Chapter 236 Power is on
Xia Juanjuan frowned slightly. Is Liu Lan's brain okay? She's still thinking about this now?
"Ah! Anyway, you should remind my fourth brother about this matter, so that she won't secretly write a letter to me, pretending to be pitiful and complaining, and my fourth brother will be soft-hearted and agree. You will have to suffer in the future!"
After hearing this, Xia Juanjuan nodded and said with a smile, "Thank you, Third Sister-in-law. I understand."
Somehow, she felt that even if she didn't remind him, Li Zhan would not agree.
However, she was going to tell Lizhan about the little ones' birthday celebrations anyway, so she would mention it in the letter, just in case.
After chatting for a while, Zhou Qiuhe went back.
That night, Xia Juanjuan called Shen Wanxue and Yang Qiushi over and had a meal with them, so that they could also celebrate the triplets' birthday.
When Yang Qiushi heard that Yaoyao was grabbing medicinal herbs, he was overjoyed. He hugged Yaoyao tightly and said with a smile: "You have good vision, better than your two brothers. When you grow up, Grandpa Yang will teach you medicine in person, and you will become a good doctor in the future!"
Xia Juanjuan didn't quite believe in the result of the ceremony, she just regarded it as a fun activity for everyone to watch and have fun.
Anyway, she will support her sons no matter what they do in the future, and she will not insist on leading them in the direction of the "Zhuazhou" ceremony. Otherwise, it would restrict the children, wouldn't it?
However, seeing Yang Qiushi so happy, she didn't say anything.
Shen Wanxue also gave the three little ones some gifts, which were three gold-inlaid jade zodiac cards.
Yang Qiushi had nothing else with him, so he didn't send it, saying he would get it later.
The next day, Xia Juanjuan took the triplets to a photo studio in the county town to take one-year-old photos as a souvenir, and she even had a few extra photos developed.
When the time comes, I will send one to Li Zhan, keep two at home, and give one to Grandma Luo in Beijing.
By early November, the power lines were finally installed at the entrance of the village. Workers from the power plant stretched the lines to every household and installed electricity meters.
However, Li Qiang, Wang Guixiang, and several other households in the village were unwilling to install the meters because of the high cost of laying wires and installing electricity meters and the fact that they would have to pay electricity bills in the future.
Li Qiang and Wang Guixiang were thinking that after they sold the jade, they would move to the county town, which would be the latest in the spring of next year, and they didn't want to spend any more money on a house in the village.
The village cadres came to persuade them for a long time, saying that it would be cheaper to join them now, but if they didn't join them now, it would be more expensive to let the power plant come to their house alone later.
But none of those companies were willing to listen.
The village officials had no choice but to give up. After all the households willing to install the equipment had done so, they pulled the switch and turned on the electricity.
Xia Juanjuan had already bought light bulbs in advance and installed them in every room.
At night, Secretary Zhao announced through the loudspeaker that the electricity was on. Lin Yuru and a few other kids all tilted their heads and looked at the light bulb nervously.
Xia Juanjuan found it funny and felt quite pitiful. Life these days was really too hard.
Xia Juanjuan smiled and said, "I did it," and then opened the switch of the light bulb.
The room, which was originally dark, suddenly became bright, even a little dazzling!
Lin Yuru, Xiaowen, Xiaowu and Beibei all stared at the light in a daze. Then, Xiaowen, Xiaowu and Beibei started cheering happily.
"Oh! The electricity is on! The electricity is on! I have a light at home too!"
The last time the three of them went to Beijing to visit relatives, they had seen the electric lights in other people’s guesthouses and had been extremely envious. Now, they have one in their own home too, how could they not be happy?
Lin Yuru was seeing it for the first time. She looked at the light, then at Xia Juanjuan, and asked with some stammering: "Girl...Girl, is this electricity? A light bulb? Oh my god, why is it so bright? It's brighter than daytime!"
Xia Juanjuan smiled and said, "Mom, look at you, you got so excited just by seeing a light bulb? There will be more good things in the future, so why don't you get too excited?"
Lin Yuru's eyes widened: "What? Is there anything better than a light bulb?"
Xia Juanjuan didn't know how to tell her that there would be TVs, refrigerators, and air conditioners in the future, so she said vaguely, "Of course! Our lives will definitely get better and better! Aren't those good things going to come out one after another?"
Lin Yuru couldn't help laughing. She said with infinite longing, "That's true."
When the power was turned on, every household was brightly lit and filled with laughter and joy.
The few houses that didn't have wires were still dark. Looking at the other houses that had bright lights, they regretted not installing them at that time.
The next day, he went to the commune and said he wanted to install it too.
However, the village officials were so tired of talking that they refused to listen. Although they helped to talk to the power plant and asked them to send more people, they were still unwilling to help them bargain for the price, so these families spent a lot more money.
The Li Qiang family wanted to go into the city, so they insisted on going.
Because of this, Li Sheng and Li Jiaojiao started crying, and Li Qiang was so angry that he beat them up.
The matter of pulling wires is a thing of the past.
Coincidentally, just after we finished pulling the wires, it snowed heavily, and the snow was more than a foot thick!
If the power lines hadn’t been installed before the heavy snow, we wouldn’t have had electricity this winter!
After the snow, there was no other farm work to do in the village, so everyone was just staying at home. Whenever someone burned firewood to warm themselves by the fire, people would come over to visit and chat while they warmed themselves by the fire.
Xia Juanjuan seldom went out. In October, she would go to the town to buy coal briquettes. When the weather got cold, she would light up the stoves in her room, Lin Yuru's room, and Xia Shuangshan's room. There would be a teapot or an iron net on the stove, and they would roast rice cakes or hunted wild rabbit meat. It was much more comfortable than going out to visit friends and relatives.
However, the triplets refused to admit it.
It finally snowed, and the triplets were able to walk more steadily. It was so much fun to have such thick snow outside. No matter how warm it was inside, they were not willing to stay inside.
Xia Juanjuan also had a bad temper. As they grew older, they became more and more noisy. So she had no choice but to take them out to visit friends with Lin Yuru.
The children were the happiest and didn't mind the cold. They rolled around in the snow, had snowball fights, and built snowmen.
There was thick ice on the river, and adults and children were playing on the ice.
Xia Juanjuan could no longer restrain them, so she made a small pony, tied it with a rope, put the triplets on it, and played with them.
The three little kids' faces were red from the cold, but they were still giggling with joy.
One day, while they were playing, someone suddenly shouted, "Everyone, come and see! Daxi and Sanshun have caught three little wolf cubs!"
When Xia Juanjuan heard this, her heart shuddered. Could it be the cubs of the Snow Wolf family?