Siheyuan Back to the 1950s

After the after-sales clerk checked the TV tickets and confirmed that there were no problems, she picked up her work ID and cadre ID.

After reading the two certificates, she looked at Sun Zhengguo in surprise.

She originally thought that this was the secretary of the big leader, who came to do things for the leader.

But it turns out that he is a big leader himself. He is really young and promising!

After confirming the ID, the salesperson wrote it down again before respectfully handing it to Sun Zhengguo.

"Hello, comrade! We have a Beijing brand 17-inch TV set here. The price is 886 yuan. Would you like to buy it now?"

"Hi~!"

Upon hearing the price, Grandpa and the others couldn't help but gasp. This was simply outrageously expensive.

However, Sun Zhengguo didn't take all this seriously, because Ning Xiaowei had already walked to the front desk, holding a flowered bag, and started taking out money.

Looking at the thick stack of black notes, grandpa tried hard not to look at it or think about it, while grandma pouted her lips, feeling very painful in her heart.

Soon, the salesperson finished counting the bills and asked another question casually.

"Hello comrade, do you want an external antenna for your TV? You don't need a ticket for this, you can buy it with your TV ticket, in case the signal is not so good after you return."

What antenna is needed? Ning Xiaowei didn't understand this, so she looked at Sun Zhengguo.

Sun Zhengguo happened to know all this, so he decided to take a look first and buy one if it was suitable.

But when he actually saw the antenna, he was dumbfounded. This thing was too perfunctory!

It's just a few metal rods wrapped in aluminum foil and a piece of wire. It's something so simple that it couldn't be simpler, but it's priced at 108 yuan.

This cannot be described as black, it is so black that there is no limit to it.

Ning Xiaowei saw that her husband didn't know what he was thinking, so she started to pay out money, but was caught by Sun Zhengguo.

"Wife, wait a minute."

Then, Sun Zhengguo looked at the salesperson again and said, "Comrade salesperson, we don't want this antenna."

"But, with it, the TV is really much clearer, and maybe it can search for two more channels!"

The salesperson is still working hard to recommend the product because the manufacturer will give her a certain rebate for every antenna sold, so she is working so hard.

"Comrade! I'm sorry, I don't have enough money today, so let's buy a TV first!"

After hearing Sun Zhengguo's lame excuse, the salesperson just pouted, then started issuing invoices and picking up the goods on the spot...

After buying the TV, the family no longer had the heart to go shopping and hurriedly left the department store, carrying a large cardboard box, amid the envious gazes of others.

Half an hour later, all the members of the Sun family returned to the courtyard, already extremely excited and ready to take a glimpse.

After opening the TV box, Sun Dajiang planned to study it further to see how to start this thing.

But Sun Zhengguo was an experienced person and didn't need to study it at all. He just carried the TV to the table in the living room, connected the power supply, and gently turned on the TV button.

"It's lit up, everyone, look, there's something inside."

Sun Zhengnan excitedly moved forward to find out what was going on, but what greeted him was a screen full of snowflakes.

Grandpa looked disappointed. "What is this? I spent 886 yuan and this is all I get?"

"Zhengguo, there shouldn't be any problem with the TV, right?" Ning Xiaowei was a little panicked, fearing that something might happen.

Even though she seemed very happy when she took out the money just now, she was actually feeling terribly painful inside.

"..."

"Don't worry, this is normal. We still need to search the channel."

Sun Zhengguo first raised his hand to signal everyone to wait patiently, and then he calmly changed the channel.

Sure enough, after a few turns, it was tuned to the Beijing TV station, which was playing a one-man crosstalk by Mr. Ma Sanli.

"Wow! There's really someone inside."

Grandpa was very happy. He had only heard about it on the radio before, but now he finally saw it in person.

Seeing the image on TV, Sun Zhengguo stopped debugging, guessing that there were not many channels available at the moment.

Then he pulled out the antenna at the back, stretched it and fiddled with it a few times, and the picture on the TV became clearer.

"Jungguk, isn't there an antenna behind this? Why did you ask us to buy one just now?"

After all, Sun Dajiang was an experienced electrician and he saw the problem at a glance.

"Dad, this is the antenna that comes with the TV. The one they're selling is an outdoor antenna. The signal reception will be a little stronger after it's installed."

After listening to his son's explanation, Sun Dajiang nodded and then tried to ask.

"Son, do you think the antenna today is too expensive? How about Dad buy one for you?"

"No, no." Sun Zhengguo shook his head, showing a disgusted expression, and then started complaining.

"Dad, you don't know, the antenna they sell is just garbage, and they charge 108 yuan. They are just crazy about money.

Believe it or not, I will make one myself someday, and it will cost less than 10 yuan, and it will be 100 times better than his."

"That's right, my grandson is an engineer!" said the grandmother proudly.

But while she was talking, her eyes never left the TV, which shows how powerful this thing is.

……

Slowly, time came to evening, and no one in the house moved except to go to the toilet.

Even though there was news on TV, everyone in the room was watching it with great interest.

Seeing that it was almost time for dinner, Sun Zhengguo had no choice but to call Sun Zhengnan to the kitchen, and the two of them prepared a simple dinner.

This made Sun Zhengnan very anxious. "Brother, you are so biased. There are so many people in the room, but you didn't call anyone else. Why did you call me?"

"Hahaha! Just because I'm your leader, how come I can't call you to do it?"

Seeing his elder brother's fake smile, Sun Zhengnan immediately backed down.

"Brother, that's not what I meant. I'm just curious. Since you don't like it, I won't ask."

"Alright, alright, don't feel wronged. There's an old saying that goes, there's a long way to go. When you come back, you'll be able to watch TV. Who can compare with you?"

"Yeah! Why didn't I think of that?" Sun Zhengnan felt suddenly enlightened, and he had more energy in his hands to knead the dough.

……

Soon, the two finished cooking and brought the food to the main room.

"Should I turn off the TV now?" Sun Zhengguo thought to himself.

However, reality taught him a good lesson and made him experience the magic of television.

I saw everyone holding steamed buns, putting some vegetables into the bowl, and then sitting in front of the TV, eating and watching, even the children were no exception.

"Zhengnan, tell me, is this TV really that good?"

"I don't know either! Big brother, if nothing else, I'll go and take a look."

“Uh…?” Sun Zhengguo was speechless.

But Sun Zhengnan didn't care about that. He took his bowl and steamed bun and joined the group watching TV.

Sun Zhengguo was the only one left at the table, eating his meal in boredom.

After a while, Sun Shujie came over with his younger brother. Sun Zhengguo was secretly happy, thinking that his son came to accompany him.

It turned out that he was overthinking it. The two sons had run out of food in their bowls and came over just to get more food.