Xu's father was still hesitating, but Xu's mother directly made the decision for him: "Old man, Dongzi is right, the convenience store will not be opened for the time being."
"But there are still some unsold fresh products in the store. I'm afraid they might go bad." Father Xu was confused.
"This is simple." Xu Dong interjected, "Dad, let's go to the store now and bring all these things back. There are three empty jars in the yard. The leftovers can be made into pickles."
Xu Ma immediately agreed: "That's it."
Just do it, Xu Dong took the keys and walked towards the garage, Xu's father reluctantly followed behind.
As soon as he stepped out of the door, Xu Dong suddenly discovered that an aurora appeared in the sky.
The curtains swing lightly, and the light shines...
The reason why these auroras appear is 100% related to solar flares.
I just didn't expect that the aurora would appear on the first day in Yanjing, maybe because of the high latitude.
In my previous life in Luyang, the aurora appeared only two days later, and then traveled all the way south to the ends of the earth.
"Keke, Lele, come out and see the aurora." Xu Dong greeted quickly.
The whole family ran out, and even the triplets were carried out.
"This is the Aurora, it's so romantic!" Yang Lina's eyes almost sparkled.
"Wow, so beautiful." Coco cheered, clapping her little hands.
Watching the lanterns in the first half of the night and the aurora in the second half of the night, the little guy feels that today is a lucky day.
“It’s really pretty!”
This was the first time for everyone to see the aurora in their lives, and they were more or less shocked.
After enjoying the aurora with his family for about ten minutes, Xu Dong and Xu's father set off.
There were a lot of traffic police on the streets, and some sections were even closed.
In addition, almost all the screens on the exterior walls are relaying news, and the anchors are repeating emergency briefings over and over again.
There were many more people than expected who came out to buy things overnight. Some customers who were impatient to wait banged the store door.
When I arrived at my convenience store, there were also several customers gathered at the door.
As soon as everyone saw Father Xu getting out of the car, they quickly gathered around him.
A young man was moved and said: "Uncle Xu, you came just in time. I was still hesitating just now whether to try my luck elsewhere."
Father Xu had just finished greeting the old customers here, and the door of the convenience store over there had been opened.
Xu Dong shouted: "Come in quickly if you are shopping, we are only open for half an hour."
Several customers rushed in, picked up their shopping baskets and rushed straight to the shelves.
It's a time like this. No matter what the price, we just take what we need without any mercy.
Father Xu wandered around the store, mainly worried that someone would take advantage of the chaos to hide things; Xu Dong turned into a porter and worked hard.
Ten minutes later, customers were checking out and leaving one after another.
Xu Dong observed it and found that it was basically instant noodles, biscuits, bread and other ready-to-eat foods, as well as boxes of mineral water.
Father Xu was still not thick-skinned enough and never mentioned the price increase from beginning to end.
Half an hour later, the door of the convenience store was closed again and a "Closed Business" notice was posted.
Xu Dong started the truck again and took away all the fresh products in the store.
When he got home, Xu Dong's first thing was not to help Dad Xu and the others unload the goods, but to discharge the batteries of the two cars.
In his previous life, he failed to discharge the car battery in time, which resulted in the entire car's electronic control system being almost scrapped.
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After unloading the goods, Xu's mother immediately made a video call to her daughter Xu Ting. She had tried several times but couldn't get through, but this time she got through quickly.
"Mom, I was just about to call you. Are you okay there?"
Xu Ting should be outside at this time, and the camera is a little shaken.
"Everything is fine. There is plenty of food at home, and Dabao and the others are not short of milk powder."
After Xu's mother finished speaking, she moved closer to the phone screen to see where her daughter was, "Where are you? Why isn't Ma Jie with you?"
Afraid that Xu's mother would be worried, Xu Ting turned over her phone, pointed the camera at the door sign next to her, and explained:
"Right in front of the supermarket in the community, I just received a notice that there will be water and power outages across the country. Everyone is rushing out to buy things. Now the streets are busier than during the day.
Ma Jie drove to RT-Mart, and the small supermarket nearby was almost sold out, so there was nothing he could buy."
"Where are Lingling and Ma Xu?"
"I'm collecting water at home. The big and small basins are full. I don't know how many days it will take." Xu Ting complained.
Father Xu interrupted: "Your brother said it would take about a week."
"cough……"
Xu Dong quickly came out and corrected:
"What I said is that the flare will last for a week. As for the water and power outages, I don't think it will be cured in a few months.
The level of this flare is very large and the destructive power is staggering. It will not be easy to recover."
Xu Dong deliberately exaggerated the recovery time because he wanted his sister and his family to stock up on 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 urban water, electricity and gas were restored in less than half a month.
"So serious?" Xu Ting said in surprise.
"I just read the news online. It is so serious in Europe and the United States. Even experts have said that it will take at least twenty years to restore the entire power grid."
Although the news is false, the experts' words are true. This is a report that Xu Dong read in a newspaper in his previous life.
Even Xu's father was shocked at this time, "The country has already cut off the power in advance, but it can't be avoided?"
Xu Dong once again transformed into the Great Prophecy Emperor:
"As I said, the scale of this flare is unprecedented. Anyway, the larger the electrical equipment, the more likely it is to be damaged. The power outage is only to reduce the degree of 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 that are themselves charged. Anyway, that's what scientists in Europe and the United States say."
In the video, Xu Ting's face suddenly became heavy, and she obviously believed her brother's "nonsense".
Xu Dong took the opportunity to suggest:
"Sister, ask your brother-in-law to buy more rice, in big bags. No matter ten or eight bags are too much, it's best to stock up on several thousand kilograms.
And the Jinhua ham and air-dried chicken you brought back, don’t give them away, you can keep them for yourself and use them as dishes.”
"I understand, I will call your brother-in-law later." Xu Ting solemnly promised.
Xu's mother gave a few more instructions before hanging up the phone. After that, she couldn't contact her again for at least half a month.
Immediately afterwards, Xu's mother called her eldest son's family again. This time Xu Dong did not show up, but the content of the call was almost the same as before.
To sum it up in one sentence, stock up on food. It won’t cost you much money anyway, so you’ll be prepared for any trouble.
When the time came to 3:15, the air raid siren that had been sounding for more than an hour finally stopped, and the whole world became quiet.
Yang Lina quickly arranged for the Coco sisters to go to bed. They were so sleepy that they could hardly open their eyes.
Xu Dong was not sleepy at all at this time and was making final preparations for the upcoming blackout.