. Ruiting lay on the host's shoulder and read with him.

"I'm going to sleep, good night Jiujiu."

"Good night host."

Living far inland, in fact, the harassment of wind and weather is already very weak. Those who did not move earlier are now regretting it. The reason is simple. It is now difficult to buy a house in the inland! Not to mention the high price, it is also impossible to buy one. If you rent a house, you can't afford it for many years.

The country's economy has shrunk to the inland areas, and countless people are unemployed. Although the authorities provide subsidies from time to time, the quality of life is just that. Most of the residents who moved inward in the first batch are grateful in their hearts, or they are grateful that they sold their houses to buy a house, or they are grateful. My strong man cut off his wrist and cut off his career and moved inland ahead of schedule.

In short, everyone's choices have already led to their different fates today. Yu Heng is also a little lucky. He is not a person who has no plans. He is able to have a stable life today because he is somewhat lucky.

At the beginning of the new year, the Zhang family's life is still ordinary and stable. As for the typhoons that occur almost every month or even twice a month, they have little impact on their lives. The slight increase in prices caused by typhoons has also Within what they can afford.

According to Zhang's mother, it is too late to make money now, and there is really no time to take care of anything else. She is eighty years old! How many more years can you live? Although she is in good health now, she is also afraid. She is afraid that one day she will be unable to open her eyes and her son will be left alone. The thought of this makes her extremely distressed. All she can do is live happily every day, make her son happy, and then work hard to make money to leave more money for her son.

In the summer of this year, typhoons became even crazier. Once they even penetrated Huashan Mountain, causing shock throughout the country!

"This is unscientific!" everyone shouted. But the unscientific things have been going on for more than five years, and this one is no exception.

The invasion of this typhoon has caused great psychological damage to people. Those who are psychologically fragile no longer dare to stay in Huashan and move westward overnight. Even the Dutch countryside has received a large number of immigrants within a few days.

The terrain of Hexiang is high, and the open spaces below the first floor of Xincheng Residence have been occupied by various iron sheds, temporary structures, etc. for many years. They all pay rent legally and are uniformly managed by Hexiang.

There are many houses outside Hexiang. In short, this area has high terrain, which makes people feel safe even if they can't live in the new city. There are also some wealthy families who have begun to search around Hexiang, hoping to find someone willing to let them live together.

This trend has existed before, but it has only recently become popular.

Recently, when Yu Heng is delivering food, he can always see strangers coming in and out of Xinchengju. He has been delivering food for many years, and it can be said that he has been to every building. Even if he doesn't know some people, he can still recognize their faces. Moreover, the mental outlook of the residents of Hexiang Xinchengju is completely different from that of people outside.

The Ministry of Security did not intervene in this matter, and only proposed a series of management restrictions. For example, if you are willing to share your house with outsiders, then the property management fee needs to be paid according to the share of the original residents of the community. At the same time, the original house The landlord needs to be a guarantor and be responsible for all actions of the co-tenant. The detailed regulations are very dense, so I won’t go into details here.

In short, some people are willing, but some people don't agree because they think it's troublesome, are afraid of causing trouble, or don't lack money.

As things came and went, the population of Hexiang increased greatly. Of course, Yu Heng's business also improved a lot, but he and Zhang's mother did not expand the scale rashly. The house is just that big, and the energy is put there. They both understand the principle of biting off more than they can chew.

There were more than twenty people living on their floor, and two of them moved into Tian Jing's house. The sound of making beds was very loud, and the sound of banging and clanging was heard all afternoon.

When strangers entered his familiar circle, friction and contradictions gradually began to arise in his life. Yu Heng also encountered situations where he was unwilling to pay or gave less when buying groceries. On the surface, there are two women living in his family. If they really swallow their anger, they will not have to live in the future, and anyone can step on them.

He directly reported it to the security department and asked it to handle it. After doing this twice, Yu Heng never encountered this kind of situation again. Tian Jing even came to apologize: "I really didn't know Xiao Huang and the others would be like this. We We have been neighbors for many years, you have to believe in my character..."

What more can Yu Heng say? Just perfunctory.

It was not until winter came that the chaos caused by the new residents finally subsided and everything became orderly again. However, Yu Heng stopped delivering vegetables and began to live at home.

Zhang's mother told the public that her daughter was sick and couldn't get up, so she called all the people she knew well and ordered food to cancel their orders, and she concentrated on taking care of her daughter behind closed doors.

"Afu, are you still hungry? What do you want to eat?" Zhang's mother asked cautiously through the door.

In the bathroom, Yu Heng replied: "I want to eat rice."

"Hey! Mom is going to cook it now!"

In the bathroom, Yu Heng shrank into the water again, staring at his legs with some annoyance.

"Don't be afraid, host. You have also calculated it. The evolutionary trend of this mission world is like this. It is an advantage for you to evolve in advance." Ruitin hurriedly comforted him.

"I'm not afraid." He shook his head: "It's just too much trouble and I can't go out." He was too passive. If he was discovered, the consequences would be disastrous. Now Zhang's mother is in charge of the house, how can he rest assured?

Soon Mother Zhang put the fried rice with eggs outside the door: "How about Mom take it in?"

Yu Heng was unwilling: "I'll take it myself."

He moved his legs out of the bathtub and stood up with the wall. Amidst the sound of water flowing, the soles of his feet were almost unrecognizable as human feet. There was a layer of regular and fine fleshy scales on them, which were said to be flesh. The scales have actually turned black and hardened. There is also a mucous membrane between the toes. The mucous membrane is very wide, making his feet look like wild flippers.

Since the day before yesterday, the changes in his body have accelerated rapidly. His legs are extremely painful. Standing up feels like being pricked by needles. He cannot do without water. If he leaves the water for a little longer, the flesh scales on his body will become extremely dry and break, and the blood will gush out and sting. . I had no choice but to temporarily live in the bathtub in the bathroom.