Eating the hot meals and sitting on the warm kang, Gong Tao and the others all breathed a deep sigh.
"Home is really the best; even the baths feel so comfortable." Zhao Gang felt truly uncomfortable staying out for a few days this time.
"Yeah, I wonder if we can still have such comfortable baths once we get to Beijing." Here, we use firewood for bathing, and as long as you're not lazy, you can gather firewood from the mountains. But in the city, it's not possible; you have to use coal, which not only costs money but is rationed.
Talking about Beijing led to many things that they needed to handle.
Hua Miaozhu had been considering this issue, "Once we get to Beijing, what do we do? You guys can stay in dorms, but what about us?"
With six kids and one elder, renting a house isn't feasible, especially with two young couples coming back. The rent for a year is no small expense,
and if we buy a house, the cost is also significant. In any case, these are all problems.
