Chapter 158 Jinjiang Exclusive
There is no buffer between the extremely hot season and the rainy season, and the extremely cold season starts with a heavy snowfall.
Even the villagers who had lived in the north since childhood had never seen such heavy snow. It was just a little snow at the beginning, but within a dozen breaths, countless large snowflakes swarmed in, and almost everything within the sight became white.
"Hurry, stop picking up things, and go back quickly." Li Tie shouted loudly.
No one dared to delay. They quickly collected the last batch of charcoal and prey and hurried back to the camp.
Inside the camp, a group of little kids who had just finished their classes were running around in the open space, yelling and making noises without any sense of danger.
It took less than a quarter of an hour to return to the camp from the mountain. Lu Xuan looked at the temperature reminder on the weather companion and found that it had dropped to minus 5 degrees Celsius. It had dropped more than 20 degrees Celsius in less than two days. The weather changes during the disaster period were really crazy.
At this temperature, the mobile shelter obviously cannot be used anymore.
The villagers won't freeze to death wearing biological suits, but living in the chilly cabin won't be very comfortable.
What's more, the temperature will continue to drop in the next few days, and there will be a short buffer period only when it drops below minus 20 degrees Celsius.
Lu Xuan first used his earth-based ability to quickly fill the potholes on the ground around his villa that were caused by the thunderstorm, and then began to move out the safe houses that had been accumulated for a long time, placing them one by one around his villa and starting them up.
As of now, excluding the Lu family villa, a total of 20 safe houses have been opened in the golden blind box.
There are 10 single-person safe houses, 8 double-person safe houses, and 2 villas, a two-story villa smaller than the Lu family's, and a three-story villa as big as the Lu family's.
Because he knew that it would be useful in the extreme cold season, and also to gain consumption achievements, Lu Xuan bought more than 30 safe houses in the daily discount, which just corresponded to the number of households in the village, and there were a few more wealthy ones.
More than fifty safe houses are arranged in sequence, with spacious sidewalks in the middle. Once all the houses are in place, it will look like a modern small village.
The audience in the live broadcast room sighed: This is all money!
More than fifty safe houses mean tens of millions of points, which is more than 100 million star coins!
Although the actual price of the Star Alliance safe house is not that high, the anchor spent more than 100 million star coins!
"This looks much more magnificent than Yunlu Village." Old Master Zhang sighed as he stood in the snow, squinting his eyes.
Zhang Wende wiped the snowflakes that kept falling on his face and said, "Not only is it magnificent, it's also much more comfortable to live in than our old home."
Zhang Chengming, who had just put away the quarantine center, said, "Grandpa, Dad, stop lamenting. Let's quickly pick a house close to the Lu family and move in."
Mr. Zhang slapped his forehead and said, "Right, right, right. We can't let others get there first."
The village chief had discussed renting safe houses during the extreme cold season with Lu Xuan before the rainy season ended, and he also informed the villagers. Therefore, everyone knew that these safe houses were prepared for them.
However, this time the village chief did not use a lottery system to select houses, but let everyone discuss and decide on neighbors on their own, or on a first-come, first-served basis.
All of Lu’s neighbors want to do it, but if they’re late, it might not be their turn.
In fact, the Zhang family was really worrying too much.
The villagers really all want to live next to the Lu family, but if people who are not familiar with the Lu family try to move in, who knows if that might make the Lu family uncomfortable and dislike them?
Besides, the Lu family has two villa safe houses on both sides. It is impossible for families with average conditions and small people to choose one from the beginning.
In the end, the people who booked the houses around the Lu family were all familiar people.
The village chief's family lived in a villa as big as the Lu family's, the Zhang family lived in another smaller one, and the rest were the Wu family's father and son, Xiong Mao's family of three, and Chen Rong's family, which was only one family away.
After selecting the house, everyone immediately went to the village chief to register the house number, and then sent the first month's rent to Lu Xuan.
The monthly rent for a single safe house is 50 kilograms of supplies, 70 kilograms for a double room, 150 kilograms for a two-story villa, and 200 kilograms for a three-story villa.
It is called a single safe house, but it is not too crowded for a family of two or three to live in it, and a double room is also suitable for a family of four or five.
There are about the same number of single and double safe houses, 25 each. Including the two villas, Lu Xinlai, the new landlord, received 3,350 kilograms of supplies just by collecting rent.
After paying the rent, the villagers moved in a hurry.
When the cave collapsed, they only lived in the safe house temporarily for a few days, but this time they will live there long-term, and maybe one day in the future they will buy it directly.
The villagers consciously decorated the safe house as if it were their own home.
Furniture in a space that is filled with various supplies, and supplies that can be used on a daily basis and are not afraid of spoiling can also be taken out and placed in the safe house.
Anyway, if something goes wrong, you can shrink the entire safe house and take it away. After all, in a sense, the safe house itself is also a space.
The elderly and women are mainly responsible for arranging the home, while the men have more important things to do.
——Build a greenhouse.
According to the original plan, the planting scale must be reduced during the extreme cold season.
But having experienced the pleasure of getting three to four thousand kilograms of grain a month, no villager could bear to go back to the days when they could only harvest seven to eight hundred kilograms.
It’s not even enough to pay off the debt for the evolution fluid!
Similarly, the most important thing for Lu Xuan at the moment is to achieve consumption achievements. If the greenhouse is bigger, he can also spend more points at one time.
Finally, after the village chief discussed with the villagers and sought Lu Xuan's opinion, they decided to cover the two hundred acres of land with greenhouses, and Lu Xuan's share increased to 50%!
Although the amount of food obtained will be less, at least it will not be less than three digits. A family that only grows three acres of land can get 1,300 to 1,400 kilograms.
The extreme cold season is longer than the rainy season, which is enough for them to harvest grain three times, adding up to more than 4,000 kilograms, which is not a small amount.
After making the decision, Lu Xuan opened the system mall and bought enough materials to build 200 acres of greenhouses in one go.
What he ultimately chose was not the material of the awning, but another type of glass awning that was slightly more expensive and had better thermal insulation.
At a price of 150 points per square meter, it would cost nearly 20 million to buy 200 acres of land.
The extra cost can be regarded as a benefit to the village.
The 30% share he got from the previous two harvests had already exceeded the actual price of the waterproof shed. If he didn't put in more effort in the greenhouse, the share would be a bit too much.
The greenhouse can be used not only in the extremely cold season, but also in the extremely hot season next year.
Later, when the costs are recovered, he plans to gradually reduce his share until he has recovered the costs and made a small profit. Then he will let the greenhouse belong completely to the village and will no longer take a share.
Compared with the 20 million worth of greenhouse materials, the 200 air conditioners installed in the greenhouse with a total price of only one million are just a fraction.
However, this small amount of money is not a small burden for the villagers, so they can only choose to use it in the same way as a safe house, that is, rent it.
The ownership belongs to Lu Xuan, and public supplies pay for energy consumption.
As soon as the materials were obtained, the young and strong people quickly began to assemble them.
The glass shed is made of large glass and stainless steel rods, which are heavy and difficult to carry and assemble.
Fortunately, everyone had become much stronger, and the strength-enhancing system could exert even greater strength. Dozens of people were having sex, and with Lu Xuan's assistance using his wind-based abilities, the greenhouse covering an acre of land was quickly built.
Standing in the fully enclosed greenhouse, everyone could clearly feel that the temperature inside was completely different from that outside.
As soon as Lu Xuan took out the air conditioner and turned it on, the hot air quickly spread throughout the greenhouse, making the room as warm as spring.
Li Jingxi said, "It's really warm! Now the crops in the fields will definitely not freeze to death."
Zhang Chengming said: "Not only will they not freeze to death, they should still grow well!"
Liu Chun suddenly had an idea. "It's so warm here, people should be able to live here, right?"
The others were stunned for a moment and exchanged glances.
It seems... there is really no problem?
The four sides and the roof of the glass greenhouse are transparent, but hanging curtains on all four sides does not really hinder anything.
Someone even asked Lu Xuan, "How much supplies would it take to buy a greenhouse big enough for four or five people?"
Lu Xuan said, "For four or five people, based on a hundred square meters, that would be 1,500 kilograms of supplies."
Everyone was shocked, "So cheap!"
Ten times cheaper than a safe house!
Live broadcast audience:?
[No, are they serious?]
What kind of person would live in a greenhouse as a house? It's cold in the winter and hot in the summer, don't be too uncomfortable.
[That's right! Air conditioning can be used, but the energy consumption is twice as high as normal. Can the villagers afford it?]
Lu Xuan also told them about the energy consumption issue, and then confirmed: "You want to buy it? I can buy some more materials by the way."
"No, no." Liu Chun and the others, who had just been excited, waved their hands repeatedly. "We're just talking. It's safer to stay in a safe house."
The greenhouse didn't look as sturdy as the safe house. It didn't have a hot shower or an indoor toilet, and it couldn't be shrunk.
It may seem cheap and good value in the short term, but in reality it is not suitable for permanent residence at all.
Since we already have a treasure like a safe house, why do we have to choose a greenhouse that is one level lower?
Lu Xuan said, "Then stop talking nonsense. If we don't cover the 200 acres of land quickly, the seedlings in the field will be frozen to death."
Everyone woke up as if from a dream and quickly continued to work.
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A greenhouse covering two hundred acres was a huge project. Even with Lu Xuan's help, the group of young men worked until dark and only completed one-fifth of the construction.
Fortunately, the waterproof shed in the field has not been removed, so the temperature in the next few days will not drop too much, and the crops will not be affected too much for the time being.
On the way back, everyone found that the snow on the streets around the safe house had been swept aside by the villagers who stayed behind.
As soon as the brothers Li Jing and Li Tuo returned home, Miao Jinfeng poured them a cup of hot ginger soup. They started sweating after just a few sips.
Li Jing took the towel Wu Yinyin handed over and wiped the snow and sweat off his face. He said, "I see the snow outside the village is almost as high as my calves. If no one sweeps the snow tonight, I'm afraid the door will be blocked by tomorrow morning."
Li Tiedao said, "Starting today, we'll double the number of people keeping watch. They'll also be sweeping the snow while they're on duty. I think we'll have to do it two or three times a night."
Because of the extra work, the wages of night watchmen will naturally increase accordingly.
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That night.
Lu Xuan opened the backend and checked the latest data.
More than half a month has passed since the pop-up recommendation of Capital Star.
The increase was still relatively high in the few days after the recommendation ended. Later, two special-type mutants appeared again, and the data showed a significant increase during the lottery.
After half a month of accumulation, the highest number of online users has reached 580 million, with 150 million fans and a total balance of points of 120 million.
The point increase was only ten million because I had just spent over twenty million today. The safe houses I had previously purchased totaled six to seven million, and there were also miscellaneous energy purchases and Evolution Fluid expenses...
As of tonight, his total spending has reached 70 million.
It’s only 30 million away from spending 100 million.
Judging from his daily fixed expenses, this achievement can be achieved in no more than two months.
But... it's been too long.
From the occasional hints from the audience, it's pretty clear that the next new feature to be unlocked will be quite useful.
If possible, it would be best to find a way to speed it up.
Lu Xuan opened the daily discounts, took a look at today's products, and found that there was a single safe house with a 30% discount.
Lu Xuan clicked to buy directly.
I bought out all the nutrients and energy stones, and then started refreshing manually.
Only consumables are useful the second time, so keep brushing.
The third time, I got a double safe house at 40% off.
Click Buy.
Brush again, 10% off single safe house.
Hmm...the discount isn't very ideal, but never mind, the original price isn't expensive, so I'll buy it!
【??? Is the anchor drunk again?】
[Aren't there enough safe houses already? I remember the host had several more, so why buy more?]
Lu Xuan said: "Keep it and sell it to other wealthy noble families later."
A safe house where you can leave at any time, take a shower and go to the toilet, will definitely be loved by the nobles.
Just like space, it is no problem to sell it at two or three times the price, and you don’t have to worry about being stuck with a lot if you buy a few more.
When I brushed it for the fifth time, the evolution liquid finally appeared, and there were two good items in the same row.
A snowmobile that is perfect for extreme cold seasons. It has a cool black and red snowmobile in the front and a two-seater covered by a glass cover in the back.
The other one was a black aircraft that was larger than his XM-430 and could carry four people, just enough for the four people in his family.
The original price of the bobsleigh is 300,000 yuan, but it only costs 210,000 yuan after a 30% discount. The aircraft is more expensive, with an original price of 3.2 million yuan and a price of 20% off to 2.56 million yuan.
Lu Xuan's phone clicked three times, and the evolution liquid was also clicked!
This time, more than three million was spent.
Don't consume too quickly.
The audience was excited.
The anchor has finally come to his senses and decided to start shopping to get achievements?
Just as I was thinking this, I saw Lu Xuan close the discount column.
audience:?
Lu Xuan: "That's all for today's spending."
[No, it just started getting exciting, why did it stop here? Keep refreshing and keep buying.]
[That's right! Streamer, you're not short of points. You won't earn any interest if you just leave over 100 million points lying around.]
Lu Xuan said, "I can't be too complacent. Today's total spending has already broken the record. That's enough. Even if it's just for achievements, I have to use the points for something meaningful."
"I used the gift points you gave me to buy a bunch of useless luxury goods. Do you think your gifts were valuable?"
Audience: ...That sounds reasonable?
The anchors use the points they exchange for the gifts to buy more goods that help the victims, so that they can live a better life. They are indirectly doing a good thing, rather than just simply watching the live broadcast to entertain themselves.
Thinking about it this way, some freeloaders who usually don’t send gifts can’t help but feel like sending some gifts.
Lu Xuan didn't expect that his casual deception would convert a lot of free fans for him. After drawing today's blind box, he quickly logged off.
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Early the next morning, the young and strong people continued to build the greenhouse without even having breakfast, while the elderly people who stayed at home went out with brooms to sweep the snow.
The young and strong men who were on night watch swept the streets twice. There was only a layer of snow about fist thick in front of each house and on the streets, so it was not difficult to sweep.
The more troublesome thing is the snow on the roof.
"Grandma, let me do it." Lin Man, who had just finished brushing his teeth, wiped his mouth, took out a homemade bamboo ladder and went up to the roof with a broom.
Granny Lin said, "Be careful."
Lin Man: "Don't worry, nothing will happen."
Seeing that he was standing very steadily, Granny Lin took out a large empty plastic box from her space and said, "Sweep the snow here."
Lin Man obediently swept all the snow into the plastic box.
The night watchman didn't sweep the roof, and the snow accumulated overnight filled three large boxes.
Grandma Lin put the box into the space first, then took it out and placed it in the corner of the living room after entering the house.
Wait for the snow inside to melt naturally into water and be stored in the water tank of the safe house. The filtered water can be used in the kitchen, bathroom and all other places where water is needed, which is very convenient.
After sweeping the snow, the grandparents and grandchildren had a simple breakfast with meat buns, fish soup, and stir-fried meat and mushrooms.
Granny Lin said, "Get ready to go to class. I'm going to the grocery store."
Lin Man asked doubtfully, "Today's class starts in the afternoon, I'll stay home. Grandma, do you want to buy anything?"
He thought about it and realized that the seasonings at home had not been used up yet, and other daily necessities seemed to be available.
His grandmother has always been very frugal, why would she go to the grocery store for no reason?
Granny Lin said, "Let's get a waterproof shed of about 20 square meters."
Lin Man exclaimed in surprise, "Why are you changing that? Are you going to grow vegetables? The waterproof shed isn't warm enough, I'm afraid they won't grow."
Moreover, they have a vegetable garden on the hill, and the vegetables grown there are enough for the two of them to eat.
Granny Lin said, "You definitely can't grow vegetables here, but it can keep out the snow. If you build a stove in the shed, you can cook outside, right?"
Lin Man suddenly understood what his grandmother was planning.
Of course there is a kitchen in the safe house, but it is not equipped with electrical appliances, and cooking consumes energy.
On the ship, the kitchen utensils in the restaurant are ready-made and shared by everyone. Once you rent a safe house and have your own household bill, you will have to bear the expenses yourself.
Many wealthy families in the village exchanged their household appliances for kettles, meat grinders, rice cookers, and other small appliances at the grocery store, but Granny Lin has always been frugal and didn't even buy a kettle. Naturally, she was reluctant to waste energy just to cook.
Building a stove in the safe house would be a waste of good things, so we can only build a shed outside.
Granny Lin said, "We just happened to have a lot of charcoal stored at home. When would we use it if we don't need it now?"
Lin Man couldn't help but give a thumbs up, "You really know how to live."
Grandma Lin was pleased. "These are all life wisdoms. You're still young and have a lot to learn. I'll also buy some heating pads. Although the biosuit is warm, your face will still feel cold if it's exposed."
But when she finally arrived at the safe house next to the village chief's house that was used as a grocery store, Granny Lin discovered that there were many more things she could buy than just waterproof sheds and heating pads.
Should I buy light, warm, and frostbite-proof winter gloves and plush socks?
Would you like to buy a windproof helmet that blocks the wind without blocking your vision?
A blanket that can heat itself. You can use it as a cushion or cover yourself with it. You won’t feel cold even if you don’t turn on the air conditioner. Do you want to buy it?
These are all good things that can be used at home. Grandma Lin is thrifty but not stingy. When she discovered these practical products, there was no reason for her not to buy them.
Later she bought several kilograms of cotton to make a quilt.
The quilt at home was made when Lin Man was born. It has been used for ten years and it is time to replace it with a new one.
The self-heating blanket is too light and thin, and you can hardly feel it when you cover yourself with it. But Grandma Lin still pays attention to a sense of ritual. She always feels that in winter, you have to cover yourself with a quilt that is heavy enough to feel at ease.
When I had bought everything I needed, a few more women came into the grocery store to buy things.
"Grandma Lin, what did you buy?"
The young women greeted Grandma Lin with a smile and asked.
Grandma Lin told everyone what she bought one by one. The other young women in the family didn’t think much of the other items, but they were surprised when they heard that she bought a waterproof shed.
Granny Lin then told them her plan.
The women, who lacked experience in life, sighed in frustration, "Why didn't I think of this?"
Even if not everyone is reluctant to cook in the safe house like the Lin family, building a shed can increase the family's range of activities and make it convenient to deal with prey that is inconvenient to clean up in the house.
Several female family members immediately replaced their homes with waterproof sheds of suitable sizes, and also notified other sisters who had a good relationship with them. As a result, more and more people were interested and took action.
Old Man Wei didn't expect so many people to buy waterproof sheds, and the grocery store didn't have that much stock. He asked the other two villagers who replaced Xu Wenzhe and Lin Man to look after the shop, while he went to find Lu Xuan to replenish the stock.
When the young and strong people returned home, waterproof sheds of different sizes had been set up in front of each house. Through the transparent sheds, you could see the women or the elderly busy setting up the stove.
Some families happen to have earth-type mutants, or have asked someone with earth-type mutants for help. They have already set up the machine and are burning charcoal to dry it.
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The young and strong men worked hard for five days from dawn to dusk and finally installed all the greenhouses on the two hundred acres of land.
At this time, the temperature had dropped to minus fifteen degrees Celsius. Fortunately, the mutant seeds were relatively resistant to frost, and the waterproof shed was not removed before the greenhouse was renovated. Lu Xuan also used his wood-based ability to replenish some energy for them, and finally there was no damage to the land where the greenhouse was built.
In addition to the fields, lotus ponds, and livestock sheds, the cattle, sheep, and more than one hundred chickens that had lived on the cargo ship for five more days finally moved to their new home.
In the past five days, Lu Xuan would check his consumption achievements every night.
Safe house, aircraft, choose to buy or not based on the discount.
Although it is not as exaggerated as spending more than 3 million every day, the accumulated amount is more than 8 million.
At this rate, the achievement will be achieved in another half a month.
The audience was actually a little surprised.
It’s not that I’m surprised at how fast Lu Xuan spends money, but it’s okay to buy more safe houses, but is he going to buy aircraft in bulk as well?
Although we have only bought four units so far, which cannot be considered a bulk purchase, but we have bought so many of them. Are we planning to sell them?
The audience imagined the scene of flying vehicles flying everywhere in ancient times. Wow, it’s a bit exciting.
Isn’t this technological level a bit too leapfrog?
Lu Xuan said: "I'm not selling it, I'm just stockpiling it for a rainy day."
Lu Xuan couldn't explain what this emergency was specifically, but his intuition told him that it would be useful one day in the near future.
After working non-stop for five days, the village chief gave the young and strong people two days off so that they could have a good rest.
Lu Xuan just wanted to relax, so he called all the young and strong people who were free to go to the training room for class.
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