blogombal Chapter 462 You just want to take advantage, don't you?
Chapter 462 You just want to take advantage, don't you?
Yu Siyangzi is a petty and narrow-minded person.
Although he has some cleverness, his character is flawed.
There is such a person as someone who laughs at others' poverty and hates others' wealth.
Upon hearing this, Wang Mazi shook his head.
"Siyangzi, we can be poor, but we can't be corrupt! What you're doing is wasteful! Embezzlement and waste are heinous crimes!"
Yu Siyangzi glared at him: "Wasn't beating Sun Erlaizi a crime? What's wrong with that? They beat him for nothing, and Erlaizi is so scared he doesn't even want to be the production team leader anymore!"
Wang Mazi snorted: "It is indeed a bit bullying, but if you're capable, we'll go head-to-head with them, like Niu Wannian from Shanghewan, who went head-to-head with Ding Dahu with a hunting rifle. Even if he lost, he was still honorable!"
Yu Siyangzi became anxious when she heard the barb in his words:
"What are you saying, Uncle Ma? Only fools and brutes resort to violence. Let's have a peaceful discussion, not a fight!"
Wang Mazi couldn't help but laugh: "What, you think secretly cutting someone else's plastic sheeting is a heroic act?"
Yu Siyangzi got anxious:
"Wang Mazi, which side are you on? Are you afraid of Jiapigou? Are you planning to inform on us?"
Just as I finished speaking, a horse neighed outside the door.
Sun Sanpang, who had gone out to urinate, rushed back in in a panic:
"That's it, Ding Dahu and Tuwazi are here..."
The six people in the room all jumped up in a flash.
Yu Siyangzi pulled back the pile of quilts to hide, but then realized that hiding would be too embarrassing, since he was the team leader now.
However, the scene of Tuwazi showing off his prowess and beating up the three Sun brothers that night is still vivid in my mind.
Scheming behind someone's back is one thing, but being confronted face-to-face makes you feel numb and uneasy.
Just like a mouse can't run away from a cat because its claws are numb, he feels that numbness in his claws right now.
Did the country bumpkin overhear me researching something bad here?
Someone tipped them off!
Sun Sanpangzi just went out.
Look at him, he couldn't possibly be an informant.
Sun Sanpangzi's pants were soaked. He had only peed halfway when he saw Lu Yao and Ding Dahu coming, so he ran back and peed the rest of his pants.
The room erupted in chaos with a loud "boom".
Then it quieted down.
It was so quiet you could hear someone breathing.
Because Lu Yao has already come in.
A gust of cold wind sent a chill down everyone's spine.
It was as if what entered was not a person, but a deadly plague god.
A person's name is like the shadow of a tree.
They were not familiar with Lu Yao, but his deeds had been widely known during this period.
If it were any other time, it would be fine, but now that they're plotting against Jiapigou, Lu Yao has arrived, so how can he not feel guilty?
However, Lu Yao was all smiles:
"Wow, there are quite a lot of people!"
A quick glance revealed that he didn't recognize anyone but Sun Sanpangzi.
That night, when they were catching Sun Erlaizi, he threw a bag of lime at them and knocked them unconscious.
"Is that Fatty Three...? Which one is Captain Yu?"
Yu Siyangzi was standing on the kang (a heated brick bed), and unconsciously raised her hand, as if she had been called on by the teacher:
"It's me!"
"Oh, sit down, everyone, please sit down. Let me introduce you."
Then he introduced Ding Mei and Yang Lina to everyone. Ding Dahu didn't need to be introduced; he had grown up at the foot of Dahuan Mountain and almost everyone in the surrounding villages knew him.
Upon hearing that Yang Lina was a reporter for Jiangzhou Weekly, these people were still somewhat skeptical.
In this remote and impoverished place, even city dwellers are rare, let alone big-name reporters? What exactly is a "reporter"?
However, Yu Siyangzi believed it.
No need for anything else, just look at Yang Lina's demeanor; she has the air of a woman who has seen the world.
So he sat down, feeling at ease.
He was relieved to have confirmed that Lu Yaolai hadn't actually hit him.
After everyone calmed down, Lu Yao and Yu Siyangzi spoke:
"Captain Yu, I've come to tell everyone some good news."
"What good news?"
Yu Siyangzi moved closer because he thought Lu Yao had a friendly smile and Ding Dahu had a kind face.
She brought her eldest daughter along; could it be that she wants to become in-laws with me?
His son is also eighteen or nineteen years old.
Lu Yao applied to have an electric wire installed. The three villages are not far apart. The first one is Shilaizi Village, then Jiapigou, and then Shanghewan.
The cost of pulling the cable all the way from Shuiling Town is over 20,000 yuan, but the rural power station can provide the cable and transformer.
These three villages provided their own timber and labor.
The skilled workers were provided by the rural power station.
So, it's practically free; you can bring electricity home with just a little effort.
The villagers of Shilazi Village stared wide-eyed, their eyes widening like tiny light bulbs.
"Oh, this is great news! Now we don't need to use kerosene lamps anymore!"
"Yes, it's so bright in the city at night. This is great."
Almost everyone had a smile on their face, except for Yu Siyangzi, whose face was gloomy.
I just heard that Lu Yao came and thought he would be taken back to Jiapigou like he did with Sun Erlaizi, using him as a puppet to threaten the Shilaizi production team into doing something.
It now appears they've come wanting to cooperate with the Shilaizi production team.
That means an equal relationship.
Cough once:
"Um... everyone, please stop arguing. You're all looking at the problem in a one-sided way, only focusing on the part. Listen to what I have to say."
Everyone quieted down.
I'd like to hear what brilliant insights this young strategist has to offer.
Yu Siyangzi calmly rolled a cigarette with a cigarette paper.
He didn't even look at anyone else; he just stared at his own cigarette.
"Everyone says that if you run power lines into the village, you won't need electricity, right? And electricity is free, isn't it?"
His wife thought he had some brilliant idea, and got angry when she heard this:
"You don't spend money on kerosene lamps, do you? But the power company generates electricity for free, doesn't it?"
Yu Siyangzi was furious and roared at his wife:
"Shut up, you damn old hag! When men are talking, women shouldn't interrupt!"
Everyone was taken aback.
Why are you getting angry in such a harmonious atmosphere?
Just a moment ago we were worried that these two tough guys from Jiapigou would cause trouble, but now they're discussing things with smiles on their faces, and you're getting angry.
Yu Siyangzi stopped his wife and began to slowly roll a cigarette again:
"Whether you're Company Commander Lu or Captain Lu, I'll tell you the truth: our village is about to start building greenhouses, and we simply don't have the time to install electricity for you. We've always lived like this, blind and clueless, and it's been just fine. We don't need electricity!"
This statement was unexpected by everyone.
Many villages want to have electricity but can't get it installed.
The higher-ups won't approve it.
Resource scarcity makes it impossible for the power grid to cover the entire county, and outdated power generation technology cannot support too many electricity users.
It's considered good if they can get approval for two or three villages a year.
Of the more than twenty communes and hundreds of villages in the county, only one-fifth have electricity now, and those are all located around towns.
Some of the more remote communes still don't have electricity.
Being able to get electricity to this area from the Shuiling Commune was something the previous brigade leader would never have dared to dream of.
Now that the local guy has helped make the connections, the higher-ups have not only agreed but also provided the power lines and transformer, so why not install it?
They all stared wide-eyed at Yu Siyangzi.
Yu Siyangzi remained calm and composed, lighting a cigarette and taking a puff:
"Company Commander Lu, you're not here to force us to install electricity, are you? Then we won't. We'll wait until next year, after our greenhouses are finished."
Lu Yao's face immediately darkened:
"You mean we've already brought the power line over, and you can just accept it and connect it from the power line leading to our village?"