Xu Changqing had, in the end, underestimated the painstaking thought behind Shen Weimin's message. She had only guessed half of it right, unaware that he had deliberated for a long time before suddenly changing his strategy.
After watching Xu Sanhu leave, Shen Weimin went to change the lightbulb in his grandparents' room. Afterward, he and Grandma Shen whispered privately for quite a while.
When he came out from his grandparents' place, he took the remaining new and old lightbulbs and electrical wire to his cousin-uncle's place and dumped all the work on him.
When he came out again, he had even made off with the man's bicycle. Behind him, his cousin-uncle was so mad he was hopping on his feet, cursing him for a little rascal who only knew how to stir up trouble the moment he got back.
"What are you yelling for? If the boy didn't see you as his own uncle, you think he'd ever come to you for help? Now stop dawdling. It's not dark yet, so hurry up and run the wiring."
