Chapter 96 Phone
After watching the excitement, Lu Xing went home.
I thought nothing would happen to her from now on, but unexpectedly Yu Dali was arrested.
Her arrest had something to do with that young nurse.
You Dali had introduced a boyfriend to the young nurse before, and the two of them hit it off. After that, the young nurse told her all the gossip about the clinic.
The two of them had a good relationship, and this time there was a good opportunity to make money, so the young nurse naturally did not leave out You Dali.
Because of her previous identity as a matchmaker, she knew a lot of people, which made it easier for You Dali to do this business.
In just over a month, she introduced more than a dozen people to sell placentas and became the most profitable person under the young nurse.
So when the police asked the young nurse to inform on her accomplices in order to reduce their sentence, she immediately gave up Yu Dali.
As for Lu Xing, when You Dali was being interrogated, she mentioned that she had originally wanted to recruit Lu Xing to join the gang.
Just in case, Lu Xing was called over to take a statement.
Fortunately, she was not involved in this matter in the first place, and was released after completing the statement.
When she returned to the village, Lu Xing was still thinking about how to tell what happened to her today, but she didn't expect that there was no one at the village entrance.
She wandered around the village and found that everyone had gathered at the village chief's house.
When she walked in, Liu Hehua was talking happily.
"What are you talking about? You look so happy?"
Liu Hehua's mouth corners have not been downcast today. When she heard Lu Xing's question, she pulled Lu Xing to the light cord switch.
"There's electricity going on in our village!"
When the switch is pulled, the light comes on.
Many people came to see the electric lights.
Speaking of the issue of pulling electric wires, it is also a concern for the people in Xiaoshi Village.
In the past, they used kerosene lamps, which had a foul smell when burning and were not bright enough when you were far away from them. They also had to buy kerosene from the supply and marketing cooperative, so they were reluctant to use them unless necessary.
Later, in the late 1980s, electric lights began to become popular. Electric lines were laid in the town and in the wealthy villages. However, because their village was too far away from the mountains, the cost of electricity was two or three times higher than that of other villages, so they never succeeded.
Xiaoshi Village earned a lot of money this year thanks to Lu Yuan. He later donated part of the money to build roads, and as the construction went on, they suddenly saved enough money to lay the electric wires.
Lu Zhengde quickly contacted a specialist to lay the electrical wires.
Many people in the village were still hesitating whether to install electric lights. As the village chief, Lu Zhengde took the initiative to give everyone a reference and installed light bulbs in his own home.
When the cord is pulled, the light comes on and the whole room is illuminated.
"Oh, this electric light is different. It's much brighter than a kerosene lamp, and you don't have to trim the wick. You just pull the cord and it turns on."
The aunt who was speaking looked at the pull-cord switch with some envy, "Village Chief, how much did it cost to install this light in your house? Is it expensive?"
"It should cost quite a bit of money, right?"
Lu Zhengde was afraid they would think it was too expensive and not want to install it, so he quickly explained, "The power lines have already been pulled to the door, so it's just a matter of running another line inside the house. The light bulbs won't cost much."
"This thing is much more affordable than a kerosene lamp."
The price of light bulbs is not expensive, and almost everyone in the village can afford them. Many people were tempted by the lights installed in the village chief's house and planned to make an appointment to install them together so that they could bargain more easily.
Lian Hua also wanted to install one at home, and she could let Lu Dazhuang do the wiring, so she asked Lu Xing if he wanted to join.
"Okay, but after you install the lights, don't forget to buy some candles to keep at home."
"Why?"
"The lights tend to trip when too many people use them."
This was the case in my previous life. All the lights in the village were connected to one line, and the circuit breaker would easily trip during peak hours at night.
Fortunately, the power outage did not last long and would be restored in more than half an hour. Later, Lu Xing got used to putting a few candles at home, and lighting the candles when the power outage occurred and waiting for the power to come back.
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A few days later, another landline phone was installed in the village chief's house.
Many people want to use this phone to contact their relatives who are working outside.
As more and more people borrowed money, the village chief started charging a fee. At that time, phone calls were quite expensive, and people who really wanted to make a phone call would not be reluctant to pay the money.
For example, Mrs. Lu.
The two sons who were good friends before, now both ran away. The eldest son was completely disheartened. Apart from sending some money back every month, he never returned to his hometown.
At first, the youngest son would send letters back asking for money, and every time he would say that he would take Mrs. Lu in when he made a lot of money. But now there has been no news for a long time.
Old Mrs. Lu wanted to call her youngest son, but when the call was connected and she heard her voice, she hung up immediately.
She wasn't angry even after the call was hung up. She was still worried that her youngest son was having a hard time and that was why she got angry.
Lu Xing and the others couldn't understand how Old Mrs. Lu could be so confused that she still thought about her youngest son, that ungrateful person.
Later, Huang Liye's husband also called. Lu Jiayuan was a little worried because she had been away from home for such a long time and there was no news at all.
Two children were also brought along, and they chatted with Huang Liye for a while, so that they would not forget their mother's voice.
He also mentioned the fine his sister had for having more children than allowed. The child is still being raised in his home, and it is clear that his sister doesn't want the child anymore.
If it was a few years ago when the family had little money, Huang Liye would definitely have quarreled with Lu Jiayuan. She would not have cared about her own life or death, so why would she care about other people's children?
But now Huang Liye earns a lot of money working outside, and Lu Jiayuan's sister gives her child support, so this matter is not impossible to negotiate.
The couple talked a little more before hanging up the phone.
Later, Lu Yuan's mother, Lu Pingping's mother, and Lu Xin's mother also called, mainly to ask about their children's safety.
Lu Xing also tried it and called Lu Nianjun.
The person on the other end probably didn't expect her to call, and was stunned for a moment, "Aunt?"
"Hey, our village just got a new landline installed, so I thought I'd give you a try. Did you receive the soybean oil?"
"I got it, I got it. I used it to cook. It tastes better than the oil I buy outside."
"That's right. The soybean oil we squeeze at home is not like the oil sold outside that has something added to it and has a strong bean flavor."
Lu Nianjun has now changed his career to become a pig butcher. No one knows how he got into this business, but he seems to be doing quite well now. He even said that he would send some smoked pork to Lu Xing in a few days.
Throughout the day, at least ten people called Liu Hehua's house.
Lu Xing and the others didn't go to the village entrance to chat, so they might as well go directly to Liu Hehua's house to see the excitement.
After installing the telephone, it is not only convenient to contact relatives, but also convenient to contact enemies.
In the past, we could only communicate by writing letters, and it would be extremely difficult to contact someone if they changed their address.
Now that we have telephones, we can just call the address and ask for the person’s current address. It is much more convenient than before.
There is a family where the husband said he went to work in another place, but in fact he found a new lover outside and had a son. The wife was very heartbroken.
He left his wife and daughter in his hometown to serve his mother, and lived a happy life outside with his new lover.
His wife had wanted to ask him for money to pay for their daughter's tuition but didn't know where to find him. Now that the call was connected, she immediately called the factory where the man worked to look for someone.
She followed Lu Yue's method, threatening the man to sue him for bigamy, and finally succeeded in getting some money.
When she was arguing with her husband, Lu Xing and the others were there giving advice, and in the end the man didn't dare to say a word.
This is much more interesting than just sitting and chatting like they used to.
【Author has something to say】
I'm afraid some of the little angels didn't see the previous revision.
Explain the modified settings
Lu Xing's mission has been changed to exploration level. Once the exploration level reaches 100, the mission is completed.
Complete exploration = eat more melons and chat more
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