Dashan Makes a Living 1984 - Chapter 206

  Chapter 206 202: Electricity thief exposed

  Wang Tianxiao got what he wanted, and Mijia Village finally received the electric poles he needed, and started construction.

   As for their previous Wangjia Village, household registration has already begun.

  The stage of household entry is all done by the engineering personnel of the power supply station. In addition to sending electricity in, they also need to install electricity meters for each household.

   is used to measure how much electricity each household uses.

  Speaking of which, electricity bills have changed very little over the past few decades.

   Now electricity costs thirty-five cents, but forty years later, it will be five or six cents.

  Because some people did not pay the money, it was Wang Tianxiao’s temporary advance payment for the line transmission fee, so they are not eligible to use electricity for the time being.

  People are always full of curiosity about novel things.

Don’t look at the time when the electricity is being pulled, many people seem to be not very attentive and enthusiastic, but when the engineers of the power supply station connect the electricity, install the light bulb, and the light turns on, many people are stunned on the spot. shocked.

  They didn’t expect the light to be so bright.

   It completely illuminates the night like the day, not just a little brighter than the kerosene lamp as imagined.

  Although, the lamps used in this era are still the most traditional tungsten bulbs, and they are all small wattages of 25 watts.

   If the room is too big, it is not very bright.

  Compared to the previous kerosene lamps, it is really heaven and earth.

  With these people as role models, many people who have not pulled electricity have begun to move around and have joined the team of electricity pullers.

  In less than half a month, 70 or 80 of the 100 households that hadn’t connected electricity were willing to connect, and handed over the money to Wang Tianxiao, without waiting for the previously agreed three months.

   This situation is naturally within Wang Tianxiao’s plan.

  The main feature of our country, especially the rural people, is comparison.

   Comparing food, comparing businessmen, comparing how much children make, comparing food in the field, etc.

  Anyway, as long as I can think of it, I want to compare it with others. It is best to suppress others, so that I can feel more noble and happier.

  Right now, seeing other people’s house brightly lit at night while our own house is dark, who can stand it.

Especially for many people, neighbors and brothers are not in harmony. If one family has electricity and the other family does not, it will be more uncomfortable than killing them. power ups.

   And in this case, the first television appeared in the village.

   It was a Yellow River brand black and white TV bought by Wang Tianxiao.

   Fourteen inches.

When Wang Tianxiao erected a tall TV antenna pole on the side of the pit yard, with a few aluminum rods on it, and a long antenna pulled down from above to the pit yard, people in the village were curious. Incredible.

  Everyone is guessing what it is.

   They all came to Wang’s Pit Yard to have a look.

   As a result, they saw people moving and talking in a small box. Suddenly, everyone’s three views were completely destroyed. They could hardly understand the principle of this kind of thing, which is no different from imagining gods.

  Although the TV can only receive one CCTV now, and what they can watch is very simple TV series and some news programs, but people still watch it with gusto.

  Children don’t want to go back to do their homework, women don’t want to go back to cook, men are embarrassed to keep watching, but they are itchy in their hearts.

  Everyone was very envious, and felt that the TV placed in Zhang Yufeng’s room made Zhang Yufeng’s room a sacred place.

  Many people have naturally thought about buying one for themselves, but the price is really not affordable for ordinary people, so they are both envious and regretful.

Many people have a goal since then, to make good money, and when they make enough money, let’s buy a big TV and watch it at home. Look at those people above. So good-looking, and so nice to speak.

   Unlike the people in the village, everyone is talking in the dirt, talking and shouting, wishing that the sky would collapse.

As for Zhang Yufeng, an old lady, because her son put the first TV in the village in her house, she not only had the opportunity to watch TV, but also made other old ladies in the village envious, and praised her for having such a promising and good son. , she is also very happy.

  Laughing from ear to ear all day long.

  I used to like to keep a straight face, but now I gradually smile a lot.

  Especially every evening, when the day’s work is done, what about the children and grandchildren,

  Sitting around, everyone watched TV talking and laughing together, it seemed very lively.

   This made her a lot happier.

  Before it was dark every day, kerosene lamps were lit. Under the dim light, it didn’t last long before people dispersed.

  She can only see her lonely back.

   Now it’s fine.

  A group of people, it looks like a big family.

  At this time, she was very grateful to Wang Tianxiao in her heart, and felt that she had treated her son too badly before.

   It’s just because he is more sensible than other children and works hard without complaint, so I don’t pay much attention to him, and most of the time it’s his own self-destruction.

   Whether you are getting married or going out to live, you have to rely on yourself.

  Because I didn’t want to make the family restless at the time, I knew that the members of the third family had such virtues, so I often thought of ways to bully the second daughter-in-law.

   Now that I think about it, on that snowy night last year, when my son came home and saw his wife lying on the kang with a high fever, he felt so uncomfortable. Ken didn’t know how to blame himself anymore.

   Otherwise, he wouldn’t be holding a knife. He was so angry at the time.

   Just when she thought that she and this child were going to be completely indifferent, the child gave her steps, almost helping her step by step, and let her walk down from the top.

  In the days that followed, even though the two of them were still a little estranged, they would never let go of or throw away any of the things that the child should be responsible for.

  And the other children who seem to be quite talkative on weekdays have not really done anything good to her. Although they each have their own lives, she can still tell who is filial and who is indifferent.

   After all, she is an old man in her sixties or seventies.

  Time is the best book. If you don’t read it carefully, you will become full of wisdom when you reach a certain age.

  She just doesn’t force it.

   As long as it’s not too much, it’s fine.

  Raising children, I never thought that I must get something in return.

  Be better with the second child in the future.

  My child knows that the second child, no matter how promising he is, actually longs for family affection deep down in his heart.

  This family has hurt him for ten or twenty years, so they can’t let him down forever.

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  Wang Tianxiao was not clear about the change in his mother’s psychological state.

   But seeing his mother smile, he felt it was worth it.

   What’s more, there are other nephews, nieces, and sisters, so they can also learn foreign knowledge from TV, which is also a good model to expand their horizons.

  He attributed many conflicts in his family’s previous life to the fact that some people were born with bad seeds on the one hand, and on the other hand it was because they had no knowledge.

   I only know Wo Lidou.

  If you know that there are many more interesting and important things to do in the world, you won’t be staring at the three-acre land in front of you all day long.

  In the same way, children must know how big and amazing the outside world is, so that they can set their own goals well, instead of only knowing the two life modes of working and farming.

  How important is human knowledge?

  You can see it from him.

  He doesn’t have any academic qualifications, nor does he possess advanced knowledge. It is purely because he has more knowledge that he can do well in this world.

  If the children study hard and absorb more knowledge, they will definitely go further than him in the future.

  After they go out, this **** thing at home will no longer be a cage that binds their bodies, but will turn into a kind of autumn leaves, providing them with good nutrients for their thriving growth.

  By the end of May, the Mijia Village project was coming to an end, and Wang Tianxiao was about to see the substation he had dreamed of.

  This time, stationmaster Li tactfully did not let him go, and built the transformer station according to the agreement very well.

   And guaranteed that by mid-June, he’d be watching TV.

  Wang Tianxiao saw that the other party was very polite, so he accepted it as soon as he saw it.

   Originally, the power supply station said that the line would be sent to the mountain for free, but Wang Tianxiao paid an installation fee of more than 300 yuan for the distance required by An, citing the reimbursement of the station meeting.

  He didn’t bother to take advantage of this little advantage.

  There is no such thing as a free lunch in the world, and taking advantage of a small advantage often results in a big loss.

  Even if there is no obvious loss now, the temperament of the person will change because he likes to take advantage of it. He is no longer an upright person, and the culprit will naturally follow.

  Wang Tianxiao always remembers his wife’s words, and at any time, he must behave properly.

   In this way, it is not a false appellation.

  However, Wang Tianxiao is willing to be a good person, but some people on the team are not.

  At the end of May, the power supply station came to collect the electricity bills in the village, but something went wrong.

  According to the line configuration, the entire three teams have a total electricity meter, which shows the total amount of points used by everyone in the team, and each household has a household sub-meter, which shows the electricity consumption of each household.

  If there is no accident, the sum of the power usage of the sub-meters is the total meter usage.

  But after the meter readers read the meters separately, they found that there was a power shortage of more than 300 kilowatt-hours.

   This is outrageous.

  Because the electricity has just been brought in, many people don’t know how to use electricity yet, so most people just use an electric light.

Even if there are electric lights in every room in the house, each light is 25 watts, and it is used for four hours a day, then the electricity consumption of each family is about ten kilowatt-hours a month, and the entire natural team is only more than two thousand kilowatt-hours. .

   But this difference is more than 300 degrees, accounting for more than 10%.

   This is simply not possible.

  Even if the line is slightly consumed, it can be ignored.

  When the meter reader left, he spoke very cryptically, but other people couldn’t understand the words between the lines because they didn’t understand them. Wang Tianxiao was very familiar with electricity, and he knew exactly what the meter reader meant.

   On the team, someone was actually stealing electricity.

  Speaking of stealing electricity, it has basically decreased in recent years, but it was very common in rural areas in the early years.

  The method of stealing electricity is also very simple. It is to hang a hook from the front of the meter and directly introduce electricity into the home. Because it does not pass through the meter, the meter naturally has no record.

   But the total meter is displayed.

  The front of the master meter is a high-voltage line, which has not undergone voltage transformation treatment, and ordinary people cannot use it.

  The reason for stealing electricity is because people in this era generally have little money, and electricity bills are relatively expensive.

  One kilowatt-hour is more than three cents, and ten kilowatt-hours is more than three yuan.

  The average family is about this amount.

   But the problem is that what is lacking now is not a matter of several kilowatt-hours of electricity. From the meter reading data, there are more than 300 kilowatt-hours.

  What a concept.

  If each household is more than ten degrees Celsius, there will be twenty or thirty households stealing electricity together.

   After thinking about it, Wang Tianxiao thinks that this is basically impossible.

  Stealing electricity is a technical job. These people in the village don’t understand the principle, so it is impossible to do things beyond knowledge.

   And even if they steal it, how much can they count on using that little electricity.

  Wang Tianxiao is more inclined to a household that has a certain level of knowledge, knows what electricity is, and consumes a lot of electricity.

  He looked over the people on the electricity bill, and finally locked on a few people.

  These people all have a characteristic. Some of them have done work outside and may have seen the usage of electricity, and some things at home are easy to consume electricity.

   Follow this direction to filter, and you will be able to lock it soon.

   After all, there are only those people on the team, and it’s no secret what kind of family is like, everyone knows.

  It was getting late, and Wang Tianxiao was still at Wang Dabao’s house.

There were several dishes on the table, Wang Dabao said with some embarrassment: “Tian Xiao, look at this incident, I didn’t expect that there are such people in our team, it really embarrasses our team. “

   “That’s not normal, what’s so strange, there is no one in our team, since you can steal other things, why can’t you steal electricity? It’s not the same, it’s all stealing anyway.”

   “Are you suspicious…?” Wang Dabao seemed to have realized something.

   “Well, I think it’s them,” Wang Tianxiao smiled.

  The reason why Wang Dabao is embarrassed is because those users who don’t have an internal watch are all under the name of Wang Tianxiao. Since everyone who has a watch is fine, those who don’t have a watch will be the first to be suspected.

  Although there is also the possibility that someone with a watch will steal electricity from the front of the watch, but at this time, who would believe it.

  Since it is under Wang Tianxiao’s name, this gap needs to be filled by him.

  More than 300 kilowatt-hours of electricity, he gave away more than 100 yuan for nothing.

  Although he is not short of this money now, the money didn’t just fall from the sky, right?

   And more importantly, it made him very unhappy.

   Asking you to install electricity, if you don’t install it, I will pay you in advance, but you are still stealing wool in secret, it is really too much.

   “Then what should we do, why don’t we go and have a look together?”

“Don’t worry,” Wang Tianxiao smiled, “those who catch electricity are different from other people. Electricity is an intangible thing. You can’t steal it from others. To catch them, we have to find another way. “

“Then what should I do? If you don’t catch it all day, you will have to pay three or four yuan for nothing. I’m in a panic on your behalf,” Wang Dabao said awkwardly and helplessly, “These people are also, why don’t they know how to deal with it?” Bad, this kind of electricity stealing is the same as stealing things.”

  Wang Tianxiao looked at the sky outside the window, it was basically dark.

   “Brother Dabao, since you are anxious, let’s catch the person who stole the electricity tomorrow night.”

“Why not tonight? Why wait until tomorrow night? When I think of that thief kid who is still secretly using electricity, I wish I could get him out now and ask him why he is so shameless and whether his conscience has been eaten by a dog. “

“Well, I have my own reasons. Of course, we are not idle tonight. If you want to check, you just need to tell these people to check the readings of the electric meter tonight. Check it tomorrow and tell you the data. .”

  Wang Tianxiao named some names.

“that’s all?”

   “It’s that simple.” Wang Tianxiao was confident.

  Wang Dabao still didn’t understand why Wang Tianxiao did this, but seeing how confident he was, it was hard to say anything. He originally asked Wang Tianxiao to have dinner at home, but the dishes were cold, and Wang Tianxiao didn’t move his mouth.

   “This dish makes your sister-in-law warm up, so let’s eat it at our house. Now that you have ordered it, you probably won’t have anything to eat when you go back.”

   “No, I’d better go back and eat, or my wife will be worried. Things are like this here, as long as you count the two tables clearly, it will serve as proof.”

   “Okay, don’t worry.”

  Wang Tianxiao went out and went back to see his mother. When he came to his mother’s room, he saw that the kang was full of people, and he felt very good.

   It’s just that his mother asked him to sit on the kang, but he refused.

  Using the excuse that his wife was still waiting, he left the pit yard.

   That’s fine, mother and child, he can basically do everything he can do.

   Not too thirsty either.

  By the time he got back to the station, the children were already asleep, but his wife was still waiting for him.

  Seeing him coming back, he got up to help him heat up the meal. He smiled and asked, “Why didn’t you ask me if I had eaten?”

  Li Yali glanced at him and smiled, “You must not have eaten. If you had eaten, you wouldn’t be so weak and weak. You must be hungry.”

“Haha, you know me well, and you really didn’t eat it. Originally, Brother Dabao had cooked meals at home, and he wanted to leave me to eat, but I thought I didn’t tell you in advance, how can I eat other people’s meals casually, so I still Hungry, insist on coming home, do you think I am fine?”

   “Very good, very good… let me go, I’m going to the kitchen.”

   “Why, are you in a hurry to escape from your husband?”

   “What, didn’t I warm up your meal… Oh, you, don’t wake up the child.”

   “Haha, thank you for your hard work.”

  Wang Tianxiao had to grab his wife and beat her **** the face a few times before letting her out.

  He poured some hot water for himself, and sat back on the kang after washing his feet. He looked at the woman and then at his son. The two little guys were sleeping very soundly, pink and tender.

  Although it is in the mountains, because of the good care and protection of the wife, the two children have hardly been exposed to the wind and sun, and they are as delicate as dolls in the city.

  He lay gently beside his daughter, looked at her face, and slowly closed his eyes.

  When Li Yali came back with the plate, she saw that Wang Tianxiao had already fallen asleep.

  She gently shook him to wake him up, “Eat something, you have a bad stomach, go to bed on an empty stomach, what if your stomach hurts in the middle of the night?”

  Wang Tianxiao finally got up tiredly, poked a few casually, and then lay back under the quilt.

   “Thank you, Lili.”

   “What’s the hard work, it’s my business…”

  Li Yali was still talking, but saw Wang Tianxiao fell asleep again, and soon let out a slight snoring sound.

  She swallowed the remaining half of the words into her stomach, and gently helped her husband cover the quilt. In a daze, her hand was held in the palm of his hand.

   “Lili, I miss you a little bit.”

  Li Yali was baffled.

  Isn’t I right by my side, how can I fight back and miss myself? This person doesn’t know what nonsense he is talking about.

   There is no beginning and no end, even in a dream.

   I really don’t know what he’s thinking every day, and often there will be one or two holy ghost words, so that I can’t understand what he means for a long time.

  Since her hands were tightly held, she had no choice but to sit on the edge of the kang, looking affectionately at her husband and children.

  The eyes are full of tenderness.

   It is said that the outside world is very big, but her world is very small.

   That’s enough for now.

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  Wang Tianxiao woke up the next day feeling refreshed.

  He first went to the prefabrication factory in the morning to look at the reports of the last few days, the implementation of some systems, the distribution of labor protection equipment and safety equipment for employees, and even the hygiene of the factory area…

  He remembered seeing a broken window theory before.

  It is said that if people break one glass in a house, there is a high probability that the second glass will be broken soon.

  Because people have a desire to destroy subconsciously, when they see this damaged thing, they will not pay special attention to and respect it, and will often blindly follow or aggravate this destructive state.

  He also has the same attitude towards Wenyuan Prefab Factory.

  Although the factory area is for prefabricated products, it is a bit difficult to clean it thoroughly, but he still asks that it should not be too messy as much as possible.

  A chaotic environment will not be respected by everyone, and any rules and regulations will also not be enforced.

   Only by keeping the environment in good condition can all employees realize the particularity of this place.

   Doing things will be more serious.

  In addition, he mentioned to both Zhang Wenyuan and Wu Ping about caring for employees.

  All employees must be equipped with labor protection equipment and safety equipment, and employees must not be allowed to carry them with their bodies.

  The cement industry is very dusty, and it is very easy to produce pneumoconiosis, which is commonly known as asbestosis. Once this kind of asbestosis is acquired, life will be worse than death. When it hurts, every breath is like burning the vocal tract with fire.

   Moreover, asbestosis has no hope of treatment and can only wait for death.

   Therefore, he requires all employees to wear masks. If the concentration is high, there are special masks. If it is too harmful, people can not rush to work for the time being, and wait for the environment to improve a little before entering.

  This is all responsible for the employees.

  Wang Tianxiao himself used to be a grassroots employee. He knows that many leaders do not regard employees as human beings at all for the sake of performance.

  In their eyes, employees are tools and stepping stones for their performance.

  As long as you get the results you want, employees are nothing.

  (end of this chapter)