Chapter 171 Boiling Ginger Soup
In the snow-covered landscape, a 5-meter-long, 2-meter-high black SUV drove at a constant speed, leaving two long tire tracks.
Inside the SUV, the multi-functional pot on the folding table was already boiling, with rising steam constantly churning.
Smelling the aroma of meat filling the car, Li Sijing finally turned her gaze away from the regional channel.
After turning off the stove, Li Sijing didn't want to bother with anything else and started eating right from the pot.
While eating, I kept thinking about what I had just seen on the regional channel.
First, there's the issue of starting the car. Fortunately, when she first came to this world, she had already exchanged for features like immediate engine start and constant fuel tank temperature protection.
Otherwise, she would be just like everyone else in the area, constantly worrying about how her car would perform in such extreme weather!
This is only the fourth day. The temperature will only get more terrifying tomorrow, the day after tomorrow, or even on the day of natural disaster.
If the engines get damaged by the cold, it won't just be one or two.
Fortunately, she still had five car repair cards, so even if the engine was damaged by the cold later, she would still have a backup plan.
Speaking of which, the competition should be tomorrow, and I wonder if there will be anything like car repair cards there.
If it happens again, she'll save up a few more this time. Given their current situation, car repair cards are absolutely essential.
Another thing is about keeping warm in cold weather.
A temperature of -20 degrees Celsius is a level of cold that most people have never experienced before.
Lacking sufficient preparation and supplies, they now face perilous and difficult situations at all times.
Warm clothing is extremely scarce in the area right now, but unfortunately she doesn't have any extra and can't make money from it.
Finally, there's the issue of catching a cold.
Most people participated in yesterday's resource point activity; only a minority did not go into the water.
Going into the water in such cold weather, and staying in the water for several hours at a time, is sure to cause a cold for people with poor health.
There are countless people in the area seeking medicine, but unfortunately, there are very few people selling medicine.
Even if someone does sell medicine occasionally, it's often the wrong medicine for the patient's condition, yet many people still scramble to buy it and drive up the price.
Of course, none of this had anything to do with Li Sijing. Even if she wanted to help, she wouldn't take out her life-saving wound medicine.
However, a comment from someone on the regional channel gave her a lot of inspiration, and she immediately had an idea.
That method of buying ginger and making ginger soup sounds pretty good.
Fortunately, she still had some ginger on hand. If she could sell it, she could both help those in need and make a small profit.
This is a good idea, but how exactly do we put it into practice?
It's definitely too late to plant ginger now, which means that all she can use is what she already has.
She had harvested about a pound of ginger, but she couldn't possibly sell it all.
First, she needs to keep some as seeds, not too much. Second, she also needs to keep some for herself, just in case.
After careful consideration, Li Sijing finally decided to take out 400g of ginger and keep 100g for herself.
Now that we've decided how much to sell, how should we sell this 400g? And at what price?
Li Sijing ate while pondering, and only after finishing all the broth in the pot did she make her final decision.
You don't need much ginger to make a bowl of ginger soup, but if you use too little ginger, it's hard to price it, and if you use too much, you can't make many servings.
So after much consideration, she decided to make ginger soup from the ginger and sell it directly, bowl by bowl.
Once she decided to do it, Li Sijing immediately took action.
She first washed the multi-functional pot, then added drinking water into it. As for how much to add...
When making ginger soup, the best ratio is one to two, which is about one pound of ginger to two pounds of water.
But given the current situation, we can't proceed with such an extravagant approach; it would be better to adjust the proportions.
A 1:5 ratio, while not as effective, allows for more people to participate!
So she ended up pouring 4 jin (2 liters) of drinking water into the pot, using half of the water she had purified that morning.
Then, she took out 400g of ginger from her mustard seed space, washed it, and cut it into thick shreds without peeling it.
After thinking for a moment, she took a picture before throwing all the ginger slices into the pot.
In this case, the effect will be less, and it's unclear what the specific function will be.
Oh, and besides ginger, she also has scallions! While scallions aren't as effective at dispelling cold as ginger, they still have some effect, right?
The scallions we harvested earlier weighed about 1.5 jin (750 grams).
Li Sijing took out a pound of scallions from her mustard seed space, cut off all the white parts, and it weighed about half a pound.
After washing and cutting the scallions into sections, she would take a picture first before adding them to the pot.
This ginger soup needs to be simmered for about half an hour. Actually, adding some brown sugar to the ginger soup will make it even better.
But given the current situation, I doubt anyone would care about these things!
While the pot was simmering, Li Sijing opened the regional channel and sent out the two photos she had taken earlier, along with a message.
"400g ginger, 250g scallion whites, 2 liters of water, ginger soup has been boiled and will be available for sale in half an hour. 150ml ginger soup, 10 units of metal materials."
This price was set by Li Sijing after careful consideration.
In the end, she could obtain about 150 units of metal material, which was a huge profit compared to her efforts.
However, her price was already quite reasonable compared to the exorbitant prices charged by others in the area.
After saying that, Li Sijing ignored the buzzing chat in the area and shut down the blue screen.
But now, she has something even more important to do: sign in.
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