Chapter three hundred and eighty-ninth cold protection and warmth
When Xu Haiqing cried like this, Zhou Guilan and Xu Chenghou couldn't bear it anymore. They just went over to hug her and comfort her.
But he was stopped by Xu Shiyan, "It's okay, let him have a longer memory, it will save him thinking about food all day long.
He has become a little fat man after eating. It is not good for the child to be too fat."
Now my family's living conditions are better, there is no shortage of food, I eat meat every now and then, and my children are quite chubby.
Xu Haiqing is particularly greedy and never eats enough. This problem is not good and should be taken care of.
"Who said that? It's better if the child is fat. When you were a child, you were so skinny that you could barely survive."
Xu Chenghou heard this and felt that what his son said was wrong.
People who have gone through those hard times rarely miss fat babies who look healthy.
"Dad, years have changed, and we can no longer look at things from the same old perspective.
What did the doctor tell you when you were in the provincial capital?
If a child is obese since childhood, his heart and brain will be affected, which is not good."
Obesity not only affects appearance, but also health.
Xu Shiyan met a child who was very fat when he was a child but did not grow well in adolescence. His parents were worried and asked the child to lose weight.
As a result, the weight loss was too fast, and all the organs in the body could not bear it. Hormone secretion was abnormal and blood sugar was low. Later, it was found that there was also a heart problem, and I was often sick and hospitalized.
Therefore, obesity is a serious matter and must be controlled from an early age.
When Xu Chenghou heard this, he had nothing to say.
When he was in the hospital, the doctor told him to eat less greasy food and animal offal.
People say that money can’t buy you old age and weight loss.
Xu Chenghou has been working for many years, so he is not fat, but people of his generation love to eat fat.
The doctor said that this habit is not good and that we should try our best to change it. We can eat some lean meat and high-protein food to supplement our nutrition, and we should combine meat and vegetables.
Although Xu Chenghou was always dissatisfied with others and angry all day long, he didn't dare to talk to the doctor.
Since returning from the provincial capital, Zhou Guilan has taken the initiative to control her diet, try to eat as little greasy and fatty food as possible, and also let Zhou Guilan try to be as light as possible when cooking.
So when Xu Shiyan said this, Xu Chenghou was speechless.
"Forget it, your son, I won't tell you how to take care of him as you please."
Even though Xu Haiqing was crying very sadly just now, he was still young and couldn't concentrate that much.
When he heard his grandfather and father talking, he stopped crying and stood there.
By the time Xu Shiyan finished speaking to his father, Xu Haiqing had stopped crying, with only two tears still hanging on his cheeks.
This big-hearted kid forgets to cry when he listens to other people chatting.
Xu Shiyan glanced at his son and was speechless. Oh, what will this child do in the future?
After dinner, it was getting late. It was so cold that we had to go home quickly.
So the couple dressed the children properly, holding the younger one in their hands, followed by the older one, and hurried back to their home.
Fortunately, I came back in the afternoon to burn the kang and the stove, so the room was okay and not too cold.
There was still a fire in the stove, so I threw in a few pieces of firewood to light it up again, and then threw in two pieces of pimples, and that was about it for the night.
"I think next summer, the three rooms at the east end will be rebuilt.
I just took the opportunity to install a heater. It is more convenient and cleaner than a stove to burn the heater in winter.
Especially this stove, it takes a few days to empty cans and bottles."
While Xu Shiyan was talking, he unhooked the cans from the stove and took them out to pour.
The Xu family built a fire wall at that time. The stove was in the outer room, and half of the partition wall was the fire wall. Then the stove tube was connected to the top and went out through the front window.
The advantage of burning the stove in this way is that when the fire in the stove burns, the stove tube heats up first, and then the room heats up.
When the fire wall is also hot, it can continue to dissipate heat and maintain a certain temperature in the room.
But there is also a disadvantage, that is, the stove barrel will drip water.
Especially in the sections near the window, when there is no heat in the stove, the cool air from outside will pour in and condense on the inner wall of the stove tube.
When the fire is lit, water drips down.
Don't underestimate the boiler water. It's dark and smells like rust, and it's very corrosive.
Clothes and other items will rot if water drips from the stove.
Therefore, every household that wants to burn a stove has to prepare a few cans, wrap wire around the mouths of the cans, and then tie them to the stove tube to collect water.
After a few days, you have to take down the cans and bottles and pour out the black water inside, otherwise the water will spill out and the things underneath will suffer.
Compared with burning a stove, burning a heater is cleaner, the heater takes a longer time to dissipate heat, and there is no stove tube or anything in the house, so it doesn't get in the way.
Pressing coal in the boiler at night can keep it warm all night, and when you get up early the next morning and turn on the stove, it will heat up quickly.
Of course, coal is needed for heating, and you need to spend money to buy it. It is different from firewood, which can be picked up in the mountains in winter.
"It's whatever you say. If you say we'll build a house, we'll build it. If you say we'll install heating, we'll install it. It doesn't cost much anyway."
Su Anying was coaxing the two little ones to sleep. She smiled when she heard it.
It doesn't matter what kind of stove or heater it is, as long as it can keep you warm.
"Well, when winter comes next year, we will nail the shelves in the yard and cover the entire south wall with a plastic shed.
This way the room will be much warmer, which is better than the light-sealed windows we have now."
Xu Shiyan once again thought of the later method of attaching plastic sheds to the outside of houses.
Fasten the plastic shed to block the wind. When the sun is shining during the day, the temperature in the shed is high and the children can play in the shed.
By the time it was night, there was a layer of plastic canopy to block it, and the temperature was much higher than without it.
There is no way, the winter in Northeast China is really too cold, especially for bungalows. Once winter comes, it feels like they can’t get warm no matter how much fire they burn.
In order to keep warm from the cold, people can only think of various ways.
At first, plastic sheets were used to seal the windows, then greenhouse membranes were used to fasten the sheds, and later, exterior wall insulation was used.
All means are used to keep the weather warm in winter.
"Building a plastic shed? I don't understand this very well. Is it similar to the flower shed we built?"
When it comes to this, Su Anying is a little confused. The key is that she has never seen it before and doesn't understand.
"Well, that's about right. If I have time, I'll draw it for you and teach you how to do it.
I guess I was still in school at that time, so I would have to leave all the things at home to you."
Xu Shiyan went to fetch water and asked the two eldest children to wash their feet. After the two eldest children had finished washing, he changed the water and washed them himself, and then wiped the feet clean.
"It's getting late, you two are not allowed to read tonight, go to bed early.
It's time for people to come to the house tomorrow and the day after tomorrow. There will be many people at my grandparents' place then, so you two will study at home."
Xu Shiqin will go out on the 26th of the twelfth lunar month. Relatives and friends will be here probably tomorrow and the day after tomorrow.
Xu Shiyan had to tell his children in advance that if there were too many people at home, they would start to show off, and they would not be able to stay away from them.
"I know, Dad, I watch over my younger brothers and sisters and don't let them get naughty."
Xu Haiyuan had a small face and looked very serious.
"Okay, our Yuanyuan family is the best. I know how to help dad share the burden."
Not to mention, the little guy has grown rapidly in the past six months, is much more stable than before, and looks like an older brother.