Chapter 334 Heating, heavy snow seals the door
"I know, brother, we'll buy some after dinner." Ma Feng nodded and said.
Li Le stood up and patted Ma Feng on the shoulder and said, "Yeah! Just ask your sister-in-law for the money."
"Okay big brother."
With Zhao Yanhan's help, breakfast was quickly prepared. Although there was no meat this morning, there were enough eggs.
After eating, Ma Feng and the others went out on a tricycle. Needless to say, they went to buy coal.
In this era, no matter what you buy, there is no such service as home delivery. Everything is shipped back by yourself.
In this era, the main tools for transporting things are basically either stand trucks or tricycles.
As for trucks, they are used by major factories, farms or military units, so don’t think about them personally.
After Ma Feng and the others left, Li Le also rode a tricycle out.
Of course he was not going to buy coal, but came to the blacksmith shop again.
The old blacksmith was very familiar with Li Le, and he knew he was going to hit something when he saw him.
"What are you going to do today?" the old blacksmith asked.
"Can you see if this can be beaten?" Li Le handed over the blueprint and asked.
The old blacksmith watched for about five or six minutes, then stood up and looked at Li Le and said, "No problem, you can fight."
"Okay, here's the list. Can you tell me how much it costs?"
Li Le took out the list he had calculated. There were three rooms for people to live in the house, and there was also a living room.
In the west wing, there are two rooms where Ma Feng and the four of them live. Each room must be equipped with at least a twenty-unit radiator.
As for the room where sisters Li Le and Zhao Yanran live, because it is relatively large, it must be equipped with at least two 20-unit radiators.
There is also the living room. It can be said that apart from bedtime, the living room spends the longest time.
Because the living room is equivalent to the size of two bedrooms, four 20-unit radiators must be installed.
In this case, eight twenty sets of radiators are needed.
There are also water pipes, which do not need to be repaired. With the old blacksmith's relationship, it is very simple to fix these water pipes.
But it needs to be processed according to the dimensions on the drawing. Not only must the wire be threaded, but nuts must also be added.
"It requires a lot of materials, and we also need to buy water pipes, which costs about one million."
"No problem, this is one million. I will pay you the money first, but I have one requirement, that is, the quality must be guaranteed. Whether it is wire cutting or welding, it must be the best."
"Okay comrade, don't worry, you can come over and pull me out yourself in a week."
"good."
After leaving the blacksmith shop, Li Le thought about it and went to the coal yard.
There is now a large amount of coal mining in Mentougou, which can supply enough to the imperial capital.
But in a few years, this will no longer be the case because some small coal mines will close down.
The supply of coal will outstrip the demand, and coal stamps will begin to be issued.
Moreover, it was supplied on a per capita basis, with each person only having a few dozen kilograms of coal per year. After buying it, it was beaten into briquettes and kept for burning in the winter.
For a large family, there is enough for the entire household, including boiling water for cooking.
But this is not possible for families with a small population. The coal purchased is enough to burn the cold weather for two months at most.
And you have to use it sparingly, forget about using it for cooking, it can only be enough for heating.
In the coal field, there are not many people buying coal now. The main reason is that buying coal costs money, but burning firewood does not cost money.
"Hello, comrade! May I ask, how do you sell this coal?"
The coal yard is still privately owned. The boss brings it back at a low price from Mentougou and then sells it to the people at a higher price.
In two years' time, this will be nationalized, and the country will send someone to take it over.
"Thirty-six thousand for one hundred kilograms, how much do you want?"
Thirty-six thousand for one hundred kilograms, which means three hundred and sixty thousand for one ton. This price is very suitable.
After the second set of RMB comes out in a few years, it will be equivalent to 36 yuan per ton.
Li Le pointed to his tricycle and asked, "How much do you think my tricycle can pull?"
"This truck can pull a ton without any problem, but I suggest you not to pull so much, just 500 kilograms."
"Why?"
"It's okay when the road is short, but it's too tiring when the road is far. It's manpower."
After hearing the advice to eat enough, Li Le nodded and said, "Okay, load 500 kilograms for me."
"Okay, you go and pay for the invoice first, come here with the ticket, and I'll load the coal for you."
"Okay, I get it."
Li Le quickly went over to pay for the ticket, and then came over with the ticket.
Here we start loading coal into the basket, then weigh it, and then load it onto the tricycle.
Not to mention, the efficiency was pretty good. In less than ten minutes, Li Le took Mei and left.
When Li Le returned home, Ma Feng and the others were drinking tea in the main room, their faces all red from the cold.
"How many cars have you brought back?" Li Le asked while pouring tea.
"Brother, one of us can pull back a car." Ma Feng said.
"What the hell, it only takes one person to pull back a car. At this speed, how long will it take to fill the parking lot?"
"Uh! This..."
Before Ma Feng could finish speaking, Li Le interrupted him and said, "Okay, hurry up and finish your tea."
"Okay big brother, we're going right now."
It may be a bit hard these days, but after a while, it will feel better when the weather gets colder.
If you wait until winter really comes to haul coal, you will probably suffer even more. After drinking a cup of tea, Li Le went over to unload the coal and rode a tricycle again.
In the next week, neither Li Le nor Ma Feng went out to collect scraps. They were all pulling coal home.
Finally, the room was filled. Li Le calculated that the total was sixty-three tons. This was enough coal to burn for several years.
It is best to replenish it before the bill is implemented, so that you don’t have to worry about coal in the future.
"Shuan Zhu, ride a tricycle with me." Li Le said after dinner this morning.
The reason why I called Niushuanzhu was mainly because this guy was very strong!
With Niu Shuanzhu following him, Li Le basically didn’t have to work, because Niu Shuanzhu could do it all by himself.
Li Le and Niu Shuanzhu rode two tricycles to the blacksmith shop. The things he asked to be beaten had already been beaten.
The old blacksmith didn't ask Li Le to make up the money, which showed that the one million Li Le gave was enough.
"Shuanzhu, put all these things on the tricycle. Put the pipes on one car and put the rest on the other car."
"Okay big brother."
A twenty-unit radiator would be difficult for an old blacksmith to carry, but it weighs nothing to an ox-bolt.
This is the benefit of being strong!
In less than twenty minutes, Niu Shuanzhu loaded all the things into the car, and then the two of them rode back.
After returning home, Li Le called all his brothers out and began to arrange work for everyone.
Some made holes in the wall, and some built boiler rooms. Yes, Li Le built a small house for the boiler.
The reason why we built this thing is mainly to keep warm and keep the boiler warm. You can't just leave the boiler in the open air!
Then Li Le closed his eyes and thought for a while, then assembled the parts in the house.
Li Le drew this thing himself, and of course he knew how to operate it. The brothers worked together and spent a day to install the heater.
Because the houses are not connected together, such as the main house and the wing, there is an open space in the middle.
In this case, a section of the pipe would be exposed. For this reason, Li Le went to the store and bought some sponges and tape.
First wrap it with sponge, then wrap it with tape.
There is no way, the pipe is exposed outside, there is no possibility of freezing, but it will affect the temperature of the wing.
After everything was done, Li Le began to open the connected faucet and fill it with water.
At the same time, the air exhaust port is also opened. When the water comes out of the exhaust port, it means that it has been filled with water.
After closing the exhaust port, Li Le started to ignite the fire. When it started to burn, something was needed to support the combustion.
Li Le’s family has no shortage of this stuff! That is to chop wood. First light the wood and then add coal to it.
Soon the coals started to burn, and about half an hour later, the room began to slowly become warmer.
This shows that the installation is very successful. From now on, you only need to add coal three times a day, and it will become warmer this winter.
After the heating was completed, Li Le, Ma Feng and the others began to be busy again. It was time to collect waste and buy food.
When the snow really closes the door, it will be impossible to go out unless the snow melts.
This thing is always good but not bad. On the fourth day after the heating was installed, it snowed in the imperial capital.
And it was raining quite heavily. When it first started snowing, Li Le was outside and rushed home when he saw the snow.
But it was snowing heavily, and before Li Le got home, there was already a thick layer on the ground.
However, Li Le returned home after being able to ride a tricycle.
When he got home, Ma Feng and the others had already come back. It seemed that they were closer to home when it snowed.
Li Le pushed the tricycle under the shed, patted the snow on his body, and entered the main room.
As soon as the thick door curtain opened, a rush of hot air rushed in. The difference between the inside of the room and the outside was at least thirty degrees.
The temperature outside is now at least minus 12 or 13 degrees Celsius, but it's still 17 or 18 degrees Celsius inside the house.
In the house, just wear autumn clothes inside and a coat outside.
It was even said that there was no need to wear a coat. The main reason for wearing it was because of the two sisters Zhao Yanran.
If it's in the bedroom, then no need.
"Daila, I'll give you a task." Li Le said after sitting down.
"Brother, what's the mission?" Li Daila asked.
"The boiler outside is left to you. Add coal to it three times a day, and you must add coal on time."
"Okay big brother, don't worry if you leave it to me." Li Daila said excitedly.
"Yeah!" Li Le nodded.
The heavy snow has sealed the door, and there is no way to go out. The family can only stay in the house.
It can be said that it is not interesting at all.
"Brother, how about I buy two playing cards and we can play cards at home."
Hearing Gou Sheng's words, Li Le's eyes lit up, he slapped his thigh and said, "That's right! How could I forget this?"
After saying that, he began to secretly rub his thighs. You can imagine how heavy he was when he slapped her just now.
"Gou Sheng, go buy some poker cards and buy a few more pairs. If you save money, you will have to buy more in the future."
"I know, brother."
Ten minutes later, Gou Sheng ran back with several decks of cards and various snacks in his hands.
When playing poker, you can't just play poker, you also have to crack some melon seeds and eat some snacks.
There are seven people in Li Le's family. There is enough room for one table, but not enough for two tables.
Li Le thought for a while and decided to play three versus three, and there was just one person left to serve tea and water.
It's a pity that no one knows how to play this game. There is no other way, so Li Le started to teach again. Fortunately, several people were smarter and learned it in a short time.
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