Chapter 404: Late Autumn
The second watch, ask for pink.
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The new residence layout of Lian Man'er's family is a two-entry courtyard. The first entrance is the outer courtyard, and when you enter through the gate, there is a large and spacious courtyard. In the middle of the courtyard, there is a small pond. The water from the pond is living water, which is taken from the small river in front of it, and is deposited here through the aqueduct and sedimentation tank.
It's autumn, and the little pond is just a puddle of clear water and a few koi fish. At the beginning of spring next year, Lian Man'er plans to transplant some lotus huā into it.
The main room in the front yard is used as a living room, a study and Mr. Lu's bedroom. There is another compartment in the study, and there is a kang on it, where Gorou and Xiaoqi can read or rest.
There are no wings in the front yard, and there is a large cross-courtyard on the east and west sides, which respectively built a threshing floor, a barn, a late autumn workshop for winemaking, a sauerkraut workshop, a pigsty, and a livestock shed.
Passing through the front yard is the second courtyard.
Walking out of the hall, there are hand-copying verandahs on both sides. After going down the steps, there is a blue brick road in the middle, which leads directly to the main house. The second courtyard is also the inner courtyard of Lian Man'er's house, with a total of five upper rooms, one bright and two dark, the layout is roughly the same as the old house of the Lian family, and it is also the general layout of the houses of the general Zhuang family.
Under the steps of the main house, on both sides of the road, there are four pomegranate trees. This is a transplanted large pomegranate tree, and it is said that it will bear fruit next year.
The depth of the inner courtyard is not as large as that of the outer courtyard, but there are no wings. Lian Man'er's family now has six people, and with Mr. Lu, there are only seven. Now these rooms are enough for them to live in. To build a wing room, it is just for Gorou and Xiaoqi in the future.
"My brother and Xiaoqi want to use the house, so it will take several years. Now I'm building the house in a hurry, and when the time comes, if I don't like it again, what should I do? Besides, now that it's built, we can't live in it, and the house is free. The old one is fast. It's better for us to set aside the space now and build it when the time comes. When the time comes, whether to build a wing house or build a house across the courtyard. It all depends, doesn't it? ”
Lian Man'er said so at the time.
Gorou and Kochi have no opinion.
Chapter 404: At the end of autumn, Zhang and Lian Shouxin also felt that what Lian Man'er said made sense.
"Say that there are big families, they all live in one house and one house. If you want me, I'm not used to it yet. Live together, kiss incense. "That's Zhang's idea.
The inner courtyard is also cross-courtyard on both sides. There are no houses built in the courtyard, but various fruit trees are planted.
Enter the west courtyard from the moon gate on the west side of the inner courtyard, and walk a few steps along the bluestone Yong Road, which is the bathroom designed by Lian Man'er.
This bathroom side. It is a wall of fire, and behind the wall of fire is a large kitchen built in front of the west courtyard. In winter, a fire is lit in the large kitchen, which conducts heat through the fire wall and heats the bathroom. In addition, there is a large water supply tank, which is located in the large kitchen. Two water pipes are installed on the tank. Two pipes run through the wall of fire, one that supplies water to the toilet bowl's flush tank and the other to the bath.
The bathroom is divided into two compartments. One of them houses a wooden tub as a bathroom, and a flush toilet in the other.
The sewer pipes are made of thick ceramic pipes and are buried in the ground. In order to keep warm from the cold, the tube is wrapped in a thick layer of cotton wool and grass cushion, and buried to a depth of more than one meter.
The outlet of the sewer pipe is located just outside the west wall. In winter, because of the freezing, people have to be arranged to clean it up every day. This Lian Shouxin had already discussed with the man who cleaned the latrine, and gave him an additional salary. Let him be in charge of cleaning up twice a day, morning and evening. In spring, summer and autumn, sewage can be fed into the manure collection pit through special culverts.
In the front yard, next to the large kitchen, there is also a similar bathroom for Mr. Lu's use.
Mr. Jiang pulled all the parts of the toilet bowl and watched the craftsmen install it.
Lian Man'er watched them stitch together the official road. I can't help but think of a question. Between two sections of pipe, including the flush toilet and the flush tank, which are not one, although the dimensions are accurate and can be socketed, what about the seal?
"That's the most famous baking pot craftsman in our Liaodong Mansion." Master Jiang pointed to an old man with gray hair and said, "No matter what it is, there is nothing that he can't bake together, make sure that it is tightly seamed, and there is no trace of wind leaking." ”
The broken pots and spoons used by the villagers are reluctant to throw away. Then, the broken pots and spoons leak and can't be used, what should I do? There are craftsmen who walk the streets and alleys, shouting and drinking baked pots and bowls, and they can clean up these broken things. Whether it is copper, iron, porcelain, tile, as big as a large water tank with two people hugging together, or as small as a small wine cup that a baby under the age of one can hold, the craftsmen of this baking jar can make up for it.
Depending on the size of the breakage, there are patchy white scars of different sizes.
Watching the old craftsman light the fire and melt a pot of tin water, Lian Man'er suddenly realized. To put it simply, this is clearly soldering.
With this process, this connection sealing is of course not a problem. Although it is rigidly connected and not elastic, in this day and age, this is sufficient.
When the toilet was fully installed and the tank was full of water, Lian Man'er walked over and threw a shovel of dirt into the toilet, and then pulled down the drawstring. The water rushed down from the downspout, swirling and flushing in the white porcelain toilet, and a particularly loud flushing sound was heard, and the toilet had become clean. Soon, the guards outside the Western Wall shouted "The water is out."
It worked!
Lian Man'er was a little excited.
The happiness of Lord Jiang and Mr. Lu, who were standing next to him, was no worse than that of Lian Man'er.
In order to celebrate the successful installation of the flush toilet, and to thank Master Jiang, Lian Man'er's family prepared a banquet. Lord Jiang drank a lot, and after the meal, before Lian Shouxin could take out the thank you gift to Lord Jiang, Lord Jiang returned the few letters of silver sent by Lian Man'er's family.
He wanted to dedicate this flush toilet to Shangguan.
Lian Man'er anticipated this possibility, and had already discussed her words with her family.
"This flush toilet was built thanks to adults. We don't have anything to say, that is, this toilet is Mr. Lu's design of "even keeping promises", it depends on Mr. Lu's meaning. ”
“…… It's just a whim, just for the convenience of life. Mr. Lu said, "If you think it's useful, take it." If I can promote it, I would like to thank you. ”
Before, Lian Man'er, Gorou and Mr. Lu discussed that they wanted to give him the credit. In fact, in this, Mr. Lu's efforts are even more than Lian Man'er. Lian Man'er relied on memory, if it wasn't for Mr. Lu's refinement and refinement, it would not be easy for her to complete the construction drawings by herself.
Mr. Lu shook his head and refused at that time. Said he was not here.
General Jiang has no intention of fighting for merit with his family and Mr. Lu, so he is naturally very happy.
Lian Man'er was very indifferent. Her flush toilet system is limited to conditions and is not fully automatic. For example, in large water storage tanks, water needs to be filled manually. The sewage outlet, in winter, also needs to be cleaned manually. In order to smooth the drainage, the official road from the flush toilet to the sewage outlet is not long, and there is also a slope.
In addition, the cost of fine porcelain toilets and flush tanks, including some parts of the drawer tank, is not low.
These factors are all problems that need to be solved in the promotion of flush toilets.
If anyone can solve these problems and build a unified water supply, drainage, and sewage treatment system, then the credit will be given to this person, and Lian Man'er thinks it is very deserved.
Moreover, it is also a matter of habit.
For example, Lian Man'er, she is used to using the flush toilet to maintain her **. In this era, the rich families who can afford the cost of making flush toilets are accustomed to maids and servants waiting by their side.
The flush toilet is a novelty that should be enjoyed by someone. As for whether it can be universally applied...... Lian Man'er thinks that it is better to leave it to others to worry about.
The flush toilet was built, and Lian Man'er was eager to move into her new home immediately.
But she had to wait. The layout in the new home has not yet been completed, and when you move to a new house, you must look at the yellow calendar and choose an auspicious day for the zodiac.
The completion of the Imperial Archway also has to choose an auspicious day for the zodiac.
In order to please a good fortune, Lian Man'er's family will move into a new home on the day the Yuci archway is completed.
Before this, the family was not idle.
As the weather gets colder, all kinds of grain are piled up in the warehouse, and the cabbage in the vegetable garden grows. On this day, taking advantage of the good weather, Lian Shouxin asked Lian Shouli, Zhao and Lian Ye'er to help, and the whole family began to harvest cabbage.
The grown cabbage has only a short root in the soil, and it is easy to pull the cabbage out of the ground by holding it with both hands. The cabbage pulled out needs to be trimmed before it can be stored for winter.
To trim the cabbage, first tear off the leaves that are damaged on the outside, and then use a kitchen knife to cut off the roots of the cabbage. The cabbage that comes out in this way is easier to store.
This year, in order to store melons and vegetables, Lian Man'er's family dug a vegetable cellar in the West Cross Courtyard.
"Her fourth aunt, this year, you also opened a sauerkraut workshop?" Zhao asked Zhang.
"Open, the day before yesterday, the shopkeeper Wu came to the house and made another deal with us. As soon as the cabbage is harvested, the sauerkraut workshop will open. Zhang said.
"Her fourth aunt, you are really diligent." Zhao said, "Many people in our village are still thinking, you can't open this sauerkraut workshop again this year." ”
"Open, why can't you open it. After lunch, I will go to Chunzhu's daughter-in-law and ask her to find me all the people from last year. The day after tomorrow, our sauerkraut workshop will open. Zhang said.
At noon, the family went back to the shop for dinner, and Gorou and Xiaoqi also came back from the private school.
"My grandfather has come back with a letter." Gorou took out a letter from his bag and said.
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The second watch, ask for pink.
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