Chapter 61: Extreme Heat 2
Now that I have a car, I must buy some things to take back!
Things in the supermarket are more expensive, but the wholesale market is just right.
She directly bought 50 catties of rice, 10 catties of noodles, and 10 catties of flour. For twenty days of living, this much is already almost enough.
Next is water.
It’s hot, so there might be a water shortage.
Chu Yian’s cart was empty, so she just went to buy mineral water. She bought 20 cases of 550ml bottled mineral water, filling the tricycle to the brim.
After making a trip to deliver the items, she rode her vehicle back to the city in the evening. She planned to stay in the city tonight so she wouldn’t have to spend time traveling on the road again tomorrow.
The game provided 2,000 yuan in initial funds, and selling the treasure box earned her 30,000 yuan, bringing her total funds to 32,000 yuan.
Of this, renting a house accounted for the largest expense, 5,600 yuan;
The tricycle was rented at a price of 50 yuan per day, and she rented it for 5 days, totaling 250 yuan;
Staple food cost 200 yuan;
Mineral water cost 440 yuan;
Tonight’s hotel and dinner cost 100 yuan;
Plus transportation costs during the day, buying water, etc.: 20 yuan.
Total expenses were 6,610 yuan, leaving 25,390 yuan.
On the second day of the game, to avoid the midday heat, she woke up at five in the morning.
The sky outside was just beginning to lighten, and the streets were already quite lively. Many people, sharing her idea, had already gone out to do business early.
“Boss, your fish don’t look fresh; they all seem sickly.”
“It’s already good enough that these fish are alive.”
The fish vendor’s brows were tightly furrowed. “In this weather, the water in the fish pond is scalding. We have to pour ice into the pond just to keep these fish alive.”
“Oh, the weather is indeed hot.”
The auntie preparing to buy fish nodded, “My son works outdoors and suffered heatstroke a few days ago. I heard some people even got that heat death disease.”
“It’s not heat death disease, it’s heatstroke.”
Someone nearby corrected, “But this disease can indeed kill people. My daughter now tells me to stay at home every day and not go out when the weather is hot. I don’t know when this high temperature will end; it’s really too inconvenient.”
…Chu Yian listened to the surrounding conversations, but her hands never stopped moving.
At the market in the early morning, this is where the freshest vegetables of the day are found.
She focused on buying, specifically choosing items that could be stored for a long time.
Potatoes, cabbage, white radish, celery, onions, green beans, yams, bell peppers. Whether she liked them or not, she bought at least 5 catties, and up to 10 catties, of each kind that could be stored for a long time.
In addition, she bought 20 catties each of fresh pork, beef, and lamb, as well as 3 prepared chickens, ducks, and rabbits.
These items already filled Chu Yian’s small cart.
She carried these things back once, and by the time everything was put away, it was already 9 AM. It was only 9 AM, but the sun was already high in the sky.
The bright yellow sunlight was dazzling, and the temperature had already risen to 38 degrees Celsius.
Chu Yian put the purchased beef and lamb into the freezer compartment of the refrigerator, and the internal space of the refrigerator was almost too crowded. This round of the game only had thirty thousand yuan, and almost seven thousand had already been spent in the blink of an eye. Chu Yian, who had other plans, couldn’t afford to buy another freezer, so the remaining vegetables had to be placed elsewhere.
The basement now had to be put to use.
After visiting with the agent, Chu Yian went to the basement again. It was fifty square meters in size, with a square layout, but the owner had not tidied it up before. It was cluttered with various miscellaneous items, and there were cobwebs and mice scurrying about.
Mice… Darn it!
Chu Yian suppressed her fear, comforting herself that it was just a fluffy little animal. She put on gloves and a mask and began to clear out the clutter in the basement.
From 10 AM to 3 PM, she only took a short break for a simple meal.
Finally, she had cleaned out the basement.
Every corner was wiped clean, and the inside was refreshed, with a slight musty smell.
It had a bit of a musty smell, but it was very cool.
Chu Yian moved all the vegetables downstairs and arranged them in crates. Looking around, the room was still a bit too dark. In a 50-square-meter space, there was only one old, pear-shaped light bulb for illumination, and the orange-yellow light even had a bit of a horror movie atmosphere.
Getting two light bulbs is still very necessary.
Additionally, while organizing things in the basement, she also found something good in the yard—
A well.
One meter in diameter, depth… couldn’t be estimated for now.
This well was originally covered with wooden planks, and it was also covered with fallen leaves.
It was only when Chu Yian moved the wooden planks that she discovered this well, and there was even water in it!
Among the miscellaneous items placed in the basement, there happened to be a wooden bucket tied with a rope, which was used for drawing water. Chu Yian took the bucket and drew a bucket of well water. In this hot weather, the well water was so cold it was a bit bone-chilling.
And the water was especially clear, a bit like… spring water!
Wow, she rented a treasure house.
Chu Yian suddenly had an urge to go to the city to buy two large watermelons. Iced large watermelons with spring water would be incredibly refreshing.
She glanced at the time, 4:31 PM.
It was indeed time to set off.
The temperature outside was already 42 degrees Celsius. Before she left, she put several bottles of frozen mineral water in the car.
The window next to the tricycle’s driver’s seat was open, the small electric fan was on its highest setting, and the road was still scorching, making one sweat profusely.
Occasionally, cars passed by, and Chu Yian looked enviously at those vehicles, wiping the sweat from her face. Surely no one was hotter than her right now.
Hmm… there was!
At a construction site by the roadside, the workers had already started their shift.
Chu Yian heard a loud shout from above and stopped, only to see several workers on the building’s iron frame waving at her.
“Hey, little sister, can you give us a few bottles of water?”
They were standing high up and immediately saw the mineral water Chu Yian had in the back of her cart. “We’ll buy a few bottles from you!”
They stood high up, sweating profusely, and there were scattered empty bottles on the open ground.
Chu Yian was silent for a moment, then took out mineral water from the back, only keeping two bottles for herself. She placed the water next to the ladder so they could grab it directly when they came down.
“Thank you, little sister.”
The dark-skinned workers told her, then threw a twenty-yuan bill down, “We can’t come down right now, just pick it up yourself, and use the extra to buy something to eat.”
Chu Yian picked up the twenty yuan upon hearing this, then found 6 yuan and placed the money under the mineral water,
“Just lending a hand, no extra charge for the trip.”
She looked at the group of people still working in such hot weather, then got back on her tricycle and sped towards the city.
