The electricians' faces lit up immediately when they saw the pickled vegetables that Village Chief Huang had given them.
"No, it's what we should do, haha."
"How could I complain? This pickled vegetable is very expensive at the department store."
"Yes, we usually don't buy it to eat at home. We only eat it when we entertain guests."
The lead electrician even said, "Village Chief Huang is very kind. If any problems arise later, you can come to the power supply bureau at any time, and we will help you deal with them as soon as possible."
Just moments ago, the electricians all looked bitter and resentful, but now they are much happier, after all, Village Chief Huang gave each of them three bottles of pickled vegetables.
If they were to buy it themselves, it would cost ninety cents!
Now the electricians no longer complained about the tight installation schedule; in fact, they felt lucky to have been assigned to work in Huangjia Village.
Looking at the free pickled vegetables in their hands, the electricians drove back to the city contentedly.
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Three days passed in the blink of an eye, and the village was about to begin preparations for the autumn harvest.
Huang Jianguo even took a day off and brought Wang Yingxue back to Huangjia Village to help.
Huangjia Village borrowed a tractor from the commune this year, but no one in the village knew how to drive it, so they had to ask Huang Jianguo to come back and help.
Huang Jianguo hadn't originally planned to bring Wang Yingxue back, but Wang Yingxue felt that she was strong and could be of help, so she came along.
When Village Chief Huang saw Huang Jianguo return, he was extremely excited: "Jianguo, it's a good thing you were willing to come back and help, otherwise our village would have been utterly disgraced!"
Normally, after the village borrows a tractor from the commune, the commune would arrange for a driver to come and help.
The only problem is that the village pays extra when the drivers help out, but this time when it was Huangjia Village's turn, both drivers from the commune made excuses that they were too busy.
This led to Huangjia Village being in the awkward situation of having tractors but no drivers.
If that's all there is to it, then so be it.
Village Chief Huang thought that if they didn't have a driver, then there was no point in having a tractor, so he planned to talk to the commune and tell them that their village wouldn't need tractors anymore.
Who knew that just yesterday, a driver from the commune actually drove his tractor directly to Huangjia Village!
They claimed they were just being kind by helping them drive the tractor over, then reminded them to drive it back to the commune after the autumn harvest. After that, they simply left.
At this point, Village Chief Huang could clearly see that someone was deliberately targeting Huang Family Village!
He immediately went to the brigade secretary to discuss countermeasures, but he couldn't come up with a solution.
Because the entire Red Star Commune only has two drivers, and it's obvious that both of them have been bribed.
Left with no other choice, Village Chief Huang had to swallow his pride and go to the city to ask Huang Jianguo to come back and help him.
Huang Jianguo and Wang Yingxue handed the bones and meat in their hands to the village chief, and said with a smile, "I am also a member of Huangjia Village. It's too formal for the village chief to say that."
"These are the ribs and meat that Qinqin bought for the village, and this is the remaining money. Village chief, please take it."
"Okay, okay, thank you so much."
After giving the meat to the person in charge of cooking in the village these past few days, Village Chief Huang said to Huang Jianguo, "Jianguo, time is tight and the task is heavy, so I won't bother with pleasantries."
"Your most important job today is to help us use the tractor to haul the rice, corn, sweet potatoes and other crops from the fields to the threshing ground. Thank you for your help."
"Okay, I understand. Village chief, you go ahead and get busy. I'll go get the tractor now."
After Huang Jianguo finished speaking, he and Wang Yingxue went to drive the tractor.
It must be said that Wang Yingxue was indeed a great help after she came over.
She is very strong. It usually takes two people to carry one bag of rice, but she can carry two bags by herself.
It wasn't until today that Huang Jianguo realized just how strong Wang Yingxue meant when she said she was quite strong.
With everyone working together and with the help of tractors, Huangjia Village completed the harvest of all the crops in the fields in just two days.
Because Huangjia Village now has electricity, the village has arranged for some people to work through the night in the threshing ground to thresh the grain. This year's autumn harvest was completed three days earlier than in previous years.
The educated youth in Huangjia Village thus developed a misconception that the autumn harvest was not particularly hard.
Because Village Chief Huang assigned all the educated youth to pack sweet potatoes and thresh grain at the threshing ground at night, which were relatively easy jobs.
It wasn't until they met other educated youth from other villages that they realized how lucky they were.
Because of this autumn harvest, the villagers of Huangjia Village truly felt the convenience that light bulbs brought them.
In previous years, each autumn harvest took at least six or seven days to be completed. This year, thanks to electricity, we can work in shifts at night, just like during the day.
It was much easier than in previous years; the entire harvest was completed in just three days.
Of course, tractors also played a part in this, as using tractors to transport crops saved them a lot of manpower and time.
Originally, Village Chief Huang only planned to have Huang Jianguo come and help for a day, but later they tasted the benefits and found that using a tractor was both easy and efficient.
A short meeting was held at noon that day, and it was decided that six yuan would be given to Huang Jianguo as payment for helping them for two more days at the pickled vegetable workshop.
That's why this autumn harvest was so easy for everyone.
Xujia Village, which was also advised by Huang Qinqin to get electricity but ultimately refused, had a much harder autumn harvest this year.
Because the autumn harvest and order rush were overlapping, Village Chief Xu needed to take care of both sides. If either side had a problem, it would be something Village Chief Xu could not afford to do.
Because even with candles lit at night, the light is not enough, so the carving must be done during the day. Therefore, Chief Xu could only arrange for all the craftsmen who could carve human figures to rush George's order.
As a result, the village had fewer people to work with, so the autumn harvest could only be carried out at night, racing against time.
For several nights in a row, Village Chief Xu went to the threshing ground to thresh grains, and he began to vaguely understand Huang Qinqin's good intentions in the past few days.
If Xujia Village had electricity now, then whether it's carving or the autumn harvest, people could be arranged to work overtime at night just like during the day.
Instead of the current situation where carving cannot be done at night at all.
Regarding the autumn harvest, although they were working late into the night, the low visibility made the work particularly inefficient.
If he had known it would turn out this way, Village Chief Xu would never have listened to the villagers' opinions and rejected Huang Qinqin. Now, Village Chief Xu is filled with regret!
Unfortunately, there's no going back in this world.
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