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But after a while, the educated youths felt that the kitchen was inconvenient, and they always felt like they were living under someone else's fence, not their own home.That place is too central. In the past, it was the place where the production team worked intensively, storing and withdrawing grain seeds, collecting and exchanging agricultural tools, keeping score and accounting, and meeting and meeting.People from the village came and went, those who carried water to grind noodles for a rest, those who talked about affairs, those who were greedy for cheap, and those who stayed up all night singing songs.There are walls on all sides of the base, which is too closed. When there are too many people, shoulders rubbing against each other, especially at night, when the educated youths eat, more people come here to do serious business and join in the fun, and the privacy of the educated youths gradually decreases. space.Especially female students, if they want to find a convenient place to wash or rinse, or change or wipe, those children are always wandering around the base, which is annoying.Everyone discussed: Since it is a collective stove, they have to go back to their own homes and move to a new kiln!The team is reluctant to spend money to miss work, let's do it ourselves!

The new kiln was in Mizoguchi, close to the scholars who lived by the donkey pen, Xinhua who lived by the sheep pen, Jianguang who lived in Lao Shen’s house, and Yuan Bing who lived in the school.Xinyao is far away from the center of the village, and it is at the end of the village entrance in the west, and there are no other houses in the west. There is a road directly leading to Hougou under Jianpan, so entering and leaving the village does not have to pass through Xinyao, and it is not the only way for villagers to carry water and grind noodles. , away from the noise and annoyance.Although the new kiln is far away to carry water, there is no need to climb high, and the smooth road leads directly to the well, which saves a lot of effort.Furthermore, there is a row of seven-hole kilns, with a ten-foot-long Dajian bank, facing the gentle southern slope and the deep cold temple, open and spacious, allowing more than a dozen educated youths to toss about, after all, it is their own. Kiln, my own home.

The crooked carpenter has already installed the doors and windows. Although it is not tight, the newly planed wood looks bright and festive.Everyone decided to move the kitchen to the new kiln.

Shuqing, Geng Si, Jianguang, and Tao Ling asked for leave and chose the cave dwelling next to the west of the new kiln as the new kitchen.To the west of it is the edge of the cliff cut out by a protruding mound. At the root of the cliff, a cave was built, which was deep and large, and could be used as a warehouse.The kitchen is next to the warehouse, which is the best.Besides, the west kiln was blocked by the west cliff for at least half of the day, so it was good for food storage but not for people.

The educated youths wanted to do it themselves, but they were still uncertain about some tasks.Shuqing went to invite Wu Changgui, who was in the field, but Baojing refused to let him.They had no choice but to gather around Jianguang Shangdi and chat with old Shen Mo, at least to invite Wu Changgui down, and even fifteen points for him, and then treat him to a meal, just open their mouths and don't need to move.

There is nothing in the new kiln, and there is a lot of work.

According to Wu Changgui's request, the kang should be set first.The earth platform left by the kiln palm is used to dig out a zigzag flue on the platform, one end leads to the chimney mouth that was opened at the beginning, and the other end spirals to the edge of the west kang.Then I carted some crushed stone slabs to the grate ditch, put them on the flue of the kang platform, covered them with mud, and smoothed them out.I went to Qiancun to buy a rafter and fixed it on the edge of the kang. A plate of new kang exuding the fragrance of mud filled the back of the kiln, and the kiln suddenly became alive.

Shuqing didn't want to cook on the kang at first, and there was no sleeper in the kitchen, so it was time-consuming and laborious.Wu Changgui talked about the benefits of the kang: the smoke from the stove must go through the flue of the kang; the stove always needs the kang to order food, dough, raw bean sprouts, sweet potatoes and potato seedlings, etc.; especially the oil cakes for the New Year The fragrant and fragrant rice wine must be made with a hot kang; the kiln is also warm in winter after the kang is set up....There are a lot of reasons, and everyone sounds reasonable, thinking that since we moved to a new house, we should tidy it up.Unexpectedly, the kang later saved Liu Shuqing's life.

Then build the stove.Although Shuqing had played with Wu Changgui last time.But that's an old stove for a new one, this time it's a new one.The size of the square needs to be re-planned: add another pot hole to make three pot holes (one large, one small, one each), the hearth is enlarged, and charcoal is burned, and firewood is no longer considered.Therefore, the entire pot table is made very large, with three pot eyes lined up.The back palm of the hearth is connected with the flue opening left by the edge of the west kang.The entire pot table is more than double the size of the pot table of the farmers, and it is very elegant after being wiped and smoothed.

The stove for the new stove can no longer be improvised, and a large stone slab should be built like the peasants.This is the biggest feeling Liu Shuqing got from eating pie in Lao Jia's house.The kitchen for more than a dozen people can't do without a large stove. The original kitchen only had a wooden chopping board on the old kiln's desk, and it couldn't be opened at all.Not just for rolling noodles, so many people's pots and pans, rice cans, dishes, steamers, stem plaques (pot lids made of sorghum stalks), grates (steaming drawers made of sorghum stalks), oil bottles, etc. There must always be a place to put it.Shuqing had already thought about this matter.When he was eating at Shunmao's house, he had a special liking for the black and bright slate in his house. It was really a good item for the people in northern Shaanxi to live.I asked a few masons in the village who had done masonry work, and they were afraid to take over after hearing the size.That day when he was delivering dung to Qiangou, Shuqing met a passer-by with stonemason's tools exposed from the bag on his shoulders. After a conversation, he agreed to chisel two slabs of stone, regardless of polishing, and he would eat for two days and pay three yuan.The place to strike up a conversation happened to be near Bizigou, and Shuqing wanted to lead the stonemason to pick stones from the quarry.The stonemason said no, he had been to the quarry in Biaozigou many times, and if the stone slabs were good, just tell them the size.Shuqing had already figured it out in his heart. The stone slabs in the farmer's house were too small. He wanted to make two large stone slabs of 1 meter square. stay.The quarry in Biaozigou is really good. The stonemason pried out two good stone slabs at the bottom of the ditch, cut them into squares, and chiseled them flat. It didn’t take two workers.Shuqing sent the mason away with his own money.When pulling the kang slabs, I asked everyone to go to two more shelf carts, and pushed the stone slabs and kang slabs back together by the way.

Set up two stone slabs, which are at the same height as the pot platform, leveled and seamed together, spacious and grand, and the whole style comes out.Lengmiaogou can't find such a grand stove.The only regret is that the stone slab of the stove is not smooth, and it takes time, effort, oil and water to polish it, and the popularity of smoky fire.This is the most indispensable group stove. In the future, Tao Ling and her female classmates will move away their belongings after eating, pour water on the stone slab, chat with a piece of stone, and grind the stone slab a few times.Within ten and a half months, the slate gradually became smooth.

Burn the fire and test the stove, make noodles and steam buns, and the new stove will be opened the next day.Shuqing also mobilized several people to dig two half-sections of small kilns on the east side of Jianpan, surrounded by corn stalks, and built a pair of simple toilets.He took out his beloved horse lantern and hung it on the kiln on the east side of Jianpan, shining brightly in front of the stove.The educated youth felt more and more the kindness of the collective stove. Not only did they eat and wash their hands, but they even brushed their teeth and washed their feet by the side of the stove.The new kitchen is booming all of a sudden.Liu Shuqing still forgot one thing, he didn't move the food storage in the old kitchen, which would be a big crime when the food was distributed in winter.

The sufferers in Lengmiaogou have "four nos" (can't finish planting, can't finish hoeing, can't finish harvesting, and can't finish harvesting) in the field all year round. They eat breakfast and lunch in the field, and only have dinner at home. .The collective stove is only prosperous at night.Every night when work was over, a dozen or so educated youths would gather in front of the kitchen to eat and wash by the side of the new kiln base.There was a chaotic sound of pots, pans and pans, and everyone was hungry and wolfed down.Argue a few words if you are energetic, share an interesting story you heard in the field with great interest (we don’t necessarily work together), and post a discussion if you are generous.Those who were too tired and in a low mood went back to the kiln without washing their faces after drinking the porridge.

I wanted to move to Xinyao, far away from the center of the village, so that the educated youths could live freely and form their own system.Unexpectedly, the villagers are like dogs smelling bones and cats sniffing fish, and they are catching the city's information and the smell of civilization from the old kiln to the new kiln.It’s no wonder that the villagers always come to the new kiln. There are a few things that must be done. First, not long after the educated youths came, the captain changed the record workers to Jin Jiedu and Zhao Xiyun I just wanted to change people, there are not many rogues who can read and write. I found a chat that day, and the team leader Liu Shusheng even cursed and yelled at him and replaced him.) Every night, there are only people who record their work, and there is a lot of excitement on the side of the new kiln base.Most commune members don't bring scorebooks when they go to the field, and the sufferers don't have pockets on their jackets, saving a few inches of cloth.Male and female members line up to join in the fun at night.The male members surrounded Jindouzi, and the female members surrounded Xiaoyun.The team leader and team leader also hurriedly finished their meal and stared here, remembering more and less only to stamp their name stamps.There are also tasks arranged for the next day, and they have to explain them one by one at this time.The second is that Wang Yan likes to study medicine (a family of doctors). Recently, the commune called for training barefoot doctors.Now the Xinyao base is even more lively, with headaches, brain fever, muscle and bone injuries, cuts and cuts, mothers-in-law and children are walking around the swallows, in fact, the swallows have no medicine, just acupuncture, moxibustion, and red medicine. Yes, and then everyone gathers a recipe and goes up the mountain to grab some herbs that can be collected.Fortunately, Shuqing arranges all these things at the east end of Xinyao Jianpan. The lantern is hung on the east cliff, a little distance from the kitchen, and keeping score and seeing a doctor is a matter of time. Tobacco work points, the Dongjian Bank is quiet again. After all, the sufferers have the habit of going to bed early and resting early.Educated youth still have a little space for themselves.

In addition to these unavoidable jobs, there are also some young children who come here to join in the fun with their jobs.Some simply take advantage of it, see what is delicious on the educated youth stove, pick up half a piece of steamed bun, pick up a few vegetables, if there is oily one, pick up a spoon and scoop it into your own bowl, Baocai and Goumao are like this Yes, everyone didn't bother to talk about it, but Shuqing sometimes had to say a few words, he was in charge of the stove.

There are also people who really like this land boundary.In Shangougou, there is no cultural life, and I feel flustered when I am idle.The most frequent ones are Ernv, Jiaohua and Mi Lian, half-grown children. Youcai and Yougui are already grown-up girls. At night, their parents are strict and they don’t go out often, but sometimes they sneak to the educated youth kilns under the pretext of playing. For a while.They all came to eat, without bowls.The second woman is a boy of [-] or [-] years old. The old man who was promoted to the same age did not have a boy when he was almost fifty, so he hurriedly brought a boy in his arms. According to the custom in northern Shaanxi, he was raised as a woman and named "Second Woman" (there is a married sister), it's really strange, the second daughter was brought in, Tongsheng had a son the next year, it's so precious.The second woman went to the field to suffer with the production team early, and got close to the educated youth in the field.This kid is very active and never idle, I don't know where he got so much energy.When he came to the kitchen, he first played with Jindouzi, and then went to the Xiucai kiln to read books. In fact, he couldn't read big characters, so he only looked for paintings.Then there is pestering (rān) some educated youth to talk about things in the city, or moving a stone from nowhere to help the educated youth sharpen a hoe or a hoe...Mi Lian is a half-grown girl. She is not as crazy as the second girl, but she is also very kind to the educated youth. When she comes, she will quietly stand in the dark and listen to the educated youths. Holding the corner of her gown, Xiaoyun called her, and she went into the kitchen to help make dough, wash dishes, and whispered some whispers.

Sometimes De Mao, De Sheng and other old men would also come, put a pot of cigarettes in the bright place, light it with a scythe, and smoke there flickeringly. While washing a basin and towel while listening, they would tell a story about themselves and the village, local customs, stories and legends, or sing a piece of Daoqing or Xintianyou.If the educated youth couldn't survive, they would smoke a pot of cigarettes, knock off the soot on the soles of their shoes, shake the sheepskin jackets (or waistcoats) on their shoulders, and go back to the kiln with their hands behind their backs.

Guizhi's natal family is close and she often comes here. She asks the educated youths who are still in the kitchen to tidy up here and there, and distribute the next day's steamed noodles; Washing, on the one hand, cooking porridge the next morning also saves trouble.Finally, he explained a few words to Liu Shuqing before going back.Liu Shuqing looked at the noodle tank, cooking stove, and charcoal... planning the days ahead, dragging his tired body back to the kiln at last.

The author has something to say:

This chapter starts with solving the problem of food and housing for the educated youth, and describes in detail the folk customs in the details of food, housing and life in the rural areas of northern Shaanxi.For example, the structure and construction process of cave dwellings, the variety and production process of meals.

This chapter talks about three plots, building a new kiln, distributing rice, and building a collective stove.

It seems to be about educated youth, but what it shows is rural life in northern Shaanxi.The establishment of collective stoves has added the atmosphere of urban culture to remote mountain villages.

The collective stove is actually a pioneering work.

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