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Happy Tycoon - Chapter 842

Published at 29th of September 2021 01:27:58 PM


Chapter 842: 842

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Zhao Meng's house is heated by electric heating, that is, central air conditioning.

This heating method is a very common heating method in urban suburbs and villages in the northern United States, especially in places where natural gas pipelines have not been connected, almost all use this electric heating method.

No way. Now, due to the problem of environmental protection, the United States eliminated small coal-fired boilers as early as the 1960s and 1970s. In cities, because there are natural gas pipelines and convenient gas supply, most residents in cities use natural gas or gas to heat water.

In cities in the north of the United States, most residential buildings are connected by natural gas pipelines, so natural gas can be directly used for water heating. In areas without natural gas pipeline access, there is usually a large gas tank behind residential houses, which is specially used to store gas. Filling a can of gas can keep the house warm for four months. Of course, the price of filling this tank of gas is also expensive, about 800 dollars

I think the "rural" farm house bought by Zhao Meng has no natural gas or gas. The gas is used for cooking, so the heating here adopts central air conditioning.

But electricity is much more expensive than gas or natural gas.

Many Chinese people may think that electricity in the United States is cheap, but it's actually a P.

Compared with the electricity bill in China, the electricity bill in the United States is several times more expensive.

People who don't know the situation only know that the average electricity bill in the United States is less than 12 cents, about 80 cents a national currency. If you say that the price is not expensive. But in fact, there are still many greasy things about American electricity bills.

First of all, in addition to the price of your daily electricity, you also need to pay a fixed monthly fee every month, just like the landline fee of the landline used in our family in the past. The fixed price in the United States is $16.8 a month. Secondly, electricity in the United States also needs to pay a pipeline fee, that is, the grid fee. This price is not fixed, but calculated according to your electricity consumption. On average, you need to pay 11.15 cents per kilowatt hour. In addition, there are some taxes and miscellaneous expenses.

The electricity prices of all States in the United States are not uniform, and the electricity prices of all States are not the same. For example, the electricity charge in Hawaii is the highest in the United States. The electricity charge per kilowatt hour is as high as 30.33 cents, and that in Alaska is also 31.42 cents.

As for Montana, where Yang Jing is located, the electricity charge for a kilowatt hour of electricity is 10.93 cents, ranking 12th from bottom in the United States, which is relatively cheap.

But even so, including the fixed monthly fee, pipeline fee and other taxes and miscellaneous fees, the electricity cost of a kilowatt hour in Montana is close to 25 cents!

The electricity consumption of Americans is almost the highest in the world. According to the data survey, the average monthly household electricity consumption in the United States is 897 kwh, that is, nearly 900 kwh a month. This figure is a terrible one. How much is the average monthly household electricity consumption in China? Less than one tenth of this figure

Of course, Americans use so much electricity, which is also directly related to their living habits.

As we all know, Americans can be said to be the most wasteful in the world. No matter what, they are very wasteful.

Americans usually buy a dozen shirts. After a shirt is dirty for a few days, people don't wash it at all. They directly replace it with a new one, and throw away the dirty old ones. In China, a shirt can't be worn for ten years

The curtains of American families are changed twice a year, while in China, the curtains at home can't be used for 20 years

Other problems like this are numerous in the United States.

This is actually an extremely wasteful behavior, but it is common in the United States.

The same is true for electricity. If central air-conditioning is used for heating in our country, except for those with particularly good family conditions, the air-conditioning will be turned on 24 hours a day. Ordinary people basically close the door when they go out and open the door when they enter.

In winter in the United States, the central air conditioner is basically on 24 hours a day. At most, when the owner goes out, he will slightly lower the temperature to 18 degrees, but he will never turn off the air conditioner.

Therefore, in American families that use electric heating, using 2000 kwh of electricity a month in winter is just like playing.

Just like Zhao Meng's house, almost no one lives in it at ordinary times, but the Jones brothers come here twice a week for two nights, but even so, the air conditioner here is on 24 hours a day.

Even if Yang Jing claimed to be rich, he couldn't help but draw his eyes after learning about this situation.

This has nothing to do with money or not, but this attitude and living habit of ignoring waste. It's terrible.

However, such waste is not without benefits. At least Yang Jing felt very warm immediately after entering the house. You know, such a big house still has two floors. If you turn on the air conditioner after entering the door, it will take at least an hour to raise the temperature.

You know, the temperature outside has fallen to minus 45 degrees, and with the strong north wind, the temperature is still falling rapidly.

The warm room made the three people take off their coats, and the Jones brothers didn't refuse Yang Jing's invitation. Both of their brothers are naturally cheerful and like to make friends. Therefore, they happily agreed to Yang Jing's invitation.

Of course, his brothers didn't eat for nothing. When Yang Jing was busy cooking, his brother Michael drove out again and brought back two bottles of red wine.

When Michael came back, snowflakes began to float in the sky.

When Yang Jing went to the North Pole last year, he saw blizzards like knives and permafrost glaciers, but he bet that he had never seen such a big snowflake.

In fact, the reason why the Arctic snowstorm is severe is that it is windy. When a strong cold wave breaks out in the Arctic, the wind can exceed force 12 in an instant. Let alone people, even cars are blown over. Therefore, when the Arctic snowstorm comes, the snowflakes are usually not very big, because those snowflakes are torn into ice chips by the violent cold wind before they fall.

Arctic blizzards are strong winds mixed with ice particles!

But the snowstorm here is really the snowstorm in the usual sense. Because when the snowflakes began to fall, the strong wind that had raged for most of the day disappeared and was replaced by snowflakes all over the sky.

Goose feather snow is not enough to describe the size of the snow storm. It is more appropriate to describe it with a child's palm. Such a large snowflake, coupled with the terrible density, the ground was white in just a few minutes.

Michael came into the house with two bottles of red wine mixed with the cold air. As soon as he entered the house, he shouted, "Albert and Roy, the snow is not small. It's a good thing for the crops in the field, but it's a disaster for the poorly prepared pastures."

Roy, who has been helping in the kitchen, said with a smile: "the weather forecast issued a blizzard warning three days ago. Those pasture that are not ready can only say that they are too lazy."

Yang Jing poured out the stuffy ribs in the pressure cooker and filtered the soup into a large bowl. Only the stewed large ribs were left on the plate. Then he began to put oil in the oil pan and fry sugar in the hot pot with cold oil.

After the rock sugar in the pot melted and began to bubble slightly, Yang Jing poured in the stewed ribs and began to stir fry. After the ribs were covered with a layer of dark red sugar, he put ginger slices, seasonings, cinnamon and other spices into the pot and continued to stir fry. Finally, he handed in the prepared sweet and sour juice and stewed with a little boiling water over a low heat.

After being stuffy for a few minutes, I collected the juice over a high fire. When the soup was almost collected, I started the pot and served a delicious sweet and sour spareribs.

Before making this dish, Yang Jing also picked up several dishes, including scrambled eggs with tomatoes, sweet and sour tenderloin, pot collapse tofu and four cold dishes.

In this way, four hot, four cool and eight dishes directly fill a table. Finally, there is a tomato and laver soup, that is, when the minister goes to the countryside, eight dishes and one soup.

Michael opened a bottle of red wine and poured it into the decanter. Then he said, "Albert, this wine was made by my mother. In the past, when my family had a farm, my family planted about five acres of grapes every year, and my mother made a batch of red wine every year. Although the fame is not as big as those top wines, it is absolutely delicious."

Roy also smiled and said, "yes, my grandfather was the most famous winemaker in our area. My mother learned from my grandfather. The wine she brewed is very popular in our local area. Even Helena was bought in admiration."

Yang Jing also took out a black jar like a trick, smiled and said: "OK, today we'll try your red wine first, and then I have a jar of good wine here. This jar of wine has been hoarded for more than 60 years. In China, if such a jar of wine is auctioned, it will probably fetch 200000 US dollars. You two will try the wine I brought later."

Yang Jing's figure startled the brothers. They deliberately refused, but they finally opened their mouths and didn't say anything.

In fact, Yang Jing suddenly came to such a place. One wanted to find a quiet place to pass through. The other was that he also wanted to have a good rest for a period of time.

Since it's a holiday, it's planned to make two friends. Moreover, the brothers feel very good to Yang Jing. They are not as rude as those red necks seen in Texas. They also have eyes on their foreheads and despise Chinese people, so Yang Jing took out a jar of old wine.

Jones's mother's wine was really good, but red wine was not Yang Jing's favorite. After two cups of tea, Yang Jing changed his mind to baijiu.

After a glass of Baijiu, Yang Jing looked at the snow growing out of the window and said, "this snow looks like it can't stop tonight. Roy, Michael, you two don't go back tonight. Is there any guest room here?"

Roy Jones nodded and said, "yes, Michael and I will stay here two days a week. There are rooms on the first floor."

Michael also said with a smile, "Roy and I stayed for dinner today, but we didn't plan to go. It seems that the snow won't last all day. Roy and I are also worried that the snow is too heavy and will affect the house here, so we stay just in case."

"Thank you both so much. Come on, let's continue drinking!"

Three people eat and drink happily in the steaming room, while the snow outside is getting heavier and heavier

PS: bow and thank "very lazy fish" and "W gentle knife" for 100 rewards.





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