The villagers immediately changed their excited state and shrank back in fear.
Even the village chief was taken aback.
I was startled by what Engineer Wang said about electricity being able to kill people.
"How could electricity kill someone?"
He couldn't help but murmur.
Wang Gong explained to the villagers, who probably couldn't even write their own names, that the human body is also a conductor. Since they didn't understand, he used simple language to tell them that electricity is similar to fire and should not be touched. In case of an emergency, they should first turn off the main switch, and if that wasn't possible immediately, they should find a dry wooden stick to act as an insulator to disconnect the connection.
The villagers could understand these words; it was like telling someone to put out a fire as soon as possible...
The villager who had just burned his finger cried out, "Oh, so that's how it is..."
The villagers were used to hardship. When a blister appeared on their finger from the sugar, they were initially frightened, but after recovering, they used a traditional remedy of wood ash. They didn't really know the principle behind it, but wood ash was considered a cure-all in the village.
If explained using later scientific theories, wood ash is alkaline and has anti-inflammatory and calming effects, and many diseases are afraid of bacteria.
The villagers, having learned a lesson from this real-life example, immediately and earnestly declared that they would never touch electricity carelessly again…
After leaving Ivory Village, Engineer Wang still felt a sense of感慨 (gǎnkǎi, mixed feelings). He thought, "We really need to focus on improving the general public's knowledge and literacy. In the future, people will be exposed to much more than just electricity. With electricity comes many more things. Literacy education and other programs must be implemented..."
In some ways, the sending of educated youth to the countryside today has opened up channels for villages to understand the outside world.
Reading is never a useless thing.
Engineer Wang shook his head, pondering how to properly report his thoughts on this matter to his superiors when he got back.
*
These past few days, as soon as Fan Xiaofan arrived at the research institute, someone would immediately follow her in, saying they wanted to invite her to "have a chat"...
She strolled out with Liu Fang and Gu Wenyan, and in just a few days, they received many warm welcomes.
When people came to her, Fan Xiaofan initially showed up in a huff, perfectly matching the scenario of how they had actually doubted her that day. Then, amidst the fawning of others, her little temper remained stubbornly strong.
When they order people around, demand things, or throw a tantrum, they can be incredibly rude.
But when they tried to subtly inquire about the research from Fan Xiaofan, her eyes darted left and right. She pretended to be calm and wanted to say something, but ended up rambling on and on, saying nothing of substance.
These words sound impressive, but upon closer examination, they don't stand up to scrutiny at all.
Those who came to test the waters became increasingly conflicted.
Is this guy, who pretends to know everything about scientific research but is actually just pretending to understand, really the person they're looking for?
Some people hesitated and backed down.
Fan Xiaofan dressed up today, just waiting for people to come and block the entrance of the research institute so she could take them out for a business trip. Oh dear, since she can't do research now, girls can only find other ways to pass the time. For a cute girl, of course, it's eating delicious food, buying pretty things, and incidentally putting on airs to annoy people.
"Huh, it's so late, why hasn't anyone come looking for me yet?"
Fan Xiaofan glanced at her watch. She hadn't eaten since early morning in order to make room in her stomach. These people were really something, never on time.
She puffed out her cheeks angrily.
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