Otherwise, he wouldn't have been holding a knife and so angry at the time.
Just when she thought she was about to completely fall out with the child, he gave her a way out, almost helping her step by step down from the top.
In the days that followed, although the two still had some distance between them, they never neglected or abandoned any of the responsibilities that the child should fulfill.
Her other children, who seemed quite talkative on the surface, hadn't really done anything good for her. Although they each had their own lives to live, she could still tell who was filial and who was indifferent.
After all, she's an elderly woman in her sixties or seventies.
Time is the best book; even if you don't read it carefully, you'll become full of wisdom as you get older.
She just doesn't push things too hard.
As long as it's not too excessive, it's fine.
Raising children is never about expecting anything in return.
I'll treat my second child better from now on.
You know your own child best. No matter how successful your second child is, deep down he still longs for family affection.
This family has hurt him for one or two decades; we can't let him down any longer.
Wang Tianxiao was unaware of his mother's changing mental state.
But seeing his mother smile made it all worthwhile.
Moreover, other nephews, nieces, and sisters can also learn about foreign knowledge from television, which is a good way to broaden their horizons.
He attributed many of the family's past conflicts to two main reasons: some people were inherently bad, and others were simply due to a lack of knowledge and experience.
All they know is fighting amongst themselves.
If we knew there were many more interesting and important things to do in the world, we wouldn't be so busy with this small piece of land in front of us all day long.
Similarly, children need to know how big and amazing the outside world is so that they can set their own goals, instead of only knowing the two lifestyles of working and farming.
How important is a person's insight?
You can tell from him.
He has no formal education or profound knowledge; he's just able to do quite well in this world because he's seen a lot of things.
If those children study hard and absorb more knowledge, they will definitely go further than him in the future.
Once they're out there, these trivial matters at home will no longer be a cage binding them, but will transform into autumn leaves, providing excellent nourishment for their healthy growth.
By the end of May, the project in Mijia Village was nearing completion, and Wang Tianxiao was about to see the transformer station he had been dreaming of.
This time, Station Master Li wisely kept his promise and built the transformer station very well as agreed.
And he was assured that he would be able to watch television by mid-June.
Seeing that the other party was very polite, Wang Tianxiao decided to stop while he was ahead.
The power station originally said it would deliver the line to the mountains for free, but Wang Tianxiao, citing the station's reimbursement, still paid more than 300 yuan for the installation, based on the required distance.
He wouldn't stoop to taking advantage of such a small thing.
There's no such thing as a free lunch in this world; trying to gain a small advantage often leads to a big loss.
Even if there are no obvious losses now, the desire to take advantage can change a person's character, making them no longer an upright person, and misfortune will naturally follow.
Wang Tianxiao always remembered his wife's words: always be an upright person.
Only in this way can one avoid being unworthy of the title of a human being.
However, while Wang Tianxiao was willing to be a good person, some people in the team did not.
By the end of May, when the power station came to collect the village's electricity fees, a problem arose.
According to the line configuration, the entire three teams have a main electricity meter that displays the total electricity consumption of all people in the team, while each household has a sub-meter that displays the electricity consumption of each household.
If all goes well, the sum of the electricity usage of the individual meters will equal the total electricity usage.
However, after the meter readers took their readings, they discovered that the difference was more than 300 kilowatt-hours.
That's outrageous.
Because the electricity had just been brought in, many households didn't know how to use it, so most people only used electric lights.
Even if every room in the house has a light, each light is 25 watts, and they are used for four hours a day, then each family's monthly electricity consumption is only about ten kilowatt-hours, and the entire family's electricity consumption is only a little over two thousand kilowatt-hours.
But this difference is more than 300 degrees, accounting for more than 10%.
That's simply impossible.
Even if there is a slight wear and tear on the line, it should be negligible.
The meter reader spoke cryptically as he left, but others couldn't understand what he meant because they didn't know electricity. Wang Tianxiao, however, was very familiar with electricity and clearly understood what the meter reader meant.
Someone in the team was stealing electricity.
Electricity theft has decreased significantly in recent years, but it was very common in rural areas in earlier years.
The method of stealing electricity is very simple: hang a hook on the front of the electricity meter and bring the electricity directly into the house. Since it does not pass through the meter, the meter will not record it.
However, the main electricity meter is still displaying a reading.
The main electricity meter is connected to a high-voltage line that has not been transformed, so it is generally unusable by ordinary households.
The reason for stealing electricity was that people in that era generally didn't have much money, and electricity was relatively expensive.
One kilowatt-hour of electricity costs a little over 30 cents, so ten kilowatt-hours would cost a little over 3 yuan.
This is roughly the amount for an average family.
The problem is that we're not short of a few kilowatt-hours of electricity; the meter readings show a shortage of over 300 kilowatt-hours.
What does that even mean?
If each household uses more than ten kilowatt-hours, then there would be as many as twenty or thirty households stealing electricity together.
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