Baiyue Cave Master

After Wang Yuanchao arrived at the poultry breeding base and held a morning meeting with the staff, he came to the office and was thinking about the issue of bringing electrical wires into the homes.

After thinking for a while, he felt that action was better than thought, so after explaining something to Wang Hua, he walked out of the poultry breeding base and headed towards the brigade headquarters.

Arriving at the brigade headquarters, Wang Yuanchao found Secretary Zeng, handed him a cigarette, lit it, and said:

"Secretary, I saw someone from the county come this morning to bring electricity to our brigade.

Are there any particular requirements for us villagers to connect electricity to our homes? "

Secretary Zeng took two puffs of his cigarette and said:

"What's the big deal about connecting electricity to homes? Just connect the electricity and install a light bulb, and then the electricity bill will be shared among each household."

Wang Yuanchao heard Secretary Zeng's crude management method and said with a smile:

"Hey, Secretary, how can we do this?

If someone has three light bulbs installed at home, and someone else has five light bulbs installed at home,

If you ask everyone to pay the same electricity bill, the villagers will fight each other.”

When Party Secretary Zeng heard this, his face turned sad. He smoked his cigarette without saying anything.

Apparently, he hadn't thought of any good solution. After a while, Secretary Zeng said:

"Well, the brigade's electricity supply is definitely a good thing for everyone.

But now that installing an electricity meter is so expensive, no one is willing to install an electricity meter alone.

If we don’t share the electricity bill, what else can we do?”

Wang Yuanchao thought for a moment and said:

"Secretary Zeng, I have an unsound solution, which is to charge according to the number of light bulbs.

That is to say, how much electricity the entire Red Flag Brigade generates is evenly distributed to each light bulb.

Although this approach cannot solve all problems, it can also reduce the conflicts caused by villagers’ feelings of unfairness. What do you think? "

When Secretary Zeng heard this, his eyes lit up, he patted his thigh and said:

"Hey, Wang Zhiqing, it's you who has to do it. I think this method is good.

I think we can follow this approach.”

Wang Yuanchao saw that Secretary Zeng was in a better mood, and said:

"Secretary Zeng, I would like to install an electricity meter myself and pay the electricity bill according to the meter. Is that possible?"

Secretary Zeng looked up at Wang Yuanchao in astonishment and said:

"Wang Zhiqing, why are you wasting this money?"

Wang Yuanchao smiled implicitly and said:

"Secretary, you know I came from the city to work in the countryside.

The city has had electricity for a long time, and I have been accustomed to the convenience of electricity since I was a child.

So by then, our family might use more electricity.

In order to avoid conflicts among villagers who think I use too much electricity and take advantage of them, I might as well just install an electricity meter and pay the bill myself."

"I'll see who dares. Wang Zhiqing, you came to our Red Flag Brigade and did so many things. You helped all the villagers make so much money and let them live a good life. I want to see who dares to make trouble when the time comes."

Wang Yuanchao shook his head with a wry smile and said:

"Secretary, this is not a question of who dares.

It's about me not wanting to take advantage of our villagers.

Secretary, you also know that the government gives me subsidies every month.

I live in our brigade every day and don't spend much money.

So I am not short of money. Since I am not short of money, why should I take advantage of the villagers?

So Secretary, you have to support my approach."

Secretary Zeng felt Wang Yuanchao's noble character and his willingness to not seek personal gain for the collective, and he sighed and said:

"Wang Zhiqing, it will cost 30 yuan to install an electricity meter. Are you sure you want to install it?"

Wang Yuanchao nodded and said:

"Secretary, I am determined to pretend, and I hope you can agree."

"Okay, since you said so, I will naturally not disagree.

I'll give you a certificate, and you can give it to the staff from the county when the time comes."

"Okay, Secretary. Thank you very much."

After communicating with Party Secretary Zeng, Wang Yuanchao came to the construction site.

While handing out cigarettes, he started communicating with the staff.

The wooden poles used for electricity these days are all soaked in tung oil.

The surface is covered with shiny black asphalt, about five or six meters high.

Use a triangular iron to install a crossbar near the top, and support a short iron piece diagonally downward to ensure that the crossbar is balanced and stable.

A porcelain bottle is installed at each end of the crossarm, which is actually called an "insulator", and two iron wires extend into the distance through the porcelain bottle.

Today's electrical wires all carry three-phase electricity of around 400 volts, rather than the high-voltage electricity commonly used in the past.

From the county to the Hongqi Brigade, the neatly-arranged new poles and wires on the roadside bring new hope to people.

It made all the villagers in the Hongqi Brigade feel warm in their hearts.

The warm autumn sun shines on the earth. The villagers of Hongqi Brigade sit leisurely in the yard, on the roadside, and under the trees, chatting and imagining that in the future Hongqi Brigade will have the same electricity life as in the city.

Wang Yuanchao had no intention of going to work at the farm today. He stayed with the staff and watched them work.

Hundreds of people from the Red Flag Brigade came to help at the construction site. The villagers were responsible for digging the pit, erecting poles, and filling the pit.

The main job of the county staff is to connect calls.

By the evening, the line was finally pulled outside Wang Yuanchao's yard.

Wang Yuanchao had been hanging out with the staff for a day and had become familiar with them.

Taking out the brigade certificate from Secretary Zeng, Wang Yuanchao asked the county staff to install a separate electricity meter for him.

At the same time, he wired up the room he lived in, the kitchen, the bathroom, the toilet, the left and right wing rooms, and the main entrance to his yard, and installed light bulbs.

Wang Yuanchao also left two electrical sockets in each room to facilitate the use of home appliances in the future.

The whole installation cost Wang Yuanchao about 50 yuan.

Fortunately, the county sent people to carry out the project, and no tickets were required for lamp holders, light bulbs, sockets and wires, otherwise Wang Yuanchao would have been left guessing.

After all the busy work, the wires in the house were installed, but it would take several days before the electricity was actually connected.

The county needs to connect and debug all the lines before every household in the Hongqi Brigade can have electricity.

But Wang Yuanchao had already started to calculate in his mind whether he should buy some electrical appliances.

In this day and age, it should be said that there are still many kinds of electrical appliances available for sale in department stores.

For example, refrigerators, electric fans, rice cookers, and televisions. However, electrical appliances of this era are still considered luxury goods due to issues of industrial production capacity. Not only are they expensive, they also require tickets, and they are not that easy to use.

Wang Yuanchao really needs to buy some electrical appliances, maybe it will cause a sensation in the Red Flag Brigade.

So Wang Yuanchao began to hesitate.