At about 6:30 in the evening, the Chu family courtyard was already overcrowded.
A crowd of people were sitting in front of the TV. The best viewing seats in the first few rows were people from related households, such as store employees or friends of Chu Heng, and those in the back were neighbors.
Neighbor,
People were crowded and sitting next to each other, filling the small courtyard to the point where there was almost no room to stand!
Some who didn't squeeze in climbed up the wall of Chu Heng's house and looked at the small TV curiously.
Chu Heng stood next to the TV, glanced at the crowd inside and outside the courtyard, and even spotted Wu Lin leading others to lie on the wall.
Does this grandson know what he is doing?
Who the hell is spying on people so blatantly? Why don't you come in and have a drink?
With a speechless expression, he looked away, cleared his throat, and shouted to the crowd loudly: "Well, listen up, young and old, you guys are coming to watch TV. I welcome you with both hands, but there are a few things I have to explain in advance.
, first of all, let’s watch it again and don’t damage anything, otherwise we will have to pay for it. Secondly, we have to take away the garbage after watching the TV. Don’t leave it messy until the end.
My wife is here to take care of it, and I can’t bear to do this!”
"Hahaha."
A group of people burst into laughter. In this conservative era, anything remotely related to ambiguity can ignite people's emotions.
"Oh, why does this person say everything?"
Ni Yinghong was so ashamed that she didn't dare to see anyone. She quickly covered her hot cheeks with her little hands, but she felt sweet in her heart.
"Don't worry, Director Chu. I won't damage you brick by brick."
"Everyone should supervise each other. If anyone makes Director Chu angry, I won't even have to watch him in the end. I'll slap him!"
"Those who are eating watermelon seeds, hurry up and pick up the skins for me, or get out of here. There are many people outside who can't get in!"
…
After the crowd was confused for a while, it quickly became quiet because Chu Heng had already started to adjust the TV.
"Zizzizi..."
As the TV was turned on, large snowflakes appeared first, and after he selected the channel a few times, an image appeared, which was the movie Tunnel Battle.
At this time, the movie had just started and the credits were playing.
In the cheerful opening song, the camera shuttles through a long tunnel.
There was silence in the courtyard for an instant. Everyone was staring at the small TV. Even if some people couldn't see the picture clearly, even if some people couldn't hear the sound clearly, they were still watching with great enthusiasm.
After Chu Heng adjusted the TV, he sat down next to Ni Yinghong, twisting and shaking like a screwdriver under his butt, and looking at his watch from time to time.
It's not that he couldn't watch the movie today, but he was anxious to go on a date with his second wife.
These two bitchy men and women had made an appointment to meet at seven o'clock. It was already half past six, and they would miss the time if they stayed any later.
After Chu Heng sat in agony for almost ten minutes, he felt that it was almost time. He rolled his eyes and turned to his wife in a low voice: "What, I don't like watching this movie. I'm going to go for a walk."
"ah!"
Ni Yinghong stared at the TV intently without even looking at him.
This little TV fan is hopeless.
Chu Heng shook his head speechlessly, stood up and walked along the wall to the door. It took a lot of effort to push the bicycle out, and then hurried to the grain store.
In less than half an hour, he joined Qin Jingru and started the work of preaching and receiving karma in full swing.
Time is tight and the tasks are heavy, so we can’t do anything if we don’t pay close attention.
At the same time, Wu Lin and others who were watching TV on the wall of Chu's house finally discovered that Chu Heng was missing.
"What the hell, where are the people?"
Wu Lin's buddy Jin Hong looked at the empty seat in shock.
"I don't know, why weren't you here just now?" Another person on the side who was responsible for monitoring Chu Heng was also dumbfounded.
He was specially ordered to monitor people, but he was lost right under his nose because he was watching TV. How could he explain it to Deputy Section Chief Luo later!
Wu Lin didn't care much about this. He looked at the two people around him irritably and said impatiently: "It's gone if it's gone. Who knows if we don't tell you? Hurry up and watch the movie, the Japanese are coming to search the village.
"
The two of them looked at each other and felt that what he said was quite reasonable, so they turned around and continued watching TV happily.
As for Chu Heng, he goes wherever he likes!
How delicious it is to watch TV!
…
At 8:30 in the evening, the cash-strapped Director Chu returned home smelling of green and orange.
The courtyard was still lively and bustling, with people inside and outside, even more than when he left.
Chu Heng reluctantly sucked his teeth and pushed the cart into the crowd.
"Give way, give way."
The disturbed person turned around impatiently and wanted to scold him for his long mouth, but when he saw the loud voice, he didn't even dare to let out a fart and quickly moved away to make way for him.
The TV belongs to someone else, so you can’t mess with it!
Chu Heng returned to Ni Yinghong and sat next to him for a while, watching TV together. By nine o'clock, the TV program was gone and replaced by a big round ball.
Seeing this, some people who were watching TV for the first time suddenly became confused.
"Ouch, why is there no trace?"
"What's going on?"
"Director Chu, what's going on?"
…
Chu Heng's ears were buzzing from the noise, and he quickly stood up and faced the group, explained the situation to them, and finally sent these people away.
This group of people also kept their word and really cleaned up all the garbage on the ground. Not even a hairy piece of leather was found.
Wu Lin and others on the wall looked at Chu Heng who reappeared, and suddenly looked at each other.
When did this person come back?
"Stop looking and leave quickly." Wu Lin grabbed the two people, joined the crowd and left Xiaolihua, and then sneaked into the alley where they had been hiding.
After Chu Heng sent away his neighbors and friends, the house suddenly became quiet, and the only outsider left was his eldest cousin.
He looked at Duan Fengchun who was packing his things and was about to leave, and quickly tried to persuade him to stay: "Cousin, it's too late, so don't go back. We'll stay here."
"It's okay. With my skills, who can do anything to me?"
The eldest cousin shook her head violently, then waved goodbye to them with a strange look on her face, and strode out of the small courtyard.
If she stayed here any longer, she would beg Ni Yinghong to give her some cloth tickets to buy cloth for clothes. It was so wasteful...
Chu Heng looked at his eldest cousin's back and rolled his eyelids helplessly.
He really wasn't worried about this woman, he was worried about the blind hooligans and drunken drunkards outside.
If we really encounter him, he will be killed!
"Chu Heng, come here."
At this time, Xiao Ni poked his head out from the east room and waved to him.
"What's wrong?" Chu Heng turned around and entered the room.
"Don't you want these old clothes?" the girl asked him, holding a few clothes with holes or patches.
"It's already broken down like this. What else do you want? Why, you want to give it away." Chu Heng asked curiously.
"No, I'm going to make a TV cover instead, so it won't get dusty easily." Ni Yinghong put the thing aside, and then directed him: "Go and take off the TV, and I'll measure the size."
"Okay."
Chu Heng happily walked to the chest of drawers, took down the TV and placed it on the sewing machine.
