In December, when the winter was stronger, Bai Ya was reading at the round table as usual-

He suddenly felt a chill, his whole body shivered, his fingertips were so cold that he couldn't move, and he felt that he had a hard time turning the page.

Bai Ya couldn't help but look at the space in the center of the social office that occupied six cotton carpets.

It looks so warm in there.

His eyes were full of longing as he looked at the warm table.

In the autumn, there is an additional Japanese-style area in the social office. A cotton carpet was laid on it, and a warm table was set up. At present, there are people sitting on all sides of the warm table, and there is no room for Bai Yashen to kick it.

The table warmer has only four sides, and that's the problem. The number of people in the CP department, including Bai Ya, is a total of five people. If Bai Ya is not included, there are exactly four people. If all the members had to sit at the warm table, there would be one more person.

Not long ago, they discussed and decided where the five people would be seated. The minister became to sit on Baiya's lap.

The minister himself didn't mind at all, and although Bai Ya tried very hard not to realize that aspect, the minister was still a girl after all. To be honest, Bai Ya still cares. As soon as the little buttocks sat on his lap, he just felt uncomfortable. Bai Ya's sister would only sit happily on his lap until the third or fourth grade of elementary school. Although the minister's height is not far from his sister at that time, she is a lady in the second year of high school after all.

"What's the matter, Bailan, is it going to be cold?"

"Ah, it won't-"

When Bai Ya looked at the warm table, he was swept into the corner of his eyes by the minister. Did he have such a resentful expression?

"Hey, come here."

The minister patted the seat cushion, and the warm air condensed into a lump and floated towards Bai Ya.

Bai Ya was tempted by the warm air and staggered towards the warm table.

The minister cocked his hips and prepared to sit on Bai Ya's lap. Just when Bai Ya was about to lose to the temptation of warming the table, he suddenly came back to his senses.

"Then again......"

He faced the corner of the social office, and the whole person turned away.

"In our social office...... I think there's something like a stove. ”

He remembered that there was something like an iron block in the social office mixed in with the clutter.

"It's like a stove...... It's not very similar, it's a stove! It's just a little old. ”

After the minister finished speaking, he walked quickly to the corner of the social office.

Bai Ya also followed behind the minister.

After tidying up the random boxes and removing the bamboo leaves or short bamboo leaves left over from the summer, a piece of iron with a black sheen was revealed.

The object was about the height of Bai Ya's waist, and at first glance it was indeed a black piece of iron.

"It's a wood-fired stove."

The minister put his hand on the stove and puffed out his chest triumphantly.

"It's really a stove. It's so good~I've been feeling so cold lately~"

"You can also go and sit at the table warmer!"

The minister responded in surprise. She really didn't understand Bai Ya's mood at all.

"Let's take it out and use it."

Bai Ya walked behind the stove and tried to find a plug to plug in. However, this tumbler-like round stove is symmetrical, so it is difficult to distinguish between the front and back, and there are no wires or anything like that on the entire stove.

"This ...... Isn't it for electricity? Could it be kerosene...... Or something? ”

"Hehehe......"

The minister let out a meaningful laugh.

“…… Don't be shocked, this stove doesn't use electricity or kerosene, it burns wood! ”

"Ahhhh

Bai Yada was taken aback from the bottom of his heart. It's too much to say it's low-tech, no wonder there are no wires.

"What kind of stupid question is this? It's a stove! ”

"It's the same, classmate Bai, this is a stove."

Although Xiaoting explained this, Bai Ya had never seen the stove.

"When I used to talk about the stove, I meant this kind of thing, and this kind of wood-fired stove was used during the Republic of China."

"Republic of China period? The minister hasn't been born yet. ”

"Hmm, how dare you talk back? It's just Bai Lan, who dares to be so proud. ”

Just when Bai Ya was arguing with the minister, Sister Ziyin and Sister Su Qi began to assemble the stove with their hands and feet. This old stove seems to have to be fitted with a chimney, and in this old wooden schoolhouse, even the exhaust pipe for the chimney is prepared.

"By the way, I've always thought it was a little weird......"

After assembling the stove, Sister Ziyin spoke:

“…… It is written here that the forty-three years of the Republic of China are written! ”

"Wow!"

The minister was also taken aback, and Bai Ya was even more surprised.

I thought this was a relic left over from the late Republic of China, but I didn't expect it to easily surpass the socialist era and be a product of the early period of the Republic of China.

It took some time until the firewood was lit - this stove, which may have been working hard since the early days of the Republic of China, has been working tirelessly for everyone this year, and it is really warm.

Trivia

Wood-fired sleeping stove

A heater that was widely used throughout China during the Republican period. Firewood, charcoal, coke, old magazines, as long as they are combustible solids, can be used as fuel. Recently, it has been put back on the table because of its promotion of environmental protection. In addition, ignition requires a high degree of skill, which only the Minister and Sister Ziyin possess.