Chapter 1130

Just like this, the three of them got busy again, digging soil, mixing mud, moving bricks...

After the preparations were done, Wang Dazhu took out a lighter and lit the kindling in one of the cellars.

That’s right, Comrade Wang Dazhu also started using a lighter, and it was even windproof.

It’s just that this windproof lighter in Wang Dazhu’s hand was snatched from Wang An’s hand. In his words, Wang An is still young and has his enjoyment ahead of him, so this windproof lighter became Wang Dazhu’s.

There was no other way; a father asking for something from his son is simply a matter of course, so Wang An found the new lighter that Qiao Xiaohu gave him.

Actually, the reason Wang An snatched the lighter from Qiao Xiaohu’s hand in the first place was to prevent Wang Dazhu from snatching it from him; the main thing was that Wang An knew his father’s hobbies too well.

Watching the chimney of the ground fire dragon start to smoke, and the kindling in the cellar gradually start to turn into charcoal, Wang Dazhu held a trowel in his right hand, turned his head, and said to Wang An and Huang Zhong:

"Xiao An, bring the mud. Xiao Zhong, bring the bricks."

Wang An replied casually:

"Hey, alright Dad."

Huang Zhong also immediately responded:

"Yeah, Uncle, the bricks are coming."

After all the mud and bricks were in place, Wang Dazhu squatted at the cellar door and started laying bricks with mud.

The function of this brick wall is to seal the heat, smoke, and air inside the combustion cellar tightly, and then use the ventilation port of the combustion cellar to control the air concentration inside.

The main thing is that the fuel in the combustion cellar is like mosquito coils; it belongs to the kind of smoldering combustion without flames, so the air inside cannot be too much, but it cannot be in a state of being completely absent either.

Anyway, the air in the combustion cellar is very thin, which can keep the fuel inside burning, but it won't produce flames, and it will constantly emit smoke and heat.

Of course, besides this, in order to prevent the chimney’s draft from being too strong on windy days, or wind blowing back into the chimney, causing the fuel in the combustion chamber to accelerate burning, a movable baffle, locally known as a chimney board, must be installed separately under the chimney, that is, at the flue.

It’s not just the flue of the ground fire dragon that needs a chimney board; the flue of the heated kang also needs this thing installed, as they serve the same purpose.

As Wang Dazhu completely sealed the cellar door, the combustion cellar of this ground fire dragon was completely finished. If nothing unexpected happens, there will be no need to worry about this cellar until next spring.

Just as Wang Dazhu and the three were lighting the second combustion cellar and planning to seal the second cellar door, Huang Li ran out from the house and called out to the three of them:

"Uncle, Big Brother, Little Brother, time to eat."

Ever since Huang Zhong also stayed at Wang An’s house, Huang Li was obviously much happier than before.

I don't know if it was influenced by the family, but Huang Li was even better to her younger brother Huang Zhong than to herself, as if the whole Huang Baoguo family placed all their hopes on Huang Zhong, the only boy.

Of course, this kind of thing is very common in this era, especially in situations like Huang Zhong’s, where there is only one boy in the family.

It’s just that when Wang An hesitated about letting Huang Zhong move into the new house, it was opposed by both Huang Li and Huang Zhong.

The reason was that it was fine for Huang Zhong to live in the old house; there was no need to come to the new house at all.

It was fine that they refused; the main thing was that Wang An himself was a bit embarrassed.

Because although Huang Zhong was small, he was already a real growing boy. Having such a growing boy living in the same house, and seeing him every day, was truly very inconvenient for Mu Xueqing.

After Huang Li finished speaking, Wang An said:

"If you are hungry, eat first. Xiaomei and Xiaoli still have to go to school in the afternoon."

After Wang An finished speaking, Wang Dazhu also said:

"The kindling is already lit, we have to seal the door before eating. You guys eat first, we’ll be done soon."

After hearing this, Huang Li said while running back:

"Then I’ll go back and tell my aunt."

Ignoring what Huang Li said, Wang Dazhu and the three continued to get busy.

Fortunately, the cellar door was not big. It only took more than 20 minutes for Wang Dazhu to successfully seal the cellar door with mud and bricks. Immediately after, Wang Dazhu looked at his masterpiece and said with a smile:

"Let’s go, go back to the house to wash hands and eat."

Wang An smiled and flattered:

"It still has to be you, Dad. This cellar door is built so damn straight, not even a bit of smoke will escape."

Wang Dazhu waved his hand and said a bit smugly:

"That’s a must. What work do I do that isn't straight? It’s so meticulous, hahahaha."

Although Wang Dazhu was praising himself, it had to be admitted that Comrade Wang Dazhu was indeed quite skilled; any carpentry, masonry, or stonemasonry work, he could do it all. The most critical thing was that he could do it quite well.

Sometimes Wang An thought that the reason he learned everything quickly and could do it as soon as he tried was because he inherited it from Wang Dazhu.

After Wang Dazhu finished being smug, Wang An cooperated and said:

"Yeah, it still has to be my Dad who can do it. My Dad is too capable, hahahaha."

As they spoke, the three walked toward the house together.

Although Wang Dazhu and Wang An both said to let Liu Guilan and the others eat first, in fact, only the two young ladies, Wang Xiaomei and Wang Xiaoli, finished eating first because they had to go to school.

As for Liu Guilan, Mu Xueqing, and Huang Li, they only put the bowls and chopsticks on the table, and the dishes and rice were not scooped out of the pot.

Seeing Wang Dazhu and the three enter the house, Liu Guilan immediately asked:

"Are both cellars finished?"

Wang Dazhu said happily:

"Yeah, finished. Once it’s done, we don't have to worry about it for the whole winter, hahahaha. This ground fire dragon thing is so labor-saving. In the future, we don't even need to light a stove in the room; it will be so warm."

After tinkering with both fuel cellars, Wang Dazhu was obviously very happy. As he spoke, Wang Dazhu squatted down, touched the ground with his hand, and then continued to say with a smile:

"Look, the ground is already starting to get hot. In the future, if we forget to heat the kang in winter, it won't even be cold sleeping on the ground. Hahaha, this thing is really good."

Seeing Wang Dazhu squat down, Liu Guilan also bent down to touch the ground, and then said with a face full of surprise:

"It is, huh. The ground is like a kang now, really warm, hehehe."

Mu Xueqing originally wanted to touch the ground, but it would be quite laborious for her to sit on a chair and bend down to touch the ground now, so Mu Xueqing got off the chair and squatted down directly.

Don't say, although it was laborious for Mu Xueqing to bend down, squatting was fine. After touching the ground, she said with a smile:

"Yeah, the ground is really warm, almost catching up to the kang."

Hearing the conversation between the adults and seeing their actions, the two little girls naturally had to join in the fun. Seeing Wang Xiaomei and Wang Xiaoli put down their chopsticks, they slid down and sat on the ground.

Immediately after, the two little girls touched the ground as if they were adults, and then Wang Xiaoli said while nodding:

"Yeah, not bad, not bad, it’s quite warm."

Wang Xiaomei also said like an adult:

"This ground fire dragon is quite good, really quite good."

Wang Dazhu and his wife, Wang An and his wife, and Huang Li and her brother were stunned for a moment, and then they burst into laughter: "Hahahaha..."

The main thing was that the two sisters didn't know what a ground fire dragon was at all!

(End of chapter)