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Chapter 227 Don’t Let Yourself Suffer Losses (Subscription Request)

"Xu Ye, thank you for your hard work!" Fan Dajun walked forward and said with a smile.

Xu Ye raised his head and saw that it was Fan Dajun and Lin Fenger. He smiled and nodded: "Brother Fan, sister-in-law, you are back. I have already pulled the wires and will be able to power your house soon."

Lin Feng'er said quickly: "Xu Ye, you bought these wires and lights, we can't use them for nothing. How should we calculate this money?"

Xu Ye waved his hand and said with a smile: "Sister-in-law, don't be so polite. We are neighbors, and we should help each other. The wires and lights didn't cost much, so you don't have to pay."

Fan Dajun heard this and quickly shook his head: "That won't work! Giving us electricity is already a great thing, how can we let you pay for it? We have to settle the bill for you and won't let you suffer any loss."

Seeing Fan Dajun's insistence, Xu Ye smiled and said, "How about this, I'll give you ten yuan for the wires and lights."

Fan Dajun knew that Xu Ye didn't want to take the money and didn't think highly of it.

However, he could help Xu Ye in other ways.

After that, Xu Ye continued to work. He skillfully connected the wires and then installed the lights and switches on the wall of Fan Dajun's house.

"Brother Fan, sister-in-law, please try and see if the light is on." Xu Ye said with a smile.

Fan Dajun and Lin Feng'er walked excitedly to the switch, pulled the rope, and the light suddenly came on.

"It's bright! It's really bright!" Lin Feng'er said excitedly, with a smile on her face.

Fan Dajun also smiled from ear to ear: "That's great! We finally have electricity at home!"

Xu Ye looked at their excited expressions and felt relieved. He knew that life in the village was getting better little by little, and all this was the result of everyone's joint efforts.

"Brother Fan, sister-in-law, you guys use it first. If you have any questions, feel free to call me." Xu Ye said with a smile.

Fan Dajun nodded quickly: "Okay, okay! Xu Ye, thank you so much!"

Xu Ye waved his hand and said with a smile: "No matter how polite you are, I won't dare to come to your house anymore."

After saying that, Xu Ye left Fan Dajun's house and prepared to go to Zhang Sanbao's house to lay electrical wires.

As soon as Xu Ye arrived at Zhang's house, Wang Chunhua handed him a pack of cigarettes.

"Xiao Ye, have a cigarette and some tea first." Wang Chunhua said with a smile.

To be honest, she never thought that one day they would have electricity at home.

"Thank you, auntie." Xu Ye didn't bother to be polite with the other party. He just took the cigarette and opened it.

"Sanbao is so lucky thanks to you. If he hadn't followed you to hunt, he wouldn't have the money to build a house now."

"And my Zhang Gui, if it weren't for you, he would have no chance to work and earn money in the county."

The more Wang Chunhua talked, the more grateful she felt to Xu Ye, and she didn't know how to repay him.

Xu Ye smiled and waved his hand, saying, "Aunt, you are too polite. Sanbao and Zhang Gui are both capable people. They have achieved what they have today thanks to their own efforts. I just helped a little, it's nothing."

Wang Chunhua's eyes moistened after hearing this, and she said with emotion: "Xiaoye, you are such a good child. It is a blessing for everyone in our village to have someone like you."

Xu Ye smiled, didn't say anything more, and started to get busy.

Pull wires, install lights and switches.

Wang Chunhua watched from the side, her heart filled with gratitude and relief.

"Xiaoye, take a rest and don't be too tired." Wang Chunhua said with concern.

Xu Ye wiped the sweat from his forehead and said with a smile: "It's okay, Auntie, I'm not tired. When it's installed, you can try to see if the light is on."

It didn't take long for Xu Ye to complete the installation work.

He walked to the switch and pulled it. The light suddenly came on and the whole room was illuminated in an instant.

"It's bright! It's really bright!" Wang Chunhua said excitedly, with a smile on her face.

"When Sanbao comes back, he will be so happy."

Zhang Sanbao is leading his hunting team into the mountains to hunt. They should be back in two or three days.

Now they always bring Xu Ye's goshawks and hunting dogs into the mountains, and they will never go empty-handed.

Every time I go into the mountains, I gain a lot.

Xu Ye did not stay in Zhang's house for long and went home directly.

Now, he can run electrical wires and install lights in every room of his house.

It was not easy to use electricity publicly before, but now it is possible.

Li Dongming also rushed back. After all, Fan Dajun had already reported the electricity issue to the brigade headquarters.

"Xu Ye, we use electricity at home, right?" Li Dongming asked worriedly.

After all, someone had reported Xu Ye for his hedonism before. Now that he has access to electricity, wouldn’t more people become jealous and report him?

"What's there to report? I built my own generator. Why are you reporting me?"

"Brother Dong, don't worry. Even if it is really reported, it will not affect us." Xu Ye said calmly.

Now, there aren’t too many people in the village who protect him.

Many people have benefited from his grace.

Even if the higher-ups come, they can’t do anything to him.

And now that they have electricity, other villagers will also want to use electricity. Won't they still have to rely on Xu Ye?

Reporting Xu Ye at this time would be tantamount to incurring public anger.

Li Dongming breathed a sigh of relief when he heard Xu Ye say this.

After all, he was still very worried about Xu Ye's benefactor and didn't want anything to happen to him.

Seeing that Li Dongming was still a little worried, Xu Ye smiled and patted his shoulder, saying, "Brother Dong, don't think too much. Everyone in our village knows that we generate electricity ourselves, not by stealing it. Who can say anything?"

Li Dongming nodded, the worry on his face gradually disappeared, and he said with a smile: "You are right, I worry too much."

Xu Ye smiled, turned around and continued to work.

He expertly pulled electrical wires into each room and installed lights and switches.

Li Dongming helped pass the tools, and the two of them worked well together and quickly completed the electrical installation in the house.

"Brother Dong, try and see if the light turns on." Xu Ye said with a smile.

Li Dongming walked to the switch and pulled it. The light suddenly came on, illuminating the entire room.

"There really is electricity. It's so bright." Li Dongming said excitedly with a smile on his face.

"Brother Dong, we don't have to light kerosene lamps at night anymore to avoid irritating our eyes." Xu Ye said with a smile.

Li Dongming nodded repeatedly: "Yes, it is much brighter with electric lights, and it is more convenient."

The switch in his room is installed next to his bed and he can reach it with just his hand, which is very convenient.

As the two were talking, footsteps were heard outside the door.

Xu Ye looked up and saw that it was a few young people from the village who walked in.

"Brother Xu Ye, we heard that your house has electricity. Let's come and take a look!" one of the young men said with a smile.

Xu Ye smiled and nodded: "Yes, it has just been installed. Come in and take a look."

Several young people walked into the room and saw the bright lights, with envious looks on their faces.

"Brother Xu Ye, the light in your house is so bright! It's much better than a kerosene lamp!" a young man exclaimed.

Another young man nodded again and again: "Yes, Brother Xu Ye, if we also want to have electricity at home, what should we do?"

Everyone knows that Xu Ye made the generator himself.

If you can build the first one, you can build the second one. "If you want electricity, you have to use a generator."

"But the cost of this generator is not low. The one I made cost more than two hundred yuan, even without counting the labor cost."

"Moreover, one such small generator can only supply general lighting to three to five households at most, so the cost is still very high."

Hearing Xu Ye say this, everyone took a deep breath.

More than two hundred in material cost?

Who can afford this?

After hearing what Xu Ye said, several young people showed disappointment on their faces.

The cost of more than 200 yuan is indeed a considerable amount for them.

Most families in the village earn only a few dozen yuan a year and cannot afford such high expenses.

"Brother Xu Ye, the cost is too high..." A young man scratched his head and said helplessly.

"That's right. If the cost was low, every household would have used electricity long ago." Xu Ye said helplessly.

He hasn't calculated his labor costs yet. If he does, a generator would cost at least 350 yuan.

This much money is enough to build a house.

After weighing the pros and cons, they quickly gave up the idea of using electricity.

After all, there is electricity now, so we just installed a light bulb.

In comparison, a kerosene lamp that costs less than five dollars a year is still very fragrant.

If you have money, you can also buy a flashlight, which will be very convenient.

Electricity is too much of a luxury to be considered right now.

After listening to Xu Ye's words, the young people were a little disappointed, but they also understood the reality of the situation.

They looked at each other, and one of the young men smiled and said, "Brother Xu Ye, you are right. It is good for us to use kerosene lamps now. At least they are cheap. When our village is better off in the future, we will ask you to help us get electricity!"

Xu Ye nodded and said with a smile: "No problem, when everyone's life gets better, we will work together to find a solution. By then, maybe we can find a cheaper way."

After hearing this, hope appeared on the faces of the young people again.

"Brother Xu Ye, we will go back first. We will come to see you again when we have money in the future!" said a young man with a smile.

Xu Ye smiled and nodded: "Okay, you guys go back first. Come to me anytime if you have anything."

After they left, Li Dongming spoke up, "I originally thought that a hundred yuan would be enough, but I didn't expect it to be so expensive."

"This is the situation now. If we have the conditions to open a factory to produce generators, the price can be lowered."

“However, it is not realistic to build a generator factory in the village at the moment.”

It’s not that Xu Ye hasn’t thought about it, but the cost is too high.

If he opened a factory, he couldn't rely on manual labor, and no one else could have his strength or forging skills.

To be honest, if it were anyone else, it would be unlikely to succeed in hand-building an engine.

If you want to produce, you have to rely on various machine tools.

It would take at least 70,000 or 80,000 yuan to build a small factory, and the village simply couldn't afford that much money.

In addition, when the generators are put on the market, not many people can afford them.

This kind of small generator is suitable for use in rural areas. How much money can people in rural areas have?

An entire brigade may not be able to buy one.

Xu Ye did not continue to discuss this issue with Li Dongming. It was indeed not suitable to run this generator factory at the moment.

Now Xu Ye has let everyone know that he has the technology to not only build water pumps, but also generators.

This way, no one will be surprised by what he brings out next time.

The two chatted for a while, and then Li Dongming returned to the brigade headquarters.

After all, he hasn't finished work yet and he still has to make an announcement later.

"Xu Ye, the generator has been delivered to you."

As soon as Li Dongming left, Fan Dajun came over dragging the brigade's diesel generator.

The diesel generator consumes a lot of fuel, and Xu Ye said he could convert it into hydroelectric power, so Fan Dajun pulled it over.

After the renovation, the brigade headquarters will have access to electricity, and the school will also have access to electricity.

In this way, the school had electric lighting during literacy classes at night.

So Xu Ye and Fan Dajun carried the generator into their studio.

"You must report the renovation costs and your labor costs truthfully, and the brigade will reimburse you. Don't let yourself suffer a loss at this time." Fan Dajun patted Xu Ye on the shoulder and reminded him.

"Okay." Xu Ye smiled slightly. He didn't think of taking advantage of anyone.

After saying that, Xu Ye started to dismantle the engine.

Xu Ye can keep part of the engine for his own use, or use it to transform it into other equipment.

Fan Dajun looked for a while and then left.

He really couldn't understand machinery.

He put his hands behind his back and slowly returned to the brigade headquarters.

Now that there is electricity at home, he is in a particularly good mood.

Yang Zongming felt a little envious when he saw his proud look.

Although he also wanted to have electricity at home, he didn't intend to ask for it.

His home is quite far from Xu Ye's home, and it costs a lot of money to pull the electric wires back home.

Moreover, one generator is only enough for a few households.

Besides, he was too embarrassed to let himself use it.

After all, no one else in the village has electricity, but he, the village chief, has it. What will others say?
Fan Dajun's situation is different. He and Zhang Sanbao are Xu Ye's neighbors. They were able to get electricity because of Xu Ye's help, so it can't be considered as taking advantage of privileges.

All I can say is that he is lucky to be Xu Ye's neighbor.

After all, Zhang Sanbao's family also used it, not just Fan Dajun.

Even if others want to find fault, they can't find anything.

Putting his thoughts aside, Yang Zongming lit a cigarette and looked at the mountains in the distance.

He felt that once the river channel was opened and the village developed, perhaps within a few years every household would have access to electricity.

But he didn't know that Fan Dajun had already started planning to bring electricity to Yang Zongming's home.

Although his house is a little far from Xu Ye's house, it is very close to the brigade headquarters.

Once electricity is connected to the brigade headquarters, we can then pull a line to Yang Zongming's home, which is only about twenty meters away.

So, Fan Dajun walked up to Yang Zongming.

"Old Yang, I'll give you a surprise later."

"Surprise, what surprise?" Yang Zongming asked with some confusion.

(End of this chapter)