The Lunar New Year is a major event for the Chinese people. No matter what happened in the past year, another year has passed, and the new year will only be better.
Fan Yunfei held Fan Xiaofan's arm and chattered like a lark the whole way, as if she knew that Fan Xiaofan didn't like to talk. She talked about the local customs and interesting things they encountered in Xicheng.
"You wouldn't believe it, but my mom told me that when I first arrived there, I was young and couldn't get used to the food. I would spit out every bite, which worried them terribly. Now I've gotten used to it and even think it tastes pretty good. If you ever go to Xicheng, I'll have my mom make you some milk tea."
"The area is sparsely populated, and we stayed in tents. Apart from a lot of bugs, it was quite interesting..."
"However, I still prefer the food here in Beidu. Every time we come back for the New Year, we have to wander around, just in case our memories of our hometown become blurred..."
Fan Xiaofan listened attentively to her words.
For everyone, their hometown is an irreplaceable corner in the deepest part of their heart.
People coming and going all wore the joy of the New Year. Last year, meat was only available in small quantities, and vegetables were just radishes and cabbage...
Many people can't even buy flour.
But this year, there are several more things. People are just naturally content. With meat, vegetables, and flour, and a delicious meal of dumplings during the Lunar New Year, they wouldn't trade anything for it.
Fan Yunfei was still chatting with Fan Xiaofan, but when they arrived at the department store, he couldn't take it all in with his eyes. He felt like he had only been away from Beidu for a year, but the place had become so unfamiliar that he didn't even recognize it anymore.
What is a multi-speed bicycle?
Is the refrigerator manufactured in China?
These watches, in high demand and short supply, are surprisingly exquisite...
She felt like her eyes were seeing things.
As she looked at it, she couldn't help but smile: "I feel like I'm seeing an increasingly bright future..."
Fan Xiaofan was taken aback by her words at first, but after realizing what she meant, she couldn't help but smile and whisper, "Things will get better and better from now on..."
Fan Yunfei nodded and pointed to those things: "We can use them in the future, just like the sewing machine at home."
She turned to Fan Xiaofan and said, "But have you ever seen my favorite TV? It's a little black box that looks like there are people performing inside. Unfortunately, I've only seen it once. I think it's amazing. It's completely different from watching a movie."
She spoke with great enthusiasm.
Fan Xiaofan secretly noted it down, planning to study it after resolving the pencil case and ballpoint pen issue in the spring...
She had seen televisions from this era before, back in S City—bulky black-and-white boxes, blurry black-and-white images, and channels that could disappear at any moment…
I've been thinking about this for a while now, and I'm even considering taking it apart to study it.
There's no way around it; the technology in her mind is far more advanced than this era. She can only study the level of this era in order to obtain products that are relatively in line with the productivity of this time.
Meanwhile, Lu Zhiming, far away in S City, was having dinner with his children when the television suddenly flickered, and he had a strange, bad feeling...
Lu Zhiming is a person who knows how to enjoy life. In addition, influenced by his studies abroad, he has a strong interest in trendy things. After black and white televisions appeared in China in the late 1950s, he got one.
Completely unaware that he was being targeted, this black and white television was about to be dismantled into pieces to fulfill its purpose.
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