Chapter 1126: There is a difference between people

As soon as Wang Xiaoli finished speaking, everyone in the room burst into laughter.

Only the two sisters, Wang Xiaomei and Wang Xiaoli, did not laugh; they looked at everyone with curiosity written all over their faces.

It must be said that the phrase "children speak without taboo" was perfectly and vividly embodied by these two sisters.

After the laughter died down, the sisters clearly hadn't satisfied their curiosity—or rather, their "thirst for knowledge" had grown even greater. Like a pair of "ten thousand whys," they kept asking Wang An about the relationship between the sun and the earth.

Unfortunately, Wang An himself was practically semi-illiterate, and his knowledge was truly limited, so he was eventually unable to handle the barrage.

However, as their big brother, Wang An absolutely could not say he didn't know or that he "didn't understand," because in the eyes of his two little sisters, their big brother was omniscient and omnipotent.

If Wang An were to say such things, it would be a genuine collapse of faith for the two little sisters.

And so, Wang An said to his two little sisters:

"You two need to study hard; you'll learn all these things later. You're still too young now, and even if I told you too much, you wouldn't be able to remember it. Go turn off the light; it's broad daylight, what a waste of electricity."

The two little sisters still listened to Wang An; they nodded obediently and ran over to pull the light cord.

Ever since Wang An installed the pull-switch box, the two little girls had often pulled the cord to play, saying they just liked the "click-clack" sound that came from the box.

Because of this, the two little girls had even received a severe scolding from Liu Guilan, and if Wang An hadn't intervened, they would have certainly gotten a spanking.

After settling the two little girls, everyone continued to chat while eating. Wang Dazhu said:

"It's just great having electricity. That big loudspeaker was installed a long time ago but never made a sound. Now that we have power, we can just use the loudspeaker for announcements. Otherwise, for a small matter like this just now, the Tuntun leader would have had to ring the bell to call everyone for a meeting, hahahaha."

Liu Guilan chimed in:

"That's right. It's just a matter of one sentence. If we didn't have the loudspeaker, people would definitely be rushing to the Tuntun headquarters in a swarm again."

Wang An said with a chuckle:

"This time, you don't have to worry about the batteries when listening to the radio or the tape recorder. Listen as much as you want, whenever you want, hahahaha."

It must be said that although Wang An had brought the radio and tape recorder home, because of the batteries, Wang Dazhu and his wife only listened to the radio at set times. Apart from listening to the news and occasionally listening to storytelling, the radio was kept off at other times.

As for using the tape recorder to listen to music, unless Wang An and Mu Xueqing turned it on themselves, Wang Dazhu and his wife would never take the initiative to listen to music.

There was no helping it; even though Wang An bought batteries by the box, the old couple was still stingy and reluctant to use them.

As soon as Wang An finished speaking, Wang Dazhu immediately said:

"That's right, hurry, hurry, Xiao An, turn on the tape recorder. Let's listen to some music and enjoy ourselves, hahahaha."

Liu Guilan also said with a smile:

"I want to listen to that 'Sweet Honey' (Tian Mi Mi); I think that song is really good. And that 'The Moon Represents My Heart' is fine too."

Wang An laughed, put down his bowl and chopsticks, and went to plug the tape recorder into the socket. He rummaged through the tapes, found the one with "Sweet Honey," put it into the recorder, and pressed the play button.

Immediately, the voice of the Goddess Deng rang out from the recorder: "Sweet honey, you smile so sweetly, as if..."

One has to admit that this song is truly a classic, mainly because the Goddess Deng sang it so beautifully.

Of course, the sound quality of the tape recorder at this time was also quite impressive.

After one song ended, Huang Zhong curiously pointed at the tape recorder and asked Wang An:

"Big Brother, when did the person singing get inside? That thing is so small, how did she get in there?"

Huang Zhong's question immediately left Wang An completely dumbfounded.

The main thing was that Wang An hadn't seen when the Goddess Deng had crawled into the tape recorder either!

Just as Wang An was blinking his eyes, trying to figure out how to explain this, Huang Li couldn't help but say:

"No one crawled inside. That's a tape recorder; it uses the tape and the speakers on both sides to sing."

It was clear that Huang Li's understanding of the tape recorder was also only half-baked; after all, these were things Mu Xueqing had told her casually when she asked during her days at Wang An's house.

Huang Zhong just said "Oh" after hearing this, but his eyes remained confused as he looked at the recorder.

Wang An explained with a smile:

"This thing is just a machine. The thing I just took out is called a cassette tape; the songs are all recorded on it. Then there is something inside the recorder called a magnetic head. When it brushes against the tape, the songs on the tape are played out..."

In this way, Wang An tried his best to explain the tape recorder in layman's terms, but it was obvious that Huang Zhong didn't understand at all, or rather, he only understood a small part of it.

However, Wang An stopped explaining after that, mainly because explaining it didn't really help much.

To be honest, although Wang An knew how to repair tape recorders and understood their working principles, it was truly difficult for him to explain it in a way that an illiterate person could understand, because he really didn't know how.

After lunch, Huang Li was responsible for clearing the table and washing the dishes, and everyone rested for a while.

Huang Li's living quarters were in the west room of the house where Wang An and Mu Xueqing lived, because living in the west room made it convenient for her to take care of Mu Xueqing, who had a big belly.

As for the living quarters for Huang Baoguo, his son, and Er Gangzi, Wang An had arranged for them to stay in the old house.

It should be said that Wang An had also installed electric lights in the old house, and the bedding and such were all ready. Although they were old bedding that the Wang family had used, Liu Guilan had washed them after they moved.

Moreover, Wang An had hired them to work, and providing such conditions was already very good. Besides, even these conditions were far better than the earthen pits that the drifters lived in.

As for the empty rooms in the new house, although they could be lived in once bedding was laid down, to be honest, Wang An was still somewhat repulsed by Huang Baoguo and the others.

The main thing was that these drifters not only didn't bathe much, but their clothes were also filthy. Although Huang Baoguo and the others should have cleaned themselves up before coming, the smell on them was still quite strong.

There was no helping it; this was the normal thinking of a normal person. Everyone was human, but one had to admit that there really was a difference between people.

Wang An could accept a young girl like Huang Li washing up and changing clothes, but he really couldn't quite accept Huang Baoguo and the others.

However, it was clear that Huang Baoguo and the others were quite satisfied with Wang An's arrangements.

(End of chapter)