Chapter 86 Third Place Appears
When it reached 3:30 PM, the sixth Heavenly Fire finally ended, and the regional channel became lively.
Li Sijing didn't have time to read much of the complaints from people in the area before her friend messages started ringing.
It must have been someone who had warm clothing who accepted her friend request. Li Sijing ate watermelon while checking the messages.
Li Sijing inquired about dozens of warm items, but in the end, only three were recommended by her friends.
Without knowing what the next natural disaster would be, she believed her asking price was perfectly reasonable.
So what about the remaining people who didn't accept her friend request?
Didn't see it? Is it resting? Or... is it already dead? Li Sijing didn't want to think about it too deeply.
Of the people who contacted me through my friend's information, I only managed to reach an agreement with two of them in the end.
There was another person who probably recognized her and made an outrageous demand, but Li Sijing didn't want to indulge his bad habits.
As for the two people who completed the transaction, one of them received 10 heated insoles and used 550ml of her mineral water.
The price was quite reasonable, but after completing the transaction, she only had less than 2 liters of mineral water left.
These bottled water supplies need to last until the next natural disaster strikes and water becomes scarce, and it's uncertain whether they will be enough.
As for the other item, it was a thick, cold-proof sleeping bag, but the other party wanted to exchange it for a car repair card.
In Li Sijing's view, this deal was somewhat unequal, but the other party was probably already at their wits' end.
The moment Li Sijing raised her protest, he sent her a list of items he could trade, allowing her to choose.
The enemy didn't have many supplies; besides daily food and drink, they only had basic materials left.
Li Sijing has no shortage of food, but the other party doesn't have much bottled water, so she probably won't get much in return.
In the end, Li Sijing used a car repair card to exchange for a thickened cold-proof sleeping bag and 50 basic materials of any kind.
After the two transactions were completed, Li Sijing ate watermelon and waited for a while. Until she finished half of her watermelon, the others did not make a move.
As the time approached 3:50, she promptly put the ice on the shelves, and it was sold out instantly, just like before.
Without continuing to watch the regional channel, Li Sijing looked out the car window at Liu Yizhou and asked, "How many transactions did you make?"
"Only three deals were made. What about you?" Liu Yizhou replied casually, clearly having nothing else to do.
Before Li Sijing could continue chatting, the sound of a car engine suddenly came from outside.
Has someone else arrived? Li Sijing and Liu Yizhou exchanged a glance, and both rolled up their car windows in perfect unison.
As the sound of vehicles drew closer, a two-seater car gradually appeared in front of the two.
The car drove straight toward Li Sijing's vehicle, eventually bypassing Liu Yizhou's car and stopping on Li Sijing's left.
After the car window rolled down, a smiling baby face appeared. "Sister Jing, it's so nice to see you again."
Upon seeing that the person who came was Zhou Qinghuan, Li Sijing immediately understood why she had parked her car like that—she probably recognized her four-seater car!
Li Sijing rolled down the car window and greeted her with a smile, "Huanhuan, you've arrived too. How was the journey? Was it dangerous?"
"Fortunately, although there were many fireballs in the sky, their aim was poor, and they were easy to avoid."
"Unfortunately, my tire just went flat at the entrance. I only got in by using a car repair card."
Zhou Qinghuan wore an innocent-looking face while saying things that could infuriate someone.
If we didn't know about her incredible luck and that what she said was very likely something she had experienced.
Li Sijing probably thought she said that on purpose to show off and attract hatred!
This grand Versailles-like scene made Li Sijing feel as sour as if she had eaten a lemon.
Such a stark contrast left Li Sijing unsure of how to react—whether to be happy for her or sad for herself.
Li Sijing, who is autistic, needs time to adjust her mindset, so I suggested.
"You should have received the notification from the survival game too! The Cataclysm Chest is on the second floor, you can go and get it first."
"Oh, Sister Jing, did you take it?" Zhou Qinghuan had no idea how much of a blow she had dealt to Li Sijing.
Li Sijing nodded, then added as if remembering something, "Oh right, there are vending machines up there with lots of daily necessities and food. You can take a look."
Upon hearing this, Zhou Qinghuan immediately perked up. "Really? There are lots of delicious things to eat? I definitely have to go check it out."
Seeing Zhou Qinghuan skipping and hopping upstairs, Li Sijing couldn't help but take a few deep breaths, lamenting the waste of her car repair card.
Glancing at Liu Yizhou beside him out of the corner of her eye, she thought about the car repair card the other had used, and felt much better.
Liu Yizhou had lowered the car window at some point and was looking over thoughtfully.
Upon seeing this, Li Sijing explained, "That was Zhou Qinghuan. She's a bit...introverted."
Li Sijing herself was unsure of her own introverted nature; Zhou Qinghuan's greeting earlier showed no signs of introversion at all.
Liu Yizhou nodded, muttering to himself thoughtfully, "Zhou Qinghuan? Second on the comfort ranking?"
Fortunately, Liu Yizhou was not one to pry into things, and he didn't say anything more.
Li Sijing was happy to remain silent, and the two quieted down again.
It was already four o'clock, and the seventh and final Heavenly Fire finally descended, silencing the regional channel completely.
With nothing to do, Li Sijing looked around her car, trying to find something to do to pass the time.
As it turned out, when she saw the planting pot, she discovered that her second batch of chives had already fully matured.
The second crop of chives matures in a relatively short time; Li Sijing had calculated that they could be harvested by noon today.
However, around noon, because of the fire in the sky, the whole thing was completely forgotten.
That adds several hours to the time; if we speed it up tenfold, it'll be two or three days! Hopefully, it won't age too much.
Unable to find the sickle she wanted, Li Sijing had no choice but to take out her Tang sword and use it as a farm tool to harvest the chives.
After cutting it down, Li Sijing pinched off a leaf, and sure enough, it wasn't as tender as the first time.
These chive seeds can be harvested three times. After this harvest, the last harvest will have to wait until noon on the third day of the extreme cold disaster.
Li Sijing reminded herself that she must remember that old chives don't taste good.
The chives harvested this time weighed about the same as the first time, about 5 jin (2.5 catties).
There are so many chives that we can't eat them all at once, and selling them in smaller quantities is too much trouble. So what should we do?
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