After the noodles were served on the table, Tian Tian scooped out a small bowl first, blew it cool, and then let An An eat it by herself.
An An is not picky about food at all. On the contrary, she is very excited because of the fresh taste. She takes a small spoon and scoops noodles into her mouth one bite at a time, eating them with special relish.
As time passed, An An grew up little by little. Even a large unit like their First Machinery Factory, such an important state-owned enterprise, was affected by the wave of layoffs. Wages became less, and their factory compensated the low wages with canned luncheon meat.
Tian Tian reasonably suspected that if they had no use for the steel and parts in the factory, the factory would most likely use the parts they made to offset their wages.
Although the salary was less, the remaining salary of the two was enough for their family of three, not to mention the income from Tian Tian and Li Jiuniang.
Not many people can afford canned food nowadays. Although the economy has developed, canned meat is still a scarce commodity.
At this time, color TVs became popular. When Tian Tian saw a color TV in a department store, she wanted to replace the black and white TV at home.
You have to know that Tian Tian, who has experienced the high-definition screens in the later market, really can't stand black and white TVs.
She planned to ask Gu Zhao to find a color TV ticket after she returned, but the ticket had not been found yet. When Shen Lingling heard that Tian Tian wanted to buy a color TV, she immediately said that she would give one to Tian Tian and shipped it from the south.
Tian Tian was surprised and happy to hear this, because color TVs in the south are much cheaper than here.
But Tian Tian definitely couldn't take Shen Lingling's money, so Tian Tian sternly refused Shen Lingling and said that she would definitely pay for it.
Shen Lingling said she brought the color TV over. She happened to be transporting some things here as well, so she brought the color TV over along with the car.
When Tian Tian went downstairs to get the color TV that day, she attracted the attention of other people in their building. Color TVs had only recently come out, and most people were still using black and white TVs.
Tian Tian and the workers brought by Shen Lingling moved the color TV upstairs. After connecting the antenna, they turned it on and saw the colorful characters inside. Tian Tian was so happy.
But what to do with the old color TV is also a problem. Ge Huiyun's family has no shortage of color TVs, and there is no need to send this old black-and-white TV over.
However, when talking about televisions, Tian Tian remembered and asked Shen Lingling if she could buy another one. Shen Lingling brought the TV back to sell it, and it made no difference whether she sold it to Tian Tian or to someone else, so Shen Lingling nodded.
Tian Tian took out the money for two color TVs and gave it to Shen Lingling, asking Shen Lingling to move another color TV to their home. When Gu Zhao has time, she and Gu Zhao will deliver this color TV to Ge Huiyun's home.
It is quite difficult to buy a color TV nowadays. Even ordinary black-and-white TVs may be subject to purchase restrictions. Department stores may not have restrictions on these things, but the prices will be a bit higher because department stores only stock good things. For example, ordinary brand black-and-white TVs are not available in every supply and marketing cooperative. There may be ten or eight units available every month, but when they go on sale, there will be many people lining up. If you don’t go early, you won’t be able to buy one at all.
Although the prices of these two color TVs were much cheaper than those in department stores and no tickets were required, Tian Tian still spent a lot of money.
After receiving the TV, Tian Tian called her family and asked them if they wanted a new TV.
In recent years, televisions are quite common in their provincial capital, but they are relatively rare in the village. It is also difficult to get industrial tickets in the village, and it costs a lot to buy a TV.
Lin Meiyu has always wanted to buy a TV for the family, because since last year, Mrs. Tian's legs and feet have not been very good. She spends most of her time at home, which is quite boring. Tian Tian wants to buy a TV for Mrs. Tian to watch to relieve her boredom.
Although there is a radio at home, there are so many good movies nowadays. The radio is also very good, but it can only listen to some dramas. Movies still have to be watched on TV.
Tian Tian called back to ask Old Lady Tian, but not only did she not agree, she also scolded Tian Tian.
After that, Tian Tian didn't dare to mention buying a TV, mainly because Old Lady Tian was really angry at the time. Tian Tian was afraid that if she bought a TV, it would make Old Lady Tian angry again, and the loss would outweigh the gain, so she never bought one.
Now that Tian Tian has a color TV, it should be legitimate for her to send the old TV back, and I'm sure Old Mrs. Tian won't say anything.
As expected, when Mrs. Tian heard that Tian Tian bought another TV, she scolded Tian Tian for being a spendthrift, but she did not reject Tian Tian's idea of returning the old TV, because Tian Tian said that if they didn't want it, she would have to take the old TV to the scrap yard and throw it away.
After hearing this, Old Mrs. Tian agreed, but Tian Tian was still scolded.
Today, she moved the new color TV out of the box and moved the old color TV into the box of the new one. Fortunately, the TVs at that time were very small, so Tian Tian could move it by herself. After putting the TV into the box, she closed it, sealed it well, and put it aside, preparing to send it to the train station in two days to send it back.
At that time, it can be transported directly to their county town by train, and then her father can be contacted to pick her up in the county town.
After finishing these two tasks, Tian Tian was so tired that she was sweating. She took a shower and lay on the bed, not wanting to move.
But she only lay down for a while, and then sat up to try out the new color TV. This color TV was indeed different from the black and white TV. Tian Tian hadn't seen a color TV for a long time, and she actually felt a sense of surprise.
She sat in front of the TV with great interest and re-watched all the TV series that she had obviously gotten tired of watching before.
There are almost no commercials on TV nowadays. You don’t have to wait for commercials in between watching an episode like before. You can basically watch an entire episode continuously.
I waited until I heard a sound from the entrance at night, followed by the sound of small clattering footsteps running over, "Mom, I'm hungry."
A smile instantly appeared on Tian Tian's face, and she hugged the soft little body that rushed towards her.
An An is now one year and eight months old, and he speaks and walks very smoothly.
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