Chapter 593: Television
I found some branches to break the ice, and finally managed to catch half a bucket of small fish, but the net was almost torn to pieces.
When riding a bicycle to carry the things back home, Tang Mei couldn't help but grumble for several hours.
Fu Jingyou saw Lu Miao eating the fried dried fish with relish. Tang Mei kept nagging him, but he just let her nag.
Lu Miao is pregnant with her second child, and her morning sickness symptoms are much better than with her first child, but she is still very picky with words.
She couldn't eat the big fish she usually bought from the market, whether it was cooked into soup or fried.
For such a small fish, I removed its gills and pinched a small hole under its head to squeeze out its internal organs.
After cleaning, she mixes it with flour paste and chili powder and fries it, which she loves the most.
There isn't much meat in it, but mixed with oil and water, it is nutritious.
It’s best if she’s willing to eat.
Lu Miao wanted to eat seafood, so Fu Jingyou even went to Tianjin.
I had promised Lu Miao before that I would take her with me. It was freezing and the ground was very slippery due to the water.
The dock was wet and muddy everywhere.
Fu Jingyou was afraid that she might fall if he took her there, so he coaxed her by saying that he would take her there in the spring when the weather was warmer.
Lu Miao knew her current situation and was reasonable, so she agreed as soon as Fu Jingyou said it.
As the winter vacation was approaching, Lu Yuanzheng received his end-of-quarter subsidy.
Apart from the electric lights, there are no other decent electrical appliances in the yard.
Lu Yuanzheng walked past the radio in the middle and directly brought back a black and white TV.
He parked his car at the end of the alley and unloaded the TV box from the trunk.
When several young wives from the neighborhood saw this, they all thought it was incredible and followed him all the way home to watch the fun.
Lu Yuanzheng unpacked the boxes on the big table and scanned the wiring in the room.
I plan to put the TV on the table in the main room so that the whole family can watch it.
The neighbor's young wife asked:
"What size is this? It doesn't look like twelve inches?"
Lu Yuanzheng said, "It's fourteen inches."
"Oh, that's incredible!"
The neighbors who came to watch the fun were excited.
Someone who knew the price of the TV glared and yelled in the group:
"My wife went to see it a while ago. A 12-inch TV costs 420 yuan, and a 14-inch one costs 580 yuan!"
"What? Five hundred and eighty? Is that true? That can buy a lot of rice and flour!"
"Why can't it be true? Not only does it cost 580 yuan, but it also costs extra for TV tickets!"
It is also difficult to buy tickets for TV.
I heard that televisions are so expensive, and then I look at this TV that looks like a small box in front of me.
In an instant, the neighbors looked at the people in the Fu family courtyard differently.
This is really rich!
I really can’t bear to do that!
The neighbors were noisy and asked Lu Yuanzheng to turn on the TV for everyone to watch.
Lu Yuanzheng was a serious person, like a flower on a high mountain, not very good at chatting with his neighbors. He frowned slightly and said:
"Next time, ah, next time... The antenna isn't installed yet, so I can't watch it."
Just then, Fu Jingyou came back from outside, and Lu Yuanzheng waved to him:
"Xiao Fu, go find a bamboo pole and erect the antenna stand."
Tang Mei knew the temperaments of her two men, so she quickly came out to smooth things over, and walked out with the young wives in her arms without making a sound:
"The TV will take a while to install, probably a few days. Come back to my house and watch TV. The house is messy today, so I won't let you sit down and chat, ah!"
A group of young wives were instantly captivated when they heard that they could come over to watch TV in the future.
He smiled and nodded, saying "That's great", and then was taken out of the yard.
The young wives were smiling happily, joking and chatting elsewhere.
The news that the Fu family bought a TV for 580 yuan also spread in the alley.
Everyone was talking about it, saying that this was the first one in the entire alley.
They said that the family in the courtyard could not only make money but also raise college students, and they were all capable people.
…
Outsiders' gossip has nothing to do with the Fu family.
Fu Jingyou assembled the antenna and tied it to a bamboo pole with wire.
Then he leaned the bamboo pole against the eaves of the yard and climbed up the ladder to secure it.
Fu Jingyou knew the TV was not cheap without asking.
Thinking about the huge investment his father-in-law had made in them, Fu Jingyou wanted to make more money.
He has never objected to his father-in-law loving his daughter and his wife.
But being content with the status quo and relying on the father-in-law for support for a long time is not something a decent man should allow to happen.
At around six o'clock in the evening, the TV in the courtyard was connected to power.
There are twelve channels in total, six of which have stable snow screens.
Three continuous "chi chi" sounds jumped between the snowflakes and the portrait.
The remaining three channels, Beijing North TV, CCTV-1 and China TV, can be seen clearly by turning the antenna outside.
The week has come to an end and Channel 3 is giving a sneak peek at next week's programming.
The three children in the family are not interested in television.
Dad was spinning the antenna outside, and the little ones followed him:
"Uncle, let me turn!"
"Dad, brother, I want one too~"
"Sister, please help me down a little, I, I want it too!"
After trying to coax them away for a while, Fu Jingyou felt a headache coming on. He squatted down, hugged the three children and pointed upwards:
"Don't keep the antenna spinning. Stop it when the TV is on. And watch it carefully when spinning to prevent the wire from getting tangled up on the pole."
"I understand, uncle!"
"I know, Dad~"
The children responded in unison.
Fu Jingyou nodded, and just as he stood up, he heard Tang Mei's scolding from inside the room:
"You've just bought the TV and you're already filming it. It's plugged in, what if it gets punctured?"
Lu Miao pursed his lips and said:
"It's just snowflakes, I just want to take a picture of it, right?"
"Your dad said, 'Snowflakes, just turn the antenna.' You can watch it if you turn the antenna..."
Tang Mei glared at her angrily:
"It's not a human, how can you just slap it and it will heal? I bought it at such a high price, what are you going to do if it breaks?"
Lu Miao was speechless for a while.
That's true.
But she didn't know what she was thinking just now. When she changed the channel, the screen was full of snow.
I changed the channel again, and the screen was still full of snow.
As if she had become very proficient at slapping, she slapped the side of the TV twice, "bang bang".
She was pregnant, and she was the most capable person in the family. Tang Mei told her not to film for TV anymore, and then she didn't say anything else.
I gathered the cardboard boxes on the table and went to do other things.
Lu Miao didn't really like watching black and white TV.
Holding her slightly bulging belly with both hands, she went to Tang Mei's room to find her father.
He Hong had come in before, and after Lu Yuanzheng and several children slept in the same room with Tang Mei, they never moved to the side room again.
When heating the kang in winter, it is always more economical to heat two kangs than three.
Lu Yuanzheng sat cross-legged on the kang by the window, reading a newspaper. Lu Miao walked over and sat on the edge of the kang.
"Dad, I want to discuss something with you."
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