After careful consideration, Wang Tianxiao concluded that this was highly unlikely.
Stealing electricity is a technical skill, and since these people in the village don't even understand the principles, they can't possibly do anything beyond their knowledge.
And even if they steal it, how much electricity do they actually use?
Wang Tianxiao prefers a household that is knowledgeable, knows what electricity is, and consumes a lot of electricity.
He looked at the names on the electricity bills over and over again, and finally narrowed it down to a few people.
These people all have one thing in common: some have worked outside and may have seen how electricity is used, and they tend to use a lot of electricity when doing things at home.
If you filter in this direction, you can quickly narrow it down.
After all, there are only so many people in the team, and it's no secret that everyone knows what each family is like.
As dusk fell, Wang Tianxiao was still at Wang Dabao's house.
Several dishes were on the table. Wang Dabao said somewhat embarrassedly, "Tianxiao, look at the mess this has made. I never thought there was such a person in our team. It's really a disgrace to our team."
"That's normal, what's so strange about it? We have all kinds of people in our team. If we can steal other things, why can't we steal electricity? It's all the same, we're stealing anyway."
"You suspect...?" Wang Dabao seemed to understand.
“Yes, I think it’s them,” Wang Tianxiao smiled.
Wang Dabao felt embarrassed because those users without internal tables were all registered under Wang Tianxiao's name. Since everyone with tables was fine, those without tables became the first to be suspected.
Although there is a possibility that someone with a meter might steal electricity from the front end of the meter, who would believe that in this situation?
Since it's under Wang Tianxiao's name, he'll have to fill this gap.
He gave away more than 100 yuan for over 300 kilowatt-hours of electricity.
Although he doesn't lack money now, money doesn't just fall from the sky.
More importantly, this made him very unhappy.
I told you to install electricity, but you didn't. I even paid for it for you, but you're still secretly taking advantage of me. That's really going too far.
"What should we do then? Shall we go and take a look together?"
“Don’t rush,” Wang Tianxiao smiled. “Catching electricity thieves is different from catching other people. Electricity is an intangible thing, so you can’t catch them red-handed. To get them on the grounds, we have to think of another way.”
“What can we do then? If you don’t catch them in a day, you’ll have to pay three or four yuan for nothing. I feel bad for you,” Wang Dabao said awkwardly and helplessly. “These people, how can they not know right from wrong? Stealing electricity and stealing things are the same thing.”
Wang Tianxiao looked out the window at the sky, which was already almost dark.
“Brother Da Bao, since you’re so anxious, we’ll go catch the electricity thief tomorrow night.”
"Why not tonight? Why wait until tomorrow night? The thought of that thief still secretly using electricity makes me want to drag him out right now and ask him how he can be so shameless and whether he has no conscience."
"Well, I have my reasons. Of course, we're not exactly idle tonight either. If you want to check, just tell those households to check their electricity meters tonight and again tomorrow, and we'll give you the data."
Wang Tianxiao named some people.
"that's all?"
"It's that simple," Wang Tianxiao said confidently.
Wang Dabao still couldn't understand why Wang Tianxiao did this, but seeing how confident he was, he didn't say anything. He had originally invited Wang Tianxiao to have dinner at his home, but the food had gone cold and Wang Tianxiao hadn't touched it.
"Have your sister-in-law heat up this dish, and then come to our house to eat. It's getting late, and there probably won't be anything left for you to eat if you go back."
"No need, I'll go back and eat, otherwise my wife will worry. That's how things are here. As long as you get the two tables right, it will serve as evidence."
"Okay, don't worry."
Wang Tianxiao went out and went back to see his mother. When he arrived at his mother's room, he saw that the kang (a heated brick bed) was full of people, which made him feel very happy.
His mother asked him to sit on the kang (a heated brick bed), but he refused.
Using the excuse that his wife was still waiting, he left the pit-dwelling courtyard.
That's fine, isn't it? After all, we've been mother and son, and he's done almost everything he could.
I don't crave too much.
When he returned to the depot, the children were already asleep, and his wife was indeed still waiting for him.
When she saw him return, she got up to heat up his food. He smiled and asked, "Why didn't you ask me if I had eaten?"
Li Yali glanced at him and smiled, "You definitely haven't eaten. If you had eaten, you wouldn't look so weak and listless. You must be hungry."
"Haha, you know me well. I really didn't eat. Brother Da Bao's family had prepared a meal and insisted that I stay, but I thought I hadn't told you beforehand, so how could I just eat at someone else's house? So I went home hungry. Don't you think I'm great?"
"Very good, very good... Let go of me, I need to go to the kitchen."
"What, are you in such a hurry to escape from your husband?"
"What? I was just heating up your food... Oh dear, don't wake the child up."
"Haha, thank you for your hard work."
Wang Tianxiao had to grab his wife and rub her face hard a few times before letting her go.
He poured himself some hot water, washed his feet, and sat back on the kang (a heated brick bed). He looked at his wife and then at his son. Both little ones were sleeping soundly, their skin pink and tender.
Although they lived in the mountains, thanks to his wife's good care and protection, the two children had hardly been exposed to the wind and sun, and were as delicate as city children.
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