Chapter 258 The Brush Workshop Officially Opens

"Why is this room so warm? It's warm everywhere. I don't even need to wear a big coat. I can just wear my underwear." Jiang Dalang exclaimed in admiration as he looked around.

For the sake of geothermal energy, he even wanted to come to his sister-in-law's brush workshop to work. It was much more comfortable than their own brush workshop!

The other members of the Jiang family had the same idea. They looked here and touched there, and before long they wanted to take off their coats.

"Dad, it would be great if our sugar factory also had underground dragons. We really shouldn't have saved that little bit of labor costs back then." Jiang Ying said enviously.

Zhao Mingyue and his group nodded continuously.

Mr. Jiang also felt a little regretful, but now the house had been built and there was no way to dig a ditch. He couldn't just tear it down and rebuild it, right?

Besides, it is not easy to invite craftsmen, and it is even more troublesome to go back and forth.

He advised, "Stirring the syrup and pulling the sugar for several hours is hard work. Besides, the sugar mill needs to boil the syrup, and the stove burns for several hours, so the fire wall won't cool it down much."

The Jiang family also knew that Tangfang was already quite good, so how could it compare to the eldest sister-in-law? They sighed silently and continued to visit.

The other villagers reacted in the same way as the Jiang family.

Granny Qin walked back and forth several times, praising it: "This is much warmer than home! At home, only the kang is warm, or the place with the fire wall, but it's still cold in other rooms;

I add or remove clothes from time to time, but I take off my outer clothes when I enter the workshop. I only need to put them on when I go out, so I can stay warm in any room. "

If she wasn't so old, she would really want to come here. After all, she has to work at home as well, but she doesn't get paid at home. But here she can get paid!

"Yes, before my house had a kang, I thought everything about it was good and there was nothing better than the kang. But now it seems I'm afraid of comparing products! There are always better ones." Hong Ming sighed.

Boss Zhao thought about what the craftsman had said at the time and said with a sigh, "No wonder the labor for building a floor duct is much more expensive than that for building a kang. It really is true that you get what you pay for."

"Isn't it? People don't know the value of things, but money does!" Zhao Mingyue added.

Those who don't come to the workshop to work are so envious that they don't want to leave, while those who come to work wish that the outsiders would go back quickly.

The more work they do, the more money they earn. They might even earn a few cents for the time they waste.

However, they also knew that they couldn't be impatient. They would have to be assigned tasks on the first day of work, and they needed to familiarize themselves with the environment when they first came in. This was probably the reason why Aunt Shen Qing didn't speak for a long time and just let them look around.

On the one hand, Shen Qing gave the workers time to get familiar with the working environment. On the other hand, he knew that the villagers were curious, so he simply let everyone see enough on the first day of work to prevent them from being curious and wanting to know later.

The men strolled to the last house, where Guan the carpenter was returning with a group of men who had cut wood.

Yes, there is no bamboo in Jincheng, so it is naturally impossible to make brushes with bamboo joints, but Hulu Village is surrounded by mountains on all sides, so there is an abundance of wood.

"Uncle Guan, how do you know which wood is suitable?" someone asked curiously.

Carpenter Guan rubbed his hands and said with a simple smile: "Shen Qing told me the requirements. In fact, good wood is nothing more than the harder the better, smoother and more wear-resistant;

It feels oily and smooth to the touch, which has the added benefit of not cracking easily;

In terms of color, the most popular colors are Yao Huang and Wei Zi;

This is easiest to identify by smell, as long as it smells good.

Wouldn't it be much easier to find it this way? I've been going to the mountains quite often these days to cut down trees for furniture, so I've naturally noticed which woods are suitable.

Some of this wood has been cut down before and stored in the yard, while others are being cut today. After learning about the different types of wood, they will be able to cut it themselves."

There is no need for the old man to lead the way.

He said this village was wonderful, with wood everywhere. No matter if it was a common tree or a precious wood, as long as he worked hard to cut it, no one would care. Moreover, it was easy to transport it back.

In the past, in Qili Village, even the trees around were owned by others, and there was no precious wood. All the wood for carpentry work had to be bought, and firewood had to be cut from far away places.

When he got here, others were fine, but he was like a mouse that fell into a rice jar. He was so happy to touch all kinds of precious woods that he lost his mind!

Many men: ...Is it easy? They can't even understand it, let alone find it!

Thanks to Carpenter Guan for his dedication, the two families will be relatives in a few days, so of course they are one hundred and twenty times more dedicated!

Of the men who had brought back the wood, only a few stayed behind to saw the wood, while most of them went out again - they wanted to take advantage of the good weather to cut more wood and bring it back as a reserve, so that they would not have to worry about not having enough wood when rain or snow came.

The women strolled into the kitchen.

The workshop provides a lunch and they can decide what to eat.

I saw that the rice had been washed in two large iron pots, and Jiang Yu was chopping the meat into fine pieces on the chopping board.

"Are you going to make meat porridge?" Zheng Hui exclaimed.

It’s rice!

Jiang Yu raised his eyes and smiled, "Yes, my sister-in-law said to mince the meat and cook it with rice until it's smooth and integrated. Then add chopped greens and seasonings before serving. It will be vegetable and meat porridge, which is both warming and nutritious."

All the women who heard this couldn't help swallowing.

Shen Qing is so generous. It’s not enough to just eat porridge with rice, but he also adds meat. This, this is much better than the food at home!

Shen Qing: .....She was thinking that people who do physical labor have big appetites and big appetites. If they eat soup, they won’t feel full. But if she makes a fine porridge with coarse grain noodles, it will fill their stomachs without being too choking.

The person who makes it won't be too tired, otherwise it would be tiring to prepare meals for sixty or seventy people in the family - the family also eats lunch together in the workshop, so there is no need to free up manpower at home to make it separately, which saves a lot of trouble.

Xu Hongmei pointed to the river where leeks were being cut on the other side and asked, "Why are you still cutting leeks?"

The workshop only provides one lunch, could it be for tomorrow?

But the moisture of the leeks will be lost after they are cut.

Shen Qing explained: "How can you feel full just by drinking porridge? It won't satisfy your hunger.

Mix the chives with the fried goose eggs and make vegetarian dumplings. Two large dumplings per person and one or two bowls of porridge should be enough for everyone.

Many women swallowed their saliva.

Liu Cuihua was thinking, is it okay to replace the children and let her take over?

Fang Ting and Ma Pandi had never eaten at Shen Qing's house, nor did they know what the food was like. In the past, they had only heard that Shen Qing was good at eating, cooking, and spending money generously. Now they finally had some concrete understanding!

The kids are really lucky. Although they have enough meat at home, they have never been so particular about it.

Most people cook vegetables with acorn flour and meat, but the result is a dark, unappetizing mess that looks even worse than it tastes.

Besides, in the winter, when I stay at home without working, I only have two bowls of acorn porridge for two meals a day. How could I even think of adding a few big buns to it?!