The second day after the temperature dropped, Jiang Ye spent another full day in the plantation.
The cold wind whistled, and he barely sweated, making the work quite comfortable.
Throughout the day, no crops were sold; all that was grown was stored in the warehouse.
The warehouse was already stocked with a considerable amount of grains, vegetables, and fruits.
The grain silo was almost full, with corn being the most abundant, followed by rice and wheat.
A rough calculation showed that even if half were eaten and half discarded, it would be enough for more than half a year!
The vegetable storage also occupied a third of the space, with pumpkins stacked to the ceiling, along with piles of celery and bok choy.
Jiang Ye wasn't sure if tomatoes were considered vegetables or fruits, but he ended up storing them in the vegetable bay.
The fruit storage was exclusively watermelons, 99 of them, neatly arranged. A few had ripened and split open, and these were placed on the outer edges, while the slightly less ripe ones were piled inside.
One aspect Jiang Ye was very pleased with was the absence of flies and fruit flies on this planet.
On Earth, there would surely be buzzing flies and fruit flies, making it a headache to drive them away.
In the evening, as Jiang Ye was diligently sowing seeds, he suddenly sneezed several times in a row.
He straightened up, stood in the wind, and extended his hand to carefully feel the temperature.
It was probably only around ten degrees Celsius.
The temperature had dropped so quickly!
He estimated that after tonight, it would drop below zero degrees Celsius.
Jiang Ye finished sowing the seeds he had on hand and returned to the base.
Upon opening the chat channel, he found that Cao County Citizen had indeed posted a large number of order messages: 2800 sausages, 200 seed packets, and a warehouse sample unit.
Jiang Ye immediately fulfilled the orders, continuously buying from the Galaxy Mall and then transferring them to Cao County Citizen.
For the warehouse sample unit, Jiang Ye's selling price was 120,000, only 20,000 higher than the cost.
Therefore, the total profit from this batch of goods was 332,000 yuan!
Combined with the distributed profits, Jiang Ye's total assets rapidly expanded to 715,000 yuan!
Jiang Ye: Today's earnings are also so much. It would be great if business was this good every day.
Cao County Citizen: Yes, but it's unlikely. Promoting today was quite difficult, and many people are out of money. Why is everyone so poor?
Jiang Ye: We probably have an undeniable responsibility for everyone being poor; we've earned it all.
Cao County Citizen: It seems so! I feel so ashamed!
Jiang Ye: Who bought that warehouse sample unit? Being able to fork out 120,000 at once is not simple!
Cao County Citizen: I bought it to store the accumulated goods. I have too many things here, and leaving them in the open is not a good idea, so I bought a warehouse.
Jiang Ye: Do you want to buy a toilet? That toilet is super high-tech; the temperature of the toilet seat is adjustable!
Cao County Citizen: I have 20,000 yuan left. Can you sell it cheaper, brother?
Jiang Ye: Goodbye!
After buying a batch of seeds from the Galaxy Mall, he went out to sow again.
Jiang Ye had a premonition that either tonight or tomorrow night, the temperature would drop below zero. This should be the last round of crops.
He was extremely sleepy; he had barely slept for the past two days, relying solely on willpower and physical enhancement agents to push through.
The crops in the first to fifth plantations had all matured. Jiang Ye quickly harvested them and then sowed new seeds in each.
The night wind grew stronger and colder.
It made him sneeze continuously from the cold.
To prevent catching a cold, he had to return to the base and put on the cotton-padded jacket and pants he had bought earlier.
After sowing the first five plantations, the next five plantations also gradually matured.
Jiang Ye, without time to rest, desperately rushed to harvest.
The wind blowing on his face had a stinging sensation.
The surrounding wilderness was filled with the whistling sound of the wind, like the cries of lonely ghosts.
After harvesting the last five plantations, Jiang Ye suddenly discovered that the first five plantations, which had been sown earlier, had not produced any plants!
He then looked at the lake.
It was a shimmering expanse of white.
It had frozen over!
The temperature had dropped below zero!
Jiang Ye stood in the biting cold wind and let out a long sigh. Winter had truly arrived, even earlier than expected.
Wait!
Jiang Ye's expression suddenly changed.
Did the rapid temperature drop mean that the winter temperatures would be lower than originally anticipated?
He quickly ran back to the base and opened the chat channel.
As expected, a warning message had just been pinned to the top:
[Cold Wave Red Alert!]
[Monitoring indicates widespread climate anomalies on this planet. Within the next 24 hours, outdoor temperatures in most areas will drop to minus 20 degrees Celsius, with some areas reaching minus 30 degrees Celsius.]
[Land average wind force can reach level 8 or above.]
[Colony administrators are requested to prepare for cold weather.]
Jiang Ye was stunned.
It was truly a case of "what you fear most will happen"!
He decided to hide in the base and stay by the stove, not going anywhere.
After all, he had plenty of food, defensive weapons, and a large supply of firewood and coal. Once the cabin door was closed, he could spend the winter warm and cozy! Da Feng Novel Network
Jiang Ye went to the warehouse, carried a bag of coal back to the base, and grabbed a handful of dry corn husks along the way.
He secured the base door, locked it, and then went to the stove.
He had bought the stove but hadn't used it yet; tonight was the time to light it.
He stuffed some dry corn husks into it, followed by some coal.
Taking out his lighter, he ignited the corn husks!
In the dark stove, red flames bloomed, flickering and expanding.
No smoke emerged from the stove; it all vented outside through the chimney. Jiang Ye could see thick white smoke rising from the chimney opening when he looked out the window.
As the corn husks were about to burn out, the coal caught fire.
The surface of the black coal was etched with red patterns by the flames.
Jiang Ye extended his hand towards the stove, and the warm air rose comfortingly.
Comfortable!
He added a few more pieces of coal to the stove, yawned, and climbed into bed to lie down.
It was time to hibernate.
Bang!
A gunshot sounded from a distance, and Jiang Ye suddenly sat up in bed.
He stared out the window, but it was too dark to see anything.
Just as he was wondering if the sound was an auditory hallucination, another gunshot rang out!
This time he heard it clearly; it came from directly ahead. It was far away, so the sound was not loud, but someone had definitely fired a gun!
Jiang Ye's heart began to race. What did this gunshot mean?
Was it a distress signal, or was someone hunting, or even killing?
After a brief hesitation, Jiang Ye rushed to the chat channel.
He opened a private message with Cao County Citizen.
Jiang Ye: Do you have a handgun? I urgently need a handgun!
Cao County Citizen: No, I only have an old bolt-action rifle, and it doesn't have a scope.
Jiang Ye then opened the public chat channel.
After a moment of consideration, he sent a message:
Looking to buy a weapon, preferably a handgun! Price is negotiable!