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Chapter 432 - 132: Everyone Comes Together to Harvest (Please Subscribe) _1

Chapter 432: Chapter 132: Everyone Comes Together to Harvest (Please Subscribe) _1

The heavy snow had been falling non-stop since the sky turned dark. By midnight, the entire town of Sancha River had turned into a silver-white world.

By early dawn, the snow had lessened a bit. Though the world was now silver-white, it wasn’t so dark that you couldn’t see your hand in front of your face. The howling wind blowing by the lines of trees beside the road sounded like a wailing wolf, eerie to listen to.

At this moment, several shadows, holding flashlights, were slowly walking on the bridge.

From afar, Heizi’s loud voice could be heard through the wind, "I always said if Brother Fei is handling it, nothing can go wrong. So? Are you convinced now? Whoever dares to object to that, step up and let me see!"

Then came Ma Chao’s rebuttal, "Go tell that to somebody else, did anyone in our ranch ever oppose Xiao Fei’s ideas? Even if we had doubts at the beginning, wasn’t it normal? Cause of your boastful attitude, the unknowing would think you were the one who grew that cucumber!"

Old Cheng’s voice was also extraordinarily loud, "This is truly... truly incredible! I can’t believe Xiao Fei managed to grow cucumbers in winter! If we hadn’t seen it grow with our own eyes, who would believe it!"

Another person, Old Gong, simply marveled in surprise, "To think I could witness another miracle before I go blind! People nowadays are becoming more and more capable! Eating cucumbers in winter, hehe... Boss Yan is fantastic! How fantastic. This is what happens when a good person is rewarded. God bless! Everything he does turns out successful..."

Heizi got annoyed by his "good people get rewarded" theory and shouted, "What do you mean God bless, you haven’t seen how hard Brother Fei has worked! When I first came to this cattle ranch, he would never take a break. He woke up and started working before I even woke up. Who puts in more hard work than him? If even that doesn’t make things work, then God must be blind..."

Lin Yumei voiced her concern, "All of us are out here, there are only two dogs guarding the ranch, is that alright?"

Heizi casually responded, "Don’t worry! If there was a cattle thief willing to come out in this weather, he might as well give up stealing! With such perseverance, he could get rich through honest work!"

The group of people laughed at his logic. It made absolute sense. In this type of weather not even dogs would leave their warm places, let alone humans. If there was really a thief, he would be stupid—no one had trodden on the fresh snow, if someone actually came to steal something, they could easily be traced back to their hideout.

After getting off the main road and walking on smaller pathways was eve more difficult. There were trenches on both sides covered by the heavy snow, the group had to form a line and tread carefully towards the greenhouse.

Heizi unhesitatingly led the group. The usually verbally combative Old Cheng behind him praised, "It’s true what they say, you learn the skills of those who guide you. Look at Heizi now, he is quite responsible! Here, use my cane to feel the way, be careful not to fall into a ditch..."

Heizi impatiently replied, "I have always been like this, wasn’t there a chance for me to prove this before? I don’t need your crappy cane, I... Ahh..."

While he was talking, he stepped on something and almost fell. It was the man behind him, Old Cheng, who used the hand holding the flashlight to catch him and prevent him from falling over.

Once Heizi steadied himself, he grumbled, "So now I’m not even allowed to take the lead..."

Everyone burst out laughing but no one spoke.

Indeed, the path was a bit difficult. The small dusty road was quiet during winter. Now, with half a foot of snow covering the path, people couldn’t have seen the rock under the snow if they tried.

Gao Rui came forward from the back and said loudly, "Let me lead the way! We need to clear the path a bit, it will be hard for the boss to pull his cart if we don’t."

He shone his flashlight around him, ran a few steps to a tree, stepped on its trunk, leaped onto a large branch and gave it a tug. The branch, along with the snow on it, fell with him.

The mute at the back gave a thumbs up which no one saw because of the darkness.

Gao Rui, who’d landed from the tree, didn’t say a word and used the branch as a broom to push ahead.

This broom-like stick proved to be useful, it brushed aside snow from the path creating a narrow walkway. This was perfect, when someone was pulling the cart, they could see the way clearly, all they had to do was walk in the middle of the path, without the fear of falling off the side.

Han Qing, from the back, asked, "Will Brother Xiao Fei still go to sell vegetables today? It’s snowing so heavily!"

Ma Chao responded, "Didn’t he say yesterday that there was no snow? Who knew the weather report would actually be accurate this time! He always sticks to his word. If he says he’ll go, he’ll go, even if it’s an ice storm."

The road was indeed difficult to pass now because of the snow. It had taken them more than half an hour to cover three miles on foot.

And before they reached their destination, the dogs started barking. After a few barks, they stopped and two black figures came running to greet them.

Before everyone arrived, they saw Yan Fei coming out of the greenhouse, who said to them, "Why are you here? Didn’t I say I don’t need help? There aren’t many ripe ones to pick right now, it’s just a small task. Why so many people? Come in! It’s warmer inside."

In the firelight from the greenhouse, everyone could see what Yan Fei was wearing and couldn’t help but shiver for him.

It was winter, and even though the temperature wasn’t at its lowest due to the snow, with the strong wind outside, it must have been below freezing. Yet in his stubbornness, he was out with just a pair of shorts and slippers.

Once inside the greenhouse, it was warm. The fire pit inside the greenhouse was full of burning fire—this large fire pit had contributed greatly in winter. All the dry grass and shrubbery from the barren land around the greenhouse could be thrown inside, not only does it heat the greenhouse, but it also helps clear the barren land, it’s a win-win situation.

Besides this fire pit, there were also fire basins placed inside. Although there was no open flame, they were all emitting blue smoke, proof that something was burning inside and emitting heat.

Actually, using a fire basin to warm the greenhouse is the most suitable method.

Using a fire pit is quite simple and crude. It’s all thanks to Yan Fei, who else has so much wood to burn! Moreover, this guy even burns in this manner in the earthworm shed next door — while the earthworms are not afraid of the cold, they burrow deeper into the soil when it gets colder and stop growing and laying eggs.

Luckily, he didn’t burn all the time, for the most part, he used the fire basin. As for how to operate it and what fuel to use, it’s simple, it’s the same thing used to heat the cattle shed, which will be revealed later.

The animals are not stupid; the two dogs also ran in and lay down inside the curtain. The other animals like the tiger and bear tugged tight at their iron chains around their necks, trying to get as close as possible to the large fire pit — in the freezing cold, everyone knows to find a warm place, no one is foolish!

Seeing so many people coming suddenly, the animals around the fire pit became a little disturbed, but with a shout from Yan Fei, all the animals quieted down. Lin Yumei and the others were initially worried about the tiger, but now they weren’t afraid — it’s just that their boss is so amazing that he managed to raise the tiger like a cat.

In fact, Yan Fei had already picked a large basket and more, but he stopped working when he heard that everyone was coming. Even though there are a few fire basins inside the greenhouse, they are all hidden fires. To others, it’s still pitch black. He doesn’t even need a flashlight to work, don’t other people think his eyes are like a night cat’s!

The others didn’t know his ability to see things at night, they just thought he got up earlier to do these tasks — picking so many green peppers and cucumbers in the dark, must have taken a long time.

Suddenly remembered what Heizi said on the road earlier: he had been working for half a day when I got up...

Looking at Yan Fei again, they admired him even more!

Admiring Yan Fei is deserved, although he works for less time in the greenhouse than everyone imagined, he works more in other places. If you really talk about his working hours, they are definitely more than everyone imagines.

With so many people helping, although everyone still had to use flashlights, the efficiency was much better than Yan Fei working alone.

Actually, if he was going to sell it today, he could have harvested it yesterday afternoon. It was just that Yan Fei felt that he could work day and night anyway, so he decided to get up early today to pick it. He didn’t expect that everyone would brave the wind and snow to come here, and they suffered for no reason.

However, those who were working didn’t feel they were suffering. After all, with snowflakes flying outside, how many people could have the opportunity to pick cucumbers at this time of year?

Telling about it could be enough for bragging for several months!

After everyone filled several large baskets, they sat or squatted around the fire pit, each holding a small cucumber, it tasted exceptionally sweet.

Yan Fei went to the house to put on his clothes and came over, instructing: "If the cattle shed needs more fire basins, add some more. Don’t let the cows freeze. Otherwise, they won’t gain weight in the cold, we have plenty of stuff to fuel the fire anyway."

What he referred to as "stuff to fuel the fire" is not the kind of fuel used to provoke someone, it’s the local dialect here. It’s like what they do here in the greenhouse. They make a fire basin, not using things that can produce visible flames, but things like fuel sawdust. And it has to be compacted — which means being tightly packed.

In this way, once it’s lit, there won’t be any flames, just a slow, barely visible burn. A basin full of stuff can burn for a long time and is suitable for long-term heating.

Although the cattle farm didn’t have sawdust, it had something that was quite abundant, and that was cow dung.

Dried cow dung could certainly act as such fuel, it was locally available and there was definitely no shortage of it.

Yes, the fire basins in the vegetable greenhouse are also filled with cow dung, and so does the earthworm greenhouse. For Yan Fei, this kind of fuel could be said to be readily available. If he didn’t mind the trouble, he could put as many fire basins as he wanted.

It was just that Yan Fei felt that he had a lot of wood, and he could easily pick up some dried branches in the dinosaur world to last through the winter. Moreover, higher temperatures were better for the greenhouse, so he made a fire pit — Of course, this crude greenhouse could not possibly reach the upper limit required by the vegetables, so there was no need to worry about the impact of too high a temperature on the vegetables.

People around Sancha River didn’t have the habit of using cow dung as fuel. So, this could be considered another new measure of waste reutilization by Yan Fei.

So when Yan Fei said he didn’t lack anything to fuel the fire, every one of them started to laugh. In the era of inconvenient information exchange, it was like this: wasn’t there a saying that customs vary within a hundred miles? People didn’t interact with each other much, and in the past, everyone really didn’t know that cow dung could be used to make a fire.

After the laughter, Yan Fei was ready to set off. The cart was also reinforced, several big baskets were placed on it. Everyone was afraid that the vegetables would get frozen, so they found some straw to wrap and stuff around it and a thick blanket was placed on top.

Although no one said anything out loud, a faint joy of harvest filled their hearts.

When Yan Fei was about to leave, Old Cheng took off his raincoat and insisted on him wearing it — when people braved the snow to come here, they brought rain gear to burn. Gao Rui didn’t, Heizi was too lazy, and others didn’t mind the snow, a hat was enough. Only Old Cheng and Old Gong, who were older, wore raincoats because they were afraid of the damp.

Seeing that everyone wanted him to wear the raincoat, Yan Fei had no other option but to put it on.

Without any farewells, he went out, pulled the cart, followed the trail made by the crowd, and set off.

He hadn’t walked far when Heizi and Ma Chao almost simultaneously called from behind, "Should I go with you? It’s more than a hundred miles!"