That night, long-lost lights lit up in the courtyard, and the air conditioner roared again.
However, due to time constraints, not much electricity is stored during the day. In order to save electricity, the alcohol stove has to temporarily "work overtime" for one night.
Generally speaking, the power generation capacity of each square meter of Chinese watts per day is about 1 kilowatt, which is 1 kilowatt hour of electricity.
The total area of the Han tiles installed in the courtyard was about 290 square meters.
After deducting the effects of charge, discharge and power conversion efficiency, this means that Siheyuan has almost 220 kilowatt-hours of electricity that can be used normally every day.
Of course, this is the most ideal situation. It is impossible for Yanjing to be sunny every day. In addition, there is also a huge gap in power generation between summer and winter.
All in all, solar power generation is not a panacea, and you can save as much electricity as you can.
With electricity, Xu Dong's family's life has gradually returned to normal, except for the convenience store which is still closed.
On February 23, at 10:15 a.m., Daxia officials finally announced to the people of the country through various channels:
The solar flare has ended, and large-scale post-disaster reconstruction work is about to begin across the country.
On February 25, the Yanjing Post-Disaster Reconstruction Committee officially disclosed to the public:
Since the damage to electrical equipment is far greater than expected, power restoration in the capital area will not be restored until the fifth of next month at the earliest.
When this "bad news" came, as expected, the entire metropolitan capital area was filled with complaints.
The original seven days of home life, plus three days of post-disaster statistics, are already the limit of what everyone can endure.
This "limit" refers not only to the spiritual one, but also to the material one, which means that everyone's daily necessities are almost exhausted.
In fact, it is not that there is a shortage of daily necessities on the market, but that everyone is running out of money.
You heard it right, "no money" means no money in the literal sense. Everyone has no cash available.
Last year, the penetration rate of electronic payment in Daxia exceeded 90% for the first time, and cash is rarely seen in daily life.
It's a good thing now, there's no electricity and no internet, so electronic payment is completely gone.
In fact, to be honest, the inability to use electronic payment is not the worst thing.
The worst thing is that everyone cannot withdraw the money they have in the bank, although this is only temporary.
The reason is simple: the bank's power has not been restored either.
And not only electricity, but also the various servers and systems in the bank will take time to be restructured.
Restoring the banks is no easier than restoring the power system.
So, this becomes a dead end.
Fortunately, the country's response was not slow, and soon a relief package covering all citizens was officially released, and it was urgently passed by Congress as soon as possible.
The time spent before and after was less than one day.
The content of this bailout plan is very simple. It is to send money to all citizens, regardless of property, age, or skin color. As long as they have Daxia nationality or a green card, everyone will receive a quota of 1,000 yuan.
The program aims to alleviate the cash crisis of citizens and support their daily expenses.
When the news came, the complaints instantly turned into joy.
Subsequently, the collection plan also came out:
As a family unit, take your household registration book to the sub-district office or village committee where your household registration is located to receive relief funds.
As for those who work or live in other places, they can use their ID cards or household registration books as collateral, and they can also borrow corresponding amounts of relief funds.
In the final analysis, this move is to prevent "careful people" from repeatedly fraudulently claiming bailout funds. After all, without the Internet, it is impossible to synchronize information.
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On February 27, Yanjing officially opened the door to receive bailout funds.
At 8 o'clock in the morning, there was still more than an hour before the opening time. Xu's mother couldn't help but go out and queue up with her new household registration book.
Xu Dong stopped him again and again, and persuaded him again and again. After all, the family was short of everything, and it would be the same if he received the money late. Anyway, the bailout money would not have wings to fly.
Unfortunately, nothing can be said.
This is the first time in Xu's life that Mother Xu has taken advantage of the country so much. Besides, with a family of nine, this is not a small sum of money, so it is better to settle the money as soon as possible.
With no other choice, Xu Dong finally used his trump card and proposed that he should stand in line to receive the bailout instead of his mother.
Even so, Xu’s mother didn’t agree. According to her, she had to personally experience the benefits that only “people in developed countries” have.
Xu Dong couldn't laugh or cry, so he had no choice but to let her go. However, he still sent a small bench to her halfway. After all, it was better to sit down than stand up and suffer.
Xu Ma's side was completely open to chatting. After all, everyone had nothing to do and they didn't have mobile phones to play with.
"Lao Zhang, look at your beautiful smile, there must be a lot of people in your family, right?" an aunt named Wu who was about the same age as Xu's mother joked.
Xu Ma made a sign of nine and said modestly: "No more, no more, there are only nine people."
"That's not much, isn't your family divided?" Aunt Wu speculated.
"We have separated, we have separated a long time ago. My wife and I are now raising our children here with our younger son, while our eldest son and my daughter's family are all in Luyang." Xu's mother replied.
A young woman next to her had a quick mind and was immediately surprised: "Didn't your little daughter-in-law give birth to five children in one go?"
"Yes, the third child in my family has two daughters and three sons." Xu Ma said proudly.
"Why are there so many babies?" Another person interrupted.
Xu's mother explained: "I didn't expect to have so many children. I didn't expect that the first baby would be twins, and then the second baby would be triplets. The fate of the children has come, and there is no way to stop them."
"Lao Zhang, you are so lucky."
Aunt Wu envied that young people nowadays are not willing to have children.
Her family was in this situation. She had been looking forward to having a granddaughter for many years, but her daughter-in-law refused to have another granddaughter no matter what she said.
Xu Ma had to be "humbly" again and said:
"It's not good to have too many children. If you don't worry about taking care of them, the burden will be heavy in the future. I can't afford to buy a house or even get a wife. I'm almost worried to death."
As soon as she finished speaking, the proprietress of a local restaurant immediately exposed Xu Ma’s “lie”:
"I live in a courtyard worth hundreds of millions of dollars, but I'm still worried that my grandchildren won't be able to find wives! I happen to have a three-year-old daughter at home. If you don't mind it, can you be Dabao's wife?"
"Wow!" Aunt Wu was shocked, and then teased: "Old Zhang, I didn't expect you to be a rich old woman?"
Xu's mother just said "poof" and said, "What the hell are you rich? Our house is only worth a lot, and our savings are definitely not as much as yours."
"How do you know how much savings your family has?" someone shouted.
"Yes, let's talk about it and it will open our eyes to poor people like us."
Xu Ma couldn't resist and quickly "begged for mercy". Everyone laughed even more happily and then changed the topic to other aspects.
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After waiting in line for several hours, Xu Dong delivered another lunch at noon. It was not until about two o'clock in the afternoon that Xu's mother finally received the 9,000 yuan relief fund.