Siheyuan: I earned foreign exchange in the heyday

Several sisters gathered around the stove, looking around. In their memories, during the coldest time of winter, they were almost always unable to go out and had to stay at home.

If you stay out for a long time, your hands and ears are most likely to get frostbite. Especially Xiuying, she is the oldest. She often has to go out in winter to cook for her sisters. Wash clothes with cold water.

Her hands would be frozen like chicken claws every winter.

There is no way around it. What girl doesn't work at home before she gets married?

The two younger sisters couldn't go out, and the room was not warm either, so they could only crawl on the kang and play.

So my sisters don’t like winter. Even if it is very hot in summer, they will still go out and run around.

Xiuying is the happiest person when she has the stove. The house is warmer and her younger sisters don’t even need to wear thick cotton-padded jackets at home. This way, their jackets get dirty less often, and she has to wash them less often.

Secondly, this hot water can basically be used all the time. You can also use hot water for washing clothes.

Xiuying fell in love with the stove. She changed the coal, cleaned the coal ash, and checked the stove damper before going to bed. These were almost all her jobs.

Xiuhua and Xiujuan were also jumping for joy. Finally, they didn't have to stay at home when it snowed.

They have new cotton-padded jackets when they go out, and they can roast the stove when they get cold. Just now they heard their elder brother and elder sister say that they will buy some sweet potatoes tomorrow and store more in the cellar. They can roast the sweet potatoes in the stove in winter. Just thinking about it makes them drool.

Yan Jiefang was helping with the stove at home, and the neighbors in the front yard saw it. At this time, a chimney was sticking out from Chen Changan's house. Smoke was coming out. I was addicted to gossip, but I was too embarrassed to ask Chen Changan, so I went directly to the home of the third uncle Yan Fugui and asked Yan Jiefang.

The result was really shocking. I didn't expect Chen Changan to be such a young boy. He kept silent and was really tight-lipped.

He is no longer a buyer at a steel mill. He has become the director of a honeycomb coal processing factory. Such a big thing, but no one in the yard knew about it.

Moreover, they arranged for Yan Jiefang, the son of the third uncle, to work as a temporary worker in their factory. The third uncle was really capable. He kept his family's benefits secret and didn't say anything.

Chen Changan took the stove made in the factory back to his own home in such a brazen manner.

Isn't this taking advantage of the public? You take advantage, but I don't. How can that work? Should I report this to the street office?

As soon as Yan Jiefang saw the faces of his neighbors, he knew what they were up to. He said directly, "Brother Changan bought it with his own money. I will also be thinking of buying a stove for my family after I get my salary in a few days."

After listening to Yan Jiefang's words, several neighbors left in anger. As for whether they believed Yan Jiefang's words or not, only they themselves knew.

When Uncle Yan Fugui heard that his son wanted to buy a stove for his family, he was very willing to do so. He didn't have to pay for it himself.

He said to Yan Jiefang, "Jiefang, you are different now that you are working. Tell me, does your stove consume a lot of coal?"

Yan Jiefang said, "I think it's OK. A piece of coal weighs two kilograms. If you save three pieces of coal, you can get through the day. With five or six hundred pieces of coal, this winter will be over."

Seeing that the third uncle Yan Fugui was still calculating the bills, he continued, "Besides, the stove is always on, the house is warm, and there is always hot water. It's very convenient."

Uncle San also thought it was a good deal. Three pieces of coal a day would keep the house warm. A hundred days would only cost three hundred pieces of coal. Five hundred pieces of coal would be enough for a winter. And he didn't have to pay for it himself.

The third uncle thought more and more about it, and he lit a cigarette and said to Yan Jiefang, "Then when you get your salary, you should bring a stove back home."

In the evening, the street office staff notified us that the honeycomb coal and stoves produced by the honeycomb coal processing factory were now available for sale. They also explained the benefits of the honeycomb coal stoves.

It is safe and reliable. As long as it is used correctly in the house, gas poisoning will not occur.

Convenient, after all, 24-hour hot water is very attractive. Wash your face, brush your teeth, do laundry, cook, wash your feet. Take it whenever you need it.

It is strong and durable, made of cast iron, and is not deliberately dropped or smashed. It will not be a problem for ten or eight years.

And many other benefits. Residents who need to buy are welcome to visit the processing plant tomorrow.

After the street office staff left, the neighbors surrounded Chen Changan and Yan Jiefang.

After all, the aunties only found out in the afternoon that Chen Changan had become the director of the honeycomb coal processing factory, and in the evening the street office came to inform everyone that they could go buy stoves.

There are people in this yard who don't know anything about the stove. It would be better for them to go outside and learn it themselves.

Seeing the enthusiasm of the neighbors, Chen Changan was helpless, but for the sake of the factory's efficiency, Chen Changan had no choice but to invite these neighbor aunties into the house to take a look.

What you see with your own eyes is always true, right?

Fortunately, he had eaten early today. If he had eaten late, and was surrounded by so many neighbors, Chen Changan felt like he would die.

Before going to bed at night, Xiuying happily poured water for her two younger sisters to wash their feet. She was much faster when washing the feet for her two younger sisters.

He said to Chen Changan, "Brother, this stove is really useful. Do you want to install a few more, one for each room?"

Chen Changan looked at his eldest sister in surprise. Isn't she usually very frugal? What happened today? He pretended to touch Xiuying's forehead and asked, "Who are you? My Xiuying is such a diligent and good girl, why are you pretending to be her?"

After asking the question, Xiuying regretted it. Wouldn't it cost more honeycomb coal to have more stoves? Who would be so extravagant? It's good enough to have a warm place. Why so many demands?

After being touched by Chen Changan's actions, she blushed. She threw the towel to Chen Changan and said, "Wipe the sisters' feet." Then she ran out to boil water again.

Chen Changan was dumbfounded. That was it. He even found something to do for himself.

As Chen Changan wiped the feet of his sisters and tickled them, and Xiuhua and Xiujuan laughed, the family fell asleep.

In the morning, Xiuhua and Xiujuan usually start brushing their teeth reluctantly after being urged by their elder sister Xiuying several times. The reason is that they complain that the water is too cold. This morning, the two little girls did not complain and started brushing their teeth consciously. This made Xiuying feel that this stove is really convenient.

After the family had breakfast, they went their separate ways. After Chen Changan went to work at the processing plant, Xiuying and Xiuhua went to school, and the younger sister Xiujuan went to Director Wang's house to play.

When Chen Changan arrived at the factory, it was not yet time to go to work, but many middle-aged women gathered around the dilapidated gatehouse. Their purpose was the same, which was to see what the so-called honeycomb coal and honeycomb coal stove were like.

These aunties are not easy to deal with. The doorman, Old Man Lu, refused to let us in. There was no one in the factory. What if so many people went in and got lost?

Those aunties are really smart. They won’t let us in on such a cold day. Okay, then we’ll stay in your guard room and you can go out and enjoy the west wind.

When they went in, they saw that it was really warm in the gatehouse. The aunties immediately surrounded the most conspicuous stove in the room.