Gu Annan glanced at Wang Zhaodi. This annoying guy really told his mother that he could only stay for four days at most.
"Has my wealth been emptied out by my mother-in-law?"
Wang Zhaodi's face flushed. "How can you say that? Can't I honor my parents?"
Gu Annan sneered, "Everything in my house is better than at your mother's house. It's more comfortable than at your mother's house, but I haven't seen you show any filial piety to my parents."
Wang Zhaodi always relied on having two sons and considered herself a hero of the Gu family. She was arrogant and domineering.
"Gu Annan, what do you mean? You can't learn tractor skills better than that blockhead Third Brother, and now you're using me as a punching bag? Let me tell you, I'm not a pushover either."
She knew her man well. She had been filial to her parents in the past, and Gu Annan had never objected. But today, he was like he had eaten dynamite and exploded at the slightest touch. It must be that he didn't learn the tractor as well as the third brother.
Thinking that they would be the only ones left at home, and that she had been kicked out by her parents, Wang Zhaodi burst into tears and complained about her miserable life.
Gu Annan was a male chauvinist to begin with, and his face immediately turned pale when his wife humiliated him like this. "Shut up! If you think marrying me is a hardship, then go back to your Wang family. My mother is right. You've ruined the relationship between us brothers. If you want to get out, get out now, and don't cry here."
Wang Zhaodi felt like her neck was being strangled, and her tears were stuck in her throat, but she dared not say anything. She knew that Gu Annan was really angry this time.
If her parents had a place for her to stay, and if her parents were reliable, she wouldn't have been kicked out after only four days.
Although Wang Zhaodi usually looks like a troublemaker, she can only admit defeat when Gu Annan gets serious.
Liu Jinhua curled her lips after hearing the noise coming from the second son's room. "Old man, when Xiaowu gets married, we'll split up. Watching her perform opera every day will shorten my life by ten years."
Gu Aiguo didn't say anything, but he didn't object to Liu Jinhua's words. A big tree has many branches and a small family.
Two days later, Chen Qiangwei's teaching career ended. Gu Anxi learned better than Gu Annan in both driving and car repair knowledge, and the glorious position of tractor driver of Huaihua Brigade became Gu Anxi's.
This honest man's eyes reddened. Now that he had become a tractor driver, his wife and daughter would have a better life in the future, and he would also be able to take care of his parents.
Gu Annan felt depressed when he saw the third brother who was so happy that he couldn't speak, but he couldn't blame others since he was not as skilled as others.
"Lao San, congratulations. It will be much more convenient for us to go to the commune from now on."
Gu Anxi: "Second brother, thank you."
Gu Annan: "What are you thanking me for? You really learned better than me. I just admit defeat after a bet, hahaha."
Xie Dani looked at her man and shed tears of excitement. She had always felt inferior to others because she had not given birth to a son, and she could not hold her head up when walking outside. Now that her man became the only tractor driver in the team, she could finally stand up straight and live her life as a human being.
She looked at her mother-in-law Liu Jinhua with gratitude. When Wang Zhaodi didn't want Gu Anxi to learn how to drive a tractor on the grounds that she and Gu Anxi had no son, she thought that this was how her life would be. Unexpectedly, her mother-in-law was the first to disagree and let Gu Anxi and Gu Annan learn together.
Gu Anxi and Xie Dani brought gifts to Gu Sannai's house to thank Chen Qiangwei.
Chen Qiangwei closed the book and said, "The captain and I are in an equal exchange, no need to be so polite."
Gu Anxi and Xie Dani were both poor talkers. They put down the gifts despite Chen Qiangwei's objections. "Thank you, Chen Zhiqing. Without you, your father wouldn't be able to become a tractor driver."
Chen Qiangwei, "Sister-in-law, you are too polite. It is because Third Brother Gu is intelligent and has learned well. Otherwise, no matter how much I teach him, it would be useless."
After a few more pleasantries, Gu Anxi and Xie Dani were afraid that Chen Qiangwei would return the gifts to them, so they quickly left Gu Sannai's house.
After the emergence of hand tractor drivers, the power supply station finally sent electricians to Huaihua Brigade to pull electrical wires.
They are employees of the county power supply station's installation team, specializing in external line installation work.
Eight workers, dressed in neat work clothes, each carrying tools and luggage, came on a tractor.
Well, it was Gu Anxi who drove a tractor to the county power supply station to pick up the person.
During the period of pulling the wires, they had to stay in the villagers' homes. It was an honor to have workers living in their homes. Moreover, these workers brought their own food, and some generous villagers would even give them some food coupons and money when they stayed in their homes.
So everyone expressed their willingness to let the workers live in their homes, and they almost welcomed them with open arms.
Among these people, some have plenty of rooms at home, while others have a shortage of them.
"Okay, Sanlaizi, your family has more than a dozen people and only three rooms. Isn't this just nonsense?"
"What's wrong with my family being so large? We can sleep on the floor. My children can sleep in one room with my parents, and my brothers and I can sleep in another room.
More people means more hands to work. The workers living in my home are guaranteed not to have to do anything every day and can eat hot meals on time."
Gu Aiguo rubbed his head and said, "Okay, stop arguing, I'll make the arrangements."
Gu Aiguo immediately selected four families. These four families were all well-off and had ample rooms in the team. He asked each family to vacate a room for the workers of the power supply station, with two people living in one room.
The eight workers of the power supply station do outdoor work all year round, and are often exposed to wind, sun, rain and snow. The labor intensity is very high, and they don’t have any big requirements for food and accommodation. As long as they can eat well and sleep well, they are fine. Several of them immediately followed the villagers back in groups of two.
There was also a load of tools for pulling electrical wires on the truck. Gu Aiguo asked Gu Anxi to pull the things to the brigade headquarters. The tractor shed was very large, so these things could be placed in the shed first.
The workers from the power supply station stayed in Huaihua Brigade for half a month and finally installed the electric wires. On the day the electricity was connected, the brigade headquarters also installed electric lights. Gu Aiguo excitedly held the light cord tightly and pulled it gently, and the light bulb in the duck pear-shaped building lit up.
The entire team came to watch, and the moment they saw the light bulb light up, everyone couldn't help but cheer.
Gu Aiguo asked those who wanted to install light bulbs to sign up at the brigade headquarters, and then the workers from the power supply station would install them. Because the voltage was too low now, the entire brigade had only one electricity meter, and then each household would calculate the electricity bill based on the number of light bulbs consumed.
Both light bulbs and wires cost money. Light bulbs come in 15-watt and 25-watt varieties. The higher the wattage, the more electricity it consumes. Wires are also scarce and expensive. The combined cost of the two is enough to cover a few days' work points.
When they heard that the electricity bill was calculated based on the amount of light consumed by the bulbs, some people felt relieved and followed the trend and installed light bulbs.
The electricity bill at that time was 4 cents per kilowatt-hour, which was still very expensive for rural people. Families with better conditions would install two light bulbs, one in the head of the family's room and one in the yard. Families with poorer conditions would follow suit and install one as well.
Installing light bulbs is a reflection of a family's conditions and is also a trend in Huaihua Brigade. Since others have it, they cannot fall behind. At most, they can just use it sparingly and go to bed early.
The workers from the power supply station stayed in Huaihua Brigade for almost a month in total.
After the workers from the power supply station left, everyone realized that Liang Xiaoman had done something extraordinary.
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