From the Siheyuan, I started to run around in the world

"Can the earth heating you mentioned really have the effect you said?"

"Yes, absolutely no problem. I've seen something similar in the literature. It's just like a small boiler."

Section Chief Xu thought about it for a moment.

"Okay, I'll take you to see Chief Zhang Hong of the Mechanical Repair Department. The Mechanical Repair Department has the most complete tools, so it's pretty easy to do this kind of work."

Section Chief Xu Jianmin led Zhang Dongliang to the machine repair department and found Section Chief Zhang Hong.

The mechanical repair department is not busy right now, and there is no major maintenance work.

After handing Chief Zhang a cigarette and exchanging a few polite words, Zhang Dongliang handed the drawings to Chief Zhang.

Technology is something that can be understood at a glance. After listening to the introduction and looking at the drawings, Section Chief Zhang immediately understood the value of this thing.

You know what, the technical level of the mechanics in a large factory like the Red Star Steel Rolling Mill with tens of thousands of employees is really high.

Cutting, welding, grinding, more than a dozen people worked together, and soon the radiator and heating furnace took shape. After Zhang Dongliang's confirmation, the final finishing work was completed.

Zhang Dongliang took a look and found that, except that it was not painted, it was exactly the same as the traditional heating systems of later generations.

Seeing that Zhang Dongliang had no questions, he started spraying paint immediately.

Spray a layer of silver powder on the radiator and a layer of blue-black anti-rust paint on the heater, and it will be completely formed.

Section Chief Xu Jianmin and Section Chief Zhang Hong ran to the side and whispered for a while, and it was unknown what they were discussing.

After a while, Section Chief Zhang Hong came over to discuss with Zhang Dongliang whether the heating furnace drawings could be kept in the mechanical maintenance department.

This heating furnace was given to Zhang Dongliang in the name of testing a new product. If there were any rewards in the factory, they would all go to Zhang Dongliang.

What remains is for the mechanical repair department to discuss with the factory how to produce it. Now it depends on whether Zhang Dongliang agrees.

The promotion of earth heating will benefit thousands of households.

Zhang Dongliang waved his hand and said, "Let's do it. There's no need to hesitate about something that will benefit everyone, and he can get a set of rustic heating for free."

There are a total of five sets of radiators, plus water pipes prepared for installation. Section Chief Zhang Hong and Zhang Dongliang agreed to go to Zhang Dongliang's home tomorrow to install and test them.

Zhang Dongliang agreed and left the mechanical repair department.

After lunch, Zhang Dongliang went to the subdistrict office again to discuss decoration issues with Deputy Director Wang.

Deputy Director Wang said that there was no problem with tap water entering the house, and there was no problem with the drainage. But if a toilet was to be built, it would have to be inspected on site.

As for the decoration, the decoration team of the street office can take care of it, and Zhang Dongliang can settle the expenses himself.

Zhang Dongliang led the staff from the street office to his home.

After the people from the street office inspected the site, they thought there was no problem with building the toilet.

The septic tank is located in the open space behind the screen wall. This is Zhang Dongliang's own area, as written on the property title, and it does not affect others.

The drainage pipe may need to be longer, and Zhang Dongliang will have to bear the cost himself.

Zhang Dongliang said there was no problem.

I followed the people from the street office back to the street office.

This time we will invite the street office decoration team and pipeline construction personnel to come and inspect the site and discuss the construction plan.

After listening to Zhang Dongliang's renovation requirements, the head of the renovation team said that it would take about 10 days, especially the kitchen and bathroom.

Pipeline construction workers said that the construction of the septic tank and sewage pipe will take about 7 days.

The two parties said that they could carry out construction at the same time, but they had to provide a meal at noon. Zhang Dongliang said that was no problem.

The head of the renovation team said that Zhang Dongliang had better solve the problem of cement and toilets. Cement was in short supply and hard to buy, and toilets were not available.

This is easy to solve. Zhang Dongliang said he would solve these two problems.

Each of them paid a deposit of 500 yuan, and the rest of the payment would be settled after completion of the work. It was agreed that the two parties would enter the site to start construction tomorrow.

Zhang Dongliang is also a little overwhelmed as three groups of people will be working on the project at his house at the same time tomorrow.

But it’s better this way, we can cut the Gordian knot quickly and save ourselves the trouble of dealing with it in one go, instead of prolonging the battle line which would be even more annoying.

Zhang Dongliang contacted the sister-in-law of the Yu family who lived in the east household of the hall, the sister-in-law of the Niu family who lived in the west household of the hall, and the three aunts respectively, and asked them to help cook for the construction workers starting tomorrow, and also asked them to help with the stove.

A thank you gift of 5 jin of corn flour per person per day for a total of 10 days.

They can have lunch with the construction workers. At the same time, please help look after the construction materials to prevent them from getting lost. Please take overall responsibility.

Zhang Dongliang simply gave each family 50 kilograms of corn flour and left.

Sister-in-law Yu and Sister-in-law Niu felt a little embarrassed because they knew that Zhang Dongliang was helping them in disguise.

The three aunts accepted the task with a smile on their faces and patted their chests, saying that it would be absolutely no problem.

I went back and got 45 eggs from the third aunt, and asked her to deliver two eggs to each family tonight, as an apology for the trouble caused to everyone during the renovation these days.

The extra eggs can be considered as the errand fee for the three aunts.

It was dark when we finished.

Zhang Dongliang took out a plate of dumplings, ate them quickly, and threw the plate back into his small world without washing it. He placed five bags of cement and a toilet in the living room, and went back to the inner room to fall asleep.

The next day, shortly after Zhang Dongliang got up and washed up, he heard the decoration and pipeline construction workers arriving with materials outside.

The second wave of people who arrived were the construction workers from the Mechanical Maintenance Department who were installing the heating.

Why did Zhang Dongliang insist on installing heating first? Without heating, the subsequent construction would be impossible, so the decoration must be installed with heating first.

The installation of the heater was quite quick. Several people worked together and it was basically completed in just over an hour.

Before installing the heating, Zhang Dongliang told the construction workers a trick: the return pipe of the heating furnace can be buried underground, and the hot water pipe must be installed higher and higher.

If you don't do this, the radiator in the distance will not be hot. This is the most critical trick in the construction of earth heating.

Zhang Dongliang told them this trick and the heating construction workers were very grateful.

If we don't tell them, they may not be able to figure it out after a long time of groping. If the heating doesn't work, they will definitely be criticized.

The decoration workers began to dismantle the original partitions in the room.

Zhang Dongliang put most of the things into the small world. There were only tables and beds outside. They just had to be carried out, and the two groups did not interfere with each other.

After the heater is installed, add water first, and then light the stove.

The fire burned fiercely for a while, and the radiator in the distance began to heat up. The heating construction workers were also excited, which showed that they had succeeded.

There are many people busy in Zhang Dongliang's family.

The people from the machine repair department declined the invitation to eat here and prepared to go back to the factory. Zhang Dongliang felt sorry for them and stuffed a box of Daqianmen into each of them.

There are 6 decoration workers and 4 pipeline construction workers, a total of 10 people.

On the first day of work, it’s customary to eat well.

Zhang Dongliang prepared three pounds of pork for the three kitchen helpers. There was still a lot of cabbage in the cellar, so he asked them to take it themselves. He asked them to cook pork and cabbage stew first, and he would cook other dishes after he went out.

Zhang Dongliang came back after a walk and took out two pounds of pork head and five bottles of Erguotou.

The construction workers were told that the lunch was pork stewed with cabbage, and that they would have plenty of steamed buns. This was already very sumptuous, and the construction workers praised the host for his kindness.

After a simple meal, Zhang Dongliang hurried back to the factory in the afternoon. Because of the renovation work in the past few days, he couldn't stay at home and could only live in the guesthouse. He had to go back to the factory to get a certificate.

During the construction, the heating furnace was removed to make the kitchen floor. It was a hassle to put it back after the floor was completed.

No more small talk, fast forward. Finally, after 10 days, the renovation was completed.

Zhang Dongliang is going to move back tonight. What? You said you are not afraid of formaldehyde? Hey! Do you have that thing now?