The next morning, Zhou Huaian drove a tractor to take Wang Zhen and Yang Dongmei back to Ning'an, and then went to the railway station freight station to transport goods.

Televisions, tape recorders, electric fans...all kinds of electrical appliances were piled up like a small mountain. After the reconstruction and reopening, Wang's department store had an even more complete range of products than the department store.

Zhou Huaian made two trips before he moved all the goods to the warehouse behind the clinic and stacked them up.

Wang Zhen pointed to two large boxes and two long boxes and said to him, "Take the 14-inch Panda TV and the antenna back and tell Yiding to install it according to the instructions and adjust it to the direction that best receives the signal.

In the past few years, the TV only had one channel, and the signal was sent from 6pm to around 12am. It has been better in the past two years, but every Tuesday is maintenance time, and there will be no programs no matter how you tune it.

Another point is that the TV antenna must be hung high. The higher the antenna is, the better the signal reception will be, and the lower the probability of "snow" on the screen will be. "

Sometimes, in order to find a signal, you have to rotate the antenna, which is taller than a telephone pole, 360 degrees before you can find a good signal.

"Okay!" Zhou Huaian picked up a TV and put it in the bamboo basket. Wang Zhen put the other one in as well. They lifted it into the truck bed and placed it there. They then tied it up carefully with a rope, fearing that it would be damaged by the bumps.

As soon as Zhou Huaian's tractor entered the village, Zhou Yiding, who was watering the corn field outside the house, heard the sound and ran over, "You're back, did you get it?"

Zhou Huaian nodded, parked the tractor in front of his house, climbed onto the truck bed, took out a TV, handed it to him and placed the antenna box on top of the TV.

"Just follow the instructions and figure it out. I'm going to go back first."

Zhou Yiding saw that he was in a hurry and rolled his eyes at him, "Why are you panicking, kid? Help me finish it first and then leave!"

"The boy looks quite clever, how could he be so stupid?"

"You are smart. If you stick a tail on your butt, you are a monkey."

"You're a fool!" Zhou Huaian thought for a moment and picked up the bamboo basket in the truck bed, then went down and followed him into the yard. "Have you decided where to install the antenna? I'll help you install it first before we go back."

"That's better!" Zhou Yiding went to the backyard and carried the hard-headed spring over. "It's in the corner room of the Anton Wing. You can bring it in after you finish watching the show."

"Great!" Zhou Huaian opened the antenna box, took out a roll of flat green wire, then the installed antenna, and at the bottom was a illustrated instruction manual.

The two men followed the instruction manual, burned the two ends of the flat wire on the kerosene lamp, and quickly tore off a small section of the softened rubber to reveal the yellow copper wire inside.

After tightening the two copper wires, connect one end to the back of the TV and the other end to the antenna.

Zhou Yiding moved the cement pier to the corner of the east wing, and the two of them carefully inserted the hard-headed spring, which was taller than a telephone pole, into the hole left in the cement pier.

Then use several steel wires to fix the bamboo pole to ensure that the antenna can be used normally even when there is strong wind.

"Ding Ding Cat, plug in the TV and turn it on."

"Okay!" Zhou Yiding plugged in the socket and pressed the switch. A burst of snow and a "sizzling" sound of electricity rang out. He turned the channel adjustment knob and turned it around, but didn't see a single program.

She spread her hands at him and said, "Looks like we really have to wait until the afternoon."

Zhou Huaian shrugged, "It's done, I'm going back first!"

"Go ahead, I'll continue watering the fields." Zhou Yiding complained angrily, "Damn it, there's not even a drop of water in the ditch. The water for watering the fields today was pumped from the well. I don't want to do it anymore. Just let it dry up to death."

"If you're not afraid of your ears getting twisted like the way you just twisted the TV channels, then just let it die!"

"..." Zhou Yiding recalled the action of changing the TV channel just now, and found that it was exactly the same as Wan Xuejiao's action of twisting his ear. "Fuck~ I really didn't notice it if you didn't tell me. How do you think these women know how to change the TV channel like this?"

"Ask your wife!" Zhou Huaian picked up the bamboo basket and walked towards the door. He saw the old woman next door standing outside, looking at the TV antenna curiously.

"Zhou Laoyao, what is that thing that Yiding's family has?"

"It's a good and useful thing." Zhou Huaian put the bamboo basket in the truck bed, started the tractor and drove away.

When he got home, the gate was still closed. He took out the key, opened the door and entered the yard. After moving the bamboo basket into the house and putting it away, he went to the back mountain. Everyone was fetching water to irrigate the fields.

In the corn and sorghum fields here are planted peanuts, cucumbers, sweet potatoes, and some bean and cowpea seeds that may have fallen on the ground last year. The hairy vines are climbing up the corn stalks.

Yang Chunyan and her mother-in-law were watering the corn field. When they saw him coming back, they turned their heads and looked at him, "Did you bring the TV back?"

"I'm back." Zhou Huaian said with a smile, "We've already installed Yiding's house. When I turned it on, it was all snowy, with no channels. Mine is in the living room. I'll go back later and connect the antenna, so we can watch TV tonight."

Li Qiuyue smiled and said, "The youngest one is really quick, he has bought all the three turns and one ring!"

"My house is not complete, only Ding Ding Mao's house can be considered complete." Zhou Huaian smiled and glanced at them, "I asked my brothers when I bought it, and they said they would not buy it. They said they would come to my house to see it after I bought it."

Zhang Xiuxiang: "Hehe, it's the same at your house. Let's save more money and buy the colorful ones at Dr. Wang's house."

"Brothers, you are not that far away from each other. Why waste money on buying so many? Just have one to relieve your boredom." Zhou's mother waved her hand at them. "The sun is getting brighter. Hurry up and work. The sooner you finish, the sooner you can leave."

Yesterday afternoon, there was no water in the ditch at the foot of the mountain, so everyone used water from the reservoirs to irrigate the fields. All the water in the three reservoirs in the medicinal fields had been used up.

The gates blocked the water, and after a night, the water in the reservoir was drained and filled up again. It seems that building a reservoir is the right thing to do, and it can last longer even if the weather is dry in the future.

For families without reservoirs, some pushed chicken carts to the river to fetch water and brought it back to irrigate the fields, while others fetched water from wells. They worked very hard just to produce more food.

During lunch, Yang Chunyan told Zhou Huaian that someone from the construction team was killed by an old bear. After hearing this, several elders hurriedly told him that it would be better to go home empty-handed than to go hunting in the old forest.

Zhou Huaian agreed solemnly and told the others that he had heard from Xu Hongbing yesterday, who also said that it was not the first time that the hunters from the Construction Team went to the old forest to hunt, but they had been there several times.

Because I had tasted success the previous times, I let my guard down this time a few days ago, and who knew something bad would happen.

He and Zhou Yiding felt upset after hearing this. As the saying goes: A clay pot will break if it is kept out of the well, and a general will inevitably die in battle. It is never too careful when hunting in the mountains.

After waiting until the afternoon to finish work, Zhou Huaian ran home with the dung bucket on his shoulder. Seeing Yang Chunyan cooking in the kitchen, he asked hurriedly, "Yan'er, have you tried it before? Can the TV play it?"

When he got home from work at noon, he and Zhou Huaishan connected the antenna and placed the TV at the door of the west wing so that they could go inside and watch the TV if it rained.

"Jia Ming and the others watched for a while, but there was only a little snow. Mom thought it was a waste of electricity, so she turned off the TV, and the kids went to Yi Ding's house to watch it."

"I'll go take a look." Zhou Huaian washed his face with water, then went to the front yard. He turned on the TV and watched it for a while, but there was still no program. Zhou's mother and Yang Chunyan started to set the table.

Mother Zhou looked at him worriedly and said, "Youngest, we tried to release Chunyan for a long time but she didn't come out. Could she be broken? Turn on the radio and tune it in, and you will hear the sound."

Zhou Huaian smiled and said, "Don't worry. Wang Zhen told me that there is no TV on Tuesdays. It has to be after six o'clock. It's only six o'clock now. It's not time yet."

Zhou's mother heaved a sigh of relief after hearing this, "Go and call your grandfather and old man to come for dinner."

Zhou Huaian nodded, "Where's Xiao Jiuer?"

"Jia Ming carried me to Yi Ding's house to watch TV." Yang Chunyan brought over the stir-fried cabbage with pork and put it on the table.

"It's like showing a movie in the village. People are in high spirits."

After Zhou's mother and Yang Chunyan set the table, Zhou Huaian followed his grandfather and father in, and the whole family sat down to eat.

Zhou Jiaming carried Xiao Jiuer on his back, followed by his younger brother and sister-in-law, as well as several children from the Ma family, who all rushed in, "Dad, the TV at Uncle Yi Ding's house is out, and there's a picture."

"Why are you in such a hurry?" Zhou Huaian took Xiao Jiuer and said, "Go back and eat first."

Zhou Jiaming was unwilling to give up. "Let's take a look first, just in case you don't have it at home!"

"If you don't have any, go to Yiding's house!" Zhou Huaian gently kicked his butt and said to Ma Chunhua's three children, "Go home and eat, then watch TV."

"Oh!" Boss Lin walked a few steps with his two younger brothers, then turned back and said, "Uncle Youngest, tie up the dog. We are not letting them in."

Zhou Huaian nodded, "Don't worry, uncle will tie them up later."

"Eat, then come and see after eating." Zhou Jiaming and others also ran after him.

Zhou Huaian carried Xiao Jiuer back to the kitchen. The family had just finished eating when several children ran in like a gust of wind.

"Dad, you guys haven't finished eating yet! We have all finished eating."

Zhou Huaian wiped his mouth, walked out and said to them, "Go and pull out the straw stools and long benches and set them up. I'll turn on the TV."

Zhou Jiakang hurriedly reminded him, "Dad, drive slowly, don't break it. My grandma said it will cost a lot of money, and you haven't paid Uncle Wang yet! You have to pay if you break it."

Zhou Huaian smiled and nodded, "I'll buy you a TV on credit. If you don't respect me well in the future, I'll pull you out and spank you."

"Dad, let me tell you something!" Zhou Jiakang pulled him slyly, "You can charge for it. Auntie has already charged 3.06 yuan for the comic books she bought for us."

"...Who did you rent it to?" Zhou Huaian stopped and looked at him and asked.

Zhou Jiakang looked at him proudly, "The kids in the village and some of my classmates took the comic books to exchange for reading, and we didn't charge them."

"Hurry up and sit down. I don't charge you." Zhou Huaian knocked on him, smiled and shook his head. He only paid one cent for two days, and it was considered a skill to charge three. (End of this chapter)