Gao Shujing: "I know what's going on. I've already made a list of the families who were talking nonsense. There are more than 20 households in total."

"The wiring is indeed a bit lacking, but not by that much. We'll spread the word that we don't have enough wiring first, and once the other households have finished their installations, we'll select some of the better-performing households from the twenty-odd households to install the extra wiring."

“The remaining households don’t have electricity. Everyone in the brigade can see that I have indeed used up all the wires. Even if those households without electricity report me, there are people in the brigade who can testify for me.”

"The result is that there are limited power lines, so prioritizing power to players who perform well is normal practice, and I will be fine."

Although some of the team members' families had electricity, they lost their electricity due to their own actions, and they must have felt terrible at home.

There are still many families where three or four generations haven't separated, especially those with gossipy, talkative people who are often quite shrewish. With such people in the family, it's even more difficult to separate the family.

With so many people in the family, there are bound to be many troubles. Everyone else has their electricity on, but his family's electricity was cut off because of talking nonsense. The other family members will definitely make trouble for the culprit. This is Gao Shujing's plan.

Yu Rujia: "As long as you can arrange it well, that's fine. By the way, after I received my grain today, Captain Li of the militia team and two young men helped me carry the grain back. The two young men accepted the eggs I gave them as payment, but Captain Li didn't take them."

Gao Shujing: "He came from the military and knew that I had family members serving in the army. He had invited me to visit him before, so I took this opportunity to bring some wine and meat to visit him."

To make Li Dashan happy, he specially stir-fried a small dish with pig's stomach and took a bowl of it to Li Dashan.

When he arrived, Li Dashan's family was having dinner. Upon learning that Gao Shujing was coming, they warmly got up to greet him.

Li Dashan: "Why is Gao Zhiqing here? Come in, sit down, and chat with me."

Gao Shujing went inside and said, "Rujia said that she was lucky to have your help with the grain during the day, otherwise she wouldn't know how to carry it home. I brought some snacks to have a drink with you."

Li Dashan: "Gao Zhiqing is too polite. There are plenty of people willing to help her just for those few eggs."

"Speaking of this, it's my fault for not arranging things properly. While everyone else was receiving their grain, you were still working for the brigade. It should have been our responsibility to move the grain, but we didn't consider that and it was Yu who brought it up. I really shouldn't have done that. I hope Gao won't mind."

Gao Shujing lived alone and was too busy working for the brigade to collect his grain. If Brigade Leader Huang had arranged the distribution of grain, he would have prioritized sending it to his family.

Li Dashan was unaware of the relationship between Yu Rujia and Gao Shujing. Furthermore, he was maintaining order at the time and hadn't paid much attention to who received which family's grain, so he didn't know that Yu Rujia and Gao Shujing were in cahoots.

Secretary Li was busy distributing the grain and didn't pay attention to the subsequent grain transport, which resulted in no one being able to move Gao Shujing's grain. Li Dashan said it was because they hadn't arranged it properly, which is understandable.

Gao Shujing: "No matter what, I thank the captain for his help. Meat is hard to buy, so I stir-fried some pork belly as a side dish. How about we have a drink together?"

Li Dashan: "Okay, let's drink now. Ah Zhen, have some peanuts to go with the wine." Ah Zhen he was referring to was his wife.

Ah Zhen: "Okay, I'm coming."

Gao Shujing had already brought out the stir-fried pork belly and opened the lid, filling the room with its delicious aroma.

Li Dashan and his two children were drooling: "You can make even a smelly pig's stomach smell this good. Your cooking skills are amazing!"

Gao Shujing: "Practice makes perfect. Stir-fry it more, add more ingredients, and you can all stir-fry it like this too. Come and have a taste."

After a drinking session, the two families became acquainted and started addressing each other as Brother Li and Brother Gao.

Li Dashan patted his chest and assured Gao Shujing that he should go ahead and make sure Yu Rujia was taken care of and wouldn't be bullied.

Before distributing the meat the next day, Captain Huang stood in front of everyone and announced that due to a shortage of power lines, the households that had spread rumors and disrupted the unity of the Shangfen Brigade the day before would temporarily lose their electricity. He also published the list of those affected.

Upon learning that their homes were without electricity, these people were naturally not going to let the matter rest.

Guan Daya said angrily, "Powering up the area is a matter for the whole brigade. Why should we be prevented from getting power because of a few words of gossip from her? Brigade leader, you can't let that vixen blind you."

Everyone else in the team has electricity, but these twenty-odd households don't. The reason is because they gossiped and spread rumors. Now, while everyone else has electricity, it will be dark and gloomy in their area.

Not only those in the team, but everyone outside would know that it was their fault for not providing electricity. This family has problems with their upbringing. What will happen to their children's marriages? Thinking of this, Guan Daya couldn't help but speak up.

Captain Huang: "If you keep talking, I'll never get electricity for your house in this lifetime. I've already said, we got the electricity ourselves, it wasn't arranged by the government, and we don't have that many power lines."

"We were just wondering which households would be difficult to get electricity from first, and you just happened to come along. Consider this not giving you electricity a lesson. In the future, watch your words and stop gossiping about other people's business all the time."

"Let me emphasize again, the children of Yu Zhiqing came from the police station, upright and honorable. If anyone dares to gossip, they will never get a chance to do anything good in the team in the future."

Li Cuiniang: "You only said a few words, and then you stopped turning on the electricity for us. You're clearly siding with that bitch. We're not having it."

Li Cuiniang was talkative and, having learned from others that Wan Qiuju had once had a dispute with Yu Rujia, and inspired by Guan Daya's words, she continued to speak ill of Yu Rujia.

She had spread many rumors before and nothing happened, but she never expected to run into Yu Rujia this time. Erdan overheard her and her name was reported to Gao Shujing, making her one of the households without electricity.

The eldest and third wives had long been dissatisfied with Li Cuiniang. If they found out that she had ruined the electricity project, they would definitely demand to divide the family property. Therefore, she firmly disagreed with not providing electricity to their family.

Captain Huang: "There aren't enough power lines, so it's normal that we don't give power to you people who have made mistakes. Do you expect those who haven't made mistakes to make way for you?"

Upon hearing this, some households that still had electricity spoke up, saying, "The brigade leader is right. It's unreasonable for us law-abiding citizens to give way to people like you who spread rumors. We shouldn't have electricity for you."

"That's right, the brigade leader and Gao, the educated youth, brought the wires, and Gao, the educated youth, connected the electricity. If you're so capable, go and get the wires and connect the electricity yourself."