Chapter 286 Watch TV!
Chapter 286 Watch TV!
Around five o'clock in the evening, Jia Dongming rode his bicycle back to the courtyard. When the residents in the courtyard saw Jia Dongming coming back from get off work, they all greeted him enthusiastically.
"Director Jia! Are you back from get off work?" Jia Dongming pushed his bicycle into the courtyard. When the wife of the Wang family in the front yard saw Jia Dongming coming back, she immediately greeted him warmly.
Jia Dongming was already accustomed to the enthusiasm of the neighbors in the courtyard. However, he did not put on airs with the residents in the courtyard just because he was a leader. Instead, he responded very politely: "Sister-in-law Wang! Are you waiting for Erdan's father to get off work?"
"Uncle Jia! I heard from your Banggeng that you will turn on the TV tonight. Can I go to your house to watch TV?" When Erdan saw Jia Dongming coming back, he remembered what Banggeng said in the yard. He tilted his little head and asked Jia Dongming with anticipation.
When Jia Dongming heard Erdan's words and saw Erdan's eager expression, he nodded subconsciously and replied, "Of course that's no problem, but my uncle doesn't have that many stools, so you must remember to bring your own stool when the time comes."
When Erdan heard Jia Dongming's answer, he immediately showed an ecstatic expression on his face, and hurriedly thanked Jia Dongming: "Uncle Jia! Thank you, I will bring a stool to your house to watch TV as soon as I finish my meal."
Jia Dongming pushed his bicycle to the central courtyard. Perhaps because people were having lunch, there were not many people in the courtyard. He then pushed his bicycle and headed towards the other courtyard.
Jia Dongming parked his bike and walked into the main room with his bag. Banggeng, who was doing his homework, saw Jia Dongming coming back and immediately shouted to him happily, "Uncle! Are you back from get off work?"
Xiaodang, who was standing at the kitchen door, heard Banggeng's shout and saw Jia Dongming carrying a bag from outside and walked into the main room. He immediately ran towards Jia Dongming with his short legs and shouted in a baby voice, "Uncle! You are finally back. Xiaodang wants to watch TV. When can we watch TV?"
When Jia Dongming saw Xiaodang running towards him, he immediately bent down, picked up Xiaodang, and walked towards his room while saying, "Xiaodang! You want to watch TV! But to watch TV, you need to wait until six o'clock to receive the program. Xiaodang, eat your meal obediently. After Xiaodang is full, you can watch TV."
When Xiaodang heard Jia Dongming's answer, although she didn't understand why she had to eat a full meal before watching TV, she nodded seriously when she thought of the feeling of being hungry in the past, and replied in a baby voice: "Yes! Uncle! I understand. Xiaodang will definitely eat seriously and watch TV after eating a full meal."
"Banggeng! Have you finished your homework? If you have, come over and we'll have dinner." Qin Huairu walked out of the kitchen with a plate of fried bacon and cabbage, and shouted to Banggeng who was doing his homework.
Bang Geng heard Qin Huairu's question and smelled the aroma of bacon in the air. He sniffed the aroma in the air and immediately nodded and replied, "Mom! I only have five questions left. Once I finish these five questions, I will have finished all of them."
After Jia Dongming put his briefcase in and out, he carried Xiaodang out of the room and said to Banggeng, "Banggeng! Eat first, and then continue."
When Banggeng heard Jia Dongming's instructions, he did not follow them as usual. Instead, he continued to do his homework and said, "Uncle! My mom said that if I don't finish my homework, I can't watch TV, so I have to do my homework first and then eat."
When Jia Dongming heard Banggeng's words and saw Banggeng sitting at the dining table, working hard, he smiled and teased him, "Banggeng! Your mother cooked bacon and stir-fried cabbage today. If you don't eat first, we will eat all the bacon."
Bang Geng heard Jia Dongming's reminder and showed a nonchalant expression on his face. He replied, "Uncle! It's okay! We have meat to eat every day during this period. I don't mind this meat dish."
Soon, Qin Huairu came out of the kitchen with a plate of fried potato shreds and a plate of scrambled eggs. When Jia Dongming saw the dishes Qin Huairu cooked today, he asked her in surprise, "Huairu! What happened to you today? Why did you cook so many dishes?"
Qin Huairu heard Jia Dongming's question, put two dishes on the table, and said to Jia Dongming with a smile: "Brother Dongming! Today our family has a big new addition, and it's the first TV on our street. We should celebrate it well, so I cooked an extra dish."
Qin Huairu paused for a moment and then said to Jia Dongming, "Brother Dongming! Go wash your face first, then come out to eat." When the Jia family was eating at the dining table, one of Banggeng's classmates, along with his brothers and sisters, came to the Jia family's courtyard with stools and shouted to Banggeng who was eating in the main hall, "Jia Geng! I'm here! I've brought my sister and brother with me."
Banggeng, who was eating, heard Xiaohua's shouting outside the house. He immediately showed a guilty expression on his face when he learned that Xiaohua brought his sisters and brothers. Then he turned his head and shouted outside: "Xiaohua! You wait outside for a while. I will come out as soon as I finish dinner."
Qin Huairu naturally noticed Banggeng's reaction, and then smiled and explained to Banggeng: "Brother Dongming! Banggeng's classmates learned that our family bought a TV, and they all asked to come to our house to watch TV. I saw that these children were all children from nearby yards, so I agreed."
From the moment Jia Dongming bought the TV, he had anticipated all of this. After all, in his previous life, when he was in kindergarten, in order to be able to watch TV at his classmate's house, he also tried to curry favor with a classmate, and then went to that classmate's house and watched TV for a whole night.
When Jia Dongming heard Qin Huairu's explanation, he showed an indifferent expression on his face and replied with a smile: "Huairu! This is just the beginning. I'm afraid there will be more and more people coming to our house to watch TV in the future."
Led by a few children, the children in the yard brought their stools to Jia Dongming's villa. Before long, the whole yard was filled with children waiting to watch TV.
Jia Dongming heard the chattering sounds coming from the yard and saw the yard full of people. Only then did he fully realize how much people of this generation were obsessed with television.
"Brother Dongming! It's almost six o'clock. When do we start watching TV?" Sha Zhu walked through the crowded crowd and came to the door of the main hall of Jia Dongming's house. Seeing Jia Dongming who was still eating, he immediately asked Jia Dongming.
When Jia Dongming heard Sha Zhu's question, he instinctively put down his chopsticks and said to Sha Zhu, "Zhuzi! Go and move a square table over here and put it in front of my window. I'll move the TV out, connect the antenna and wires, and we can watch it."
When Sha Zhu heard Jia Dongming's instructions, he immediately nodded and replied, "Brother Dongming! Then you eat first. I'll move the table over, and then move the TV."
After seeing Sha Zhu leave, Jia Dongming quickly ate the remaining porridge and then went to the bathroom to wash his face.
After Jia Dongming washed his face and walked out of the bathroom, he saw that Sha Zhu had prepared the table. So, under everyone's expectant gaze, he moved the TV on the table to the window, connected the wires and antenna, turned on the TV, and started tuning the frequency.
When Banggeng saw Jia Dongming start to adjust the TV, he immediately stood in front of the TV and stared at Jia Dongming's operations intently, thinking of writing down the entire process of Jia Dongming turning on the TV so that he would know how to turn on the TV in the future.
A moment later, when he saw a figure appear on the TV, he couldn't wait to shout to Jia Dongming: "Uncle! There's a picture, there's a picture, but it's a little blurry."
When Jia Dongming heard Banggeng's shout, he took a serious look at the TV screen covered with snow. Then he walked to the bamboo pole where the antenna was installed. He stared at the TV screen while adjusting the direction of the antenna. He stopped what he was doing only after the screen became clear.
At this time, the news program was broadcasting on TV, which was dedicated to broadcasting news clips and documentaries. These TV programs could be described as boring to Jia Dongming, a person from later generations, but to people of this era, they were extremely interesting. In an instant, the originally noisy courtyard became quiet.
(End of this chapter)