Chapter 69: Early Winter
The weather is getting colder and colder, and with a rain and snow, the winter of the fourth year of Yonghui has come.
Winter in this era is the season of recuperation, and as the temperature drops, the number of activities decreases, and the mood becomes sleepy, as if it is about to go into hibernation.
Due to the windfall profits of the flower water, the economic strength of the Wang family has been upgraded to a higher level, and the charcoal in the charcoal furnace in the back house has been replaced with more hygienic and durable bamboo charcoal.
Qin Yu has replaced the lack of the Du family's cousin, and entered the Guards as he wished, becoming a glorious middle-level officer of the Tang Dynasty, and the constraints of the army made him unable to come to class as frequently as before, so I took the holiday homework test, and arranged the homework appropriately for him, and when he was free to come to me, hand over the completed one, and take the new one, so that it was convenient for everyone.
Cheng Chu still came to class on time, without Qin Yu's companion, Cheng Chu seemed to have suddenly opened his mind, and his comprehension had improved a lot, this change made me happy, is this the legendary evolutionary rule? When a species becomes extinct, new species emerge to fill the gap. And Cheng Chu just filled the vacancy left by Qin Yu, so he evolved? This is a good thing, it is a good thing for teachers and students, I teach easily, and he also makes rapid progress, which is very good.
Early in the morning, I saw the two daughters hanging under their noses with clear snot, which made me realize that I should take some necessary heating measures, and it is not yet a harsh winter, and the sudden drop in temperature still has some impact on the health of my family. Although a charcoal stove has been set up in the house, the huge room is not a small charcoal stove that can take care of it all, and the temperature of bamboo charcoal is not comparable to coke.
Guanzhong is still rich in coal resources, but I don't know where to mine it, so I can only start with the idea of peat. There are two kinds of peat in China, one is buried peat, and the other is exposed peat. The peat exposed is very common, and this old man rushed to the paper workshop, and when he passed through Zhuangzi, he often saw farmers building pigsties with peat pens.
There's a lot of peat, what to do when it comes down? If you put a stove in the house, it won't be long before everyone has to run the gas and make a chimney. I took a piece of paper to write and draw for a long time, and I didn't have a clue, it seems that it is not easy to make chimneys in this era. If you don't have a chimney, you'll have to think of something else, fireplace? After looking at the structure of the house, I had to poke a hole in the roof, and I could try it in another house, but the main house was not completed for the time being.
I want to have a headache, eat a string of sugar gourds first. I've been getting a lot of crattles lately, probably because I've been doing too little and only scratching at my mouth all day. Since the invention of this sugar gourd, a family of three has become a gourd fan, especially the second daughter, who got up early in the morning and began to gnaw on it.
If only there was a cigarette, I haven't smoked for more than half a year, so it stands to reason that I should quit, why do I keep having this thought. My smoking problem fell when I was a freshman in high school, when I went to his hometown with my classmates to play, and the two of us hid in the kang head for a day to smoke secretly........ Gotta make a kang, the east wing is empty, just go to the kang in that room, and as for the damn tin chimney, to hell with it.
After I told Ying my thoughts, I was questioned, people in Guanzhong do not have the habit of sleeping on the kang, and many people don't even understand what the kang is, including Ying. She thought that my ideas were unbelievable, full of earthy smell, and if I went to the countryside to farm, it might be more appropriate.
The kang is designed according to the coal fire kang in rural Shanxi, the big kang, which occupies one-third the size of the room, is wrapped around the kang circumference, leaving a small door in the middle, dividing the kang and the room into two spaces, if I want, I can complete a set of free gymnastics on the kang.
After the plate is ready, ask someone to burn the peat, roast it for two whole days, and remove the moisture from the new kang to sleep.
"Sleeping here in the winter?" Ying was not used to looking at this monster, "It's too big, can you sleep?" β
Long hair, knowledge... β¦ Forget it, this dynasty can't distinguish between men and women with the length of their hair. Ignoring her, I took a few calligraphy and paintings and hung them on the kang, but I still felt empty, just a little big, hehe.
Ying saw that I had started to decorate, so naturally she didn't fall behind, and commanded the maid to put all the jewelry boxes, bronze mirrors, and the like. The second daughter pouted and watched from the side, her snot was long, and she sucked hard, looking very pitiful.
"What's the matter, hurry up and occupy it for yourself, there will be no place for you to put things in a while!" Seeing the unhappy appearance of the second daughter, she quickly woke up, the kang is so big, even if you sleep three more, you can turn your heels, not to mention a little girl.
When the second daughter heard me say this, she ran back to beckon people, and after a while, she made a lot of camphor wood boxes and sewing boxes, all of which were neatly arranged on the edge of the kang and put them away.
It's still a little empty, and when the pankang was just according to the proportion in memory (the traditional kang in rural Shanxi generally accounts for 1/3 of the bedroom, and some can even reach 2/5 strong.) It's not long now), it's not the size of the room, it's miscalculated! Hurry up and customize a big kang table.
Oops, it's not easy, a family of three is finally tossing, and I don't know if this thing is an invention, maybe it's a Xihan in Chang'an City, go up and sleep a virgin first. Ying and the second daughter saw that I was on the kang, and they all climbed up freshly, and they were laughing and laughing, which made me look down on me. Girls from rich and noble families, where do you know the hard work of the toiling public, why do I make this kang? Isn't it to let the two of them experience the days of poor middle peasants, but the Shanxi landlord's family also seems to sleep on a big kang, which makes no sense.
At noon, a family of three was lying on the kang, anyway, it was raining outside, there was nothing to do, and the monkey was full of warmth when it came together, except for a little heat, everything was good.
Let's just say that, in order to bake the kang, the fire has been burning for two days, quickly find someone to extinguish the fire, to burn again, I am afraid that I will not be able to sleep at night, how to say that it is now the early winter, and if you accidentally get on the fire, you will not be able to row.
was directing the fire extinguishing, and the next person came to report to me that Qin Yu was here.
Why is it here now? Qin Yu was drenched all over and was drinking hot tea in the vestibule.
"Why is Heiye here now?" I turned around and ordered my subordinates to bring a charcoal basin over and let Qin Yu change his clothes and dry them.
Qin Yu hurriedly stopped, "Brother Zihao, I came here to bid you off today, I have to rush back to pack my things immediately, and I will rush to the right with the army the day after tomorrow." β
"Oh?" I wondered, "Why do you have to transfer people from the Forbidden Army?" β
"I received news yesterday that the joint forces of Baekje and the Yaka invaded Silla, and General Zuo Wuwei has already taken action, and this time nine government troops in the Guannai were dispatched to strengthen the right troops, so as to prevent the Tubo from taking advantage of the fire to loot." Qin Yu drank a few sips of tea, turned around and wanted to leave.
"Wait, soldiers, the evil of the country; Fight and win! Don't have good intentions in your heart and give your opponent a chance! I said solemnly.
"Little brother is taught, farewell!"
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