webnovelfull Chapter 1038 The Villagers’ Choice
Chapter 1038 The Villagers’ Choice
In front of the villagers, Liu Jingxue took the initiative to donate money for the production team's electricity supply, and the donation was 60 yuan, which caused a lot of discussion among the villagers.
There were even villagers who pointed fingers at the educated youth, wondering if they would follow their example and donate money as well.
Liu Jingxue didn't expect that her actions would put the educated youth in an embarrassing situation.
But even if she knew, she probably wouldn't care.
Being willing to donate money is her own business and has nothing to do with others.
Besides, she believed that the villagers of the Red Star Production Team would not force other educated youth to donate money because of her donation.
After all, many people in the village knew about her situation.
The educated youth felt a little uneasy as they listened to the discussions of the villagers around them and felt the occasional strange looks cast at them.
I couldn't help but feel a little resentful towards Liu Jingxue.
Zhou Mingxuan and Zhao Junhao had long known the advice that Old Wu and Liu Weihua had given to Liu Jingxue, so they naturally knew that she would do such a thing.
It’s just that when they first arrived, they were too high-profile in the production team, so all the villagers knew that they were rich.
After Zheng Pengcheng left, the two had no opponents and chose to keep a low profile and lie dormant. However, the impression they left on people just now was too deep and has not been completely eliminated.
So it was fine with the other educated youth, as the villagers knew they didn’t have much money.
Didn’t you see they didn’t even buy a bicycle?
As for the two of them, the villagers looked at them particularly a lot, as if they wanted to see how they would perform.
Feeling the strange looks from the villagers, Zhao Junhao shook his body involuntarily and whispered to Zhou Mingxuan,
"Mingxuan, how about we donate money now?
The way the villagers looked at us made me feel a little uncomfortable.
I don’t want to be looked down upon by them.”
Zhou Mingxuan shook his head, "That won't work.
Have you forgotten what grandpa said? We can donate money, but we have to donate it after we sell goods to the production team and get our share of the compensation.
Otherwise, it will be easy for people to shift their attention to our family members.”
“You have to endure the discomfort.
In two days, we promised to get a batch of goods from Machinery Factory No. 2, and then we will have the money to collect.
We will donate the money then.”
Zhao Junhao recalled the amount of goods that Machinery Plant No. 2 had purchased in the past and estimated how much money the two could get.
“Isn’t that a little too little?”
"It's not a small amount. Just like grandpa said, we can't compare with Xiaoxue.
At worst, we can donate all the money we got last time.
Given the character of the captain and his men, they will definitely not hide it and will spread the news for us."
The elders did not allow it, Zhou Mingxuan also disagreed, and Zhao Junhao could only accept it helplessly and pretend that he did not see the looks the villagers gave him.
"Why doesn't the team leader let everyone go to work?
We are left standing here, being looked at like monkeys."
Fortunately, after the team leader received Liu Jingxue's money, he gave it to Accountant Li and asked him to collect the money and keep accounts.
After he finished doing this, when he looked at the people below the stage, he naturally noticed the unusual things between the villagers and the educated youth as he was standing at a higher position.
The captain thought about it and knew what was going on. He said quickly,
“Since the production team has been electrified, it has been decided.
During this period of time, everyone should think carefully about whether they want to have a home matchmaker.
If anyone is in need, please come and sign up with me and I will get it done for you when the time comes.
However, the cost of matchmaking is borne by each household, and the production team is not responsible.
After all, not everyone in the production team wanted to install wires in their homes, and the lengths and costs of wires used by each household were different, so it was difficult for the production team to handle them uniformly.
“Everyone needs to think it over quickly, and those who want to sign up should sign up quickly.
If you miss this opportunity, it may be more troublesome to get a connection in the future.
There are only a few staff members in the power supply bureau, and by then the whole town will be depending on them, and we won’t know how long we’ll have to wait in line.
Electricity can kill people if you are not careful, so it must be handled by professionals who understand this field."
"Then how much does it cost to matchmake the household?"
"It's not accurate, it seems to be related to the distance between your home and the electric pole.
It also depends on how many rooms in your house you plan to connect to electricity.
Plus an electric meter fee.
But it’s only a few dollars at most.”
"Anyway, the staff of the power supply bureau will tell you how much your family will need before construction begins."
Liu Jingxue had just stepped off the stage when she heard the words and quickly raised her hand and said, "Captain, I'll sign up first.
My house only has a kitchen and one room, both of which have electricity.”
Seeing that Liu Jingxue was the first to sign up, the team leader happily said to Accountant Li beside him,
"Accountant Li, please help me write it down first."
"Okay, Captain," Accountant Li agreed quickly.
Zhou Mingxuan quickly said, "Captain, there are still us.
We also need to connect electricity to all three rooms.”
"Okay, Accountant Li, write them down."
As soon as Zhou Mingxuan finished speaking, Zheng Jianmin and Chen Guoqing also raised their hands to express their willingness to be introduced to the household.
When the educated youth were voting just now, the team leader paid special attention and saw that all six votes were in favor of sending the electricity.
Now the owners of four tickets have expressed their willingness to make connections, leaving only the two tickets at the educated youth point.
The captain looked at the educated youths at the educated youths’ site and said,
"Zhou Zhiqing, what are your plans?
Do you want to register or not?”
The educated youth had been looking forward to this day for a long time. Although it would cost money, the seven of them were still willing to do it since so many people would share the cost.
They had long since had enough of groping in the dark at night.
"Captain, we're going to move in too."
“The educated youth will make connections with the villagers, and the villagers will go back and think carefully about it.
If you plan to get your household registration in the next two days, please come to me to register.
As for the fees, you can pay them directly to the power supply bureau when the time comes."
"Okay, now that we have finished talking, the team leaders can lead their teams to work in the fields."
Seeing the crowd slowly dispersing and fewer eyes on him, Zhao Junhao breathed a sigh of relief, "Finally I can leave.
If I stay any longer, I can’t hold it any longer.”
On the way, the villagers were discussing whether they should have the connection to their households.
“Electricity seems to be a good thing, otherwise those educated youth wouldn’t have moved into households one by one.
Do you think we should learn from them?"
Looking at the educated youth walking in front, an aunt was discussing with her husband next to her.
She had heard from the educated youth that the electricity was very bright. It was pitch black outside at night, but the rooms with electricity were bright, almost as bright as daytime.
It is very convenient to work and do needlework under electric light.
If there was electricity at home, she wouldn't have to sit under the kerosene lamp and spend half a day threading the wire.
When doing needlework, you won’t always prick your hands.
"Didn't you hear what the captain said? It costs a few dollars.
We have to save our money to find a wife for our old son and to pay for our grandchildren's education. Why waste that money?
We have lived without electricity for decades, so we are used to it.”
"Our family is not short of those few dollars. We got a few extra dollars when we distributed the money last year.
The scale of the farm has been expanded this year, so we will probably get more, or we can just give up those few dollars." The aunt tried to persuade her husband.
Seeing that he was still unmoved, she gritted her teeth and threatened,
“It’s different now than it was before, when there was no electricity in every village and everybody lived like this.
But if we took this opportunity, the production team would have access to electricity and most families would have had the electricity connected to their homes, but our family would not have done so because we were reluctant to spend the few dollars.
Will it really affect our son's choice of wife as the team leader and Secretary Xu said?
At worst, we don’t have as many watches as the educated youth who have to connect every household, so we can just connect them in the kitchen.
If you have any work to do in the evening, go to the kitchen and do it.
When it is not necessary, we can just not use electricity.
The team leader and the educated youth all said that if you don’t use electricity, you don’t have to pay the electricity bill.”
My aunt's husband thought about it and finally nodded, "Okay, then let's make one in the kitchen as you said.
But if you don’t have anything to do, don’t use electricity. Just use kerosene lamps.
Otherwise, the monthly electricity bill will not be worth it.”
The aunt was delighted when she heard this, "It's all up to you."
On the way to the field, Liu Jingxue heard a lot of conversations like this.
Many people are reluctant to spend money on matchmaking, but considering their children's marriages, they have no choice but to bear the pain and make the decision.
Liu Jingxue burst out laughing. No matter what time and space they were in, the Chinese people still had a deep love for their children, which they could not abandon.
"It seems that more families in the production team will have access to electricity this time.
However, electricity is only available in one or two rooms, and is not used if possible.
I hope the electricity bills won’t scare them away from using it.”