How can I go back to the past?

Chapter 334 Heating, heavy snow blocking the door

"I got it, brother. We'll go buy it after dinner." Ma Feng nodded and said.

Li Le stood up, patted Ma Feng on the shoulder and said, "Well! Just ask your sister-in-law for the money."

"Okay big brother."

With Zhao Yanhan's help, breakfast was ready quickly. Although there was no meat this morning, there were plenty of eggs.

After dinner, Ma Feng and his friends went out on their tricycles. Needless to say, they were going to buy coal.

Nowadays, no matter what you buy, there is no such service as home delivery. You have to transport it all by yourself.

In this era, the main means of transporting things are basically either carts or tricycles.

As for trucks, they are used by major factories, farms or military units, so individuals don’t have to think about them.

After Ma Feng and the others left, Li Le also rode out on his tricycle.

Of course he didn't go to buy coal, but came to the blacksmith shop again.

The old blacksmith was quite familiar with Li Le. As soon as he saw him, he knew that he was going to make something.

"What are you going to do today?" asked the old blacksmith.

"Do you think this can be used?" Li Le asked as he handed over the blueprint.

The old blacksmith watched for about five or six minutes, then stood up, looked at Li Le and said, "No problem, you can do it."

"Okay, here's the list. Can you take a look at the approximate price?"

Li Le took out the list he had calculated. There were three rooms in the house and a living room.

In the west wing, there are two rooms where Ma Feng and his three companions live. Each room needs to be equipped with at least one set of twenty radiators.

As for the room where sisters Li Le and Zhao Yanran live, because it is relatively large, at least two groups of 20 radiators are needed.

Then there is the living room. It can be said that apart from sleeping time, the living room is where we spend the most time.

Because the living room is the size of two bedrooms, four 20-group radiators are needed.

In this case, eight sets of twenty radiators are required.

There are also water pipes. These do not need to be drilled. With the help of an old blacksmith, it is very easy to make these water pipes.

However, it needs to be processed according to the dimensions on the drawing, which requires not only threading but also adding nuts and the like.

"It will take a lot of materials, and we'll need to buy water pipes, which will cost about a million."

"No problem. This is one million. I'll pay you first. But I have one request. That is, the quality must be guaranteed. Whether it's threading or welding, it must be done to the best of its ability."

"Okay, comrade. Don't worry. You can come here in a week."

"it is good."

After leaving the blacksmith shop, Li Le thought about it and went to the coal yard.

Now there are a lot of coal mines being mined in Mentougou, which is enough to supply the imperial capital.

But this will no longer be the case in a few years because some small coal mines will be closed down.

When coal becomes in short supply, coal tickets will be issued.

Moreover, the supply is based on per capita basis, with each person only having a few dozen kilograms of coal per year. After buying the coal, it is made into honeycomb coal and kept for burning in winter.

For a large family, it is enough to power the entire house, including boiling water and cooking.

But this is not the case for families with small populations. The coal they buy is only enough to burn for the two coldest months at most.

And you have to use it sparingly. Forget about using it for cooking, it's barely enough for heating.

At the coal yard, not many people are buying coal now, mainly because it costs money to buy coal, while burning firewood does not cost money.

"Hello, comrade! May I ask how much is this coal?"

The coal yard is currently privately owned. The boss buys coal from Mentougou at a low price and then sells it to the public at a higher price.

In another two years, this will also be nationalized, and the state will send people to take over.

"36,000 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 a few years when the second set of RMB comes out, it will be equivalent to 36 yuan per ton.

Li Le pointed to his tricycle and asked, "How much can this tricycle pull?"

"This truck can carry one ton without any problem, but I suggest you don't carry so much, just 500 kilograms will be enough."

"why?"

"It's OK if the road is short, but it's too tiring if the road is long. This requires manpower."

After hearing people's advice to eat a full meal, Li Le nodded and said, "Okay, pack 500 kilograms for me."

"Okay, go pay the money and get the invoice first, then bring the invoice over and I'll load the coal for you."

"Okay, I know."

Li Le hurried over to pay the money and get the invoice, then came back with the ticket.

They start loading coal into baskets, then weighing it and loading it onto the tricycle.

It’s quite efficient. In less than ten minutes, Li Le left with the coal.

When Li Le returned home, Ma Feng and the others were drinking tea in the main room, their faces flushed from the cold.

"Hey, how many trucks have you brought back?" Li Le asked while pouring tea.

"Brother, each of us can pull back a whole truck." Ma Feng said.

"What the hell, one person is pulling a cart. At this rate, how long will it take to fill up the back house?"

"Uh! This..."

Before Ma Feng could finish, Li Le interrupted him and said, "Okay, finish your tea and go get some."

"Okay, big brother, we'll go right away."

It may be a bit painful these few days, but after a while, when the weather gets colder, it will be comfortable.

If we wait until winter really comes to haul coal, we will probably suffer even more. After drinking a cup of tea, Li Le went to unload the coal and rode his tricycle again.

For the next week, neither Li Le nor Ma Feng and his friends went out to collect waste. Instead, they all brought coal home.

Finally the room was filled. Li Le calculated that there were sixty-three tons of coal in total, which was enough to burn for several years.

It would be best to make another replenishment before the bill is implemented. That way, we won’t have to worry about coal in the future.

"Shuanzhu, ride your tricycle and come with me." Li Le said after breakfast that morning.

The reason why Niu Shuanzhu was called is mainly because this guy is 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, and the things he asked them to make were already ready.

The old blacksmith did not ask Li Le to pay more money, which means that the one million given by Li Le was enough.

"Hangzhu, load all these things onto the tricycles. Put the pipes on one vehicle and the rest on the other."

"Okay big brother."

A set of twenty radiators was difficult for the old blacksmith to carry, but for Niu Shuanzhu, it was of no weight at all.

This is the advantage of having great strength!

In less than twenty minutes, Niu Shuanzhu loaded all the things onto the car, and then the two of them rode back.

After returning home, Li Le called all his brothers out and began to assign work to everyone.

Some people made holes in the wall, some people built boiler rooms, yes, Li Le built a small house for the boiler.

The reason for building this thing is mainly to keep warm, to 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, and then assembled the parts in the house.

Li Le drew this thing himself, so of course he knew how to operate it very well. Several brothers worked together and installed the heater in one day.

Because the houses are not connected, for example, the main house and the wing rooms, there is an open space in the middle.

In this way, a section of the pipe will be exposed outside. For this, Li Le went to the store and bought some sponges and tapes.

Wrap it with sponge first, then wrap it with tape.

There is no way. The pipes are exposed outside and there is no possibility of freezing, but they will affect the temperature of the compartment.

After everything was done, Li Le began to turn on the connected faucet and fill it with water.

At the same time, the air exhaust port was opened, and water came out of the exhaust port, indicating that it was filled with water.

After closing the exhaust port, Li Le started to light the fire. When it first started burning, it needed something to help the combustion.

Li Le's family has plenty of this stuff! That is firewood. First light the firewood, and then add coal into it.

Soon the coal started to burn, and after about half an hour, the room began to slowly become warmer.

This shows that the installation was very successful. From now on, you only need to add coal three times a day, and this winter will become warmer.

After the heating was installed, Li Le and Ma Feng started to get busy again, collecting waste and buying food.

When the snow really gets so heavy that the door is blocked, it will be impossible to go out unless the snow melts.

Words always work when good things come out and sometimes work when bad things come out. On the fourth day after the heater was installed, it snowed in the capital.

And it was snowing quite heavily. When it first started snowing, Li Le was outside. He rushed home as soon as he saw it snowing.

But it was snowing heavily, and before Li Le got home, a thick layer of snow had already covered the ground.

However, Li Le still managed to return home when he was able to ride a tricycle.

When he got home, Ma Feng and the others had already returned. It seemed that they were closer to home when it snowed.

Li Le pushed the tricycle under the shed, brushed off the snow on his body, and went into the main room.

As soon as the thick door curtain was opened, a wave of hot air hit me in the face. The temperature inside the room was at least 30 degrees different from that outside.

The temperature outside is now at least minus twelve or thirteen degrees Celsius, but it's at least seventeen or eighteen degrees Celsius inside.

When indoors, you can wear long-sleeved shirts and long pants inside and a coat outside.

It’s not even necessary to wear a coat. The main reason he wore one was because of the two sisters Zhao Yanran.

If it is in the bedroom, then it is not necessary.

"Dai La, I'll give you a task." Li Le said after sitting down.

"Brother, what's the mission?" Li Daila asked.

"The boiler outside is in your hands. Add coal to it three times a day, and on time."

"Okay, big brother. Just leave it to me." Li Daila said excitedly.

"Yeah!" Li Le nodded.

The heavy snow blocked the door and there was no way to go out, so the family had to stay in the house.

It can be said that there is no fun at all.

"Brother, how about I go buy two decks of 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, "Yeah! How could I forget this."

After saying that, he began to rub his thigh secretly. You can imagine how hard he hit him just now.

"Gousheng, go buy some playing cards. Buy a few more decks so you don't have to buy new ones when they break."

"I know bro."

Ten minutes later, Gousheng came back with several decks of cards and various snacks in his hands.

When playing poker, you can’t just play poker, you still have to crack some melon seeds and eat some snacks.

There are seven people in Li Le's family. There are more than enough people for one table, but not enough for two tables.

Li Le thought about it and decided to play three on three. There happened to be one person left to serve tea and water.

Unfortunately, no one knew how to play this. There was no choice but Li Le started teaching again. Fortunately, everyone was smart and they learned it in no time.

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