Chapter 37: How to Deal with the Cold
(I drank my classmates' wedding wine today, and I had to sit in the car for three hours and fifty minutes, and I couldn't afford to hurt it-)
On the ninth day of the first month of the fourth year of Guangshun, the weather entered the middle of winter, and at this time there was heavy snow in the north, and the heavy snow fell one after another. The rivers and canals are frozen, and the city of Tokyo is full of cold, and everyone in the street is wrapped in tightly clothed and warmly dressed, and the pedestrians are in a hurry, and they are constantly busy, and they are eager to rush back to their warm homes.
Somehow, this winter is so cold and cold, and there are very few pedestrians on the streets. Snowflakes are like mats, the wind is like knives cutting, the wind and snow are below, passers-by avoid walking, and it is called a cold day. After Zhao Dezhao finished his business with Guangwei Group that day, he hurriedly urged the donkey cart to return home, but the donkey cart was not fast, the road was dripping into ice, and the soil and slag on the ground were frozen into living specimens. Inside the donkey cart, Zhao Dezhao froze his heart, his bones were scattered, his waist and back were bent, and his whole body shrunk into a brain.
"Freeze to death, hell weather! What kind of ghost sword sorrow is this? Zhao Dezhao snorted, and the spittle froze out of the ice slag.
Then the donkey cart finally arrived home. In the Zhao Mansion, the people are rolling up in the corner of the house and stomping their little feet, rubbing their little hands, this winter came very suddenly, without warning, yesterday was still full of warmth, and today it will be very slaughtered. During this year, in order to keep out the cold, the people wore fur coats and burned charcoal for warmth, and the rest of the rich and noble families could afford to buy charcoal (called charcoal in ancient times, coal in modern times).
At this time, Zhao Dezhao also hid in the house and did not come out, the stove in the house was burning charcoal, Zhao sat by the fire and rubbed his little hands, not daring to cover the door, lest there be carbon monoxide poisoning.
During these days, the temperature plummeted, and his mother had a qi illness, coupled with the disease of wind and cold, it was aggravated at the moment, and he kept coughing, and when Zhao Dezhao warmed up, he hurried to He's room, closed the door after entering, and saw this situation, and hurriedly asked with concern: "Mother, are you better?" ”
He Shi took his son's hand, touched his shoulder, smiled, sighed with emotion, and replied, "Zhao'er, mother...... cough cough cough, it's okay, don't worry, it's like this every winter in previous years, it will be fine. The old problem is sick, and when it comes to winter, the weather will be cold and cold, and it will be sick...... "When I gave birth to Zhao Dezhao's eldest brother, I had a difficult birth and fell ill. Zhao Dezhao knew that this was a mother who didn't let her son worry, so he deliberately said it.
Zhao Dezhao knows that the burning of silver frost charcoal seems to be smokeless, but it also tastes bad, especially in the room with tight doors and windows, which will make the air dirty, which is not conducive to the mother's recovery! But there was nothing to be done, and he said, "Oh! Then Zhao'er was relieved. Zhao'er has already sent someone to buy the best Silver Frost Charcoal, and it will be delivered immediately! Mother, it won't be cold then, we'll all be warm. ”
He Shi was very relieved to hear this, and said happily: "Zhao'er has a heart, it's good to light a charcoal fire in the house, but it's also very depressed, and it's uncomfortable to be a mother...... I don't know what you can do? ”
"It's... Mother let me think about it first, my little brain is now a lot of paste, just wait for the tofu brain to be clear, then I will understand, let me think for a while. Zhao Dezhao laughed mischievously.
He Shi joked: "You little monkey, I'm waiting for you to say this for my mother." Don't let your mother freeze to death when the time comes. ”
Zhao Dezhao nodded again and again and admitted his mistake: "Yes, yes, yes... My dear mother, alas! I will try my best to let my mother and family live a warm winter. ”
Zhao Dezhao made a color to Lang Zhong, and then the two stepped out of the door, Zhao Dezhao closed the door and hurriedly asked, "Doctor, how is my mother's condition?" ”
Lang Zhong said: "Madame's pulse is vain, her stamina is insufficient, she has suffered from the wind and cold, and at this moment, her face is pale, her breath is short, and she has suffered from qi disease before, this cold temperament is not easy to do." At present, the weather is changeable, and the wind and cold are in the body, so it is better to bake more fire in the room. I have some medicine here, and Zhao Xiaolangjun should let his wife take it on time. ”
"Okay!" Zhao Dezhao was also very helpless, he ran out all the time during this time, and he didn't notice his mother's illness, so he also wanted to do his filial piety, but he was helpless, thinking in his heart, "But without charcoal, where can there be warmth in this winter...... Since my mother is unwell, I still don't want to use charcoal......"
To make the house warm as spring, unless you let yourself think about it, Zhao Dezhao thought about it, wandering around the yard, and suddenly Li Si'er walked out of the firewood room, his face was black, and his clothes were burned with a big hole, and he looked very embarrassed, and anyone who saw it would laugh out loud. Li Si'er is a young man that Zhao Dezhao recently found from the homeless people, he is diligent and humorous, this kid is five or six years older than Zhao Dezhao, and the things he does make people laugh.
"Li Si'er, what are you anxious about, you won't be able to go on a good road." Zhao Dezhao pretended to be very angry, "And how did you get this look?" It's so obscene, do you want to pretend to be Zhong Kui to scare Young Master Ben? ”
Li Si'er pointed to the clothes on his body and the black and gray appearance on his face, and said with a mouthful of bitter water: "Xiao Langjun, ah, no...... The little one just lit a fire in the firewood room, and when he was cooking on the fire, the firewood accidentally spilled out, and he burned his clothes, oops~ It burned me. ”
"Oh, I see, why don't I burn you! Isn't it warm on such a cold day? Zhao Dezhao said the word "scalded", and he thought of it. - Hehe, yes, I was smart all my life, and I was confused for a while, and when I saw the stove, I suddenly had an idea, haha. If the stove is modified, isn't it just a warm kang? This unexpected gift, my mother will definitely like it! When the time comes, the entire main room of the Zhao Mansion will be transformed into this style.
After the Wuhu Rebellion, Hu beds, tables and chairs were introduced to the Central Plains. Since the Tang Dynasty, the bed of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms has gradually become a special tool for people to live and sleep, and the time is not very long.
Zhao Dezhao hurriedly ran to his mother's room, knocked on the door and said, "My mother can't freeze to death, Zhao'er has a way, my mother, please wait and see." ”
When He saw Zhao Dezhao running into the room, he asked suspiciously, "Oh? What do you think? ”
"Alright? I'm going to surprise you! ”
He Shi looked at the cold weather, the child's little face was red from the cold, and he beckoned Xiang'er to bring the cloak to Zhao Dezhao, "Xiang'er, you go and bring the cloak to Xiao Langjun." ”
Zhao Dezhao put on his cloak, left He's room, went to the study to draw the style of the warm kang, and then called Li Yuanchang to find a few more masons, saying that he had something important to order. After a while, dozens of masons came to Zhao's mansion, and Zhao Dezhao showed them the drawings and instructed them to do what they did.
A moment later, a separate courtyard in the back house of the Zhao Mansion was sorted out first, and dozens of masons arrived at the first time, followed by many materials ordered by Zhao Dezhao two quarters of an hour ago.
There are many people and great strength, and this battle can be directly delivered tonight. In fact, today, when it is a good time, there are many people who can exert their strength.
Under the command of Zhao Dezhao, the masons began to lay bricks on the inside of the house, painted with a little white ash and yellow mud, and built a hollow square platform with green bricks, and then capped the upper end to become a flat surface, much like a large stone bed.
When Zhao Hongyin returned home, he saw that the masons began to build stoves and chimneys on both sides of the wall, and he didn't know what he was doing.
At this time, Zhao Dezhao saw his grandfather return and asked hello, Zhao Hongyin asked puzzledly: "What is Zhao'er going to do?" There are a lot of masons, all of whom are making stoves. Could it be that there are too few stoves in the house, and Zhao'er is going to change his career to become a chef. ”
"Grandfather, you're all wrong, ah, you'll find out later, it's not finished yet." Zhao Dezhao replied.
Zhao Hongyin didn't know what his grandson was doing, but he was very relieved of his grandson, and he usually wouldn't do anything out of the ordinary.
"Yes! Well, just ask grandfather to polish his eyes and see what? Zhao Hongyin also replied with a smile.
After a while, the bricks of the room were finished, and the appearance of a bed appeared in front of me, and the muddy water was not dry at the moment. Zhao Dezhao instructed his subordinates to find some firewood and burn the fire in the hole behind, and the smoke was discharged up along the hole, and there was no smell of smoke in the house, but there was a warm feeling all over the room, so as to speed up the progress of the warm kang.
"It's amazing, Zhao'er. I understand. When Zhao Hongyin saw the situation in front of him, his heart was very open, and he also understood that this thing was used for winter.
Zhao Dezhao said: "Wait for the plaster to dry a little, spread mats and bedding on top, and then add firewood to the stove outside according to the temperature, you can warm the room!" It can also warm up for the winter, and my grandfather can rest assured that he can hibernate in the house. ”
Zhao Hongyin was very satisfied with this, nodded his head with a smile on his face, and said, "Good, good, so good...... Zhao'er thought of a way to be wonderful! Hibernation, you kid are laughing at your grandfather. My grandfather was old and afraid of the cold. Today, the same kid said that he was cold to death and was going to hibernate. Who's that person? ”
"Why should grandfather be entangled, Zhao'er has no mouth, Xiaozui is so excited that he actually ran away from the donkey cart." Zhao Dezhao joked, and Zhao Hongyin's head was crooked.
But then he thought of what kind of head melon could think of this, so Zhao Hongyin hurriedly asked, "Zhao'er, how did you think of it." ”
Zhao Dezhao was worried that He's was unwell because of physical reasons, and the hot kang was undoubtedly the most suitable, explaining: "This is what I saw in a house in the south of the city, this thing can not only keep warm, but also ensure that the breath in the house is pure and not polluted by fireworks!" Today, I saw that my mother was suffering from wind and cold, she was very sick, coughing and angry, and this method was like this, and my mother must be very happy, so I will go and ask everyone to try my work. No, it's tonight. ”
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Under the baking of fireworks, the bricks and plaster were dry, and after everything was completed, that night, Zhao Dezhao called his subordinates, spread bamboo mats and blankets underneath, and then asked the maid Xiang'er to help He sit on the hot kang. The firewood was burned underneath, and suddenly, the whole room was warm, and He liked it very much, and the cold winter problem that had plagued her for a long time was finally properly solved.
Zhao Dezhao, who was following on the side, smiled like a flower and said, "Mother-this gift is good?" ”
"Good, good...... Thanks to Zhao'er, this thing is really comfortable. Mother's heart is even warmer, Zhao'er deserves to be her mother's baby. He nodded and smiled at Zhao Dezhao.
Zhao Dezhao's heart suddenly felt happy, the cold that plagued his mother was finally resolved, this is what he should do as a son of man, and today's hardship is worth it. Then Zhao Dezhao said, "In that case, why don't you let the masons come to the house tomorrow and replace all the inside of the main house with these." ”
He nodded and smiled: "Zhao'er's filial piety is very happy for her mother. But Zhao'er, don't forget your grandfather. ”
Zhao Dezhao was right to think about it, and he would go to his grandfather's mansion tomorrow to disturb him, he hadn't been there for a long time, and he didn't know how his grandfather's health was.
Although it is said that there is a warm kang now, but his mother's body and bones, he knows some of the sons, unless he can find a famous doctor to heal, otherwise the consequences are quite serious, in history Zhao Dezhao's mother died in the Xiande years, and his grandfather also died a few years later, and his father died when he was fifty years old...... Alas, I may be able to meet a famous doctor, but who is there in the troubled times...... I also have to slowly find someone with medical skills in the five dynasties and ten countries.
On the second day, a group of masons came and built some ondols in turn, at this moment the main house of Zhao's Mansion is full of ondols, although the snow in Tokyo is still falling, but there are ondols and stoves in Zhao's Mansion, the way to deal with the cold, this winter is not too cold.
Zhao Dezhao asked the group of masons to rush to Chen Liuhe's mansion in Kaifeng, and visited his grandfather, uncle and cousin on the way.
Seeing that his grandfather's mansion was using charcoal and charcoal, he asked, "Zhao'er has seen grandpa!" ”
He Jingsi said: "Zhao'er hasn't come to see her grandfather for a long time, and she wants to die of her grandfather." ”
"Grandpa, Zhao'er also wants to kill you. Why don't you see your uncle and cousin? Zhao Dezhao and He Jingsi's first words when they met were like this.
"Your uncle and your cousin went out today, and they will come back in the afternoon, and you are too, you haven't been here for so long, half a year has passed, I didn't expect to grow up, alas, the years are not forgiving, my grandfather is old, his arms and legs are sore, and last time thanks to the Hongmao medicinal wine you brought, the miscellaneous martial arts dance knives and guns are a hard life, and they can be used when they encounter a pain. After a friend of mine used it last time, he wanted to ask me, I don't know if you are stingy, ask for a elixir. He Jingsi said with emotion.
"Grandpa, okay. Another day, I'll ask someone to bring a jar over. Let you see the magical object today, and you will see it in an hour. Zhao Dezhao said.
He Jingsi was puzzled, squinted his eyes and asked, "Yo." What's it, so mysterious? ”
"I'll not tell you just yet." Zhao Dezhao played a hooligan, then waved his hand, and a group of masons came in to build the wall.
"Grandpa just looked at it." Zhao Dezhao said unfinished.
"Alright, good grandson. You do things, I don't worry. He Jingsi also wanted to see what his grandson was doing.
That night, there were also some warmers on the top of the He Mansion, He Jingsi didn't think it was the first time he saw it, and thought it was a mysterious and mysterious thing, which was really a little incomprehensible, Zhao Dezhao also operated as he did yesterday, and after half a moment, there was some warmth in the room.
He Jingsi felt a warm breath in the room, suddenly realized, and said: "Good thing, is this the mysterious thing that Zhao'er said, my grandfather has seen it, or change my house." He Jingsi couldn't wait to give it a try, and the result was naturally quite satisfied, and he hurriedly boasted that his grandson was filial piety and respected his elders.
"Well, these masons will stay and help my grandfather with the care." Zhao Dezhao also had this thought, and then said, "If anyone asks who came up with this idea, just find the Kaifeng Zhao family." ”
"What a good idea, hehe-you little money addict, you really make money, and you have a good friend of your grandfather." He Jingsi said with a smile.
Well, the action continues.
The He Mansion also has spring-like warmth, and Zhao Dezhao is very proud. I smirk~
After a while, the uncle and cousin came back, the two children had not seen each other for a long time, as soon as they met, He Lingtu gave Zhao Dezhao a bear hug, and then took Zhao Dezhao's hand and asked for warmth, looking quite concerned, asking Zhao Dezhao to stay in the house today and accompany him at night, Zhao Dezhao also agreed.
Before dinner, Zhao Dezhao went to the kitchen of the He family to show his cooking skills, He Lingtu burned the fire in the kitchen, at dinner, the family happily sat on the dining table stretched and shortened, and when eating, he kept praising Zhao Dezhao for being sensible, able to cook, and had many ideas, and He Lingtu on the side stuck out his tongue. At night, the two little guys are in a quilt nest, and there is a warm kang underneath, and they sweat after sleeping for a while, and then He Lingtu said that Brother Zhao'er's idea is really good, and now it is covered with a thin quilt, Zhao Dezhao said that it is natural, and you are sleeping next to you today.
Zhao Dezhao was lying in the quilt, his heart was happy, today the money is out by himself, with the propaganda of Zhao Mansion and He Mansion, there must be many people who have to understand, hehe, Ming'er will leave this mason for his own use, go to some large households to set up a warm kang and then charge, naturally you can also harvest an economy.
In the past few days, Guo Rong has been in and out of Zhao's mansion, and he has also witnessed the power of the warm kang, and he thought that his father's body and bones now need warmth, so he intercepted a few of Zhao Dezhao's masons, and ran to the Zide Hall in minutes. According to this, Guo Wei also lived a comfortable life in this cold winter day.