Parallel time and space, Luyang City, the capital of Wanzhou, Daxia Kingdom.
In the office of a logistics company, a slightly aged middle-aged man was sitting at his desk, holding a pure black pen in his hand, and solemnly wrote the three numbers "310" in his notebook.
"I really didn't expect that I would be reborn one day, and even go back ten years ago, the year before the catastrophe!"
It was the rainy season at this time, and it was a gloomy rainy day outside the window. This scene made Xu Dong couldn't help but take a deep breath.
"If memory is correct, in 310 days, the entire earth will usher in an unprecedented catastrophe."
February 15, 2022 in the Chinese New Year Calendar.
On the day of the Lantern Festival in the Year of the Tiger, a sunspot group code-named HX2368 will emit a large flare.
In just one week, large flares rarely erupted more than 1,000 times, with astonishing destructive power.
There were hundreds of large flares, accompanied by huge coronal mass ejections, which directly had a catastrophic impact on the Earth's atmosphere.
The scientific principles here are too complicated. Xu Dong is not an astronomer and does not understand it very well.
But he had personal experience and knew that for the next ten years, until the year of his death, the earth would be in a severe drought.
And there's no sign of it ending.
Taking Daxia Kingdom as an example, in the third year after the great catastrophe broke out, all the rivers in the two capitals and thirty states within the territory, including large and small lakes, had all dried up without exception.
More than 90% of the country's land has been reduced to desert. Regardless of the south or the north, you can see a gray world without a trace of green.
Those who survived could only survive by relying on limited groundwater resources and large-scale desalination plants.
The water crisis caused by extreme drought, as well as the resulting food crisis and ecological crisis, have almost pushed human civilization to the brink of extinction.
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After retracting his thoughts, Xu Dong used a pen to erase the number "310", then closed the notebook, then opened the Word document on the computer, and quickly completed a resignation letter.
Time waits for no one!
It didn't take much time to resign. After all, Xu Dong was just an ordinary salesman. In addition, the company's performance this year was not good, so the general manager simply approved it without even asking for a hypocritical attempt to persuade him to stay.
In less than an hour, after handing over the work and notifying several colleagues with whom he usually had good relationships, Xu Dong left the company where he had worked for six years.
I carried my personal belongings to the parking lot, opened the car door, and threw everything into the back seat of the car.
Driving fast all the way, approaching the door of his home, Xu Dong adjusted his mentality, took out the key from his pocket, and opened the security door with his slightly trembling right hand.
"Husband, why did you get off work so early today?" Yang Lina asked in surprise when she saw her husband entering the door.
Xu Dong is 33 years old. He and his wife met on a blind date seven years ago, and they soon got married.
After getting married, Yang Lina gave birth to a pair of beautiful twin daughters to Xu Dong the next year.
Later, in order to have a son, she became pregnant with a second child last year, but she didn't expect that the couple would have three more sons at once.
Xu Dong waved his hand and casually made up: "I just signed a big deal this morning, and the company gave me a week's leave."
Yang Lina is now in the postpartum lactation period. Mothers at this stage are particularly emotionally sensitive. Xu Dong didn't want his wife to worry, so he told a white lie.
Yang Lina seems very happy. She has five children to take care of at home. Even though she and her mother-in-law are just two people, they are still busy every day. Her husband can stay at home to help share the pressure.
After chatting with his wife about household matters, Xu Dong turned around and went to the bathroom to wash his face, and then eagerly entered the bedroom to take a look at the triplets.
In the previous life, due to natural and man-made disasters, the triplets unfortunately died one after another. In the end, only the second child of the five children survived.
This is the eternal pain in Xu Dong's heart.
After watching for more than ten minutes, Xu Dong secretly wiped away tears several times. It was not until his wife came in that he changed the subject and asked:
"Where's mom?"
Since Yang Lina became pregnant last year, Xu's mother has been living at her younger son's house, taking care of the pregnant woman, and then helping to take care of the child.
In the previous life, until Xu Dong fell ill due to overwork, Xu Ma never left.
"Mom went to the kindergarten to pick up Coco and Lele. She should be back soon."
Xu Dong's eldest daughter is named Xu Ke and his younger daughter is named Xu Le. They have just turned six this year and attend the upper class in a nearby kindergarten. They will go to elementary school in September.
"Hmm... By the way, what's for dinner?" Xu Dong asked again.
Yang Lina inexplicably felt that her husband in front of her was a little strange, but she didn't know where it was:
"Uh, I'll cook a braised silver carp later, stir-fried chicken with potato cubes, a tofu soup, and the leftover tomatoes and scrambled eggs from lunch."
Listening to these delicious dishes, Xu Dong couldn't help but swallow his saliva. After all, he hadn't eaten meat for seven or eight years in his previous life, and he had almost forgotten the taste of meat.
Yang Lina looked at Xu Dong in confusion. Why did her husband look like a starving man? Didn't he have a meal at noon? That's more than that!
Unable to stand the strange look in his eyes, Xu Dong quickly found an excuse to leave:
"Have you bought the groceries? The commission this time is at least 5,000 yuan. Let's have a good meal tonight to celebrate!"
"I haven't bought it yet. I'll call my mother later so that she doesn't have to go to the vegetable market." Yang Lina nodded.
"Well, honey, what do you think I should buy?"
"Pork is cheap recently. You can buy more ribs and shrimps. Lele has been clamoring to eat them for a long time. As for the others, you can buy them as you see!"
"Okay, then I'll make my own decision." Xu Dong ran out of the house in a bit of embarrassment, feeling relieved.
Rebirth is the biggest secret in his life. For the safety of his family, he is not going to tell anyone, nor does he want to pretend that the Virgin Mary "saves" the world.
His past life experiences gave him a deeper understanding of human nature.
Don't place your hopes on others, it is safest to control your own destiny.
The vegetable market is less than 500 meters away from Xu Dong's house and can be reached in less than ten minutes.
Looking at the familiar yet unfamiliar scene in front of him, Xu Dong felt as if he was in another world.
In previous lives, this vegetable market was transformed into a designated grain store, and residents of several nearby communities bought food here every day.
In the ten years since the big flare erupted, Xu Dong and his wife spent almost one-third of their time queuing here, and they have become very familiar with the bricks and tiles nearby.
With mixed feelings, Xu Dong slowly entered the vegetable market with the crowd, and then quickly took a look at the layout of the stalls.
Then without any hesitation, he rushed directly to the meat section.
"Boss, how do you sell pork belly?"
"Pork belly is 12.8 yuan. Look how fresh the meat is." The stall owner greeted enthusiastically.
Hearing this price, Xu Dong couldn't help but feel shocked even though he was fully prepared.
You must know that in previous lives, meat was a luxury item among luxuries, and even if you had money, you might not be able to buy it.
Occasionally, there are goods on the black market, and the price is always sold by tael. Even the cheapest ribs start at 100 yuan per tael.
At that time, the salary of an ordinary worker was only five to six thousand yuan.