Ye Beiping did not hide anything from his brothers.
“I heard from my sister that there is a broken radio at the educated youth settlement. I’ll go see if I can fix it.”
"A radio?" Before Wu Di could react, Wu Guangfa screamed excitedly.
Seeing Wu Guangfa's reaction, Ye Beiping was also taken aback: "Yes."
"You can fix radios?"
Ye Beiping paused for a moment, then nodded slightly: "Let's give it a try. It's already broken, so I can't possibly fix it and make it even worse, can I?"
“No, that’s not it.” Wu Guangfa looked Ye Beiping up and down, then stood up and said, “I’ll go with you.”
"Um...that works too." Ye Beiping nodded.
It would be even better if Wu Guangfa were willing to go.
Anyway, the educated youth at the settlement didn't have a good attitude towards him and Wu Di.
Upon hearing this, Wu Di also raised his hand: "I'll go too."
The four of them then set off for the educated youth settlement.
On the way, Wu Di was still excitedly chattering, asking all sorts of questions, but most importantly, he wanted to know how Ye Beiping knew how to fix it.
We arrived at the educated youth settlement.
Peng Tian and the other male educated youth were studying in the dormitory when they heard that Ye Beiping was coming to repair the radio. He frowned and said, "Village chief, about this..."
Seeing that the other party was about to refuse, Wu Guangfa said directly, "It's already broken, how can it be repaired? Give it a try. If it's fixed, you can use it for your studies or something. And maybe you'll hear about any policies or something."
"Um... okay." Peng Tian glanced at Ye Beiping and could only nod in agreement.
It wasn't because Ye Beiping could fix the radio; it was entirely because they had to give face to Wu Guangfa, the village chief.
Peng Tian led four people into the male educated youth dormitory, and the people inside looked at Peng Tian with confusion.
"Ahem." Peng Tian coughed and pointed at Ye Beiping, saying, "Ye Beiping said he wanted to try to see if we could fix the radio at our educated youth settlement, so I let them in."
Upon hearing this, Qiu Mingyue snorted coldly.
"You country bumpkin, you probably've never even seen what a radio looks like."
Just as Wu Di was about to retort, Ye Beiping stopped him and said with a smile, "Why don't you try and see?"
Seeing that Ye Beiping wasn't angry at all, Qiu Mingyue snorted coldly.
However, Su Xinyi's gaze towards Ye Beiping changed slightly.
Being able to repair radios meant you had technical skills, and in the 1970s, having technical skills was equivalent to being a long-term worker.
Therefore, Su Xinyi was very curious about Ye Beiping's ability to repair radios and wanted to see if Ye Beiping was just exaggerating.
Peng Tian pursed his lips and took out the radio he had put away.
Everyone looked at the radio with curiosity.
"This was brought here by the previous secretary of the Youth League branch of the educated youth settlement. Because it was broken, he didn't take it home and left it here."
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When Ye Beiping received the radio, he looked it over and frowned slightly, saying, "Is this a Hongqi 8402?"
Peng Tian was stunned. He knew some radio brands, but he was surprised that Ye Beiping could accurately name the brand and model.
"That's right."
Ye Beiping nodded, placed the radio on the convenient table, and explained, "The Hongqi 8402 was previously known as the Mudan 8402. This one should be the fifth-generation 8402 model radio from the Mudan Factory, which has just changed its name. If we go back twenty years, this radio would cost 165 yuan."
"This radio would probably cost over two hundred outside now."
hiss!
Everyone gasped in shock.
Two hundred yuan, that's almost half a year's salary for an employee.
Even 165 yuan is still very frightening.
The most shocking thing was that Ye Beiping knew so much. Everyone looked at Peng Tian, who nodded slightly.
Everyone was even more surprised; they had actually guessed correctly.
Ye Beiping took out a small screwdriver and started working on the back of the radio.
"Be careful, don't break it." Hearing how expensive it was, Ye Xiaoxin became a little nervous.
They can't afford to pay for it if it gets damaged.
Ye Beiping looked up and frowned, "Sister, isn't this broken? Why would I come here if it wasn't broken?"
"Hahaha."
Everyone burst into laughter at Ye Beiping's teasing, while Ye Xiaoxin rolled her eyes at her younger brother.
After disassembling the outer casing, Ye Beiping looked at the internal wiring and said, "This radio mainly consists of a tuner, speaker, power switch, and battery compartment. The most noticeable feature is the two left and right rotating buttons on top, used to adjust the channel and volume."
"I checked the internal components and there's nothing wrong with them. I suspect it's the battery connector..."
Before he could finish speaking, Ye Beiping picked out a wire near the battery compartment: "Sure enough, the wire in the battery compartment has come loose. We just need to connect it."
As he spoke, he looked at the people behind him and asked, "Does anyone have batteries? This needs batteries."
"Yes, yes, yes," Wu Guangfa immediately replied, then called to Wu Di, "Go back and get the batteries; we still have two unused batteries at home."
"Oh, oh, oh." Wu Di knew he couldn't afford to mess things up at this crucial moment, so he immediately ran back to get the batteries.
Ye Beiping was thinking about how to connect the wire.
In those days, everything was scarce in the countryside, let alone electrofusion technology.
Does anyone have glue?
There was really no other way but to use glue, since glue is non-conductive.
Everyone looked around and shook their heads.
"What do you need glue for?" Ye Xiaoxin suddenly asked.
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