Scholars in the courtyard.

Chapter 118 Settlement
Bang Bang Bang

There was a knock on the door, Yang Xiaotao frowned, who could come at this time.

Before he could ask, Yan Fugui's voice sounded outside the door.

"Xiaotao, my third uncle, you haven't slept yet."

When Yang Xiaotao heard that it was Yan Fugui, he knew what this guy was planning.

"Abacus is good, it's not easy to endure until now."

Sneering in his heart, he opened the door.

Outside, Yan Fugui was wearing a coat with a humble expression on his face.

And every time he showed this expression, it meant that the calculation had already begun.

"Third Master, what's the matter with you so late?"

Yang Xiaotao stood at the door, not letting him in at all.

Having dealt with him before, this guy is only calculating and has no human touch.

If not, can you still come to steal food last time?
If not, how many children in the family have no one to take care of them?
Otherwise,...

Yan Fugui heaved a sigh of relief and asked with a smile, "It's nothing, I just want to ask for your convenience."

"What do you mean?"

Yan Fugui said shrewdly, "You're pulling the wires."

"I asked the teacher at the next school. This one line can be divided into many branch lines. You know, I have to read books and prepare lessons at night as a teacher. My eyes are tired for so many years. If I can use electric lights, That is also responsible for the flowers of the motherland."

"So, I just want to pull one out of you, not many, just one, what do you think?"

Yan Fugui looked kindly, but he found out clearly that every household needs to install an electric meter to install electric wires. Now the state controls the use of electricity, so the cost of ordinary households is higher than that of factories, and electricity costs eight cents per kilowatt hour money.

This is a long-term cost. It will cost eight cents if you say less in a month, and one or two yuan if you spend more.

Their family can't afford it.

So I thought of a way to pull a wire from Yang Xiaotao, which not only saves the cost of pulling electricity, but also doesn't need to install an electric meter, and it costs Yang Xiaotao's money, so why not do it?
When Yang Xiaotao heard Yan Fugui's words, he sneered at that kind and thin face.

"Third Master, are you stupid or do you think I am a fool?"

"You don't have to pay for the wiring, and you still want me to pay the electricity bill for your family?"

"If you don't say anything, can you just pull one?"

"What's the difference between this and stealing electricity?"

Yan Fugui's face turned cold, and he lost the smile he had when he first arrived. The calculation in his heart was torn apart by Yang Xiaotao in public, and it also became painful to recognize his thick skin accumulated over the years of calculation.

"How is this called stealing? Didn't I say hello to you?"

"Besides, you've brought it all up, what's the matter with using a big courtyard? That little money is not enough for a meal for you!"

Yan Fugui held his glasses and said coldly, but Yang Xiaotao turned around and slammed the door shut.

"Where do you come from and go back. If you want to use it, take the money, don't make a big courtyard or not, the courtyard belongs to everyone, not you alone."

Yang Xiaotao's voice came from the room, and Yan Fu stamped his feet noblely.

"You, you bastard, don't know how to respect teachers, don't know how to unite and love, sooner or later you will suffer."

When you're done, turn around and leave.

At Yi Zhonghai's house in the middle courtyard, the first mother came back from the door and said to Yi Zhonghai.

"It really made you guess, this Yan Laosan didn't take advantage of it."

Yi Zhonghai lay on the kang, shaking his head angrily, "This guy doesn't eat oil and salt, and anyone who goes there will have to touch his nose."

"Old Yi, do we want to have one in our family, even if we share it equally at that time?"

Da Ma also wants to use electric lights so that she doesn’t have to be in the dark when she wakes up at night, especially when it’s cold and the ground is icy and it’s easy to fall.

"Don't think about it, now that this guy is the first bird, we can't follow behind and make a fuss, or there will be another riot in the compound."

"Sleep, we'll talk about it later."

The first mother sighed, a little broken-mouthed, "This guy also installed one for the old Chen family."

"Why do you think he cares so much about the old Chen family?"

"Tell me, do you want to walk in with him? I think Yang Xiaotao is better than Shazhu. Shall we change?"

"Old Yi, Old Yi?"

Seeing that Yi Zhonghai remained silent, the first mother sighed again and lay down to sleep.

Yi Zhonghai, who turned his head sideways, opened his eyes. He heard the words of the big mother, and felt a little regretful in his heart.

If Yang Xiaotao and Qin Huairu had been together back then, maybe there was still a chance.

But now, there is no turning back.

After a night of nothing to say, Yang Xiaotao got up early and got ready. Just after eating, he saw Li Tiejun bringing Wang Ruijun and the two of them over. Li Tiejun was still holding two light bulbs.

"Uncle Li, I'll come back early this afternoon, and you can decide what to do."

Li Tiejun responded and began to lead people to lay the line.

When they came to the factory, Wang Fa and the others also knew about Yang Xiaotao's talk about electricity, and they felt a little envious, but thinking of their own situation, they dispelled this envy. Not everyone is like Yang Xiaotao, eat alone, the whole family will not be hungry , They have too many things to take care of, and they have to calculate their monthly wages and food stamps carefully.

Zhou Peng also came over to ask, and then said that his eldest brother Zhou Kui was going to his house today to see if he could help.

Yang Xiaotao naturally had no objection, although there was nothing valuable at home, and an acquaintance like Li Tiejun was watching, but asking Zhou Kui to visit made him feel more at ease.

In his heart, Zhou's family is closer than Director Wang's.

After get off work in the afternoon, the colleagues in the workshop knew that Yang Xiaotao was in a hurry to go home, so they didn't bother him, and quickly returned to the courtyard.

When I came to the house, I saw Zhou Kui holding a ladder in the living room, on which Li Tiejun was installing an electric meter box, and there was a main switch on it, which could disconnect the whole house as long as it was pulled down.

Yang Xiaotao looked around, called Zhou Kui over, and took out ten yuan to let him go to the Yongjun Restaurant.

Zhou Kui didn't say anything, and walked out with the money.

After a while, after it got dark, the whole house was installed. Looking at the sweat on the faces of Li Tiejun and the others, Yang Xiaotao immediately installed the prepared light bulbs.

These days there are no incandescent lamps, let alone energy-saving lamps. Fortunately, Yang Xiaotao exchanged a few 40-watt ones from the exchange column, which are much brighter than those brought by Li Tiejun.

"This light bulb costs a dollar a piece."

Li Tiejun looked at the light bulb Yang Xiaotao took out, and installed all the light sockets in the room. When the light was turned on, it was like daytime, and he couldn't help feeling that this guy really had a hard time.

"Well, the newest one, the 40-watt one."

Yang Xiaotao smiled, seeing that the inside and outside of the room were brightly illuminated, and Xiaowei cheered in his heart, this guy has taken a fancy to this little light energy.

Energy conversion, it seems that Xiaowei doesn't need to rely on the occasional moonlight at night.

"Tsk tsk, this guy is really bright."

Wang Ruijun and the workers next to him also sighed, they don't see this kind of power-hungry light bulbs often!
"Uncle Li, Uncle Wang, we've been tired all day, let's go eat."

"By the way, settle the wages."

Without further ado, Yang Xiaotao took Li Tiejun and walked out.

In the yard, everyone looked at Yang Xiaotao's brightly lit house, and they were almost drooling with envy.

"It's so bright. From now on, you don't have to worry about getting stabbed when you eat fish at night."

"That's right, you can see clearly even when you go to the bathroom."

"Oh, this old Chen family has a good neighbor."

"Stop talking, how much will it cost? This Yang Xiaotao really has a hard time. If things go on like this, who would dare to marry him?"

"I'm envious of people earning money. If I were twenty years younger, my wife would dare."

"Go, go, go on and on."

The sentient beings are just envious and jealous, but it is impossible for them to install light bulbs in their homes.

"Little brother, here we come."

At the entrance of Yongjun Restaurant, the lady proprietress watched Yang Xiaotao and his party come up immediately.

"Sister, business is booming."

"Hey, that's it, hurry up and sit in the room."

Yang Xiaotao called Li Tiejun and the three to come in, while Zhou Kui was looking at the table.

At this moment, the pot-wrapped meat, braised pork and two vegetarian dishes were all set on the table, Zhou Kui took out the rest of the money to give to Yang Xiaotao when he saw Yang Xiaotao came.

Yang Xiaotao pushed it over and asked him to hold it first.

There was no one else in the restaurant, and the eldest brother who had finished cooking also came out to say a few words.

When Yang Xiaotao asked how they were doing recently, the couple both had wry smiles on their faces, saying that after the Chinese New Year, the business was getting worse day by day, and the share of distribution was getting smaller and smaller.

After hearing this, Yang Xiaotao remembered it, because he took a historical detour
I thought to myself, I will go back to Yangjiazhuang during the Chinese New Year to see the situation.

Li Tiejun and the others were seated, accompanied by Yang Xiaotao and Zhou Kui, they didn't dare to let go of the meal, they just tasted it, obviously they didn't want Yang Xiaotao to spend too much.

After dinner, Yang Xiaotao asked Li Tiejun to settle the bill.

"Xiaotao, this is the public part."

"Wires, utility poles, switchboards, switches, lamp sockets, a total of 86 yuan 4."

Brothers, settle accounts.

Not to mention settling accounts with the country.

Li Tiejun measured the specific numbers meticulously and said that these are all accountable and cannot be missed.

"As for the wages, you can give ten yuan."

Li Tiejun was not polite, and directly broke the number.

Yang Xiaotao shook his head, "Uncle Li, I know you are taking care of me, but I can't let you suffer, right?"

Yang Xiaotao interrupted Li Tiejun's words, "I've inquired, your labor costs are two yuan a day."

"After three days of busy work, everyone got six yuan. A total of eighteen is right."

Li Tiejun listened, and Wang Ruijun looked at each other, but Xu Hongxing, who was younger beside him, said, "Xiao Tao, that's paid by outsiders."

"One dollar a day is not a lot for one of us."

"It's hard for you, Uncle Li, so I'll just say it, one yuan a day. You also spent a lot of food for these two days."

"Ten yuan, or I took advantage of it."

When Xu Hongxing said this, Wang Ruijun naturally would not object.

The main reason is that there are not many individuals pulling wires these days, so their external prices are naturally higher.

There is a tendency of not opening for three years, but opening for three years.

"In that case, plus the public's 84 yuan and 6 yuan, I'll round it up, a total of 100 yuan."

"Don't rush to refuse. The electricity is connected. If there is anything else, I will trouble you to take a look. I will take it all as the hard work paid in advance."

Yang Xiaotao's attitude was firm, and Li Tiejun also knew that this guy could make money and he had a lot of money, so the 100 yuan should not hurt his muscles, so he agreed.

Then Yang Xiaotao took out money from his pocket, counted 100 yuan, and settled the payment.

After several people finished eating, Yang Xiaotao gave the leftovers to Zhou Kui, and walked home by himself.

(End of this chapter)