How to spend the cold winter in Hubei?

Winter in Hubei is really cold! Unlike wet and cold in Guangdong and Sichuan, dry and cold, it is really cold. The central cities are in an awkward geographical position, and the cold time is not long, so they cannot provide central heating like the northern cities. Families with good family conditions can use air conditioning for heating, and rural families and houses are scattered in space. It's too expensive to use air conditioning for heating.

A few years ago, the "small sun" was used at home, and the electric heater was convenient to move. Where do you need to go? However, the scope of thermal radiation is limited after all, and a family may not be able to take care of it while sitting and watching TV. The whole family is scrambling to get close to the "little sun". The guests at home want to play mahjong, and the heater must be used by them. We young people can only shiver in the hall.

Last year, the little sun at home went on strike permanently. Father is not going to buy any more. First, he thinks that the small sun consumes electricity, and second, the heat dissipation range is too small. Last year, the weather was cold, and it was rare to see sunny days. The small coal stove in the kitchen at home became the only tool for heating. Most of the time, I hide in the kitchen, sit by the coal stove to keep warm, put a chair next to me, put a fruit plate with all kinds of snacks and fruits in it, and play with my mobile phone while eating and drinking. It's really cozy!

I have another boring hobby. In the eyes of the coal stove, the cracked melon seeds are still bright red, watching small smoke emerge from them, or throwing orange peel in, watching the tender orange peel slowly lose water and turn into charcoal color. There is also a smoke and a strange smell.

One day, I sat by the fire as usual, looking at the shadow "Your name". My mother complained that "there is no need to boil water all day" and went out to see the mahjong player next door. My father and I sat face to face, separated by a burning coal stove. I didn't watch the movie seriously because I haven't been so close to my father alone for a long time and I feel very uncomfortable. My father stared at my mobile phone, too. After a short silence, he said, "What country's film is this?" My father is not a fashionable father. I didn't look up at "Japan" and pretended to be watching it carefully. I don't know how to have a deep conversation with my father. I don't even call outside at ordinary times. Then there was a long silence. He put his hand on the fire to bake, so that he was close to my hand holding the mobile phone, and my hand unconsciously shrank back. It is uncomfortable to be so close. I don't want to show a clear sense of distance, but it seems inevitable. Father's hands are slender and fleshless, with distinct joints. My hands are very similar to his. He rubbed his hands and said with a smile, "Next year, your father's house will also be equipped with a stove with a chimney. Very warm. " And then went out, too. In our village, if a family buys a good thing, it will become popular in the whole village.

I hope to have a warm year when I go home this year.