Chapter 5 — Summer Never Ends

To be safe, even if I stopped three times in the middle of the road, I would still have to drive for nearly eight hours without sleep or rest. For someone like me who has never driven long distances, spending such a long time behind the wheel is actually very dangerous. But this is also a forced measure. Lam Thu said she wanted to go instead of me, but I refused. After all, he is my family member, I have to take this risk myself, and he has more important things to do right now. Before going out, Lam Thu took off the electronic watch on her hand and put it on mine.

“So I can see your location at any time.”

Seeing that he was finally serious, I breathed a sigh of relief. Under the cover of night, I first went to the car shop, smoothly picked up the car, and immediately set off without stopping. At 3:30 in the morning, as soon as I arrived at the beginning of the village, I saw my grandparents carrying large and small bags, waiting.

“I told you, just stay home and wait, it's so hot out here.”

Grandpa without saying a word pulled grandma into the car.

"Gia Bao, don't you still understand me? I'm the one who loves people the most. If something hadn't happened, how could I run to pick us up in the middle of the night?"

I looked in the rearview mirror, saw my grandfather's serious expression, and finally couldn't help but tell them the truth. Even if you run, you can't escape, sooner or later you will have to face it. Furthermore, the next dozen days will be an arduous battle. May 20th, temperature 42 degrees. At seven o'clock in the morning, dragging our exhausted bodies, we smoothly arrived home. As soon as I met Lam Thu, the tight rope in my heart immediately broke. Before I could change my clothes and take a shower, I fell asleep. When I opened my eyes again, I was awakened by a terrifying noise in the living room. My heart clenched, I quickly pushed the door open. The living room floor was full of dust, five or six workers were carrying the board up to the attic, my table and furniture had all been moved, neatly stacked with several boxes, covered with a layer of black plastic film. Lam Thu is holding construction drawings, wearing a protective helmet, discussing with people. Grandpa sat on the ground, holding a screwdriver in one hand, not knowing what he was installing. Grandma was not idle either. She used her quick tongue and stood at the door, constantly feeding people corn.

"Oh my, it's so hot upstairs. My niece had a heat stroke yesterday. Today I quickly called someone to fix it. It's so embarrassing. The noise is a bit loud."

“This is the corn we grow at home, no pesticides, completely natural, delicious, everyone should take it home and taste it.”

It seems Lam Thu has already warned them not to attract attention. I breathed a sigh of relief, completely reassured. People adapt very quickly. During the day, Lam Thu supervised the construction, and quickly installed insulation equipment for the attic. Doing two things at the same time, he sent someone to renovate the electrical system based on the blueprint. The house was very messy, but I knew this step was necessary. I also didn't sit still, took out my notebook and thought about what to buy. These past few days the temperature has indeed dropped, the highest temperature at noon is only 45 degrees, so you can barely go out. Many companies are forced to let people off, in addition to specific positions, almost everyone is Choose to stay home and turn on the air conditioner. But I know, this is just the calm before the storm. I took the list and went out. Running several pharmacies, claiming to be a shopping company, bought a lot of daily medications, including vitamin supplements, gauze and iodine, medical alcohol, anti-infective drugs, etc., filling a box. After that, I drove to the consumer goods market. The shelves and refrigerator are silent, and there is also a heat- and mold-proof storage bin. When I saw the still water device, I also bought one. Even the green fire extinguisher was bought in a small box. Unexpectedly, there was also a small, silent battery box for sale. I quickly wrote down the technician's phone number and scheduled an installation appointment. During the day when it's not suitable to move things, I carry them all back to the warehouse, then continue to buy the next batch of supplies. Because I had stocked up on a batch of supplies, my mood also lightened a bit. When walking in the shopping mall, there are more things that come to mind. For example, if at that time the toilet will definitely not be able to flush, it's better to buy a portable toilet and then agree to throw it away. There is also no water to wash dishes and chopsticks, so we have to buy disposable utensils for convenient disposal. Water is the most precious resource. Perhaps in the future, we will not be able to waste water on bathing, so we will have to buy dry shampoo spray, wet towels, waterless hand sanitizer, shampoo, etc. Before, I hadn't even thought about cat supplies. Before, I always watched prices on the occasion of Song Eleven and stocked up, but now I don't even look at prices anymore. I splurged and bought 200 pounds of cat food, 100 bags of cat sand, 500 boxes of all kinds of canned food, and also bought some snacks and medicine. Still using the same excuse, I told them to take it all to the warehouse. One day passed, I almost spent all my savings. But looking at the pile of goods in the warehouse, I felt extremely reassured.