This time they came for the kitchen, next time they might come for the sleeping area.

Lin's mother recalled the imposing manner just now, "Given our family's status, it's normal for others to have prejudices against us. I just didn't expect that even our food would be targeted."

"After this incident, we can openly take meat out to eat from now on," Lin Yuxi said slowly. "It can be considered a blessing in disguise."

All five members of the family go to work, including two men. They do physical labor every day, so how can they manage without eating meat?

"Xixi is right. Shufen, help me alter some clothes this afternoon. I'm getting old, and my eyesight isn't good anymore. Help me thread the needle." Grandma Lin used scissors to take apart and alter all the clothes, because some of them were no longer the right size, so she took what she could to alter.

"Mom, can you alter a piece of clothing for me too?" Lin Yuxi took out a shirt and placed the sun-protective sleeves on it. "This is it. I want to attach these sleeves to the shirt."

Farm work is so sunny, she definitely needs sunscreen, and she even prepared gloves.

Lin's mother took it, turned it over, and said she would understand after a look.

"Okay, I'll get it ready for you in a bit. Try it on after you're done. This fabric feels quite comfortable, and it should be cool to wear." Lin's mother rubbed the fabric and found that it didn't wrinkle easily; instead, it was very smooth.

Lin Yuxi smiled and said, "I'll look around later to see if I can find any more, and then I'll get one for each of you."

Suddenly, the sound of conversation came from outside.

"Old Lin's family, is anyone home inside?"

Outside the house stood an old man wearing a straw hat, sweating profusely, with a towel draped around his neck and shoulders, ready to wipe his sweat at any moment.

"Are you home? I'm from the Wang family over at the edge of the village."

Lin Yuxi quickly opened the door and saw the old man covered in sweat, riding a bicycle.

"Our village will have a power outage this afternoon. They said they're going to install a loudspeaker in our village so that we can announce anything through it. They're also going to install a telephone in the commune so that we won't have to go to the town to make calls anymore."

After notifying the next household, Grandpa Wang immediately went to notify the next household as well.

Qinghe Village only got electricity this year, which is much behind other villages, which have had broadcasting rooms for a long time.

Sure enough, the village lost power not long after.

Lin Yuxi looked at the electric fan in front of her, but it had stopped spinning.

The village needed to install several loudspeakers, and of course, the villagers went to help. One of the loudspeakers was installed nearby, about 100 meters away.

"It would be really convenient to have a telephone installed. Your grandparents don't know about our family situation yet, and they'd worry if they couldn't find us. Once the telephone is installed, we can call them to let them know." Lin's mother looked at the telephone pole, where several people were helping to move things and connect the wires.

Lin Yuxi sat at the doorway, looked around, and then suddenly realized that Gu Chen was also there.

Gu Chen was helping to lay the power lines at that moment; it would definitely be much more convenient for the village to have a loudspeaker and a telephone installed.

He nimbly climbed up the telephone pole and soon handed the loudspeaker up from the ground.

Perhaps it was by chance that he turned his head and saw Lin Yuxi sitting under the eaves, her fair arm propping up her chin, staring intently at him.

Gu Chen pursed his lips, looked away, walked down from the telephone pole, and landed steadily.

"Xiao Gu, could you help me set up that side again in a bit?"