"By the way, mother, I just ran into Aunt Yang, and she said that the village will bring coal this afternoon."

When Zhuangzhuang took off his coat, he could feel the heat in the room.

Xiao Guo was delighted after hearing this. She took his coat and hung it on the hanger she made herself. "Great!"

The charcoal at home has almost run out. The charcoal from outside is not sold to individuals, but can only be distributed by the village. The quantity at a time is not much, only one small basket every seven days, and you have to pay for it in silver. Most importantly, the price is not cheap.

But she knew that it was good enough to be able to burn charcoal. Not to mention outside, there were many families in Taohua Village who could not afford to burn charcoal. They could only burn firewood for heating, but firewood was not as warm as charcoal after all.

So even though Xiaoguo has some small complaints, she is still content in the end. At least her financial ability can afford to keep herself from going hungry or freezing, which is good enough.

I have some charcoal left at home today because I saved it, so I can finally have some new charcoal.

"Did your aunt say it was morning or afternoon?"

Zhuangzhuang thought about it carefully and shook his head, "No, but she said she wants you to go with her."

Xiaoguo understood as soon as she heard it. Brother Yang was in charge of transporting charcoal for the village. Sister-in-law Yang would definitely be the first to know when she arrived. So she just waited at home for her to come and move the charcoal with her.

Xiao Guorou prepared the money to buy charcoal in pain, thinking sadly, how many pounds of pork can be eaten with a small basket of charcoal...

After lunch, Xiaoguo saw Zhuangzhuang fell asleep, so he added all the remaining charcoal into the stove for him. There would be new charcoal today anyway, so it was a good opportunity to take out the basket.

After a while, he heard the doorbell. Xiaoguo guessed that it was probably Mrs. Yang, so he quickly put on his clothes: a cotton hat, cotton gloves, and a cotton scarf. This was Xiaoguo's complete set of equipment.

After opening the door, Mrs. Yang saw Xiaoguo with only a pair of eyes exposed. She couldn't help but stand further away and shake her head. Even after seeing this look again, she was still shocked.

"Let's go, sister-in-law."

Because the scarf tightly covered the lower half of her face, Xiaoguo's words were a little unclear. Mrs. Yang only heard a few buzzing sounds, but based on her previous experiences, she could still guess a little.

"Let's go."

Mrs. Yang carried a basket and walked slowly with Xiaoguo to the village chief's house. Because of the help of Brother Yang, Xiaoguo and Mrs. Yang were the first to arrive at the village chief's house.

Looking at the baskets of charcoal neatly placed in the village chief's courtyard, Xiaoguo's eyes lit up. This is the advantage of being the first one to load it. Every piece is complete and will not be broken into pieces in the end.

In the courtyard, the old village chief was holding a pair of tongs and getting ready, while his wife was in charge of registering with the account book.

When the old village chief saw Xiaoguo and Yang Dasao, he quickly loaded charcoal for them.

After putting down the basket, the two men came to the village chief's wife to register, sign and pay.

After paying the money and packing the charcoal, the two of them walked home together, carrying the charcoal on their backs.

On the way back, I happened to meet someone who had just left. When those people saw someone pretending to be back, they all became anxious.

Xiaoguo and Yang's wife looked at each other with joy in their eyes. Fortunately, they had the communication from Brother Yang, otherwise they would have to follow the main force to rob. It would be great if they went first so that they could get the whole piece.

Although the volume and weight of the whole piece and the broken pieces are the same, you can feel them differently. Xiaoguo also feels that the more complete the piece is, the longer it takes to roast it. This may be a psychological effect, or it may be due to other reasons.

Mrs. Yang went home to put down the charcoal, then brought her sewing basket to Xiaoguo's house to chat.

Not long after Mrs. Yang came in, she couldn't help but put down her needlework and took off her thick coat. Then she pointed to the unique stove and said, "Hey, this is really good. Your room is so hot that it makes my face feel hot. I can't stand it after sitting here for a while."

Xiaoguo smiled and also put down her needle and thread. The water on the stove had just boiled, so she walked over and picked it up. She hooked the lid on the side with an iron hook and put it on. Then she put the kettle back on the side so she could just pour it out when she needed it.

"It's too late this year. You should make a set tomorrow." Xiao Guo picked up the needle and thread again and said to Mrs. Yang who was still studying.

"That's great!" Sister Yang looked at Xiao Guo again and said in a mysterious way, "I don't know where this wonderful idea came from in your head. You actually came up with something like this."

Mrs. Yang said this enviously. She thought Xiaoguo was a very smart person. When she followed her to the county iron shop that day, she didn't quite believe that such a thing could be used. Now seeing it like this, she really regretted not ordering one.

"If you like me, just come over every day. You can even stay here as long as Brother Yang agrees." Xiao Guo blinked at her and successfully made her laugh.

"You little girl are making fun of me now."

"Hahahaha." Xiaoguo was amused by her shy look. Mrs. Yang and Brother Yang have such a good relationship. Every time Brother Yang is mentioned, Mrs. Yang's face never fades.

"Go away, I won't talk to you anymore. I'll just continue studying the stove."

After hearing this, Mrs. Yang covered her face and sat closer to the stove with its unique shape.

"Don't burn yourself."

Xiaoguo couldn't help laughing when she saw Mrs. Yang who was really studying the stove.

This stove is actually the stove with a chimney that was used at her grandmother's house in the countryside when she was a child. The reason why the temperature in the house is so high is because the stove is made into a stove with a chimney, and the house is closed. Although the stove is not big, the temperature is very high. Because it is burning all day long, the temperature in the house has never been low.

On the day of stocking up on food, Yang's wife also wanted to buy some things, so she took Yang's wife to the iron shop and took out the stove, chimney and kettle that she had customized long ago according to the drawings. She ordered three sets in total, one for each of the two sleeping rooms, and another for the kitchen.

This way it won't be cold while I'm cooking, and I can move my meal into the kitchen while it's still hot. This is perfect, I can eat right after cooking, wash the dishes while they're still hot, and then go straight back to bed.

Before winter, Xiaoguo made a lot of preparations. When he first thought about hanging cotton curtains on the doors and windows, he thought of the stove.

If the house was closed, then a bare stove would not be suitable, as it would definitely cause carbon monoxide poisoning, so she thought of the stove at her grandmother's house.

The small stove had a simple structure. Xiaoguo drew it on paper according to her memory, and then took it to the iron shop while it was not too cold. She made it just in time for the weather to get completely cold. Although it was a bit expensive, she felt the temperature in the room and saw Mrs. Yang's envious expression and thought it was worth it.

The next morning, Xiaoguo had nothing to do, so she cleaned the house with Zhuangzhuang. She didn't like going out recently, and Zhuangzhuang was also reluctant to go out. The two of them spent the whole day eating and sleeping. Before becoming completely lazy, Xiaoguo finally made up her mind that she couldn't go on like this, so she set a goal with Zhuangzhuang to do ten labor tasks a day.

Today is the first day. They both put down their brooms and dustpans at the same time, took out papers tacitly, and drew a check mark in the first square.

One square represents one task. A piece of paper is divided into squares of the same size by Xiaoguo. A check mark is made for each task completed.

There was only a pitiful little check mark on the whole piece of paper. Xiaoguo said that everything is difficult at the beginning, but now that we have successfully started, won’t the rest of the work be easy?

The idea is very rich, but the reality is very skinny.