It was already past six o'clock in the evening when Zhang An arrived home.
Although it's a little late, I don't have any intention of getting dark today.
Zhang An's car horn sounded, and Wang Fang knew that Zhang An was back.
Zhang Jianguo on the side was busy tanning badger skins.
Although there are not many patients with hemorrhoids these days, it is not impossible.
Get this thing out first, in case you need to use it later.
"You're back, let's go wash your hands and get ready for dinner."
Every time Zhang An went to see Su Ying, he would not come back until this time in the afternoon.
So every time Wang Fang kept an eye on the time and cooked, it would be time to have dinner as soon as Zhang An came back.
"Don't worry, I'll install the TV first."
While Zhang An was talking to his old mother, he put down the TV set from the car.
These days, a 29-inch humpback TV still has some heft.
I chose a place in the lobby and moved a table to put the TV.
I haven’t bought a TV cabinet at home yet, and Zhang An doesn’t plan to buy one either.
He thought about going to Carpenter Lin's house at night and asking Carpenter Lin to help him make one that could put down the TV and DVD player.
In the past, Wang Fang would have said something to Zhang An about spending money recklessly. After all, this TV is not cheap.
However, after taking Su Ying over for a few days at the beginning of the year, Zhang An decided to bring one back.
Zhang An also gave advice to his parents about this matter, so Wang Fang was already prepared.
The desk at home is only single-layered, so the TV and DVD player can only be placed flat.
After Zhang An has plugged in the video cable, he only needs to connect the power supply to play the disc.
When Wang Fang saw that Zhang An had finished cooking, he brought out the dishes and ate his dinner first.
Zhang An didn't eat lunch at noon and had a fruit meal with Su Ying.
Although he was full at the time, those things were not very hungry. Zhang An was already hungry at this time.
Today Wang Fang made roasted peppers and eggplants, with preserved eggs mixed in.
This preserved egg was made by Wang Fang after she went to someone to learn how to make it, and then came back and used the eggs at home to pickle it.
Zhang An actually liked eating preserved eggs a long time ago, but later when he went to buy preserved eggs, he was deceived.
I bought a batch of bad guys and when I took them back and peeled them open, they were full of liquid and smelly.
Since then, Zhang An has stopped eating preserved eggs. It has been many years since he had eaten preserved eggs.
Now the shadow in my heart has faded a bit, thinking that it is all pickled at home, so I don’t have any resistance.
"Hey, your family is having dinner."
The family was eating when Mr. Huang came to the door.
Mr. Huang would not come to Zhang An's house easily. It would not be an exaggeration to say that he would not go to the Three Treasures Palace for nothing.
Either he came to see Zhang An for something, or Zhang An's family had something to do and he came to help.
"Second Master, come and have dinner. It's rare for you to get our food."
When Mr. Huang arrived, Wang Fang had already stood up to get the bowls and chopsticks.
Zhang An found a stool and asked Mr. Huang to sit down.
"Don't bother, our family just ate."
"Let's drink some wine together after we eat. Don't you, Master, always like the sesame wine at our house?"
Zhang An didn't care what Mr. Huang said, he took the bowl handed over by his mother and poured wine for Mr. Huang.
"That's enough, that's enough. This wine is good, but you should drink more. My old man can't hold it anymore."
Seeing Mr. Huang holding back the wine, Zhang An did not continue pouring it into the bowl.
Mr. Huang Erye took a few sips of the golden gastrodia wine in the bowl.
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"It must be the one brewed by An Ziqian. I dug some myself and brewed it. The wine doesn't taste good."
Mr. Huang became obsessed with this drink after having a few drinks at Zhang An's house.
So on weekdays when I go up the mountain, I dig some Gastrodia elata and brew it.
But when compared with the taste of Zhang An's, the taste he brewed is completely two different things.
This puzzled Mr. Huang. He thought he had made a mistake in brewing the wine.
I came here specifically to ask Zhang An, but Zhang An just picked it up casually.
In the end, it can only be blamed on the poor quality of Gastrodia elata.
But I was right about this. The gastrodia elata used by Zhang An was planted in the space by himself, which is better than the ones dug outside.
"Your preserved eggs are pretty good. Where did you buy them? They don't have any other flavor at all."
"I pickled this at home. Second Master likes it. I will take some back later and let Second Grandma mix it."
Wang Fang smiled and said that everyone said the preserved eggs she pickled herself were delicious, and she must be happy.
Because this preserved egg is originally pickled with eggs.
It has a somewhat fishy smell, but since Zhang Anjia pickles it himself, you can't taste that smell.
This should be because Zhang An’s eggs are so good.
"That's not possible. I'm just here to eat and drink for free. If I eat and drink at the same time, I'm going to have a bad customer come to my door."
After dinner, Zhang An originally took the cable to Li Hongbin's house to connect the antenna.
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However, when Mr. Huang came over, something must have happened, so Zhang An was not in a hurry to take action.
"Second Master, come here, what's the matter?"
Zhang An made a pot of tea and poured it for his father and Mr. Huang.
"My plums are ripe. I plan to pick them and sell them tomorrow. I wanted to come over and ask if you have time. I'd like to help deliver them to you then."
Mr. Huang’s family doesn’t have many plums, and a lot of them were knocked down by hail this year.
Zhang An estimated that he could pick more than 2,000 to 3,000 catties this year.
Carrying these plums to the city for sale only takes a few more days.
Zhang An also told Mr. Huang before that these plums still have to be brought to the city to get a price.
It would definitely not sell for much in Hongyan Town. Huang Erye felt that what Zhang An said was reasonable, so he took it to heart.
So now that the plums are ripe, Mr. Huang comes to find Zhang An, thinking about asking him to help him get them to the city.
"Are they ready to be picked? Have you tasted the plums to see if they are still bitter?"
Although several agricultural experts in later generations also did this, to be honest, Zhang An is quite uneasy now.
If the plums at Mr. Huang's house are not sweet or delicious, then I have spent half a year in vain.
"I've already eaten them. The plums this year are extremely sweet. They've never tasted so good before."
Speaking of this, Mr. Huang couldn't help but smile.
This plum field can be said to be his hard work when he was young.
Who would have thought that he would end up like that later? Fortunately, Zhang An gave me some pointers.
Otherwise, he might actually cut down the plum tree and plant something else.
"Second Master, don't worry. I'm going to call Ding Yi and see if he will accept it. If he does, it will save you all the trouble of running away."
Some time ago, the plum trees at Zhang An's house became ripe. Zhang An thought it was because too much spring water was poured into them.
So it matures a few days earlier than the plums in Mr. Huang’s plum field.
Mr. Huang was still wondering why the same plums matured so many days earlier when transplanted to Zhang An's house.
Zhang An can only speculate that the land here may be better than their plums.
Although this was made up by Zhang An, Mr. Huang firmly believed it.
The main reason is that their plums are too thin, as the bitter fruits have proven to him in the past few years.
After Zhang An's plums were ripe, when Ding Yi came to collect the wild products, Zhang An picked some for him.
After Ding ate it, he felt that the plums were different from those usually sold.
It tastes juicy, sweet and fragrant, and the plum core is particularly small.
Other plums, no matter how sweet they are, will have a slightly sour or bitter taste.
So Ding Yi immediately told Zhang An that he wanted to round the plum.
But Zhang An's family only has a few trees, which are not many at all, and they have no intention of selling them.
Zhang An had wanted to give Huang Erye's plums to Ding Yi before, but before the plums were mature, Zhang An was not sure that the plums would be good.
Now that Mr. Huang is certain, the last worry in Zhang An's heart is gone.
In front of Mr. Huang, Zhang An called Ding Yi.
"What's the matter, Zhang An?"
Ding Yi didn't say much and just asked questions directly.
Zhang An would only call him when something happened.
"Last time you said you wanted to buy Beetang Plum, do you want to buy it now?"
"What, you changed your mind and want to sell it to me?"
Ding Yi was a little surprised. This man rejected him just a few days ago.
"That's not true. It's because the second master Huang in our village has a weight of about two to three thousand pounds. He has matured in the past two days. I called you to ask about it."
"Is it the same as the one at your house? Not green and crispy."
Most of the local plums are crisp green plums, which taste a bit sour and astringent.
"It must be the same. The trees I dug were dug and planted from his old man's house."
"That's no problem. I'll be fine tomorrow, so I'll bring someone over to collect it."
In a few words, Ding Yi and Zhang An settled the matter.
"Second Master, Ding Yi said that he will come over to collect it tomorrow. You can always negotiate the price with him then."
Zhang An didn't want to get involved in the price matter.
One side is an elder in the village, and the other side is a good friend.
Let them discuss it themselves. Unless one party takes too many points, Zhang An may speak up.
However, Zhang An believes that neither Mr. Huang nor Ding Yi is that kind of person.
"If by then you still feel that the price is not right, we can bring it to the city to sell it ourselves, okay?"
"What's wrong with this? You have to give the price after seeing the items. No one in the village knows what Boss Ding is like."
Huang Erye waved his hands and didn't care about this.
Now Ding Yi has already built a good reputation in the village.
After sending Mr. Huang away, Zhang An walked towards the next door with a closed route.
Zhang An entered the yard and found Li Hongbin back.
At the moment, he is playing top with Li Yao in the yard.
"Hey, when did you come back?"
Li Hongbin took the construction team to the city some time ago. It seems that there is a big project there.
Zhang An felt like he hadn't seen this person come back for a long time.
"Yeah, it's stabilized over there, so I don't need to be there to watch. Where did you go today? I didn't see you at home when I came back."
Seeing Zhang An coming again, Li Hongbin gave Li Yao the whip for playing top and let him play with it by himself.
"I went to school to look for Su Ying. I've been busy these days and haven't been there for a long time."
"Haha, Zhang An is afraid that the wife he got will run away, so he runs to the city whenever he has time."
As soon as Zhang An spoke, he was teased by Zhou Lan next to him.
"That's not the case. This is the person appointed by my mother. If she were gone, my mother would give me a piece of cake."
Zhang An is so thick-skinned that he never fails to joke.
"By the way, I bought a TV on the way back today. I was too lazy to install an antenna, so I took it from your house and used it."
As Zhang An said this, he waved the closed route in his hand towards Li Hongbin.
"Okay, let me find the splitter."
"No need to look for it, I brought it all, just go up and pick it up."
Seeing that Zhang An was fully prepared, Li Hongbin took Zhang An upstairs.
This closed route is very easy to pick up and relatively safe.
Zhang An used a knife to peel off the wire sheaths and aluminum wire mesh at both ends of the closed line, and then cut through the foam layer inside.
In this way, the copper core inside is exposed, and then it can be connected with a special wire.
Not to mention Zhang An, a kid who often watches TV can do this job.
Television sets are relatively expensive in this era, so many people cherish them when they buy them.
Not to mention now, let alone five or six years from now.
Whenever there is a thunderstorm, the closed circuit and power cord of the TV will be unplugged in advance.
I was afraid that the TV at home would be damaged by high-voltage lightning from the sky.
If plugged and unplugged frequently, the wire ends will be worn, and the TV broadcast may not be clear or have other problems.
Therefore, many people often change the connectors of closed circuits. Children are very smart and can do it at a glance.
There was no need for Li Hongbin to come over, Zhang An connected the splitter in just a few seconds.
There is some distance from the upstairs of Li Hongbin's house to Zhang An's house, but the cable Zhang An bought is long enough, and there is still a large loop left after stretching it to his house.
That's fine, you can move the TV to wherever you want in the future.
After plugging in the closed line, Zhang An turned on the TV. The TV station came out without searching.
It's only around 7:00 now, and most TV stations are showing Xinwen Lianbo.
Not many people would be willing to watch this show in later generations, but now Wang Fang and Zhang Jianguo are watching it with gusto.
Don't look at it. When people talk about buying a TV, they usually say it's not worth it, but that's just to save some money.
In the past, when people from the county came down to show movies, everyone would finish their meal early so that they could grab a seat on the grain drying field.
Because I arrived late, I had to stay at the back and couldn't see so clearly.
In this era when entertainment items are extremely scarce, no one doesn’t like watching TV.
Although Zhang An is not in the habit of watching TV, his family just bought a new TV today, so Zhang An accompanied his parents to watch the news broadcast.
After the broadcast, Zhang An patiently taught the two of them how to change channels during the commercial break.
"Uncle, your family has bought a TV."
Zhang Tie, a skinny monkey, ran around outside with several children after dinner.
When passing by the door of Zhang An's house, I heard the sound of a TV set, so I ran in and took a look.
"Your elder brother just bought it today. Come find a bench and sit down and watch it."
Wang Fang pointed to the bench next to him and asked him to move it over.
As a result, the monkey ran outside, saying he wanted to go home and call his parents and sister to come over and watch.
Hearing what he said, Wang Fang and Zhang Jianguo both laughed.
If this little guy does any good deeds, he still blames the family.