The ups and downs of life in the Siheyuan

Hearing what Yan Fugui said, Jia Dongxu frowned and turned to look at Yi Zhonghai.

Yi Zhonghai lowered his head to drink tea, not looking here at all.

He immediately put on a smile and said, "Third uncle, please wait a minute, my mother is responsible for everything at home, and I don't understand any of this.

Huairu felt uncomfortable, so I helped him back to the house and asked my mother to come out immediately."

"Old Yan, Huairu's body is important. Let him go back first. Let's collect the others first."

Yi Zhonghai didn't want to care about it, but Qin Huairu was pregnant with her child.

He had to intercede, but he was extremely fed up inside.

"Okay, tell your mother to hurry up." Yan Fugui had to give Yi Zhonghai some face.

Jia Dongxu curled his lips and helped his wife go home slowly.

Yan Fugui coughed a few more times, and everyone in the courtyard stopped talking.

“Originally, we believed that someone was stealing electricity, but considering the first time, we didn’t set any rules, so this time we charged based on wattage.

The common fees include light bulbs in the cellar, courtyard and front door. The common fee for each household remains unchanged, still 2 cents per household per month.

As for the extra cost, it will be charged according to the wattage of the light bulbs in each household.

15-watt light bulbs cost 1 cents each.

25-watt light bulbs cost 2 cents each.

40-watt light bulbs cost 4 cents each.

By analogy, 100 watts is 1 piece.

Okay, if the wattage of the light bulb has not changed, I won't mention it and will still charge it as last month.

Let me read below, the wattage of the light bulb changes.

Chen Gang's house in the front yard, one light bulb in your house is 1W, and one light bulb is 40W, so this month you have to pay 25 cents.

The daughter-in-law of Chen Gang's house in the front yard immediately stood up and said, "Third uncle, we just replaced it yesterday. Just for this day, you will charge for a month. This is not fair."

"Yes, my house has just been replaced."

Several participants in the compound who were changing light bulbs stood up and agreed.

Yan Fugui was so noisy that he didn't know what to do, so he looked at the other two uncles for help.

"Okay, this is a meeting, what's the fuss about?" Liu Haizhong slammed the table hard, stood up and shouted.

"Besides, if you all just replaced it, where did the extra electricity bill come from?!"

Yi Zhonghai knocked on the table hard to signal everyone to be quiet.

"We all know when the lightbulbs were replaced at that house, so don't feel wronged.

You must pay what is due, otherwise, don’t blame us for preventing you from coming to power.”

Yi Zhonghai stood up and looked at the audience. Most people did not dare to refute and bowed their heads in silence.

Some people are dissatisfied, but they dare not refute it face to face. After all, the weight of a level 8 worker is there.

"Both Lao Liu and I have changed the light bulbs, but we ourselves have not set an example. I reflect deeply on this.

We didn’t set any rules beforehand, and we had our own problems.

So we just had a brief discussion and decided to only charge you half a month’s fee.

The rest of the shortfall will be borne by me and Lao Liu.

Lao Yan has never changed the light bulb, so he doesn't have to bear the responsibility."

Yan Fugui felt relieved when he heard that his family would not have to bear the responsibility.

Liu Haizhong was actually reluctant, but Yi Zhonghai had secretly explained it to him just now.

Paying an extra eighty cents can win over people's hearts, so he will no longer object.

Those who did not change the light bulbs felt that the methods of the uncles did not harm their interests, but felt that the treatment was fair.

Those who had replaced the light bulbs felt that they had taken advantage and were secretly happy.

While I secretly lamented the responsibility of these uncles, I felt that it would be better if they all shouldered the responsibility.

Regardless of whether they were convinced or not, the other households paid their electricity bills honestly, and only one had an accident.

That is the Jia family.

"Uncle, my family has always used 15-watt light bulbs. How do you say our home uses 60-watt light bulbs?"

"Then you go ask Lao Yi. I only look at the record sheet." Yan Fugui didn't even raise his head.

Everyone is a discerning person, and everyone saw clearly what she did just now.

"His uncle, tell me, what's going on?" Jia Zhang looked at Yi Zhonghai and said.

"Sister-in-law Jia, I don't want to argue with you. I'll give you the money first, and I'll ask you for it after the meeting."

After saying that, he threw 2 cents to Yan Fugui with a dark face.

Those who were replacing the lightbulbs suddenly felt that it was unfair and began to argue in low voices again.

Liu Haizhong glanced at Jia Zhang with disdain, and then glanced at Yi Zhonghai from the corner of his eye.

At this time, Jia Zhang only had a dark face, but said nothing to stop Yi Zhonghai from stepping down.

Anyway, she doesn't have to pay for it, so whoever wants to say can just say it.

"Okay, everyone, be quiet!" Yi Zhonghai slapped the table hard.

After everyone was quiet, he did not sit down, but continued to stand.

“One more thing, I want to inform everyone that the street has issued a notice that from now on, we must vigorously carry out power saving campaigns.

From now on, all light bulbs will be replaced with 15 watts.

Lights must be turned off before 9pm.

Of course, if you get up at night, you can turn on the lights, but you can't turn on the lights for a long time.

We should develop the habit of turning off lights at will, extinguishing them when people leave, and not turning them on unless they are dark or not in use.

The supervisors of each hospital are us uncles.

If you find someone violating street regulations, deal with them together.

The first is the fine, a one-time fine of 5 cents.

If he refuses to change despite repeated admonishment, he will be brought to the street to bring him to justice."

Hearing that it was a national call, most people in the courtyard had no objections.

Instead, they discussed how to save electricity.

Their performance made Li Yuan realize the collective obedience of people in this era.

The meeting broke up quickly.

When leaving, he was stopped by Yan Fugui in the front yard.

"Motoko, when your home was renovated, how did you provide lunch for the workers?"

As soon as Li Yuan heard this, he knew what he had planned.

Looking at Yan Fugui, who looked even thinner, he felt a little sympathetic.

He once went to Yan's house for business, and out of curiosity, he scanned the "treasure box" in his house.

There are several passbooks and some change and bills inside.

What I want to see most are a few accounting books.

He read one of the pages, which was the daily account of the day.

1959 3 Month 29 Day:

Dishes 0.15 yuan;

1.07 yuan for four feet of silk;

盐0.21元，灯塔皂8条2.96元，酱油2瓶0.45元；

200 kilograms of coal 2.30 yuan;

Car repair (tire repair) 0.45 yuan;

Beans 0.70 yuan;

Soda 0.26 yuan.

Total: 8.55 yuan

This is just one day's accounts. Think about it, of his big family, only the father and son are working now.

It is indeed difficult to feed a family of 6 people.

Moreover, the children of Lao Yan's family will change into new clothes during the Chinese New Year.

There are various expenses that need to be paid for the children.

After briefly flipping through a few pages, Li Yuan couldn't help but understand Lao Yan.

Li Yuan briefly explained the situation of Su Wagong and the others, and Yan Fugui looked a little ugly.

He wanted to say something, but thinking that this was Li Yuan's business, he didn't have enough reason to speak.

Li Yuan looked at his depressed expression and couldn't bear it.

"Third uncle, there is construction going on here and things are a bit messy.

I don’t know if my third aunt has time, but she usually helps and pays attention.

I produce 1 jin of stick noodles every day for almost half a month. Do you think it’s okay? "

"That's great, just right. Let your third aunt send you some hot water.

This way the workers don’t have to carry a thermos anymore.”

"That's great, it's settled."

"That's a deal".

After finishing speaking, Yan Fugui looked a little shy and said, "Um, Yuanzi, third uncle, thank you!"

Li Yuan smiled and waved, turned and walked out of the courtyard.