Chapter 489 These designs are very reasonable
Tan Shaowen pointed to the layout of several pipelines on the blueprint and asked, "From what you said, these are all going to be buried underground. What's the principle?"
Tan Chen patiently explained: "The blue pipes are for water supply and drainage, and the red ones are for floor heating."
"Underfloor heating?" This was the first time Tan Shaowen heard the term.
Tan Chen continued to explain: "Floor heating is similar to earth heating, but there are no radiators on the surface. Instead, everything is underground..."
The more Tan Shaowen listened, the more curious he became. He really had no idea what was going on in his son's head to how he could come up with such an idea.
But he felt relieved after thinking about it. If his son was not smart enough, how could he be admitted to Kyoto University?
"Well, your designs are very reasonable. Dad has been looking at them for a long time and can't find any faults.
You don't have to worry about the pipelines. The director of our steel plant and Dad are old comrades. I can just give him a heads-up and we can make them according to your standards."
In fact, Tan Chen had thought about this problem when designing these pipelines. Although he had some connections in Beijing, he had none at the steel plant.
He was about to ask someone to inquire about the connection, but he didn't expect his father to be so helpful and be able to contact the director of the steel plant directly.
"That's great, Dad. I'll write down the specifications for the pipelines in the next few days. Please help me contact them when the time comes."
"That's no problem. Just tell me the specifications once you've calculated them." Tan Shaowen stood up and said, "It's getting late. You and Ruoting should go to bed early."
In order to let Shang Ruoting and Tan Chen get a good rest at night, Jiang Ping did not send the little ones back, but let them continue to sleep at her place.
Shang Ruoting and Tan Chen have made some progress in decorating their house, and now they have one less thing to worry about.
After some physical exercise, the couple entered the space to clean.
While it was still early, Shang Ruoting lay comfortably on the big bed in the space and read a book, while Tan Chen ran to the processing workshop to process mushrooms.
Tan Chen pointed to the processed mushrooms and said, "Wife, we have a holiday during the National Day holiday. I plan to personally deliver these mushrooms back to Sihe Village."
Shang Ruoting was a little puzzled. Although she also missed the life in Sihe Village, her family and children had all come to Beijing, and there were people there to help take care of them. Tan Chen was not so worried that he would go back to check on them in person.
"Wouldn't it be better to hire a car to take it back?"
Tan Chen shook his head. "It's not that I'm worried about the livelihood in Sihe Village, but because of the renovation of our Siheyuan, I plan to ask the villagers in Sihe Village for help. It would be best if my cousin could come over. With him here to help manage it, we can study with peace of mind."
After listening to Tan Chen's words, Shang Ruoting also felt that it made sense.
"Well, this is indeed a good idea. My cousin and the villagers who followed you out to build houses are more familiar with the things you designed. While we can save them a lot of trouble, they can also make some money. It's a win-win situation."
Then, Shang Ruoting thought about delivering mushrooms to Sihe Village in the future. She couldn’t always hire a car to deliver them, right?
Putting aside the cost, there weren’t many cars in that era, and they were basically all publicly owned.
It is probably not possible to hire a car at any time.
"It would be great if we had our own car. We wouldn't have to spend money to hire one, and it would be more convenient to use it ourselves."
Tan Chen raised his eyebrows: "You want a car?"
Shang Ruoting didn't know whether individuals could buy cars in this era, and she was even less clear about the price.
However, she really wanted to have a car of her own.
“I don’t know how much a car costs and whether an individual can afford it.”
Tan Chen did not answer, but fell into deep thought.
Seeing that Tan Chen didn't answer for a long time, Shang Ruoting thought that he didn't understand either, so she didn't ask any further questions.
In order to prevent others from discovering that they were not in the room, the two of them lay down for a while and then came out of the space.
Xiao Liu got up early and drove them back to school. During the get out of class break, the two handed the note written by Zhao Dongsheng to the Academic Affairs Office and officially started their commuting life.
This made the other people in Class 210 extremely envious, especially Yang Furong. Her home was in Beijing, and it would be great if she could also commute every day like Shang Ruoting.
After all, she has a big room of her own at home, which makes studying and other things much more convenient.
She enviously hugged Shang Ruoting's arm and shook it back and forth: "Ruoting, don't tell me that you and Tan Chen rented a house off campus."
Shang Ruoting hadn't intended to hide anything, but everyone thought her home was in Beihe Province. No one had ever asked about it, so she hadn't said anything. Now that Yang Furong asked, she replied:
"Tan Chen's parents are in Beijing, and the children are also here. We went home to spend more time with the children."
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