Through an open door the corner of a big black cookstove showed.

透过一扇敞开的门，可以看到一个黑色的大炉灶的一角。

And then there was the kitehen, with a big cookstove.

然后是风筝母鸡，它有一个大炉灶。

Ma opened the front of the cookstove and raked hot coals out into the iron hearth.

妈妈打开炉灶的前部，把热煤耙到铁炉里。

The first day, Ma cleaned and brushed all the ashes out of the cookstove.

第一天，妈妈清理并刷掉了炉灶上的所有灰烬。

The fire in the cookstove never went out.

炉灶里的火一直没有熄灭。

The table was covered with a red cloth, and the cookstove was pol- ished shining black.

桌子上铺着红布，炉灶擦得闪闪发光。

All that day and the next, Ma was trying out the lard in big iron pots on the cookstove.

那天和接下来的一整天，妈妈都在炉灶上用大铁锅试猪油。

The days were growing short and a little fire burned all day in the cookstove to keep the house warm.

日子越来越短，炉子里一整天都在燃烧着小火，以保持房子温暖。

But in the wintertime Pa filled and heaped the washtub with clean snow, and on the cookstove it melted to water.

但在冬天， 爸爸用干净的雪装满并堆满了洗衣盆，在炉灶上雪化成了水。

It means that they might have a few lights at home or a small fan, but no refrigerator, no water heater, no safe cookstove.

这意味着他们家里可能有几盏灯或一个小风扇，但没有冰箱、热水器和安全的炉灶。