Just as Qi Xiao turned off the heat and served the rice, a broadcast sounded:
"Good afternoon, Train Conductors. The season will change at midnight tonight."
"This seasonal change will be to winter."
It's here, just as Kong You said, winter directly in the second week.
Qi Xiao shook his head, heated the wok, poured oil, and stir-fried shredded cabbage.
Qi Xiao tasted it, but it wasn't as good as regular cabbage.
After transferring lunch to Xi Jian, Qi Xiao clicked into the chat room.
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"winter? winter? I didn't hear wrong, did I? What about autumn? Was it eaten by a dog?"
"Holy moly, this is trying to kill me. Screw it, I'm not playing anymore! I'm getting off at the next stop!"
"It's indeed a bit hard to bear."
"See? Even Uncle De is almost giving up!"
"I have air conditioning modifications. Online, I'm taking in pure college girls! Sexy married women! Divorced young mothers!"
......
Xi Jian: "Something's wrong, very wrong."
Qi Xiao: "?"
"I knew it. You're so stingy, but yesterday you were suddenly so generous. As expected, there was a reason!"
"Did you know winter was coming early? Did that rich woman tell you?"
"Yes, so what?"
Qi Xiao admitted generously.
"Then why didn't you share the news with everyone?"
"Why should I share? Do I have this obligation or this responsibility? Am I their father? Would they believe me if I told them? They can't even get through this summer, so what good would telling them do?"
"Then at least tell me first."
"You scared me. I thought you were a 'holy mother' type."
"Get lost, I'm a sophisticated egoist."
"Very good, keep it up."
"Do you have any thick clothes? My legs are still bare. You don't want to see your good ally freeze to death, do you?"
"Just kidding, how could I bear to let my dear ally suffer from the cold?"
Qi Xiao casually transferred some of the women's clothes he had previously collected from room 201 of Happiness Residential Area to Xi Jian, including thermal underwear, padded jackets, and a red knitted hat.
He also transferred a thick quilt to her.
"Where did you get all this? I always feel like you have everything you need, you lack nothing."
"I do lack things."
"Don't tell me you lack train coins! I don't have any!"
Qi Xiao cut half of the watermelon he had picked and transferred it to Xi Jian.
"No watermelon either!"
Qi Xiao currently only had four train coins, so he was indeed very short.
Although this watermelon wasn't big, about the same size as the pumpkin he picked before, it had a thin rind and a lot of flesh, and most importantly, it was quite sweet.
Qi Xiao scooped a few spoonfuls of watermelon and threw them to Black Wind Monster, letting the little guy have a taste.
After lunch, Qi Xiao began to sort out old clothes and old quilts, continuously refilling the water storage tank during this time.
......
Midnight.
The sudden chill swept away the lingering warmth in the carriage.
The season changed, and winter arrived.
"Temperature guy, report the temperature. It's too damn cold."
"Zero degrees."
The chat room was silent.
"Selling cotton quilts, two train coins each, first come, first served!"
"@Zhang Baobao You're too greedy! You want two train coins for one quilt? Are you robbing us?"
"Take it or leave it, I'm not forcing you to buy. If you don't want it, plenty of others do."
"What time is it now, and you're still stingy about those train coins? Don't die with money you haven't spent."
In Zhang Baobao's carriage, many tattered cotton quilts and old clothes were piled up.
"As expected of the boss, truly farsighted! Before, when it was hot, these things were worthless, so he hoarded a large pile. Now it's indeed cold!"
"I'm rich, I'm rich! If I sell all these, I'll have fifty, no, even a hundred train coins!"
"Boss, boss, someone's trading!"
Zhang Baobao crossed his arms over his chest and nodded with satisfaction.
Earlier, he had accidentally seen Qi Xiao's trade for ice water in exchange for cotton quilts, and his keen business sense told him that he could also stock up.
He hadn't expected to use them so soon.
"Selling cotton quilts, one train coin each."
"Damn, I bought too early! Ice Water Brother, why are you only here now!"
"I knew it, Ice Water Brother is late but always arrives. See how smart I am, I didn't buy from Zhang Baobao. Hurry up and send the link, it's too cold, I can't take it anymore!"
"@Zhang Baobao Explain this. This thin, torn blanket with a big hole in it, how dare you ask for two train coins?"
With the appearance of a negative review, everyone completely abandoned Zhang Baobao.
"You're really getting slapped in the face, @Zhang Baobao. Everyone, Qi Xiao's link is up, hurry and buy!"
"@Zhang Baobao You keep them all for yourself. Don't catch a cold."
"B-brother, what should we do? They're all buying from Qi Xiao!"
"What are you panicking about? It's such a big market. Are we worried these few quilts won't sell? Once his are sold out, won't the people who didn't get quilts still come to us? Then we'll raise the price even higher!"
"Then we'll make them cry and beg us!"
"Yes, boss is right. Why didn't I think of that?"
"It's your pig brain, it's not your fault you couldn't think of it."
......
In just this short time, Qi Xiao traded out forty-two cotton quilts.
"Boss, I don't have train coins. Can I exchange medicine?"
Medicine?
A flash of light, and Qi Xiao exchanged a quilt for a pile of medicine.
The other party was very sensible and gave a lot of medicine.
But Qi Xiao looked at these medicines and fell into contemplation.
Cefalexin, painkillers, fever reducers, Liuwei Dihuang Pills, Kaisailu, Fuyanling, and two small blue pills.
Cao Zhe: "Thank you, boss, thank you, boss."
Qi Xiao couldn't help but tease:
"Your medicine, the variety is quite rich."
"Right? Yesterday, I stopped at a pharmacy, and I moved all the medicine in the store into the Train."
"Boss, just tell me what you need, I'll give you anything I have."
This guy was quite lucky, having moved an entire pharmacy.
The demand and trade value for medicines were also very high.
Wearing thick pajamas, Qi Xiao went to the refrigerated carriage.
After seeing that the water in the tank hadn't frozen, Qi Xiao felt relieved and returned to his bedroom.
Black Wind Monster was curled up in the dog bed Qi Xiao had made for it that afternoon.
Adding some firewood to the moved furnace, the temperature in the carriage rose slightly.
Qi Xiao burrowed into his quilt and summoned the light screen.
Xi Jian: "Cold cold cold cold cold to death {{{(＞_＜)}}} "
"It's alright, just generally cold. Acceptable."
Qi Xiao hugged the plastic bottles pre-filled with hot water, feeling a bit warm inside the quilt.
Qi Xiao had placed a total of ten such hot water bottles in his quilt.
Qi Xiao pulled out a hot water bottle from his feet and transferred it to Xi Jian.
"Wow, so warm! Hmm... but it has a smell."
"The plastic smell from hot water, it's normal. Hurry and sleep."
......
The next day, seven-thirty.
Qi Xiao poked his head out of the warm quilt. There was no treasure chest at this stop, so he wasn't even planning to get up.
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Five hundred people froze to death last night.