1986: Old Stories in Northeast China

"Tiezhu, why are you here again today? Aren't things in the county busy?"

Early the next morning, Chen Tiezhu came to the construction site of the mountain temple, and Hu Yadong greeted him with a smile.

"I will stay at home these days. No matter how busy the county is, it is not as busy as our family's affairs." Chen Tiezhu said.

"The mountain temple needs to be built, the fields need to be planted, and the second crop of mushrooms needs to be harvested. Anyway, there are really many things to do."

"I can't go to the county to play anymore. I will take Doudou to play at home. When she wants to go to kindergarten, I will send her there."

"Dad, you don't have to go there all the time. Just go every three or five days." Doudou, who was following him, nodded his little head.

"Hahaha, Doudou, why do you talk so nicely?" Hu Yadong asked happily.

"Grandpa Dong, when will we have fun? An Dahan has grown taller. Can he pull a bigger car?" Doudou came to his side and squatted down to ask.

"Doudou, that little car is enough for Doudou now." Hu Yadong said with a smile.

"When Doudou grows up, Grandpa Dong will build a bigger car for him. If the car is too big now, it will be inconvenient for Doudou to get in."

"Well, when Doudou grows up, we will build a big car." Doudou said obediently.

This is also the reason why the little guy is so popular. Although he will express his opinions clearly if he likes something. But if you don't agree, it's okay.

He will never throw a tantrum like other children. Even if he likes something, if you don't give it to him, he will just be angry for a while.

"Uncle Dong, what can I do?" Chen Tiezhu asked.

"There's really nothing to say now. You don't know how to do carpentry. The bricklayer has just finished the foundation, and other work has not yet started." Hu Yadong said.

"The villagers are so concerned about this mountain temple, otherwise the foundation would not be built so quickly. This mountain temple will not be built slowly."

"Tsk tsk, everyone's mind is on this, so it is not difficult to do it." Chen Tiezhu said with a smile.

"After it is done, it will be neat, and everyone's mind will be settled. Then we still have to speed up agricultural production. Normally, our farmers have to work hard after plowing."

"Now our village has mushroom and greenhouse planting projects, and later we will not be idle even in winter. The money earned is hard-earned money."

"Some money is earned, and no one will despise it." Hu Yanan took over the conversation.

"By the way, when can the tap water in our village be properly installed? Isn't it enough to just lay the pipes? Then it won't freeze in winter, right?"

"It depends on the situation. If it is too cold and the ground outside the house is cold, it is better to wrap something." Chen Tiezhu said.

"There is basically nothing to do during the day. Even when it is cloudy, there will be fire in the house. It is mainly in the second half of the night when there is no fire in the stove pit. It is really dangerous in the coldest days of winter."

"I am also thinking about this. Don't I also want to build a house? I will install heating at home. If other families in our village have this idea, I can also ask the machinery factory to produce a batch for our village."

"Tiezhu, isn't that thing only available to city people? How can we use it?" Hu Yadong asked in confusion.

"It's not that complicated." Chen Tiezhu said with a smile.

"You just need to build a small stove next to the stove, or I will ask the machinery factory to produce a batch. You can run the heating pipe from the outer room into the house, and then you can install the radiator."

"It's just that there is a disadvantage, because we all have kangs, so we have to re-make the kang edge and widen it. Otherwise, if the pipe runs at the bottom, people will easily burn their legs when they sit on it."

"Then this stove will burn coal, and when you sleep at night, you can press it a little, and it won't be cold in the dark room all night. Now we do sleep on the hot kang, and we often jump around on the kang and have frozen noses."

"Dad, a hot kang is good, Doudou likes to sleep on a hot kang." Doudou next to him added.

"You like to sleep on a hot kang, and when it's hot in summer, you will be allowed to sleep on it, and you will jump around on the kang." Chen Tiezhu tapped her little nose.

"Tiezhu, if that's the case, my family is thinking about getting one. It's no big deal. If it doesn't work, we can just rebuild the kang." Hu Yadong said.

"We can make money from mushrooms. We don't have to spend all the money we earn. Let's improve our living conditions first. When we get up at night, we won't be shivering with cold."

"It's true. Sometimes, even if we burn the kang,No matter how hot it is, my forehead is still a little cold in the second half of the night. Tiezhu, you can really take care of this matter. "

"When the time comes, just buy some coal? We are all people who can use tap water now, so it's okay to burn some more coal."

"Good guy, I really didn't expect that you are all interested in my talking about it." Chen Tiezhu was happy.

This matter really exceeded his expectations. After all, this is not a one-time investment, and coal is not very cheap now.

"It's all for a good life." Hu Yadong said.

"What is a good life? We don't have to worry about food and drink, and we have to live comfortably. We have raised pigs this year, and we will kill the pigs during the New Year. How beautiful it will be."

"Hahahaha, when I just had money, I thought about taking my daughter to eat meat." Chen Tiezhu said happily.

"Well, the meat is delicious. "Doudou affirmed again.

The little guy also amused the people around him again.

But now the topic is about heating, and people's spirits are really aroused by Chen Tiezhu.

For rural families, this is a non-essential facility. Because for so many years, people have relied on heating to survive the winter.

Now it's different, people's minds are really active. Not only are they used to find ways to make money, but they are also willing to spend money.

This makes Chen Tiezhu very happy, spending money is actually a kind of Things.

As the old saying goes, money should be spent on the right things. In Chen Tiezhu's opinion, according to the current situation in Erdaoling Village, installing heating is better than buying household appliances.

And in many cases, knowing how to spend money will give you more motivation to make money. Of course, this knowing how to spend money is not spending money indiscriminately.

It seems that I should really go around the village more in the future to understand the real thoughts of the villagers. In this way, if everyone has a need, I can also help everyone realize it at a very low cost.

Tomorrow, I have to go to the machinery factory again.