At that time, what Wan Feng watched the most was Russian cartoons. Almost from four in the afternoon to six in the evening, it was all these things. He couldn't understand other Russian programs.
Domestic TV stations only broadcast cartoons for half an hour from 6:30 to 7:00 in the evening, which is far less enjoyable than the Russian TV stations, although I can't understand what the cartoon characters are saying.
In the 1970s, you had to be sneaky to listen to Russian radio stations, but in the 1980s, you could watch Russian TV openly and no one cared. The times were still developing very rapidly.
Wan Feng wanted to see if he could find some wood at home to make a TV pole. A TV antenna pole that is over 15 meters long cannot be made of just any wood. It must be strong. If it falls down, it may collapse the house and kill people.
What surprised Wan Feng was that his father had already made the TV pole and was lying in the garden in winter.
It seems that he is planning to buy a TV.
The guy wires on the TV pole have also been installed, so all you have to do is install the antenna on the top and find someone to erect it.
Moreover, my parents had already dug the hole for the TV antenna pole in advance.
This requires people. Erecting a TV antenna pole that is more than 15 meters long is not as easy as it can be done by three or two people.
My father came back in a hurry and saw Wan Feng connecting the feeder cable of the TV antenna.
"Dad, go find some people to put up the TV pole."
Wanshui was stunned for a moment. Why set up an antenna if there is no TV?
But he didn't ask anything and turned around to look for someone.
More than ten minutes later, more than ten people from the front and back neighbors came, pulling the ropes, stepping on the bottom of the pole, and lifting the pole body. It took six or seven minutes to finally erect the antenna pole.
Tighten the three surrounding guy wires, fill the hole for inserting the antenna pole with stones and bricks, and then add soil.
Wan Feng demolished a front door and gave a box of cigarettes to everyone who came to help.
After pulling the TV feed cable into the house and connecting it to the TV, Wan Feng turned on the TV and fiddled with it for a long time before finding a Russian TV station that seemed to be showing a Russian movie.
Wan Shuichang had served in the army in the Nanling Mountains behind Wa, and was familiar with Luan Feng's father, so the conversation was almost seamless and smooth.
Zhu Min looked at the weather and started to prepare food. Luan Feng was very tactful and took off her rabbit skin, changed into clothes and went to help with cooking.
When I got to the kitchen, I was stunned.
This was an area where noodles were the main food, all made of white flour. She didn't know how to make anything else except dumplings, and all she had was wood-burning stoves, so she didn't even need to light a fire.
What surprised her even more was that Wan Feng's mother came in with a flour bag from outside, which contained half a bag of frozen dumplings.
"I made frozen dumplings last December. This bag of cabbage-filled dumplings is all I have left. The other bag of shredded radish is not tasty. I'll cook the cabbage-filled dumplings tonight and stir-fry two other dishes."
Dumplings packed in flour bags?
Luan Feng was confused. It was the first time she heard that dumplings were packed in flour bags.
Stir-fry the vegetables first and then cook the dumplings.
Zhu Min worked very fast because he knew his daughter-in-law would come after the Chinese New Year, so he kept some of the best meat when he slaughtered the New Year pig, which came in handy at this time.
Lean meat with shredded potatoes, meat stewed with cabbage, meat stewed with sauerkraut, stir-fried meat, braised pork intestines and sweet and sour spare ribs, plus two cans of fish bought from the store.
This is all the farmers can offer at this season.
The meal was almost ready when Wan Feng's sister came back with a runny nose, acting like a little devil.
"Go wash your face and hands!" Zhu Min shouted.
Luan Feng poured warm water from the thermos for Wan Fang to wash her face and hands.
Wan Fang was still wondering, who is this woman?
Wan Feng usually eats at a table called a standing table, where he eats standing on the ground.
But today we let it stand aside and use the kang table instead.
A kang table was placed on the kang, and it was filled with dishes.
After everyone in the family sat down at the table, Luan Feng took out three red envelopes and gave one to each person.
"I've already given my brother's money, this is for you."
Zhu Min felt a little embarrassed looking at the red envelope. It seemed like something was wrong. They should be giving money to the daughter-in-law who was visiting for the first time.
Wan Fang didn't care about that. She picked up her red envelope and opened it to see a stack of brand new ten-yuan bills. She exclaimed and was about to put it in her pocket.
"Mom will save it for you and give it to you when you grow up."
Zhu Min snatched it away, then took out a two-yuan bill and sent Wan Fang away.
I am afraid that this lie will never disappear from Chinese families.
Luan Feng smiled secretly.
Wan Feng also drank some beer with his father today, and the atmosphere at the dinner table was harmonious.
Just after finishing the meal, someone came to visit. It was the mother of Jin Xingbin and Xu Jinguo.
"I heard your family bought a TV, let's take a look."
These guys didn't come to watch TV, they came to see Wan Feng's wife.
Although he knew that the other person was talking nonsense with his eyes open, Wan Feng still had to stand up and say hello, then pulled Luan Feng to the cabin.
Who knows how many people will come later, and I might not be able to leave the house for a while.
Sure enough, many people came one after another, filling Wan Feng's house.
But these people were not talking nonsense. When the TV came on, they sat down and watched TV.
The small house that Wan Feng separated from when he returned last summer has now become a paradise for him and Luan Feng.
The kang in the hut is only big enough for two adults, and now Wan Jun is the only one sleeping there.
While cooking, the mother had already heated the kang, and Wan Feng and Luan Feng lay side by side on the warm kang and chatted.
"Your mom's cooking is really delicious, much better than my mom's. I haven't had enough."
Oil and water are naturally delicious. This is a soybean and wheat producing area, and the things we have the most are soybean oil and white flour.
"Then you don't eat too hard when you eat?"
"How can you be so embarrassed?"
"Fuck, did I hear you right? You're still embarrassed sometimes?"
Luan Feng raised her pink fist and hit Wan Feng twice.
"Also, you guys use flour bags to make dumplings here? This is the first time I've seen that."
"Flour bags? That's because you haven't seen them packed in sacks yet."
Luan Feng didn't even blink: "Using sacks to pack dumplings? Is this true? How many can they hold?"
"Here in winter, we like to make dumplings and put them outside to freeze. In less than ten minutes, they're frozen harder than rock. Then we put them in bags and cook them when we're ready to eat. It's convenient. We use flour bags, which is the least common. Many families in our company use sacks, and many families make two sacks of dumplings. Are you afraid?"
"Two sacks! Will we be able to finish them by then?"
"This is not your concern. If they dare to pack two sacks, how can they not have enough food?"
In fact, Wan Feng sometimes didn’t understand how these people managed to eat them. His family had at most made half a sack of dumplings, and they hadn’t finished them by the time the food thawed in April.
By the end of the meal, his family of four couldn't finish all the dumplings with a single scoop. Each person only ate three or five and then stopped.
Luan Feng fell silent. Two sacks of dumplings! This was a question she couldn't understand.
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