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Wang An was taken aback upon hearing this, and frowned as he asked:

"You got into a fight with Li Biao? What happened?"

Wang Li sighed and said:
"Hey, don't even mention it. Before we came back from my brother Mu's house last night, there was a bunch of people watching TV in my house. I thought, let them watch. Anyway, you told my brother Mu and me about this before we bought the TV, so my family was prepared."

With a sigh, Wang Licai continued:
"Who would have thought that idiot Li Biao was here too? He's so young, and he's even educated, how come he's so uncouth?"

With another sigh, Wang Licai said with a look of disgust:
"I don't know if he has a cold or something wrong with his lungs, but he keeps coughing. And to make matters worse, he spits out phlegm, big phlegm at a time. Our living room floor is covered in big, sticky phlegm. I was so disgusted, it almost made me vomit."

Upon hearing this, Wang An was utterly speechless.

Yesterday I beat up Niu Laowai, but I didn't expect Wang Li to get into a fight with Li Biao as well.

The most unbelievable thing is that the reasons were all surprisingly consistent: spitting in public.

To be honest, buying this TV was a real rip-off. Every single one of them is a complete jerk, showing their worst side.

Wang An asked:

"So what? You just made your move?"

Wang Li said with righteous indignation:
“I told him to stop vomiting, it’s disgusting, it’s like taking a shit. If he wants to vomit, he should go back to his own house. Then he couldn’t take it anymore and asked me to go out with him. How could I let him have his way? So I went to the hospital with him, and then we started fighting.”

Wang An looked Wang Li up and down, then said with a smile:

"You seem to be alright? Not bad, all that martial arts training you've been doing these past few days hasn't been for nothing."

Given Li Biao's large physique, Wang An wouldn't have been able to beat him in a wrestling match before he started practicing martial arts. Although Wang Li was over 1.8 meters tall, he was still young and definitely not as strong as Li Biao.

Therefore, if Wang Li can avoid suffering losses in a fight with Li Biao, that would be considered very good.

Wang Li also laughed:
"Yeah, that kid Li Biao is really tough. If I hadn't learned a few tricks from you these past few days, I really wouldn't be able to beat him."

After a pause, Wang Li suddenly said with a look of excitement:
"Fourth Brother, this Eighteen Hands of Grappling is really domineering. I used the 'Stealing Peach Under the Leaf' move to hit his crotch, and then he punched me in the chest. I stepped back and used the 'Black Dragon Swings its Tail' move to kick his crotch again. Damn it, I just pinned him down there."

Wang An was taken aback upon hearing this and said:

"So you've been focusing all your efforts on that one egg? Let me tell you, Li Biao only has one egg left. If you ruin his last egg, he'll definitely come after you for his life."

With only one testicle, Li Biao is still a true man, but without one, he would be a eunuch.

If that were really the case, it would be strange if Li Biao didn't go crazy.

Wang Li shook his head and said:

"No, I kicked him in the lower abdomen, not in the balls."

The two chatted for a while longer, then Wang An suddenly said:
"Alright, let's practice martial arts first. It'll be light soon, we can chat after we're done. I'm thinking of sending those good-for-nothings from our village to stay behind the fence for a few years. They're all so damn annoying."

Wang Li agreed upon hearing this.
"Yeah, I really need to practice martial arts properly, otherwise I'll easily get hurt in a fight." After practicing martial arts, Wang Li didn't go home, but had breakfast at Wang An's house.

Just after breakfast, Mu Xueli rode over on an Oroqen horse.

After a brief greeting, Mu Xueli eagerly asked Wang An:

"Brother-in-law, did you finish making that amplifier? The TV is so hard to watch, it's not clear at all. I spent the whole night following your method and turning the TV pole around, but it was all for nothing."

Before Wang An could speak, Wang Li said with a smile:
"Isn't Sujiatun supposed to be a place of outstanding people and beautiful scenery? Then why did you make such a fuss? If you ask me, it's because you're a hopeless person. You can't even figure out how to navigate a TV pole properly."

During their morning chat, Wang Li already knew that Wang An had finished making the amplifier. However, since there were no TV programs before 8:30 a.m., Wang Li didn't know what the effect would be after the amplifier was installed on the TV.

Mu Xueli rolled her eyes at Wang Li and said:

"If you're not finished, then go to my house and wander around the TV pole. If you manage to keep the TV running smoothly, I'll treat you to a drink."

Wang Li shook his head and said:

"I can't adapt to the new environment."

Wang Li's comment, "I'm not used to the local environment," immediately drew laughter from everyone.

Mu Xueli probably wasn't in the mood to argue with Wang Li today, and turned to Wang An again with a bitter face, asking:
"Brother-in-law, tomorrow's Chinese New Year! We're counting on you to make sure we can see the TV clearly. This TV viewing is so frustrating!"

Before Mu Xueli could finish speaking, Mu Xueqing interrupted from the side:

"Alright, stop nagging. Your brother-in-law made it yesterday."

Upon hearing this, Mu Xueli's expression brightened, and she said with a smile:
"Brother-in-law, are you really done? Where's the amplifier? Let me see it."

Wang An chuckled and pointed towards the coffee table, saying:
"Those two are for you and Lao Wu, one for each of you. Oh, and those amplifiers are 30 yuan each, so pay up first."

Both amplifiers use ordinary capacitors, mainly because there are only two filter capacitors. Since Wang Anjia also happens to have two televisions, the amplifiers used by Wang Lijia and Mu Xueli are unusable.

Although given the relationship between Wang An and the other two, Wang An could easily do without paying, the saying goes, "Even close brothers should keep clear accounts." Wang An couldn't keep providing free services to them forever.

You have to understand that 30 yuan was not a small amount of money back then.

The main reason was that electronic components were not cheap in those days. A small diode cost 1.2 yuan, a transistor cost 1.5 yuan, an ordinary capacitor cost 1 yuan, and a variable resistor cost nearly 3 yuan. Inductors, coils, and other semiconductor components cost a few cents or one or two yuan each.

If it were sold normally, Wang An felt that such an amplifier should sell for at least 50 yuan. Otherwise, if the cost of parts wear and tear and labor were taken into account, selling it for 30 yuan would be a pure loss.

Unfortunately, this purely manual welding method has a very high damage rate for parts. Even with Wang An's skilled welding techniques, several small parts were damaged.

Of course, the reason for such a high failure rate is that the circuit board was made of copper wire by Wang An; if it were an integrated circuit board, the situation would be very different. (End of Chapter)