When he first entered the base, Xu Jianguo thought that the log-colored bungalow was a wooden structure. It was not until he stepped over the threshold that he discovered that the structure of the house was still a brick and tile house, but the outer walls of the house were covered with wooden boards, so it looked like a wooden structure.
This was the first time Xu Jianguo had seen such a house. He didn’t know the specific reason, but he probably thought it was for the purpose of keeping warm in winter.
In addition, he also found that the outer wall of this house was particularly thick. Judging from the visual, it was at least one red brick thicker than the house he lived in the coastal base. This also reminded him of the scene when he and his parents lived in the labor camp in his previous life.
The walls of the house they lived in at that time looked like this. Later, I heard from several soldiers in charge of guarding the farm that this was very common in the Northeast region. Because the thickness of the wall reached 370 mm, which was much thicker than ordinary walls, it was also called the 37 wall.
Since the winters in Northeast China, especially in forest areas, are extremely cold and long, the thickness requirements for house walls are correspondingly higher. Not only must they be able to withstand the cold winter temperatures, but they must also have a certain degree of fire resistance.
Therefore, the thick 37-wall appeared. It can effectively block the invasion of cold air and improve the warmth of the house. It is a very common building structure in the northeastern region of Longxia Kingdom.
Thinking of this, Xu Jianguo looked back at the foundation which was about one meter higher than the yard, and he suddenly understood the purpose of this design.
In the winter, there is often heavy snowfall in the forest areas of Northeast China, and the snow is often tens of centimeters thick. People often say that the snow blocks the door because the snow is too thick and the door cannot be opened.
So a high foundation design like this can avoid this situation from happening.
Walking into the main room, the layout here is no different from that of an ordinary bungalow, except that there is no back door and no backyard. Not far behind the main room is the gate to the neighbor's house.
The east and west rooms are not large in size, but they are clean and tidy. I think someone must have cleaned them in advance.
The two soldiers took the family around the house, introduced some basic information about the house in detail, and then left. Before leaving, they took out their hand-drawn map from their arms and told them the locations of service centers, canteens, schools, kindergartens and other facilities.
Looking at the familiar kang, Xu Jianguo and Wen Sitian both felt a sense of intimacy. Even Xiao Hei lay on the kang to take a look.
"Brother, which room should we sleep in?" Funiu asked, hugging Xu Jianguo's thighs.
"You three sleep in the east room, your sister-in-law, Wenwen and I will sleep in the west room!" Xu Jianguo said with a smile.
"Okay!" Funiu said with her big eyes blinking, then she and her two sisters took off their shoes and climbed onto the kang.
Xu Jianguo ignored them and led Wen Sitian and her mother to the west room, then took out a thick mattress from the space and put it on the bed.
Wen Sitian put Wenwen on the mattress. The little guy turned over immediately and then climbed up on the kang, looking here and there, his eyes full of curiosity.
Xu Jianguo took off his shoulder bag and said, "Wife, you look after our son. I'm going to walk around the yard."
"good!"
When he arrived in the yard, Xu Jianguo immediately opened the Eye of Time and Space, and then began to scan the entire new home. After taking a look, he really discovered many places that he had not noticed before.
First of all, Xu Jianguo discovered that the foundation of the house was not solid, but there was an entrance to a basement in the corner of the main room. In fact, it may not be accurate to call it a basement. It was actually a vegetable cellar used to store vegetables in winter, but the entrance was behind a large water tank, so he didn't notice it just now.
Secondly, when he was inspecting the wooden beam structure of the house, he also found an entrance to the attic, which could be used to store some things that were not often used.
After a tour inside and out, Xu Jianguo had a basic understanding of the entire new home.
Let's talk about life first. There are two things he is very dissatisfied with. First, there is no running water in the house. Everyone needs to fetch water from the nearby river that flows through the entire base. According to what the two soldiers said before, this water is spring water flowing down from the mountain and is very sweet.
Xu Jianguo was not worried about the water problem. He had water from the well. As long as he filled the water tank with water every day, it would be enough for the family to use for several days.
What was most difficult for him to accept was that there was no indoor bathroom in the house, only a dry toilet in the southeast corner of the yard. This made him very unhappy as he was used to using flush toilets in the coastal base.
The so-called dry toilet is a kind of earth toilet where a large pit is dug underneath, with a few wooden planks placed on the left and right sides of the pit, leaving a rectangular gap. Then a small house is built on the outside with wood. When going to the toilet, people step on the wooden planks and defecate directly into the pit.
It attracts flies in the summer and freezes your butt in the winter. This is the kind of dry toilet Xu Jianguo used when he was in Sandaliang Village.
He could accept it, but he felt uncomfortable when he thought about his wife and three maids having to use this kind of toilet.
"No, we have to find a way to clean it up. It would be terrible if the girls accidentally fell into the pit when going to the toilet." Xu Jianguo thought to himself.
In addition to the dry toilet, there was also a small wooden warehouse in the yard. Xu Jianguo went in and took a look, and found a lot of firewood piled inside, as well as some brooms, shovels and other tools.
In addition, there is a small vegetable patch of about 20 to 30 square meters in the southwest corner of the yard, but now it is bare and there is nothing in it.
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