Back to 80s: It's not easy to be a group favorite

Chapter 18 Let's buy a big one in the future

Entering the courtyard gate, Grandpa Li is setting up a small square table under the eaves, practicing calligraphy with the old newspaper brought back by his eldest son, while Grandma Li is accompanying him with a needlework basket.

The old couple saw that their granddaughter was back, but their younger grandson was nowhere to be seen. They asked her what was going on, and asked if the TV was good.

Li Shaoyun looked at the curious old eyes of the two elders, said roughly, and then said: "Grandma, you can go and see it if you want! Now I am at home, so don't worry if I have a housekeeper."

The old couple shook their heads together, and Grandma Li said, "You little ones like to watch the excitement, so what are we old people doing! It's not a joke."

Li Shaoyun didn't force her to see her grandma like this.

Anyway, that thing is really not good-looking, the screen is small, and it is black and white, it is not attractive to her, a person from later generations!

Although there are almost no pastimes these days, and entertainment activities are even more pitiful, but she is not really a child, and she is really interested in watching TV.

Compared with watching TV, she is more interested in her possibility of becoming the second generation in the future.

No matter how bad it is, she finds some children's self-entertaining games are quite interesting, which is more attractive than TV or something.

For example, when playing candy wrappers, the leftover candy wrappers are collected and folded into a "V" shape, and the winners and losers are compared with each other.The rules are very simple, turn the candy wrapper upside down, and fan the hand to see who has the strongest hand. If the candy wrapper turns over, it will be someone else's.

Asking her to participate by herself must feel boring and uninteresting, and it's okay to watch others.

At this time, every household is not rich, and there are a lot of fruit candies and milk candies for children, which can only be eaten during the Chinese New Year, so this candy wrapper is also a scarce item.

Who makes the lack of supplies now, and the children's toys are pitifully few.

What else is there to throw bamboo sticks, throw down a lot of them with a "wow", and pick them with a small stick. If other bamboo sticks move, it is considered a loss.

As for the children who went to the wild to cut pigweed at home, several of them each took out a small pile of pigweed as a bargaining chip, dug a small hole and threw a knife from a distance to see who could win or lose, and the loser had to give his small pile to The winners, in Li Shaoyun's view, are full of childishness.

Other rural games played by children, such as throwing sandbags, jumping grid, and rolling hoops, are also played by children in the city.It's just that the material may be more refined.

There is also a game that Li Shaoyun thinks is a bit like a variation of softball or baseball.

The venue of the game is a right-angled square area, and the four corners are exactly the running points. The size of the area depends on the player's own willingness to divide the size.

The rules of this game are simple. After the batter hits the ball, he has to run four points when he drops the bat.The opponent's picker wins the game if he picks up the ball before the batsman runs back to where he was.

The folks in this village call it a base run.

When this game is played, there are a lot of onlookers.There are also many people who participated.

However, one dangerous aspect of this game is that softball or baseball are real balls, and the people in this village don’t know whether they invented it by themselves or made trouble. suitable.

A small wooden stick fifteen centimeters long and one or two centimeters thick, both ends sharpened, if the batter hits it carelessly, it will accidentally injure bystanders.

After Li Shaoyun watched it once, he never watched it again.I didn't even understand the detailed rules.

why?Too dangerous!
That time almost killed someone on the spot.Of course not her.

A little boy inadvertently got closer to the batter, and was wiped by the "ball" on his temple, his face was bloody, and everyone present was terrified.

Just that one time, Li Shaoyun, who regretted his life, was too frightened to look at it again.

If she had to choose between these games and watching TV, she would definitely give up the latter and choose the former without hesitation.

Although this kind of old-fashioned children's entertainment may seem a little boring to adults, Li Shaoyun, who grew up in the city and was an only child in her previous life, still likes it.

Not long after Li Shaoyun came back, Li's father and Li's mother came back from the town with their little brother on a bicycle!
It was about four o'clock at this time.

The couple sat down tiredly on the bench under the eaves.

Li Shaoyun quickly fetched a basin of water and told his parents and elder brother to wash their hands first.

The three of them came back empty-handed, and all their belongings were left in the town.

Li Zhuang was riding a bicycle with his son and wife.

Business has been booming recently. I touched a lot of screws yesterday, but today I just took them with me.

Unexpectedly, it was like this, and it was sold out!

It just took longer.

Seeing that only his daughter and her grandma were at home, Li Zhuang asked his daughter, "Where did your brother go?"

Li Shaoyun said, "He went to watch TV."

"Watching TV?" Li Zhuang was a little surprised, and Wang Hong also looked at his daughter.

Only Li Da jumped up, his eyes sparkled, "Where is there a TV? Someone in our village bought a TV?"

Li Shaoyun saw his little brother's happy posture, he was about to catch up with Li Er, and was a little speechless.

She nodded, "Yeah. Someone bought a TV set in Xiacun today, and it just came back in the middle of the afternoon. There are a lot of people watching the fun."

Li Da turned and looked at his father, "Dad! Let's buy one too!"

Li Zhuang black line, "What to buy! Our family has no money!"

"Why don't you have any money?" Li Da said that I am not a child, so don't try to fool me.

"Isn't our family making money selling clam shell screws these days?"

Li Zhuang looked at his son, "The little money from the sale is not enough to open an annual rental store!"

Li Da was a little stunned, "Rent a storefront? Do we want to rent a storefront?"

"That's not right! The outdoor stalls are set up every day, and they are also doing food. If the hygiene is not good, it will not work! When it is summer, the weather will change every now and then, and it is raining and windy. How do you do business?"

Li Da was a little hesitant.These days, he goes to the town with his parents almost every day to help. Although they are all small jobs, they can't last for a long time. He knows that it is not easy to make money. The child who is already sensible is more mature now.

Although he was excited just now and thought about buying one for himself, but after listening to what Dad Li said, he also understands that the TV is not a must.

After thinking about it, I shut up and didn't speak.But the gloomy look between the brows can still be seen.

This made Wang Hong a little distressed.After all, it was her first child and a son, so compared to her husband, she naturally valued her more than her daughter.

"Why don't we buy a smaller one?" Wang Hong looked at her husband and discussed.

Li Zhuang waved his hand, "Let's talk about it next year! Let's talk about this thing, what do you think if you buy a small screen? What can you watch on such a small screen as big as a palm! If you want to buy it, buy a big one! Let's work harder next year and try to buy a belt Colorful!"

He saw that several families in the town had bought colorful ones, so that looked exciting!
And the screen is big too.He had thought about buying himself a black and white TV for the Chinese New Year before, but after seeing their big color TV, he simply forgot it!
With a lot of energy in my heart, I thought that I would just take one step and buy a big one then!We don't want black and white, come up and directly come up with colorful ones!

Wang Hong cast a sideways glance at her husband, and teased her husband, "You're not so small, you can't even afford a black and white one, and you still want to buy a big color TV? You are beautiful!"

Li Da's eyes lit up when he heard this, "Dad, does the TV still have color?"

Li Zhuang snorted, "Why not? Then who bought a [-]-inch black and white TV, let's buy a [-]-[-]-inch big color TV, so you guys can watch it all!"

Li Shaoyun supported his forehead.Dad hasn't earned a ten thousand yuan household yet, so this posture is put on first!

No matter how you look at it, you look like an upstart.

Fortunately, looking at his appearance, he is full of motivation, and his second-generation dream is expected to come true early!
(End of this chapter)