Siheyuan: After being reincarnated as a master's daughter

After dinner that day, the second uncle and the third uncle both privately approached Yi Zhonghai to give him gifts, but they were both rejected by Yi Zhonghai.

The two families still refused to give up and sent their sons to the Yi family frequently to ask Yi Zhonghai for advice.

Yi Zhonghai was extremely annoyed, so he called Liu Haizhong and Yan Bugui and said directly: "What do you two think? I have an idea, but I also have three apprentices in the factory, and I really don't have the energy to teach them. Unless your son also becomes a formal worker in the steel rolling mill, there is no point in discussing it."

Liu Haizhong and Yan Bugui left disappointed. They wanted Yi Zhonghai to help them get formal jobs.

If they were allowed to do their own work, they would have a way to avoid having their son bother them.

……

Soon it was the weekend;

Yi Zhonghai's family of three dressed up early in the morning, and together with Sha Zhu, they were ready to go to the TV today. Yi Jiale wore a new dress and stood while her mother braided her hair while she was half asleep.

Yi Jiale's hair was braided into two small braids, and then the aunt wiped her daughter's face with a wet towel. When they heard Sha Zhu coming over and calling, the family of three pulled their daughter out. Lin Ying would not go to any of these places today and had to stay at home to take care of the children.

Why do I have to get up so early? Why so early in the morning? Because TV sets are hard to come by, and if I go too late, they will be sold out. TV sets in the Wangfujing department store are very rare, and many people cannot afford them. There are only one or two sets in the store, and I am afraid that if I see one I want, I will have to wait a long time before the TV is available. So I have to get up early today to queue up and watch.

On the bus, Yi Jiale was sleeping soundly in his father's arms. Last night, Yi Zhonghai originally wanted to let the child wait at home with his mother, but the child was disobedient and insisted on going with the bus to join in the fun. On weekends, the Wangfujing department store is crowded with people, bicycles, and cars. What if such a young child is squeezed in?

But looking at the adorable, fair and tender daughter in his arms, Yi Zhonghai couldn't bear to refuse his daughter's request. At worst, he could take his wife with him, and then let his wife take their daughter to stand in an open place and wait.

Inside the department store, as it is the weekend, there are people shopping, some are looking for goods, and the department store usually puts defective goods on the shelves for others to buy without tickets, so there are crowds of people everywhere, jostling to buy.

Looking at the scene in front of him, Yi Jiale was really afraid that there would be a stampede. Yi Zhonghai was also afraid of squeezing his daughter, so he put Yi Jiale down and said to his daughter, "Tuanzi, you and your mother go wait for us outside. I will go to queue with your brother Zhu."

Yi Jiale nodded obediently, then glanced vaguely with his right eye towards the popsicle stand near the entrance of the department store.

Yi Zhonghai knew what his daughter was thinking as soon as he saw her eyes, and said with a smile: "Your mother, you two should go buy some popsicles first!"

Yi Jiale immediately became lively and cheerful, and said excitedly: "Dad, are you and my brother Zhu going to buy some and wait for you?"

"Tuanzi, you eat it first. We'll buy some more food when the old man and I come out later. Otherwise, the food will probably be melted by the time we come out." Shazhu said.

The aunt patted her daughter lightly and said, "Why are you eating popsicles so early in the morning, kid? Aren't you afraid of having diarrhea?"

"And you, Lao Yi, your daughter is young and ignorant, and you are also ignorant?"

Yi Jiale lowered his head in disappointment, but it was really hot in the morning in this city. Yi Zhonghai didn't dare to say anything and followed Sha Zhu to squeeze in to the TV.

Most of the people here are crowded here to watch TV. Some of them cannot buy tickets even if they have enough money.

The salesperson selling televisions was also standing by, staring closely at the people in front of the TV, and would scold anyone who dared to touch the TV.

"Hey, what about you? Didn't you see that line? If you break it, can you afford to pay for it?"

"Tsk, you can only watch!"

Everyone was angry but dared not say anything. They just watched TV and then dispersed.

Yi Zhonghai and Sha Zhu then squeezed in front of the salesperson.

"Hello comrade, we are here to buy a TV."

The middle-aged saleswoman glanced up and down at the clothes of Yi Zhonghai and Sha Zhu. They were both wearing Mao suits that leaders wore, so she smiled warmly and asked softly, "Did you bring your TV tickets?"

Hearing this, Yi Zhonghai quickly took out the precious TV ticket from his pocket and handed it to the salesperson. The middle-aged female salesperson took the ticket and carefully checked it, and then asked about the origin of the TV ticket. After Yi Zhonghai answered one by one, she smiled with relief and led Yi Zhonghai and Sha Zhu to the TV display area.

The people watching TV all cast envious glances. They could only stand far outside the cordon, not daring to approach easily. At this time, Yi Zhonghai and Sha Zhu were led by the salesperson to the place where the TV was placed. Obviously, they were holding TV tickets in their hands. Such people were either heroes with great contributions or people with power, who were lucky enough to get such scarce TV tickets.

The middle-aged saleswoman pointed at the two TVs and said, "These two TVs are the last two left. Which one do you want?"

"The big one is a 14-inch black and white TV, and the small one is a 9-inch color transistor TV imported from abroad." The middle-aged female salesperson explained in detail. (Color TVs were introduced to China from abroad in 1972. Other regions don't have them, but Beijing definitely has them.)

Yi Zhonghai and Sha Zhu came closer excitedly, looked at it carefully, and touched it with their hands. After a discussion, they finally bought the smaller one. After all, color TVs are very precious and have only been introduced to their country not long ago.

The TV has a spherical screen that looks like a wooden box screen. There are six small rotary knobs underneath, and the large knobs for adjusting brightness, contrast, radio frequency, true frequency, etc. are on the side. When you buy a TV, you have to pay extra for a small signal pot, which is mainly used to find signals.