My courtyard shelter

February 5th, three o'clock in the afternoon Los Angeles time.

Gao Yuemei's family of five finally arrived at the final destination of their trip after a twelve-hour flight.

Coming out of Los Angeles International Airport, Xiao Zhang's uncle Zhang Ming had been waiting at the exit for a long time.

"Brother, I'm here."

"Zhang Ming, long time no see." Lao Zhang stepped forward and patted his younger brother on the shoulder.

"Yes, this is little Zhang Tao, he's grown so big." Zhang Ming teased the baby.

After a brief exchange of greetings, Zhang Ming began to drive the group back to his home in the suburbs.

The beautiful country here is different from China. The middle class generally likes to live in the suburbs. The suburbs not only have a good environment, but the security environment of the community is also much safer than that of the urban area.

As soon as he got out of the airport, Xiao Zhang felt that the beautiful country was a little different now. The first impression he gave people was:

Disorder!

Trash littered the streets, and there were many more homeless people than the last time I came here. The hot weather, coupled with the dust all over the sky, was so oppressive that it made people breathless.

"Uncle, why does the street look like this, and no one cares about it?"

Zhang Ming shook his head and said with a bitter smile:

"I can't control it at all. It's very chaotic outside now, and everyone doesn't dare to go out casually at night."

Gao Yuemei regretted a little. If they had known about Meiliguo's virtues, they would never have come over.

Perhaps seeing that his sister-in-law looked wrong, Zhang Ming immediately reassured her:

"Don't worry. The place I live in now is a high-end community. There are sufficient police forces and perfect management. It is a completely different world from here. You will understand when you arrive."

"Uncle, have you changed houses?" Xiao Zhang asked curiously.

Zhang Ming nodded: "The previous house was too close to the city, and the public security has deteriorated a lot. After knowing that you were coming, I simply bought the current house."

"Did it cost a lot of money?" Lao Zhang said embarrassedly.

"No matter how much money you spend, it's worth it. Your safety is more important than anything else."

"Uncle, is the drought serious in the beautiful country? News here is rarely reported in China." Xiao Zhang took the opportunity to ask.

Zhang Ming laughed loudly and said: "It doesn't matter whether it is reported or not. Anyway, no matter what, the beautiful country will definitely be better than the domestic one. Isn't the country almost running out of meat? I guarantee that there will be enough meat here."

"Uncle, where did you get the meat?" Xiao Zhang's eyes lit up.

"Are you worried that you can't buy meat if you have money? This is a beautiful country, the base of the capital world. As long as you have money, you can buy anything." Zhang Mingming was very proud.

…

After talking and laughing all the way, Linekang Community finally arrived, and Gao Yuemei finally felt relieved. It was indeed like Zhang Ming said, it was almost a different world from the outside.

"Why are there so many police officers on the street?" Xiao Zhang asked in surprise.

From the moment we entered the community, we saw more than a dozen police cars alone along the way.

“They are not police officers, they are private security guards hired by the community, and some are volunteers in the community. They are mainly responsible for the internal security of the community.

As for the police, there is a police headquarters nearby, but they usually operate outside the community and rarely come in. "Zhang Ming explained.

Compared with the police, the rich people in the beautiful country obviously believe in the power in their hands more.

Gao Yuemei pointed to the glass building outside the car window and asked: "What are the glass houses used for? It seems that every household has them."

"That area used to be a lawn, but now it is used to grow vegetables. If the food supply outside is cut off, everyone can be self-sufficient."

"What if the water stops?" Xiao Zhang's wife interjected.

"Don't worry, our community's power supply and water supply are independent and available 24 hours a day. Even if there is a water or power outage outside, our side will not be affected."

Gao Yuemei said with envy: "That's great!"

Zhang Ming parked the car in front of a three-story building: "Okay, we're home. Are you hungry? Let's cook quickly. Before I left, I took out the beef and defrosted it."

Zhang Ming's wife passed away three years ago, and now he lives alone.

"There's no rush. We've had lunch on the plane. We're not hungry yet. You'd better show us around the house first!" Gao Yuemei said expectantly.

"Aren't the kids hungry too?"

Gao Yuemei took out the milk bottle from her bag and said, "We specially prepared several buckets of milk powder before we came here, which is enough for the child to feed for several months."

"Really? I didn't expect to find milk powder in China. I asked people to search for it for several months but found nothing." Zhang Ming said unexpectedly.

"It's also good luck that I happen to know such a person."

"All right!"

Zhang Ming no longer hesitated and began to show a few people around the house.

The buildings on the ground are nothing interesting. At most, the area is much larger than in China. The other decorations are basically the same.

It was not until they entered the basement that Gao Yuemei and others had their eyes opened.

Below are rows of shelves filled with cans of all kinds, making people dizzy looking at them.

"Uncle, what kind of cans are these?"

"Mainly canned beans, canned cereals, canned pork, canned beef, and some canned fruits, all of which I collected hard throughout last year." Zhang Ming said with emotion.

Because of these cans, his net worth has shrunk by almost two-thirds, but it is precisely because of these cans that he has the confidence to invite his brother and his family to the beautiful country.

"How long can these cans last?" Gao Yuemei exclaimed.

"If we count the six people in our family, we can definitely eat for ten years." Zhang Ming said confidently.

"Uncle, you are awesome!" Xiao Zhang excitedly gave a thumbs up.

Zhang Ming gently patted his nephew on the back and laughed and scolded: "You kid, you are exactly the same as when you were a child, you just like to flatter me."

"Hehe..."

Coming out of the basement, Zhang Ming began to prepare dinner, Gao Yuemei helped him on the side and familiarized herself with the cooking methods here.

The staple food for dinner was steak.

When the fat and thick beef was taken out of the refrigerator, Xiao Zhang wanted to pounce on it and take a bite of it raw, it was really too tempting.

"Uncle, where did the beef come from?"

"There is a small indoor ranch built in the community, which supplies beef every day, but the price is too expensive, and your uncle can only afford to eat it once a week."

In addition to steak, in order to take care of the appetite of his eldest brother's family, Zhang Ming also fried three vegetables, including scrambled eggs with tomatoes, scrambled eggs with leeks and steamed eggplant, and boiled a pot of rice porridge.

Gao Yuemei and her friends brought over only 20 kilograms of rice. If there was more, they would not pass the security check.

Before eating, Gao Yuemei took a family photo with her mobile phone. The most important thing was to include dinner in the photo.

She sent the photo to the group of colleagues and added a sentence:

My first meal in the beautiful country.

In less than a minute, the group went crazy.

Xiang Xin: Sister Gao, you are spreading poison so early in the morning. That’s too much!

Chen Yang: I suddenly felt that the steamed bun in my hand was not fragrant.

Xu Dong: You actually ate steak. That’s outrageous!

Section Chief Li: If you have nothing to do, come to the group and hang out. Don’t post photos. It’s annoying.

Xiao Gu: I want to go to the beautiful country too!

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ps: Four more chapters.

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