Chapter 8 Warm Little Home
Whether the temporary workers at the Capital Internal Combustion Engine Factory really installed the wrong components of the oil pump or just found an excuse to evade it, Jiang Hui didn't really care.
For him, the matter was over.
When Jiang Hui rang the bell to get off work at a certain time, he had no idea that the newcomers had to work overtime.
The colleagues around me quickly packed up their things and left after get off work.
Tall poplar trees stand on both sides of the street in the factory. Employees who do not live in the family area are basically riding their bicycles out at this time, making the entire street in the factory crowded.
Jiang Hui felt that Zhu Lin must be waiting for him in the dormitory, so he didn't stop at all. His two long and strong legs turned the bicycle into a hot wheel.
Many people see this scene and feel that young people just bought a new car and still don’t know how to take care of it.
Where can I ride a bicycle like this?
When Jiang Hui arrived at the downstairs of the dormitory of the health center and had just parked his bicycle, Zhu Lin came out and asked, "How are you, did everything go well today?"
It was obvious that Zhu Lin had been staring downstairs for a long time.
"It went very well. The chief of our technical department is my father's student. He came to pick me up at the door this morning."
Jiang Hui briefly told Zhu Lin about today's events. situation so that she would not worry.
Although Jiang Hui is mentally older than Zhu Lin, his usual words and deeds are relatively mature.
Zhu Lin, who was only three years older, had always taken good care of Jiang Hui.
For example, before going to bed last night, Zhu Lin had already prepared all the clothes Jiang Hui would wear when going out today.
"It's true, Dad, he obviously made arrangements, but didn't tell us earlier."
Professor Zhu's little cotton-padded jacket obviously had some air leakage.
But Jiang Hui will definitely not take up this topic.
Between a couple, either spouse can complain about their parents, but the other spouse had better not join in the fun.
Otherwise, the result is often a quarrel.
"I went back to take a shower before eating. I was sweating all over when I came back from the bike."
Jiang Hui was used to taking a shower every day.
Even in this era, bathing is not that convenient.
For example, the dormitory Zhu Lin was assigned to did not have its own private bathroom or kitchen.
To use the restroom, you have to go to the restroom at the end of the corridor.
To take a shower, you either have to go to a bathhouse, or you can take a bucket to the bathroom and fill it with water for a shower.
The conditions are so simple.
Even so, this is already a level that many people would envy.
Those who live in large courtyards have to empty the urinal every morning when they get up.
I got up and walked out of the courtyard to the public toilet at the end of the alley.
The key is that sometimes there are no slots for you during the morning rush hour.
"Hurry up, we will buy some things later."
In Zhu Lin's view, it is definitely not enough for the couple to eat out every day, and they still have to do it themselves. OK.
This requires buying pots, pans and other things.
Fortunately, these things are daily necessities and can be purchased at nearby supply and marketing cooperatives.
Jiang Hui didn't waste too much time taking a shower, and got down quickly.
The couple didn’t even ride a bike, they just went out shopping with a net bag.
Of course, according to Jiang Hui's style, he must fill his stomach before buying anything.
Even if you don’t have a big meal, you can at least have a bowl of fried noodles.
The production level of fried noodles in the capital is still very good, and the ones produced in any store are very good.
“You actually prepared tickets for so many things.”
Pots and pans, matches, rags, soy sauce, salt, oil and other items were all bought quickly. There are tickets required to buy these things.
Jiang Hui really didn’t know when Zhu Lin prepared it.
In order to buy oil, I even bought an oil drum, which requires an oil drum ticket.
Because nowadays cooking oil is basically sold by the pound, which costs 8 cents per pound, plus a pound of oil coupons.
The salesperson will pick up a special funnel and place it on the mouth of your oil drum, then pick up a spoon and fill it with oil.
Weigh while loading.
That scene will be difficult to see in later generations.
"My mother gave me some before, and I asked someone to borrow some in the office today."
"But there are still briquette stoves and briquettes that are not easy to move. We may have to find someone to borrow a wheelbarrow or a trolley. Okay.”
Zhu Lin looked at the briquette stove in the corner of the supply and marketing cooperative and wanted to buy it back today.
The briquette stove is a short cylindrical iron bucket. Four briquettes can be placed in the wall of the bucket, some can be placed vertically, and some can be placed horizontally.
There is a lid on top, which can be covered when the stove is not in use.
At the bottom is a small square stove mouth that can light a fire, with a stove door.
There is a handle on the wall of the outer barrel to lift the briquette stove.
When you wake up in the morning, the sight of people bending down to light the stove in front of their homes has become an image of this era.
Place flammable items such as waste paper, cardboard boxes, wood blocks or corncobs in the small stove mouth and use them to ignite the briquettes.
Wits of green smoke came out, making the person lighting the stove cough and cry.
Lie down and blow with your mouth, or fan with cattail leaf fan.
Lighting briquettes is a technical job, and it is also a job that tests one's endurance.
Zhu Lin was at home some time ago, but he studied various life skills in order to quickly become a good wife and mother after marriage.
In her opinion, the hard work and patience are mixed into the food cooked with honeycomb briquettes, and the food cooked with hard work tastes particularly sweet.
So she is very motivated to buy various things and decorate their small home.
"When I went out today, I thought I saw a wheelbarrow by the doorman. I'll borrow it later."
Since we have purchased most of the things, we might as well get them all at once.
Just by doing this, the bath you just took was in vain.
"Okay, just bring the coal back together!"
Seeing Jiang Hui's cooperation, Zhu Lin's face was also full of smiles.
Many people are reluctant to set up a stove specifically for heating in winter, and have never even thought about it.
The Zhu Lin family is actually no exception, especially in the past few years when the supply of supplies was tight.
As long as the briquette stove is moved into the house, it can be used for cooking and heating.
A curved chimney connects the briquette stove to the outdoors, sending the smoke generated by combustion out of the room.
The light green smoke drifts outside the house, giving people a warm feeling.
The heat generated by the briquette stove is very weak, but it bakes the temperature of the home and the warmth of life. The winter with the briquette stove is not cold.
Even though it is still hot summer, Zhu Lin is beginning to fantasize about spending the winter with Jiang Hui.
Not living with their parents and having no children, the life of the young couple during this period is definitely the most comfortable.
Zhu Lin is obviously full of expectations for this.
She can't wait to cook in her little home and live a warm life.
The new book is set to sail. It will be updated twice a day at first, and then it will be updated every day. If it is not enough, you can read the old book first. It has almost 5 million words.
(End of this chapter)