Chapter 1080

The most difficult part of wiring was laying the main line. The so-called main line was the two wires—one neutral and one live—after entering the house.

The reason it was difficult was that one had to crawl into the ceiling and shuttle back and forth between the large frames.

And in the process of shuttling, one also had to screw porcelain gourds onto the large frames and then tie the wires to the porcelain gourds.

People in this era didn't know much about electricity, but Wang An knew quite a lot about it.

That was, even intact wires could not come into contact with flammable materials like wood. If there was a leak, with the power of electricity, no matter how thick the wood was, it could be easily ignited.

Therefore, Wang An bought a large pile of porcelain gourds, striving to ensure that wherever the wires needed support, porcelain gourds would be used to contact the wires.

Just as Wang An put the prepared porcelain gourds into his satchel, carried two bundles of wires, and intended to step on the ladder to enter the ceiling, Wang Li came over.

Seeing Wang Li, Wang An asked:

"What's your situation? Why are you so slow? I thought you weren't coming."

Wang Li said with an embarrassed face:

"The wild boar at my house knocked down the pigsty, and my father and I were busy fixing it."

In this era, although most families raised pigs by letting them roam like chickens and ducks, many people who had become more aware would put the pigs in a pigsty.

The "becoming more aware" here refers to many people discovering that pigs that roam are very prone to having "bean pigs."

The so-called bean pig is a pig with cysticerci or cysticercus eggs the size of bean grains in its pork, also known as cysticercosis pig.

Such pork cannot be eaten because if people eat such pork, they are very prone to being parasitized by cysticerci, thereby causing tapeworm disease or cysticercosis.

And the production of bean pigs is mostly because the pigs drank dirty water containing parasites or ate food containing parasites, such as certain animals, plants, and human feces.

Therefore, in order not to let the pigs become bean pigs, many people put the pigs in a pigsty to raise them.

The pigsties in this era were all walls made of earth, or walls built with stones and wood blocks, so it was a common occurrence for pigs to knock down the pigsty.

Hearing this, Wang An couldn't help but laugh:

"You say your father doesn't know what he's thinking. How many bricks and how much cement does it take to build a pigsty? He has to be reluctant. Now it's good, building the pigsty every three days. What is your father trying to save?"

It had to be said that the destructive ability of wild boars was absolutely quite powerful. The walls built by Wang Li's family with mud and stones were always knocked down by wild boars, and Wang Daliang and his wife were also often at home building pigsties.

After Wang An finished speaking, Wang Li also said with dissatisfaction:

"That's right. Look at the pigsty at your house, how good it is. I reckon that pigsty won't be broken for many years. Sigh, when I was pulling bricks, I said to pull more bricks, so that the pigsty, warehouse, and shed could all be built with bricks. My father just wouldn't do it. Now it's good, building the pigsty every three days, and he doesn't find it annoying."

Wang An thought for a moment and said:

"Doesn't your family have wood? Wouldn't it be stronger if you surrounded it inside the wall?"

Wang Li said with some helplessness:

"Why wouldn't we surround it? Surrounding it is useless. Hasn't it rained a bit these past two days? The wild boar's nose might be itchy, rooting every day, rooting every day, and finally, it knocked the wall down again. Sigh, anyway, I don't care anymore. Let my father do whatever he wants."

As he spoke, Wang Li waved his hand very irritably.

It was clear that Wang Li had been annoyed to death by the pigsty at his house.

Wang An laughed and didn't continue to ask, changing the subject:

"Since you're here, let's work. You carry these two bundles of wires into the ceiling, and I'll go get two flashlights. It's pitch black up in the ceiling and you can't see anything."

As they spoke, the two brothers worked together.

After crawling into the ceiling, the two brothers cooperated very tacitly. One laid the wires and the other screwed the porcelain gourds onto the large frames. The speed was not fast, but it was not slow either.

After about an hour or so, the main line in the house where Wang Dazhu and the others lived was finished.

After another hour or so, the wiring in Wang An and Mu Xueqing's house was also finished.

After the main line was laid, the subsequent work, although time-consuming, was relatively easier to do.

The most time-consuming part was drilling holes in the ceiling, then letting the wires pass through these holes, and connecting the lamp heads on the outside.

However, the work of drilling holes was taken over by Wang Dazhu, because Wang Dazhu was curious and took the initiative to help.

For the sake of aesthetics and safety, Wang An tried his best not to leave exposed wires in the house, so basically all exposed wires were placed by Wang An in the ceiling.

While working, Wang An explained to Wang Li the principle of electricity for light bulbs, as well as the precautions for connecting switches and light bulbs.

For example, the switch should be connected to the live wire, the light head should also be connected to the live wire at the top point, and the side with the screw thread should be connected to the neutral wire. Also, when connecting branch lines from the main line, one must separate the branch lines and then wrap the branch lines around the main line circle by circle to prevent poor contact. After wrapping, use insulating tape to wrap the connection point immediately to prevent leakage, and so on.

Anyway, Wang An's explanation could be said to be detailed, and even Wang Dazhu next to him understood it.

Just like that, Wang Dazhu, Wang An, and Wang Li worked until noon and finally connected all the light bulbs, sockets, and switches in Wang Dazhu's house.

To be honest, the work of connecting wires, although it looked very simple, was truly very time-consuming.

After lunch, the three of them didn't take a nap and continued to work.

It wasn't until dinner time that the knife switches, wires, light bulbs, and sockets for the two main houses were all completed.

As soon as the power was turned on, every room in Wang An's two main houses would be brightly lit.

However, although the two main houses had all the wires connected, all of Wang An's "power projects" could only be considered half completed.

There was no other way, because Wang An's house also had warehouses, sheds, pigsties, deer pens, sheep pens, toilets, etc., all of which needed to be connected with wires and light bulbs.

Including the courtyard, Wang An also wanted to connect a few more light bulbs, so he wouldn't have to carry a flashlight or a kerosene lamp every time he went out at night.

The main thing was that after the power was turned on, people wouldn't go to sleep so early at night. In this way, when summer arrived, Wang An could have some small barbecues in the courtyard with his family.

Thinking about those days, it was simply beautiful.

In the blink of an eye, 3 days passed.

And in these 3 days, all the wires in Wang An's house were laid, and the light bulbs, switches, sockets, and knife switches for each line were all installed.

That is to say, Wang An's circuit project was completed.

However, because Wang An and Wang Li still had to go into the mountains to protect the autumn crops, the lines and light bulbs for the warehouse, shed, and livestock pens were all done by Wang Dazhu and Wang Daliang the next day.

The main thing was that these things were too simple, and Wang An had explained them very carefully, so it was normal for Wang Dazhu to learn them.

As for the wiring of Wang Li's house, Wang An didn't worry about it at all, because Wang Daliang and Wang Li had already learned how to lay wires and install light bulbs and switches.

However, just in case, Wang An still checked what they had installed from beginning to end. After all, electricity was not something to play with, so it was better to be careful.

Thanks to "Emperor of the Great Empire" for the tip, thank you, thank you!

Wishing you, big brother, happiness and wealth every day!