After the house was settled, Aunt Liu also left.
Tang Li was alone in the villa, so she took a good look around the rooms.
The area of the house on the second floor of the villa, excluding the stairs, was less than 120 square meters.
According to the official compensation of 10 square meters per person per month and 10 points per person, if this house were handed over to the authorities, the monthly compensation would only be 120 points.
Now, Grandma Li charges Tang Li 300 points per month, so they are naturally profiting.
And if Tang Li were to live in the exchange, at 10 points a day, she probably wouldn't be able to get such a large room, nor could she modify it at will.
Therefore, Tang Li was also profiting.
This was a win-win situation.
The layout on the second floor of the villa, in the south, was a spacious small living room. To the west of the living room were two rooms of equal size, and to the north was a long, narrow room. In the northeast corner was a relatively large bathroom.
The stairs were located between the bathroom and the narrow room.
However, the stairs leading down had now been sealed and leveled with wooden boards, while the stairs leading up were retained, although the top was also sealed with wooden boards.
The balcony was in the southeast corner, connecting to the stairs on the east side of the villa.
To the north of the balcony was the large bathroom, and to the west was the small living room.
It could be seen that the main purpose of this bathroom was to wash clothes, which could then be hung on the balcony.
The doors on the balcony leading to the bathroom and the living room were originally two large glass sliding doors.
They had now been sealed by a newly built wall, leaving only a security door and a window.
The security door led directly into the living room and was the current entrance to the second floor of the villa.
The third floor of the villa was not yet occupied.
Tang Li stood on the balcony and looked down. She could clearly see the green plants growing in the area that was originally a flower bed in the front yard on the first floor, under the glass roof.
Looking at this glass roof, Tang Li thought that she should also build a glass roof for her balcony and seal it with organic glass.
The windows in the house would also have to be replaced with organic glass.
Organic glass was not only resistant to sunlight but could also effectively block delta particle ionizing radiation.
Delta particles were a new type of high-speed charged particle carried by sunlight after the solar storm began.
They could penetrate the ozone layer, even adhere to other objects, release ionizing radiation, damage human tissue, and were extremely difficult to clean.
Even after the solar storm ended, they would still remain on the surface, polluting various plants, animals, and water sources.
A glass roof built with organic glass could serve as a buffer zone for cleaning delta particle ionizing radiation after the solar storm began, ensuring that delta particles were not brought into the house.
Tang Li had the materials for building the glass roof in her space.
It was almost time for lunch.
Tang Li made a phone call to Tang Guo, asking her to solve her own lunch problem at the exchange, while she began to furnish the house.
Tang Li first rented a small truck from the nearby Exchange No. 3, then found a secluded spot, replicated various furniture from her space, and transported it back to the villa.
Since Jiangcheng had not lost power and all surveillance systems were still on, Tang Li could not replicate the small truck out of thin air and had to rent it from the exchange.
However, there were many places to buy furniture in Jiangcheng, so replicating furniture from her space would not arouse suspicion.
On the way, Tang Li hired a few helpers, giving each of them 5 points, to help move the furniture upstairs, assemble it, and place it in the respective locations.
In fact, Tang Li could have moved all this furniture upstairs by herself, but if she had been seen doing so, it would have easily attracted attention, so she had to hire a few helpers.
In the two equally sized rooms on the west side, which would be Tang Li and Tang Guo's bedrooms, the beds were set up, and wardrobes and desks were placed.
The long, narrow room to the north was designated as the kitchen, and cooking appliances such as liquefied petroleum gas and gas stoves were placed inside.
In the living room, several sofas, a coffee table, and a dining table with chairs were also arranged.
Since the solar storm was approaching, and Tang Guo was also aware of its arrival, Tang Li did not bother to conceal the placement of electrical appliances.
Everything was arranged as it would be after the power outage.
After roughly furnishing the house, Tang Li drove back to Exchange No. 5 to pick up Tang Guo.
"What? 300 points a month? This..."
"Li Li, I've already inquired. For someone like me who doesn't have any skills, I can't do jobs that require technical expertise."
"But ordinary jobs like cleaning, planting, and being a caregiver are already overcrowded. Even if I could find one, the monthly salary would be at most 150 points."
"I can't afford this rent of 300 points a month!"
Hearing that the rent for the house was 300 points a month, Tang Guo wailed.