Chapter 73, Reward
After returning from the research institute, An Qianqian unpacked the things she brought back.
She smiled when she saw it was a TV and a refrigerator.
"It seems that the people doing research are not bad. Look, the southern part is not even for sale."
She is really good at installation.
As soon as the TV was installed, pictures appeared inside, which immediately captured the attention of the four children.
Not only them, but even the two adults were hooked.
Last time, she asked Boss Zhu to buy her a big color TV, but he never replied to her message. I guess he forgot about it.
This TV is so nice, it seems she has to get one for her family in the village.
It was rare that the four children were so well-behaved, so she went to clean up the refrigerator.
Well, how should I put it, it is not as good as those in later generations, but it is the best on the market at the moment.
"Qianqian, what is this?" Mother An was about to come over to help her daughter, but unexpectedly, something she didn't recognize appeared.
"Mom, this is a refrigerator. We can put our food in here and it won't go bad." He explained.
"Wow, there are such good things. Are they expensive? Your child, you have a TV and a refrigerator. How can your home survive?" This is such a waste of money.
There are some things she can't tell her family.
"I bought it at the research institute. It's cheaper than outside. The total cost is only about a thousand yuan." After saying that, she chuckled, and she couldn't believe it herself.
You know, a TV nowadays costs eighteen thousand yuan, let alone this refrigerator.
One thousand yuan is enough to fool her mother.
You can't fool your mother-in-law.
"Five hundred for the same, not expensive." When she heard one thousand yuan, An's mother smiled and said, "Go away, let me see how to use it."
Well, she was abandoned.
Since there is a refrigerator, and seeing how hard their life is today, she plans to send them some food every day to help them along.
During dinner, she shared her thoughts with the two mothers.
Neither of them objected.
"I think it's a good idea. It would be best to make some soup for them." This was said by Li Yulan. After all, it's just a matter of adding some water to the soup. It will be enough for many people to drink.
Even though An's mother felt a little distressed, those people were all children. "I think bone soup is best."
Well, seeing that the two of them started discussing what to do, An Qianqian had no choice but to watch TV with the children.
There are few TV channels nowadays, but there are cartoons.
"Hey, little brat, can you understand it?" The cartoon playing was Journey to the West.
An Qianqian was happy to see Pingping imitating Sun Wukong playing with a stick.
A half-year-old child doesn’t understand shit; he just waved his hands a few times.
“Ah, ah, ah.”
He is half a year old but still can't speak, he can only use "ah ah" to express himself.
But they all call me mom now.
As for dad, they rarely see him and don’t know how to call him dad. Li Yulan usually teaches them, but the little ones are very disrespectful and have never called him dad.
After delivering meals for several days in a row, Mao Jianwen and his group became famous in the institute.
Many people came to build relationships with the team members for a bite of food, but they were all protecting their food, so it was useless no matter who came.
Even when Gao Qiulei came to ask for money, he was blocked by these people and was directly forced to drink the soup base.
I have to say, children who protect their food will have food to eat.
It is visible to the naked eye that these people have gained weight.
When An Qianqian was delivering food one time, Mao Jianwen asked her not to deliver it for the next few days because they were busy and might not have time to eat.
An Qianqian felt distressed when she heard that he was busy.
After diluting some mist water for him, I took the basin home.
Since she didn't have to deliver food, she took the two mothers and four children to take photos.
Before, my child was too young and I didn’t dare take him out to play. Now he is half a year old and can go out and see the wind.
"Qianqian, look at how mom looks in this." An's mother and Li Yulan were both wearing the new clothes Qianqian had prepared for them.
"It looks good. Mom, you can also bring a scarf." She matched it.
Seeing Qianqian's outfit, Li Yulan thought it was better for her to wear it, "Qianqian, get me one too."
Wearing new clothes, the whole family drove to the town.
There is a photo studio in the town, and it is the only one in Le Town.
"Eighty cents per piece, all this size." The boss began to introduce the prices to them.
There are three or four inches, six inches, and so on.
"Okay, we want this small one, this one, this one, and the biggest one, too. Boss, can you give us the frame as a gift?"
As soon as An Qianqian opens her mouth, she talks about big business.
The boss's face was full of smiles.
"The frame is not included. It's five dollars each. The big one is twelve dollars."
It’s quite expensive.
"Forget it. I'll ask your dad to make the frame himself when I get home. It's definitely sturdier than this one." Li Yulan felt a little sorry for the money.
"It's okay." An Qianqian comforted her mother-in-law.
A photo does not just include one or two photos. An Qianqian directly gives a form to each person.
There are also group photos.
There are those of her and her children, those of her and An's mother, and those of her and her mother-in-law.
After An's mother and Li Yulan felt heartbroken at first.
He started taking pictures one after another while holding his good grandson.
The operation was as fierce as a tiger.
Including the frame and so on, the hundred dollars is almost gone.
"You're lucky, you've used up most of the film, come back in five days to get it." If you're unlucky, you might get a newly opened film.
I picked it up five days later. It was good, very good.
"Qianqian, look at how many photos we have. Why don't you send some back to your father? He hasn't even met Pingping and the others yet." Li Yulan was still thinking about the old man at home.
An Qianqian had no objection of course: "Mom, why don't you let Dad come over and stay for a few days?" It's better to send the information by mail than to see it in person.
"Your father can't come. There are so many things going on at home. He is also the village chief and can't leave." She also thought that there were indeed a lot of things going on at home.
An Qianqian thought about it and realized that both her elder brother and sister-in-law were busy.
An's mother wanted to go back and take a look, but she couldn't leave her daughter.
"Mother-in-law, when do you think we should take the children back?" As grandparents, they definitely want their children to show their faces in the village.
"That's fine, but Qianqian can't leave here." There are four children, and only three of them can't be taken back.
"The second brother is not on leave, otherwise he could go back and take a look."
Li Yulan is becoming increasingly displeased with her son's work.
However, she didn't know her son was a researcher yet.
Thought he was in the army.
"Don't worry, let's go back to the village to celebrate the New Year this year." There will definitely be a holiday during the New Year. Besides, he had something to tell her last time, so he's afraid it won't be long before he can rest.
We went home happily. The four children had played for the whole day and were very happy. They all fell asleep happily.
Five days passed in the blink of an eye, and when we got the photos, everyone couldn't let them go.
"Look at this picture of An An smiling so happily."
"And this, Tuantuan looks so pretty when he cries."
"Yuanyuan is still the most beautiful. She has no expression at all the time." An Qianqian was speechless about her daughter.
"You little bastard, can't you just smile?" She held her daughter in her arms and put the photo in front of him. "Look at yourself, can't you just give me some face?"
(End of this chapter)
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