Rebirth of Shuangshu

Chapter 122 Construction
Lin Xiaoxiao has too many things on hand recently.

The first is to build roads on the mountain.

I used to live in Zheng State, Hua State, Hu State, where the weather is relatively dry and there is less rain.Living on the mountain did not feel that the dirt road was inconvenient.

But after coming to Rui Country, it feels different.

It rained twice in three days in Rui country, and it always rained for several days in a row.The rain penetrated deep into the soil and had little effect at first.But when it rains for a long time, the dirt road can become very muddy.

Wearing straw sandals in summer is not very comfortable to step on the mud, but it is okay anyway.After autumn, there is still a lot of rain, and it is a bit cold to go out with only straw sandals.It is too expensive to wear other shoes.

There are old rubber shoes in Lin Xiaoxiao's warehouse, but they are worn out after wearing them too many times.There is no way, the roads these days are not the concrete roads of later generations, it really takes a lot of shoes.That is to say, the soles of sports shoes are thick enough to be durable.

So, Lin Xiaoxiao wanted to pave the way.

Laiqi Mountain is not far from Lijiang River.There are many pebbles washed out by the river on the banks of the Lijiang River.

Lin Xiaoxiao mobilized the masses to pick up pebbles by the Lijiang River.

It just so happens that there is no farm work right now, so it is just right to mobilize everyone for construction.For this reason, Lin Xiaoxiao deliberately took out several baskets of won money and gave them to the village chief as wages for the villagers to participate in the construction of the village.

The scheme of the cobblestone paving was entrusted to the craftsmen of the village.

Gongshugou and his apprentices are very useful.They specialize in surgery, which also saves Lin Xiaoxiao's time.

Then there is the issue of heating in winter.

For Lin Xiaoxiao personally, heating is not a problem.Her solar power system has been installed, all electrical appliances are working, and the electric heater can be used again.

Lin Xiaoxiao was thinking about the villagers keeping warm.

There is a lot of rain and snow in Ruiguo.The humidity of the air is very high throughout the year.

Some villagers felt unwell after coming here, Lin Xiaoxiao would make some soup and medicine for everyone to recuperate from time to time.

The air humidity is high, and burning charcoal in a relatively closed space is more likely to produce carbon monoxide.Therefore, it is not advisable to rely on charcoal for heating indoors in winter.

Lin Xiaoxiao thought of several heating plans with reference to later generations, but after the final discussion, she found that none of them could be realized.After thinking over and over again, Lin Xiaoxiao called the village committee and Gong Shugou's team of craftsmen together to discuss.

"Central heating?" The village chief didn't quite understand what Lin Xiaoxiao meant.

Lin Xiaoxiao explained again: "Originally, I thought about burning firewood in one place and supplying hot water to each house, so as to prevent villagers from burning charcoal at home."

Gong Shugou said, "Like the cafeteria before? Cooking in one place and heating hot water in that place?"

"Yes," Lin Xiaoxiao said, "boil hot water in one place, and then send the hot water to the homes of other villagers. The whole village forms a hot water cycle. The hot water dissipates heat during the delivery process, which will make the villagers' homes Warming and."

Lin Xiaoxiao sighed while talking: "This central heating is too whimsical and unrealistic. I want to ask everyone if they have any good ideas for heating in winter."

"Isn't the method of burning charcoal at home not working anymore? Didn't we already prepare a lot of charcoal and sell a lot of it to Chongyifang. This year, Gongshu and they improved the method of burning charcoal, and the charcoal they burn is whiter and less smokey. I heard that most of them are sold in the grocery store." Said a certain village elder.

"There is not much silver frost charcoal out, so they sold it all at Chongyifang, and the charcoal we have left still smells of smoke," Lin Xiaoxiao said, "The smell of charcoal smoke is poisonous, and it's more humid here than Huaguo , I am worried that burning charcoal in the house in winter will cause poisoning.”

"Is it really that serious?" Youyi village elder asked.

Lin Xiaoxiao nodded very positively: "I used to remind everyone to keep ventilation when burning charcoal.

It's just that there is a lot of rain in Ruiguo, so the possibility of charcoal producing toxic smoke has increased a bit.We are small in number, and everyone's life is very important.You can't wait until something happens to think about the solution. The best way is to prevent problems before they happen. "

The village head said: "I think it's warmer here than in Huaguo, maybe it's not so cold in winter, just don't light charcoal."

A village old man shook his head and said, "It's warmer here, but it's very humid. It rains for a few days, and the bedding can squeeze out water. My daughter-in-law burns charcoal to bake the bedding every day, or she has to sleep wrapped in a wet quilt."

Although the village elder's words are somewhat exaggerated, they also reflect the current status quo.

Lin Xiaoxiao also bakes the quilt every few days, but instead of using charcoal, she uses an electric heater.

Lin Xiaoxiao said: "I once thought about installing a stove or a fire wall in each house. The problem is that our houses are all made of wood, and the stove and fire wall are also potential safety hazards."

The chimneys of the stove and the fire wall are also very problematic, and they may burn down their own homes.

Generally speaking, the difficulty of central heating lies in the transmission pipeline, and the difficulty of independent heating lies in smoke exhaust.

Seeing that everyone was lost in thought, Lin Xiaoxiao said again: "It's not that we have to come up with an idea today, but just to let everyone take the matter of heating to heart, and whoever has an idea can say it and we can discuss it later."

Having said that, the village chief and the village elders dispersed, and Lin Xiaoxiao left the craftsmen to talk.

Lin Xiaoxiao bought a batch of letters in Chongyifang.Several of them talked about the changes in the four seasons of the country of Rui, and one of them even made an inference about the climate change of the country in the future.The author speculates that in the coming winter, there will be several consecutive heavy snowfalls in Ruiguo.

This is also one of the reasons why Lin Xiaoxiao is obsessed with heating in winter.

Based on the attitude of "I'd rather believe what I have than what I don't have", Lin Xiaoxiao decided to reinforce all the houses in the village.

The current houses in the village are all temporarily built, and later it is up to each family to decide whether to reinforce and rebuild.Most of the villagers' houses have not been reinforced.

Lin Xiaoxiao said to everyone: "I have a bad premonition about this winter. We can't prevent man-made disasters, but we can prevent natural disasters. Please work harder and reinforce the houses of each family to prevent the continuous heavy snow from crushing the houses. collapse."

Gongshugou and his disciples looked at each other, and asked Lin Xiaoxiao with a frown: "Shannv, will this winter be difficult? Will it be like last year in Huaguo?"

Last year in Hua Country, Gongshu Gou first took his disciples to Migrate to Niu Shou Mountain, and then hid in the cave for several months.Although those days were better than those outside, it was really difficult.

After suffering, everyone wants to live a stable life.After coming to Rui Country, seeing the prosperity of Chongyifang, everyone thought that they could settle down.

When the construction of Laiqi Mountain was completed, Gongshugou and his group of craftsmen still wanted to go to Chongyifang to resume their old business and reopen the craftsman's shop.

Lin Xiaoxiao comforted everyone with a smile: "It shouldn't be so. The country of Rui is relatively stable, and the city is full of roads. Although we live on the mountain, we haven't heard that there are bandits around. As for the others, maybe they haven't reached the level of natural disasters. A few snowfalls. Don’t worry too much, I’m used to planning ahead. Besides, I’m here this time.”

Lin Xiaoxiao's explanations don't work very well, but the last sentence can calm people's hearts.

After delegating most of the work to others, Lin Xiaoxiao has one more thing to personally supervise.

Whether the heating can be solved is a matter for the future.Right now Lin Xiaoxiao plans to build a bathing pool next to the cafeteria.If the problem of heating at home in winter cannot be solved, then setting up a bathtub for everyone to take a bath can also relieve it.

Baths are, of course, public and separate for men and women.

It's a pity that there is no hot spring in Laiqi Mountain, so it can only be solved by burning water with firewood.Fortunately, there are enough trees in Laiqi Mountain, and they can't use them up after decades or even hundreds of years of burning.

Bamboo tubes are used to transport hot water between the bath and the canteen.Because the distance between the two sides is close, the heat loss during transmission is relatively small, which will not affect the temperature of the water outlet.

There are bamboo forests on Laiqi Mountain, and the bamboo tubes are all made from local materials.

Lin Xiaoxiao saw that there were more bamboo tubes, so she even connected her house with the cafeteria.She wants to do an experiment to see how much heat loss is caused by transferring hot water through bamboo tubes.

Lin Xiaoxiao racked her brains to make a simple cycle.Hot water is drawn from the canteen, sent to her house through bamboo tubes, and then sent back, using steam pressure to start the cycle.

After only one night, Lin Xiaoxiao discovered the problem.

The key to sending water through bamboo tubes lies in the nodes.The length of a piece of bamboo is limited. Once the distance is far away, the bamboo must be connected, so how to connect the interface points becomes a problem.

Lin Xiaoxiao thought of several methods, either the water leaked seriously, or there was no insulation.

And worst of all, the thermal conductivity of the bamboo tube is too poor.

This night, the temperature in Lin Xiaoxiao's room was the same as usual, neither rising nor falling.The poor thermal conductivity of the bamboo tube determines its poor heat dissipation performance, and the heat transported by it to the house is almost negligible.

But the experiment also paid off.If the connection problem of the bamboo tube can be solved, then the bamboo tube is a better pipe material.It would be even better if a more suitable heat dissipation material can be found.

Don't think about going to a blacksmith's shop to order metal pipes, because the price is unaffordable, and iron and copper are all controlled by the government.Most blacksmith custom-made utensils require customers to provide materials themselves.

Central heating really still can not be realized.

Lin Xiaoxiao made a lot of bamboo tubes for experiments, so she simply drilled holes in them, put them together in the cafeteria, and built a sink that can use hot water.

There are more and more functions used for this sink.When it's cold, all the clothes washers come here.It is better than going to the river to take a bath in cold water.

By the way, the water in the village is fed from springs on the mountain by several bamboo tubes.The end point is at the public canteen, and other household water needs to be fetched from the canteen.

There is a small stream not far from the village, where there are fish and shrimp, and clothes can be washed.

Although the humid climate makes people uncomfortable, it makes the products of nature more abundant.

Laiqi Mountain is very big, or rather too big.

Lin Xiaoxiao originally wanted to dig a cave, chisel through the mountain to create a secret passage.But Laiqi Mountain is larger than Niu Shou Mountain, and the terrain is more complicated, so it is not suitable for digging.

Lin Xiaoxiao has not yet decided whether to build another place similar to Taoyuan on the mountain.

Lin Xiaoxiao was busy in Laiqi Mountain, and Cui Panpan didn't mind in Chongyifang.

The Kunlun Tea Library has been renovated.The tea room and study room were moved over.The grocery store becomes a real grocery store.

Most of the customers in tearooms and study rooms are literati.There are relatively few customers in such a store at the beginning.

Therefore, Cui Panpan's main energy is still on the grocery store.

This time, Cui Panpan first inspected all the shops in Chongyifang, and found that the shops here are indeed mainly wholesale, and only a few are for retail.

The location of Chongyifang is very good, and there are a lot of caravans coming and going, so the business is wholesale of large orders.

After looking around, Cui Panpan still thinks that there should be a supermarket-style grocery store here.

Of course, the caravan is a big business, but each member of the caravan has its own personal needs.There are more than 1000 permanent residents in Chongyifang, and these people also consume.

Compare Chongyifang to a community.1000 people work and live here.They also need to buy things in their daily life.

Cui Panpan just wanted to turn the grocery store into a supermarket in this community.

The main point of the community supermarket is to be close to life and convenient for life.

The first thing to consider is meals.

There are restaurants and restaurants in Chongyifang.The advantage of restaurants and restaurants is that the food is exquisite, but the disadvantage is that it takes time to serve the food.

There are two types of meals in supermarkets: fast food and semi-finished products.

Instant food can sell tea eggs, meat sandwiches, pancakes and other fruits.These are only for breakfast, and there are no duplicates in the entire Chongyifang.

Semi-finished products are only sold in the afternoon.Make the fresh meat or vegetables of the day half-cooked or fully-cooked, and customers can take them home for reheating, or eat them directly.It can not only ensure that fresh ingredients are not wasted, but also sell them at a slightly higher price.

Cui Panpan thinks clearly that the sales targets of the grocery store meals are the guys in each store, so the overall price is low.

It has been in trial operation for seven days, the breakfast is very good, the cooked meat in the afternoon is not bad, and the vegetables are not very popular.

Cui Panpan made some adjustments according to the specific sales situation, and the meals in the grocery store directly entered the profit zone.

The second thing is the addition of ready-to-wear.

Cui Panpan observed for a period of time, and summed up the sample clothes in three sizes, large, medium and small.Because the ancients wore belts, it doesn't matter if the clothes are a little bigger.

For this reason, Cui Panpan first purchased a batch of linen in wholesale.

It was a coincidence that there happened to be a caravan from the state of Lu, and they brought a lot of cloth.Among them, the satin and patterned cloth were quickly sold, leaving only a pile of rough linen.

Cui Panpan was thinking about making ready-made clothes at that time, so he bought all the linen.

Cui Panpan designed the clothes himself.In fact, there is nothing to design, it is the clothes worn by the most ordinary people.

She cut it herself, and then asked her embroiderer to sew it.The embroiderer was found temporarily in Chongyifang, and she was paid by the piece.

Since there is no need for embroidery, the cloth is also cut, and the wages for each piece are only [-] qian.Regardless of the small amount of money, the sewing is too simple, and it was almost sold out when it was sent out.It took only two days to make the first batch of garments.

In the end, ten sets of large, medium and small sizes were made.The styles of these thirty sets of clothes are exactly the same.

This is the first wave of water testing, and Cui Panpan's pricing is moderate.

Each set of clothes is divided into tops and trousers, 25 yuan for each piece, and [-] yuan for a complete set.

Regardless of the low price, the profit is actually very high.The actual cost of each piece of clothing is around four or five dollars.

The key is to see if it can be sold.

(End of this chapter)