My Siheyuan Shelter

Chapter 24 Bailouts

That night, the long-lost lights lit up in the courtyard, and the air conditioner roared again.

However, due to time reasons, the amount of electricity stored during the day is not much. In order to save electricity, the alcohol stove has to temporarily "work overtime" for one night.

Generally speaking, the power generation per square watt per day is about 1 kilowatt, which is 1 kilowatt-hour of electricity.

The area of ​​the Han tiles installed in the courtyard was about 290 square meters in total.

After deducting the impact of charging and discharging and power conversion efficiency, this means that the courtyard has almost 220 kWh of electricity every day that can be used normally.

Of course, this is the most ideal state. It is not possible for Yanjing to be sunny every day. In addition, there is a huge gap in the power generation between summer and winter.

All in all, solar power generation is not a panacea, and it is necessary to save electricity when it is usually used.

With electricity, the life of Xu Dong's family gradually returned to the right track, except for the convenience store, which is still closed.

At 2:23 a.m. on February 10, Daxia officials finally announced to the people of the country through various channels:
The solar flares are over, and a massive post-disaster reconstruction effort is about to begin across the country.

On February 2, the post-disaster reconstruction committee of Yanjing officially disclosed to the society:
Due to the damage to electrical equipment far exceeding expectations, the restoration of power in the capital region will not be until the fifth of next month at the earliest.

This "bad news" came, and unsurprisingly, the entire Greater Capital Region was engulfed in grievances.

The original seven days of home life, plus three days of post-disaster statistics, is already the limit that everyone can endure.

This "limit" refers not only to the spiritual, but also to the material, which means that everyone's living materials are almost exhausted.

In fact, it is not that there is a lack of living materials on the market, but that everyone is running out of money.

You heard that right, "no money" means no money in the literal sense, and everyone has no cash in their hands.

Last year, the penetration rate of Daxia electronic payment exceeded 90% for the first time, and cash is rarely seen in daily life.

Now it's good, there is no electricity and no network, and electronic payment is completely over.

In fact, it is not the worst that cannot use electronic payment.

The worst thing is that everyone can't withdraw the money in the bank, although this is only temporary.

The reason is very simple, the power of the bank has also not been restored.

And not only electricity, but all kinds of servers in the bank, all kinds of systems need time to re-architecture.

Restoring the bank is no easier than restoring the power system.

So, this becomes a dead end.

Fortunately, the country's response was not slow. Soon a bailout plan covering all citizens was officially released, and it was urgently passed by Congress at the first time.

The time spent before and after is less than a day.

The content of this bailout plan is very simple. It is to give money to all citizens, regardless of property, age, or skin color, as long as they have Daxia nationality or a green card, everyone is entitled to a limit of 1000 yuan.

The package is designed to ease the nation's cash crunch and support its day-to-day spending.

When the news came, the grievances instantly turned into joy.

Then, the receiving plan also came out:
Take the family as a unit, hold the household registration booklet and go to the sub-district office or village committee where the household registration is located to receive the relief fund.

As for those who work or settle in other places, they can use their ID cards or household registration books as collateral, and they can also borrow a corresponding amount of relief money.

In the final analysis, this move is to prevent "concerned people" from repeatedly defrauding the bailout funds. After all, there is no Internet, and there is no way to synchronize information.

……

On February 2, Yanjing officially opened to receive relief funds.

At 8:[-] in the morning, more than an hour before the opening time, Xu Ma couldn't help but took the new household registration book and went out to line up.

Xu Dong stopped and stopped, persuaded and persuaded. After all, the family lacked everything, and it was the same to receive money later. Anyway, the bailout money would not grow wings and fly.

Unfortunately, nothing was said.

It was the first time in her life that Mother Xu had taken advantage of such a huge amount of money in the country. Besides, the family of nine was not a small sum of money, so it was better to put it in the pocket as soon as possible.

No way, Xu Dong finally resorted to the killer, and proposed to replace his mother to queue up to receive the bailout money.

Just like that, Mother Xu didn't agree. According to her, she had to experience the benefits that only "people in developed countries" have.

Xu Dong didn't know whether to laugh or cry. In the end, he had to go with her, but he still sent a small bench in the middle. After all, sitting is better than standing.

Xu Ma's side chatted completely. After all, everyone was idle, and there was no mobile phone to play with.

"Old Zhang, seeing you smile so beautifully, there must be a lot of people in your family, right?" An aunt surnamed Wu who was about the same age as Xu's mother joked.

Xu Ma made a gesture of nine, and said modestly: "Not much, not much, only nine people."

"That's not much, isn't your family separated?" Aunt Wu speculated.

"It's split, it's been split long ago. My wife and I are now living on the younger son's side, and the eldest son and daughter's family are all in Luyang." Xu Ma replied.

A young woman next to her had a very fast mind and was immediately surprised: "Then your little daughter-in-law gave birth to five children in one go?"

"Yes, the third child of my family has two daughters and three sons." Xu Ma said smugly.

"How come there are so many?" Another person interjected.

Xu Ma explained: "I didn't expect to have so many babies. I didn't expect that the first child would be twins, and then the second child would be a triplets. The children were destined to be born, and they couldn't stop them."

"Old Zhang, you are so lucky."

Aunt Wu said enviously that young people are now reluctant to have children.

This is the case in her family. After many years of hope, she only had one granddaughter, but her daughter-in-law refused to say anything.

Xu Ma had to be "humbly" again and said:

"It's not good to have too many children. I don't have to worry about taking care of them. The burden will be heavy in the future. I can't buy a house, and I can't even marry a daughter-in-law. I'm dying of worry."

As soon as the words fell, the proprietress of a certain local restaurant immediately debunked Xu Ma's "lie":
"There are four hundred million yuan in the courtyard, and I'm afraid that my grandchildren won't be able to marry a daughter-in-law! It just so happens that my family has a three-year-old daughter. If you don't dislike it, you can be a daughter-in-law to Dabao, right?"

"Wow!" Aunt Wu was taken aback, and then teased: "Old Zhang, I didn't expect you to be a rich old woman?"

Xu's mother gave a direct "bah", "What a shit rich woman, our house is valuable, and the deposit is definitely not as much as yours."

"How do you know, how much savings does your family have?" someone shouted.

"Yeah, talk about it, let us poor ghosts also open their eyes."

Xu Ma couldn't resist, and hurriedly "begged for mercy", everyone laughed even happier, and then changed the topic to other aspects.

……

After queuing up for several hours, Xu Dong delivered another lunch at noon. It was not until after two o'clock in the afternoon that Xu's mother finally received the 9000 yuan bailout.

(End of this chapter)