I Am Cultivating in the Apocalypse-Chapter 1009 - 1099: The Jing Family’s New Favorite, Mayer the Power Generator

The Jing family’s place is filled with things. Back in Wu City, Zijin, who knew them well, helped out. After moving to South Sea, the house got much bigger, plus there are several hundred square meters of yard planted with various crops and fruit trees, also raising all kinds of domestic poultry and silkworms. Throughout spring, summer, autumn, and winter, they’re busy slaughtering pigs and sheep, milking cows and helping deliver offspring, curing bacon, collecting eggs, and so on. You could say they’re busy from dawn to dusk.

As Grandma Jing puts it, they are busy all day long.

But no matter how busy life gets, they haven’t hired any housemaids or servants. Most of the time, Mrs. Jing and Mr. Jing have fixed tasks when they return home, and even Third Aunt and Wu You’ai have daily labor quotas.

To a large extent, this is also because the things at the Jing family can’t see the light of day, and everyone prefers to keep a low profile.

So when Jing Shu suggested bringing in Mayer to work, Grandma Jing immediately frowned, "Is he reliable? How much would we have to spend to hire someone anyway? How much can one person do..." and questions like that.

Mr. Jing, too, watched Mayer with a scrutinizing look, "Is the young guy trying to take over my job? He surely can’t do it as well as I can."

Without saying much more, Jing Shu took Mayer to several places and installed the pre-prepared battery storage units. These storage devices were brought from the military base, ones Mayer often used back during his work days. They are dozens of large electrical units, transported all the way from the Middle East. Jing Shu installed five at the Jing Family home, which was enough to power the entire household 24/7 for air conditioning and even run all the house’s electrical appliances, with surplus left over. The rest would be placed in various companies.

Mayer must fully charge these batteries daily, making it unnecessary to use South Sea’s electricity, saving a lot on electricity bills. (Although Jing Shu doesn’t think it will save much, neither Grandma Jing nor Mr. Jing shares that view.)

"So we can use anything electric in the household as we please in the future?"

"Does that mean we won’t need gas stoves for cooking anymore, and we could switch to induction cookers?"

Mr. Jing was also delighted, "So, in the future, the electric trike, electric water heater, and my electric massage chair can all be used? Oh, and the irrigation machines, sprayers, and that rather power-hungry electric vegetable cutter, too?"

The Jing family has many livestock, and feeding them daily is a massive undertaking. Take chicken feed, duck feed, pig feed, for example,

Every morning, Grandma Jing and Mr. Jing would go to the fields to pull weeds, outer circles of big green cabbage leaves, and corn stalks—stuff that people don’t eat but shouldn’t be wasted.

All these would weigh several hundred pounds just for a day, and they couldn’t just throw these to the chickens and ducks; they had to be chopped, mixed with feed, and doused with boiling water before feeding. Cutting several hundred pounds of grass by hand would take at least two hours, whereas using the electric cutter would take just ten minutes to complete.

So agricultural electric vegetable cutting machines are very necessary.

The electricity cost in South Sea is outrageously high, and the entire villa uses power extravagantly.

The Jing family wasn’t unable to afford it before, just had to be careful with their usage, making Mr. Jing hesitant to use these power-draining appliances for long periods.

The difference between cautious usage and carefree usage is substantial; Mr. Jing is, of course, the happiest, and Grandma Jing is also delighted.

"So we can fix appliances or do electrical work?"

"It doesn’t cost money, just a meal? Oh my, how could we impose?" Grandma Jing already had Mayer’s hand in hers, bombarding him with questions, "What else can you do, young man? Oh, your Chinese is quite good!"

The fat chicken flapped its wings, feeling like its position was under threat.

"Collect eggs and milk cows? Oh right, in the future, we can use electric milking machines..."

Mr. Jing said, "Young man, can you really conduct electricity? How about giving us a demonstration?"

Jing Shu smiled as she watched Grandma Jing’s enthusiasm and her grinning from ear to ear, akin to old children.

Mayer, after charging up, started repairing some broken electrical appliances, working for most of the day. At noon, Grandma Jing invited him for a meal, moving Mayer to tears, as the Jing family’s food was simply too delicious.

Under the reluctant gaze of the two elders, Mayer began his busy work in the afternoon.

Jing Shu also started her work after returning to South Sea, having tons of things to do, with the first being to inspect her companies, visiting each in turn.

Then she began preparations for setting up three factories. She lamented over where to recruit the employees. Certainly, she would have to allocate twenty percent of the positions to the Township Government, and for the remaining eighty percent, sixty percent would be transferred from her existing factories. These employees are skilled hands and can adapt better, and of course, the best benefits are reserved for her own staff to enhance their sense of belonging and pride. Naturally, transfers would also require assessments; otherwise, it would be problematic if they turned into freeloaders, and this task was left to Secretary Xiao Wang.

Ten percent would be left for qualified acquaintances. Even in an apocalypse, social ties persist; everyone has relatives and friends. Unknowingly, she too had built a vast network, and for friends who had helped Mr. Jing, Mrs. Jing, and the Jing Family, they might seek a favor. As long as they meet the standards, a position can be reserved.

Ten percent would be open recruitment.

Ah, after all, it’s essential to announce to South Sea, attracting some external talents, and also inform others, "Hey, our three factories are hiring externally too."

Just after inspecting two factories, Su Malie sent a message: "Back already?"

Jing Shu: "You’re well-informed, just returned."

Su Malie: "The internet is swamped with news about your mothership, and someone even filmed a video of you taking Grandma on board. I knew you were back."