"I heard that some educated youth were arriving, so your Uncle Yonggui got some timber from the mountains and built two kang cabinets. If you want them, you can take them right now," Aunt Zaohua said, welcoming the two of them into her home.
In these houses, the stove was usually right by the entrance. One had to pass the stove to reach the inner room, where you would take off your shoes and climb onto the kang. Two kang cabinets were stacked on the western side of the kang in the main room. They had been finished with two coats of tung oil; the craftsmanship wasn't particularly refined, but they were a good size and very practical.
Next to them was a wooden basin about half a meter high and half a meter in diameter. It was also newly made and smelled of tung oil. Xu Qinghuan took a liking to it at first sight.
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