C4311 Ice on the Sea!
C4311 Ice on the Sea!
The vast expanse of white snow was silent. The blue sea was gone, and what replaced it was a block of white snow. The world seemed to have only been left with white.
It was not strange that the rivers and lakes were frozen. However, the sea was frozen as well. This was simply a 10,000 year wonder. The old fishermen who had arrived earlier knelt on the ground and prayed to the heavens. They mumbled to themselves, and their expressions were solemn and filled with fear and unease.
It was as if they had touched the gods and were being forgiven.
“My lungs are going to explode! The sea is frozen. How can I fish? Can I fish on the ice? This is the south, not the north. This damned weather is really cold.” The Mandarin that carried the Cantonese accent looked at the frozen sea with a look as if he had seen a ghost in broad daylight. He did not dare to imagine that the sea would also freeze.
“It’s really like an egg. It’s about 10 cm thick. It won’t be a problem for people to stand on it. It’s still possible to go out to sea now. The warships can break through the ice, but based on the amount of snow, it’ll be a problem when we return.” A player bounced a few times on the ice. The layer of ice had already become quite solid. Only if one did not kick it with force, it would not be a problem for them to walk normally.
More and more fishermen came to the dock. They were all dumbfounded by the snow. Even the old fishermen who had lived their entire lives had never seen such a situation. Although the warship could be out of the dock with the thickness of the snow, no one took the risk. If the warship could not be out of the dock, it would be a big problem if the warship could not return.
Most of the fishermen were worried. The good days had just passed, and they had to face such a blizzard that froze the sea. However, they were not too worried. Everyone thought that the snow would stop in a few days, and they would be able to go out of the sea after the snow melted. Some young people thought differently. They quickly returned to the city, and when they appeared again, there were sleighs and skateboards under their feet. They were still skiing.
Skiing on the sea was something that had never happened before. However, most of the people were from the south, so they did not know how to ski. They kept falling, and all kinds of funny postures made the people on the dock laugh. For a moment, they felt less worried.
They all thought that the blizzard would stop in a few days and the sun would rise. They would return to their normal lives. However, reality was much crueler than what they had expected. Half a month had passed, and the blizzard was still there. The ice on the sea was more than two meters thick. It was as hard as rock. Even a blacksmith would have to smash for a long time to break a crack.
The giant boat, dragon boat, and warship were all frozen, unable to move. In the first few days, the captain would organize people to remove the accumulated snow on the deck. Soon, they discovered that after the morning, there was a thick layer of snow in the afternoon, and after the afternoon, there was another thick layer of snow. After the night, the snow was getting thicker and thicker, and the temperature was getting lower and lower. In the end, they couldn't finish the snow, and the captain could only helplessly set it aside.
If they couldn't go out to sea, they couldn't fish, and if they couldn't fish, they wouldn't have any income. The fishermen were very anxious, and those who made money were still fine, but those who didn't have much savings, seeing that their balance was getting smaller and smaller, they began to have insomnia at night.
The seafood suddenly stopped supplying, directly affecting the various large restaurants and hotels in the Central Plains. The price of food and grain rapidly rose, and the Qingyu Bar was the most obvious one, because they had been buying food and grain all this time. The price started to rise from 0.50 to 0.6, 0.7 to 0.8, and so on. Yesterday, it was 3.60 yuan per jin, and today, it was 4.60 yuan per jin. According to this trend, it might rise to 5.60 yuan per jin tomorrow.
The Qingyu Bar had stopped buying food and grain at 5:30 PM yesterday. In fact, there was not much food on the market anymore, and everyone was fighting to buy it. Otherwise, the price wouldn't have risen so ridiculously. The Qingyu Bar had only bought 20 tons of food and grain yesterday, and on the first day, this number was 200,000 tons.
"Come, come, come. Drink, drink, drink. Today, I'll treat you." Dollar-Bewitch was rarely so generous.
"After earning so much money, it's time to treat." Godly Lamp Ado said sourly.
"Earned a lot of money? What's going on?" The mage, Three Mountains and Four Rivers, did not understand what was going on.
"Previously, didn't the Qingyu Bar's wine prices drop sharply? With a 20% discount, Dollar-Bewitch was willing to spend a lot of money to buy 8 million RMB worth of wine. Now, the price of the Qingyu Bar's wine has already recovered to its original price. Dollar-Bewitch made a huge profit of 8 million in one go." Wood Heart said.
"Eight million!" Three Mountains and Four Rivers was shocked. He stared at Dollar-Bewitch with his eyes as big as copper bells. "How did you buy so much wine? Can you finish drinking it?"
"I've always liked drinking wine. The Qingyu Bar's wine is indeed not bad. I didn't think of spending all my money. Wasn't I just divorced? I'm in a bad mood, thinking that after getting divorced, it's useless to spend so much money. As a man, I can't even spend 5,000 yuan a month. It's a waste to store the money in the bank. So, I bought all the wine. I didn't think that it would snow at that time." Dollar-Bewitch said. This was really a blessing in disguise. If it wasn't snowing, the sales of the wine would not have increased, and the Qingyu Bar's wine would not have recovered its original price. Everything was the will of the heavens.
"Divorce and spending money... are they related?" Three Mountains and Four Rivers asked in a low voice. The divorce was originally Dollar-Bewitch's sad thing, so he shouldn't have asked too much. However, he was really curious as to why he had to spend all his money after getting divorced.
“You can tell from a glance that you are single. You haven’t dated a girlfriend, have you?” Godly Lamp A’Ding asked.
“No!” Three Mountains and Four Waters did not even nod.
Everyone was stunned and then burst into laughter. Three Mountains and Four Waters blushed and did not dare to meet anyone.
“I’ll ask you a question. How much is your living expenses now?” Godly Lamp A’Ding said.
“Including miscellaneous expenses such as water and electricity, it should be around 3000 yuan,” Three Mountains and Four Waters replied.
“Okay, if your income is 30,000 yuan a month, you found a girlfriend. Your income is 40,000 yuan a month. If the two of you are together, how much can you save after one year?” Godly Lamp A’Ding questioned.
“My living expenses are 3000 yuan. If I date a girlfriend, the expenses should be enough to give birth. For example, rent, water and electricity, and food. One more person won’t increase much, so five thousand yuan should be enough. However, conservatively speaking, 55 yuan a month, 12 months a year, you can save 34,000 yuan, which is 340,000 yuan.” Three Mountains and Four Waters calculated very seriously. He raised his head, but he realized that the others were all laughing, and they were laughing very exaggeratedly. He was a little confused. Could it be that he calculated wrongly? He calculated again in his heart. That’s right. His mathematics was still okay.
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