Chuan Shu Qi Leng: I own a department store

"Sister-in-law, I'll go open the door!"

When the door was opened, more than a dozen aunts rushed in. There were a lot of tables, chairs, benches, pots and pans piled at the door. It seemed that they had moved all the household items in.

"Where's your mother? Why can't I see her?"

"My mother heard yesterday that Aunt Zhang's son is organizing a mobile banquet. Since there are many people in our village, she went to look for them."

"Well, why waste this money! Although there are many people in our village, there are also many people who can help. If everyone lends a hand, it will be done quickly."

"Oh, their family just came back yesterday, and there's nothing at home. Anzi didn't come back this year either, and with a house full of women, it's inconvenient to go to town to buy things. Finding the son of the old Zhang family is nothing more than spending some money, which can save a lot of trouble!"

"Spend money on what!"

As they were talking, Lin's mother and Aunt Zhang also came over: "I told my son that he only needs to help with the shopping and cooking today. Apart from the money spent on shopping, I won't charge him a penny!"

The aunts were chatting and laughing, it was very lively.

There is strength in numbers. The place that seemed messy just now was quickly settled with everyone’s efforts.

At last year's banquet, Xu Wanning cooked two dishes. This year, she didn't cook at all. Old Zhang, his apprentices and helpers took care of everything.

Mother Lin was generous and arranged twelve tables. Except for some people who were not well enough to go out, all the others were called.

There was a plate of stew on every table, with more meat than vegetables. In addition, there was a whole chicken, pig's trotters, etc. There were five main meat dishes alone, and four other stir-fried meat dishes with meat. Each dish was served in a bowl, filled to the brim. Looking around, every dish had more meat than vegetables.

Even though folks’ lives are better now, not every household is willing to eat meat so luxuriously.

Even on the Chinese New Year's table, the dishes may not be so rich.

The Lin family's generosity once again made the villagers talk about it.

Songhan and his friends played in the snow outside for a while, and then they knew that there would be a dinner party at home today, so they hurried back home to help.

But he found that there were too many people helping at home, and everything was in order, so he didn't need them at all. So he took out the snacks he brought back from Beijing and shared them with his friends in the same village.

The meal started at noon and lasted until three in the afternoon when the reunion dinner after a year was finally finished.

Everyone helped to clean up the house and then went home.

Although someone cooked today, Xu Wanning and the other two had to entertain so many people with a smile on their faces. After half a day, they were quite tired.

So, after the people left, the mother and her two daughters all huddled on the kang.

As for Songhan's four younger children, they had already gone out to have fun with the other children in the village.

Xu Wanning never liked to restrict them from releasing their nature, so naturally she didn't care.

Lying on the kang, Lin's mother said to Xu Wanning and Lin Quan, "Today, we spent 110 yuan just on buying vegetables."

"It's normal for things to go up in price as the year draws to a close."

Mother Lin added, "Jianjun only asked for money to buy meat and vegetables, not money for the banquet. But I thought, we cooked twelve tables of food today, and he hired several helpers. If he doesn't charge, they can't help for free, right? So we still have to give him the money."

When Zhang Jianjun and his group were packing up to leave, Lin's mother stuffed money into their pockets again, but Zhang Jianjun refused to take any.

"Jianjun got married early and has three children now. I was thinking that when I'm free in the afternoon, I'll go to his house and give him some of the things we brought back from Beijing. I'll also give each of the children a red envelope with some New Year's money in it."

Zhang Jianjun has only three children, but the Zhang family has two brothers, and his eldest brother has two children, which also means that Lin's mother has to give five red envelopes at a time.

But Lin's mother doesn't care much about this little money now.

There is no reason to ask for help for free.

"Okay, I'll follow Mom's instructions!"

Before dark, Lin's mother went out again, carrying a basket with her before leaving. It was obvious that the basket contained things for the Zhang family.

About half an hour later, Lin's mother came back, and her four children came back with her.

"Look, your clothes are all wet from the snow. Take off your clothes quickly, inside and out, and change into clean clothes. I'll put these wet clothes on the kang to dry them for you, otherwise you won't have any to change into tomorrow."

"Thank you grandma!"

After the four children took off their wet clothes, they changed into clean clothes from head to toe, and then got into bed.

"Don't mention it, the kang is really warm, much more comfortable than the electric blanket we slept on in Beijing."

"Of course not. Electric blankets burn for too long and are not comfortable to sleep on. Kangs are more comfortable. Mom, why can't Kangs be promoted nationwide?"

This question stumped Xu Wanning.

There must be a reason why it has not been promoted nationwide, but she never explored the issue in depth.

After all, in the world of this book, there was not even a kang originally. It was only when she came back from the Chinese New Year last year that she told the village chief and the team leader the method of making it and asked them to promote it.

At present, all the villagers in Dajiang Village have adopted the kang heating method, and it has also been basically popularized in Ji City.

As for other places in Heilongjiang Province, Xu Wanning had never been there, so she was not very clear about them.

"Because China is a vast country, not every place is as cold as Heilongjiang Province, so for those places that are not too cold, it is not convenient to use a kang. Take Beijing for example. The overall area of ​​Beijing is not large, but the population is large, which means that the housing area allocated to each person is much smaller."

"In some factory staff quarters, a small two-bedroom apartment has to have several people from the family squeezed together to sleep, and being able to fit a one-meter-wide bed is considered spacious. Besides, a kang can only be set up in a bungalow like ours, not in an apartment building, so it's not suitable."

This is the answer Xu Wanning can think of at the moment, and it is the best answer that Song Han and the others can understand.

Jin Chu said, "Although kangs cannot be popularized, electric blankets can! My classmates said that the person who invented the electric blanket must be a great genius. He can make winter easier for many people."

While speaking, Jin Chu's eyes were shining and he looked at Xu Wanning without blinking.

Because in Jinchu's understanding, the concept of electric blanket was proposed by his mother!

Mom is that great person!

Xu Wanning felt a little embarrassed.

She was merely borrowing knowledge that had already been explored by her predecessors. The development of electric blankets actually had little to do with her.