Chapter 269 It’s really expensive, I can’t bear to spend it
Gu Nan and Gu Xixi were very obedient. Although they were addicted to TV, they turned off the TV after watching the animated short movie.
"Gu Nan, can we still watch TV this afternoon?" A child looked at Gu Nan with an unsatisfied look and asked.
The latter frowned and thought for a moment, then shook his head and said, "No."
In the afternoon, his mother was at home, and he had a feeling that if his mother knew that he collected money from the children for watching TV, she would not agree.
"But you can come tomorrow morning. It still costs one cent." Gu Nan stated solemnly.
"A penny is a penny."
"As long as we can watch TV, let alone one cent, even two cents will do."
Gu Nan: “…”
I really want to lower the price of watching TV. Can I change it?
It was almost eleven o'clock when the children who came to read the comic books all went back. After they spread the word, before it got dark, half of the people in the compound knew that Deputy Commander Gu had bought a TV at home.
"Liu Qin, have you heard? Deputy Commander Gu bought a TV for his family." A middle-aged woman caught up with Liu Qin, who was carrying a net bag and walking home with her child.
Liu Qin had just returned from her mother's home with her son Luo Xiaojun. Upon hearing this, she immediately raised her voice, "What? A TV!"
"Xiao Yu just brought her home this morning, and the kids are watching a movie at her house."
When Luo Xiaojun heard this, he jumped up immediately and said, "Mom, I want to watch a movie too. I want a TV too."
Liu Qin glared at him, and he calmed down a little, but his mouth was still pouted.
"Liu Qin, how much money do you think Xiao Yu makes running the noodle shop? He bought a TV so quickly. In our compound, not many people have TVs at home, right?"
It’s not that they can’t afford it, but most of them don’t have the quota, can’t get TV tickets, and are reluctant to spend so much money to buy a TV.
Moreover, they often show movies in their military family compound.
"Who knows?" Liu Qin bit her back teeth, her eyes red with jealousy.
The bun shop business was just so-so, but Wen Zhaodi didn't close the shop, which shows that it was still profitable.
The noodle shop business is so good, it must be making a lot of money.
"I haven't watched the news broadcast yet. I'm going to go to Xiao Yu's house to join in the fun in the evening. Do you want to come?"
"Oh, I forgot. You have a feud with Xiao Yu. I'm afraid it would be embarrassing for you to go."
Liu Qin: “…”
So you came up to me and told me all this just to make fun of me?
"It's just a TV, what's the big deal? Everyone can afford it. Tomorrow, let my Luo Wu get some movie tickets and buy him a TV, a bigger one than the one Yu Hui has."
"The one Xiao Yu's family bought is the biggest one."
Liu Qin: “…”
Liu Qin returned home angrily, holding her son's hand. Looking at the chest of drawers in the main room, the more she looked, the more she felt that there should be a TV on it.
A country woman has bought a TV. How can she, a city girl, lose to a country woman?
This TV is a must buy!
If she didn't buy it, she would feel inferior to that country woman.
Sometimes people's self-esteem comes so inexplicably.
At seven o'clock in the evening, many neighbors living near Gu's house went to Gu's house to watch the news broadcast.
There was no room to sit in the room, so I stood outside the door and watched.
Yu Hui and Gu Huai didn't pour them any water. With so many people coming to see them, they didn't have enough cups at home.
Gu Nan sat on the chair, glanced at the people in and outside the house, and thought: It would be great if I could charge one cent per person. It would be a big loss for their family to let them watch TV for free.
Yu Hui was unaware of his thoughts and was concentrating on watching the news broadcast.
When I was in the orphanage watching TV, the one thing I didn’t like was the News Broadcast. But now in this age with so little entertainment, I actually find the News Broadcast interesting.
After the 7:30 news broadcast ended, many people took their children home.
But some people stayed there and didn't leave. They waited until eight o'clock and saw that the Gu family had started to wash up. They felt embarrassed and left.
"Xiao Yu, let me take a look at your TV." Qian Lan stepped into the main room, followed by Gu Hongmei.
"Wow, it's so big. Is this the movie Tunnel Warfare?" Qian Lan walked to the TV and looked at it, blocking the entire TV.
Yu Lixin: "Mom, please move aside. You are blocking the TV."
Qian Lan stepped aside, turned around and glared at her second son, then asked sternly, "Have you finished your homework?"
Yu Lixin said impatiently, "I finished it a long time ago."
In order to watch TV early, Yu Lixin finished his homework after returning home.
"Once you've finished writing, go back and wash up and get ready for bed. You have school tomorrow." Qian Lan taught with a stern face.
Yu Jianshe raised his buttocks, but Yu Lixin was still sitting there, "I'll go back and wash up after watching this movie."
Qian Lan glanced at the TV and said, "This movie is still a long way from ending. Okay, stop watching and go home to wash up."
Yu Jianshe pulled his brother up, and the latter stood up angrily, said goodbye to Gu Huai and Yu Hui, and stomped his feet back home.
Qian Lan sat where Yu Lixin and his brother had just sat, watching the movie and saying, "This TV is really great. I feel like the movies playing here are clearer than the outdoor movies we usually play in our yard."
Gu Hongmei also looked at the TV with bright eyes and said, "It really looks much clearer, without any pockmarks."
"How much is this TV, Xiaoyu?" Qian Lan turned her head and looked at Yu Hui and asked.
"Four hundred and five."
"Four hundred and fifty?" Qian Lan exclaimed, then shook her head and said, "Tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, that's really not cheap. I wouldn't be willing to buy it."
Yu Hui smiled and said nothing.
Qian Lan didn't watch for long and went home at 8:30.
The TV in the Gu family was turned off at nine o'clock. Gu Dong and the others also consciously fetched water to wash up, and then went to bed.
As soon as he arrived at school the next day, Gu Dong boasted about his family's TV to his classmates, which made them envious.
These days, there is nothing more enviable than having a TV at home.
Many people also expressed that they wanted to go to Gu Dong's house to watch TV.
Yu Hui made a rule that Gu Nan and his family could watch TV for one hour each from nine to ten in the morning and from three to four in the afternoon when they were at home.
The time for watching TV in the evening is from 7 to 9 o'clock. The whole family watches together, and we must go to bed before 9:30.
It's okay if the neighborhood kids come over to watch TV, but be careful not to let them into the bedrooms or rummage through your belongings.
We all live in the same compound, so if children want to watch TV, we can't chase them away, but we still have to be careful.
Gu Nan thought about it and decided to only let the little friends come to see in the morning, and close the gate when his mother came back in the afternoon.
He now has so many comic books, so he lets people who want to rent them take them home and read them.
At nine o'clock in the morning, Gu Nan stood at the door of the main hall, collected one ticket from each of the eight children, and let them in to watch TV.
"You can only watch TV, and you can't touch my things." Gu Nan said seriously with a straight face.
"Don't worry, we will never touch your things."
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