Yu's mother said, "Your roommates haven't come back yet, and we don't know if they'll be easy to get along with."
Tuantuan: "Grandma, don't worry! No matter how easy or difficult it is to get along with him, neither of us will let anyone bully us."
Mother Yu: "I do know that, I'm just expressing my feelings."
Liu Yun: "Pfft."
After registering Tuantuan and Yuanyuan, the group should head back, since Dangdang and An'an also need to go back to school.
Just like when they enrolled Beibei, the family boarded the train home the next day. However, this time, they were missing Tuantuan and Yuanyuan. Dangdang and An'an were still recovering from the shock of their older siblings not returning home, and they were a little sad.
However, they still had to go back, as their studies couldn't be delayed and Yu Qianhe also needed to go to work.
The first thing to do upon returning to Xiang City was to quickly send Dangdang and An'an to school, as their classes could not be delayed any longer.
Yu Qianhe has also returned to work at the school. He didn't go to the factory during the summer vacation. Now he's running between the factory and the school, no, he also has to add home to his schedule, so he's running between three places.
Suddenly, only Liu Yun and her parents were left at home again, and after resting for two days, her parents were also going back to Xinshi.
This time, Liu Yun and Yu Qian prepared a big gift for Yu's parents.
An electronics factory in Shenyang introduced a color TV production line this year, and the finished products are now available. The couple prepared one for their parents, and of course, they also bought one for their own home.
When the color TV was installed in the house, Yu's mother was fine, but Yu's father couldn't hide his delight. Dangdang and An'an's expressions were exactly the same as Yu's father's.
Now Liu Yun has another task: to keep an eye on An'an and Dangdang during their holidays and prevent them from getting addicted to TV. Fortunately, the two girls have good self-control in this regard, and they also have many extracurricular classes every day, so they don't watch much TV.
Originally, Liu Yun and Yu Qian planned to bring another one back to their parents during the Chinese New Year.
But seeing how much Mr. Yu liked it, the two decided to let him take one back with him this time. As for how to move it back after getting off the train, they believed that wouldn't be a problem for Mr. Yu.
The two were not wrong; Mr. Yu did indeed have a way. Before boarding the train, he called his old friends to ask them to help pick him up.
Whether she just wanted someone to pick her up or wanted to show off, it's hard to say.
"Old man, what is this? It's so big, and it's not light either."
"It looks like a television set."
Father Yu: "Yes, it's just a television set."
"Old man, didn't you go to Beijing and Shanghai to send your grandchildren to school? Why did you bring back a TV set?"
"This isn't like you at all! When did you become so willing to spend money? Did your wife buy it?"
Father Yu: "You're wrong. It was my fourth son and his wife who bought it."
"My son and daughter-in-law bought it! You have a great son and daughter-in-law!"
"Yes! You're the most comfortable among us old folks now, with a filial son and daughter-in-law, and intelligent grandchildren."
"Yes, yes! The provincial top scorer, the provincial runner-up, the first, second and third place winners in Xiangshi are all from your family. All the good things happen to your family. Why doesn't anyone from my family come here!"
Father Yu: "Alright, alright, hurry up and help push it back, then help me pack it up. I can't do it by myself."
"Okay, let's have dinner at my house first. You just got back, so there's probably nothing to eat at home. After dinner, we'll go to your house to watch TV."
Father: "Okay."
Back home, the group immediately started figuring things out according to the instructions, without any hesitation. Don't underestimate these old men; they're not just young anymore, they can take apart radios and jeeps anytime, anywhere. Two of them even used to disassemble tanks.
So assembling a TV and antenna according to the instructions is no problem at all; it's a piece of cake.
Several people were setting up a TV in the living room, and the yard was surrounded by layers of people.
Although the Yu family's television wasn't the first in the neighborhood, televisions were still a rare commodity. After all, even though they had televisions, you could count the number of households in the neighborhood with one on one hand.
Even though they were all capable, they were still old men, and climbing onto the roof was not safe. A young man helped them climb onto the roof to adjust the antenna. Mr. Yu bent down and pressed the switch, and soon a figure appeared on the TV.
Exclamations immediately erupted from the courtyard.
"It's happening, it's happening."
"There's sound! There's sound!"
"Hey! Hey! This is different, this is different from the images on TV before."
"This one is prettier than the others; it has color."
Among the crowd, some people recognized its value: "This is a color television."
Yu's father's old friends never expected that the old man would either not buy anything at all, or he would buy the best one.
"Old Yu, your fourth son and daughter-in-law are something else! They even got you a color TV."
"This isn't cheap! It's much bigger than Old Wu's. His is smaller than yours, and it's a black and white TV, yet it cost over five hundred."
"It must be expensive, it's so big and it's in color."
Father Yu: "It is bigger and more expensive. This is a 21-inch one, and it costs 1,640 yuan."
Everyone was astonished when they heard the price.
"This is considered a bit pricey; three of them would be expensive!"
"Sigh! I can't even afford a black and white TV, let alone a color TV."
"So expensive? And this is all there is?"
"Old Wu's TV is only 12 inches, and it's colorless, yet it costs over 500 yuan. This one is almost twice the size of Old Wu's, and it's color, so it's definitely more expensive!"
"That's too expensive."
"But it's huge! And the shadow is so beautiful! It can even tell what color clothes you're wearing."
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