Xu Shiyan and the others set out from the county at around eight o'clock in the morning. The winding mountain road was uphill, and they arrived home around ten o'clock.
By the time Xu Shiyan went to buy sockets, wires, etc., it was already past eleven o'clock.
At this time, every household was busy cooking, and there were not so many people around Xu Chenghou.
Zhou Guilan and Su Anfang and Su Anhua, who came over after hearing the news, were busy cooking in the kitchen. Xu Chenghou helped his son, and the two men erected poles and installed antennas in the yard.
Before the safety was finished here, Xu Haiyuan, Xu Jinping, and Yang Haoyu came back from school.
"Milk, is the food ready? I'm starving." Almost all children will say this when they come in.
Xu Haiyuan started shouting before he entered the gate. As soon as he entered, he happened to see Xu Shiyan who was busy in the yard.
"Dad? Dad is back."
"Godfather is back."
The three children were so happy that they stepped forward and hugged Xu Shiyan.
"Dad, why are you back? You've been away for more than a month."
As the child grows older, he knows that he misses his relatives, and now he is holding Xu Shiyan and refuses to let go.
The two younger ones in the family, on the other hand, didn't seem to feel much of anything. They didn't feel anything bad when they met Xu Shiyan. At most, they let Xu Shiyan kiss him twice and then ran off to find the dog to play with.
The three babies are all grown up now, and Xu Shiyan can't hold them in his arms and kiss them all, so he can only touch the tops of their heads.
"Well, I just got home. Aren't you busy installing the TV antenna? We have a TV at home.
Well, go inside first and wash your hands and get ready to eat. I will adjust the TV later and we can watch TV."
As soon as the three children heard that the TV was installed, they immediately jumped up with joy. They had long been coveted for other people's TVs, and even went to Jiang's house to watch it once before.
There were too many Jiang family members, and most of them were family members of grain depot workers. Those people were very arrogant and looked down upon those in the agricultural team, and did not look down upon Xu Jinping and others.
Although Xu Jinping is young, she has great self-esteem. If others treat her like that, she will never look at them again.
The three children quickly rushed into the house and saw a brand new TV on the chest of drawers.
"Wow, this TV is so big. It's bigger than the one in Jiang Chunhong's house. It's so beautiful. We will also have a TV at home in the future. It's great."
The three children were so happy that they jumped on the ground. From now on, they would have TV to watch and no longer had to go to other people's houses to watch TV.
"After school, I go home and do my homework first. After I finish my homework, I can watch TV.
If anyone can't finish his homework, I won't let him read it."
Just in time, Xu Shiyan had installed the antenna outside and erected the pole, and was about to enter the house to adjust the TV.
Seeing the children jumping up and down, he deliberately turned down his face to scare them.
"Dad, we don't have homework yet, so we don't need to do it."
Xu Jinping stretched out her little hand, grabbed Xu Shiyan's skirt, and looked up at her father. She had no homework, so what should she write?
"Oh, yes, Dad remembered it wrong. You and Xiaoyu are still young and have no homework.
Okay, you two go home and coax your brothers and sisters first, and then watch TV."
Xu Shiyan slapped his forehead. He only thought about fooling the children, but he forgot that they were both young. How could there be any homework in the Yuhong class?
"Xu Haiyuan, they don't have homework, but you do.
Be sure to remember to finish your homework before watching TV, otherwise, you will see how I deal with you."
Xu Shiyan looked at his eldest son with a malicious look on his face, he did it on purpose.
This naughty kid is so obsessed with listening to the radio. Why don't he get into it even if he has a TV? Get vaccinated in advance.
Xu Haiyuan curled his lips, "Dad, when have you ever seen me doing homework for more than half an hour? I always do my homework first when I get home from school."
They finish school at around four o'clock in the afternoon and go home for at most half an hour before finishing their homework.
You have to watch TV after six o'clock in the evening. Do you really think he doesn't understand anything?
Xu Shiyan originally wanted to embarrass his son, but in the end he was despised by his son, who made him cry and not laugh at all.
"You, there is no need for you to be pretty here. You have less homework in the first grade and more and more in the future.
I don’t believe it. When you reach the sixth grade, you can finish it in half an hour? I’ll wait until you can’t finish your homework. It would be weird if I didn’t beat you up, depending on your father.”
Xu Shiyan had nothing to do with his son, so he could only rub his son's face to give him some relief.
CCTV had a signal at noon, so we had to take advantage of the opportunity to adjust the TV and fix the antenna outside.
"Well, I'll go outside and swing the antenna around, and you three will watch from inside. If anyone comes out, just call me."
Xu Shiyan turned on the TV and taught Xu Haiyuan how to find the station, while he went out and turned the antenna to find a direction with the best signal.
When the TV was first turned on, there was no signal, and there were only snowflakes all over it. Then I slowly adjusted the channel, turned the antenna, and after a while, there was indeed someone coming from a station.
CCTV, the midday news is coming soon, there is a program now.
So the children quickly shouted, "Okay, okay."
"What are you doing? Are you making noise today?"
At noon, Su Anying came back from the breeding farm on her bicycle. When she saw that her door was locked, she knew that everyone was here, so she hurried over.
Before she could enter the house, she heard the children shouting. She thought the children were being naughty and had done something wrong, so she hurriedly got out of the car and entered the hospital.
"Oh, you're back? What are you doing?" As soon as he entered the yard, he saw Xu Shiyan, who was poking something there.
Su Anying felt strange. She had been out for more than a month and didn't take a quick rest when she got home. What was she doing?
"Daughter-in-law, come here, help me, hold on to the bottom. I've tied the pole where the TV antenna pole is.
I gained a lot this time when I went out. The province rewarded me with a 14-inch color TV. I thought about showing it to my parents, isn’t this a Zheng’an antenna?”
"First Evolution"
It's not easy to show off in front of others, but to your own wife, you must show off.
"Color TV? Oh, that's really good. Okay, let's put it here with my parents. The old couple can't sleep at night, so it would be nice to have a TV to watch."
Su Anying did not object to her husband's decision. In her opinion, except that the two families did not live together, it was almost as if they were not separated.
My children all eat at my parents-in-law's place, and they come over to share their meals at every turn.
It was originally said that I would be given money for food, but my parents-in-law did not want it, so it would be nice to be able to provide some compensation in other ways.
"By the way, there's also a washing machine, I'll give it to our mother too.
Wife, I’ll think of a solution in the fall and let’s buy one at home.”
Xu Shiyan glanced at Su Anying and told her that the washing machine was also given to her parents.
"Why don't you give the washing machine to my mother and keep it for my little sister? She doesn't know when she will get married. How about keeping it as a dowry for her?
My mother and I have the same temperament and don’t like the clothes washed by the washing machine. My little sister’s physique is not good after all. If I marry a washing machine, she will not be burdened in the future.”
When Su Anying heard this, she shook her head. This stupid man in his family was a bit wrong in his thinking.
"Hey, you, if you didn't tell me, I really wouldn't have thought of it. She is my wife, so she is thoughtful."
Xu Shiyan's eyes lit up and he laughed. Look, his wife is getting more and more capable now.