Like a reflection in water or a flower in a mirror, it's like a dream, so beautiful that even a bottomless abyss would make one willingly jump in.
Xiao Cheng's eyes rippled slightly, and layers of smiles appeared. "Beautiful."
Bai Lu smiled contentedly, holding the vase as she stepped aside to let him pass: "Are you coming back for lunch?"
"Return."
After Xiao Cheng left, Bai Lu went to the vegetable garden, turned over a patch of land, and sowed a new batch of vegetable seeds.
After watering the plants and picking some vegetables for lunch, I took my basket to the market to buy groceries.
When I returned from grocery shopping, I was surprised and suspicious to see a tricycle parked in front of my house with the gate wide open.
Didn't Xiao Cheng go to the city?
You're back so soon?
As Bai Lu approached her house, she saw a large square cardboard box in the yard, with several pieces of foam inside for padding. Excited and expectant voices came from the main house.
"Did your brother ask you to send it back?"
"Yes, my brother specifically asked us to bring it back from the city, and we even took a tricycle back!"
This will give Xiao Cheng time to install the television.
Xiao Wei was circling around the television and satellite dish, his big eyes filled with curiosity.
Xiao Wei, full of anticipation, watched helplessly as Bai Lu went to the kitchen, and his older brother followed her there.
Xiao Wei, who had been eagerly anticipating the arrival of the delicious food, instantly forgot all about the television.
Xiao Dazhuang explained to Bai Lu, who had entered the main house, "Brother Cheng still has some small matters to attend to, so he asked us to return the TV first. He'll be back as soon as he's done."
Bai Lu took a good look and commented, "Hmm, it looks really good. It will look even better when your brother comes back and puts it on."
Next to the remote control is a satellite dish shaped like a round pot lid, used to receive signals.
"They probably went to buy groceries."
Bai Lu smiled and shook her head: "Of course not, the little people inside are all fake."
"Can you see it no matter how far away it is?"
"Then, using a very advanced device, we can record their lives and put them on television. Whether it's our television or someone else's, as long as it's plugged in and turned on, you can watch it..."
"Why can fake puppets fight?" Xiao Wei asked, puzzled. "Is it like those puppet shows on the street during Chinese New Year, where someone holds up a small wooden puppet behind a curtain, speaks for the puppet, and fights with it using their left and right hands?"
Didn't we agree to install a TV?
Why aren't you installing a TV anymore?
Bai Lu returned to the kitchen with her vegetable basket, only to find that Xiao Cheng had followed her and was even sitting in front of the stove to light a fire.
The next honest-sounding voice, which you can tell without even looking, is Xiao Dazhuang: "That's right, Brother Cheng asked us to bring it back, but we forgot to ask him where to put it."
Xiao Cheng walked into the house and, without saying a word, rewarded Bai Lu with a pat on the head, clearly pleased with her praise.
Once you get to the roof, follow the ladder down.
Even if they are disliked, they won't leave.
"Wait...what are you waiting for? We're back now."
After spinning around, Xiao Wei sat at the table, resting his chin on his hands, watching the television with bright, sparkling eyes.
Xiao Cheng said unhurriedly, "You can pretend after you finish eating."
This scene reminded Bai Lu of a funny video she saw online in her later life, where a young man was watching TV and, without even turning it on, said that the TV was really good.
"It's beautiful." Xiao Wei nodded excitedly: "This is a TV that my older brother bought. Sister-in-law, come and see!"
Aren't you going to install a TV?
"Big brother is amazing, he even managed to buy a TV!"
Xiao Cheng moved the satellite dish on the roof, while Bai Lu watched the television broadcast below: "Got it."
As soon as Bai Lu finished speaking, she heard footsteps behind her, followed by a low chuckle that was neither a smile nor a laugh.
"A snowflake..."
Seeing how persistent the little guy was with his older brother, Bai Lu stopped telling him to look at the signal and went to look for it herself.
As soon as Bai Lu entered the room, she saw three bald heads. She was a little surprised. She knew that Xiao Wei had shaved his head, but she had never seen Luo Shiliu and Xiao Dazhuang bald before, nor had she seen them in Xiao Cheng's memory.
Bai Lu glanced at it, then her gaze was drawn to the octagonal table. On the table sat a new television set, which looked to be about 21 inches, with a remote control next to it.
He explained with a laugh, "It's similar to a puppet show, except the performers on TV aren't little puppets, but real people just like us."
Xiao Wei asked with a face full of curiosity, "Sixteenth Brother said that there will be little people fighting inside, and they might break the TV?"
"I can see it."
Hurry up and make a crack so she can crawl in.
"Go back to where you were before, and then move a little further."
He even invited his friend to watch it together. His friend asked him why he didn't turn on the TV, and he said that turning on the TV doesn't cost electricity, and that's how TV is supposed to be watched.
Judging from those roguish and playful words, who else could it be but Luo Shiliu? The last one was undoubtedly Xiao Wei.
"Yeah...right...your brother is the best...he can do everything...he's the best at everything he does..."
Where is my sister-in-law?
Seeing Bai Lu enter from afar, he seriously withdrew the playful smile from his lips, greeted her properly, and then continued to follow the little bald man in circles.
Bai Lu felt extremely sorry for Xiao Wei, whose expectations had been dashed. The only solution she could find was to quickly prepare and finish the meal.
"Wait a minute, there's no signal again."
"Is it really that amazing?"
"But those kinds of performances require a lot of pretty little puppets. We don't have any little puppets at home, and neither does my older brother. Besides, my older brother is so busy, how could he have time to carry little puppets around and perform behind the TV every day?"
The brothers who had worshipped Guan Yu together were indeed of the deepest bond; they even shaved their heads together.
Luo Shiliu, with his hands on his hips, followed Xiao Wei around in circles, looking as if he'd never seen a television before.
Bai Lu thought Xiao Dazhuang and Luo Shiliu were going to install a TV, but the two of them said, "Brother Cheng will come back to install it himself," and then went home arm in arm.
Why does it always happen so coincidentally?!
"Sixteen, should we wait a bit?"
After eating and drinking to our hearts' content, we remembered that there was a new television set in the house, and our eyes lit up with anticipation once again.
"Yes, television is just that amazing."
"And now?"
“Those people will perform in a scenic place. Some people will act out reading and going to school, some will act out martial arts competitions, and some will act out eating, sleeping, and playing games.”
Xiao Cheng followed him wherever he went.
The TV looks really good.
Bai Lu had been laughing so hard before, and now seeing Xiao Wei watching TV so intently, she couldn't help but laugh even more and asked, "Xiao Wei, is the TV show good?"
The image of Xiao Cheng holding up a small wooden puppet and making sarcastic remarks was too beautiful for Bai Lu to bear; she could only laugh.
Bai Lu felt a chill run down her spine: "Didn't you want to install a TV and antenna? Let Xiao Wei check the signal for you. I'm going to cook now."
"Acheng, I've got it! Wait a minute, don't move, I'm going to change the channel."
"What's going on? Why can't I change the channel?"
Bai Lu held the remote control and pressed buttons on the TV, but no matter how she pressed, she couldn't change the channel.
I subconsciously patted it twice with my hand.
A soft chuckle came from the rooftop: "Did you forget to install the batteries?"
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