Ma Kai quickly walked downstairs to his home, his house is a relatively old kind of building, next to the central street of the county, the highest is only 7 floors, and he lives on 3 floors.

When I bought it, it was less than 40,000 yuan, but now because of the good geographical conditions, the surrounding small, medium and high schools are very close, and it can already be sold for hundreds of thousands.

The residents in the building are all old neighbors who have lived in the building for twenty or thirty years, and everyone basically knows each other. However, Ma Kai is relatively homely, rarely goes out, and is a little autistic after his parents disappeared, and he only knows a few families.

In the middle of the residential building is a gate hole, on one side is the guard room, there is an old man with the old lady watching the door, and the other half has a row of seats, usually some old men and old ladies are here to chat, play cards or something.

At this time, because of the sudden power outage, there are even more people here, and a group of people are babbling their opinions.

However, there are generally three types of views, one is solar storms, and the people who support this view are people who usually like to watch TV news.

Another view is that high-tech weapons from other countries are attacking, and many of these people are angry young people.

The third point of view is more mysterious, thinking that this is the end of the world, and other disasters are coming soon, but there are not a few people who hold this kind of view, and they are a group of people who have watched a lot of film and television dramas and novels.

At this time, Ma Kai saw his neighbor in the crowd, an old man in his seventies, surnamed Mu, who lived with his wife, and rarely saw his children come to see him.

Old man Mu is a warm-hearted person, and when there is anything in the building or various fees are charged over the years, he has informed Ma Kai, and the two families are relatively close. Every once in a while, he would care about Ma Kai's personal problems, asking him if he had a partner and when he would get married, which made Ma Kai always want to take a detour when he saw him.

But today, Ma Kai had something to ask him, because he was worried that what he thought about just now would happen, so he planned to borrow some money from Old Man Mu to buy some daily necessities.

At this time, Old Man Mu also saw Ma Kai, walked up and asked, "Huh? Pony, you're coming back from outside? Are there power outages everywhere too? ”

"Yes, I just came back from the Internet café, and there is no power in all places, and anything that uses electricity is not good. Ahem, that.. Mu Ye, I want to ask you for help with something, don't you see that this is a power outage, I don't have much cash in my hand, and I can't buy something if I want to go to the store, can you lend me some, and when the call comes, I will immediately go to the bank to withdraw it and return it to you. Ma Kai said with some embarrassment.

Most of the people of Old Man Mu don't know how to use smartphones, they use elderly machines, so they all use cash, and they don't have a strong sense of financial management, they can't trust the bank, and many of them hide their money at home.

"Look at what you said, what else do you want to borrow, how much are you going to use? It's not that I said that you young people don't like to carry cash in their hands, and they hold a mobile phone all day long, and now they are all blind, aren't they? Let's go, to my house. Old man Mu nodded directly in agreement, and while taking Ma Kai home, he didn't forget to laugh at him.

When he came upstairs, Old Man Mu opened the door and asked Ma Kai to sit on the sofa and wait for a while, and he went to the bedroom to get the money.

His wife is not at home, so he should have gone out to play cards, and the two old men usually like to play.

After a while, Old Man Mu walked out with a small cloth bag in his hand, sat on the sofa and took out a wad of money from the small cloth bag, seeing that the thickness should be twenty or thirty thousand.

"This is what my eldest son gave me during the Chinese New Year, and I didn't spend much, I plan to take it for my eldest grandson when he goes to college, how much do you want to borrow?" Old man Mu put the money on the coffee table and turned his head to ask Ma Kai.

Ma Kai pondered for a while, and then said embarrassedly: "You can lend me 5,000, and when the call comes, I will take it out and return it to you as soon as I arrive." ”

Old man Mu took out a wad of money, counted the money, and said to him, "Why do you need so much money to buy?" You're not out there gambling and losing, are you? I have to say two words to you, don't spend money so lavishly at a young age, save some flowers, and keep the money for your daughter-in-law later. I'll give you 1000 more, it's not enough to tell Mu Ye again, you said that you have been lonely and miserable all these years! I don't have to pay back the money, but don't let my wife know, otherwise she will nag me again. After counting 5,000, he took out 10 more and handed them to Ma Kai.

"Thank you Mu Ye, thank you so much! I'm mainly afraid that after a long time, everyone will not have the cash to buy things, so don't start to grab them in the store, buy some in advance and put them at home, and feel more at ease. I'll go back now, if you have time, you can buy some too, anyway, it's for your own use, and it won't be wasted. Ma Kai took the money and planned to go home, he should still have a few hundred yuan at home to use the land in a hurry, and before leaving, he didn't forget to remind Old Man Mu to buy something to spare at home.

Old man Mu said that he was unfounded, and then sent him to the door.

When I opened the door of my house, I saw his messy room as soon as I entered the house, with a pile of unwashed clothes and pants, all kinds of snack bags and drink bottles, and a coffee table.

After rummaging through the house for a long time, I finally found more than 300 yuan in change. I grabbed a travel backpack that I bought on a whim, and I took an extra key and went downstairs.

"Brother Li, this is 4,000 yuan, you look at it and bring me dozens of boxes of instant noodles, mineral water, cigarettes, matches and candles, etc., and then some chocolates, candies and snacks, help me move upstairs, if the money is not enough, I will give it to you when I call, okay?" As soon as Ma Kai entered the small supermarket downstairs, he said to the boss, and at the same time put the money and spare keys on the table.

The supermarket owner was a little confused for a while, but he didn't react, and after a long time he said, ", pony, have you made a fortune?" Is buying so many things to close the gap between life and death? It's a bastard if you don't make money, you have to promise that it will be arranged properly for you, and it will be sent immediately. ”

After instructing the supermarket owner, Ma Kai hurried to a pharmacy not far away, and bought a small half backpack for various commonly used medicines, and more than 2,000 yuan was about to bottom out. With less than 300 yuan left, he went to the grain and oil store to buy two bags of rice and a lot of dried noodles, but the delivery was not there, so he couldn't wait to do it himself, and it took a lot of effort to move downstairs.

After resting for a while, I was about to go upstairs, when I saw the supermarket owner coming out of it, seeing other things that Ma Kai had bought, and was very enthusiastic to help carry them upstairs.

"I said, pony, you don't look like you're afraid of the end of the world, are you? Thinking too much, I will give you the things you want at the cheapest price, and you will have to find me more in the future for this kind of good thing! The supermarket owner managed to find a vacant seat in Ma Kai's room and said to him.

He lit a cigarette, then took one out of the cigarette case and handed it to Ma Kai.

"Suck... Call... I'm not afraid of 10,000, I'm afraid of what if, Brother Li! What if there is a power outage for a long time? Now the car can't start, and you have nowhere to get in? Besides, people don't have much cash in their hands now, and if they don't want to starve to death, they can only borrow or rob it. Ma Kai lit his cigarette and took a deep puff as he said.

The supermarket owner glanced at him and said with a smile: "You are quite crisis-conscious, huh?" I think the more guys like you, the better, and I'm worried about the hard money, hehe! ”

I had just chatted with the supermarket owner for a while, and I heard the noise of the fire downstairs, as if someone was fighting. The supermarket owner hurriedly ran down to watch, and Ma Kai was worried that it would affect him, so he closed the door and tidied up the house first.

Now there is no power and running water, I can't wash my clothes, I stuff all my dirty clothes in the closet, and then I start to sort out all the things I just bought.

Instant noodles and mineral water alone filled half of the living room, snacks and other daily necessities were put away in two sorting boxes, and the medicines in the travel bag were also poured out and put in a special medicine cabinet.

Looking at the things in the room, Ma Kai pondered for a while, and then took his backpack, all kinds of food, medicine, and daily necessities stuffed most of the backpack. I went to the toolbox and found a few more tools that I might use, and put them in with a dagger. This is an emergency backpack, if there is an accident, this is what he has to rely on to save his life!

Pick it up and carry it, good fellow, if you travel on your back, you'll be tired and paralyzed in less than half an hour.

After finally cleaning up, Ma Kai could finally lie on the sofa for a while.

As soon as his eyes closed and squinted for a moment, his stomach rumbled.

I got up and walked to the kitchen to see that there was still a bowl of fried rice left over from noon. After smelling it, it didn't seem to be bad, and I opened a bag of pickled pepper and phoenix feet as a dish and ate it.

Although he is an otaku, Ma Kai's cooking skills are actually good, and he usually cooks and eats by himself. When he sees something delicious on TV, he will learn to make it by himself when he is greedy, and it is usually not bad.

But now if you have to plan your life, you can save it.

After eating, I opened a bottle of mineral water, and stopped after only two sips, not daring to drink more.

Shaking his head and laughing at himself in his heart, is he really too worried, if he doesn't think so, isn't he torturing himself?

I lit a cigarette and took a monocular from the shelf above my computer desk to see what was going on outside.

When I walked to the window, I saw that the sun had set, and the street lamps that would normally turn on at this time were no longer on.

When I looked outside with my binoculars in my eyes, there seemed to be more people on the street. There are no TVs, no mobile phones, people can't stay at home, and they gather in groups to chat.

In the distance, a bear child tugged at the corner of his mother's clothes and howled vigorously, as if he wanted to play with his mobile phone, and his mother was useless to comfort him. The man next to him should be his father, frowning with anger on his face, it seems that this bear child is going to teach a lesson if he is disobedient.

It wasn't until the cigarette butt burned his hand that Ma Kai put down the binoculars. Seeing that it was getting darker and darker, he returned to the living room, opened a pack of candles, and took out a match and lit it.

Looking at the flickering fire on the candle, Ma Kai was stunned for a moment. Then I found a thick book from the cabinet, which was a novel, a pirated copy of "Starting from Scratch" that I had bought from a store that specialized in renting books. At that time, I read it many times, and every time a new book came out in the bookstore, I had to rent the book in front of me and read it, and then I bought a big and thick one. But the book is less than a fifth of the entire work, and like many other readers, he was a eunuch before the author finished it.

I read two pages on fire, and I really can't stand this kind of ancient work. And reading in front of the candle is also tired of the eyes, throw the book away, pick up the candle and go to the bedroom. Drop a few drops of wax oil on the bedside table, stick the candle to it, take off your clothes and lie down on the bed, looking at the ceiling and thinking about things.

Today's power outage in the Internet café made him not make any money, he is really unwilling, I don't know if other netizens have also had power outages, if it is a global event, then it will be a big deal!

It wasn't until the candle was almost burned out that Ma Kai blew it out, his heart was in a mess, and his body tossed and turned on the bed for a long time before he slowly fell asleep.

And outside, some earth-shaking changes are taking place.