Chapter 229 What is a TV Pole?
After unloading the last truckload of goods, Zhou Yong checked the time and said, "Mom and Dad, I need to go to the brick factory."
Li Baotian looked puzzled: "It's almost noon, what are you doing at the brick factory?"
Zhou Yong plans to bring back a few carts of broken bricks to pave the yard, so that the floor of the house won’t be covered in mud on rainy days!
When Zhang Guifang heard this, she hurriedly asked him to go. Zhou Yong drove the carriage away, and several children came out of the house to help move things.
Zhou Yong pulled three carts of broken bricks, and everyone except Li Jingan worked together to pave the yard with bricks.
As night fell, the street lights in Huaixi Village came on, and Zhou Keyin and her siblings jumped for joy.
"Dad, when are we going to buy a TV? My classmate's family bought a TV a few days ago..."
Since Zhou Yong and Li Baotian were both busy, the Li family moved in the middle of the month. Some families have already moved in for more than ten days.
Zhou Yong smiled and said, "Pave the yard tonight, and tomorrow Dad will go buy you a TV..."
When the children heard this, they became very motivated and Li Baotian couldn't help laughing out loud.
In fact, since they couldn't finish paving the yard, Zhou Yong would go buy the TV for them tomorrow. After all, it was a promise he made before.
Li Caiyun looked at her children, then smiled and carried Li Jingan into the house.
Zhang Guifang was cooking and Li Caiyun was helping to light the fire while holding the child.
The Li family had a simple meal in the evening, mainly because they had too much work to do and could not spare time to prepare other complicated meals.
After dinner, the family was busy until around eight o'clock to finish paving the yard, and they didn't take a break until around nine o'clock.
The layout of the new house is the same as that of the Li family’s old house, with two rooms in the east and west, but the stove has been moved to the back, leaving a living room.
From now on, we will eat in the living room to avoid having to carry food and dishes inside and outside the house.
The next day, Zhou Yong went to the commune early to purchase televisions, but was told that they were out of stock.
"Comrade, when will the TV be available?"
The salesperson glanced at Zhou Yong and said, "Comrade, you don't know that because there are too many people in Huaixi Village who want to buy TV sets, we may not be able to get them by the end of next month..."
According to the salesperson, villagers in Huaixi Village have already reserved more than 200 televisions. If Zhou Yong is not in a hurry, he can wait in line.
Zhou Yong frowned slightly, and another salesperson said sourly: "Look at the people in Huaixi Village, and then look at us. I don't know when I can afford a TV..."
Originally, being able to work in a supply and marketing cooperative was a very respectable and honorable thing. However, now the work they are so proud of has been overshadowed by the wealth of the villagers in Huaixi Village.
"Who wouldn't say that? It makes me want to live in Huaixi Village."
"You're just thinking about it. I've heard that the review for living in Huaixi Village is very strict..."
Several sales clerks started chatting. Zhou Yong looked at them, then turned and left the supply and marketing cooperative.
Zhou Yong did not go home. He took a bus to the county town.
It was also difficult to buy a television in the county, so Zhou Yong went directly to Chen Pingliang.
"Why buy a black and white TV? Wouldn't it be better to just buy a color TV?"
Zhou Yong glanced at Chen Pingliang and asked, "How am I going to explain myself when I get home?"
He used the money to buy a black and white TV and brought back a color TV. How could he explain the extra money to his family?
Chen Pingliang frowned: "Forget what I said, let's go buy a TV!"
Zhou Yong pursed his lips, and the two of them went to the supply and marketing cooperative while talking.
They successfully bought a Juhua brand black-and-white TV, and Chen Pingliang helped carry it to the bus station.
"When I find a good excuse, I'll give you a color TV..."
Chen Pingliang's family watches color TV, and he put a lot of thought into buying this TV.
He pretended to be poor but couldn't borrow money from anywhere. He scraped together money from all sources to buy a color TV, and people privately said he was a spendthrift.
Zhou Yong didn't have to follow Chen Pingliang's path to buy a color TV, but Zhang Guifang and Li Baotian would definitely be unhappy with him.
After all, it's just a pastime and there's no point in making your family unhappy.
Zhou Yong chuckled: "Brother Chen, who of us needs the money for a color TV?"
Chen Pingliang smiled. They had shared a lot of money in the pharmaceutical factory they had run together with Wei Guoan over the years, so they knew how much wealth each other had.
After checking the ticket, Zhou Yong got on the bus, and Chen Pingliang strolled back.
Zhou Yong arrived at the commune and went to get his bicycle, holding the TV.
"Brother?"
"Zhao Min?"
When Zhou Yong went to pick up his bicycle, he met Zhao Min who was also there to pick up his bicycle.
"Brother, where did you buy the TV?"
Zhou Ling's family also pre-ordered a TV, which was scheduled to arrive on the 17th. However, when Zhao Min came to pick it up, he told them they would have to wait two more days.
"I asked a friend to buy it in the county town."
Zhao Min smiled and said, "Brother, if I had known that you had connections in the county, I would have bought a TV with you..."
Zhou Yong chuckled: "You didn't say anything!"
As they were talking, they placed the TV on the back seat and secured it, and the two of them walked forward while talking.
After riding bicycles for just over half an hour, they entered Huaixi Village.
Zhao Min said with emotion: "It used to take more than three hours to go to the commune, but now it only takes a little over an hour on foot..."
The new village is nearly an hour's drive from the old village, so the journey to the commune is shortened a lot, while Nanshan is further away from the new village.
It’s okay to have a long commute to work in spring, summer and autumn, but it becomes a pain in winter.
Zhou Yong has made an arrangement for this matter: work five days and have two days off, so that working people will not feel it is so hard.
After hearing what Zhao Min said, Zhou Yong smiled, and the two separated at an intersection.
"Grandma, my dad is back."
The children all knew that Zhou Yong had gone to buy a TV, so none of them left home today.
Zhang Guifang picked up Li Jingan and followed him out. The four children surrounded Zhou Yong.
Zhou Yong pushed his bicycle into the yard, unloaded the TV and carried it into the house.
The TV was installed in the east room, mainly because his living room was not big.
"Let's install the TV in Westinghouse. It doesn't matter if my mom or your dad watches it or not."
Zhou Yong smiled and said, "Mom, let's install the TV in your room, so they don't have to squat in front of the TV all day..."
Children can gain experience through watching TV programs, but watching TV should not affect their studies.
Zhang Guifang didn't say anything else. Zhou Yong opened the package and placed the TV on the cabinet.
Nowadays, televisions do not have channels available all day, so you have to wait until a fixed time to adjust the TV.
There are only a few TV channels nowadays, but even so, any family with better financial conditions will buy a TV.
There was snow all over the TV screen, making crackling sounds.
Zhou Yong debugged it several times but couldn't find a single channel.
"Let's wait until six in the evening. Dad is going to make a TV pole now..."
"Dad, what is a TV pole?"
Zhou Yong smiled and said: "Come with me, I will explain to you what a TV pole is..."
Nowadays, families with televisions are no strangers to TV poles. However, for the children in Huaixi Village, where electricity had just been provided, they had no idea what a TV pole was, let alone its purpose.
Zhou Yong patiently explained the principles of the TV pole to the children, but they were all confused.
Seeing this, Zhou Yong smiled, and he started to make the TV pole and explained to them again the principle of the TV pole.
"Zhou Yong, I heard that your family bought a TV?"
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