frightfiction Chapter 1063 Forgot to Buy Lightbulbs
Chapter 1063 Forgot to Buy Lightbulbs
Liu Jingxue was riding a bicycle on the way back to the production team from the commune.
She had just returned from the commune and received a phone call from her uncle and aunt.
It has been four days since my uncle and his team left the Red Star Production Team and have been settled in.
As soon as I settled it, I called her.
Liu Jingxue asked her uncle, and they haven't called her brother yet.
The main reason is that many things are inconvenient to talk about over the phone, so they plan to write a letter.
Liu Jingxue has already obtained her uncle's address, and she plans to send the things left by her uncle and his family over there in the near future.
When they get there, they will definitely have to cook for themselves. Liu Jingxue plans to prepare some bacon, mountain products, and grain and send them over.
Liu Jingxue was pedaling her bicycle, thinking about what to send over, when suddenly someone greeted her.
She quickly came to her senses and slowed down until the bike stopped.
"Liu Zhiqing, are you back from answering the phone at the commune?" A villager from the Red Star Production Team greeted her on the roadside.
Liu Jingxue nodded quickly, "Yes, Brother Fugui, I'm back after answering the phone."
It was these villagers who informed her to go to Secretary Yan's office of the commune to answer the phone this afternoon.
A few days ago, the production team sent people to help erect electric poles and pull electric wires along the way from the commune to the production team. They were busy here every day during the days they were sent out.
Yesterday, after Secretary Yan received a call from Liu Weihua, she learned that the Red Star Production Team had sent someone to help, so she asked the production team to help pass the message to her and asked her to answer the phone at three o'clock the next afternoon.
Liu Jingxue had met several of them when she had been to the commune before.
After noticing the current location, Liu Jingxue asked a few people,
"Brother Fugui, if I'm not mistaken, this road should lead to our production team, right?
Could it be that the power lines of other production teams have already been laid and will soon reach our production team?"
The villager named Fugui replied, "Liu Zhiqing, you are not mistaken, this road leads to our production team.
Now the people from the Power Supply Bureau are already pulling wires for the production team in front of us, which is Liushugou. It will probably be completed tomorrow.
The day after tomorrow, I will be able to help our production team pull the wires."
The villagers nearby said, "We are now working for other production teams. They have too many people and don't need us.
We thought that we should first dig the holes for the electric poles that will be erected along the way to our production team, so that we can speed up the process.
Anyway, there is a hole every 50 meters. After doing it for a few days, we will get the hang of it."
Hearing this, Liu Jingxue couldn't help but admire the simplicity of the villagers of that era.
Now the production team cadres are not here, there is no one to make arrangements, and the people from the power supply bureau have no requirements, but they actually saw the work and arranged it themselves.
If this happened in modern times, workers would not take on tasks themselves unless their leaders made arrangements.
"Thanks to all the great support from you guys, I think it won't be too late the day after tomorrow and our production team will have electricity."
After being praised by Liu Jingxue, these strong young men belonging to the militia felt a little embarrassed.
"Liu Zhiqing, you want to bring electricity into every household, right?" asked another villager.
Liu Jingxue nodded. She signed up that day and everyone on the dam saw it, so it was not surprising that this person knew about it.
The man reminded, "Then Liu Zhiqing must prepare the lights and firecrackers tomorrow or the day after tomorrow.
Otherwise, without light bulbs, there would be no electricity."
"Yes, the people in the previous production teams were unable to use electricity even though they had electricity brought into their homes because they had not prepared light bulbs.
It is said that all the light bulbs in the town's supply and marketing cooperative are out of stock, so Liu Zhiqing hurried to check.
Liu Jingxue slapped her head in annoyance. She had really forgotten about this.
"Thank you for the reminder, I really need to prepare quickly."
Liu Jingxue estimated that the fact that light bulbs were out of stock at the town's supply and marketing cooperative was most likely true.
After all, during this period, all the communes and production teams under Linshan Town were busy with the electricity supply issue, and the sales of light bulbs did increase.
If the leaders of the supply and marketing cooperative did not purchase large quantities of goods, I'm afraid we would not be able to buy them.
After saying goodbye to a few people, Liu Jingxue rode her bicycle home, wondering whether she should go to town tomorrow to see if she could buy some light bulbs.
But what if the supply and marketing cooperative is out of stock?
Liu Jingxue felt a little regretful that she had not thought of this earlier.
She knew that it would take at least twenty days for electricity to be sent to the countryside and the production team would have electricity, so why didn't she prepare earlier?
This cannot be blamed on Liu Jingxue. Firstly, she didn't know when the production team would have electricity. Secondly, it was because she was used to thinking in a modern way.
Previously, the light bulb at home suddenly broke, and she could just run downstairs to a store and buy a replacement. She didn't expect that buying a light bulb here would require quick hands.
Liu Jingxue rode her bicycle into the production team and greeted each villager and child she met.
When she arrived at the back of the production team, Liu Jingxue's eyes lit up when she saw the people walking in front of her.
"I wonder if they have prepared the lights and cannons?"
Liu Jingxue quickly called out to the person walking in front of her, "Zhou Zhiqing."
Zhou Mingxuan heard the sound, stopped and turned to look behind him.
Seeing Liu Jingxue riding over, he looked around and didn't see anyone else, so he quickly asked in a low voice,
"Xiaoxue, where are you riding your bike to?"
"I went to the commune to answer the phone." Liu Jingxue lowered her voice, "It was my uncle who called.
They have already arranged it, and they called to let me know, and gave me their phone number and address."
"What is uncle's current position?" Zhou Mingxuan asked quickly.
“Captain.
My aunt also arranged a job for me in a military hospital.
Moreover, their wages for the past three years have been reimbursed.”
Zhou Mingxuan heard this and deliberately said, “My dear, Uncle Liu and Aunt Liu’s previous salaries were not low.
Uncle Liu and Aunt Liu earn a combined total of more than four hundred yuan a month.
Three years of salary would be more than 10,000 yuan, and I would become rich overnight."
Liu Jingxue said with a smile, "You are obsessed with money.
Your grandfather and your father's salary is not much higher than your uncle's.
But I did make up a lot, almost 15,000, and still have a lot of tickets.
Now I don’t have to worry about them running out of money after they leave.”
After informing her uncle and aunt about the situation, Liu Jingxue finally got down to business.
"I just met some villagers who were working for the power supply bureau. They said that our production team will have electricity the day after tomorrow.
They reminded me to prepare the lights quickly.”
Liu Jingxue said frustratedly, "I don't know what happened to my brain, I actually forgot to prepare the light bulbs.
They said that the light bulbs are out of stock at the supply and marketing cooperative these days, and I’m afraid they won’t be available for purchase.”
"Are your light bulbs ready?" Liu Jingxue asked.
She didn't know what answer she expected.
If he says he didn't buy it, then we will all continue to live in the dark together.
If he said he was ready, she was a little worried that this person would laugh at her.