Chapter 15 Two People Conversing
Then Xiao Qinyun continued to eat chicken feathers, collect clothes, take a bath, and wash clothes.
There was hardly any mud on him this time, so I guess eating crops a few more times wouldn't do any harm to him.
Qiao Qinglu remembered Li Yuanyuan and told Xiao Qinyun about her general thoughts yesterday.
Xiao Qinyun thought this was a good idea. Li Yuanyuan must have money, and a considerable amount. However, they had no acquaintances in the countryside where she went, and they could not go to other places without a letter of introduction. Instead, they could start with Li Yuanyuan's brother.
Qiao Qinglu remembered that Li Yuanyuan's brother was called Li Jizong, who worked in a towel factory. He had a pair of inverted triangle eyes, was dark and strong, and was not a good person.
Based on this information, Xiao Qinyun planned to go and find out the situation when he was off work the day after tomorrow.
After talking about these things, Xiao Qinyun became more talkative and asked Qiao Qinglu about the major events that would happen in the next few years.
Before traveling through time, Qiao Qinglu had memorized some important events of the era, so she recounted them one by one: "In 1976, three great men passed away, and at the end of July, a major earthquake occurred near Yanjing.
In October 1977, the country announced the resumption of the college entrance examination; from late November to early December, college entrance examinations were held across the country.
In December 1978, the Third Plenary Session of the Eleventh Central Committee was held, which opened the curtain of reform and opening up, and the planned economy was gradually replaced by the market economy.
In January 1979, China and the United States officially established diplomatic relations, and in February, the self-defense counterattack against Vietnam was launched. These were the major events of the 1970s.
Xiao Qinyun looked at Qiao Qinglu with a gloomy face. "What did you say? These three great men died one after another in 1976?"
"Yes, they all died of illness." Qiao Qinglu remembered it clearly.
Xiao Qinyun still hasn't recovered from the news.
He was born in 1948. His father retired from the army and worked at the Yanjing Iron and Steel Plant, and his mother was a scientific researcher at the plant.
My parents' generation suffered a lot, and it was these sufferings that shaped their revolutionary beliefs and inspired their revolutionary convictions. Therefore, their family has high respect for the leaders who established New China. They are not only leaders, but also the spiritual pillars of two generations of father and son.
These unfortunate things will happen in just over a year. How can these two generations accept this?
Qiao Qinglu: "This is history, an irreversible event. There's nothing we can do but accept it. At least we can do something for them and the world ahead of time. For example, we can improve technology. You mentioned yesterday that you wanted to dismantle these appliances. Except for the water heater, washing machine, and cell phone, you can do whatever you want. But wait until I copy the data and photos from the computer and camera to a removable hard drive."
After hearing what Qiao Qinglu said, Xiao Qinyun's face relaxed a little. He nodded quickly, "Yes, yes, yes, I would have forgotten if you hadn't mentioned it. Then you can introduce it to me first. I want to understand these devices first, and then start with the simple ones."
Qiao Qinglu, "Okay, I'll show you while I introduce it."
They first came to the living room. Qiao Qinglu took out her mobile phone and USB flash drive with her mind, plugged the USB flash drive into the TV interface, and then picked up the remote control to turn on the TV.
Qiao Qinglu and Xiao Qinyun explained, "This is a 65-inch LCD smart color TV. It can watch TV via the internet, install TV software, cast the screen, connect to Bluetooth, play games, play music, sing karaoke, and even perform voice search. Its external interface can also connect to USB flash drives and external hard drives. Since I don't have internet or TV signals in my space, and I don't have game cartridges or a microphone, I can only show you some of its functions."
Xiao Qinyun first saw a few English letters appear on the TV screen, then a blue screen appeared, and a window popped up saying "No Signal". Then a "Home Page" and several options appeared on the TV. Qiao Qinglu selected the storage device and selected "Frozen 2" on the new page.
An image of a castle appeared on the TV screen, and then Qiao Qinglu dragged the progress bar. He heard a pleasant female English voice and quickly asked Qiao Qinglu to pause. After realizing what was happening, he smiled bitterly and said, "I forgot this was a space. I haven't heard English in so long, I'm a little uncomfortable."
Qiao Qinglu turned off the TV, walked over and hugged him, "It's okay, that's all in the past. Come, let's continue. The USB drive just connected to the TV can be used to play movies and TV series stored on it, view photos stored on it, and listen to music. You can also use your phone to connect to the TV via Bluetooth to play movies and TV series stored on your phone, view photos, and listen to music. I won't show you all the details."
Then they came to the kitchen, where Qiao Qinglu introduced the names and usage of the range hood, gas stove, double-door refrigerator, dishwasher, electric pressure cooker, microwave oven and air fryer one by one. Although Xiao Qinyun didn't quite understand the working principles of these appliances, he knew that these technological products had brought great convenience to his life.
Finally, they came to the bedroom. Qiao Qinglu turned on the desktop computer and laptop one by one, and asked Xiao Qinyun to demonstrate the functions of the computer in offline state, such as viewing and editing documents, viewing and modifying photos, playing stand-alone games, watching movies, TV series, and listening to music on the computer.
Qiao Qinglu said, "Computers also have another important function: the internet. We call modern society the 'Internet Age' because before computers, people communicated via letters and phone calls. With computers, we can send emails, chat online, and have real-time conversations."
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