Rebooting the Peak Years of 1985

Chapter 155 Coal Heating Renovation Project

The vegetable market in winter is in a slump these days, and all you can buy are radishes and cabbage.

As the New Year approaches, pork becomes scarce, and most stalls require tickets to purchase.

A few stalls do not require tickets, but they are very popular and they are mobile sales. Most people will not be able to find them without taking the time to look for them.

It took Lin Jiayin more than an hour to buy the groceries she wanted to buy and return home.

She was dumbfounded as soon as she entered the house, and a wave of heat hit her face.

“This, this, this—is this a fire at home!?”

Her immediate reaction was that something had happened, she threw the dishes on the ground and rushed into the house.

As a result, I saw my husband Chen Huajiang holding his daughter and having fun in the living room. Both of them were just wearing sweaters and their cotton-padded jackets were put aside, looking very comfortable.

"what happened?"

This made Lin Jiayin understand that nothing happened at home, but Zhang Er became more and more confused.

"You won't light a fire at home, right? Damn it, the coal stove is there, open the window quickly, you will get gas poisoning."

Then Lin Jiayin thought of the second possibility and looked very angry.

My husband, Chen Huajiang, is also an employee of Hongqi Factory. How could he not understand such a simple truth?
Last winter, an elderly couple died in the family home of their Hongqi Factory. They died of carbon monoxide poisoning due to poor ventilation while having a fire at home.

At that time, there was a lot of commotion in the family's courtyard, and the neighborhood committee often posted notices about this information, telling everyone to keep warm and ventilated in winter.

"No, no, no, I'm telling you, you're making too much of a fuss. Am I the kind of person who doesn't know what's important?"

"Look up and see, that's where the heat is coming from. The coal stove is on the balcony!"

When Chen Huajiang saw that his wife was about to open the door and window, he could no longer pretend, so he quickly stood up and said to her.

Then he told his wife the reason for heating the house, and Lin Jiayin opened her mouth wide.

"Is this thing you made for heating?"

She looked at the white pipes on the wall in astonishment. She originally thought they were so ugly and disgusting, but now she felt a little cute.

"Of course, otherwise why would I waste all my efforts?"

Chen Huajiang said with a smile. Seeing his wife's surprise and admiration, he felt that everything was worth it.

The most important thing is that Huanhuan also feels that the home is warm and much more comfortable than before.

Lin Jiayin rushed over excitedly and kissed Chen Huajiang hard on the face.

For most people these days, winter is a torment, and every year a large number of people die from gas poisoning.

It's not that they don't know the dangers of gas poisoning, but it's just that it's so cold that they can't help it. Even if they take the risk, they have to put a coal stove at home for heating. After all, ventilation will make them fine.

But when there is wind, when there is no wind, whether the windows will be forgotten to be fixed, and whether the wind will blow the windows closed, there are always many accidents.

Lin Jiayin sang songs all the way through dinner. Without the bulky cotton-padded jacket, she felt relaxed all over.

The next day, Chen Huajiang's house was full of people.

These days, every little disturbance in the family home will attract people's attention. If the parents are short-sighted, no matter how big or small it is, it's all a big deal.

In particular, Chen Huajiang's house drilled holes outside the wall and built an aluminum chimney that passed through the wall. It was so conspicuous that it was difficult not to attract attention.

"It's too warm in this house. Can Huajiang get one for my house?"

"Good news, you two were too busy at work before, but I helped you bring Huanhuan for several months. I must make one for my family."

"Yes, yes, I'll get one at home too. How much does it cost? I took you along when you entered the venue."

After experiencing the warmth of Chen Huajiang's home, all the neighbors were captured, especially the elderly people who were very excited.

Naturally, some neighbors who had a good relationship with Chen Huajiang's family would not show up, so they pulled Chen Huajiang and Lin Jiayin's couple along with them and made demands.

Of course, Chen Huajiang would accept anyone who came, no matter how close the relationship was, as long as he was not a neighbor like Ma Hongfeng, Chen Huajiang would agree to it.

Family homes are all Khrushchev buildings. If everyone can carry out this kind of coal stove heating renovation, once the temperature of the stairs rises, every household will benefit.

This is the case with the northern heating houses of later generations. If every household in a building has heating, even one or two households that do not pay for heating can still enjoy the heat. This is the reason.

This was originally one of Chen Huajiang's plans, and of course he would not be stingy.

So in the next few days, Chen Huajiang and his men recruited a group of workers to help everyone with the transformation.

This process only charges a cost, and is even free for some lonely elderly families. It has won unanimous praise from everyone in the family home.

"What's the use? Isn't it just some pipes? I don't believe how much heat it can get?"

Because Ma Hongfeng didn't deal with Chen Huajiang's family, she was naturally not included in the reform.

Of course, after the last disagreement, she couldn't ask Chen Huajiang for help.

Everyone laughed and said nothing about Ma Hongfeng's weirdness, knowing that she had a sour grape mentality.

When the renovation of the family home was completed, the news quickly spread to other family homes and spread in a chain.

Workers who were in the process of renovating family homes also became the first batch of recipients. Some were helping friends to earn favors, and more often just to make some money.

In short, major families in Nanming City have launched a wave of renovation of coal stove heating, and workers who can retrofit coal heating have become extremely popular.

Kunlun Coal Stove naturally also took advantage of the trend and launched a modified furnace, which added a trapezoidal No. [-] interface above the coal stove, so that only the No. [-] aluminum pipe needs to be connected.

The only thing left to do is to open a hole in the wall and pass the aluminum pipe through the wall, which is a relatively simple project.

Kunlun Coal Stove was the first to raise its price, from RMB [-] to RMB [-], and relevant brochures and modification instructions were prepared in front of major sales points.

As one of the first people to eat crabs, Kunlun Coal Stove naturally took advantage of the popularity and sold a lot of goods.

However, the price of two and a half yuan also deterred many people. Fortunately, at this time, the 'Hongqi Factory Coal Stove' was also launched.

These coal stoves were naturally bought by Chen Huajiang from Gou Weidong. They just added a trapezoidal interface, and the price also increased from [-] yuan to [-] yuan.

This price was [-] cents cheaper than the Kunlun coal stove, and it soon caused a sales boom in the market.

The slowest response after that was the coal stoves from the Coal Stove Factory, which cost two yuan. Of course, this batch of coal stoves also belonged to Chen Huajiang.

This shows that coal stoves in Hongqi Factory are extremely popular and all distribution points are out of stock.

"Brother Chen, Gou Weidong's grandson was really fooled!"

"Damn it, I've never seen such a shameless person asking you to increase the price."

On this day, Liang Long hurriedly came to find Chen Huajiang and said with disdain.

At the same time, he also looked at Chen Huajiang with admiration, because the other party had anticipated such a situation half a month ago.

(End of this chapter)