I took a turn with Yuntong in the village, and it was already noon when I came back, usually at this time the village should be very lively, but now the whole village is quiet.

It's not that there is no one in the big village, but that the cold on the mountain is forcing people to dare not come out.

Thinking of the two members of the Liu Si family stuffing straw into their clothes, Wu Zheng felt very uncomfortable in his heart, and he went down the mountain to earn seven thousand taels of silver, but he never thought of exchanging these silver for some living materials to come back, even if it was to buy some linen cloth and let the brothers in the village sew some reed cotton jackets!

Fortunately, the three boys who froze out of the disease in the village were cured by themselves, otherwise their reputation as a selfish person would definitely not be able to run away, so where would they have the face to come out to meet people in the future?

On the way home, Wu Zheng kept thinking about the world and talked about what else could be used to keep out the cold besides cotton, but he walked to the door of the house unconsciously.

"Xianggong, you're back!"

When I heard the voice, I looked up and saw Seinfeld open the door and run out happily.

"What's it about Fei'er that makes you so happy?" Wu Zheng said.

"It's nothing! It's just that I'm happy to see Xianggong come back, by the way, I heard Xiang'er say in the morning that you were invited by Uncle Yun to see a doctor for the children in the village, and the children's conditions are fine! ”

Wu Zheng smiled slightly and said: "You don't look at who your father-in-law is, I am a recognized miracle doctor for the brothers in the village!" How can this little problem hurt me?

But Fei'er, are you saying that I am too selfish? ”

"Selfish? Says who? ”

Wu Zheng said: "We won 7,000 taels of silver in Tianbangzhou last time, and I didn't even bring a piece of linen cloth to the brothers in the village." Do you know? I just saw Liu Si and his wife have to stuff straw into their clothes in order to keep out the cold. And this is not bad, since he was young, his dog still has a leopard skin to cover, while other people can only stuff grass into the quilt. ”

Seinfeld said: "Xianggong is also a helpless thing, our ancestors have lived like this for generations." ”

"But I saw that we had a silk quilt at home, and it seemed to be quite warm when it was covered."

"Xianggong, although every household in Shuzhong has the habit of raising silkworms, but a bed of silk also costs fifty taels of silver! How many beds can you buy for 7,000 taels of silver? There are more than 200 brothers in the village, who will give it to whom, but there is a calculation? Besides, if the silver can be exchanged for two hundred silk quilts, is it possible that the husband still wants the brothers of the entire village to stay in bed all winter? ”

"Stay in bed? Hey...... That's a great way to do it! How did I not think of that? Fei'er, you're so smart. ”

Seinfeld saw Wu Zheng's happy face, could it be that Xianggong really wanted to exchange all the silver for silk quilts? So he said with a panicked face: "Xianggong, don't come nonsense, this silk quilt is not available to everyone." Our household silk quilt is already overdue, if every household covers silk and is let the government know, then what will it do? ”

Wu Zheng was stunned for a moment, and immediately thought that in this era, ordinary people wear silk and break the law, if it is covered with silk, it will really be amazing?

Wu Zheng said with a smile: "Since the government doesn't allow it, then we don't buy it, but who said that only a silk quilt can warm up on the bed?" ”

Seinfeld looked at Wu Zheng blankly and thought about it, and suddenly seemed to think of something embarrassing, and said with a red face: "Xianggong, can you not be so obscene, many people have children at home, besides, if you really have to do that kind of thing to keep out the cold, won't you be exhausted to death?" ”

Wu Zheng knew that this girl was thinking about something wrong when he heard it, so he poked her forehead with his finger and said angrily: "What are you thinking about this girl all day?" Do I mean to do that kind of thing? I want to build a kang for my brothers' homes. ”

"Ondol?"

"That's right! Isn't it just to build a bed out of adobe and make a fire under the bed? By the way, do we have brothers in the village who can work in mud and water? ”

Seinfeld thought for a moment and said, "Yes! ”

"Really? Carpenter, blacksmith, mason, I didn't expect that there are really many talents in our village! Forget about this, Fei'er called all the brothers who can work in muddy water, and taught them to build a fire kang, as long as there is a fire kang, our village will not worry about it in this winter. ”

After a while, Seinfeld found ten brothers who could do muddy work for Wu Zheng, although it was not suitable to do muddy work in this cold and freezing weather, but as soon as I heard that my uncle was building a thing called a kang for the brothers in the village to have a comfortable winter, everyone was full of enthusiasm.

Wu Zheng showed the sketches he had drawn to everyone, and asked everyone to brainstorm to see how to make this thing.

After all, Wu Zheng has only seen this thing before, and there is a fire under this thing, and there is a fire above this thing to sleep people, in case the kang is not built well and people fall into the fire, then a good thing will become a bad thing, so this thing must not come nonsense.

Everyone looked around the group for a while, and a guy named Chen Sandao said: "Wonderful is really wonderful, although my uncle wants to build this thing, although it looks simple, not only do I not say that if it is built, it will indeed be a good thing, but it is a pity that we have built a house for so many years, why didn't we think to get such a thing in the house, it really deserves to be frozen." ”

Wu Zheng said with a smile: "Brother Chen's mind is all on the craft, how can I have time to think about this." When it comes to Brother Chen, what good advice do you have for this ondol? ”

Chen Sandao scratched his head unwillingly and smiled: "Jianyi can't talk about it, the small one just thinks that if we want to build this kang, we'd better make bricks first, of course, it's not impossible to directly use loess to build one, but the small one thinks that if this kang surface is laid with hard fire bricks, it will be faster, and it is safer for people to sleep on it." ”

Wu Zheng stretched out his thumb and said: "An expert is worthy of being an expert, and he will get to the point as soon as he opens his mouth." However, you have to burn bricks in a brick kiln, and I don't know if it's troublesome to build. ”

"It's not troublesome, it's not troublesome, we have this brick kiln in our village, although it hasn't been used for a few years, but the problem shouldn't be big, as long as it is repaired a little, it can be used."

Then he said, "Uncle, can you just build this stove in the house, so that you can cook and burn the kang at the same time." ”

"Of course you can, but it's best to use a wall to separate this kang from the stove, otherwise it won't be good if the child accidentally falls into the pot while playing on the kang."

"Won't that block the light and make the room too dark?"

Without waiting for Wu Zheng to answer, someone rushed to say: "Wouldn't it be better for us to build a kang directly next to the kitchen?" In this way, the stove is saved, and then you just need to dig a hole behind the wall. If you don't have a kitchen, let's open a window on the opposite wall and let him out of the next kitchen. ”

Time waits for no one, so everyone discussed for less than an hour, and then began to go out and act separately.

As for how to do it, Wu Zheng doesn't care, he has Seinfeld's big boss to arrange it, so after everyone went out, the quiet village suddenly became lively, and every household made efforts, chopping wood, digging soil, billet making, and kiln repairing.

In order to make the wife and children no longer suffer from the cold, some people are working hard, in the case of the whole village on the battlefield, that night the brick kiln in the village that has not been used for many years was burned, and the next day Chen Sandao took people to Wu Zheng's yard with newly baked fire bricks, and built two big kang in less than half a day......