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A week later, the Anbei County Police Department issued a notice that Li Qingyu would go to the Northeast Farm for reform. With the result, the matter finally came to an end. Life in Qinghe Brigade gradually returned to normal.

It is now the end of October. As time goes by, the weather is getting colder and the smell of winter is getting stronger.

Today is Saturday. Zhang Xue is on duty at the experimental field, and Su Ran is resting at home today.

Since she had finished building the shed in the yard a while ago, she had started looking through the materials for the kang. The house was quiet, with only the sound of her flipping through the materials and the sound of the wood burning in the stove next to her.

In fact, the temperature in the house was not very low, so there was no need for a stove. It was built for her by Grandpa Jiang and Grandma Jiang because they loved their granddaughter and were afraid that she would be cold.

Su Ran felt that for houses in the south, the most difficult part of building a kang was the smoke exhaust problem. After all, when they built houses, they would not have a smoke exhaust duct in every room like in the north.

For example, in the Jiang family, the only rooms with exhaust pipes are the room where Grandma Jiang and Grandpa Jiang lived, the room where she lives now, and the kitchen. These exhaust pipes are specially used for the stove.

After lunch, Su Ran had been reading in the bedroom. Suddenly, Grandma Jiang's voice came from not far away, "Ran Ran, your uncle is here."

Su Ran's eyes lit up, she quickly put down the book, put on her coat, and walked out.

When he saw Jiang Fusheng in the main room, a smile appeared on his face, "Uncle, have you brought all the things?"

After get off work on Friday, Su Ran went to Jiang Fusheng's house and asked him to prepare materials for building a kang.

Ever since the commune leaders found out that Su Ran lived in Jiangshui Brigade and not Qinghe Brigade, even though they knew that Jiang Fusheng was Su Ran's uncle, they instructed Jiang Fusheng many times to take good care of Su Ran and try his best to meet her requests.

Jiang Fusheng, who doted on his niece, got approval from his leader and responded to his niece's requests. Yesterday, Su Ran asked him to get some bricks, brick cutters, cement, sand, wire mesh, etc. Except for the wire mesh, which he got today after applying to the commune leader yesterday, everything else was ready yesterday.

Jiang Fusheng smiled and said, "I brought it. It's waiting outside. Where should I put it for you?"

Su Ran: "Put it in the yard, it will be more convenient to use."

Jiang Fusheng nodded, "Okay, I'll ask them to move the things to the yard."

Su Ran: "Well, uncle, did you bring help for me?"

"Everyone else has to go to work, so today only your brother Yunhai and I will help you, is that okay?" Jiang Fusheng said.

He was embarrassed to say that no one else was willing to come. Although Su Ran was very famous, there were still very few people willing to work for free.

Su Ran: "Of course, but there is a lot to do today, it should be very tiring."

Jiang Fusheng pretended to be angry and said, "Comrade Ranran, don't underestimate your uncle. Your uncle was also a well-known hard-working man in our team."

Su Ran hurriedly coaxed, "Of course I know my uncle is very capable. After all, not everyone can be the captain." After saying that, she moved closer to Jiang Fusheng and patted his shoulders, looking like a lackey.

Jiang Fusheng saw her funny look and smiled, "You are such a frivolous girl, when are we going to start working?"

The workers from the brick factory had already brought in the bricks, and Jiang Yunhai also brought the other tools to the yard.

Su Ran waved her hand and said, "Now!" Then she took Jiang Fusheng and Jiang Yunhai to her bedroom.

Grandma Jiang and Grandpa Jiang also came along. They are old and not very strong, but they still wanted to come along to see what happens, just in case they can help.

When they got to the house, Su Ran said, "Uncle, Brother Yunhai, please help me move my bed next to the closet and free up this space. I'll go outside to get some cement."

Jiang Fusheng: "Okay."

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In the yard, Su Ran found an open space, opened the cement bag, poured out some, and then mixed cement and sand in a ratio of 1:3. After mixing, she gradually added clean water and stirred it into a uniform paste with a shovel. Su Ran saw that the state was almost right, so she stopped adding water. She continued to stir the mixture until it became uniform, without dry or overly wet areas.

Su Ran put down the shovel panting and sighed in her heart, "Getting cement is also a physical job. It's so tiring."

After Jiang Fusheng and his son finished moving the bed, one swept the floor while the other tidied up the things nearby. After they made room for the place Su Ran had just mentioned, they came out.

Jiang Fusheng looked at the pile of cement on the ground and asked, "Ranran, do you want to continue? Yunhai and I can do it."

Su Ran waved his hand, "No need, these should be enough, let's go lay the foundation first."

Jiang Fusheng had a puzzled look on his face. Laying the foundation? ? Building a house?

Su Ran took Jiang Fusheng and Jiang Yunhai, who looked puzzled, back to the bedroom and said, "I didn't say it before, but I actually wanted to build a kang."

Grandma Jiang and Grandpa Jiang looked confused.

Jiang Fusheng was surprised, "Heat bed? What is it?"

Su Ran explained: "The kang is a common way of heating in rural areas in the north. It is usually built with materials such as bricks and adobe. It has a good heating effect and long-lasting heat. It has two parts, the lower part is the heating furnace and the upper part is the bed. Sleeping on it in winter is particularly warm."

After listening to it, Jiang Fusheng's eyes lit up. This thing sounds really good.

He said excitedly: "Then let's try it quickly."

Su Ran: “Yeah!”

She laid the foundation for the kang as described in the book, covered the surface of the foundation with wire mesh, and then started on the upper part.

Laying the foundation is a delicate job, so Su Ran was the one doing it, and she consumed a lot of energy after all the work. Jiang Fusheng felt sorry for her, so he took over the rest of the work and asked her to sit aside and direct.

Su Ran was indeed a little tired. She sat obediently on the chair brought by Grandma Jiang and began to give orders with her mouth.

"Use mortar to bond red bricks together to create the shape of a kang."

"Yes, that's it. It's rectangular, from east to west."

“After you finish laying the bricks, it’s best to check them with a level, and if they’re not level, adjust them.”

"Yes, yes, uncle, you did a great job."

"That's almost it. Finally, brush a layer of mortar on the surface of the bricks to make it look cleaner and neater."

"If it's outside, use bricks to build a small stove. It doesn't have to be as big as the kitchen. A small stove will do, as long as it can boil water."

After finishing, Jiang Fusheng looked at the "fire bed" surrounded by bricks in front of him and asked, "Ranran, do we need to put something on top?"

Su Ran nodded and said, "Just use wooden boards on top."

"it is good."