Siheyuan: Traveling through Cai Quanwu, pretending to be Uncle Shazhu

Brother Li felt a little unhappy when he saw Cai Quanwu's smug look on his face.

It’s not that Brother Li is particularly dark-hearted, but when compared, I always feel a little uncomfortable.

He used to be considered a young and promising man when he worked in the grain store, but since Cai Quanwu came, the gap has been obvious.

It is normal to feel unbalanced due to the gap.

When Cai Quanwu first started tinkering with it, everyone was pessimistic about it, and Brother Li was no exception.

There has been a lot of teasing about Tsai Ing-wen these days.

It’s not that they can’t stand seeing others doing well, it’s just that electric fans are high-tech products in their minds.

To use the words of later generations, a high-end product is not something you can create by yourself.

When I came here today, I actually had the intention of seeing a joke.

You have the ability, so let’s see if you really have it.

Although Brother Li was annoyed by Cai Quanwu's boasting and wanted to find fault with him, he found that Cai Quanwu was like a dog biting a hedgehog - he had nowhere to start, so he could only say angrily: "You are like a blind cat catching a dead mouse."

Seeing that Brother Li was still stubborn, Cai Quanwu did not indulge him and said arrogantly:

"Hey, you're still not convinced? If you have the ability, get me a motor and I'll show you what technology is."

"You wait." When Brother Li heard what Cai Quanwu said, he was moved, but he refused to admit defeat. He left a harsh word and went out.

Cai Quanwu watched Brother Li leave after saying some harsh words, and didn't care.

According to everyone's understanding at the grain point, electric fans are something that can only be produced by large factories.

It's not something that can be easily produced.

Differences in cognition cannot be made up by age.

When we first started tinkering with it, Brother Li was not the only one in the store who was not optimistic about it.

Everyone thinks Cai Quanwu is a little bit whimsical.

If electric fans were really that easy to make, they would be everywhere on the streets.

After Brother Li left, Cai Quanwu moved the simple fan to a new position and started blowing it directly towards his seat.

This is just a test of stability.

Sitting down on the chair and enjoying the breeze, Cai Quanwu was thinking whether he should get two more.

With experience, it is much easier to replicate if there is no shortage of motors.

Just when Cai Quan was debating whether to get a few more machines, he heard voices coming from outside the house.

After a while, Xiao Wu and Sister Zhao entered the cabin together.

"Hey, it actually worked. I didn't believe what Xiao Li said." After entering the room and feeling the wind blowing from the simple fan, Sister Zhao spoke first.

Hearing this, Cai Quanwu knew that Brother Li was bragging.

So humans are very strange creatures.

After Sister Zhao finished speaking, she and Xiao Wu gathered around the simple fan and started watching.

Knowing why these two people came, Cai Quanwu was not surprised.

Given Sister Zhao's personality, it would be strange if she didn't come and see after hearing what Brother Li said.

"So you came to take a look?" Cai Quanwu joked to Sister Zhao.

“Then I have to come and see.”

"I used to think this thing was so precious that not everyone could make it."

Sister Zhao didn't hesitate and admitted it openly.

Hearing what Sister Zhao said, Cai Quanwu complained in his heart that it was because he did not graduate from the electronics major, otherwise he would have made a whole crystal radio for you.

In that case, Sister Zhao would probably be even more surprised than seeing the electric fan.

But it was just a thought. He had only seen crystal radios in novels.

I have only heard the name but never seen it.

"How is it? Are you disappointed?" Cai Quanwu said with a smile.

"I'm not disappointed. It's a little ugly, but it's better than having nothing." After listening to Cai Quanwu's words, Sister Zhao felt the wind blowing, thought for a while and spoke.

Just as Cai Quanwu was about to reply, Xiao Wu, who had been silent, nodded and agreed:

"Yes, yes, it's better to have something to use than nothing at all."

"Then you should coax your uncle a little more and ask him to make another one." As soon as Xiao Wu finished speaking, Sister Zhao teased her.

Hearing what Sister Zhao said, Xiao Wu blushed and said nothing.

It’s hard to respond to this.

Saying you don’t want it seems too pretentious, and saying you want it seems too snobbish.

Cai Quanwu was not stupid. After hearing what Xiao Wu said before and looking at her conflicted look now, he knew what she was thinking.

He had just thought of getting two more machines, and had taken this factor into consideration.

Otherwise, if he takes this simple fan back, the weather will be too hot and Sha Zhu will probably end up sleeping on the floor in Cai Quanwu's room.

The concept of sense of boundaries is a later concept and does not exist in this era.

It is the norm for families in this era to enjoy good things together.

Like the third uncle, his family members have to pay for riding their own bicycles. I guess he is the only one in the whole city who can do this.

Not to mention that there is He Yushui, that clingy girl, at home.

She would sleep directly on the kang in Cai Quanwu's house.

"Hey, it's not that easy. It took me a long time to make this one." Seeing that Xiao Wu remained silent for a long time, Cai Quanwu complained with a smile, revealing an attempt to shirk responsibility in his words.

But it was not directed at Xiao Wu, but mainly to let Sister Zhao spread this word.

He couldn't let people think it was easy to make a simple fan.

It's easy to do. We are all colleagues. What's wrong with helping each other to build one? It's not like I don't care about favors.

What's more, there are so many neighbors in the yard.

Don't give in easily, or there will be trouble later.

Tsai Quanwu does not intend to open this loophole easily.

I really want Cai Quanwu to help me get the motor first.

This kind of motor is not easy to make these days.

Sister Zhao did not doubt the truth of what Cai Quanwu said, and nodded: "That's right, if it's really that easy, everyone has done it."

Seeing Sister Zhao answering the question, Cai Quanwu followed her words and said:

"Yes, the other things are easy, but for the motor I went to several commission stores and bought several broken fans. I finally pieced together a working one, and it took a lot of effort."

"Who would take a good electric fan to a consignment store to sell? Only those that cannot be repaired by a repair shop are taken to a consignment store."

“It’s really hard to find one that works.”

Sister Zhao wasn't stupid either. When she heard Cai Quanwu keep saying it wasn't easy, she rolled her eyes at him and said, "Alright, alright. I know it's not easy. There's no need to keep talking about it."

After hearing this, Cai Quanwu realized that his performance was a bit too much, and said awkwardly: "I just said it casually."

"I don't believe you, I'm leaving now." Sister Zhao said unhappily.

Having seen it and experienced it all, Sister Zhao didn’t want to listen to Cai Quanwu’s endless chatter anymore.

"Uncle, then I'm leaving."

When Xiao Wu saw Sister Zhao was leaving, he said goodbye to Cai Quanwu and left with her.

Seeing the two people leave, Cai Quanwu sat on the chair again.

We are all smart people, and as long as Sister Zhao spreads the word, no one will speak easily.

After all, Cai Quanwu said that motors are difficult to work with.

If someone really gets an electric motor, Cai Quanwu wouldn't mind helping.

The rest are much easier to make, even the fan blades can be made of wooden boards, it just takes a little effort.

What Tsai Quanwu is really afraid of is that everyone will take it for granted that he can handle everything.

As Cai Quan had expected, not long after Sister Zhao and the others left, Master Chen and Sister Liu took a look around and experienced it.

In fact, everyone has it in mind, but they just don’t say it out loud.

The weather is hot, and it’s not so bad for adults, but it’s more painful for children.

Especially those babies who can’t even speak, they get rashes all over their bodies due to the heat and can only cry. Even the adults have to suffer after a whole night.

It just so happens that both Sister Liu and Master Chen have such children in their families.

Since they didn't say anything, Tsai was happy to pretend to be ignorant.

Anyway, no matter who comes, as long as Cai Quanwu opens his mouth, he will insist that there is no motor.

This motor of his cannot flow out.

It would be the same even if Director Ma came.

Just as I was thinking about it, I heard Director Ma's voice coming from the door:

"Nothing. I heard you invented a fan yourself. That's amazing."