Chapter 741: Go into the Mountains for a Stroll

Upon hearing this, Wang An briefly explained the principle of heating, which immediately made the two old brothers, Wang Daliang and Wang Dazhu, click their tongues in amazement.

One could see Wang Dazhu say with surprise and excitement:

"This heating stuff is truly capable. That 'boiler' you mentioned is just like a slightly bigger fire stove, and then hot water runs in circles in the steel pipes; when the water runs a circle and gets cold, it arrives back at the stove to continue burning. This way, the steel pipes and radiators will definitely be hot all the time. This stuff is capable, this stuff is truly capable."

Second Uncle Wang Daliang also said while clicking his tongue:

"Yeah, in the middle of winter, if there's such a thing, the room will be very warm. I feel that in our north, sooner or later, everyone will use this stuff. The key is that it's both clean and saves trouble."

After hearing the two old brothers' words, Wang An felt quite surprised, because just as Wang Daliang said, in a few years, developed cities in the north would begin to install heating in large quantities.

As for small, backward places like towns, it seemed that it wasn't until the 90s that this stuff gradually began to appear.

However, Wang An still said with a smile:

"This stuff actually doesn't save much trouble, it's not as trouble-free as a ground fire dragon. If you forget to fill it with coal, with our temperature here, the water pipes and radiators would all freeze and crack in one night. Even if they don't crack, the whole set of heating will be ruined and won't be usable for the whole winter."

After Wang An finished speaking, Wang Daliang said somewhat confusedly:

"Why wouldn't it be usable? Won't it be hot once you burn the fire?"

Before Wang An could speak, Wang Dazhu said:

"The water pipes are frozen solid; before the ice melts, the boiler will explode."

One had to admit that Wang Dazhu was definitely a scientist who had been delayed, because he was a person who could truly understand many things with just a hint.

Most importantly, he was very good at thinking; many things didn't need to be said, and he could understand the principles.

Wang An smiled and didn't speak, continuing to eat his meal.

After a while, Liu Guilan suddenly said:

"Xiao An, why don't you go buy some pork tomorrow? Those two wild boars at home are a bit small, I feel it's a waste to kill them now."

Upon hearing this, Wang An said casually:

"Aren't there still yellow sheep? Killing one a day is enough."

As soon as Wang An's voice fell, Liu Guilan said with a pained face:

"Can't kill the lambs, there aren't many ewes left, isn't it a waste to kill the big ewe for meat? Just buy some pork to mix in. Besides, pork is better than mutton."

As soon as Liu Guilan's voice fell, Wang Xiaoli snatched the words:

"Mutton is tasty, mutton is tasty."

It was just that this sudden shout from Wang Xiaoli instantly made the space in the whole room seem to freeze, appearing for a split second of stillness.

Immediately after, everyone in the room burst into laughter.

After laughing, Liu Guilan laughed and scolded:

"How do you only know it's tasty? I think you are quite tasty, I'll eat you tomorrow."

Wang Xiaoli pouted and retorted in a low voice: "I'm not tasty, I'm not tasty at all."

Seeing Wang Xiaoli's very adorable appearance, the crowd laughed even louder.

One had to admit that as long as the nutrition keeps up, children will look very lively.

And children who look very lively will naturally be adorable. After the crowd laughed, Wang An thought for a while and said:

"I don't have many meat coupons here, and besides, now even with meat coupons, buying meat is limited; you can only buy one or two jin a day, that little bit of stuff isn't good for anything."

What Wang An said had no flaws at all, because this was the most realistic problem in this era.

In these years, grain was very scarce; one could say that over eighty percent of people were hungry, and as for various meat and egg products, it couldn't just be called simple scarcity; it had to be called extremely scarce.

So after Wang An finished speaking, Liu Guilan instantly said with a worried face: "Those two little pigs are not even a hundred jin yet; it's too much of a pity to kill them now, what should we do?"

After Liu Guilan finished speaking, everyone in the room fell into silence.

Mainly because this kind of problem was basically unsolvable.

After a while, one could hear Wang Li tentatively say to Wang An: "Fourth Brother, why don't we take the dogs and go into the mountains for a stroll? Whatever we run into, we'll hunt; anyway, it's all meat."

Upon hearing this, Wang An's eyes lit up and he said:

"Yeah, this works. We'll each ride two horses into the mountains, and when the time comes, we'll just carry the meat back."

Hearing the discussion between the two brothers, Wang Daliang frowned and said:

"Now the green grass all over the mountains has grown out; walking along the way, not even a footprint is left, can you find any prey?"

Wang Dazhu also frowned and said: "I feel that in a few days, the wild boars will come down to destroy the crops. Why don't we wait a bit longer? When the time comes, it will be so good to just guard the edge of the field."

One had to admit that in the forest area, this is the only bad thing; as soon as the crops grow to about knee-deep, omnivorous animals like wild boars and black bears begin to come down the mountain to eat the seedlings.

Especially the seedlings of corn, sorghum, and soybeans are their absolute favorites.

And soybeans are not only liked by black bears and wild boars, but even more liked by rabbits.

And every time this happens, the village has to organize strong young men to guard the crops; this behavior is also called "protecting the green" locally.

Before the household responsibility system, people who protected the green could get work points, but this year, it's unknown what the arrangement is.

After all, no one is willing to stay in the field all day.

Wang An shook his head indifferently and said:

"It's okay, we'll lead more than 10 dogs, and besides, we won't go deep inside, just look around the village; whatever we run into won't be a big problem."

Hearing Wang An say this, Wang Dazhu nodded.

In the afternoon, when Li Guafu came to return the steamer and incidentally asked Liu Guilan for some cornmeal, she said something that made Wang An feel very happy.

That was that the reason Li Guafu's family hadn't been able to put food on the table for the past two days was because Li Guafu had seen a black bear when she went into the mountains to pick wild vegetables, mushrooms, and grass sprouts the day before yesterday.

This led to Li Guafu not having picked many wild vegetables before she ran back for her life.

One must know that in this season, not only are people hungry, but animals in the mountains are also hungry, so omnivorous animals like black bears become even more dangerous, because black bears in this season truly eat people.

After asking Li Guafu clearly about the location of that black bear, Wang An decided to go and kill it tomorrow.

One had to admit that this kind of thing where someone sends a pillow just as you are sleepy is truly quite refreshing.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 742 =====