"The generator, yes, I almost forgot there is such a good thing."
"But it's too expensive to ask for 1000 catties of grain. Besides, we haven't tried whether the generator works well or not. If the air conditioner doesn't work and the chain falls at the critical moment, we can still pay for the grain. come back?"
When Li Dong and others came back from the city, they immediately held the second village meeting of the whole village. The theme of the meeting was to discuss the generator and the water shortage that may come later.
Most people are excited about the solar generators they talk about. After all, the weather is too hot, and it is very difficult to live without air conditioners and electric fans. No one has children, and no one has the elderly. They are reluctant to eat that kind of food. suffering.
It's just that the price of the generator is too high, even the villagers who have surplus food in their hands can't help but hesitate and feel distressed.
"Actually, you don't need to buy one for each family."
Li Dong smelled the smoke of the cigarette in his hand, then raised his hand to signal everyone to be quiet.
"Dazhu, don't you have three sons? Although the three sons have long been separated and have their own residences, the current situation is different. I think those people in the city who have no food will not be stable for long, and sooner or later they will be troubled. , you just live together, it is safer, as for the solar generator, you can buy it together as a family, and then sleep in the Datong shop, with one room for men, one room for women, and children sleeping with adults. Although it is inconvenient, it can at least save money. Save some food."
Li Dong pointed to a family with many children in the village. The man named Dazhu had three sons and a daughter. The three sons lived in the countryside. I heard that I have eaten relief food at this time, and my life is going well.
A solar generator costs 1,000 catties of grain, but if Dazhu buys it together with his four sons, each household only needs to provide 250 catties of grain. This is within the acceptable range of everyone, but even with a solar generator, it is estimated that I can't bring several air conditioners. If you buy a generator together, you must prepare for several families to live together in one room.
It is up to them to decide whether to endure the hot weather, or choose to give up and live in the face of disaster.
"Not only Dazhu, everyone can consider my proposal."
Li Dong thinks that solar generators still have to be bought, but the person's asking price is inflated. He thinks that they can buy those generators at a cheaper price. Of course, the premise is that they have enough quantities before asking. People want a good price.
"Let's go back and think about this matter, and there is another matter that I want to discuss with you."
The next thing to say is more important to Li Dong.
"When we went to the power plant today, we heard a piece of news. The reason why the power plant will limit the power supply time is because there is not enough water. I am worried that the water plant will also follow the power supply station to limit the water supply, or even stop the water supply."
Li Dong's speculation caused an uproar. If there is no electricity to boil, how can it be boiled without water? Only death of thirst ends.
"We still have abundant groundwater here. I suggest digging a few more deep wells."
There is a well in Li Dong's house, but it is not deep enough. There is not much water coming down in a few days. The wells dug by many people in the village, like Li Dong's house, are relatively shallow. An adequate supply of drinking water may be guaranteed.
"Dig a well?"
How tiring is digging a well. Now the lowest temperature in the day is around 35 degrees. Working in such a high temperature is very easy to suffer from heat stroke, and the work of digging wells is generally done by men, and who is the woman who is willing to do it at home? Strong labor adventure.
And there are so many wells in the village, who should dig first, the sooner you dig, the more you will gain, and the more you will lose. Know which of them will come first.
"Anyway, I have reminded you that no matter how you deal with it in private, my well will definitely be dug deeply. Anyone who has this idea can come and sign up with me. My family has worked in the well drilling team before, and it's a bit of a stretch. From experience, people dig wells faster, and after digging my well first, you can also come to my house to fetch water."
Li Dong also has a small abacus, and now the situation makes him a little flustered. He can only feel relieved if he has drilled a deep well at home. As for the piece of well he said, it is not realistic that people who help dig a well can come to his well to fetch water. , After all, the water plant has not stopped water supply, everyone can live on tap water.
He pondered that if the country wants to maintain stability, it is impossible to cut off water immediately when the power goes out. The water plant will have to last for a while at least. At that time, the wells in his family should be finished. At that time, even if there was a shortage of water, it was impossible for the helper to only come to his well to fetch water.
"But the ugly words are at the front. This is the welfare of those who help. If those who don't help want to borrow water, we will sell our water at whatever price the water sells on the market."
Li Dong knew that there were some cheap people in the village who were greedy and not enough. Those people were thick-skinned beyond everyone's imagination, so he had to make it clear in advance that there was no reason to take advantage of not working.
"Everyone is a villager, so why bother with these."
Sure enough, after Li Dong said this, someone raised an objection.
"Village chief, you know, my family are all orphans and widows, but no one can join the well drilling team."
It was Widow Xu from the village who spoke, and I don't know if their family's feng shui was not good. There were four members of the family, two widows, a 17-year-old grandson and a 14-year-old granddaughter.
Widow Xu’s man was sacrificed in the Vietnam War. She raised her only son, because the focus of her life was on this son. She was afraid that her son would marry a daughter-in-law and forget his mother. Widow Xu specially found one from her family’s home to be close to her. The niece who wanted to kiss but had five direct lines, that is, the current Widow Xu.
Because she was a widow and her man was a martyr, Widow Xu was very domineering in the village and felt that everyone should let them go, so her son was spoiled, and she was kidnapped and cheated at a young age. A few years ago, I was kicked out because I had a dispute with a gangster over a dancer when I was dancing, but I was not saved and died.
At that time, Widow Xu's granddaughter was still in the womb of little Widow Xu, and the little grandson was only three years old.
Because they feel that this family of orphans and widows is pitiful, and the people in the village let them down on weekdays, which also fuels the arrogance of Widow Xu and Widow Xu, and they always feel that everyone should let them.
"Sister Xu, your grandson is not too young, he is seventeen years old?"
Li Dong looked at Widow Xu and said.
"Still a child."
Widow Xu replied confidently: "My family Xu Bao is weak and can't do heavy work."
Xu Bao is Widow Xu's precious grandson, an existence as important as eyes and heart.
"If I were a child at seventeen, then I would still be a baby."
Chi Shengli curled his lips. He was two years younger than Xu Bao, but he had been helping the family since he was 19 years old. At that time, he couldn't do heavy work, so he helped his parents hand over farm tools and cook a meal, which is not like Xu Bao. Jin Gui.
A few days ago, people in the village took advantage of the dark to harvest the crops in the fields. Chi Shengli saw that Xu Bao's fourteen-year-old sister had gone to the ground, but he could not be seen. For such a man, Chi Shengli despised his real name.
"Little deflated calf, who are you laughing at?"
Widow Xu was furious, staring at Chi Shengli, her fat fingers pointed at the tip of Chi Shengli's nose, as if to teach him a lesson.
"My brother said something wrong. If your grandson is a child, my brother is not a baby. For Shengli, remember to ask Grandma Xu for milk."
In addition to mastering the ability to kill zombies with one hand, Chi Ruojin has also increased her attributes of protecting calves.
Whether it's right or not, she only protects her relatives, not to mention that Chi Shengli has not said anything wrong now.
"you you… "
Widow Xu was furious, "Little deflated calf, little prostitute, you deserve to kill your parents, I think your chin is pointed and you won't be allowed to return to your husband in the future. Whoever marries you, a slut, will be unlucky."
"You beat your parents and your husband, and even killed your own son. You beat six relatives. Whoever gets close to you will be more unlucky."
Chi Ruoyu is also a poisonous mouth. Widow Xu dared to scold her sister like that, but Chi Ruoyu would not let her go.
"You, you..."
This time, Widow Xu was really trembling with anger. She looked at the people around her. Could it be that these people just watched a few juniors bully her? Are the Chi family's children still educated
"Okay, you, an elder, don't think your words are too ugly as far as you care about the children."
Li Dong is naturally on the side of the Chi family, not to mention the fact that the Chi family is responsible, but the power of the Chi family and the Xu family in the village, Li Dong must be on the side of the Chi family.
In times of peace, everyone wants a face, so they will tolerate a vixen like Widow Xu, but when is it now, Widow Xu is still like before, everyone will tolerate her taking advantage, and tolerate them following when others suffer and suffer. Take advantage
Widow Xu looked at the village chief's maintenance of the Chi family, and then looked at the indifferent eyes of the people around her, and she felt a shock in her heart.
She is a person who can judge the situation very well. The reason why she used her status as a martyr's widow to take advantage of it before is because she knew that everyone would not care about her for that little thing.
Now the attitude of the villagers made her realize that the situation was different, and this was no longer the time when she could beg for favors by her cleverness and thick skin.
Widow Xu calmed down, and did not say that her grandson was still a child and could not work. At the same time, the experience of Widow Xu also gave a warning to those who had the same idea in the village.
You can get as much as you pay, and for a long time in the future, things you get for nothing will not happen again.
*****
This meeting had a huge impact on Hou'an Village. All the elders began to adjust their attitudes. The little emperors and princesses who used to be pampered in the village also began to undertake labor services. Except for the milk dolls who couldn't walk or talk, there was no idler in Hou'an Village. , even as a child, to help do what they can.
Some people dig wells and dig cellars, some are responsible for patrolling and setting up roadblocks around the village, all of them perform their duties, and the spirit of the whole village has undergone a qualitative leap.
"What, are you going to move to Ruoyu's house?"
Chi Dayuan stared at Jiang Liu with wide eyes. Why didn't he realize that Jiang Liu was so shameless before.
"Solar generators are too expensive. It's unrealistic for me to buy one by myself. It happened that Ruoyu also wanted to buy a generator, so we thought about buying one piece by piece."
Jiang Liu doesn't need air conditioning, but he needs a reason to approach Chi Ruoyu.
"That's it."
Chi Dayuan's expression relaxed a little, he just said, Jiang Liu is not that kind of child.
"It's a good idea."
Chi Dayuan pondered that his building and his brother's building were built next to each other. He could buy a generator together with his niece and Jiang Liu, which would save a lot of food.
These days, many people in the village have come up with similar ideas. Many large families that have been separated from each other have relocated to one place again, just waiting for the village chief and the businessman to negotiate a suitable price.
In addition to these things, the hot topic in the village recently is the five pigs raised by Yang Sanhan. Yang Sanhan said that one catty of pork is exchanged for ten catties of coarse salt or 15 catties of grain. The price is a bit high, but now everyone is so busy. Bitter, but also want to eat some good pork to make life a little sweeter.
Therefore, these days everyone is waiting for Yang Sanhan to kill the pigs, and they don't plan to buy more. Every household buys half a catty per catty to satisfy their cravings, but Jiang Liu, a big customer, went early on the night when Yang Sanhan decided to kill the pigs. The Yang family is ready to choose the pig that he likes the most.