I can upgrade the shelter-Chapter 166 - 164: Equipment for Mo Qingyan

Regarding the renovation of small shelters, Chen Xin didn’t need to get involved or worry about it. If it weren’t for the fact that Li Yulong had given him so many good things, he wouldn’t have been dragged along for the on-site inspection.

As for the subsequent tasks, Li Yulong’s professionals would handle them, and there was no need for Chen Xin to intervene.

Moreover, compared to these tasks, the ground source heat pump with a fish-vegetable symbiosis system that he promised to give Mo Qingyan was the real thing he needed to focus on.

Chen Xin had already completed the manufacturing once Li Wensheng delivered the fish-vegetable symbiosis system. It was just that Li Yulong’s matters had held him up, preventing him from delivering the system to Mo Qingyan’s house immediately.

However, after dealing with Li Yulong’s issues, Chen Xin quickly notified Mo Qingyan to come and pick up the equipment.

It’s not that Chen Xin was unwilling to deliver it himself, but his SUV really couldn’t handle the entire set of equipment this time, so Mo Qingyan had to bring her pickup truck to haul it away.

"The roads to your place are getting harder and harder to navigate." As Mo Qingyan was welcomed into his shelter, her first act after jumping off the truck was to complain to Chen Xin about the difficult roads.

Chen Xin felt the same way. This was no longer before the disaster when frost and snow would be cleared by sanitation workers and municipal departments to ensure traffic flow.

In a situation where the snow depth was approaching one meter, maintaining road accessibility was extremely challenging, especially when the municipal government had neither the energy nor the manpower to clear the snow, and there was not much need either.

Aside from people like Chen Xin who were living outside of the official shelters and still using the old roads, the city was gradually opening underground passages between the official shelters.

Once these underground passages were opened, transportation between the official shelters could completely shift underground, making surface roads almost unnecessary to manage.

But for survivors like Chen Xin who hadn’t joined the official shelters, impassable roads meant travel was more difficult and resources were harder to obtain.

Mo Qingyan, being in the city, might find it acceptable. If the distance wasn’t too far, walking was feasible, and short drives could still be managed.

After all, she wasn’t far from the city hall, city bureau, and shopping center, which were all official shelters. Even using the underground passages would be okay with no trouble.

But for Chen Xin, it wasn’t as convenient. The distance from the city wasn’t really the issue; the main problem was that to get to him, one had to cross a big bridge. Otherwise, the journey would be three times longer to bypass a river that had now dried up.

In the current weather, both crossing the river and taking detours were risky. Deciding whether crossing was more dangerous or taking detours was really a tough call.

"The weather is getting colder, and roads harder to navigate, which is only natural." Chen Xin wasn’t significantly affected by Mo Qingyan’s complaints: "But since I can be self-sufficient with food and drink, I don’t worry about going out. If there’s anything, people come to me."

"Yeah, you’re living comfortably with food and drink, swapping resources with the SWAT team, and having Ah Lan deliver to your doorstep. Life must be really laid-back!" Hearing Chen Xin say this, Mo Qingyan couldn’t help but put on an "I’m not envious at all" expression.

Seeing Mo Qingyan’s "not envious" look, Chen Xin simply smiled, helped her load the prepped ground source heat pump-fish-vegetable symbiosis equipment onto her pickup, and said, "With this equipment, Long Niang, you can also be self-sufficient. You can exchange seeds and fish fry with the old farmer, or ask Ah Lan if you can get some from the city’s planting area. 𝓯𝙧𝓮𝓮𝒘𝓮𝙗𝙣𝒐𝒗𝒆𝓵.𝓬𝓸𝒎

I did some calculations, and the heat and electric energy generated by the ground source heat pump are enough to support the plant growth and fish farming in the fish-vegetable symbiosis system, ensuring there’ll be no problem meeting the needs of you and little sister Xin."

"Really? That’s great, thank you so much!" Hearing this from Chen Xin and seeing the equipment loaded onto her pickup, Mo Qingyan showed a contented and expectant look.

Even though she had a stockpile of supplies, after over six months, the total amount of supplies Mo Qingyan had was still gradually decreasing.

Although exchanging alcohol for supplies could help sustain, it wasn’t a long-term solution. The equipment Chen Xin provided was just what she urgently needed.

"You’re welcome, it’s just a piece of equipment. No need for thanks between us, right?" Chen Xin wasn’t too bothered by Mo Qingyan’s gratitude: "As for the installation, you can find Xiao Long. He took on the job of installing the ground source heat pump for me. You just need to contact him."

"Alright, got it." Mo Qingyan naturally knew Li Yulong and nodded to show she remembered.

"Xiao Long partnered with me to develop a planting area in a small shelter preserved by the city near the city bureau. A trading market will open later, and by then, Long Niang, if you have anything you want to exchange, you can go there," Chen Xin also mentioned Li Yulong’s planting area and trading market to Mo Qingyan. It was indeed not far from Mo Qingyan’s house, offering her a convenient trading channel, and Chen Xin added, "I might visit sometimes. If you need to find me, you can go there, and if I’m not around, you can let Xiao Long pass a message."

Knowing that there would be a new planting area and trading market near her home made Mo Qingyan even more excited.

For survivors in private shelters, their survival relies on pre-disaster supplies and post-disaster resource exchanges, or, like Chen Xin, self-maintenance and self-sufficiency.

Although the city hall has an underground planting area and goods shipped in by rail, these supplies are promptly distributed to official shelters and not meant for public sale.

The few resources reaching the market were resold by people in official shelters and ended up on the black market, where they were highly sought after and snatched up as soon as they appeared.

Those without connections and information channels found it hard to purchase them.

So, having Chen Xin help her with self-sufficient equipment was undoubtedly something Mo Qingyan felt grateful for.

However, just as Mo Qingyan was thinking about how to thank Chen Xin, he pulled out a bag and handed it to her: "This is the dry rice I grew myself, just harvested. I’m sharing some with you to taste, or you can keep it as rice seeds."

Receiving the bag, which weighed about four to five pounds, Mo Qingyan looked at Chen Xin and impulsively gave him a quick kiss on the cheek.