Siheyuan: The Villain's Cool Life

It is said that modern people lack humanity, and this may be caused by society.

The reason why so many people lack credit is probably due to the current environment.

You always feel that the favors others give you are your due.

A drop of kindness should be repaid with a spring of gratitude, let alone a meal when you are extremely hungry.

You are about to die of thirst in the desert, and someone gives you their only bottle of water.

When you get out of the desert, return the hundred bottles of water to the other person.

Do you think you've repaid this debt?

Brother Zhou’s movies do not satirize that era, but all the people of this era.

Half a steamed bun saved your life in times of crisis. When you become rich, you give him a hundred steamed buns. It is actually very reasonable, really very reasonable.

Human nature develops along with the development of society.

It is said that whores are heartless and actors are disloyal, but the most heartless and disloyal people are indeed the ones who say these words.

They can abandon friendship, brotherhood, and even family affection at will.

Shen He has also been reflecting on himself these days.

Did the rain do something wrong? What did she do wrong?

She said she was plotting against herself, but it wasn't her who was plotting against herself.

She shouldn't have to endure such cruel treatment from him.

Shen He, who was clear-minded, woke up feeling refreshed.

Today is Saturday, February 1961, 2, the fourth day of the Lunar New Year, and it is also working time.

This year has passed just like that.

After having breakfast, I got myself ready, pushed the cart out and locked the door.

It looked like a big hole had collapsed in the house.

Tsk... It's so ugly. I wonder if the street will pay for its restoration.

If you are favored, you will repay it with gratitude. The same goes for hatred.

Arrived at the middle school.

People who work at this time have already left.

Only Shen He doesn't come to work on time.

Looking at the Jia family and Yi Zhonghai's family, let's forget about it for now.

Damn it, if a house collapses, this yard will be in trouble even if it is fine.

In such a big country, it would be no problem to find three or five people with special skills.

When the time comes and some people pay attention to you, will you slice yourself up or accept their recruitment?

It’s best to just be an ordinary person.

"Happy New Year, Master Shen, you're here."

"Hey, everyone, happy new year."

"Master Shen, are you here for business today?"

"Well, something's up. I need to run some wires through my house. Who should I contact for this?"

"That's easy. Go to the Water and Electricity Office and ask for Master Luo Daming. He's our street electrician, and he'll need to sign off on the electricity being brought into your home."

"Okay, thanks." Shen He seemed to remember having seen this old electrician before. It would be easy if he had seen him before.

Shen He arrived at the backyard, where the water and electricity office was.

After knocking on the door, Shen He heard someone calling him in, so he pushed the door open and walked in.

"Happy New Year, Mr. Luo."

"You are……"

"Engineer Luo, I'm Shen He, the temporary electrician from our subdistrict office."

"Oh, Xiao Shen, I remember you. Come and sit down. Is there anything you want to talk to me about?"

"The thing is, the house I live in doesn't have electricity yet, so I have to light candles at night.

You said that I, an electrician, messed up like this, isn't that bringing shame to our electricians? I came to you right after the Chinese New Year."

“Hey…it’s all small stuff.

Do you want to use the electricity collectively, or do you want to draw a line individually?"

"Engineer Luo, what's the explanation here? Please tell me." Shen He took out a pack of cigarettes, tore open the package, threw one away, and placed the rest on Electrician Luo's desk.

Daqianmen, okay.

Mr. Luo took the cigarette and started talking.

For collective electricity consumption, there is only one electricity meter for the entire compound, and the monthly electricity consumption is evenly distributed according to the number of light bulbs in each home.

Personal electricity consumption means one meter per person.

The electricity consumption is the same, 6 yuan per kilowatt-hour.

So electricity is not cheap nowadays.

Some people say that electricity costs a few cents per kilowatt-hour, so forget about that. The data is based on the airplane.

Shen He thought about it and decided to just have his own electricity meter to save trouble.

"Mr. Luo, can I have an electric meter?"

"Okay, you pay part of the meter fee, 15 yuan. We have to agree on this. It's all in a fixed amount. As for the wires, I'll calculate 6 meters into your home. I won't count any more. One meter is 1 yuan, which is 5 yuan, a total of 9.

As for the installation fee, since you’re an electrician yourself, there’s no need for us to go there.”

“No need, I can handle it myself.

Mr. Luo, is this money for you or someone else?"

"I'll write you a note. Please give it to the finance office. Then bring the note back and I'll go to the warehouse to get the electricity meter for you."

Shen He took the note and went to the toll booth in front.

Relying on the familiar face, Shen He quickly paid the fee and received the receipt.

Engineer Luo also brought the electric meter over.

This is roughly what it looks like. This is an electric meter produced in 1958.

There was also a large bundle of wires next to it.

And supporting items, switches, circuit breakers, fuse plugs, and lamp holders.

Shenhe took 5 switches and 5 lamp holders.

The supply and marketing cooperatives don’t sell switches and lamp holders these days, only light bulbs are available.

I'm just worried that some people might pull the wires without permission.

The electricity bill for each household in the compound is calculated according to the number of lamp holders. If you install a few more, wouldn’t that just cause losses to other residents in the compound?

Therefore, this source that could have exacerbated the conflict was curbed from the very beginning.

Shen He doesn't care, he can just install as many as he wants.

Who made his family pull the line alone?

Shen He brought Luo Gong to the yard and looked around.

It is most convenient to pull electricity from the back of the house.

There happened to be a telephone pole there.

Mr. Luo pointed out the location.

The rest is Shen He’s business.

Directly nail the electrical wires entering the house to the wall.

Use a screwdriver to dig a hole under the eaves.

Pull the wires over and connect them to the main switch first.

Connect the electric meter outside.

Installed on the rear exterior wall.

Nail a small wooden box to the outside of the meter to protect it.

Separate the threads and hang them on the wires.

Finally, when working with live wires, tighten the hanging wires and the work of pulling the wires outside is done.

Mr. Luo patted his butt and went back to the street to continue drinking tea, and reported the electricity meter number of Shenhe by the way.

Starting from this month, Shenhe will have to pay the electricity bill.

It took a whole morning to install two light bulbs in the house and two outside, one in the yard and the other in the toilet across the yard.

There is one lamp head left as a spare.

I went to the supply and marketing cooperative again and bought some light bulbs.

The moment the lights in the room came on, Shen He felt that he had arrived in a civilized era.

Finally I can throw away the candles.

This busy work took the whole morning.

Shen He did not forget that the butcher told him that he had reserved pig's trotters and ribs.

To be honest, the pork that Shen He took out from the space felt quite different from the pork sold in the butcher shop.