diskusbooks Chapter 224: Can you make a fire bed?
Chapter 224: Can you make a fire bed?
The Wu group chatted and laughed as they went up the mountain. Now that everyone was together, they continued to visit the new house.
The villagers had come in earlier in the morning, so they didn't seem too surprised. They just came in for the first time to help move things and didn't dare to look around.
Now that I look at it carefully, I feel that the layout is extremely large, the yard is wide and clean, and there are too many rooms to count.
Mr. Cheng and Mrs. Wu had never been here before. When they came in, they couldn't move, their eyes were wide open. The house was too big, and they just felt that something was weird.
Uncle Cheng exclaimed, "This house is too big. It looks one way from the outside and another when you get inside! Why is there another door when you get in? Why are these rooms upside down?"
As soon as Uncle Cheng said that, everyone realized that it was no wonder they felt something was wrong; it turned out to be a problem with the orientation of the house.
Cheng Yue explained: "This is the outer courtyard. That door is the second gate. Go inside to the inner courtyard. These back rooms are usually for servants to live in."
Few people have been to the town, let alone seen this kind of layout. Now that Cheng Yue has explained it, everyone understands.
No wonder the house is so big. They must be planning to develop something in the future. When they have money, they will have to support servants. This will make them a wealthy family in the future!
Among them, Lai Xing and Lai Wang are the only ones who are familiar with this layout. They will live in these houses when they come back!
Cheng Yue led everyone into the inner courtyard, and everyone was even more surprised. They didn’t expect it to be even bigger!
The east and west wing rooms are opposite each other in pairs, adding up to exactly eight rooms, including three main rooms, one main hall, and two main rooms which are the master's bedrooms, and two ear rooms on the east and west sides.
The yard is paved with bluestone slabs, making it look particularly bright and clean. The vegetable patch alone occupies half of the yard. The main vegetable patch is surrounded by bricks, and a path is paved in the middle of the vegetable patch.
Everyone was amazed, what a clever idea! This way they wouldn’t step on mud when picking vegetables!
There are two flower beds in the other half of the yard. Cheng Yue wants to grow some flowers there, which are pleasing to the eyes and smell good.
But there is nothing suitable at the moment, so I have to go to the county town to ask around and ask if there are any fruit trees or something.
"Hey? Why can't I see the pigsty or the cowshed?"
Uncle Wu took a look around and thought it was clean, but where could he raise the livestock?
There are also toilets, which are usually built next to the pig pens and chicken coops in the village, so that it is more convenient to use fertilizer.
My second aunt interrupted, saying, "You definitely can't keep livestock in such a clean yard. It will make the yard unpleasant and messy!"
If she has such a nice house, who would be willing to raise pigs and chickens in it! Big men just don’t understand and live a rough life!
Cheng Yue smiled and said, "Second Aunt is right. I thought so too. The livestock are kept outside with the chickens and ducks. There is a side door here. We can just go out."
Everyone knows that Cheng Yue raises chickens and ducks, and it is indeed more appropriate to gather the pigs and cows together so that the fertilizers are all together. She also raises three big black dogs. Most people dare not approach her at all, so it is very safe!
"Girl, where is the toilet? Why can't I see it?"
Cheng Yue smiled and said, "There are several toilets, all inside the house. In addition to the one in the outer courtyard, there is one in each of the east and west wing rooms, and there are also toilets in the two side rooms."
Toilets have always been the necessary and primary object of transformation for women who travel through time, and she is no exception. In fact, when she was a child in her previous life, she also used dry toilets in the village, but the memories of them were not good because she fell into a pit.
Not only that, the smelly dry toilets are outside the yard, and mosquitoes bite her butt in the summer and freeze her butt in the winter. She really doesn't want to suffer this.
The toilets nowadays are even more rudimentary, with a pit dug and a board placed on top. Every time she goes to the toilet, she is afraid of falling into the pit again...
"What? There are so many toilets! And they are all inside the house. It must be smelly!"
Wu was surprised and hesitated to speak. The livestock were kept outside, but the toilet was set up inside the house. What was her daughter thinking? Wouldn't it be stinking to death?
Everyone also had a strange look on their faces. This matter was beyond their comprehension...
Cheng Yue said: "It doesn't stink. If it did stink, I definitely wouldn't put it in the room! Come on, let's go in and take a look."
If we don’t watch it now, no one will be able to sleep well.
When they entered the toilet, they were shocked again. How could it be so clean? If there wasn't a hole on the ground, they would have thought it was a house where people lived.
No, it’s better than the houses they live in!
Cheng Yue scooped a bucket of water and demonstrated it. "There are pipes inside. They are made of porcelain made by someone special. This way, the water will be clean after flushing it, and it will all be discharged outside the yard, so the fertilizer will not be wasted."
When everyone looked into the pit, they saw that it was indeed white and reflective. This was porcelain, so slippery that it definitely wouldn't get stuck to anything. No wonder Cheng Yue built the toilet like this. I just don't know how much money it cost?
Feng turned around and had a headache again, "Why is there a stove in here?"
You can't be cooking in the toilet!
Seeing everyone's increasingly strange looks, Cheng Yue quickly said, "This room is not only a toilet but also a bathroom. This pot is used to boil water for bathing, and the flue leads to the heated kang in the side room."
Seeing that everyone looked confused, Cheng Yue took them to the side room to take a look.
"This is a heated kang, which has a stove chimney inside. As long as you burn wood, the kang will be warm and won't get cold all night."
When I told Master Ji that I wanted to build a kang, he was very surprised. After asking, I found out that only rich people would build kangs and fire walls for heating at that time. Ordinary people didn't understand this.
There is no way, this is technological monopoly.
It’s no wonder that people in the village used wooden boards to make beds at that time. In winter, they had to burn firewood or carry them across the bed, and they would shiver even when they slept.
It’s really unlike the modern northern rural areas, where every home has a kang (kang), and the more you sleep on it, the warmer it gets. How comfortable!
Speaking of being an ordinary citizen, it is happier to live in the modern Dragon Kingdom.
After Cheng Yue talked about the benefits of a heated kang, everyone was excited. "If we had a heated kang at home, we wouldn't have to suffer from the cold in winter!"
"Yeah, we didn't get a good night's sleep in the winter. It was really too cold. Our hands and feet were cold when we went to bed at night, and they were still the same when we woke up in the morning."
"I never thought there was such a good thing. Cheng Yue girl, how did you come up with it?"
Cheng Yue smiled and said, "It's not that I came up with this idea. I heard from Master Ji that all wealthy families do this. Not only do they have a kang, they also have a fire wall. There is a gap in the middle of the wall. It's the same as the kang. They are all burned to keep warm in winter."
Aunt Li opened her mouth wide. "Firewall? There's such a thing?"
It seems that only wealthy families can enjoy it. They have never even heard of it. No wonder they all want to be rich. They are really different!
Everyone sighed and envied Cheng Yue. This was a house that only wealthy families could afford!
If they could live there for one day, their life would be worth it!
The village head calmed down and asked carefully, "Cheng Yue girl, do you know how to make this kang?"
Every winter is the most difficult time in the village. Almost every year there are people who cannot make it, especially the elderly. There is not a single year without a funeral.
If they could make a kang, everyone wouldn't have to worry about the cold anymore. As the head of the village, he really wanted everyone to live a good life.
Although Cheng Yue said that this was done by the construction team, he always felt that Cheng Yue knew how to do it. After all, she had seen more of the world than anyone else.