Lao Yu: "Have you noticed that there is no electricity here during the day and only at night?"

Mu Yi: "I noticed it. That's right, what's the reason? Tell me quickly."

Lao Yu: "There is no electricity here. Walking from Guoshen Township to your Varado Township, there is a canal at the foot of the mountain along the river. This canal leads the water to Ermu Village in your Varado Township.

The Mojiao Power Station on the site. That power station is too old. It gets very hot after a while and burns out the machine. So it only generates electricity for a while after dark and stops after a while. In addition, you need to buy more.

Get some light bulbs ready."

Mu Yi: "Why?"

Lao Yu: "Think about it, if you forget to turn off the lights. Or you accidentally pull the switch when the power is turned on, and you don't know whether it is on or off. Wait until the power station starts to generate power. When the power comes, you will just start turning on the lights.

There are only a few people, so the power is very high, and the lightbulb will burn out in no time."

Mu Yi: "Oh. That's it. Thank you, Lao Yu."

Lao Yu: "You're welcome. Newcomers don't know this. You'll get to know it slowly."

Mu Yi bought three plastic buckets, a broom, a thermos bottle, a teapot, a plastic ladle, a pack of candles, and two light bulbs, which cost him one hundred and five yuan. He secretly felt

I thought the price was a bit expensive, but I was embarrassed to say it. I followed Lao Yu silently and carried the things over.

Ma Buqi took a look at the things he bought, especially the three plastic buckets, and nodded with satisfaction. "I've bought them all."

Mu Yi: “Almost everything is bought.”

Ma Buqi: "Lao Yu, pick up ten steamed buns for me. I'll take them back to eat later."

When Mu saw Ma Buqi buying steamed buns, he thought that he should also buy some steamed buns. He quickly asked Lao Yu: "Steamed buns cost a lot."

Lao Yu: "Thirty cents a piece."

Mu thought that he only had less than a hundred yuan left, and he didn't know when his salary would be paid. He also had to buy coal, medicine to prevent himself from getting sick, and some eggs. Money was very tight.

Originally, he wanted to buy fifty steamed buns, give ten to each of Xu Yingxiong, Chu Yanhong, Mu Ping and Geng Zhi, keep ten for himself, and then pay for Ma Buqi. But after calculation, it cost almost eighteen yuan.

Money. He endured it for a while and imitated Ma Buqi's tone. "Lao Yu, pick up ten for me too."

Lao Yu picked up a large plastic bag, picked up ten steamed buns and packed them.

Mu Yi: "Lao Yu, I paid Brother Ma's money together."

Ma Buqi: "Why is this so embarrassing? Everyone just pays his own way."

Although Ma Buqi said this, Mu Yi still insisted on paying for him.

After paying the money, Ma Buqi helped Mu Yi carry some things, and they went back to Varado Township.

Mu Yi and Ma Buqi did not see Chu Yanhong and the others on their way back to the countryside from the market. When they returned to the countryside, they discovered that they had already gone back. Mu Yi put away his things and carried the two plastic buckets together.

Then he picked up the steamed buns. When he arrived at Chu Yanhong's room, he put the steamed buns on the table.

Chu Yanhong: "You also bought steamed buns. I happened to be a little hungry when I came back."

Mu Yi: "Sister Chu, pick it up and eat it quickly."

After saying that, he lifted the bucket into Mabuqi's house.

Ma Buqi: "Muyi, what do you mean?"

Mu Yi: "Didn't I break your bucket two days ago? There are exactly three buckets. I gave you two and I have one left, so give me your remaining bucket."

Ma Buqi: "Then take it and use it."

Mu Yi carried the leftover bucket and walked towards his house. He happened to meet Secretary Lamu.

Secretary Lamu: "Muyi, are you back from the market?"

Muyi: "I'm back."

Secretary Lamu: "Muyi, I have told the fellow coal sellers that you want to buy coal, and they will carry it for you in two days."

Mu Yi: "Thank you, secretary, that's great. I don't know how coal is sold here. Where is the scale?"

Secretary Lamu couldn't help but laugh when he heard what Mu Yi said. "Mu Yi, our folks here don't need to weigh scales when selling coal."

Mu Yi: "How can you sell it without weighing it on a scale?"

Secretary Lamu: "The folks here put coal in phosphate fertilizer bags and sell it on their backs. Generally, a bag costs five yuan. A bag is more than a hundred kilograms of coal. In this way, a meal of coal is less than

One hundred dollars."

Muyi: "Oh, that's very cheap."

Secretary Lamu: "I called you ten bags."

Mu Yi: "Secretary Lamu, are ten bags enough to burn?"

Secretary Lamu: "It's almost enough for you to burn until the Chinese New Year. The coal we have here is very good, but the sulfur content is a bit high. It smells bad when burned and is a bit choking. However, these ten bags of coal are better than what you buy below.

The same amount of coal requires more carbon."

Mu Yi: "Why?"

The secretary smiled and let it slide. He did not tell Mu Yi directly why. He just said: "You will know when you make carbon in two days."

It rained for two consecutive days.

On the third day, the rain stopped early in the morning. When Mu came to wash up, he saw a girl who had already carried the charcoal to the countryside. This girl looked not very old, only seventeen or eighteen years old.

She was not tall in appearance, but she was very plump and strong. She was seen carrying two bags of coal on a rope. This shocked Mu Yi.

Oh my god! According to Secretary Lamu, this is more than two hundred kilograms!

Mu Yi approached the girl and wanted to help her put down the coal. The girl quickly waved her hand to him, meaning that she didn't need help. Then she directly carried the coal to the eaves in front of Secretary Lamu and put it down.

Soon, two middle-aged people, a man and a woman, walked in from the door. They seemed to be the girl's parents. They were also carrying coal on ropes. But they were carrying more coal than the girl.

Carrying three bags. This shocked Mu Yi's jaw.

The fellows here must be too strong! The strength of that girl just now has broken Mu Yi's common sense. And now these two people shocked Mu Yi even more.

Immediately afterwards, two smaller girls came behind, each carrying a bag of coal.

It seemed that they were a family. Ten bags of coal were piled up next to each other under the eaves. The middle-aged man who looked like a father got up and knocked on the door of Secretary Lamu's house.

Secretary Lamu came out to take a look and quickly gave the man a cigarette to smoke.

The man took the cigarette and lit it, then said to Secretary Lamu: "Secretary, I brought the charcoal for you. Where is the person who wants to buy the charcoal?"

Secretary Lamu pointed at Mu Yi. Then he said: "Mu Yi, the coal fellow you asked for has been carried on his back. There are exactly ten bags, totaling fifty yuan. Do you have money? If you can, take it.

Come and pay it to others. If you don’t bring it with you, I will lend it to you first and then deduct it from it when you get paid."

Although Mu Yi was very grateful to the secretary for helping him like this, he didn't want to borrow money everywhere as soon as he came. He really didn't want to live a life of borrowing money. He quickly said: "Secretary Lamu, I still have some money. I will bring you some money soon.

Just go and pay them."

After saying that, he quickly ran back to the house, took the money, and ran back to pay the man.

The man took the money and said repeatedly: "Kashasha, Kashasha."

Mu Yi understood this sentence, which meant thank you. Mu Yi hurriedly said to him: "You're welcome, you're welcome. I should be the one thanking you. You and I came here carrying coal." I don't know if this person heard it.

After understanding what he said, he looked at Secretary Lamu anxiously. He wanted to ask Secretary Lamu to translate it.

Secretary Lamu: "Don't worry. He can understand the Chinese you speak, but he just can't speak Chinese."
Chapter completed!