Cave Refuge

"If the natural disasters persist for a long period, all the shelters would face food shortage."

The officials will surely take action when such a problem arises, but given the outdoor temperature, transportation is going to be quite troublesome."

I know of two grain storages in Pengcheng, one on Airport Road in the East District, which is more remote."

The other one is near Kyoto Street in the South District; this granary is close to a station on Subway Line 2, so if there is a shortage problem, it would be easy to transport grain through the subway lines."

Aside from those, I also know two reserve points for emergency supplies. Both People's Square and Pengville Plaza have stores of emergency supplies underground."

"How did you find out about this?" Such information should be rather confidential, and ordinary people generally shouldn't have access to such news.

This message was not learned after the natural disaster in the previous generation, but was unintentionally discovered by Dong Tianyu one night.

Both People's Square and Pengville Plaza are in bustling areas, places where one would not normally expect to store supplies for emergencies.

The function of these emergency supplies is to provide necessary resources in case of war, hence they cannot be stored too remotely.

People's Square and Pengville Plaza are usually fully renovated every five to ten years, ostensibly to makeover the plaza, but in fact, to replace the emergency supplies stored underground.

After all, although these emergency supplies have a long shelf life, they still need to be replaced before they expire.

The matter isn't a high-level secret, and if one is diligent enough, ordinary people can also find some clues. There are several such emergency supply storage points in every city.

They are usually located under various squares, particularly those that have existed in bustling areas for many years and, no matter how many renovations have been made, have never had any buildings constructed on them.

Although parking around the area is very difficult, underground parking lots are not built beneath the squares. Even if there are underground parking lots, they are located within the Ren Defense Area, and only one layer is open to the public.

"Dad, I can't explain how I know this. Just pretend you don't know about it. The place isn't some top-secret location, but most ordinary people wouldn't have access to it."

Seeing how composed Dong Tianyu was in explaining this, Mr. Thompson was somewhat curious, but chose not press the matter any further.

There's truth to the saying that 'Nobody knows a son better than his father'. After some hesitation, Mr. Thompson directly asked, "You've provided a lot of information. Is it because you want your mother and me to stay in the government's refuge center?"

This sentence was akin to scenarios when elderly parents are asked by their children if they want to live in a nursing home because the children are too busy to take care of them.

Children who have this thought are not being cold-hearted, they are simply helpless.

Without sending their parents to a nursing home and personally taking care of them at home, they would necessarily have to switch to a less demanding job, which would significantly reduce their income.

If they could find a good nursing home, they could invest more effort into their job, earn more money, maintain or improve their current quality of life.

For the elderly, they could receive more care living in a nursing home, meet a lot of their peers, and lead a happier life.

It's also nice for them if their children find time to visit the nursing home frequently and chat with them.

Truth be told, whether or not they are sent to nursing homes, just like Dong Tianyu's cousin who moved to the big city and could only come home a few times a year, what difference would it make when Dong Tianyu's uncle and aunt grow old and have to go to a nursing home?

After Mr. Thompson finished speaking, the three of them remained silent for a long time. Finally, Dong Tianyu resolved and said, "Initially, I think it would be better for you to go to the official shelter. Even though my place is better for now,

I don't know how long it will last. The living environment in the official shelter might be a bit worse compared to my private sanctuary, but it's more secure."

If all our family members live in the same shelter, it should enhance our safety."

I want to try it first. If my sanctuary can withstand for a long time, I will bring you two over. If not, I will have a fallback at the official shelter."

When they heard Dong Tianyu say this, Mr. Thompson understood his son's thought and rather agreed with it, not blaming his son for not including them in the shelter he had built.

After all, he knew that since Dong Tianyu started working the three of them living together had often led to heated arguments. When his son moved out to rent his own place, their relationship actually improved.

In addition, Mr. Thompson was not a person who liked to stay at home all the time, so he was even less willing to go to Dong Tianyu's place for a reclusive life.

When Mrs. Thompson heard her son suggest they go to the official shelter, she linked it to the possibility of being sent to a nursing home when they got older, and her face immediately turned gloomy.

Seeing Mrs. Thompson's sudden change of expression, Mr. Thompson patted her on the shoulder: "It's okay, our son is grown up, and he has his own considerations. We must understand that the shelter he's built, regardless of its size,

The storage of supplies will be limited. Thus, supporting one person differs from supporting three people. As per our son's assumption, the supplies in the government's shelter, apart from possible poor living conditions, are assured."

Furthermore, your father is all alone in your home, can you ignore him and live with our son in his small sanctuary?"

Or do you want to move your father into our son's sanctuary with us?"

If we move your father in, what happens if Hehe comes home? Will you move the only descendant of the Clarke family there too? If you don't, your father will blame you. If you do, Hehe's biological parents are still alive, can you exclude your brothers and sisters, what about their fathers?"

And what about your elder and second sisters? There's a big family on your elder sister's husband's side, can you accommodate all of them? And if you move your side of family in, what about my four brothers and their families, who totals over twenty people?"

If we accommodate everyone, not to mention whether we'll have enough space, consider how much food will be consumed each day by these thirty or fifty people. The supplies that could last Tianyu several years would be depleted in less than a year and in the end we'd still have to return to the official shelter, wouldn't we?"

Rather than having disagreements at the end, wouldn't it be better to limit it to our family, as Tianyu suggested? He can test the waters first. If it works, he can bring us in, if it doesn't, he'll still have a fallback."

Actually, Mr. Thompson kept one more thought to himself. If a natural disaster, as his son predicted, did occur, his father-in-law would probably not be able to survive for long and the bond of the Clarke family might also break.

At that time, when we two move to live with Dong Tianyu, Mrs. Thompson would have fewer worries in her heart."