"Don't worry, do you think I'd lie to you? I really know how. It's just troubleshooting a problem, it's super easy," the man assured him.
"Alright, come with us." Wang Bing had no choice but to trust him this once since he had said so.
"Okay, boss, wait for me to pack my things." The man took his bag and name tag and got into the car with them.
"What's your name?" Wang Bing asked while driving.
"My name is Li Er," the man replied.
“Okay, this is a mine. There’s a problem with the circuit. If you can fix it, you’ll be well paid,” Wang Bing said.
"Don't worry about the factory, I'll definitely get it all sorted out for you. If I don't do it right, I won't charge you," Li Er said, patting his chest.
"Just hearing your words is enough."
Wang Bing and his two companions arrived at the mine quickly. Xu Guang was chatting with the old master, who seemed to have calmed down. The assistant was smoking on the side.
These three seem to have been waiting for him to come.
"Brother Xu, the electrician has arrived," Wang Bing said, leading Li Er over.
Xu Guang looked at Li Er's demeanor and remained silent for a while, while his assistant next to him almost burst out laughing.
This electrician is really a skilled electrician.
"Are you sure you're an electrician?" Xu Guang asked with some doubt.
"Of course, boss, tell me where the problem is, and I'll go check it for you right away," Li Er said confidently.
Xu Guang pointed to the vicinity of the power strip, but didn't say anything.
Since he's already here, let him give it a try. What else can we do? After Li Er walked over, Xu Guang glared fiercely at Wang Bing.
He simply didn't believe that this guy with that look could do electrical work. Wang Bing, that kid, really can't do anything right. He didn't know where he found such a weirdo.
Li Er walked over, without even seeing him take any tools. He looked around, plugged and unplugged for a while, and then turned back to the group and said something.
"There's no electricity here, it has nothing to do with the factory, I guess the underground lines are broken."
"As long as we find the breakpoint, we can just connect it," Li Er said casually.
"Huh? Did you tell him about this situation when you came?" Xu Guang was a little surprised and turned to ask Wang Bing.
"No, I just said that I didn't know where the factory was without power, and asked him to come and check. I didn't say anything else."
Wang Bing looked at Li Er with some surprise. He hadn't expected that this guy, who seemed unreliable, would actually be so capable, finding the problem so quickly.
The assistant stared at Li Er with wide eyes, all his previous contempt gone. Was this some kind of hidden master among ordinary people?
"How do you know it was an underground line that broke, and not a problem somewhere else?" Xu Guang stood up and asked, somewhat incredulously.
"After working as an electrician for so many years, I can tell whether there's electricity or not just by touching it," Li Er grinned, revealing his large, white teeth.
"Okay, I didn't expect you to be so capable. Go ahead and find the problem. Once you've fixed it, just name your price," Xu Guang said generously.
“This is such a big and complicated problem. It will probably take a long time to investigate, hence this number,” Li Er said, extending his right hand.
Xu Guang looked at his right hand, hesitated for a moment, and asked, "Is this... three hundred, or five hundred?"
Li Er glanced at his right hand, where the three remaining fingers twitched slightly.
"It's three fingers, so it must be three hundred."
His little finger and ring finger were reduced to tiny fragments; he only had three fingers left.
"Okay, three hundred it is, as long as it can be fixed."
"By the way, if I may ask, which two fingers of yours?"
Li Er immediately identified the problem, hitting the nail on the head, which made Xu Guang take it seriously and his tone became more polite.
"You mean these two fingers? Hey, a couple of times when I touched them, damn, the wires were live. It's a minor issue, nothing to worry about," Li Er said, squatting down and rummaging through his tools, completely unconcerned.
Everyone: "..."
You damn electrician, you've been working on this all by sheer audacity, haven't you? You actually touched the wires?
"Damn it..."
Xu Guang patted his forehead and sighed softly.
He had initially thought this kid was really capable, able to pinpoint the problem at a glance.
So it was just a random groping, like sticking your hand into the ground and trying to grope someone.
Just hearing about this operation made his eyelids twitch.
"You two keep an eye on him, make sure he doesn't die on my mine. If anything happens, call 120 immediately," Xu Guang turned around and instructed Wang Bing.
"Um... okay."
Wang Bing found a wooden stick on the ground, fearing that if Li Er was electrocuted, he wouldn't have anything to pull him away.
Li Er picked up his tools and began to investigate along the underground lines.
Wang Bing followed closely behind him, ready to give him a whack at any moment.
“Here, take a shovel and dig. The wire should be right here. See if it’s broken here,” Li Er said to the two of them as he turned around.
Wang Bing and Zhang Lin exchanged a glance. Zhang Lin went back to get a shovel and started digging a hole in the ground.
Soon a large pit was dug, and sure enough, the buried power lines were seen.
Li Er was not afraid at all, and directly cut open the black skin and reached out to touch it.
This scene terrified Wang Bing and Zhang Lin, who immediately hid, thoroughly frightened.
"It's alright, there's no electricity, we'll probably have to go further," Li Er said, wiping his muddy hands casually onto his pants.
"Dude, do you really have to go this far? Can't you try something else?" Wang Bing said, trembling with fear.
"Hey, it's nothing, I still have three chances with my right hand," Li Er said nonchalantly, and continued walking forward.
Wang Bing and Zhang Lin exchanged a glance. To be honest, Li Er, who was just touching the wire, was completely unharmed, while the two of them, who were watching, were sweating profusely.
"Here, dig some more." Li Er gestured, and Zhang Lin bent over and continued digging.
Li Er tried the same method, tearing open the wire insulation and touching it, but still shook his head.
"It seems the break point is quite far away. Let's keep going."
Actually, you know what, Li Er's method of finding breakpoints is really not much different from gold panning.
The process involves determining a direction and then starting to dig. If you don't find it, you continue searching forward. If you do find it, it means you've gone too far, and you can start digging back.
By investigating in this way, we will eventually find the location of the breakpoint.
"Dig here!"
This was the 10th or so pit Zhang Lin had dug, and he was covered in sweat from exhaustion.
Of course, half of it was exhaustion, and the other half was fear.
When Li Er peeled back the wire insulation and reached out to touch it, his eyes suddenly widened and his whole body trembled.
Yes, yes, yes, yes…
When Wang Bing saw Li Er like this, he was so frightened that he broke out in a cold sweat and immediately shoved the stick at him, breaking him away from the power line.
"Electricity..." Li Er fell to the ground and uttered his last word.
"Dude, are you alright?" Wang Bing and his companion quickly stepped forward to help Li Er up.
Li Er sat down on the ground to catch his breath, took a deep breath, looked at his blackened right middle finger and said, "Old electricians inevitably have some buzzing and crackling, it's nothing."
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