It took almost another hour to build the flue in the wall of the kang room. It was all finished and it was time to put the stone slabs.
Cover the entire surface with flat stone slabs, cover the stone slabs with mud, smooth it, and wait for the mud to dry.
The kang has a stove mouth and a smoke port. The stove mouth is used to burn firewood. When the smoke and heat generated by burning firewood pass through the wall between the kang room, it heats the stone slabs above and generates heat, causing the kang to generate heat. The smoke is finally discharged from the chimney to the outside. (Note: Baidu)
She built the cigarette outlet, opened an opening in the wall, and connected it with bricks so that the smoke could be discharged out from behind.
Then, she left an opening on the side next to the outhouse for connecting the kitchen stove. Just like she did in the small courtyard of Xingfu Village, she made a movable gate at the stove mouth for cooking in the kitchen. Open the stove when it is time, close it when it is not in use, and light the fire from the stove mouth of the kang.
After the kang was finished, she closed the gate and lit wood in the mouth of the kang stove. After burning for a while, she went outside to look at the smoke vent. When she saw smoke coming out, she ignored it and let it continue to burn. , try to let the mud surface on it dry early so that you can sleep at night.
The kang was burning here, and she went to build the kitchen stove. This one was much simpler. She just used bricks to build a prototype first, then plastered the heart of the stove, leaving two stove mouths, one above and one above. It is used for burning firewood, and the bottom is accumulated with dust. A few iron plates are placed horizontally in the middle to prevent the large wood from falling.
After finishing the stove core, she stopped working on the above. The main reason was that there was no suitable iron pot at home, otherwise she would just insert the iron pot into it and fix it with mud.
After finishing the heart of the stove, she let it dry naturally. She also kept an eye on the kang noodles over there, just in case the heat would cause the kang noodles to crack.
Originally, it was best to let the newly built kang dry naturally, but her family was in a hurry to sleep, so she had no choice but to light a fire to dry it, and the fire did not dare to be too high.
By the time everyone had finished sitting down, it was already time for afternoon snacks. Yaya outside had already woken up, and grandma was holding her and coaxing her.
Fang Nuo washed his hands and then went to prepare milk powder for Yaya. After shaking it in his hand to cool it down, he put it in Yaya's hand and let her eat by herself.
Then he went to his bag, took out two eggs, beat them with warm water and a little salt, stirred them evenly and skimmed off the foam on them, then put the lid on the pot and steamed them.
The egg custard was steamed in a short time. Fang Nuo took two more bowls, divided some out, put a spoon on it, and gave each of Grandpa Fang and Grandma Fang a bowl.
"Grandma, try my cooking skills. If you think it tastes bland, add some salt yourself," Fang Nuo said.
"Hey, you can just eat it yourself," Grandma Fang refused.
"Just eat the milk. I'll bring it for everyone to eat together. I'll fry another one for you tonight," Fang Nuo said.
She put the bowl in their hands, took it from Yaya and continued: "You guys eat quickly, otherwise this thing will be very fishy when it gets cold. I'm going to feed Yaya custard first."
After saying that, she took the child to one side, took the bowl of steamed egg custard, sat down by the fire, put the bowl on the stool next to it, and started to feed Yaya.
Yaya, who hadn't eaten egg custard for several days, ate egg custard again, and it was very delicious.
Moreover, she didn’t even need to chew this thing. She would eat it as soon as she put it in her mouth. The egg custard had just come out of the pot and there was still some soup. Fang Nuo blew it while feeding it, but she couldn’t finish it.
The two old men over there saw them continuing to talk, but Xiao Nuo didn't listen, so they finally ate the custard in the bowl obediently.
The two of them didn't add any salt, thinking that the vegetables would be delicious just as they were.
When Fang Nuo knew that they had eaten, he raised the corner of his mouth and continued to feed Yaya the custard in the bowl. He put down the spoon, picked her up and stood on her lap.
Yaya is now an almost nine-month-old baby, and she is already curious about learning to walk.
So whenever someone picked her up and stood on her lap for a while, her laughter never stopped.
"Don't hold her and stand for too long. Her bones haven't grown yet. If she stands for a long time, she might become splayed. After you go back, try to wait until she is more than one year old before you teach her to walk," said Grandma Fang.
"Now that I know about breast milk, I have asked other people, and they all said that it is best for a child to be one and a half years old before he can walk," Fang Nuo said.
"That's because they don't give their children enough nutrition. If you raise our Yaya well, she will be able to leave at the age of one," Grandma Fang said.
"That's right, then I will pay more attention when I go back," Fang Nuo nodded and said
"As long as you know it in your heart, your dad and uncle will be back soon. I'll prepare dinner." Grandma Fang was about to get up and cook dinner.
Fang Nuo thought that the old man would definitely be reluctant to use what she brought when cooking, so he stood up with Yaya in his arms, walked over and handed Yaya to her to hold, saying: "Mistress, please help me take Yaya, I'll have dinner with you" Let’s make it. I still have the steamed wowo from yesterday, take out one of the vegetables I brought, mix some sesame sauce with the cabbage, and make some rice soup, that’s it.”
"You've been tired all afternoon. You take Yaya to rest for a while, and I'll cook dinner," Grandma Fang said.
"My breasts are not tired," Fang Nuo said
As she said that, she went to get the pot, added water, put in half a bowl of cornmeal, and put it on the fire to cook.
Afraid that grandpa would be bored sitting there, she even gave him a spoon and asked him to stir the pot from time to time, otherwise he would be afraid of sticking to the bottom of the pot.
When the cornmeal soup was boiling, she took the cabbage and prepared to go outside to clean it.
When I got outside, I peeled off the old leaves from the cabbage without throwing them away. They are still edible.
She wanted to use the cabbage sum, which is more tender, to make salad. She could keep the old leaves on the outside and stew cabbage vermicelli tomorrow.
After washing the cabbage, her hands were red from the cold, she took it back to the house, tore it into pieces and cut it into pieces.
She took out the sesame paste from her bag, put a spoon into a bowl, and added water to mix it.
Don't add all the water at once, but add a little. After stirring, add it again and again until the sesame paste in the bowl becomes yogurt-like.
She poured the prepared sesame sauce into the cabbage, mixed it evenly with her hands, and waited for it to be served.
She went into her bag again, took out a portion of chicken stewed with mushrooms, filled the lunch box, and put it on the fire to heat.
At around 5:30, it was getting dark outside, and Father Fang came back from work.
The two of them felt much warmer as soon as they entered the house, even warmer than before when they lit a fire.
"Xiao Nuo, have you laid out the kang?" Uncle Fang asked when he entered the room.
"Yes, it has been burning for more than two hours. I think it is almost dry. If it burns for a while longer, I will go and have a look. Maybe I can sleep at night," Fang Nuo said with a smile.
"This kang is really warm. The main reason is that it's too cold in the north. When we first came here last year, it was winter, and we really relied on our bodies to get through it. With you on the kang this year, it will definitely be a lot better in the future. "Uncle Fang said
"Why are you telling your child this? Go wash your hands and serve the food." Grandma Fang was afraid that he would say more, so she quickly interrupted him and said.
