Day.
The economy in most parts of the country had been brought under effective control, and work and daily life had largely returned to normal.
In the wooded hills of a nearby village.
Li Hongyuan brought the completed professional construction drawings to Li Yu.
Built using red brick combined with reinforced concrete.
"It depends on how you want to finish the interior," Li Yu's father said.
Classmates who all worked in villa design. The fee was calculated at the going rate.
The design fee should have been cheaper, but in the end, she was still paid the normal market rate.
He looked through the notes he had made over the past few days.
One: prioritize food with a long shelf life that was high in energy and easy to carry.
Military canned rations, compressed biscuits, rice, flour, cooking oil, salt, sugar, water, nuts, instant noodles, and so on.
Things like milk could be replenished as needed.
Some could be produced at home, so seeds could be stocked as well.
Two: clothes, hats, gloves, shoes, socks, soap, toothpaste, towels, paper, contraceptives, sleeping bags, blankets, raincoats, sewing kits, and so on.
These should also be put on the list.
Three: bicycles, backpacks, boxes, tents, kayaks, sleeping bags, repair tool kits, knives, multitools, saws, military shovels, axes, clubs, nylon rope, fishing spears, maps, scissors, pliers, rain boots, life rings, fire blankets, safety helmets, respirators, lighters, magnifying glasses, batteries, power banks, solar panels, hand-crank generators, candles, computers, hard drives, tablets, phones, walkie-talkies, radios, watches, compasses, positioning equipment, whistles, flashlights, tape measures, mirrors, diving goggles, binoculars, maps, and so on.
Four: thermometers, face masks, cold medicine, anti-inflammatory medicine, painkillers, antidiarrheal medicine, gauze, adhesive bandages, Yunnan Baiyao, alcohol, medicated oil, cooling balm, vitamins, antibiotics, petroleum jelly, tweezers, and so on.
Five: wilderness survival knowledge.
And so on.
(These were practically apocalypse essentials.
It would no longer count as an apocalypse.
They would probably already be rebuilding after the disaster. At that rate, they would likely be approaching the Industrial Revolution.
There was a long, hard road ahead.
More effort was still needed.
Better suited to survival.
Once the idea came to him, he figured that when the apocalypse arrived, money would be nothing more than printed paper anyway.
Whatever it took to get money, he would do it.
Along with proof of land-use rights and the construction drawings.
He applied for a rural entrepreneurship loan.
It even brought out the manager of the county's China Merchants Bank branch.
With proof of funds and land ownership rights, the loan application progressed fairly smoothly.
A figure in the tens of thousands.
So Li Yu took the bank staff to inspect the construction site in person.
The funds were expected to arrive in two weeks.
Li Yu returned to the construction site.
He happened to run into Lai Dongsheng, a worker from the small workshop Li Hongyuan ran. He had been with Li Hongyuan for over a decade.
Lai Dongsheng had always worked for Li Hongyuan.
He was a typical honest, down-to-earth country man.
" Li Yu said.
"You've only just come back, and you're already taking on such a big undertaking."
A smile appeared on his face. Uncle Dong had always treated him well.
At least it provided a steady income.
"Please keep an eye on things."
Li Yu headed toward the construction site.
Construction had started rising above ground. The outline of the hundred-meter-long perimeter wall was already beginning to take shape.
He felt a little more at ease, though he suspected the schedule might be tight.
They would add more workers and build the structures inside after finishing the perimeter wall.
Li Yu did not want other people to see all the construction taking place inside.
Spending so much money on all this.
Of course, Li Yu paid none of it any attention. Once the apocalypse fully erupted, they would have plenty to cry about.
Then they would begin construction inside. That way, the high walls would block outsiders from seeing in.
Speed up construction of the perimeter wall.
A hillside pond and a stretch of flat land were enclosed within it.
Like an ancient behemoth.
There had been no indiscriminate logging, either.
It was actually difficult for outsiders to take in the whole place at a glance.
Li Yu mentally gave himself a thumbs-up for his cleverness. But it was well concealed.
Li Yu called his younger brother, Li Hang.
His main field of study was home appliance repair.
He was currently looking for work in the city.
The third child, Li Yuan.
A wave of enthusiasm for space had swept across the country.
He had given the three of them these names, placing in them his boundless hopes for their motherland to conquer the stars and the sea.
The kid was always bouncing off the walls. He was unbelievably energetic.
"I heard Dad say you fell out with your supervisor less than a month into your last internship."
He was probably out on a main road.
"It wasn't my fault, but he tried to make me take the blame. He should count himself lucky I didn't beat the bastard up."
"Come back and help me."
He immediately perked up. Li Yu had always given him sound beatings.
But the brothers had always been close. Li Hang, however, had always been rather impulsive and often got into fights outside.
"My big brother's got my back. I'll buy a ticket home right now." His big brother would certainly never do anything to hurt him.
He had originally wanted Li Yuan to return as well, so he simply checked in on her.
She was still in her second year of university. Li Yu told her she had to come home for National Day.
Throughout her childhood, she had never been beaten by her eldest brother.
Impulsive and fierce. Gentle as water.
Li Yu began putting supply purchases on the agenda.
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