My courtyard shelter

Beautiful country Eastern time, four o'clock in the morning.

In the Big Apple City, people are panicking and boiling.

At this time, more than two hours had passed since the eruption of Sulfonstone Volcano. Everyone was desperately trying to escape from the beautiful country. It could even be described as crazy.

The best way to escape is undoubtedly by plane.

So far, more than 5,000 planes have taken off from the mainland of the beautiful country.

Some flew east to Europa.

Some people flew west to Daxia.

There are still very few people who choose to go south.

It's just that Latin America is not a good place. It is almost a gang world, and the official power is almost non-existent. Most people dare not step into it at all.

Closer to home, those who can afford to fly are all top-notch rich. They either own private jets or grabbed charter flights early. In addition, they received the news as soon as possible, so the evacuation was relatively smooth.

As for the remaining middle class, they can only hope for their own good. In any case, the airport is empty, and they can only try their luck at the port, or simply hide in the basement.

The people of the beautiful country are very keen on "the end of the world". Almost every household has a shelter. With the reserve of supplies, there will be no problem in surviving for a year or two.

Mrs. Higgins looked confused: "Scott, where are we going?"

"Go to the port first. There are many ships docked at the port. There are only a few hundred thousand people in the Big Apple. If you are lucky, you should be able to buy a ticket."

"Daddy, can't you leave tomorrow morning? I have a lot of things that I haven't had time to pack yet!"

complained the eldest daughter.

"There's chaos outside the city. Didn't you hear the gunfire? If you don't leave now, you won't be able to leave tomorrow morning."

Higgins said helplessly.

The eldest son interrupted: "Dad, are we going to Europa or Daxia?"

"Go wherever there is a boat. Get out of here first."

"Daddy, I want to go to my aunt's house."

The little daughter makes milky milky sounds.

Higgins's sister is married to Dai Ying, and she is quite famous in the local area. The two families have frequent contacts. It is definitely the best choice to join her sister's family.

"Okay, let's go to my aunt's house."

Mrs. Higgins coaxed quickly.

After a while, due to traffic jams, the family had to get out of the car and walk. Higgins stuffed a small leather bag into his underwear with five gold bars in the bag.

Each stick is 10 ounces, which is almost 300 grams.

This is the life-saving straw saved by their family.

In the current situation, the U.S. dollar may not work.

Fortunately, the port was not too far away. After dragging their luggage for an hour, they finally saw the port. The scene was full of soldiers with live ammunition, but the order was still quite orderly.

In fact, even in this current situation.

There was not much chaos in the entire main city.

After all, those who can live in the main city are basically middle-class people with a fortune of more than one million yuan. The people here are not short of money and are also quite well-educated.

After inquiring, the Higgins family quickly found the "scalper", and the tickets through regular channels had long been sold out.

In addition, the US dollar does not work anymore, and scalpers only accept gold, Xia Yuan and physical exchange.

As for the currencies of European countries, firstly, the plates are too small, and secondly, the exchange rates are extremely unstable, and the people of beautiful countries do not have much reserves at all.

"Do you have a ticket? I can pay in gold."

Higgins said impatiently.

"How many do you want?"

"Five. Do you have a ticket to Europa? Any country will do."

The scalper said straightforwardly:

"40 ounces per ticket, 200 ounces total."

"200 ounces?" Higgins' heart tightened. "I only have 50 ounces. Can I use something else instead?"

Yellow Ox nodded: "Let's take it out and take a look first!"

Higgins took off his watch and winked at his wife, who immediately took out a large bag of jewelry from her bag and handed it over together.

The scalper took the item, turned around and handed it to the estimator on the side. In less than two minutes, the result came out.

"With these things in mind, I can give you two boat tickets."

"Two? There are five people in our family!"

Mrs. Higgins was anxious.

Higgins was very calm and tried to ask:

"Can I pay in U.S. dollars? I still have five million U.S. dollars in bearer bonds, and I can give them all to you."

The scalper waved his hand: "We don't accept U.S. dollars."

"Sir, for God's sake, please!" Mrs. Higgins begged.

"What about adding this?"

Higgins handed over the suitcase on the side.

The suitcase is filled with various emergency cans.

scalper opened it and took a look: "It's not enough."

Higgins handed over three more suitcases one after another.

"Any more? These are only enough for four."

Mrs. Higgins wanted to pass the last suitcase, but Higgins stopped her on the spot.

"Don't be stupid. Without these cans, what will we eat on the road?"

"But?"

Higgins waved his hand and turned to look at scalper:

"Are there any cheaper ferry tickets?"

This is his last hope.

"Sorry." The scalper shook his head: "If you go to Daiying, you get a 40-ounce ticket, and if you go to Daxia, you get a 100-ounce ticket. I have no other options here."

Mrs. Higgins took the three children and knelt directly in front of the scalper.

Scalpers are very cold and unmoved.

"Four tickets, do you want to exchange them?"

Higgins nodded quickly and said: "Change, I want it."

"Dear, you..."

"You take the children on board first. I will go home and bring two boxes of cans over. It won't waste too much time. If you don't make it in time, you don't have to wait for me. I will take another passenger ship over."

Higgins comforted.

"Dad, can I go back with you?"

The eldest son suggested.

"No, you are inexperienced and can't even fire back. If you stay, you will only drag me down. Besides, your mother still needs your care!"

Higgins patted his eldest son on the shoulder.

…

Meanwhile, on the west coast of the beautiful country.

Mr. Kevin's family of three have just boarded the ship.

Fortunately, the three people did not cancel their nationality. Under the arrangements of the Daxia Consulate, they successfully became the first batch of evacuees.

San Francisco is too close to Sulfonite volcano.

In less than an hour, volcanic ash covered the entire west coast, making it impossible for planes to take off, otherwise it would be more convenient to fly.

"Danica, I'm sorry!"

Mr. Kevin felt a deep sense of frustration.

Danica held her daughter's hand with one hand and her lover's arm with the other: "It doesn't matter. The fact that we can survive such a big earthquake is because of God's care. You can't be too greedy."

In fact, before the eruption of Sulfonite volcano, there were several earthquakes, some big and some small.

It was thanks to these early warnings and the constant reminders from the consulate that the family of three escaped death.

"Oh, it's all my fault. We shouldn't have come to the beautiful country. More than 200 million have been ruined by me."

"My dear, this is not your fault. Who would have thought that such an accident would happen?"

Mr. Kevin regretted: "George suggested that I leave some money in China before, but I was too self-righteous. If I had listened to him, our family would not be in this situation now."

"Don't be discouraged. We have hands and feet. As long as we return to Sydney, we will have to start from scratch. You see there are so many people waiting at the port. We are doubly lucky to be able to get on the ship."

Danica encouraged.

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