Chapter 9: The Rare Electric Light

At the beginning of spring, a group of men came to the village, all of them looked strong, and the leader was a beard, his swarthy beard was like a ring of hair on the neck of a black dog in the horse bolt, fluffy, and a little scary. He looked like he was in his early forties, with a body as strong as an ox, and his name was Huang Guangzhi. He led people to erect poles and wires every day, and the people in the village did not know what was going on, and they felt strange. The village chief said that he was pulling the wires and connecting the electric lights, and few people could understand what the village chief was talking about the electric lights. The village chief also said that with electric lights, every household no longer needs to light kerosene lamps, and the whole house will be lit up with a rope. Everyone seemed to understand it, but everyone felt very novel, and they were all looking forward to seeing the true face of Lushan as soon as possible.

People are working in full swing, everyone in the village seems to have nothing to do, leaving the work in the house, three groups of three, two groups of teams to watch the excitement, even Tie Dan and Shanzi often leave their studies to watch, which makes the men who work very uncomfortable, Huang Guangzhi often shouts at them: "What's so beautiful? It's very dangerous here, hurry back and do what you should be busy with." ”

Day after day, it looks like there are poles and wires, and people gradually lose the interest of waiting and seeing, and they all go home to do their own farm work. Within a few days, some people gossiped that when they saw Widow Qin dressed up in fancy clothes and drilling into the pile of men, she and the bearded eyebrows came and went, poured water, and delivered food, I am afraid that she would have rolled into the same bed a long time ago. In this way, some people scolded Widow Qin behind her back for being shameless and unruly, saying that she was a fox spirit at a glance, Kefu, and whoever got into trouble would be unlucky; some people even said that she was a 'white tiger', no matter how strong Huang Guangzhi's body was, he would have to die on her body sooner or later.

Widow Qin is a foreigner, she was sold to the village to fill the house of the rich man Yang, when she got married, she was eighteen years old, and the rich man Yang was more than sixty, enough to be her grandfather, and even the only son under the knee of the rich man Yang was a round older than her. Coincidentally, not long after she stepped into the Yang family, the daughter-in-law of the rich man Yang died in childbirth, one corpse and two lives, the rich man Yang is very old, it is said that she married into the door and kept the widow, but half a year later, her belly bulged. The gossip in the village is full of gossip, and some people say that the rich man Yang is not serious, and he teases her every night, which makes her heart like a cat scratching, ** constantly, and it makes the heart of the young man next door itch. One day, she really couldn't stand it, while the rich man Yang was asleep, quietly climbed into his son's bed, since then, the adulterer ** will roll in a quilt in the second half of the night, the rich man Yang ears are not good, they are even more unscrupulous, the sound of the waves makes people can't listen to it, the Yang family can come out of two different sounds every night, the first half of the night like a cat estrus, the second half of the night like a sheep running; Either way, it has not been confirmed, and who can clearly understand the housework behind closed doors.

In October, the widow Qin gave birth to a freak, the umbilical cord was wrapped around the neck twice, the ears were as big as pig ears, and half of the mouth was missing...... The rich man Yang was frightened and died, and the son of the rich man Yang died suddenly and violently soon after. Widow Qin became a terrifying figure in the village. After liberation, she was said to be a victim and a poor people, and she was given houses and fields, she was hardworking and willing to endure hardships, and her life was not bad, but the people in the village still looked down on her in their hearts, and the children of each family were instilled not to approach the Qin widow since childhood. During the Cultural Revolution, as the widow of Lao Cai, a landlord of the exploiting class, she was dragged to the stage to criticize and fight, with a sign around her neck and a pointed hat on her head, and she was tortured. Widow Qin is a woman with a rough fate, she is straightforward and fast-talking, she has a pungent personality, she doesn't care what the people in the village think of her, even if no one treats her, she will live her own life.

Huang Guangzhi and his entourage were busy for a year and a half, and the wires were finally finished, and he and Widow Qin really got along, and he said that he would take her out of the mountain to be his mother-in-law.

The people in the village were overjoyed to learn the news that the electricity was about to be turned on, and they were more happy than the New Year, and they stayed in the house early one by one, looking at the light bulb hanging in the air, and some people were in a hurry, and pulled the lamp rope for a while, and couldn't tell whether it was on or off, and ran to pull it again. The light bulb flickered and went out like an oil-starved oil lamp, and they were surprised and delighted, rejoiced and disappointed in the face of the darkness after a brief period of light. The lights came on, and the whole house was brighter than daylight, and everyone cheered.

Shanzi and Tie Dan were guarding in Shanzi's house, Tie Dan pointed to the electric light, and shouted in surprise: "Shanzi...... Look, it's on, it's on...... Alas, it went out again......"

"It's lit...... Lit up...... It's so unusual!" The iron egg was excited as the electric light was lit and extinguished, and Shanzi smiled and looked at him without speaking, and his heart became as bright as the room illuminated by the electric light.

The power station in the mountains is often unstable due to insufficient hydraulics, and the children often point to the light bulb and stomp their feet and abuse: "Turtle, you put out the fire for Lao Tzu...... Bright, bright, light up...... Bright ......"

Huang Guangzhi retreated with his people, and he really took Widow Qin with him. Before leaving, Widow Qin sent all the food and use at home to Shanzi. She told Shanzi: "In the future, my aunt can't take care of you anymore, you have to take care of yourself!"

"Auntie, I know. Thank you!" Although there are many words slandering Widow Qin in the village, in Shanzi's heart, she is a good person.

After Ma Shu'er ran out, at first, he was very mixed in Jindu, and soon, he spent all the little money he had, and he was often hungry, and when he was so hungry that he couldn't help it, he would seize the opportunity to steal two steamed buns to satisfy his hunger. Later, he got mixed up with a group of homeless children, who stole things, fought, robbed, and did all kinds of evil, so that they could fill their bellies.

Zhiguo happened to run into Ma Bolt on the street, and he warned him not to hang out with those people anymore, so that he could find something to do. He helped him find an errand, but he didn't know that Ma Xian'er couldn't endure hardship at all, and in the end he mixed with the gang again. They often cause trouble, fist at every turn, and later make a name for themselves. He has been inquiring about Juan'er's whereabouts, but there has been no news. He is still hanging, he has no shape, the country is easy to change, and his nature is difficult to change, so he is ready to live a chaotic life like this.