Coal slime is the fuel for northerners to survive the winter. This stuff is the impurities left after the muddy water settles after washing the coal. It can be burned and mixed with some yellow mud to become coal slime.
The people in Fucheng have to store coal slime in every household in winter. Providing coal slime to workers is a welfare provided by the factory and the government to employees. Of course, this still requires money. Generally, it costs two yuan and half a ton of coal slime. It only costs
One ton is enough fuel for a family of four to spend the winter.
After October, a large number of carriages appeared on the streets. The carriages were running around carrying coal slime. When there was a slight bump, a stream of coal slime was thrown out of the carriage and fell on the road. As a result, scattered coal slime could be seen everywhere on the city's roads.
Some people just walk along the street carrying baskets and can fill the baskets in half a day. Sometimes they can pick up one or two hundred kilograms of coal slime in a few days, leaving only a few cents.
From time to time, there will be green-skinned Jiefang trucks on the road. These trucks are not carrying coal slime, but coal with a higher burning rate. The coal on these trucks is a welfare for employees of Fucheng Coal Mine, which is far better.
Compared with employees in other factories, even those in government departments, they are incomparable. In Fucheng, coal mine employees are very good, with various benefits so good that they don't have to worry about getting a wife.
The coal slime is transported to the door of a household and piled directly in front of it. In a city, a "hill bag" is piled up in front of every household.
Liu Lang's father's work unit gave him one and a half tons of coal slime, which was piled more than two meters high. According to regulations, Liu Donglai could also get one ton, but the factory director specifically ordered him to be given half a ton more, although he did not say what it was.
The reason, but I can also imagine that it may be because of the provincial leader Xiao Nanguang.
Liu Lang's grandfather's house had a lot of coal slurry, a total of two tons of coal slime, which was piled nearly two meters high at the door. It was wet and dense, somewhat similar to unsolidified asphalt.
The next work of the men was very interesting. Even in Liu Lang's previous life, he remembered this process.
The mountains of coal mud cannot be placed randomly like this. They need to be made into coal mud bricks about 40 centimeters long and 20 centimeters wide. At this time, you will see men all over the city doing one thing, returning these to
The moist and soft slime is placed in a wooden mold on the ground with a shovel, and then the mold is
The mud outside the tool is shoveled away, and then a standard mud brick is made. However, the mud brick is still soft at this time and needs to be dried for two or three days. After drying, it is collected piece by piece and placed in the yard.
A place to shelter from the rain. When used, break it into pieces and put it in the stove to burn it for warmth.
In this era, there was no market boom yet. Every household had to drag coal slime to make briquettes. As long as there was open space in the streets and alleys, there were briquettes. Even the roofs were covered with briquettes. This was considered a trend in northern cities.
One scene.
Liu Lang still remembered his childhood in his previous life. Every time at this time, he would run out with a group of children, and then jump up and down on these unhardened coal bricks. Each footprint was carved on them. Liu Lang himself
When families are burning coal slime, they often see small footprints on it, just like fossils.
In the autumn of 1981, two major events occurred in Fucheng that made the whole city crazy. The first was that the radio station broadcast a storytelling called "The Story of Yue Fei", which was about a woman with a voice.
The loud and intense emotions, especially the expressive tone, seem to bring the characters from thousands of years ago before people's eyes.
As soon as this story came out, everyone went crazy. Every day when the bell rang for the end of the day in various factories, everyone drove frantically to rush home, because Zhong Yue Fei Zhuan would start on time at 5:30, and at this time half of the city
Everyone was standing in front of the radio, listening intoxicatedly while eating their meals. The same was true for Liu Lang's family.
Every evening after get off work, the family would run to his grandfather's house, turn on the radio, which was not much smaller than a suitcase, and the whole family would gather around. Liu Lang's mother didn't even cook, and she wasn't satisfied until the broadcast ended half an hour later. When I got home, I was cooking and discussing the next plot with my father. The madness was evident.
Liu Lang had never heard of this storytelling, but he knew the voice of the speaker. It was the very famous storytelling master Liu Fang. Unexpectedly, this master had been popular for more than thirty years, but now that she appeared, she must be very popular.
Master Kuai Tianfang, Master Kuocheng, and Master Lianyuan are also about to appear. These people were his "idols" when he was ten years old!
Another thing that made the whole city crazy was that the famous "Chenliang" finally appeared in the department store.
In this era of extreme scarcity of resources, the basic items needed for people's clothing, food, housing and transportation are all provided by ticket. There are really not many things that ordinary people can choose. Rice, white flour, milk and eggs are not what you want to eat. You can eat them every month.
More to come down
Mix some coarse grains, and the same goes for clothing. In a small place like Fucheng, the clothes people wear are made of khaki. This kind of cloth is sold uniformly by the state, and there is a very loud brand "People's Hero Khaki"
, it sounds noble and noble.
This kind of khaki is a fabric mainly made of cotton, wool, and chemical fiber blends. It feels tight and thick, but it is not very wear-resistant. For factory workers, it usually wears out holes after half a year of wearing it.
, and it is also easy to stick to hair. If you wear this kind of clothes for a walk in the spring and summer social seasons, you will be stained with catkins. Moreover, the color of this kind of cloth is very single, with only a few single colors such as blue and khaki.
, wearing it can fully demonstrate the "excellent tradition" of workers' hard work and simplicity.
Of course, the reason why this kind of "people's hero khaki" is so popular in the country is not because it represents the character of the people, but because it is very easy to make this kind of cloth. It can be made by simple weaving without any complicated work.
Light industrial manufacturing technology.
In the final analysis, the reason why the country lacks materials is because productivity is severely low, food output is low, and the foundation of light industry is poor. This is the fundamental reason.
This kind of fabric called "Qianliang", whose scientific name is polyester fiber, is actually polyester. It is a chemical product. It is characterized by being strong and durable, good elasticity, not easy to deform, corrosion-resistant, insulating, easy to wash and quick-drying.
But the shortcomings are also obvious. It does not fit close to the body and cannot withstand the cold in winter. It has poor air permeability in summer. It makes you feel cold when it is cold and stuffy when it is hot. It does not absorb sweat and sticks to your body when you sweat. When it comes into contact with water, it is extremely transparent.
powerful.
But in this era, beauty is the most important, and the so-called shortcomings are also advantages.
Compared with khaki, this product has a very high technical content and requires a certain light industry foundation to produce it. Of course, the so-called high technical content is nothing to Liu Lang's later generations, but the country just can't produce it.
As long as the country imported a large amount of chemical equipment in the second year of the reform and opening up in 1979, the output of this kind of cloth began to increase.
In fact, polyester has been put on the market as early as two years ago, but the scope of supply is only in the capital, Shanghai and several big cities in the south. The name "Que Liang" is actually the homophony of "Que Liang" in GD people, because of this
The colors of the materials are very bright, such as red, yellow, pink, purple, etc., which makes you look really handsome when you wear them. At that time, it was a big deal to be able to wear high-quality clothes. When you walk on the street, you will immediately become the center of attention.
, attracting the attention of countless people.
In his previous life, Liu Lang heard a joke about "Chen Liang" from the Internet, which was very interesting.
The story goes that in a big city in the south, there was a "Chenliang" store, and a young man lined up to buy it, wanting to make a shirt for himself. However, after waiting for several hours, when it was his turn, there was only half a foot of cloth left.
Yes, he was very embarrassed.
The salesperson looked at him and shouted: "Are you going to buy it? If not, who wants the Deliang below?"
The young man was so anxious that he immediately took out his money and cloth tickets to buy it. As a result, he could only make a pair of underwear when he got home.
He thought to himself: "How unfair this is. Who knew I was also wearing Deliang?" So he simply made a sign on his outer trousers and read, "There is Deliang inside."
One day when he went out to meet a domestic emergency, he found a public toilet, took off the sign and hung it on the door. When he came out, he found a long queue outside the toilet, and they all asked: "Why haven't you waited for so long?
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Although this joke is meant to be ridiculing, it is enough to show how popular this material was at the time.
In two years, the output of "Chenliang" increased rapidly, from big cities to medium-sized cities, and by the end of 1981, it finally arrived in Fucheng.