Before Song Guangming could finish speaking, the crowd erupted in cheers again.
“Two yuan a month, my goodness, that’s a lot of money in a year,” Granny Tian said immediately to the people around her.
Standing next to her was an elderly woman who lived a very frugal life and never spent money. She was also shocked when she heard that it cost two yuan, and her eyes widened. "So expensive? We don't have electricity."
Li Aihua sat next to the brigade leader because her family was always the most enthusiastic about joining in the fun, so they were the closest to the brigade leader.
At this moment, she crouched down and jogged over to Xu Yan, then squeezed next to her and stood down. "Xu Yan, your family is definitely going to get electricity soon, right?"
Xu Yan nodded.
“I knew it,” Li Aihua said, then thought for a moment and asked, “You’re an educated youth from the city, your family must have had electricity a long time ago, right? Is it really as good as the brigade leader said after you got electricity?”
Seeing her sincerity, Xu Yan repeated what he had told Da Bao and Xiao Bao before.
Several other people nearby were also quietly listening.
“That’s really great,” Li Aihua said with longing, but then frowned when she thought about the electricity bill. “With your family using so much electricity, your electricity bill must be quite high.”
Xu Yan really didn't know this.
When the original owner was at home, she was only responsible for using electricity; her family wouldn't let her pay the electricity bill.
She shook her head at Li Aihua, "I don't know."
"What a spendthrift!" Granny Qian said quietly to a gossipy woman after hearing Xu Yan's words.
The woman glanced at Xu Yan, then at Xie Zhuo, and then sighed dramatically, "This is our Xie family's karma. It's a good thing that the third son's parents passed away early, otherwise they would have been sick to death."
When Granny Qian heard her say that, she immediately clicked her tongue and nodded in agreement.
Although Song Guangming shouted for a long time about the benefits of having electricity, many people still said that they didn't have the money and wouldn't get electricity.
“There are so many good things to do with this money,” said Granny Qian. “My family still owes several hundred yuan in debt, and I don’t know when we’ll be able to pay it off.”
Upon hearing her say this, the people around her immediately chimed in, mentioning Qin Li.
After all, their family's debt was incurred because of marrying Qin Li.
“She’s working at home,” Granny Qian said, her face darkening. “She’s married into our family now, how can she expect to be waited on?”
“You really know how to train people,” the woman said with a smile.
Granny Qian liked to hear this, and she smiled smugly.
Qin Li fell ill ever since Granny Qian dragged her home in front of everyone.
I had a fever for several days in a row.
But Granny Qian acted as if she didn't see that she was uncomfortable and dumped all the work on her.
During the day, she had to finish the chores at home before going to work, and after returning from a day's work, she would be forced by Wang Ermazi to do things she didn't want to do in the evening.
At first, Wang Ermazi treated her fairly well. When he learned that she had a fever, he even used an ice towel to cool her down. But ever since Wang Guilan and Chen Jinxiang had a fight, and Wang Guilan revealed in front of everyone that she had climbed into Wang Chao's bed, things have changed.
He would punch and kick her at the drop of a hat.
Sometimes, even knowing she's not feeling well, I'll still force myself on her.
Today was the first day after the grain and money were distributed. Granny Qian and Wang Ermazi went to watch the excitement, leaving her alone at home. She struggled to sit up from the kang (a heated brick bed), grabbed her clothes from the side, put them on, and then put on her shoes.
They quietly slipped into Granny Qian's house.
She knew where Granny Qian kept the money—in the crack in the wall on the half of the kang (heated brick bed) where she slept.
Last night, when she got up to use the restroom, she saw Granny Qian sitting on the kang (a heated brick bed) counting small bills.
Some households agreed to have their electricity connected, while others did not. Song Guangming did not interfere much; he simply asked those who wanted their electricity connected to register their names with the accountant.
Then we just waited for them to bring electricity to each and every household.
Although Xie Zhuo was the third person to register his name, his house was sandwiched in the middle, so he probably wouldn't be able to get a turn until the afternoon no matter which side he lined up from.
He didn't go into the city or go to see the excitement, and spent the morning reading with Xu Yan.
In the afternoon, we finally got to see their family, but then a small mishap occurred.
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