I can upgrade the shelter-Chapter 110 - 109 Li Wensheng’s actions

While the special police unit was helping Chen Xin gather raw materials to manufacture ground-source heat pump equipment, the members of the survival group didn’t remain idle either.

Although Mo Qingyan’s previous offer had dissuaded many people, a set that can continuously provide heating in such an environment, without high consumption, was still something everyone was tempted by.

Their hesitation and doubt were merely because they worried they couldn’t provide enough resources for a trade with Chen Xin, or find the materials needed for the equipment.

However, since these group members could build their own private shelters instead of cramming into official ones, they naturally had some means.

Moreover, they had a keen eye for opportunities and enjoyed outdoor survival, so most of them had amassed a considerable amount of resources.

If they really grit their teeth, they could meet the price Mo Qingyan previously laid out, but whether it was worth it required some consideration.

The real limitation stopping them from trading with Chen Xin was the issue of materials for manufacturing the equipment.

If even the special police unit needed to specially collect resources to gather materials, it goes to show the situation for these private shelters.

Among these people, Li Wensheng was the most advantaged, as his shelter was built beneath his original villa, and the surrounding area was a villa district, so finding air conditioning units was much more convenient for him.

In fact, the villa Li Wensheng lived in had a central air conditioning system installed, and the materials needed by Chen Xin for the ground-source heat pump equipment could be directly stripped from it.

Although Li Wensheng thought this way, unfortunately, not only in his home but most of the air conditioning units in the villa area were badly damaged. After searching the entire community, he only found two relatively intact air conditioning units.

After loading these two air conditioning units into his car, Li Wensheng stretched his freezing cold limbs and said to his son, "Alright Xiaohai, go to the storage room and bring another case of compressed biscuits."

"Okay, Dad." Li Wensheng’s son Xiaohai nodded, turned around, went back to the basement of their villa, and brought another case of compressed biscuits.

Taking the box from his son’s hand, he placed it in the trunk of his car. Looking at the loaded goods, Li Wensheng said to his son, "Xiaohai, you head back inside, it’s cold out."

"Be careful on the road, Dad!" Xiaohai handed a flashlight to Li Wensheng, watched him get into the car, and only then went into the basement of their villa, securely closing the door.

Seeing his son close the door well, Li Wensheng finally felt assured, started the car, and drove towards Chen Xin’s residence outside the city.

"Luckily Xiaohai can help now, otherwise..." As he drove, Li Wensheng mused to himself.

Li Wensheng was a farmer in his youth, but he was quick-witted and didn’t persist around his small plot of land. He went out to work along the coastal cities, broadened his horizons, and after making some money, returned to lease land in his hometown to start greenhouse farming, becoming one of the first well-off families in his village.

Li Wensheng was not the type to settle. When hydroponic technology arose, he got into it, but this time he wasn’t farming himself; he began selling the technology.

It must be said that those who dared to venture in those years had distinctive insights and boldness, and with a bit of skill, success wasn’t hard to come by.

Through running hydroponics, Li Wensheng quickly earned a substantial amount, moved into a villa, drove a luxury car, and his life appeared affluent at first glance.

The usual saying that men grow bad when rich didn’t seem to apply to him. His wife was his childhood sweetheart, and they married before he ventured out. Over the years, they had their share of hardships, but their partnership endured the test.

Xiaohai was his eldest son, and he had a younger sister who was under nine. The children were quite young, with Xiaohai only sixteen and just in high school.

Due to his early experiences of venturing out, Li Wensheng was restless. After acquiring wealth, he became fond of outdoor sports, naturally meeting people like Chen Xin and Mo Qingyan.

Maybe it was the crisis awareness from his early ventures, but when he first heard in the group about a potential meteorite impact disaster, he went against his wife’s objections and emptied their savings to build a shelter beneath their villa, stocking it with supplies, fully prepared.

Initially, during the partial success of the interception of the meteorite, his wife complained about him spending all their money like that. But when the meteorite really fell, both Li Wensheng and his wife were grateful they had built that shelter.

Thanks to his foresight, Li Wensheng’s shelter, in terms of preparation, was more thorough than Chen Xin’s, with heating equipment naturally equipped.

If it weren’t for all three of his wind turbines breaking down, Li Wensheng wouldn’t worry about heating at all.

But now, without solving the heating issue, his reserved diesel was really not much, only enough for three more months at most, and that didn’t even account for the heating consumption of his shelter.

Thus, when Chen Xin mentioned being able to manufacture the ground-source heat pump equipment, Li Wensheng felt a compelling urgency.

The sudden drop in temperature brought various impacts, one being the snow accumulation after the blizzards. Although Li Wensheng wound tire chains on his car, in waist-deep snow, even chained tires struggled to move.

Fortunately, the weather was so cold and the blizzards had poured for several days, causing the snow to freeze solid, eliminating much of the risk of falling into snow pits.

Moreover, the snow levelled the originally bumpy roads, making them considerably easier to traverse.

Despite everything, after quite some struggle, Li Wensheng drove to the entrance of Chen Xin’s shelter.

The snow cover buried nearly half of the once-prominent shelter door, and if Li Wensheng hadn’t been here once and had a good sense of direction, finding the entrance in the pitch-black snow field would have been challenging.

Through the shortwave radio, Li Wensheng contacted Chen Xin.

The door of the shelter opened a crack amidst Li Wensheng’s anticipation.

The snow provided camouflage for the shelter door but also added to the difficulty in opening it.

Luckily, it wasn’t necessary to open it entirely; just enough of a gap for someone to step out was sufficient.

"Writer, I’ve brought what you asked for. Can you help me make a set of ground-source heat pump equipment?" Li Wensheng said to the figure coming out of the shelter, "The exchange goods, I don’t have as much as the boss lady, but I’ve brought a case of compressed biscuits as a deposit, and another case as the final payment. Additionally, I can give you ten fish. Is that enough?"

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