Chapter 160: The Lighting Issue

Yang Xiuying's voice was the most cheerful among them. Yun Yingying smiled and said to Han Li after hearing it.

"After you go to the commune in the morning, everyone will gather together to play cards. Don't listen to Yang Xiuying's loudest shouting now. In fact, she has the most notes on her face. Now she must have lost again and is quibbling."

Han Li felt that it was not bad. At least when he was away, his partner had someone to play with. Although more wood was consumed, and some snacks such as pine nuts were given from time to time, those were not a big deal compared to the boring and long winter. However, Han Li still asked mysteriously.

"You just posted notes? Didn't you play any exciting games?"

After hearing it, Yun Yingying said seriously: "If they were playing for money, I wouldn't let them come to play."

Han Li lowered his head and whispered a few words in Yun Yingying's ear, and then attracted her sweet voice and fists.

"You're going to die. How can you come up with such a boring question?"

"When the snow really blocks the door, should we use that kind of cool bet when we play cards?"

"No, I'm freezing to death, don't even think about it."

Speaking of the cold, Han Li remembered that he still had a few things to prepare, which were closely related to his happiness index in the next few months.

First, that is the brazier or stove that every household has. This thing is not difficult for Han Li. It's nothing more than getting a big ball of mud. The local villagers make it into a basin that looks like stepping on thick-soled boots. What Han Li needs to consider is how to make it shape to keep warm normally, and it should be easy to use when washing pots or hot water. Another thing is that it is not easy to dry out now because the weather is cold, but fortunately it is not too cold at this time, so I can put it in the house to dry slowly.

Second, next time I go to the county town, I will buy a small charcoal hand stove for my partner to use to reduce her suffering when going to the toilet in the future.

Third, find someone with good skills to help tan all the furs in your space, and send some back to your family. The remaining three of them will make some winter equipment.

Han Li was inevitably distracted when thinking about things, and Yun Yingying touched him with her arm and asked.

"Hey, hey, I'm distracted, what are you thinking about?"

"I'm thinking about how you lose when we play cards."

"Can you stop thinking about useless things all day long?"

"I can't help it, who let you occupy my heart."

While the two were whispering in the yard, Jiang Xiaoli was busy in the Youth House.

The first thing she did after she came back was to follow Han Li's advice to sew a pocket for her pants, put all the rich food coupons and money in it, and sew it.

After Jiang Xiaoli put on the pants with added material, she patted her belly, and her heart was finally relieved.

The next step was to pack all the clothes and some miscellaneous things, and take all these things and food away.

But the vegetables collected from the backyard could not be taken away, so she separated her own portion and gave it to Qi Ruying, Yuan Hongying and others.

After finishing all the things, Jiang Xiaoli sat on the kang with a happy smile. Tomorrow she would leave the place where she had been trapped for nearly four years. In two days, she would officially become a worker, wearing neat work clothes to work every day, receiving various benefits that workers should have, eating a variety of meals in the canteen, going shopping and watching movies after get off work, and living in a house with electric lights at night. In the future, she would live a brand new life, and let the days of facing the loess and back to the sky go to hell.

The card game at Han Li's house was still going on at this moment. Now only two eyes on Yang Xiuying's face were not covered with notes.

After Han Li laughed at her in the house, he took Yun Yingying to the stove. The two of them were going to stir-fry some pine nuts.

Compared with sunflower seeds, Han Li preferred pine nuts because pine nuts are real nuts and have great benefits for the human body.

The most important thing is that pine nuts have another very important role in winter, that is, they have a very strong effect of moistening the intestines and relieving constipation.

In winter, everyone stays at home, and the decrease in physical exercise will lead to a decrease in gastrointestinal motility, which may cause difficulty in defecation.

This is not a big deal in general areas, but in this place, you need to use a stick to knock when going to the toilet in the future. If you are constipated during this period, your butt may be frozen off.

Han Li has to practice boxing every day and has no concerns about this, but his partner is not.

I haven't really appreciated it carefully, and it's not good to get frozen because of this little thing.

Of course, fried soybeans also have this effect, but eating too much soybeans will have many bad consequences, such as continuous farts, diarrhea, etc.

So Han Li decided to use pine nuts as their main snack in the future. In order to prevent the Yun sisters from being picky eaters, he also decided to reduce other things accordingly.

(There are many ways to fry pine nuts, so I won't describe them here.)

The two people were working in the outer room while whispering that others couldn't hear.

Before they knew it, a pot of pine nuts was ready. Yun Yingying put the fried pine nuts aside to cool down.

When the two were about to fry some peanuts that they had robbed from the field mouse's house, the village bell rang.

After hearing the bell, the room became quiet, and then everyone started talking.

"The bell is ringing at this time. What happened?"

As a well-informed person, Yang Xiuying also looked puzzled and said, "No, I didn't hear anything happened?"

"No matter what happens, shouldn't we know it if we go over and take a look?"

Then the people in the house put down their cards and got off the kang to put on their shoes. Han Li and Yun Yingying stopped roasting peanuts and walked to the grain drying field together.

When everyone arrived, they realized that there was nothing serious, because Village Chief Zhao and Captain Liang were joking with the villagers over there.

Zhang Chaomei sat in front of a table with a notebook and spoke before anyone could ask Captain Liang.

"Well, the electric wires and broadcasting lines have been pulled to the entrance of the village. Our village will be able to use electric lights and listen to the radio soon. If anyone wants to install electric lights, go to Chaomei to register and pay. If you don't want to install it, don't force it. , If you can’t make up your mind, go home and discuss it.”

"Captain, if you don't turn on the light this time, can you still turn it on in the future?"

Captain Liang: "I can press it, but why can't I press it? But if I miss this time, it will be a little more troublesome for one person to install lights in the future."

"Captain, what kind of trouble is this?"

"Are you stupid? There are only two electricians in the whole commune. Do you have to queue up to install lights? Also, if someone else's electrician comes alone to install lights in your house, do you want to give them a box of cigarettes? Isn't that right? Do you want to take care of others’ meals?”

The villagers and Captain Liang were there asking and answering questions. Many villagers had gathered around Zhang Chaomei's table and started to register.

“I’ve been looking forward to installing electric lights for a long time, so that I no longer have to light a lamp in the dark when I get up at night.”

"It's not that bad. From now on, we will live a good life where everything lights up as soon as we pull it."

"When we have electric lights at home, it will be easier for our sons to talk to each other this year. This is a day only available in communes and counties."

"Xiangkan, who introduced that brat of yours to Xiangkan? Which village is she from?"

"My aunt is the one who pulls the strings. I'll have a good chat with you when this girl comes back."

[Today's villagers are no longer like a few years ago. They think it is an honor to marry an educated youth from a big city.

After these years, most villagers have clearly understood the situation of educated youths. Under normal circumstances, they simply like these people who cannot carry their shoulders or lift their hands. Marrying them is considered to be an added burden to the family, and this burden is Maybe he will run away one day.

Nowadays, there are probably only a few special circumstances for people who dare to marry or marry educated youths. One is that there is "someone" in the family, who just covets your face and figure and doesn't care about your labor power at all.

The other type is those who have no money at home and are notorious for being lazy and lazy, or have some problems themselves, which prevents them from getting a wife in all directions.

One is that you have to marry the other person for some reason. This situation is a bit complicated.

Of course, no matter which educated youth has a little hope in their hearts, they will not choose to start a family in the village. Exceptions are made for some "special" circumstances. 】

Aunts, aunts, and sisters-in-law gathered around Zhang Chaomei's table and chatted and laughed about things related to electric lights. Han Li and the others were also queuing up to pay and register.

But the people in the Educated Youth Institute are discussing whether to install electric lights. Now three people in the Educated Youth Institute have gone home. If they install electric lights, they need to advance the money first. They can advance the money together, but wait What should I do if the other party comes back and says that he doesn’t want to install electric lights and doesn’t pay for it?

When it comes to money, few people can be happy, not to mention that the people in the Educated Youth Institute now all have little money.

These things have nothing to do with Jiang Xiaoli, who is about to leave. She is talking to a girl at this time.

This girl was one of the four places this time, and Jiang Xiaoli came home late just to discuss things with her.

Setting off early tomorrow morning was the result of discussion among several of them. Since the children in their village went out to work as workers, the village branch specially arranged a carriage to take them to the station in the county seat.

There might have been too many villagers around when Han Li paid the money this time, but Zhang Chaomei didn't say anything about inviting Han Li to their house for a drink this time.

After paying the money, the group of people walked back, with Han Li and Zhang Xiangjun walking at the front, chatting and laughing.

The Yun sisters, He Mi and the others were walking behind. At this time, they were still talking about Yang Xiuying's face being covered with notes.

Wu Lili suddenly found that she seemed to be isolated at this time. After Jiang Xiaoli left, it seemed that she couldn't even find anyone to chat with.

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