Chapter 239 How is the fodder storage?

The main house has a floor heating system. The kitchen in the east wing is connected to the dining room, and there is also a large room with a long kang inside.

The stove is connected to the kang, and the heat from cooking is transmitted to the kang, making the entire kang very warm.

Needless to say, this big room is the home of Jiang Xiangnan, Jiang Xiangbei and Jiang Xiangzhong.

Jiang Xiangzhong had a dull expression, neither too happy nor too disappointed. He put in the least effort and made the smallest contribution at home. His third and fourth brothers still lived together, let alone him?

Especially his mother is different now. She no longer says that he studies hard, nor does she expect him to change his family and bring them success. Of course, she will not treat him specially and give him the best house.

But he really couldn't understand it. His mother could have just given his eldest and second brothers a room each. After all, they were getting married and would have children. The main house was big and comfortable to live in. Jiang Shui, a daughter whom his mother had always called a money-loser, was also arranged in the main house by his mother.

In the past, the main room facing south where my aunt lived would definitely belong to him, and the main room facing north would belong to my aunt, or my third and fourth brothers together. But now this big kang belongs to my aunt and Jiang Shui...

Shen Qing looked towards the south and north, and said comfortingly: "Third and fourth brothers, you can squeeze in first. When you get married later, we will clean up the west wing and give you a room each."

"It's not crowded, not crowded! I've seen it a long time ago. This big kang is three or four times bigger than the previous beds, and the room is also big. How can it be crowded?" Jiang Xiangnan said repeatedly.

When the craftsmen were building the kang, he and his fourth brother counted the number of rooms and knew that this was where they would live, so they asked the craftsmen to make it wider and longer. Now, seven or eight people could easily sleep on it, not to mention that there were only three of them.

Why squeeze him? He can even do somersaults on it!

Besides, his mother had prepared brand new quilts and mattresses for them, which were so fluffy and soft. What else could he complain about? He was absolutely delighted!

Jiang Xiangbei smiled and said, "My third brother and I are noisy, and it's the most comfortable place to live here. I don't have to worry about disturbing you."

My aunt and younger sister are both women. It is said that women are naturally colder than men, so they are of course more suitable to live in the main house with warm floor heating than men.

After the rooms were allocated, the whole family looked around curiously, getting familiar with the environment and layout of their new home.

In fact, they came every day and looked at everything when the house was being built, but the feeling of seeing it during construction and now when they are about to move in are completely different!

Look, their toilets are completely different from those of other people!

The thing that people in the village care least about is the toilet, but their toilet is more particular than the house.

It was also built with bricks and tiles, with men's and women's toilets on the left and right sides, three toilet pits on each side, and wooden planks as doors;

The floor was paved with the same stone slabs as the main house. The cesspool was far away and low, and the toilet tunnel was slanted downward. There was a wooden barrel in the corner filled with water and a gourd ladle on top. After entering the toilet, you just had to scoop water and flush.

There is no visible feces, and even the odor is minimal and very faint.

On the other side of the yard there was a small independent room with a stove inside. My mother said it was a 'bathroom' for bathing.

In the cold winter, the house will also be warm when water is boiled on the stove. Pour the boiled water and the well water prepared in advance into the bathtub, and you can take a comfortable hot bath.

The west wing is currently empty and is used as a warehouse to store grain, dried vegetables, smoked meat, etc.

Every time I pass by the west wing, I feel a sense of security and joy when I think of the things piled up inside. I can't wait to work harder to fill every room!

Further ahead is the southernmost wall. A roof is built along the wall to keep out rain and snow. This place is most suitable for storing firewood.

Originally, it should have been used to keep chickens, ducks, geese and other livestock, but now they live in a valley surrounded by mountains, surrounded by familiar and harmonious relatives and neighbors, so every household puts the livestock and poultry sheds outside the house.

Firstly, the place is large, which is suitable for building a larger house and raising more;

Secondly, feces smell bad, especially in the summer, and the air is much fresher when you are not in the yard.

In addition, when digging manure to make fertilizer, you can do it without worrying about dirtying the yard.

While Shen Qing was satisfied with every aspect of his new home, the rest of the family was even more satisfied!

After carefully touring the new home, Jiang Yu and Jiang Shui went to prepare dinner first;

Jiang Xiangdong looked around the yard, found a suitable spot and said, "Mom, I heard Dafu say that he wanted to dig a cellar, preferably several. I'll dig some in the morning and evening."

Dafu said that the cellar should be dug several meters deep, so that no matter whether it is vegetables, fruits or grains, they will not spoil easily, and it will not take up space, so there is no need to worry about not having enough space in the house. It is very safe to store them in it.

During the day they either go to the mountains to dig medicinal herbs or help build a house. These are all top priorities and cannot be delayed, but the cellar is also important, so he can use the time before work in the morning and after returning home in the evening to dig.

Shen Qing also knew the importance and benefits of the cellar, which was an indispensable and important storage space in the north.

"Okay, how's the hay storage going?"

Jiang Xiangdong immediately reported on the progress: "My third and fourth brothers and I have been digging green storage pits and hay storage pits as you said. We have three cellars now, and with the addition of hay, there will be enough for the winter."

"Mom, don't worry. We are not Qili Village anymore. It used to be difficult to find some grass to feed the geese. But here, there are either trees or grass all around, or there is grass under the trees, and it is so lush!

Let alone three cellars, even thirty won’t be a problem! "Jiang Xiangnan said with a smile.

The last thing his mother needed to worry about was firewood and fodder.

As long as people are diligent, there will be endless firewood to burn and endless fodder for livestock and poultry to eat. Unlike in the past in Qili Village, no matter how diligent you are, you can't get enough firewood and grass, and you can only use them sparingly.

Jiang Xiangxi asked, "Mom, do you think it's not enough? How much more do you want?"

Uncle Guan’s house has been built, so he doesn’t need to go to help. He can work on his own in the next few days.

He would get as much as his mother wanted.

Shen Qing thought for a while and said to his sons, "The Lei family has kept all the skins of the prey they hunted for us, but the brush workshop is planning to expand production, so a lot of wool will be needed throughout the winter.

Especially for ordinary wool and rabbit hair, the demand is huge, but there are not many rabbit skins and few people raise them. We only have 20 to 30 rabbits at home, and half of them are offspring, which is far from enough.

I'm thinking that there are many people raising sheep, so I might as well buy a few more before winter comes. I can make brushes with their wool, and use their skins for coats, curtains, boots, and hats. Mutton can also be used as a winter tonic, so it's more suitable for our family than raising pigs, chickens, ducks, and geese."