Chapter 804: Adjusting Channels

The old lady smiled and helped end the rice bowl by bowl. "In time, in time, eat first, eat and study slowly. This installation should take a long time, right?"

"This needs to install an antenna, and get a bamboo pole to make a telephone pole, outside to receive signals. Wait until later to try, eat first."

Ye Chenghai's small eyes aimed here and there. This time he didn't dare to speak, but he also made up his mind to stay at home and wait to see the TV set installed.

The few cubs next door finished the rice in two or three mouthfuls, and then ran over directly.

The courtyard door wasn't locked after Ye Mom went out. A few children were in the house, squatting in front of the TV set waiting, one by one chattering excitedly as if it was their own family's TV set.

This made Ye Chenghai anxious. "You guys are not allowed to touch, that's my family's TV set, no one is allowed to move."

"We just look, don't touch."

His small eyes, which were staring like a tiger, kept staring at the ground. He scraped the rice in the bowl desperately, and didn't need side dishes, just swallowed it dry.

After finishing a bowl of rice, he didn't care about licking the bowl, directly threw the chopsticks, and quickly got off the table.

Lin Xiuqing coughed twice, and he quickly returned to his seat, licked the rice grains left in the bowl clean, and then squeezed in again, shouting, no one is allowed to touch, this is his family's, what what what, extremely protective of food.

"Today didn't work, and didn't rain. I took advantage of the rising tide to drive the boat you opened from the border defense station to the beach. When the tide went out, I called Ah Sheng and your eldest cousin to clean the barnacles on the bottom of the boat. The other boat was also moved ashore, and brushed with paint."

Ye Father put away his excited mood and planned to tell him the serious matter.

"Morning?" Ye Yaodong stopped the action of clipping vegetables. "Also good, take advantage of today's free time, scrape the bottom of the boat first."

"Originally I told them to wait until Mazu parade tomorrow to move both boats ashore, brush the machine paint, and maintain them. Who knew it rained a little bit of rain last night, and Ah Qing and I collected dried fish all night, busy all night. Since we didn't go to sea, it's fine to call them to do it a day early today."

"Mm, just thinking that anyway, no work today, so move the boat ashore, maintain it a day early, wait until Mazu parade for three days ends, the boat should be almost dry and go into the water, two things don't delay."

"Then didn't brush paint this morning?"

"Not yet, just scraped the bottom of the boat, plan to wait for it to dry a bit, brush paint tomorrow. Last time there was no way, just shoveled clean and brushed directly, this paint wasn't so firm, this time do it together."

"Mm, just caught up."

Ye Father thought for a while and asked curiously: "How much money did you earn this fishing season?"

The village was all spreading rumors, no one knew better than him. Dongzi drying dried squid definitely earned money, couldn't lose, just didn't know how much.

The wife at home kept asking, but he said he didn't know, ask so much for what? Can still tell you the family property clearly?

Seeing him move the TV set back this time, he was really a bit itchy to know how much Dongzi earned, definitely not a little.

Ye Yaodong raised his eyebrows. Is this something that can be said?

"Don't tell you, are you also wanting a TV set? Otherwise, I'll buy one for you?"

His old dad didn't want his split from this month, only took 80 yuan of dead wages. Buying a TV set to give to the two old people didn't count as anything.

Ye Father was excited when he heard he wanted to buy a TV set, happy on the surface, but instantly put his face down, pretending to be angry: "Nerve, what madness are you sending? Family already has one, buy another one for what? Think money is too much, no place to spend? Don't say it in front of your mom, otherwise you'll get scolded."

"We want to watch, come to your place to watch, what's the difference after watching and going home to sleep? I have to go to sea during the day, your mom also has to work during the day, buy a TV set and put it at home to gather dust? Don't have money and love to spend randomly, Ah Qing also has to watch, don't let him spend money randomly, buy things randomly."

Ye Yaodong pouted, good intentions treated as donkey liver and lungs, don't want then don't want, then let them walk back and forth. Anyway, it's not far, walking is healthier.

Lin Xiuqing also glared at him.

The old lady said: "Don't buy then don't buy, say so much for what? Don't buy, Dongzi still saves money. Hurry up and eat, don't just talk, those children are waiting anxiously."

Those children all nodded in unison.

"Then have to wait for my mom to move the table back to fix it."

Ye Yaodong just didn't want to let a few children guard on the side. If they waited there, no matter installed or not, they wouldn't be willing to go to school in the afternoon. 【804-

If it wasn't set up, they would definitely wait there with expectation, reluctant to leave; once it was set up, their feet couldn't move at all.

However, his mother was also something else. Until their whole family finished eating, cleared the table, and washed the bowls, they didn't see her return. It was baffling.

"Why is Grandma so slow?"

"She could have walked to the county town by now, why isn't she back yet?"

"Isn't she too slow? Should we go out and look for her?"

"I don't want to, I just want to wait here."

"I don't want to either."

If one didn't go, the others were reluctant to leave, so they planned to guard there and wait.

Ye Yaodong wasn't in a hurry either.

"Third Uncle, can't we move it to the dining table? The dining table is already swept clean and cleared." Ye Chenghai was truly itching with impatience.

"I already told you guys, we're not setting it up at noon. You guys should just go to class in peace. After you come back from school in the afternoon, I'll turn on the television for you to watch."

"How about now..."

One by one, they felt as if their hearts were being scratched; how could they be willing to go to school without seeing it?

Ye Yaodong raised his index finger and shook it left and right, "Hurry up and go to school. Your grandmother won't be back that fast either; she probably has to stop and chat for half a day if she runs into anyone on the road."

"No, it's not time yet."

The others nodded along; it was still early for school.

"You guys can go to school early and share it with your other classmates, brag a bit, say your family or Third Uncle's family bought a television, and from now on you can watch television every day. Won't your classmates be envious to death?"

"Anyway, I'm not setting it up now. If you go to school early, you can brag for a while longer. Otherwise, if you wait until it's almost time for class to go over, you won't even have time to brag."

The few children looked at each other, their expressions already wavering.

"Anyway, this television has already been bought and brought home, it won't disappear, and your Third Aunt won't sell it. You can watch it whenever you want. It's not too late to come back and watch it after school. But if you miss the time to brag, you'll have to hold it in for a whole class period. Wouldn't that be miserable?"

"Go to school early, and you can share your happy news with your classmates for a while longer."

The children exchanged glances, and after weighing the pros and cons, the oldest girl, Ye Xiuxiu, spoke first, "Then Third Uncle, we're going to school. Turn on the television for us to watch when we come back after school."

"That's right. Setting up a television is troublesome, and it won't be set up in a short while. If it's only set up after you're supposed to be in class, wouldn't that be a loss? You won't be able to watch television or brag."

Ye Chenghai also said dejectedly, "Then we're going to class first."

After speaking, he immediately stood up and picked up the kids on his left and right, one in each hand, "Let's go, no need to guard here, go to school, we'll watch when we come back."

Ye Chenghu actually wanted to fake a stomachache to ask for leave, but thinking of the consequences of the last stomachache, he didn't dare to say it, so he had to follow behind them, looking back every three steps.

After sending the group of children away, Ye Yaodong waited a while longer before moving the television onto the dining table.

Ye Chengyang excitedly stood by the table immediately, "It's good I don't have to study! Great~"

Lin Xiuqing also curiously crowded over, "It seems like we need to set up an antenna outside, and tie it to a bamboo pole, to receive signals. I see that's how they do it in the village."

"We do, we need to set up a pole outside to receive signals."

Ye Fu also rubbed his hands excitedly, "I'll go get some wire."

Ye Yaodong first unpacked the television, carefully placed it on the table, then looked at the back of the television, pulled the two antennas out, and tested them by retracting them back and forth.

"Don't move yet, I'll connect the power cord first."

Although he was a bit of a loser in his previous life, he still knew how to do this kind of wiring work. It was a basic skill that every man in every household had to have; there was no need to call anyone else at all.

Occasionally, if a circuit burned out or something, there wasn't a man in any household who didn't know how to fix it.

The father and son worked in cooperation.

One connected the power cord inside, and the other took the wire and ran outside to find a bamboo pole.

Ye Fu used pliers to twist two wire loops and hung them on the bamboo pole, stood the bamboo pole firmly against the wall, and then pulled the antenna to the television to connect it.

After Ye Yaodong connected the power cord and turned on the television, there was a mess of static. He ran outside again to adjust the direction, adjusting the position of the bamboo pole to see which position received a stronger signal.

"Is it okay, Dongzi? Is there a signal?" Ye Fu held the bamboo pole outside and kept changing directions.

"I'll turn it a few times to find it, and see if any channel can be received."

It's so damn trashy~

Ye Yaodong couldn't help but complain in his heart; it couldn't compare, it couldn't compare at all.

"Is it still not working?" Lin Xiuqing stretched her neck, watching him keep turning the mechanical button on the right side of the television, also feeling itchy.

"Are you looking forward to it? Weren't you complaining about this and that before, saying you wanted to sell it?"

Lin Xiuqing pinched him in embarrassment, "Just now was just now, now is now. Since we've already bought it, do you want me to keep a sour face?"

"Give me a smile!"

Ye Chengyang was giggling on the side. After Ye Yaodong spotted him, he flicked his forehead, "I didn't tell you to smile."

"Hehe, Dad... ah! It's ready, there's someone, there's someone, there's someone on the television~" He shouted excitedly.

"Welcome to the afternoon news broadcast, it is now 2 PM BJ time..."

Lin Xiuqing heard the voice and the head that suddenly appeared on the television, and her eyes also widened, "It works!"