Wei Sisi looked at her drunken father with confusion. Her father had not touched a drop of alcohol since her mother passed away.
Wei Kangjian dragged him inside, changed his shoes and clothes. Wei Kangjian was drunk and just kept sleeping, not making a fuss, muttering his wife's name.
He saw your sister today.
A hint of sadness flashed in Wei Sisi's eyes when Wang Qiuyu was mentioned.
"I understand, thank you Uncle Guo for bringing my father back." Wei Sisi escorted the man to the door.
The two left, and Wei Sisi closed the door.
A moment later, there was another knock on the door.
Wang Qiuyu was standing outside the door.
Wang Qiuyu carried a bag of cooked food and stuffed it into Wei Sisi's hands, saying, "My mother-in-law made this. Try it and see if it's good. I'll bring you more next time."
After saying that, she turned and left.
Wei Sisi called out to her sister, "Sister, Dad is drunk."
Wang Qiuyu scoffed.
"What does this have to do with me? If you need anything, come find me. Goodbye."
She didn't linger at the door. This wasn't the first time Wang Qiuyu had done this. After Wei Sisi came to Linxian with her father, she discovered that her sister had also been transferred here. Her sister often took her shopping for clothes, cared about her mental well-being, and took on the role of a mother.
Wei Sisi really likes her older sister.
But my sister rarely saw her father.
He didn't even want to invite his father to his wedding.
Wei Si wanted to improve the relationship between her sister and father, but a life had been lost between them.
She didn't know what to do either.
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The next day, people from the power company came to Xiahe Village to bury the utility poles.
The villagers were very curious, and kind-hearted people and children alike came to watch the spectacle, asking how much electricity cost per kilowatt-hour, whether it was expensive, and whether they could watch TV once they had electricity.
The visitor was a fair-skinned young man who answered the villagers' questions one by one.
Electricity costs five cents per kilowatt-hour, but there are no high-voltage substations yet, and conditions in the countryside are poor, so power outages are likely to be frequent. However, things will be much better after the Lunar New Year when a high-voltage substation is built.
Ordinary farmers only turn on the lights, and they only use one kilowatt-hour of electricity every three or four days, so it's not expensive.
As for whether you can watch TV, you have to buy it first.
Everyone burst into laughter.
In less than three days, Xiahe Village was connected to electricity.
Now that every household has enough money, most have installed electrical wires and light bulbs.
The children started pestering their parents to buy them a television.
In the past, these noisy kids would have been beaten. Why would they buy a TV? Their family didn't have the money.
But in the past few months, every household has received money. With greenhouses, pastry workshops, and dried vegetables, each family has at least a hundred yuan in savings. Now that people are well-fed, they have more ideas.
Black and white televisions are not only expensive, but television tickets are also hard to come by.
I can save up enough money, but even with connections, I can't get tickets.
Many people gave up.
Lu Yunqi didn't give up. He also wanted to buy a TV. His wife stayed at home cutting paper every day. If they had a TV, the house would be much more lively, and Lu Hui would be very happy.
He asked and found out that a regular television set cost eight hundred yuan.
He calculated his family's savings, plus the paper-cutting he and his wife made at the construction team, totaling five hundred yuan.
I'm still short 300 yuan.
He originally wanted to save it up first and then decide.
As a result, the very next day, my younger brother and sister-in-law moved the black and white TV into their home.
As soon as electricity was connected to Xiahe Village, an antenna was installed in Qiao Wanyue's house.
"Wanyue, you're so busy, how can you have time to watch TV? Why did you buy a TV?" Sister-in-law Lu knew who she was doing this for, and her tone was somewhat reproachful. This big thing cost several hundred yuan.
Qiao Wanyue smiled and held the antenna, saying, "Secretary Guo and I went to the county town on business and happened to see that the town's shopping mall was selling them. I had the ration coupons and Secretary Guo had the money. We discussed it and decided that since it was almost Chinese New Year and the electricity was already connected, we wanted to make Panpan and Xiaohui happy."
"Xiao Hui, are you happy?"
Lu Hui jumped up happily, "Second Aunt, don't worry, I will definitely take care of you when you get old."
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