Siheyuan: The Era of Struggle

Chapter 93 Modified Bicycle

Chapter 93 Modified Bicycle (Subscription Request)
After learning that Hu Yinghong could go back to work after her confinement, Yang Ning began to consider how to solve the problem of Hu Yinghong going to work.

This is not the later times, where transportation is so convenient that one can find a job ten kilometers away from home in the old city and still be within the normal commuting range.

In the 1950s, when bicycles were rare, living 10 kilometers away from work was crazy.

You should know that the total area of the current Sijiu City, that is, within the old city wall, is only about 100 square kilometers. Ten kilometers is equivalent to going through the Sijiu City.

As for why Yang Ning’s residence is in the same district as the 301 Hospital, yet the distance is so far.

Well, the district where the Chinese Academy of Sciences is located is still part of the suburbs of the old city.

Of course, no one would find it unreasonable to call this place a suburb now, but in a few decades, you will have to call this place a school district house.

After all, this place is a neighbor of Wudaokou Technical School and Yanda University.

Yang Ning felt very ashamed when he thought that he, a dignified time traveler, was actually stumped by this ten-kilometer road.

Forget about buying cars and motorcycles now. Not only are they conspicuous, but even if you can afford them, there is nowhere to buy them. Even if you buy a car, you can't afford to drive it because there is no place to refuel.

Bicycle? Thinking about spending several hours on the way to and from get off work every day, Yang Ning just wanted to say, if it's not your wife, wouldn't you feel bad?
Finally, Yang Ning had an idea. This was not the future, and there were no regulations prohibiting electric vehicles.

Besides, now the government will support whatever makes life convenient for the people, without as many twists and turns as in later generations.

Although Yang Ning cannot handle lithium batteries now, lead-acid batteries have been invented for almost a century.

Even though this technology has been invented for almost a hundred years, even after another seventy years, this technology will still be the mainstream of electric vehicle batteries.

It is easy to convert a bicycle into an electric car as long as you get a motor and a valve control device.

There is no 25 mph speed limit now, and you don’t need to refuel, just come back and charge it every day.

Even if Hu Yinghong can't use it now, her mother can ride it back to her father's place when she has time, which would be a lot more convenient.

Sunday came in a blink of an eye. Yang Ning rode Hu Yinghong's Type 26 scooter and brought the tools he had prepared, mainly an old lead-acid battery, two small motors, and some other accessories, to Professor Dong's laboratory at Wudaokou Technical School.

Although it is just a laboratory, it is a mechanical laboratory and is equipped with all kinds of processing equipment.

Although most of them are small devices, they are enough to modify a bicycle.

"Have you changed your career to collecting junk?"

Although it is summer vacation, Professor Dong is still busy in the laboratory with several students because there are many projects to be carried out recently.

Professor Dong joked when he saw Yang Ning coming in pushing a bicycle with a bunch of odds and ends.

"Yeah, life is getting hard. If I don't start a side job, I won't be able to support my wife and children." Yang Ning also knew that Professor Dong was teasing him, so he followed his words pitifully.

"Go to hell!" Professor Dong looked at Yang Ning's shameless look, rolled his eyes at him and said unhappily.

"If you have anything to say, tell me now. I'm busy here."

"Hehe, it's nothing big. I just want to borrow your precious place to make something." Yang Ning smiled, put away his bicycle and started looking for it in the laboratory.

"Don't move around. Just tell me what you want and I'll have someone get it for you. Don't mess up our parts."

Professor Dong saw that Yang Ning was so rude and quickly reminded him.

Several students also stopped their work and looked at this legendary figure from the School of Mechanical Engineering with curiosity. Yang Ning looked at the workbench filled with parts and semi-finished products and had to retreat awkwardly.

"Give me a small cutter, a welder, a wrench and pliers."

Yang Ning had prepared all the other things himself. He came here just to borrow some tools from the laboratory. He didn't want to take advantage of the public, lest someone would use this to make trouble for him in the future.

"Okay, wait a minute. Let me see what you can come up with later."

Professor Dong took a look at what Yang Ning brought and had some guesses about what Yang Ning was going to do next.

After all, he is a professor in the School of Mechanical Engineering and has received foreign education. Electric cars are not a new thing abroad, but they have not been popularized due to the power of capital.

Professor Dong asked two students to bring the tools Yang Ning wanted to the door, and then returned to the laboratory to get busy.

As for Yang Ning, in order not to disturb them, he moved the modification site outside.

After more than an hour of hard work, Yang Ning finally converted Hu Yinghong's Type 20 bicycle into an electric bicycle.

Considering that girls seem to like beautiful things, Yang Ning put a lot of effort into the modification.

Relying on his skills in welding airplanes, he wrapped all the exposed parts and circuits during the modification with thin iron sheets.

It can be said that this modified bicycle is not much different from later electric vehicles, except for the lack of key switches, instruments and the like, and differences in appearance.

Although there is no key switch, Yang Ning still installed a power switch on the battery for safety reasons to prevent accidents from happening if the handle is accidentally turned after the car stops.

In order to make riding easier, Yang Ning even welded the original bicycle pedals with iron sheets and changed it into something similar to a foot pedal.

If it were to be painted again, this car would definitely be the coolest one on the street.

"Wow, that's pretty good!"

When Yang Ning was still regretting that he could only admire himself, Professor Dong, a professional wingman, appeared at the right time.

Looking at the modified car with full lines in front of Yang Ning, Professor Dong said in surprise.

"That's right. After all, I have built airplanes before. Modifying one of these things is a piece of cake." Yang Ning said proudly.

"Tsk, I'm just praising you for your own good, why are you so proud? If you can't even do such a simple thing, don't say I brought you out next time. I can't afford to lose face."

Professor Dong looked at Yang Ning's smug look and said with disdain.

"But seriously, your welding skills are really good. This is fish scale welding, the pattern is really beautiful."

Professor Dong squatted down and looked carefully at the car modified by Yang Ning. When he saw Yang Ning welding, he admired him sincerely.

"It's okay. Of course I put some effort into something for my wife." Yang Ning said modestly, but he obviously forgot to put away the smile on his face while speaking.

To be honest, no matter how great his achievements were in the past, Yang Ning would not be as happy as completing such a simple modification now.

This may be because it was the first time I used my abilities to help my family.

 I will add another chapter today when I have time. Thank you for your support. I will update when I have time.

  
 
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