Xu Yan went to bed very late again last night, and should not have heard any noise in the morning, but she still felt a little uncomfortable because something was pressing against her lower back.
She shifted slightly, and then Xie Zhuo held her even tighter.
"It's hot," Xu Yan muttered, turning her head away. Xie Zhuo then loosened his grip a little, and the distance between them increased slightly.
"Hey, Xie Baobei," Xu Yan slowly woke up, her big eyes still a little watery from lack of sleep, "aren't you doing this a bit too often?"
Xie Zhuo paused as he was about to get up, then lowered his head and kissed her forehead, his voice still a little hoarse, "I can't help it, I have absolutely no resistance to you."
Xu Yan blinked, her gaze sweeping over Xie Zhuo's handsome face, then leaned over, hooked her arm around Xie Zhuo's neck, and kissed him on the chin.
See? Isn't that a coincidence?
The two of them got up quickly, since it was still hot and they weren't wearing many clothes. They could wash up with cold water without having to waste firewood to boil water.
Xie Zhuo had treasured the linen shirt that matched Xu Yan's in color and style, keeping it carefully in a box. But seeing Xu Yan wearing it today, and remembering that he wasn't doing farm work today, he took it out and wore it too.
Then……
She was very careful all morning, afraid of accidentally getting her clothes dirty, which made Xu Yan laugh.
“Didn’t we wear the same white shirts when we got married?” Xu Yan said.
“That’s different,” Xie Zhuo bent down to add firewood to the stove, but Xu Yan beat him to it.
"What's different?" Xu Yan asked casually.
Xie Zhuo did not answer, and Xu Yan did not press for an answer.
Da Bao and Xiao Bao also got up. After brushing their teeth and washing their faces, they heard people talking outside, so they ran to the front gate and looked for a long time.
The result was still unclear.
It wasn't until they finished breakfast and the brigade leader broke a porcelain basin outside that they realized the brigade was going to get electricity, and that they wouldn't need to use kerosene lamps and candles anymore.
Whether in his later life or in the original owner's city of B, Xu Yan's family always used electric lights, so he was not surprised by electricity at all. He just felt that the electricity was finally coming, and he would no longer have to go to bed at eight or nine o'clock.
Summer is a little better, since it gets dark later.
In winter, when it's cold and it gets dark around 5 or 6 o'clock, wouldn't that mean we have to get into bed at 5 or 6 o'clock?
"Third Uncle, what is electricity?" Da Bao had never seen electricity before, and it wasn't written in any books. When the team leader introduced the workers who came to bring electricity, he looked up and asked Xie Zhuo.
“Electricity,” Xie Zhuo instinctively wanted to explain to him, but after thinking about it, he patted his head instead. “Third Uncle doesn’t know much about this either, so let Third Aunt tell you.”
He accidentally said the wrong thing when he bought the bicycle last time.
They said the shuttle bus service would start in two months, so there was no need to buy a bicycle.
Fortunately, Xu Yan didn't seem to care much at the time; otherwise, I would have had to explain to her how I knew what was going to happen in the future.
Actually, it wouldn't have been a big deal to tell Xu Yan directly that he had been reborn, but at that time, the two of them hadn't reached the point where he had to reveal all his cards to her.
Now that things have come to that point, there hasn't been a good opportunity to bring it up.
Xu Yan talked to Da Bao and Xiao Bao about what it would be like if they had electricity at home, and the two little ones' eyes widened immediately.
In fact, almost every household in the city has electric lights, and some families with better economic conditions even have televisions. However, Da Bao and Xiao Bao rarely go to the city, and they have never been there at night, so they have never seen it.
Now, when Xu Yan tells them that their house will be almost as bright at night as during the day, everyone is jumping for joy.
Seeing the two of them laughing, Xu Yan also laughed for a long time.
The brigade leader stood on the threshing ground with the porcelain basin in his hand, surrounded by five or six electricians in blue overalls. By this time, a group of people had gathered around him. Fearing that they might block the view of those behind him and make it difficult for them to hear him, Song Guangming asked the people in the innermost circle to sit down.
People who work in the fields spend their whole lives dealing with the land, so they don't care if the dirt on the ground will get their clothes dirty; they just plop themselves down on the ground.
Some people are particular about it, but they just grab a handful of flattened straw stalks, put them under their buttocks, and sit down.
Compared to this, Xie Zhuo and Xu Yan seem somewhat out of place.
They were both wearing the same linen brown shirts and black pants today, both newly made, which Xu Yan washed clean after bringing them back.
Now make them sit on the ground...
Without thinking, Xie Zhuo pulled Liu Mancang and Li Li, who were standing behind them, over and pressed them in front of them, and he and Xu Yan went to the second lap.
Before Li Li could react to what was happening, Liu Mancang already understood Xie Zhuo's intentions.
well!
I wonder if there's any chance my third brother's obsessive-compulsive disorder about cleanliness can be cured.
Song Guangming didn't have time to pay attention to minor incidents. After seeing that the crowd had lined up as he had instructed, he explained the general situation.
It was only because Qingshan Brigade was close to Qingping County that it was able to get electricity at this time; the other production brigades didn't get this good thing.
Everyone stirred slightly upon hearing his words.
But this fervent emotion didn't last long before it was shattered by another remark from Song Guangming.
“It’s definitely a good thing,” Song Guangming said, “but we need to pay the electricity bill.”
"ah?"
The crowd fell silent.
"Electricity costs 19 cents per kilowatt-hour. The more you use, the higher the bill. I also asked some people in the city about this. As long as you don't leave the lights on all the time, if you're frugal, it's less than two yuan a month. If you're really frugal, it's less than one yuan..."
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