Dahong and Xiangzi kept a total of six suites in this unit, so as to prevent people from coming to their hometown from having nowhere to live. As a result, so many people came at once today, and it was still not enough to stay. However, fortunately, they are all a family, the eldest uncle and the old couple live with the Dahong family, the second uncle and his wife live with the Xiangzi family, the second Ya family has a suite, and then the next apartment is vacant for the Daman family to live. The two suites on the first floor were for the servants of Dahong Xiangzi's family and a few grassland boys who came with them, and they were assigned and distributed, and everyone was finally barely arranged.

As for Qian Zhongyun, Xiaolong borrowed a silver ticket of one hundred taels and asked him to take the child to live in the inn next to this community, and it was convenient to find it if he had something.

The community they live in is called Future Residence, and it was built almost completely according to the drawings given by Erya at the beginning. The periphery is a courtyard wall, but it is not the iron fence of later generations, but a blue brick wall more than one zhang high that is the same as that of the big families of this era. Only the south side of the wall left an entrance and exit gate, the gate is guarded by two guards, and if the people entering and exiting cannot take out a special iron piece, they have to register which house they are looking for, what is the name of the head of the household, and they are allowed to enter only if they are right. Don't think that everything will be fine when you enter the gate, there is also a unit door! It was a single door with a secret lock, and each occupant had a key, and visitors could only stand downstairs and call for someone to open the door for him, and if a thief or a bastard wandered around here without incident, he would soon be driven out by the guards who patrolled every quarter of an hour.

Because there are only three floors here, and the height of the floor is three meters, the spacing between the buildings is not as large as that of the high-rise buildings in later generations, but the greening is still very good. The floor and the ground road facing the unit door are made of cement. Between the concrete road and the previous building are two long strips of green meadows, with a shallow ditch in the middle, and weeping willows on either side of the ditch. This kind of scenery is completely made according to the pattern of rural paddy fields. Erya couldn't think of how to design a beautiful scenery that looked like paradise, even if they could copy the Suzhou garden landscaping of later generations, their family did not have the financial, material, and human resources to make a community that was originally popular.

In the north, it is not difficult to want a green landscape, but it is the water! The water source of the small ditch in this community is also a problem. At that time, Erya didn't think of it when they were designing the drawings, and they didn't know it. It wasn't until Xiangzi lived in the capital for a while that he sent a message back to Erya to tell Erya about his doubts. Thankfully, the timing of his question was timely. Erya immediately modified the direction of the sewer. Except for the toilet sewer, which still runs through the hidden pipe, all the other waste water flows to the small ditch, but fortunately, there are no pollutants such as detergent and laundry detergent at this time. Now I see the small ditch that is still full in this winter. It's more interesting than usual.

As they walked, they looked at the scenery beside them, and although the grass had withered and the leaves had fallen to the ground, only the bare branches were left poking there. But there was a small ditch with water. It flows quietly, but I don't feel much depression.

Xiangzi saw the uncle looking at the withered grass and trees with a disgusted face, and he had the heart to change the uncle's dislike of the capital. "Uncle! Don't look at the dead branches and rotten grass now, if it snows heavily, the branches are full of ice and snow, and you can't see the branches inside at all, just like ice sculptures, beautiful. I can't believe it's true! ”

The uncle was a little interested, but soon pulled his face and said, "If you want to be a child, you will know how to fool people." It's not like I haven't seen the snow hanging on the branches, and when the sky is clear, there is nothing, what can I see?! ”

Xiangzi hurriedly shook his head and argued: "No! Uncle, the weather here is colder than our home, even if the sky is clear, the snow does not melt, and the sun shines, the ice on the branches is shining, like crystal, it is so beautiful that people can't draw it, and appreciate it slowly. ”

Er Ya has seen such a cold and snowy place, standing clusters of ice sculptures like tree ice, very spectacular. Every time I encounter such a beautiful scenery, the road and the top of the overpass are full of people holding cameras and mobile phones to take pictures frantically.

Just when she also wanted to talk, Dahong's daughter-in-law and Xiangzi's daughter-in-law ran out of the building hole and greeted them loudly: "Uncle and aunt (father), father and mother (second uncle and aunt), second brother and sister-in-law, Xiaolong brother, nephews, you are here!" ”

"Hong daughter-in-law, thinking of your daughter-in-law, why don't you run out without putting on a coat, don't freeze and get sick! Hurry up and get in, let's hurry up too. As soon as the eldest aunt saw her daughter-in-law and nephew-in-law running out in a single sweater, she immediately became nervous, the weather in the capital was too cold, she was still shivering in a fur coat lined with goose down, not to mention that they didn't even wear a coat.

The two of them grinned, one was busy going back to open the door first, and the other was taking everyone into the corridor. As soon as she entered the door, the eldest aunt felt sweaty and hot, so she quickly took off her coat. "Dahong's daughter-in-law, I haven't seen you burn the fireplace, why is it so hot at home?"

"It's not convenient to make a fireplace in this kind of building, but we have a coal-burning stove heater, which is more convenient than a fireplace!"

This coal stove heater is a kind of heating stove specially designed by Erya for this northern building, and it is a kind of heating stove for later generations. The outer wall of the briquette furnace is connected to an iron cast warm water pipe, which circulates through two water channels, and there is a small boiler for heating water, but the small boiler must ensure that the water is constantly in it. Because this is to supply indoor heat with hot gas circulation, it is somewhat difficult to ensure that the air pressure is not too high to cause the danger of explosion, and when the air is deflated, it is not possible to take away all the hot gas, which affects the hot gas circulation. However, it is still easy to solve the problem after that, that is, the boiler does not need to be closed, and the height of the boiler is increased at the same time, so that the hot gas can be circulated without exploding.

As for fuel briquettes, there is also a large supply in the capital, and most of the coal in the north is sold to the capital. In order for coal to be better and faster accepted by the public, the price was very low at that time, and one piece could be bought for a penny, and usually only three yuan a day and a night were enough. It is more economical than burning firewood, and it is convenient and simple, and there is hot water to drink or use at any time. There was a time when coal stoves and briquettes were robbed like crazy. It wasn't until three or four years passed that basically every family could have a coal stove, and the coal stove business gradually stabilized. However, the briquette market is still in the first state, so some people will try to buy privately mined coal from their mines and sell it at a high price. Of course, Erya is not a fool, she is ready to spend the winter when she needs to heat up, and then slowly raise the price, so as not to be scolded as a black-hearted businessman.

The thoughts in the hearts of the second girl were not spoken, but the big Hong over there also thought of it: "Second sister-in-law! The price of this briquette, we think it's time to raise the price. This year, many small traders have already sold for three cents, and I don't know if they resell the briquettes from us or the briquettes they get back from somewhere else?! ”

"I know! It's just that the price can't be raised now, and that's exactly when coal is needed for heating. If the price is raised, it is the ordinary people who can't afford it. If we freeze people because of us, it is a trivial matter to be scolded for being black-hearted, I am afraid that someone will sue us for dying of life. When the price is raised in the spring next year, and then next winter, the people have accepted the new price, and no one will be reluctant to use it for heating because of the price increase. ”

The uncle agreed with Erya's meaning next to him, "Xiaohu's daughter-in-law is right, we can't ignore the lives of the people in order to make money." Even if such money is earned, it is sinful, but I am afraid that it will ruin the blessings of my family. Dahong, Xiangzi, you are making money outside, and you must always think about this. ”

Dahong and Xiangzi hurriedly responded with a smile: "Hey! Got it! Money has to be earned, and people have to do it well! ”

Dahong's daughter-in-law and Xiangzi's daughter-in-law began to be busy again, and the eldest aunt and the second aunt followed them to ask for their little grandson: "Hong's daughter-in-law!" What about Qinglin? Why not at home? Going out on such a cold day? ”

"Yes! Everyone's, where's Mingyu? ”

Dahong's daughter-in-law said while making the bed: "The child's father has to go to school with our town, and he also runs kindergartens and enlightenment classes in the community, Qinglin and Mingyu are also sent to school, and it will take a while to come back from school." ”

Xiangzi's daughter-in-law added: "There is no formal school in this kindergarten and enlightenment class, and many children's children are sent to school, and even people outside want to send their children in." The child's father and his third uncle were afraid that there would be too many people, so they didn't dare to accept more people. Otherwise, I am afraid that the classroom will not be able to fit for a long time! ”

The things that Erya paid attention to were different from them, and when she came in, she asked, "How are you two walking around with Old Lady Qin?" ”

The two were stunned for a moment and shook their heads slightly. Dahong's daughter-in-law looked at the second sister-in-law's slightly dull face and was a little scared. Thinking that the daughter-in-law wanted to prevent the second sister-in-law from misunderstanding that they were not familiar with the world, she explained: "It's not that we don't want to go, it's really that the third lady of the Qin family is too much." The first time we came to the door, they shook our faces at us, and our speech was very choked, and we didn't take it seriously when we later learned what the reason was. Later, the daughter-in-law came in the door, and it was impossible to kiss her daughter, so I thought she should have no problem with us! Who knows, when we went to Qinfu, she came to us and laughed at us, really thinking that we were countrymen and couldn't understand it?! Old Mrs. Qin told her to faint with anger, and we don't want to go over and cause trouble again, the old lady Qin of the province is angry. ”

When the second aunt heard this, she couldn't burst into anger, and said angrily: "She didn't want Old General Qin to marry her daughter to my family, so it's okay to be polite to you." Why do you do that to you after that? What else do you say about being from a big family! Bah! If you look down on people, you can't run in front of others to squeeze them, this is a clear insult! (To be continued......)