Chapter 137
Hu Zhongshan seemed to be hesitating about how to start his conversation. Xia Juhua was not in a hurry and just looked at him and waited for his answer. Hu Zhongshan did not hesitate for long and quickly said to Xia Juhua:
"Captain, you just told me and Li Youguang to be careful about the safety of electricity use. I'm sure you know that if electricity is used improperly, it can cause accidents."
Xia Juhua did not deny this, and as for whether Hu Zhongshan would wonder how she knew it, Xia Juhua was not worried. Don't forget, she had been to Guangzhou to attend the Expo and had seen the world, and knew that it was necessary to pay attention to safety when using electricity. Maybe Hu Zhongshan would think that someone else told her to do so, and she just copied what others said when the electricity was about to be turned on in Ping'an Village.
As expected, Hu Zhongshan did not ask Xia Juhua how she knew this, but lowered his voice and said, "Captain, I think I know the reason why you reminded me before the New Year. Li Youguang and I don't know how to thank you."
Xia Juhua was about to wave her hand and say you're welcome, but Hu Zhongshan said, "But now I know how to express my gratitude to the team leader. Team leader, I joined the production team after graduating from high school, and I know a little about electricity. Do you think it's okay for me to give the members some advice on safe electricity use?"
People who know how to be grateful always make people feel good about them, and Xia Juhua is no exception to Hu Zhongshan. When she first reminded Hu Zhongshan, it was only because Hu Zhongshan and Li Youguang were both sensible people among the educated youth, and it was worth Xia Juhua's help. She never thought that he would give her such a big surprise today.
Xia Juhua nodded gently and said, "You can think of popularizing electricity safety to the members. You really regard Ping'an Village as your own home. You care about your own family affairs. You will always be welcomed."
Hu Zhongshan's original intention was to repay Xia Juhua's reminder, so that he and Li Youguang did not participate in the competition among the educated youth when they were floating around, but instead settled down to read books. Combined with the news they got from home, this undoubtedly allowed them to leave one step earlier than others.
Don't underestimate this step. Sometimes you can answer one more question better than others, get a few more points, and thus change your destiny.
Therefore, Xia Juhua's kind reminder made Hu Zhongshan feel grateful and he kept thinking about how to repay her. He didn't expect Xia Juhua to set such a high standard for him, which made Hu Zhongshan blush: "Captain, I'm really not as conscious as you say..."
"I said you have awareness, and you have awareness."
Sun Qinglin glanced at Hu Zhongshan, his distrust clearly written across his face, but he still nodded to Xia Juhua: "Okay, I'll send them back now. Actually, I don't think there's anything to talk about. A family only has a few light bulbs..."
Xia Juhua looked at Sun Qinglin with a more serious look in her eyes: "If there are only a few light bulbs in a family, don't we need to talk about safety? Let me ask you, have the light bulbs ever broken? If they are broken, do you just go up and replace them yourself? If the east room has a light bulb connected, do you want to connect it to the west room as well? Do you just pull a wire and connect it yourself or do you know how to connect it?"
Hu Zhongshan's eyes lit up when he heard this, but Sun Qinglin became dispirited. These seemed very simple things to him, but why did they sound so dangerous when the captain said this?
Hu Zhongshan explained for Xia Juhua: "Captain Sun, our Ping'an Village Brigade is not connected to ordinary residential electricity, but three-phase electricity that can be used for industrial purposes. Relatively speaking, the voltage is higher, which is more dangerous. Especially for families with children, children are curious and like to touch things, so they need to be more careful. The captain wants to let the members understand the safety of electricity use, and it is also for the safety of the members. He does not want to do the wrong thing with good intentions."
Listen, isn't it clear what a wise person says? Xia Juhua looked at Hu Zhongshan with satisfaction and told Sun Qinglin: "Start with your team five. When you finish speaking, you send Xiao Hu to team four. When team four finishes speaking, have the team leader send him to team three."
Hu Zhongshan thought it was unnecessary, but Xia Juhua insisted that it must be done. As the saying goes, □□ is sometimes annoying, but sometimes it is a necessary measure - the educated youth left a bad impression on the members, and if the handover between the two teams was not so serious, the members would not listen carefully from the beginning, so it would be useless even if Hu Zhongshan spoke until he was dry-mouthed.
Fortunately, the electric lights in each household have newly installed wires and bulbs, so there will be no problems for the time being. Now, letting Hu Zhongshan and the production teams talk about it is truly taking preventive measures.
Xia Juhua had already gotten the answer that she would definitely have electricity at night. After riding her bicycle back to Ping'an Village, she did not go back to her own home directly. Instead, she knocked on the gate of Fifth Master's courtyard again: "Fifth Master, it's me."
The courtyard gate was actually opened, and the one who opened it was Fifth Master's eldest grandson's wife, Chang Guihua: "Sister-in-law, you're here. Just now my grandfather said that he wanted to talk to you about the little chicken. We persuaded him so much that he agreed to shave his head and then come back to you."
Xia Juhua was a little puzzled: "If Master Wu wants to see me, why does he need to shave his head?"
Chang Guihua smiled, and after pulling Xia Juhua into the yard, she whispered to her, "You don't know, the chickens have been hatching for almost a month, and my grandfather hasn't taken a bath or changed his clothes. He has been lying on the kang with the eggs every day. These days, he has only allowed Daxi and his brothers to accompany him, and he won't let us, his grandson's wives, come in. None of us thought that Daxi and his brothers would just let the old man do what he wants. You say, they should at least let the old man change his clothes."
Thinking about the smell of not bathing or changing clothes for a month, Xia Juhua felt that Chang Guihua's statement that Master Wu was getting a haircut was a little euphemistic, so she naturally couldn't ask about the underlying cause, so she asked the question that concerned her: "Qi Xi told me the day before yesterday that the chicks should have hatched today. Have they finished hatching yet?"
Chang Guihua took her to the main room of the Fifth Master and said, "Look, they are all hatched. My master hatched a total of 300 eggs this time. Only 23 of them were bad eggs and no chicks were hatched. The rest were all hatched and they are all cute and cuddly."
As they were talking, the two of them had already entered the main room. Chang Guihua took out two white coats, handed one to Xia Juhua, and put on the other herself: "My grandfather said that you must wear a white coat when you enter the west room."
It seems that the fact that Wu Ye has a high success rate in hatching chicks has made everyone in the family more convinced of him. Even when he is not around, Chang Guihua strictly follows his requirements.
Xia Juhua naturally had no objection to following the rules. She put on her white coat and followed Chang Guihua, who was drawing the curtain, into the west room. As soon as she entered the room, she could hear the chirping of chickens. The whole kang was covered with yellow, fluffy chickens. the millet...
"So much." Xia Juhua really admired Fifth Master. How did he get through the past twenty days?
Chang Guihua was also very proud: "Yes, my grandfather has shocked the whole team this time. An old hen can only produce fifteen or sixteen chicks at most, but my grandfather hatched more than two hundred and seventy chicks at once."
Sister, do you know that what you say can easily cause misunderstanding?
Xia Juhua herself didn't dare to think any further, fearing that she would laugh out loud and ruin the dignity she had finally established. She was forced to hold back her laughter and asked, "Did Master Wu say how the chickens would be divided this time?"
"Look over there," Chang Guihua pointed to the chicks that were hidden by the straw curtains at the end of the kang and showed them to Xia Juhua, "Thirty of them were hatched the day before and have been raised for two days. My grandfather told you about them. If we divide the rest among our families, we will have enough."
"My grandfather said to give the remaining seven to Seventh Grandma. It's not easy for Seventh Grandma to live alone, so it would be nice to let her raise a few chickens to relieve her boredom." Chang Guihua looked at the chicks running around on the kang with some regret, wishing they could all stay at home.
The weather is just right for the growth of chicks. They will grow feathers in a month and lay eggs in the fall. If even half of these chicks are hens, how many eggs can they lay in a day and how much money can they be sold for!
However, Chang Guihua knew very well that being able to raise 30 chickens per was already a way for Xia household Juhua to skirt the rules of collective ownership and foster care by members. Raising more would only cause trouble for Xia Juhua, so no matter how distressed she was, she followed Fifth Master's plan and made the distribution plan clear.
"Juhua is here." Fifth Master also came into the room wearing a white coat, greeting Xia Juhua, his eyes fixed on the little chicken. Liu Daxi followed behind him, only nodding to Xia Juhua, his eyes fixed on Fifth Master's back.
Xia Juhua looked at Master Wu seriously:
The thin Fifth Master's face was sagging, and his body seemed to be more hunched than before she left. His head had just been shaved, revealing his snow-white stubble, which made Xia Juhua's eyes ache: "Fifth Master, you are so old, why are you still angry with those people? Even if you are angry with them, you shouldn't ruin your body like this..."
Master Wu finally took his eyes off the chickens and turned to look at Xia Juhua. He noticed that her eyes were red. He knew that she felt sorry for him, so he waved his hand nonchalantly, "I'm not mad at those people. Well, I was a little mad at them, but not completely. At that time, I thought that even if all the old hens in every household were nesting, each nest would not produce more than 30 chicks, so your idea would be in vain. You came up with this idea, so Master Wu must make it come true. Otherwise, what will you do if people don't believe you when you speak in the future?"
Although the old man said it lightly, Xia Juhua was still moved: "Three hundred eggs, how much effort do you have to spend to find them?"
"You're worrying too much." Master Wu looked at Xia Juhua and smiled, "We don't have much else in our family, but we have a lot of people. If each of us can find ten eggs, we can get 200 eggs."
Could Xia Juhua not hear that Fifth Master was deliberately not letting her worry? She heard it. Because she heard it, she was even more touched. But she knew that the old man didn't want to hear her thanks: "That's great, you've saved me a lot of trouble by hatching these chicks. I heard from Guihua that you've already reserved some for me, so I'll take them all home without hesitation."
"Take it, take it away quickly. I was going to make a trip to bring it to you, but you take it away and I don't have to make a trip." Fifth Master instructed Chang Guihua to find a big basket, put some grass at the bottom of the basket, and pick up the chicks one by one and put them into the basket.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, Master Wu asked, "I heard from Qixi that you were ill a few days ago. It was a very serious time and I didn't go to see you. Are you feeling better now?"
Xia Juhua nodded and said that she was much better. She also told Master Wu what she had done in Yangcheng, how many textile orders she had signed, and what rewards she had received besides the 2,000 yuan cash reward. She also told him that the vermicelli factory had not yet been built, but the supply team had already been determined.
No matter what others taught him, it was not as good as hearing Xia Juhua, the person involved, say it herself, which made him happier: "Okay, you can let Zhiquan and Zhishuang go to work in the supply and marketing cooperative. Being a parent is all about raising your children. If they are doing well, you will feel relieved."
Xia Juhua did not correct the Fifth Master's misunderstanding. Anyway, as a mother, what she did now was paving the way for her two sons in everyone's eyes. Even if she no longer had contact with them in the future, people would only scold Liu Zhiquan and Liu Zhishuang.
"What's more, with the two of them in the region and the provincial capital, we are better informed than others, and it will be easier for us to buy some hot-selling goods." Fifth Master added, which stunned Xia Juhua.
It must be said that Master Wu understands Xia Juhua's thoughts best. Although she still has to settle down in Ping'an Village for the rest of her life, she knows that society will develop rapidly in the future. Only by grasping information faster than others can she stay ahead of others.
So Xia Juhua nodded and said, "That's what I think. The stalls in Pingan Village are quite big now. If we don't have some information sources, who knows when we will be replaced by others. Let the two brothers go out and keep an eye on it. Even if someone wants to replace our products, we can think of ways to deal with it in advance, or think about what products to replace in advance."
"Every household, please pay attention. Every household, please pay attention." The loud speaker outside the door suddenly sounded. Xia Juhua recognized the voice of Accountant Chang: "The transformer has been closed. The transformer has been closed. Everyone, please turn on your own lights to see if they are on. Turn on your own lights to see if they are on."
Is the electricity really on? The people in the room looked at each other and walked towards the door together - when the electricity was turned on, the chicks were hatching in the west room. The fifth master was afraid that the coming and going of people would delay the hatching of the eggs, so he didn't dare to install the light bulb, but the light bulb had already been installed in the east room.
The fifth master went to the east room first, looked at the light bulb hanging from the ceiling, and then looked at the light cord near the door on the west wall. He stood there, and no one else could enter the room, but no one urged the fifth master to go in.
The old man slowly raised his hand and grabbed the light rope, looked at the light bulb again, and pulled it gently, but it didn't move. Still no one reminded Master Wu that he should put more strength, and everyone waited quietly.
Fifth Master hesitated for a moment, raised his eyes to look at the light bulb again, exerted a little force with his hand, and there was a click. The light bulb suddenly emitted a strong light. Xia Juhua felt that it was brighter than all the light bulbs she had seen in Guangzhou, the provincial capital or the region.
Although it is still mid-afternoon, the light that shines so brightly into people's hearts even makes the sunlight seem a little dim.
"It's bright, really bright." Master Wu murmured.
"It's very bright. It can illuminate everything and even see the rat holes clearly." Liu Daxi's voice was filled with joy.
"Sister-in-law, now that we have even turned on the lights, do we become city dwellers now?" Chang Guihua asked Xia Juhua with a happy face.
Xia Juhua smiled and nodded: "In the future, our lives will definitely be better than those of the people in the city."
"That's right. People in the city just live upstairs and downstairs, with lights and telephones. Now that we have electricity in Ping'an Village, the brigade must answer the phone, so we have lights and telephones. As for upstairs and downstairs, when we have completed the orders, let Daxi take off more adobe bricks to burn, and we will build a building, no matter how big we want, it will be more spacious than the ones people in the city live in."
Liu Daxi: Why am I always the one doing the work?
The fifth master glanced at his eldest grandson's wife and said, "Have you seen any villager build a house? In our Ping'an Village Brigade, not even one family has built a tiled house."
Chang Guihua was still looking at the light bulb: "We hadn't thought about electricity before, but now we have electric lights. Grandpa, just wait, when Daxi and I build a building, I will leave two rooms for you to hatch chicks. Those places will definitely be more spacious than the west room."
Xia Juhua looked at Chang Guihua, wondering why she dared to want to build a house. Chang Guihua finally reluctantly withdrew her gaze from the light bulb, and met Xia Juhua's inquiring eyes, and couldn't help asking: "Sister-in-law, why are you looking at me like this?"
"I just want to know, most people want to build a tile house, why did you suddenly think of building a building?"
Chang Guihua curled her lips and said, "It was during the Chinese New Year when I took my child to the city to buy cloth. It was the first time for the child to go to a department store, and he thought it was new so he went up and down twice. Many people in the city laughed at the child for being ignorant and having fun climbing the stairs for a long time. At that time, I thought, if I build a house again, I will build a building, and my child can climb the stairs however he wants, and as many times as he wants."
No one expected Chang Guihua to have such an experience. Xia Juhua couldn't help but say, "Don't worry, your family will definitely be able to build a building."
Liu Daxi also nodded: "I will start making adobe bricks tomorrow, and then burn bricks when the brick kiln of Xiawo Brigade is idle."
Building a house is of course not as simple as just using bricks, but Xia Juhua would not be disappointed at this time. On the contrary, she thought that it was a good idea for Liu Daxi and Chang Guihua to have this ambition: why can't rural people build houses? In the last few years of their last life, almost every family in Ping'an Village built a two-story house. Wouldn't it be better to build one in advance in this life?
The basket of chicks that they brought home was warmly welcomed by Baoguo and Lele, the two children, who were more interested in the electric lights than in them: when Xia Juhua was in the hospital, the two children had seen the electric lights in the hospital, and there was no difference between the electric lights at home and those in the hospital. Of course, the furry little chicks that could run and call made them happier.
"Mom, no wonder you said that children need to broaden their horizons." Wang Caifeng was happy to see this and was no longer so resistant to moving to the provincial capital.
Xia Juhua smiled and said, "We have only just started. Once we get to the provincial capital, you can take them to the park or the zoo. There are many more things there than what we see in the village."
"Grandma, what's in the zoo?" Baoguo was really interested and pestered Xia Juhua to tell him if there were horses and cows in the zoo. He was very disdainful when he heard that there were no horses and cows, thinking that such a zoo was useless: "Can a tiger pull a cart, can a lion plow the land?"
Seeing that his grandson had a look of eagerness on his face but was trying hard to insist that the animals in the village were better than those in the zoo, Xia Juhua felt a little uncomfortable: after all, this kid was a few years older than Lele, and he already knew that moving would mean leaving Ping'an Village, so he came up with all kinds of reasons to prove that he didn't need to go to the city to broaden his horizons and wanted to stay.
After all, the things that happened in the previous life did not happen in this life. How could Xia Juhua only remember the things of the previous life after several years? Instead of spending time holding a grudge, it would be better to live a better life than in the previous life and prevent the tragedy of the previous life from happening again.
So she said to Baoguo: "Children in the city have never seen an ox pulling a plow or a horse pulling a cart, so when you go to the new school, you don't have to feel that you are from the countryside and are not as good as others, understand?"
Baoguo's excitement at seeing the chicks just now was gone, and he said gloomily, "I see, they must have never seen newly hatched chicks either."
"Yes, they haven't seen it. No matter who you are, there are some who have seen it and some who haven't. Let's find a chance to see the ones who haven't seen it. Next time, we'll know what's going on, right?"
Baoguo nodded vigorously: "Yes, I went to see him, and told grandma when I came back. Grandma also knows what happened. Grandma, is our move the opportunity you found for me?"
It's not wrong to say that. Xia Juhua gently stroked Baoguo's hair and said, "Yes, you should go out and see more people. Grandma hopes that you and Lele can go farther and farther, and see more people. "
Wang Caifeng's mother was stunned by what she heard. Seeing her grandson's emotions change from excitement to frustration and then back to excitement seamlessly, she gave Xia Juhua a thumbs up and said, "My dear, you really know how to teach children."
What can I do if I can't teach him? I can't just throw the child away. Xia Juhua looked at Lele playing with Liu Baoguo, and she knew more clearly that this life was different from the last one: Lele was not taken care of well in her mother's belly in the last life, and she had just learned to walk at this age and could only speak a few words, unlike now, when her little mouth never stops.
Not only was her own home different from the previous life, Ping'an Village was also very different from the previous life. Electricity was connected five or six years earlier. Xia Juhua couldn't help but be proud of herself.
"Captain, there are three cars outside, saying they are delivering reed stems to you." Zhao Xianzhi's loud voice interrupted Xia Juhua's memories, and she stood up suddenly: "They were delivered today."
"That's right." Zhao Xianzhi smiled brightly: "You are so efficient. You just told me that the reed stems will arrive in the next two days, and now they are delivered."
"Hey, where did you get all these chicks?" Zhao Xianzhi was attracted by the chirping chicks halfway through her words: "I was just saying that the hen in our house is raising this nest and I'll let you raise it first."
"This is what Master Wu hatched." Xia Juhua had to pull Zhao Xianzhi, who was watching the chicks, and said, "Didn't they say the reeds have been delivered? Why don't you hurry up and watch them unload the car?"
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