Seeing how enthusiastically the two were having fun, the other brothers joined in, but they all got beaten up as a result.
Because several of them had holes in their clothes.
After being beaten again, Li Wenzhe gave up the idea of revenge and took out a picture book to read.
New Year's Eve is not a Sunday, so except for Li Xu who is resting at home, the other members of the Li family who have jobs are still at work.
But unexpectedly, Li Mei came back from work at noon.
Sun Xiu and others thought something had happened and quickly surrounded them to inquire about the situation.
Li Mei grinned and took out a ticket from her pocket and handed it to Sun Xiu, "I came back to give you this ticket."
Sun Xiu took the ticket and looked at it, and immediately showed a surprised expression, "TV ticket."
"Yes, the county just gave it to me." Then Li Mei turned her head and looked at Li Xu, "Go to the supply and marketing cooperative later to buy a TV. Ask mom for the money."
Li Xu understood what she meant, which was to install the TV in the old house, so he nodded in agreement.
Sun Xiu also heard it, but she didn't object. She just said, "I'll pay for the TV."
For Li Mei's family, the house is only used for sleeping. They spend more time in the old house. In comparison, it is more appropriate to put the TV here.
Seeing that Sun Xiu was going to pay, Li Mei did not argue with her. She just agreed and said goodbye.
After she left, Sun Xiu sighed, "Finally, we're going to have a TV at home."
Li Xu looked at her with amusement, "If you wanted, you could have installed a TV at home two years ago."
"You're just talking nonsense." Sun Xiu rolled her eyes at him. "Wait here for me. I'll get you the money."
Televisions are a rare thing these days. Tang County didn’t have one before. It was not until the county was fully electrified that the government distributed them to the county.
But the number is very small, only two or three a year.
Two years ago, the county wanted to give Li Mei a reward for the outstanding performance of the fertilizer plant, but she refused.
The reason was that he was afraid of delaying the studies of Li Ju and others.
In this day and age, if a family has a TV, to put it bluntly, they really have to turn it on.
If you don't turn it on, you're guaranteed to hear people saying weird things, like the TV is broken or they're too stingy to pay the electricity bill.
But if it is turned on, nowadays TV programs are usually broadcast in the evening, and then the neighbors will come over with their small stools.
The key is that you can't chase people away.
When there are too many people, the noise becomes too loud, and coupled with the sound of the TV, Li Ju and her classmates have no way of studying.
So Li Mei thought about it and simply refused.
Now that Li Mei doesn't have to teach others at night, the county gives her TV tickets, so she naturally no longer refuses.
After receiving the money and tickets and finishing his lunch, Li Xu went to the supply and marketing cooperative.
Tang County Supply and Marketing Cooperative only had black and white televisions, and they came in only two sizes: nine inches and twelve inches.
The nine-inch one is two hundred and forty, and the twelve-inch one is three hundred and seven.
Li Xu didn't even think about it and directly chose twelve inches.
television
The TV had a shell on the outside, so it didn't attract the attention of the neighbors when I brought it home.
Back home, plug the TV into a power source and turn it on.
All I saw on the screen was snowflakes.
Li Xu tuned through the channels but couldn't find any program, so he had to turn it off.
The children watching asked, "Is this TV broken?"
"It's not broken. We can watch the show tonight." Li Xu replied.
The Liu family has a TV, and Li Xu has often heard Liu Gang talk about the evening programs.
Of course, the problem of poor signal has also been mentioned.
However, this problem was almost solved with the help of teachers from Wuhan University.
The solution is to install an antenna on the TV to boost the signal.
In order not to delay watching TV programs in the evening, Li Xu went straight to Liu's house after speaking.
He knew that the teacher from Wuda had made several antennas for the Liu family at once, so he went to ask for one and take a look at how it was installed.
After reading it, he found that it was indeed not difficult to assemble, but it was quite troublesome.
After returning home with the antenna, Li Xu asked Li Wenbai to go out and find a longer wooden stick. Unexpectedly, the boy wandered around outside and finally came back dragging a tree. "Uncle, do you think this is okay?"
Although the tree was more than two meters long, it was not very thick. Li Xu thought for a moment and said, "You can remove the two ends, leaving about one and a half meters in the middle, and then cut off the branches above."
Li Wenbai responded and turned to walk into the kitchen.
After he finished dealing with the trees, Li Xu brought a ladder and asked him to go up to the roof with him to install the antenna.
It took the two of them a lot of effort to install the antenna. At this time, the Li family yard was full of neighbors.
I guess they came over because they saw Li Xu and the others erecting an antenna on the roof.
Sun Xiu and Hu Guilan were responsible for answering their questions, so Li Xu didn't have to worry about anything.
Returning to the main room, Li Xu picked up the tea prepared by Li Ju and sat on a stool to rest.
Around three o'clock in the afternoon, the Li family members who were working came back one after another.
When they learned that their family had bought a TV, they were very happy and said they wanted to turn it on and take a look.
Li Xu turned on the TV again, and the screen was still full of snowflakes, which made everyone feel lost.
After the New Year’s Eve dinner, the adults did not play cards like in previous years, but instead sat in front of the TV with the children.
At that time, CCTV was still called Beijing Television, and the 7 p.m. News Broadcast had been on the air for more than a month. The Li family watched the news with great gusto and did not change the channel until it ended.
There was no Spring Festival Gala at the moment, and there weren't many TV channels. After watching around, the Li family found that the Henan Opera being broadcast on Henan TV was the most to their liking, so everyone ate melon seeds and peanuts while humming along with the TV, and applauded when they saw the exciting parts.
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