Glass products
On the thirty-first day of the disaster, the snowflakes were larger and denser than the previous two days, and the ground was covered with water. The rapidly dropping temperature foreshadowed an undeniable fact: the next disaster was imminent.
Everyone in the Hungry Hungry Territory wrapped themselves tightly in thick clothes. As they watched the ground around them gradually turn white, they couldn't help but feel a little scared and panicked.
I warmed my palms with my breath, had a hot breakfast at the restaurant, and started working without stopping.
This winter is not easy, and they need to save as many points as possible to survive the winter. Especially those with children and elderly people at home, they are eager to work overtime all night.
Ye Miaomiao got up very early. Before going to bed last night, Zhang Ya sent her good news that "Technology: Glass" had been successfully developed!
She rushed to the research institute and saw a small glass bottle in Zhang Ya's hand! However, due to the limited equipment of the primary factory, they could only use the glass blowing method to blow out various glass products in molds, which was extremely inefficient.
Another good news is that the institute has also developed "Technology: Ceramics", which is similar to glass technology.
Ceramics were a pleasant surprise, but the territory didn't specifically store clay for firing ceramics. Ye Miaomiao placed "clay" on the task board and began collecting it.
On the other hand, she had factories produce glass in large quantities, allocating almost all the share to "glass windows".
Glass windows are used first in greenhouses. Winter is coming and the greenhouses need to be built as soon as possible.
The second thing is to install glass windows in residents' houses.
Compared to the second-level stone houses, the third-level iron houses now have more sturdiness, basic iron furniture like drainage pipes, and a habitable space for residents. Other features, such as windows, remain the same as the first-level wooden houses, with only empty, open-air openings.
Many residents made curtains out of wooden frames, palm leaves, linen, etc. to block the cold wind at night.
However, it is definitely not as beautiful and practical as glass windows.
Ye Miaomiao sent a notice in the group, asking everyone to take down their homemade curtains to avoid accidental damage to the glass when placing it.
The news quickly caused a sensation.
Zeng Wei is packing up his things in his rental house——
He was about to move out of the rental house where he had lived for nearly twenty days and move to a residential building next to the kitchen not far away.
It turned out that many people applied for formal residents, and Ye Miaomiao built another courtyard behind the existing residential building. Fortunately, the territory has a small population, and the three courtyards can accommodate a total of 162 formal residents.
All qualified people became formal residents, and there were still many vacancies.
After being hungry for nearly twenty days, Zeng Wei became one of the qualified people.
He applied for permanent residency yesterday.
Xu Lu arrived early to congratulate him, and helped him sort out his things and collect the room key. Only a few trivial items and the quilt Zeng Wei had just bought were left.
After taking these things away, he really said goodbye to this place!
"Dad, why haven't you bought a quilt yet? It's so cold and you're covered with this linen. You'll freeze! Didn't I give you money?"
As soon as Zeng Wei packed up his things and went out, he saw his next-door neighbor, Old Li.
"I'm saving money to buy official residency for you and your wife." Old Li hunched his back and pushed his son out. "What do you know? Temporary residents only stay for 30 days. It's even harder to make money in winter. By then, the 30 days will be up!"
"Your son is the only one left here? What about the two of you? What if you can't stay?"
"What thirty days?! Thirty days is still too early! We still have twenty days!"
It turned out that the family had saved money and bought a formal resident quota for the youngest child. In order to facilitate care, the mother and child lived in the residential building together.
The houses in the residential building are all single rooms and are small. Old Li said he would never live in one of them, saying that the self-built houses here are the same as the residential rooms.
He was usually very frugal. His son originally wanted to stay and take care of him, but it didn't happen in the end. Old Li was left alone, and there was no one to "supervise" his spending. He usually didn't even want to run hot water, let alone buy a quilt!
"Listen to Dad. Don't spend if you can. Saving money is the wisdom passed down from our ancestors. I wear that sweater at night, covered with a down jacket and a layer of linen, and I'm not cold at all!"
His son naturally didn't listen and walked into the house on his own. He wanted to reason with him, but when he saw the scene inside the house, he became even more furious.
"Why are you leaving leftovers here? It's so cold, where are you going to heat up the food? Are you going to eat it cold for a few meals?"
"What do you care?" Old Li pushed his son out again.
"Dad! Your health is the most important thing!" The son finally couldn't help but said earnestly, "I know you're worried about Xiaojia and me, but you're really worrying for nothing!"
"I can earn over a hundred points a day by chopping trees, and Xiaojia has been helping me make dumplings lately, earning 30 to 40 points a day. Now I can save 60 to 70 points a day!"
"We were buying clothes before. The four of us spent over 70 points each. We were suddenly out of money, so we only bought a permanent resident for our son."
"Now that we've bought all the big stuff, we can save some money! What are you worried about?"
Old Li was stunned when he heard this: "I was thinking about..."
"Back then, even before Dragon Crossing the Sea, we couldn't even afford cotton-padded clothes, sweaters, or down jackets. Eating was so expensive!"
That's true...
"Think about it, you're just starving. In just a few days, you've bought so many big things! Where did you get the money? It's all the money you earned these days!"
"Your son is a good earner! He's very strong, so you can enjoy your life without worrying about it!"
Old Li leaned against the wall and shook his head twice when he heard this. His cheeks were wrinkled with laughter. It was good that his son could make money, and he was relieved.
But our ancestors believed that they would not feel at ease until things were settled.
"Really... I'll go get the quilt first. It's only thirty points! If I really get sick, spending money is a piece of cake! And asking Xiaojia to... won't work either! I'll go back and talk to Xiaojia about it. I'll buy you a spot first. You can live next door to us..."
As the young man spoke, he hurriedly walked in another direction.
"Hey, wait!" Old Li suddenly entered the house, took out something, and hunched over to catch up with the man: "I saved this, I'll give it to you and Xiaojia first..."
He took the money and lowered his voice. Zeng Wei didn't deliberately listen to the rest of the words, but he knew what was said.
He smiled and shook his head, looking at his clothes, quilt, etc., which were also "big items".
Thinking back to when he first came here, he was so nervous that he soiled his clothes, fearing that he would be robbed if he didn't look like a beggar, and he almost scared Xu Lu. Zeng Wei now finds it both funny and sad to think about it.
Now that he is actually going to live in his own house, Zeng Wei sighed and felt a little sad.
Like Old Li and all ordinary people, he just wanted a house to live in and enough food to eat three times a day. Wasn't his initial caution similar to that of Old Li?
Fortunately, he was very lucky and made the right choice. It seems that the same is true for Old Li's family.
Zeng Wei brought his things to the residential building and was shocked to find that the building, which was usually quiet at this time of year, now had many people coming and going in a hurry.
After asking passersby, Zeng Wei learned from a news notice that the residential building was going to be installed with glass windows! Everyone was anxious to remove their homemade windows to avoid affecting the installation of the glass windows.
What’s even more surprising is that the glass windows are free!
Zeng Wei walked into his new home. The empty room only had the most basic furniture such as a bed and a fireplace, and the windows were unnaturally bare.
But Zeng Wei felt an inexplicable sense of satisfaction. He took out a brush and cleaned the bed, sweeping the dust off the surrounding walls. He placed various items into the room one by one, finally covering the bed with the newly bought cotton quilt.
Although it was still a little shabby, it would feel more like a home. Zeng Wei felt inexplicably certain.
At the same time, in Margaret's territory.
Peeta worked tirelessly as he hammered the hammer in his hand. Sweat streamed down his forehead and into his eyes as he stared intently at the glow of the furnace.
The news at the border ports could not be concealed. Now everyone knew that the next disaster would be a cold winter. Seeing the nobles all wearing thick coats, and even their lackeys wearing thick clothes, the panic in the hearts of the common people grew day by day.
However, Peeta has a hope in his heart——
Fortunately, with the emergence of border ports, the iron tools they made could be sold at extremely high prices, and their treatment also improved a lot.
If he goes on for another two days and saves a little more money, Peeta can ask the store clerk to help him buy a thick piece of clothing.
He was young and could handle the cold, so it didn't matter to him. But his grandmother was his only remaining relative... He wanted to buy her some thick clothes so she could wear them quietly in the shed.
However, amidst the quiet knocking sounds, a commotion suddenly broke out—
"Really? The shop at the border crossing was attacked? Iron products are now sold at full price to the mission board, and all our benefits are gone?"
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