Wan Feng was originally preparing to go back to Gala Village, but after thinking about it, he ran to the market and bought one more thing, and then returned to Gala Village.
At the door of Wan Shuiming's house, Li Yong and He Xiao unloaded the things Wan Feng bought from the car. Wan Feng paid the driver 100 yuan for the fare and told the driver to go directly to Beihegou Village to pick up Mr. Huang before 8 o'clock tomorrow.
Due to time constraints, Wan Feng only bought a color TV at the store today. He didn't buy a big one, so he only bought a 14-inch Kangyi TV made in Hunan and Hong Kong.
The inland areas are far less prosperous than the coastal areas. In the Hongya store, you can see four or five brands of color TVs, while Changtu only has this one color TV, and the rest are all black and white.
The price is quite cheap, only 980 yuan, less than 1,000 yuan.
The TV was carried into the house by Li Yong and He Xiao. Wan Shuiming and his wife were stunned.
There are not many televisions in Gala Village, accounting for less than one-fifth of the total population.
The two children's eyes turned red with envy at other families having TVs, and they kept clamoring to sit on the kang and watch TV at home.
Wan Shuiming and his wife tried to make up their minds several times but still didn't dare to buy it. A black and white TV now costs more than 400 yuan, which is more than two years' income for their family.
Life is unbearable just watching TV.
I didn’t expect that televisions would appear out of nowhere, and they were in color.
There is not even a single color TV in Gala Village.
Wan Hongxia and Wan Yan were curiously circling around the TV box, wanting to open it and see what the color TV looked like.
While Wan Feng was fiddling with the antenna, Wan Yan ran to the village to show off: I have a TV at home too, and it’s a color one.
The only advantage of this place is that it is close to Shenyang and not far from Siping, and can receive at least two channels.
The antenna doesn't need to be very high, one with a height of three or five meters is enough to watch TV.
That night, many neighbors gathered at Wan Shuiming's house to watch pornographic TV.
The room was bustling with activity.
The TV was placed on the north kang where Grandma Wanfeng lived. There was a table in the corner at the end of the kang, and the TV was placed on the table.
When there were programs on TV, Wan Feng accidentally tuned to three channels, namely Shenyang, Beiliao and Platform 4.
Wan Feng sat next to his grandmother with a quilt covering his legs. At the moment the TV was playing, Wan Feng saw tears of joy in his grandmother's eyes.
My grandma probably never dreamed that one day she would be sitting on a warm kang and watching a movie.
After the TV show ended, Wan Feng slept on his grandmother's kang.
Li Yong and his friends were arranged to sleep in the east single room. After all, it was too inconvenient for them to sleep on the north-south kangs.
Wan Yan insisted on sleeping in the same bed with Wan Feng, and was laughing and being very dishonest, causing the bed to leak air here and there.
After the child fell asleep, Wan Feng climbed on the edge of the kang and chatted with Wan Shuiming opposite him.
"Uncle, what I said yesterday is true. Your place really doesn't have much future. If you don't want to leave, why don't you go out and find a job? After the spring, why don't you go to Hongya to work? I'll find you a job, and I guarantee you'll make at least 2,000 yuan a year."
A salary of two thousand is already a sky-high price.
"What will happen to the land at home when I'm away?"
You listen to what he's considering.
"That little bit of land won't even earn you 200 yuan a year, so why are you still thinking about it?"
"We still have two children. They are still too young. What will happen to them if I leave? Let's wait until they grow up."
My uncle is a typical farmer. He probably wouldn't be able to do anything without the land.
Unfortunately, his house is in a bad location. If it was at the head of the village, he could open a small shop, but his house is a bit remote at this end of the village. If no one else opened a shop in the village, it would be okay, but if someone else opened a shop, his shop would be taken away.
What kind of small factory should I open for him? One that makes a hundred or two hundred thousand dollars a year?
If it is close to Hongya, Wan Feng can build a supporting factory for him to produce rearview mirrors, headlights and other things for vehicles.
This won’t work. Let’s wait for two years until his child grows up.
"What's Red Cliff like?"
"Next summer... let's say this summer, I'll get a car and take your whole family to Hongya. You've lived in this little corner of the world your whole life and don't know the scenery beyond. I'll take you to see the sea and the development of Hongya. Once you see how far Hongya has come, maybe you'll change your mind."
Wan Shuiming sighed: "We'll talk about it later. It's not a bad idea to go out and take a look. I have important things to do tomorrow, so go to bed early."
After a night, Wan Feng got up early to prepare for ancestor worship.
At half past eight, Mr. Huang arrived in a car.
Everyone came to the cemetery carrying items for ancestor worship.
The ground is frozen hard as iron in winter, so there is no need to clear weeds.
Wan Feng took a broom and swept the area around the grave, placed a piece of wood in front of the grave, and placed the offerings on the board.
The three animals are in the middle, the wine cup is in the middle of the three animals, and there are incense burners on both sides.
Under the guidance of Mr. Huang, Wan Feng solemnly lit incense and poured wine, performed three bows and nine kowtows, and then read a sacrificial text.
He recited a lot of things like, "I am an unfilial descendant who hasn't worshipped my ancestors for many years. This is a heinous crime that is intolerable to heaven and earth. I came here today to worship and I feel so guilty that I can't continue." Finally, he hoped that the ancestors would forgive and bless him.
After reciting the sutra, burn the paper. When the paper you brought is burned, symbolically grab two handfuls of soil on the grave and finally set off firecrackers.
More than a dozen firecrackers were lit almost at the same time, and the sound was deafening.
The ancestor worship took more than an hour, and finally he kowtowed again and left.
It was past ten o'clock when we got back to my uncle's house.
After seeing Mr. Huang off, Wan Feng pulled his uncle and aunt into the car when the car came back. Li Yong and others were still at home playing with the children.
This time we are going to Changtu County to buy New Year’s goods.
When we arrived at Changtu County, we bought clothes first and then food. In the end, the store was packed full.
The things Wan Feng bought can be roughly divided into two categories: food and clothing.
The food items include chicken, duck, fish, meat, and some vegetables that can be bought at Changtu Market. Wan Feng even bought a lot of condiments.
Clothing naturally includes various clothes for adults and children.
The Chinese New Year is only twenty-seven or twenty-eight days away, and Wan Feng has bought all the clothes for my uncle's family for the New Year.
Grandma got two new sets of clothes from head to toe, inside and out, and Wan Feng also bought her a pair of gold earrings. He originally wanted to buy some larger and more gold jewelry, but then he thought that wearing gold and silver in this remote area would be too conspicuous, which would not be a good thing for their family. So he bought two pairs of very small earrings, one pair for Grandma and one pair for Auntie.
Wan Feng promised to buy them a bigger one when the environment gets better in the future.
My third uncle and my third aunt also each received two new sets of clothes and shoes of different styles.
As for the two children, it was a lot. Wan Feng bought no less than five sets of clothes, shoes and hats for each of them.
The two children were so happy that they almost flew into the sky.
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