Chapter 75: She’s Rich Now!
Leaving the parallel road for just a few minutes, the sky was already completely dark.
The temperature showed 3 degrees; at this rate, the road surface might frost over at night.
Yu Jiang changed into the thickest pajamas inside the vehicle, opened the vehicle-mounted page, and activated the built-in warm incense.
During the day, she could tough it out with sheer willpower, but at night, she still had to turn it on.
In two or three minutes, the inside of the vehicle warmed up, better than air conditioning, no energy consumption, and no risk of carbon monoxide poisoning.
Wearing single-layer autumn-winter pajamas was just right, with a very comfortable perceived temperature.
Yu Jiang took out two frozen squid, a few shrimp, and some vegetables and sent them to Sad Pig Intestine.
“Received, I’ll make spicy pot in a bit, add a noodle cake in it, if it’s not tasty, hit me!”
Yu Jiang: “Well, that’s not necessary.”
Pick up the bowl to eat, put down the bowl to beat the cook—there’s no such thing.
Yu Jiang tallied all the materials needed for manufacturing and placed them in the front grids first.
Then she sent a message in the friend channel:
“I found a batch of cotton. For making cotton clothes, I’m still offering friend prices here; say if you need it. For quilts, @Purple Butt Can Do It has contacts there, negotiate the price yourselves.”
Han Jiang Gu Ying: “I still want to make two pairs of cotton pants here; can you spare some?”
Nights are too hard to endure; can’t afford to burn fuel, can only rely on physical warming.
Luckily Little Drill Wind helped get wild goose down clothes; layering them on at night is very warm.
Previously stocked one cotton clothes, one wild goose down jacket, two quilts; didn’t make cotton pants due to tight materials.
Now that conditions allow, definitely gotta get some!
Everyone in the channel was thinking the same, just worried that cold-proof supplies are hard to find; even if a batch is obtained, it probably won’t be much.
Big Shot willing to give friend prices is a favor; they also need to know their limits.
Yu Jiang sent a no-big-deal sticker pack, “Can spare some, don’t worry.”
She was affluent now!
She could sell all the cotton herself for better revenue, but that was just short-term small gains.
Compared to developing with the whole team, that bit of revenue was negligible.
Hand Holding Cleaver Chopping Wire: “Great! I want one cotton clothes and one cotton pants; can I trade with batteries?”
Kuang Kuang Kuang: “And me! Raising hand!”
The friend channel needed cotton*120; they had stockpiled some fabric themselves, still enough, so no need to get it from Yu Jiang.
Traded back for 24 groups of batteries in supplies, plus other upgrade materials.
Also, Sixth Brother Blacksmith manufactured forged steel for free labor, Lightning Mage King and Purple Butt Can Do It gave medicinal herbs, wild vegetables; Sad Pig Intestine exchanged for no-processing-fee food crafting.
After tallying, everyone went to find crafters right away with the cotton.
Yu Jiang here could only make warm clothing + long johns, down jackets/cotton clothes; outer cotton pants and quilts had to go to Purple Butt Can Do It for pricing.
Things sorted out, it was already past 7 PM.
Sad Pig Intestine shouted in the channel, “Cooked some soup today with leftover sheep bones and radish to ward off the cold for everyone; can soak steamed buns and flatbread in it, not much; those needing extra noodles send ingredients over, or trade with me.”
Sheep bones were leftovers from before; meat was sliced off for mixed rice, added X Big Shot’s white radish to boil soup—perfect for cold weather.
Team members providing ingredients and fuel can take an extra share; wood was from Yu Jiang, and she received two shares of sheep bone radish soup.
Temperature dropping lower; won’t be easy to make fire later; Sad Pig Intestine also sent a stockpiling rations reminder in the friend channel.
Yu Jiang was sorting food in the refrigerator; after upgrade, total 16 grids, can choose time-stasis preservation layer or refrigeration layer; energy consumption based on grids used.
Right now all 16 grids were full; she planned to tidy up and see if she could free some space.
Fresh vegetables can go into plastic imitation rattan baskets of length 250*width 180*height 200, then into one grid.
Yu Jiang now had: two bags of wild grass in medium preservation bags, plastic bags also sheep wool from supermarket, she carried a whole roll away.
One cabbage, 5 large white radish, two lettuce, 3 bunches pea sprouts, scallion ginger garlic, some small chili pepper—these won’t fit one grid, need two grids.
Fruit consumption this period, two grids not full; eat occasionally for taste, can last a long time.
Dry rations: 10 large white steamed buns, 5 flower rolls, 5 plain three delicacies buns, 6 hard flatbreads; directly moved to ordinary storage compartments—baked flatbreads won’t spoil in winter.
Also cooked food portioned in plastic lunchboxes, stir-fried dishes, mixed rice, etc., take more space.
Yu Jiang tidied for a while, squeezed out two grids, just right for sheep bone soup and leftover spicy pot later.
Current weather without plant insulation covers, can’t grow anything; planting resources all given to Furious Blueberry by Yu Jiang, plus easy-to-grow medicinal herbs, still not quite enough.
Purple Butt Can Do It said someone in his list planted over a dozen pots of vegetables and medicinal herbs; plans to develop in that direction later, medicinal herbs can supplement a bit.
Yu Jiang also reorganized the nearby vehicle storage cabinet; no grids freed, but neat and clear at a glance, very mood-lifting.
Yu Jiang let out a long breath, pulled out the fixed in-vehicle table board, and set out the just-received dinner.
Milky white sheep bone soup tasted very rich; bones still chewable; paired with aromatic spicy pot, instantly dispelled a day’s fatigue, body all warm and toasty.
Outside started drizzling; Yu Jiang ate full, drank enough, rested well, and began crafting.
Frostbite cream not particularly needed yet by everyone; she used one share of materials to make 5 frostbite creams, for emergencies.
Rest later; first use all fatigue value on cotton clothes and warm clothing manufacturing.
She now had cotton*590 left, fabric 112; keep 20% fabric for self, rest all into clothes.
Consumed the last bit of fatigue value, made total 15 sets warm clothing, 6 sets cotton clothes.
Yu Jiang yawned, opened public screen and trading platform.
Saw someone poking her, instantly not sleepy.
The Sound of Wind: [Didn’t you say this morning you’d put out a few sets of warm clothing? Why no movement? Big Shot wouldn’t be teasing us for fun, right?]
Hot Wave: [Freezing to death, freezing to death; how to survive these days—clothes listed by a few merchants gone in a flash! Even the most expensive ones get snatched; counting on Big Shot to stock up.]
With the Wind 220: [@The King Called Me to Patrol the Mountain, if you have supplies, help everyone out; cold days are really tough.]
Sicily: [Big Shot will definitely keep their word; don’t rush, I can make sweaters here, down vests, also know players making insulation blankets; interested?]
Yu Jiang automatically ignored those few; good thing nicknames can be hidden on the road, or they’d get beaten how many times.
The King Called Me to Patrol the Mountain: [Trading platform set to auto-list after 3 minutes; getting these materials wasn’t easy, don’t pull that moral kidnapping stuff.]
At these words, public screen immediately boiled over, flushing out many lurkers.
Yu Jiang now only wanted food exchange cards, steel blocks, aluminum alloy, intermediate component cards, medicinal herbs, and crystal coins.
One cotton clothes priced 250 crystal coins, one set warm clothing 100 crystal coins.
She felt she was very conscientious.
Of course, those willing to pay more could private message via comments; she had besides cotton, materials for 2 down jackets.
