This small kang table was made by Ye Zi herself. As the weather is getting colder, it is still comfortable to eat on the warm kang.
While Chen Ye was cooking the noodles, he also lit the stove he made of bricks in the kitchen and added a lot of coal. His fourth brother came here and specifically wanted to live here.
She didn't burn the other rooms, so they couldn't be lived in. Only the room she had just cleaned could be lived in. It would be warm after burning it for a while.
Chen Ye lit the kang in the morning. It was a little hot at this moment. After a while, Cen Zixiang felt warm and came to the kitchen to see what was going on.
"Why did you build another stove? Is this a water tank? Is it used to boil hot water?" The stove made of bricks looked straight and quite large, with a large iron water tank on top.
The key point is that there are already two stoves in this house. Why build another stove just to boil water? He doesn't think his younger sister is so bored and wasteful. You know, an extra stove requires more firewood and coal.
"I made my own floor heating for the middle room, which is used to circulate water."
"Oh, you've already cleaned up the middle room. So quickly?"
The key point is that his younger sister has to go to work every day, and the only time she can work is between get off work and go to bed. It only takes a short time for a house to be finished.
The materials that can be used are all in their most primitive state. Even turning them into wooden boards takes a lot of time. Today's tools are not as simple as the electric tools of later generations. They all require manpower to complete.
"It's okay. It's mainly because we're short on time. If I had more time, the second room would be almost done. Do you want to go over and take a look?"
Seeing that Chen Ye had already prepared the noodles, Cen Zixiang shook his head and said, "Eat something before you go. I'm really hungry. I took the train last night. By the way, why are you still at home? Are you not at work?"
Cen Zixiang had this key, which was given to him by Chen Ye. She thought that he might come over occasionally, and if she was not at home, she would have to go to her workplace to look for her, so she just gave him a key.
When he came over, before he took out his key, he saw that there was no lock on the door. It must be that someone was home, so he knocked on the door.
"I'm taking a day off today. You're here at the perfect time. Hurry up and bring it in so we can eat. Do you want any pickles?"
"Let's have some kimchi."
"Then wait for me to get it," Chen Ye found a small bowl, opened the cellar and walked down.
The cellar was the first place Chen Ye cleaned up. She couldn't bear to see food just left on the ground, so she first made a few shelves here and placed the things she brought in neatly.
After cleaning up, the cellar no longer looks messy and untidy. There is still a lot of space inside and a lot of things can be put in.
Seeing Chen Ye coming up, Cen Zixiang suddenly remembered what he had forgotten: "Oh, I brought something with me. Did I bring it in when I came in just now?"
He seemed to remember that he was already exhausted when he arrived at the gate, so he just put it on the ground. He knocked on the door only because he saw that there was no lock. It seemed that he didn't bring the sack in?
After saying this, Cen Zixiang ran out as if his butt was on fire, without even putting on his coat. He was heartbroken to see the sack of food thrown away, as he had put a lot of effort into carrying it.
Chen Ye shook his head as he watched, what a bad memory he had. However, he hurried out to help and saw Cen Zixiang hurriedly opening the door. When he saw that the sack on the side of the door was still there, he breathed a sigh of relief.
"It's okay, it's okay, it's still there. I thought it was lost."
"Sister, you don't know how hard it was for me to carry this thing. The snow was up to my knees. I had to walk one foot deep and one foot shallow to finally get to the county town."
Chen Ye helped carry one side, and the two of them, freezing cold, hurried into the house. "What the hell is this? It's so heavy! I have everything I need here, why are you taking things from here? You can keep it for yourselves."
"Hey, remember last time I said I was going to go hunting in the mountains?"
"Didn't you say you wouldn't go? Why did you follow me?"
"The captain came to look for it, so he went with us. But he asked the people from the county armed forces to go up the mountain together. Not a single wild boar escaped. There were more than ten of them. Didn't you see that the village was like Chinese New Year for those two days?"
"It looks like a lot, but how much can each family get if they hand over a part of it?" Chen Ye sneered. One or two pounds of meat is considered a lot for a family.
"It wasn't much, but I was smart. I used a pack of cigarettes to build a good relationship with the people from the armed forces and bought half a pig."
"After those people left, your second brother Gao and I went to West Mountain again. We didn't dare go inside, so we just wandered around outside for a few days and brought back a lot of meat. It's freezing in this weather, so I thought about coming over sometime to bring you some food."
"Everything here is good except meat. You haven't had meat much since you came here, right?" He is different from his younger sister. He was born in the city and knows that there are not many things available now.
This is true. Chen Ye has never bought meat since she came here. It is always sold out every time she goes there. If it weren’t for the mutton, dried meat and bacon that her eldest brother bought last time, she might not be able to eat a single piece of meat.
Although the food in the factory is pretty good and there are meat dishes every day, there is not even a piece of meat to be seen. The only thing that counts as meat is the bits of oil floating on the surface.
She seldom went to the canteen to get food. Not only was she somewhat disgusted by the lack of oil and water, but she would only go to the canteen occasionally when she was really in a hurry or there were no more vegetables at home.
"Not very good. I don't know if it's just my bad luck or what, but every time I go to buy meat, there's not even a bone left when I get there."
She had only heard that it was difficult to buy meat in the city, but she never thought it would be so difficult. In any case, she had never seen what the meat looked like.
Cen Zixiang patted the sack and said, "See? There's meat here. Can we just freeze it in the yard?" It definitely won't be kept in the warmth of the house.
"That's definitely not possible. The rats must eat more than I do. Open the kitchen door. I've built a small refrigerator behind it. Just put it there."
Cen Zixiang opened the kitchen door and saw a square refrigerator in the back that looked like a freezer. "You have it all sorted."
When he opened it, he saw a frozen cabbage inside, which almost made him laugh. His younger sister's life was miserable after coming to the city. When she was in the village, these food storage places were always full.
"What's the point of having everything complete? There's nothing to put in it. Can it even hold anything?" She didn't make it too big because she was alone.
"Yes, I took out the cabbage?"
"Take it out and blanch it in water and eat it with sauce in the evening."
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