My Courtyard Refuge

Self-defeating

Inadvertently, the troubled February finally passed, and March began.

On the first day of March, a weather satellite was successfully launched into space from the other side of the ocean, which is said to be used to assess the impact of solar superflares on the Earth’s atmosphere.

This is the first satellite launched by human society after the super flare ended, and it is also the only satellite currently in orbit in space.

As we all know, super flares are so destructive to electrical equipment that they destroy all man-made devices in space in one fell swoop.

As big as a space station, as small as a satellite, without exception, no one is spared.

On March 2, Daxia and the European Union followed suit and also launched their own weather satellites. There seems to be a high degree of tacit understanding among the major powers.

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Early in the morning, breakfast was being eaten in the courtyard.

Suddenly, there was a familiar sound of music outside the window, playing an old song.

“Ah, give me a glass of Wangqingshui, so I won’t cry all night.

Let the rain and the wind blow with all sincerity,

The love given cannot be taken back.

Give me a glass of forgetting love water, so that I won’t be sad for the rest of my life…”

Xu Dong shouted towards the kitchen: “Mom, the water supply truck is here, do you want to pick up water today?”

The water supply truck is a new thing that just appeared this month. Its main purpose is to supply water to the citizens. After more than ten days of consumption, most households in the urban area are facing a water crisis.

Not to mention the water for flushing the toilet, even drinking water is lacking.

“No need, I haven’t used up what I picked up yesterday.”

“okay!”

Yesterday’s water was also picked up by Xu Dong. He stuffed a bag of apples and two packs of good cigarettes for the driver, and he secretly left two full buckets of water for him when he returned.

Although there is a water tank at home, the water in the water tank has not been used up, but it has been half a month, and the water quality is definitely not very fresh. It is best to use it as non-drinking water.

As for drinking water, water from water trucks is safer.

After breakfast, the next stop is a convenience store.

Near noon, Dad Xu finally waited for his big client, who was driving a luxury car, and he definitely had a lot of background.

The big client is Li Chao, who is in his fifties and claims to be a businessman.

This person has very strong social skills, and he soon became brothers with Xu’s father.

Xu Dong watched in horror, it seemed that the visitor was not kind!

“Brother Xu, I came here just because of the reputation. I heard that you can buy meat here?”

Dad Xu looked proud: “That’s right, I’m the only one who sells meat in the nearby streets, but it’s not fresh meat, it’s dried meat and bacon.”

“What I want is dry goods. Of course, it’s better to have fresh goods.” Li Chao waved his hand and said nonchalantly.

Dad Xu nodded, pointed to the sign at the door and introduced: “Brother Li, the prices are all on this, it was written long ago, I didn’t raise the price temporarily.”

Li Chao took a closer look, and the corner of his mouth couldn’t help twitching a few times, it really was outrageously expensive.

“Can you bargain? I want a lot.”

Before Dad Xu could answer, Xu Dong answered first: “Small business, no bargaining!”

Father Xu naturally couldn’t dismantle his son’s platform, so he could only bite the bullet and “explain”:

“Brother Li, to tell you the truth, these dry goods of mine are authentic local goods, without any preservatives, and are all genuine materials. If it weren’t for the good market conditions, I would be reluctant to sell them.”

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Li Chao put down the air-dried chicken in his hand, nodded to show his understanding, as for the real thoughts in his heart, I am afraid that only he knows.

“Well, it’s really a good thing, so I won’t bargain.”

Father Xu’s heart relaxed, while Xu Dong’s heart suddenly tightened on the contrary.

“Brother Li, how much do you want to buy?” Father Xu asked with a smile.

Li Chao asked without answering, “Brother Xu, how much can you sell?”

“You want to make a circle?” Father Xu asked in surprise.

“Why not?” Chao Li frowned.

Dad Xu was overjoyed, and quickly invited the big fat sheep… er… probably a big customer to sit down at the cash register.

“Brother Li, I have a lot of goods here, are you sure you want to make a round?””Of course it’s confirmed. Tell me, how much is the total?”

Dad Xu quickly took out a notebook from his pocket, which recorded the sales data of the past few days.

After some additions and subtractions, Dad Xu reported the final figures: “There are 558 air-dried goods left, and there are more bacon left, about 1,700 catties.”

“Okay, I want it all.” Li Chaohao said angrily.

Xu Dong’s heart is bleeding, these are all his painstaking efforts, and now he can only watch the deal come to fruition, because he can’t find any reason to object.

You can’t just roll around, it’s not his style.

Father Xu was overjoyed, and quickly calculated the total amount of the transaction: “Brother Li, the total here is 606,800. I’ll erase the change for you, and you can just give 600,000.”

Father Xu paused for a moment and asked again: “Brother Li, do you want to do the calculation again?”

“No need, Brother Xu, you are right!”

Li Chao is a businessman and is very sensitive to numbers. In fact, he has already calculated the result in his heart.

“Okay, then your payment method is…” Dad Xu asked.

Xu Dong’s eyes lit up, and he felt that the opportunity had come, so he interjected again: “We only accept cash, and we don’t accept anything else.”

It’s just that he never expected that Boss Li came prepared.

“Please don’t worry, I have enough cash in the car, 600,000 is not a big number.” Li Chao said casually.

“Then there’s no problem! Brother Li, when are you coming to pick up the goods? We’ll pay for it and deliver it, and no one will take any risks.”

Father Xu wanted to complete the transaction as soon as possible, lest things change later.

After all, in a few days, the power supply in the urban area will be restored, and the market conditions at that time will be hard to say.

Li Chao thought for a while and replied: “Why don’t you make an appointment at five o’clock in the afternoon, and leave me an address here, and I will come over to trade in person when the time comes.”

“Okay, then it’s settled.” Dad Xu said happily, and then quickly wrote a note, which was the address of the courtyard.

After Li Chao accepted the note, he offered to leave, and Dad Xu personally sent him to the car.

When Li Dafeiyang’s luxury car drove away, Dad Xu couldn’t bear it anymore, he was so excited that he was at a loss.

Xu Dong was both angry and happy at the same time.

Needless to say, angry, of course it refers to Xu’s father’s prodigal family;

Fortunately, it means that in the underground warehouse, the plastic packaging bags used for vacuum sealing are black and light-proof, and the type of items cannot be seen from the outside.

Otherwise, the meat products inside would definitely not be kept, and the loss would be huge.

The time soon reached five o’clock in the afternoon, but for Xu’s father, Xu’s mother and Yang Lina, time seemed like years.

Fortunately, Li Chao didn’t break his promise after all, and drove the pickup truck to the door in person, and the three of them breathed a sigh of relief at the same time.

600,000, steady!