Back in the 1980s, hiking in the mountains was also a way of life

Chapter 1073 Circuit Engineering Completed

The most difficult part of wiring is laying the main line. The so-called main line is the two wires, zero and one fire, after entering the house.

The reason why it is difficult is that people have to get into the ceiling and move back and forth between the large shelves.

And during the process of shuttling, they have to screw each porcelain gourd onto a large rack, and then tie electric wires to the porcelain gourds.

People of that era didn’t know much about electricity, but Wang An knew a lot about it.

That is, even if the electrical wires are intact, they cannot come into contact with flammable items such as wood. In case of a leakage, the power of electricity can easily ignite no matter how thick the wood is.

That's why Wang An bought a lot of porcelain gourds, and tried to use porcelain gourds to touch the wires wherever the wires needed support.

Just as Wang An put the prepared porcelain gourd into his bag and was about to climb the ladder into the ceiling carrying two bundles of electrical wires, Wang Li came over.

Seeing Wang Li, Wang An asked:
"What's wrong with you? Why are you taking so long to come? I thought you weren't coming."

Wang Li said with embarrassment:

"The wild boar at my house broke down the pigpen, so my father and I went to capture the pig."

In this era, although most families raising pigs let them roam free like chickens and ducks, many people who knew the higher-ups would also put their pigs in pig pens.

The increased awareness mentioned here refers to the fact that many people have discovered that it is very easy for bean pigs to appear among the pigs that are scattered around.

The so-called bean pig is a pig whose pork has bean-sized cysticercus or cysticercus eggs, also called cysticercosis pig.

This kind of pork cannot be eaten because people who eat it are very likely to be parasitized by cysticercosis, which can cause tapeworm disease or cysticercosis.

The creation of bean pigs is mostly due to pigs drinking dirty water containing parasites, or eating food containing parasites, such as certain animals, plants, and human feces.

So in order to prevent pigs from becoming bean pigs, many people keep them in pig pens.

The walls of pig pens in those days were made of earth, or stones and wooden lumps, so it was common for pigs to collapse the pens.

Upon hearing this, Wang An couldn't help laughing:
"You know what your father is thinking. How many bricks and cement does it take to build a pigsty? He is so reluctant to do so. Now he is building a pigsty every other day. What do you think your father wants?"

It must be said that wild boars have a very strong destructive ability. The walls built with mud and stones by Wang Li's family are always knocked down by wild boars, and Wang Daliang and his wife often build pig pens at home.

After Wang An finished speaking, Wang Li also said dissatisfiedly:
"Yeah, look at how nice your pigsty is. I've lived in that pigsty for many years and it's never broken. Well, before I went to haul bricks, I said I'd haul more bricks so that I could build the pigsty, warehouse, shed, etc. But my father refused to do it. Now, he doesn't even mind building the pigsty every few days."

Wang An thought for a moment and said:
"Don't you have some wood at home? Wouldn't it be stronger if you put another circle around the wall?"

Wang Li said helplessly:
"Why didn't you build a fence around it? It's useless. Didn't it rain a little these past two days? The wild boar's nose might have been scratched by the thorns, so it kept pushing at the wall every day. Finally, the wall collapsed again. Oh, I don't care anyway. Let my dad do whatever he wants."

As he was talking, Wang Li waved his hands in annoyance.

It can be seen that Wang Li is fed up with his pigpen.

Wang An laughed and stopped asking questions. He changed the subject and said:

"Now that we're here, let's get to work. You carry these two bundles of wires to the ceiling. I'll get two flashlights. It's pitch black up there, and we can't see a thing."

As they talked, the two brothers started working together.

After getting onto the roof, the two brothers worked in perfect harmony, one laying the wires while the other screwed the porcelain gourd onto the big rack. Although their speed was not fast, it was not slow either.

It took about an hour to complete the main line in Wang Dazhu's house. It took another hour to complete the wiring in Wang An and Mu Xueqing's house.

After the main line is laid out, the following work, although time-consuming, is relatively easier to do.

The most time-consuming part is drilling holes in the ceiling, then passing the wires through the holes and connecting the lamp holders from the outside.

However, the job of drilling holes was taken on by Wang Dazhu, because Wang Dazhu was curious and took the initiative to come forward to help.

For the sake of aesthetics and safety, Wang An tried his best not to leave any visible wires in the house, so almost all the visible wires were placed in the ceiling by Wang An.

While working, Wang An explained to Wang Li the electrical principles of the light bulb and the precautions when connecting the switch and the light bulb.

For example, the switch should be connected to the live wire, the lamp holder should also be connected to the live wire at the top, and the neutral wire should be connected to the threaded part on the side. When connecting branch wires from the main line to the outside, be sure to separate the branch wires, and then wrap the branch wires around the main line in circles to prevent poor contact. After wrapping, wrap the connection with insulating tape as soon as possible to prevent leakage, etc.

Anyway, Wang An explained everything in great detail, and even Wang Dazhui, who was standing next to him, understood it.

In this way, Wang Dazhui, Wang An and Wang Li worked until noon and finally connected all the light bulbs, socket switches and other things in Wang Dazhui's house.

To be honest, although connecting wires looks simple, it is actually very time-consuming.

After lunch, the three of them did not take a break and continued to work.

It was not until dinner time that the switches, electrical wires, light bulbs, sockets, etc. in the two main rooms were finally completed.

As long as the electricity is turned on, all the rooms in the two main houses of Wang An's house will be brightly lit.

However, although all the electrical wires were connected to the two main houses, all the "electrical engineering" of Wang An's house was only half completed.

There was no other way, because Wang An's family also had warehouses, sheds, pig pens, deer sheds, sheep pens, toilets, etc., all of which needed to be connected to electrical wires and light bulbs.

Wang An also wanted to install a few more light bulbs in the yard so that he wouldn't have to carry a flashlight or lantern when he went out of the house at night.

The main reason is that after electricity is available, people will not go to bed so early at night, so when summer comes, Wang An can have a barbecue in the yard with his family.

Thinking about those days, it was such a wonderful time.

In a blink of an eye, three days had passed.

During these three days, all the electrical wires in Wang An's house were laid out, and the light bulbs, switches, sockets, and circuit breakers for each line were also installed.

In other words, Wang An's circuit project was completed.
However, since Wang An and Wang Li still had to go into the mountains to protect the autumn grain, the wiring and light bulbs in the warehouse, shed and cattle pen were all installed at home by Wang Dazhu and the other two brothers Wang Daliang on the second day.

The main reason is that these things are really too simple, and Wang An explained them very carefully at the beginning, so it is normal that Wang Dazhu can learn them.

As for the wiring layout of Wang Li's house, Wang An didn't worry about it at all, because Wang Daliang and Wang Li, both father and son, had already learned how to lay wires and install light bulbs and switches.

However, just in case, Wang An still installed them and checked them from beginning to end. After all, electricity is no joke, so it is better to be careful.

Thanks to “The Big Emperor of the Empire” for the reward, thank you very much!

I wish my big brother happiness and prosperity every day!

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