Chapter 98 Leasing Electricity
Xia Xiaoman readily agreed to rent out electricity.
8 solar panels store electricity, but there are no electrical appliances at home, so she can't use up all the electricity. It would be a waste to store these points. If she rents them out, she can earn money without leaving home. Why not?
"But I only rent it to those who need to charge batteries. I don't accept electronic products like mobile phones and flashlights."
Aunt Xing frowned and said, "If we only charge batteries, I'm afraid not many people will come." After all, not everyone has batteries.
What Xia Xiaoman wants is that not many people come to her house. She doesn't like too many people coming to her house.
"It's okay. I don't need these supplies to eat. If someone wants to rent it, I'll rent it. If no one wants to rent it, I don't care."
Aunt Xing didn't know what to say when she saw this. "Okay then! I'll talk to the people in the community and ask them to rent electricity from you."
Xia Xiaoman hummed, "By the way, Aunt Xing, do you know where I can get construction materials nearby? I want to get some cement and bricks to build a wall."
The courtyard wall collapsed during the flood and needed to be rebuilt. Several large windows on the first floor also needed to be sealed halfway, and now they were just temporarily replaced with wood.
"Most of the building materials have been taken away by people from above. If you don't mind, you can demolish the collapsed old houses, clear out the bricks, and then go to the mountains to dig some clay and mix it with sand to build a wall."
Aunt Xing kindly advised: "But I advise you to just build a fence with wood. Building a wall requires a lot of water to mix the mud and sand. Where can you get so much water?"
Xia Xiaoman was stunned. She hadn't thought about this question yet. "Auntie Xing, is there a well in our community?"
Aunt Xing said, "We dug a well some time ago. From 9pm to 12pm every day, people will be sent in to open the well. Each person is limited to 2 liters of water."
This is similar to Chenyang Community, except that in Chenyang Community, in addition to the residents in the community, nearby residents also come into the community to fetch water. In Shuiyue Bay, only the residents in the community fetch water, so the fetching time is one hour less than in other places.
Shuiyue Bay also restricts water use, so if you want to build a wall, you can only use the water in her space.
After asking Aunt Xing about the location of the well and seeing her off, Xia Xiaoman carried a bucket and went to queue up to fetch water.
When queuing up to get water, you can clearly feel the difference between Shuiyue Bay and other communities.
In Chenyang Community, people are always noisy when queuing for water, and quarrels and fights often occur because of queue-jumping. But it is different in Shuiyuewan, where people queue in an orderly manner, and no one cuts in line or quarrels. They greet each other and chat about their recent situation like ordinary neighbors, with laughter and a very relaxed atmosphere.
Xia Xiaoman was waiting in line, listening to people around her chatting about their daily lives, and she felt a lot more relaxed.
"Hey, girl, are you the new resident who moved into the villa area?" The auntie behind her patted Xia Xiaoman on the shoulder.
Xia Xiaoman subconsciously tensed his muscles and nodded, "Yes, I moved in yesterday."
The aunt smiled warmly and said, "I heard that you have a generator at home. Can I borrow some electricity from you?"
Xia Xiaoman was about to refuse when the short-haired lady from the next team shouted at the top of her voice: "Ma Guilian! Don't bully a little girl. What do you mean by borrowing electricity? Can you return it if you borrow it?"
"Listen to me, Ma Guilian. If you dare to take advantage of others like this again, I will report you to the property management department and make you write a self-criticism in front of the whole community!"
Being pointed at, Ma Guilian looked sullen and waited for her to scold him, "Zhao Yating, do you think you are an official just because you joined the disciplinary team? Stop meddling in other people's business. It's useless even if you report something that we both agreed to."
Faced with the obvious provocation, Zhao Yating directly took out a small notebook from her pocket. Seeing this, Ma Guilian's momentum instantly dissipated, and she shouted in a panic: "Hey, Zhao Yating, you really reported it! Are you kidding me? You reported such a small thing!"
Zhao Yating ignored her and buried her head in writing. Ma Guilian panicked and said hesitantly, "Okay, okay, I won't take advantage of others in the future, okay?"
Zhao Yating stopped writing after hearing this, stared at Ma Guilian for two seconds, snorted heavily, and put the notebook back into her pocket.
Xia Xiaoman blinked. Is this the end? No need to fight a little?
The uncle in front of Xia Xiaoman saw her stunned expression and kindly explained, "Little girl, our community arranges 100 young and middle-aged people to take turns patrolling and standing guard every month. There are 25 people in a team, two teams during the day and two teams at night, and the people are replaced every half a month."
"These people patrol and stand guard every day and have no time to earn supplies. So the property management department arranges unemployed women in the community to make some handicrafts and sell them on the black market or trading points. Part of the materials earned will be distributed to the patrol and guards as their wages. The other part will be distributed to the women who make handicrafts."
"If you are reported for your own problems, or if you do something that harms the community, you will be deducted points and your distribution of supplies will be reduced."
In other words, Ma Guilian was not afraid of making public self-criticism, nor was she afraid of Zhao Yating, but she was afraid of having points deducted after reporting.
"Then what punishment will there be if someone who did not participate in the handicraft causes trouble?" Xia Xiaoman asked.
The uncle gave her a meaningful look and said, "You will still be deducted points. When the points are deducted to a certain level, you will be punished accordingly based on the specific circumstances."
Xia Xiaoman frowned. The property management department didn't tell her about these things. Did they forget, or did they deliberately not tell her?
Intuitively, Xia Xiaoman leaned towards the latter. The property management department must have deliberately not told her, just like this uncle, who deliberately did not tell her what the punishment was, in order to make her uneasy.
Even if you pass the interview, it will still take some time to fully integrate into Shuiyue Bay.
After fetching water and returning home, Xia Xiaoman packed up and went out to the property management department.
I don't want to cause trouble for the property management department, but I have other important matters to attend to.
Aunt Xing heard what Xia Xiaoman said, and she adjusted her glasses and glanced at her with an inquiring look, "You said you want to hire someone to help you move bricks? Are you sure?"
Xia Xiaoman nodded, "Well, it's too slow for me to move bricks by myself."
Moving bricks is not slow, but cleaning the mud and sand off the old bricks takes time. If she were alone, she didn't know how long it would take to clean it up.
Aunt Xing sighed and said earnestly, "Little girl, the world is different now than it was before. If you hire people to move bricks like this, it's easy for people to target you. Our community is not absolutely safe either."
Xia Xiaoman knew that she had misunderstood, and said with a smile: "Aunt Xing, I don't plan to use food to hire others, and I don't have much food. I want to use these things to hire others to work."
As she spoke, she took out two things from her bag, a family planning product and sanitary products.
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