After Surviving the Apocalypse, I Built a City in Another World novel Chapter 839

Even though the territory had temporarily halted the free access to a certain amount of water to the residents, people of course still bought buckets and buckets, some for daily use, but mostly to stockpile.

No one knew how long the Heat Wave would last, but no one would feel completely safe if there weren’t ample amounts of it on hand.

For Baron’s Woodworking company, their best seller at the moment were buckets for stocking of water. It was mostly for storage, but there were also some who bought small pool-sized buckets.

As for how much they had to pay for that amount of water to swim on, that was up to them.

"Rich people problems," some of the poorer citizens would say, but they would still stare in envy, imagining themselves swimming in cool pools.

Of course, some rich people did this, while some would just splurge in the bathhouse. Even the more common folk continued working harder for the territory, though their use of contribution points had been leaning more towards using the Bathhouse instead of other things.

Either way, those industries were definitely booming.

Other than that, mother-and-son pair Chucky and Honey Guevarra’s newly-opened Lake Business was also doing very well.

It had just been completed about a week prior because it was mostly manual construction, and the construction team had been too busy with the rest of the territory to put much effort into it for a while.

However, with the arrival of the cute cute goblins, some manpower had finally been freed to do other projects. (Thanks to this, the construction team and the goblins would receive 20% discounts in the establishment for the duration of the heat wave and the time prior to it).

As for how it was possible for ’normal’ people like them to own such a big business, the two had actually managed to secure some funding from the bank after submitting a very attractive business proposal.

The bank had a friendly interest rate and profit-sharing deals (with Alterra permanently keeping 20% of the profit, not including the taxes) so even if they were not rich, there was no problem for their project to see reality.

And—unsurprisingly—shortly after it opened, it was already raking in quite a bit of money!

The Lake business comprised of the artificial lake dug and coated with the waterproofing membrane Honey accidentally discovered back then.

Most of the lake was covered with gardens and forests for people to walk and do picnics on. There were benches placed in certain areas and in clusters, and there were also camping grounds dedicated for those who wanted to do campfires and things like that.

The winds by the lake were also cooler than other places, making it very comfortable to just be in. Swimming was also allowed here after paying an entrance fee, though they had to mind that there were fishes in there, too.

At the very least, it was much more affordable and open than the bathhouse.

As for cleanliness, they just planted natural filtration using plants similar to cattails and water lilies. They would be able to filter pollutants naturally and also provide habitats for small critters. They also added a variation in depth to allow aeration, among many other considerations.