After Lin Xu and his party returned to the village, Yang Min immediately went to work in the factory, while Ruolan accompanied Lin Xu around the village.
When they came outside the canteen, they saw the old village chief's wife walking out of the canteen with a smile, carrying a big basket. There was a large piece of pork and a dried chicken in the basket.
Nowadays, the village canteen not only provides three meals a day for working people, but also sells grain, meat, salt, cooking oil and other materials to outsiders. The price is basically the same as the market price, or even slightly lower.
People from all over the country or from the village can come and buy.
In fact, Lin Xu wanted to open a retail store in the village, so that it would be more convenient for everyone to buy things.
However, he has been too busy during this period of time, and his main focus has been on dealing with the Song family and Xu Nianmin. In addition, the general environment is not stable enough, so he has not freed up his hands to do this.
Now, the Song family and Xu Nianmin are finished, and the plan to completely eliminate the bandits is continuing to advance. It is time to improve the quality of life in the village!
Not only retail stores need to be opened, but pharmacies, schools, restaurants, and barber shops must also be opened. In addition, although Jiangling is located in the south of the Yangtze River, it is relatively cold in winter. The villagers have no conditions for bathing at all. Some villagers often
I don’t even take a shower all winter long!
For villagers who are used to this kind of life, it doesn't matter if they don't take a shower in a winter. But for Lin Xu, who is used to taking a shower every day before going to bed, let alone not taking a shower in a winter.
If you don't take a shower for a day or two, your whole body will be scratchy and you won't be able to sleep well!
Therefore, a large bathhouse must also be arranged!
In fact, when building a house in the village, Lin Xu originally wanted to install all floor heating, so that in winter, it would be so comfortable to turn on the heating!
However, the current conditions are really unattainable. The main reason is that there are no floor heating pipes. In the past, the PE pipes commonly used for floor heating, that is, polyethylene pipes, are actually not difficult to make. However, the machines and raw materials for making such pipes are
But it's not something Lin Xu can do now.
In addition to PE pipes, copper pipes can actually be used instead.
However, brass is the raw material for casting copper coins and is a material strictly controlled by the court. All copper mining is owned by the court. Even the royal family does not have the right to mine copper at will, and ordinary people can't even think about it!
Of course, given that today's imperial government is lax and officials at all levels are corrupt, ordinary people can't buy brass as long as they are willing to spend money. It's not that Lin Xu is reluctant to spend money, but if he just buys brass in large quantities, maybe he can
It will attract the attention of some big shots and cause trouble for you.
After all, it is against the law for ordinary people to buy brass in large quantities!
Lin Xu's current strength is still very weak, and he is in the stage of development. He still can't do such things that violate the law!
Therefore, in winter, we can only use small stoves for heating for the time being.
Just as Lin Xu was thinking about these things, the second aunt took the initiative to say hello: "Xiao Xu, Ruolan, when will you come back?"
"No, I just returned to the village, haha...Second Aunt, what a good day it is today, why did you buy so many delicious things!"
Lin Xu said with a smile.
"Today at noon, Meng Hu is going to my house for dinner. This is the first time he has been to my house for dinner. He must not cook something delicious to entertain others!"
The second aunt smiled so hard that her eyes turned into crescents.
"Meng Hu wants to go to your house for dinner?"
Lin Xu was a little surprised. Zhao Menghu was the leader of the "foreign gang", and the old village chief was the boss of the "local gang". Although he knew that with Ruolan's efforts, the gap between the "foreign gang" and the "local gang"
It had almost been eliminated, but the old village chief actually invited Zhao Menghu to his home for dinner, and the wife of the old village was so happy...
Is the relationship between them already so good?
At this time, Ruolan lightly touched Lin Xu's arm and said with a smile: "It's the first time that my future uncle comes to visit, so my second aunt must not treat her well!"