Chapter 227 What about the sale of trees?
Zhou Yong glanced at the carefree Cao Biao and said, "It seems that you are the one who cooks for us two, but you don't care about your sister-in-law..."
His words made Cao Biao feel a little uncomfortable. He glanced at Zhao Chunhua and knew how much she had contributed to this family.
"Your brother Cao is not a person who knows how to be warm or cold. I have gotten used to it over the years."
Zhao Chunhua took over the conversation and complained at the same time.
Cao Biao scratched his head, walked over and took the lunch box from Zhao Chunhua's hand.
There was a smile in Zhou Yong's eyes, and Li Caiyun thought Cao Biao was a little funny.
The four people chatted for a while. Cao Biao had a mission in the evening, so after seeing Zhou Yong, he had to go back to the unit to work overtime.
Li Caiyun sent the couple away, and Yuan Dacheng asked, "Does your friend work at the Public Security Bureau?"
Zhou Yong turned his head and looked at Yuan Dacheng, feeling somewhat surprised: "Uncle Yuan, do you know him?"
Yuan Dacheng didn't know Cao Biao, he just met him when he went to the Public Security Bureau to do some business.
After listening to Yuan Dacheng's words, Zhou Yong didn't want to talk more about Cao Biao, so he changed the subject: "Uncle Yuan, if you are hungry, just tell me, I will ask my wife to buy you food."
It's already this late and no one from the Yuan family has come, so there's a high chance that Yuan Dacheng will go hungry.
Yuan Dacheng was well aware of his predicament. He sighed in his heart and said, "Let's wait and see. If no one takes care of me, I will have to trouble your wife to help run errands..."
Zhou Yong looked towards the roof and chatted with Yuan Dacheng.
It was already half past seven and no one from the Yuan family had come. Zhou Yong asked Li Caiyun to go to the snack bar opposite the hospital to buy a portion of wontons for Yuan Dacheng.
For three consecutive days, no one from the Yuan family came. During this period, Yuan Dacheng's three meals a day were provided by Zhou Yong and Li Caiyun.
Yuan Dacheng never imagined that one day he would end up with no one caring about him.
He was also very lucky to have met Zhou Yong and his wife, otherwise he would have starved to death in the hospital bed.
Two days later, it was the day Zhou Yong was discharged from the hospital, and Yuan Dacheng's injuries had almost recovered.
As they were about to be discharged from the hospital, Zhou Yong and Yuan Dacheng mentioned the issue of electrification in Huaixi Village.
Zhou Yong knew that this was not an easy matter to handle. After all, the power supply station was under the jurisdiction of the Electricity Bureau. It would be difficult to bypass the Electricity Bureau and connect with the power supply station.
What Zhou Yong never expected was that Yuan Dacheng's elder brother was actually the head of the Electricity Bureau.
"Zhou Yong, my brother is on a business trip. He said he would be back on the 20th. Come find me then..."
Zhou Yong was delighted and thought: This is really an unexpected success.
He thanked Yuan Dacheng, but he said: "You are a good village official who cares about the villagers. I have to help you out of both emotion and reason..."
Yuan Dacheng was grateful for the couple's care for many days, so he told Zhou Yong his whole story.
Let's put it this way for now. Zhou Yong and Yuan Dacheng agreed to meet at the Electricity Bureau on the 20th.
"Uncle Yuan, let's go."
Yuan Dacheng sat on the bed and nodded: "Let's go!"
Zhou Yong was leaning on crutches, and Li Caiyun was carrying a triangular bag, and the couple strolled out of the hospital.
Before they reached the bus station, they met Li Hongjun and Li Baotian on the way.
"Dad, big brother, didn't I tell you that you don't need to come and pick me up from the hospital..."
Li Hongjun took the things Li Caiyun was carrying and put them on the carriage: "Don't be so self-indulgent. Have you forgotten what day it is today?"
They went to the Agricultural Bureau to sell mountain products and came to pick him up from the hospital.
Zhou Yong didn't believe this. If it was as Li Hongjun said, Li Baotian shouldn't appear in front of him.
Zhou Yong and Li Caiyun got on the carriage, Li Hongjun raised the whip, and the four of them chatted and laughed as they headed towards the Agriculture Bureau.
After all the mountain products were unloaded from the truck and stored in the warehouse, Zhou Yong and his party drove the horse-drawn carriage home in a mighty procession.
It was already dark when they got home. Zhou Yong walked into the yard on crutches. Zhang Guifang came out of the house holding Li Jingan and several children.
Zhou Yong looked at his mother-in-law: "Mom, I'm back."
Zhang Guifang held the child in one hand and wiped her eye sockets with the other: "It's good that you're back, come into the house quickly!"
Zhou Yong smiled, pinched the cheeks of the brothers Li Jingchu and Li Jingen, and touched the little heads of the sisters Zhou Kexin and Zhou Kerou.
Li Jingan became unhappy as he watched, and stretched out his little hand for Zhou Yong to hold him.
He was on crutches and couldn't hold his son, so Li Caiyun picked up her younger son and kissed him.
The family entered the house and Zhang Guifang hurriedly set the table. The children hadn't seen their parents for several days and were all in tears.
During the meal, Zhou Yong talked to Li Baotian about Yuan Dacheng, which left him stunned.
"If what you said is true, the electricity bill can be saved by six or seven thousand yuan?"
Zhou Yong nodded: "Yes, because we draw electricity directly from the power supply station and bypass the power bureau, all costs are reduced..."
According to the route planned by the Electricity Bureau, if Huaixi Village wants to have electricity, it first needs to purchase four industrial transformers on its own.
A transformer will be installed from the county seat to Hongqi Commune, and another transformer will be installed on the road between the commune and Huaixi Village, and then two more transformers will be installed in the village.
But after consulting, Zhou Yong found out that if he bypassed the Electricity Bureau's plan, he would only need to buy three transformers, and the price of the wires would be much lower than the price quoted by the Electricity Bureau.
Li Baotian frowned slightly: "But I'm afraid it won't pass the review if I do this."
Zhou Yong shrugged his shoulders: "Dad, I'll go to the Electricity Bureau on the 20th and I'll have the result..."
If this road is blocked, Zhou Yong can only provide electricity according to the plan of the Electricity Bureau.
It just costs a few thousand yuan more. Although it is the brigade’s money, it is ultimately the hard-earned money of the villagers.
Li Baotian responded: "By the way, what about the sale of trees?"
Before going to the provincial capital, Zhou Yong lied that he had a friend working in a construction company, meaning that he was going to ask his friend if the construction company needed wood.
In fact, this friend was fabricated by Zhou Yong. In other words, he planned to buy the trees on the mountain in Huaixi Village with his own money.
In this way, wouldn’t the brigade have money in its account to provide electricity?
"Dad, we have almost finished talking..."
As long as the electricity cost is determined, Zhou Yong will ask Chen Pingliang to find someone to come to Huaixi Village to buy trees.
"That's great! If the villagers knew about this, they would be very happy..."
Zhou Yong smiled, and Zhou Kexin said excitedly, "Dad, does that mean our village will soon have electricity?"
"Yes, you won't need to light candles when you do your homework in the future. When electricity is connected, Dad will buy you a TV..."
The children were very excited when they heard this. Zhang Guifang said with emotion: "I never thought that our village would have electricity in my lifetime."
Not to mention that he didn't expect it, Li Baotian didn't expect it either.
Zhou Yong looked at them and smiled. Li Caiyun said, "With electricity, every house will be bright and bright. If we install street lights, the streets will definitely be very lively at night..."
Li Baotian echoed them. Zhou Yong listened to their chatter and felt that everything he had done was worth it.
A few days later, the day for meeting Yuan Dacheng arrived, and Zhou Yong took a bus to the Electricity Bureau on crutches.
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