Chapter 202 Trial

The more Liu Yinyin thought about it, the more she felt that she could give it a try.

Anyway, we don't have any pigs at home, and the pigpen is useless if it's empty, so it's a good choice for experiments.

"......What the hell?" Jiang Cuihua said in shock.

Building an earthen stove in the pigsty to grow vegetables?

Jiang Cuihua had never heard of this before.

Liu Yinyin nodded: "If the weather keeps being so cold, it's definitely not possible to grow vegetables in the yard. We can build a fireplace in the pigsty so we can light a fire when it's cold. If the temperature is right... it's not impossible to grow some vegetables."

However, the prerequisite is that an earthen stove can be built inside.

There is a fireplace in Liu Yinyin's room, but Gu Cheng specially asked a skilled craftsman to make it, using cement and blue bricks, and it cost a lot of money.

If the purpose is just to grow vegetables, there is no need to build such a good fireplace. The cost is simply too high and other families in the village simply cannot afford it.

Jiang Cuihua was confused by what she heard, and she still didn't dare to believe it: "This... Is this possible?"

She had never heard of anyone doing this.

Liu Yinyin was also unsure: "Let's give it a try."

There are more ways to keep warm than building a fireplace, but this is the only suitable way.

Jiang Cuihua thought for a moment and said, "Okay, let's give it a try. We can't provide anything else, but we have enough firewood."

If we can really grow vegetables indoors, it will definitely be a great thing for the people in the countryside.

In times of famine, nothing is more important than food, even though vegetables are not food.

But it is much better than eating locust powder or wild vegetables and tree bark.

And...if it works, they can take the vegetables to the city and exchange them for some food.

It’s the same as when Huang Xiaoyue knew how to exchange food.

That is...there is no spare room in the house. The pigsty is full of pigs, and the other rooms are full of people.

But if they really can grow vegetables, they can arrange for the whole family to squeeze it out. They can always think of a way. Can a living person be suffocated to death by urine?

"Mom, please don't tell anyone about this for now." Liu Yinyin instructed.

It's not that she wants to hide it, it's just that this matter is easy to say but difficult to implement.

Let alone other things, building a fireplace is not an easy task. If it is not done properly, the house may burn down.

Liu Yinyin was just thinking on a whim. Whether it would work or not would require further study.

It’s not too late to tell others when you succeed.

Jiang Cuihua immediately responded: "Don't worry, I won't tell anyone else."

She knows her limits and won't show off something that hasn't happened yet.

That day, Liu Yinyin stayed at home to study the fireplace. She carefully observed the fireplace built in the room.

Then, he drew a drawing and sketched out the general outline of the fireplace.

She then tried to see if she could build an earthen stove.

After Gu Cheng knew her idea, he took the initiative to take the job: "Let me give it a try. It's my day off tomorrow."

Liu Yinyin said, "Huh?" "...You can do it?"

In fact, she was thinking of asking the village's brick-making master to help.

Gu Cheng raised his head to meet her gaze and chuckled, "You forgot that when the fireplace was built at home, I was the one who built it."

Gu Cheng remembered the general steps. Moreover, Liu Yinyin's drawing was good, so he was 90% sure that he could build the unearthed fireplace.

Liu Yinyin was delighted. She came over and kissed him twice on the side of his face: "My man is really great. He can do anything."

Gu Cheng laughed a little: "Your idea is also very good. When the fireplace was first built, the old master said that it is difficult to control the temperature and it is easy to crack if the fireplace is made of earth bricks. It is not suitable to be placed in the room."

That's why he took great pains to buy cement and bricks and built a fireplace in the house.

But if she wanted to build a fireplace in the pigsty and grow vegetables as Liu Yinyin wanted, she wouldn't have to worry about this.

If you fail, just tear it down and start over. It doesn’t cost anything to make bricks.

Gu Cheng couldn't help but praise: "If we can really grow vegetables indoors, it will be a great boon to ordinary people."

The weather is abnormal now, it is cold and there is nothing to eat in the mountains.

If we could grow our own vegetables, perhaps we could survive the long and cold winter with them.

Liu Yinyin smiled awkwardly and said, "I just thought of this suddenly."

I thought of this when I asked the Liu brothers to help chop firewood for the family. At that time, I just wanted to give it a try, not sure if it would work.

Building an earthen fireplace requires earthen bricks, but making earthen bricks is not something that can be done in a short time.

In order to speed up the progress, Gu Cheng went to the village and borrowed hundreds of bricks from others.

He had good relationships with people and was able to borrow bricks easily.

The next day, the temperature dropped again, by several degrees at once. The wind was howling outside, and it felt like a knife scraping against my face, making me shiver uncontrollably.

On this day, the family of three did not go out and stayed in the pigpen.

Gu Cheng built a fireplace, and Liu Yinyin helped him.

Gu Yanyan squatted in the corner and played with mud.

Gu Cheng had experience, and after several attempts, the earthen stove gradually took shape.

After working for a whole morning, the earthen stove was half covered.

Liu Yinyin stood up and brushed the dirt off her clothes, then wanted to go to the kitchen to make lunch.

As soon as she stepped out of the door, a biting cold wind blew towards her and Liu Yinyin couldn't help shivering.

Liu Yinyin squinted her eyes and her gaze suddenly froze. She saw something floating down outside.

"It's snowing..." Gu Cheng also noticed the abnormality outside.

It was indeed snowing, but not heavily. Small snowflakes fell from the sky, sprinkling on the roof and the ground.

Liu Yinyin couldn't help but sigh: "This weather is so weird that it's scary."

At this time of year in previous years, the autumn harvest had not yet begun in the village...

It seems that even if there is no locust plague, it is unlikely that the crops in the fields will have a good harvest.

The sudden light snow caused panic in the whole village.

All of a sudden, everyone went up the mountain to chop firewood and stored it. They managed to hold out for so long and did not starve to death.

It would be a shame if this person froze to death in winter.

Gu Chengcheng did not go to chop wood, but was busy making an earthen stove at home.

There is no harm in making an earthen stove. Even if the weather gets warmer in the future, you can keep it and grow vegetables in the winter.

After a day of hard work, the earthen stove was finally completed.

The next step is to try growing vegetables. First, I dig some fertile soil from outside and spread it inside the pigpen.

Then plant the seeds and water the plants...

In order to know the results sooner, Liu Yinyin selected some vegetable seeds with shorter growth cycles.

Pea sprouts, greens, lettuce, rapeseed.

The pigpen is not very big, and not much vegetables can be grown there.

It wasn't until dark that the couple finished their work.

The fire was burning in the earthen stove. The night was long and there was not enough firewood, so we had to get up again at night to add more firewood.