The ups and downs of life in the Siheyuan

Looking at his back, Li Yuan smiled.

If such a person is placed in future generations, he will definitely be a capable person. He knows how to flatter others and knows who is his noble person.

He is neither far nor close to the people in the courtyard, and he pays great attention to appearance.

He had ignored Li Yuan'ai before, but just now he said, "The whole courtyard, I'm just informing you" made Li Yuan feel more cordial.

Hey, although I don't like his romantic attitude, I don't seem to be a good person. As long as it doesn't harm my own interests, it's not a bad thing if we stay together.

It's a new day, today is Sunday. Li Yuan finished his morning classes and started making a recliner.

Last night before going to bed, I felt uncomfortable sitting on the stool. On a whim, I got up and started drawing a drawing of a recliner.

After some design and calculation, it was finally finalized.

No, just after breakfast, we started to do it.

Once you have hands-on experience with tables and stools, it is relatively simple to make a lounge chair.

In later generations, I had a rattan lounge chair in my home, and I knew its structure very well.

Instead of rattan, you can use wood.

The key to a recliner is to control the center of gravity and prevent it from tipping over.

This should not be too simple for him who has theoretical knowledge of physics.

In less than half a day, the main structure of the lounge chair was completed.

With the addition of counterweights and a simple test, the stability of the recliner has achieved the design purpose.

For safety, he added a support column at the back. When the maximum movement margin is exceeded, the support column takes effect to ensure that it will not tip over to the back.

A hidden footrest is added under the feet to make it easier for the body to lie completely flat.

After lunch, continue in the afternoon.

The next work is relatively simple, just add horizontal bars.

Since there is no condition to heat, bend and shape the wooden boards, we can only waste materials and make the curvature manually.

This step is very time-consuming.

Fortunately, his physical strength was good enough and he finished most of it before 4 p.m.

While he was engaged in carpentry work, the sound of a gong sounded in the courtyard.

Li Yuan knew that there would be another hospital-wide meeting soon.

He was also helpless. Meetings were a characteristic of this era. Fortunately, there were no political study meetings anymore, and the frequency of hospital-wide meetings was not high.

After tidying up the house, Li Yuan went out and walked to the middle courtyard.

When passing through the hall, I met Lao Suntou.

He greeted Li Yuan from a distance. When he came closer, he lowered his head and whispered: "Thank you!"

Li Yuan chuckled and kept smiling, "Uncle Sun, you confused me."

He looked up at Li Yuan and said with a smile: "Don't worry, my wife said that only you can help my family in this compound."

Li Yuan not only looked at Aunt Sun differently, but he didn't expect that she could find the answer through analysis.

"Isn't it just normal interactions? If you thank me, I should also thank you." Li Yuan continued to act stupid.

"My wife said that we know the allusion of rice rising and rice grudges fighting rice and grudges. No matter what, we will definitely repay your kindness in the future."

Li Yuandu was a little frightened, "Uncle Sun, why do you respect your aunt so much today? You weren't like this in the past."

"I was an uncle and a bastard in the past, but I will live a good life in the future."

While talking, the two of them came to the middle courtyard, each stopped talking, and stood under the verandah, looking into the courtyard.

About ten minutes later, the three uncles took their places in the same pomp and seating arrangement.

Liu Haizhong stood up and looked around, "There is a happy event today. Let Lao Yi explain the details to everyone."

He said and sat down with a smile.

Yi Zhonghai knocked on the table habitually.

"After research and decision by the street, we will gradually start electrifying the surrounding compounds next week."

After speaking, there was a deliberate pause.

When the people below heard the news, most of them were emotional. The workplace has long been electrified. Knowing the benefits of electric lights, they have long been looking forward to having electricity in the courtyard.

Today I finally heard the long-awaited news. Everyone was excited and started whispering among themselves.

Yi Zhonghai waited for a minute or two and tapped the teapot on the table.

"The street only connects electricity to the meter box at the entrance of the compound. If anyone in the compound wants to receive electricity, they have to pay for the wires themselves."

When everyone heard that they wanted to pay, they started talking loudly.

Some people have said some words that are easy to be banned, and some people have started to roll their eyes.

Among them, Xu Damao and Jia Dongxu rolled their eyes, then turned to look at their neighbors.

"Okay, stop making noise. All disputes have already occurred in other compounds that have already been electrified. The streets have learned their lessons and come up with solutions."

Liu Haizhong heard the noise getting louder and louder, and banged the table several times.

"Lao Yi will tell everyone the specific regulations."

Liu Haizhong's behavior today made Yi Zhonghai very uncomfortable, but after thinking about it, he smiled and ignored it.

"Don't think that waiting for others to pull the wire and then only pulling a small section yourself would be extremely unfair to the first person to pull the wire.

Therefore, the recommendation from the street is that the electric wires outside the house should be spread evenly in the yard. Each family decides how long the room should be and pays for it."

Backyard was worried at first, but after hearing this, he smiled.

Most of the people in the front yard looked sad, feeling that their families had suffered a loss.

Then people in the front, middle and back courtyards began to argue about how to pay.

Finally, under the pressure of the three uncles, everyone had to accept this plan.

Because the three uncles said that if you don't comply with this requirement, the street will not line up.

"Our family is used to oil lamps, but we can't stand electric lamps. Is it OK to be uneasy?"

Jia Dongxu and Jia Zhang murmured for a long time, and finally Jia Zhang stood up and said, followed by a burst of agreement.

Several uncles were upset by the quarrel. Li Yuan watched with great interest, and his humanity was revealed in the face of interests.

Finally, Yi Zhonghai came up with the idea of ​​pulling the tiger's skin to raise the flag. He slapped the table hard and shouted loudly, "Quiet! Quiet!"

At this time, the prestige of the first man in charge of the courtyard was revealed.

"The street has said that electrification is all voluntary. But whenever the cable is pulled, the equal share of the whole hospital must be paid, otherwise the cable will not be connected."

The noise stopped immediately, and several "like-minded" people looked at each other with helpless expressions on their faces.

As soon as Yi Zhonghai finished speaking, Liu Haizhong and Yan Fugui looked at each other, and then both looked at Yi Zhonghai.

Liu Haizhong was a bit depressed, and An Dao was indeed not as good as Yi Zhonghai in terms of quick wit.

Yan Fugui knew his position, so he had no other thoughts except admiration.

After Yi Zhonghai finished speaking, he kept paying attention to the two of them. When he saw their performance, the corners of his mouth twitched inadvertently.

"How to calculate the electricity bill?" Xu Damao suddenly asked.

Yi Zhonghai smiled slightly and was about to speak when Liu Haizhong stood up quickly and said loudly: "This street also has guidelines, which is to charge according to the wattage and quantity of light bulbs of each household."

Yi Zhonghai was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said nothing else. Instead, he nodded after Liu Haizhong finished speaking.

"If you are willing, you can register with the third uncle. As for how to collect electricity bills, it will be determined according to each household's situation." Seeing that the situation was stable, Yi Zhonghai began to arrange tasks.

Then he looked at Yan Fugui and said, "Old Yan, thank you very much."

Yan Fugui smiled, took out the pen and paper he had prepared, and started to register.

Liu Haizhong just felt good, but he was overtaken by Yi Zhonghai, and he was secretly unhappy.

The next step is much simpler. Everyone goes up to register one by one and goes home directly after finishing the work.

When Jia Dongxu saw everyone going to register, he lost his thoughts and followed him to register.