Happy peasant girl

Chapter 47
"I've seen the kind of bed you mentioned in the extreme north, but that kind of bed will make the room full of smoke, and it's easy to burn people if the fire is too big. Although it keeps warm, it's very troublesome!" Wei Xuan I have been to the northernmost border of Chu State two years ago, so I am somewhat familiar with the things there.

"Didn't the smoke from the fire be vented outside through the chimney?" Lin Qingxi asked puzzled.

She thought that the kang of this era should be somewhat improved, but from what Wei Xuan said, could it be that the kang here is still very rudimentary?

"Some people have thought about it, but the effect is not very good. If it is windy outside, the smoke will still return to the house." The temperature of the bed fire is too difficult to control. In the barracks, many soldiers burned their clothes or Body.Wei Xuan also heard that there were people there who sought out skilled craftsmen to discuss, but they couldn't come up with a good solution.

"Junior sister, do you have a good idea?" Seeing Lin Qingxi's questioning so carefully, Shen Han felt more and more that the little junior sister from the farm in front of him was a hundred times smarter than he imagined.

At this time, Wei Xuan also looked at Linqingxi with the same mentality. If Linqingxi can really come up with a solution, it will not only solve the problem for the soldiers in the cold place, but also solve the possibility for the people of Chu State in winter. The problem of freezing to death.

Looking at the expectant eyes of the two people in front of her, Lin Qingxi had no choice but to nod slightly. She originally planned to bring up the Pan Kang matter in front of her family when she was building a house this year, and she didn't even think about hiding it.

The people of Chu State suffered enough due to natural disasters and man-made disasters. If they can send them a little warmth in the severe winter, it would be considered a good deed.

So, she called Linyuan Mountain and Lin Zhongguo to her, and then they sat around and started talking about it.

"Brother, the kind of bed you just mentioned should be a very rough heated kang. Generally speaking, the normal and better heated kang does not have these problems. An old man once told me the principle of this kind of heated kang. It should be fine to improve it." Lin Qingxi said.

"Girl Xi, do you know how to improve that kind of kang?" Just now Linqingxi said what kind of kang he wanted to make, Linyuanshan was still a little confused, but now hope has arisen in his heart.

"Grandfather, I know how to improve the heated kang, but I also know that there is another kind of kang, which saves more firewood than the heated kang, and is warm in winter and cool in summer, has good ventilation, and is much cleaner than the heated kang, and..." Lin Qingxi had witnessed the whole process of panning the kang, and even personally did it, so she is very familiar with it.

However, before she finished speaking, Shen Han and the others became a little anxious: "Little Junior Sister, what are you talking about?"

"It's a hanging kang! This kind of kang is much better than the improved kang in every aspect, so this time we don't make a heated kang, but a hanging kang. However, it would be better if there were bricks." The houses of the people of Chu State, They are either earth walls or wooden walls, and there are very few brick walls. Lin Qingxi thinks that maybe the brick-burning technology of this era is not in place.

"Don't be afraid, sister, we have stone bricks!" Lin Qinghe also leaned forward and said.

Although stone bricks are good, grinding a stone brick is too time-consuming and labor-intensive. Small-scale kangs are okay, but large-scale kangs may be more troublesome.

"Stone bricks are fine, but we're sure we're not planning one kang, or two kangs. I wonder if there are so many stone bricks." Lin Qingxi said worriedly.

"Girl Xi, you don't have to worry about this. Dad knows a stonemason in Qijia Village. His family specializes in grinding stone bricks. His craftsmanship is very good. Dad will go to his house and ask later." Lin Zhongguo's legs are almost full. Well, it still hurts when I walk, but I don't need a wheelchair anymore.

In the past, there were a lot of things at home, and he felt that he was a useless person, and he couldn't help much. Finally, there was something that he could help his daughter, and he took the initiative to take care of it.

"Zhongguo, let Wulang and Liulang go with you. Your legs are not fully healed yet. Rent an ox cart and bring some stone bricks back." Linyuanshan is very interested in Pankang, especially what Linqingxi said That hanging kang that is too good to be true.

"Okay, dad, how about I go now!" Lin Zhongguo got up and planned to leave.

Lin Qingxi hurriedly pulled him back and said: "Father, don't be in a hurry! Besides, you must first understand how big the stone bricks are for the hanging kang before you can go to someone else! Also, I will follow the hanging kang The old man has played with clay, but I can’t actually do it! You and the old man and a few master craftsmen have to think about it!"

"Girl Xi said the same thing, why don't we try setting up a kang first?" Lin Yuanshan also felt that what Lin Qingxi said made sense, even if Lin Qingxi learned a lot of good things from that old man, but After all, she is only an eight-year-old child, seeing it doesn't mean she can do it.

"Grandfather, father, sister knows this kang skill, shall we tell outsiders?" Lin Qinghe said in a low voice.

"Wulang, what nonsense are you talking about! Although the old man taught Xi girl this skill, we can't think in the wrong way! These days, everyone's life is not easy, can we just watch others freeze to death without saving them?" ?In the future, we can’t think of taking everything for ourselves, and our old Linjia people can’t live a selfish and heartless life!” Linyuan Shan said this a bit harshly, but he also has his own reasons.

In the early years, he also walked to the north of Chu State. That year, heavy snow fell one after another, and the lives of the people were also difficult. Countless people died of freezing on the side of the road. Many people just slept in the I went to bed and never woke up the next day.

"Grandpa, I was wrong!" Lin Qinghe lowered his head, although he still didn't fully understand where he was wrong.

"Grandpa, I will leave the matter of hanging the kang to you and dad. After success, we will tell the master and uncle this method, and let them find a way to spread the method of hanging the kang, so that everyone will not be confused." Have you benefited?" Lin Qingxi was afraid that Lin Yuanshan would continue to reprimand Lin Qinghe, so he quickly took the words and said.

"Little Junior Sister's idea is really good. In fact, you don't need to bother Master or Uncle. Seventh Senior Brother and I can do it for you. Seventh Senior Brother, don't you think so?" Shen Han asked Wei Xuan with a flattering look.

Wei Xuan nodded, it's really rare for an old Lin family to have such a generous mind, and Lin Yuanshan, an ordinary farmer, can't teach his children and grandchildren.

After the agreement was made, Linqingxi explained the making process of the Diao Kang to Linyuan Mountain and Lin Zhongguo in detail, and after the two returned home, they started experimenting with mud in the yard, and unexpectedly succeeded once up.

Wei Xuan and Shen Han who followed have been paying attention to the whole process of panning the kang, and even went to battle in person, following Linyuan Mountain, Lin Zhongguo, Lin Qingmu, and Lin Qinghe to pan the kang. In the past, they used to drink water and wash their faces. Served by a dedicated person.

(End of this chapter)