Since 1979 I have been in the tide of the times

Chapter 33 The Age of Learning

Li Yufeng disagreed with her husband's idea.She has been looking forward to this day since more than 20 years ago.

For more than 20 years, she has carefully recorded every sum of money sent out by the family in a small book, and now it is several hundred yuan. This time, when her son gets married, she will get it back in one lump sum, plus interest !

Can two dollars sent 20 years ago be the same as two dollars sent today?

"If I don't need this mirror at home, can I take it home and give it to my parents? Now we don't have a decent big mirror at home." Qu Xiaomei asked timidly with a smile on her face.

"It's useful at home. If there are still people who send mirrors, then send them back to your parents." Li Yufeng said.

Wang Jinjin lowered his head, he was very dissatisfied with his mother for being so picky that she couldn't even part with a mirror.

Wang Haifu is also dissatisfied with his wife, isn't it just a mirror, so what's the point of letting Qu Xiaomei take it back to her natal home?
Li Yufeng thought very long-term, and today she easily agreed to Qu Xiaomei's request. In the future, Qu Xiaomei will become more courageous and ask for more and more.

This time Qu Xiaomei was just probing, how could she deceive the old lady?This little trick of yours is left over from my old lady's play when she was young!
But Li Yufeng can't say these things to her husband and son, because it will damage her tall and glorious image.

In the evening, Wang Weidong unfolded a large piece of paper at home, and he drew a square frame of [-] centimeters long and [-] centimeters wide on the paper with a ruler.

This is the radio he intends to produce next.

This radio is as big as a small wooden box.

In fact, even with the addition of two large speakers and a transformer, such a large radio box would not be needed.

Wang Weidong's idea is that the radio must be big, very big, bigger than all other radios!

Ordinary people have no way to tell whether the radio is good or not, but everyone, big or small, can tell at a glance.

There is also the sound, Wang Weidong needs to use two big speakers, and the sound must be turned on more than half to make the window glass vibrate!

It is big and has a loud voice. This is Wang Weidong's design. It is simple and simple, and the farmers and workers must like it.

This is just like the mobile phones produced by Huaqiangbei decades later. The battery is loud and there is a marquee on it!It looks very tall and noble at first glance!

Wang Weidong symmetrically drew two large circles in the rectangular box, which are the positions of the speakers.

He also wrote the word mandarin duck inside the two circles. He planned to have two images of mandarin ducks at the position of the trumpet, but his ability was limited and he couldn't draw mandarin ducks, not even ducks.

Wang Weidong scratched his hair and rubbed his teeth all night and finally had to admit that this was an impossible task for him.

Shi Yueshuang is depressed these days, and no one knows the reason.After observation, Wang Weidong concluded that it was definitely not because of things in the factory.

"Director Shi, you've been in a bad mood recently, what happened?" Wang Weidong asked.

"Don't you like reading newspapers? Don't you know about TV University?" Shi Yueshuang asked.

Wang Weidong raised his head and thought for a while and said, "It seems that this has happened, has it been a few months?"

"What happened in February last year, it has been a year now. I wrote a letter to sign up when I saw it in the newspaper. Now the sign-up has passed, but I want my dad to buy a TV to listen to the class. Buy." Shi Yueshuang said.

A TV costs more than 500, which is indeed unaffordable for ordinary people, but Director Shi should not be among these people.

"Learning is a good thing, why doesn't Director Shi buy it?" Wang Weidong asked puzzled.

"Actually, the money I saved is almost enough, but my dad just doesn't agree to buy it." Shi Yueshuang replied.

"Why!?" Wang Weidong asked.

"As a leader, my father is afraid that it will not be a good influence." Shi Yueshuang replied simply.

Wang Weidong was stunned.Factory director Shi may be afraid of others saying: Factory director, of course he is rich!

At present, there are [-] or [-] households in Xiangyang Chemical Plant that have TVs, but in fact there should be more.The reason why they don't want to expose and only want a few people in the family to hide at home secretly is because they don't want to reveal their wealth, and the more important reason is that if they let others know that they have a TV at home, the house will be crowded with people every night!
"The effect of TV broadcasting is not good now, and buying a TV is also watching snowflakes." Wang Weidong comforted.

"I'm in a hurry with the textbook in my hand now! It's okay to hear the sound without looking at the screen." Shi Yueshuang said.

Decades later, fewer and fewer people took TV University seriously, but when it was first established, it ignited the hope of hundreds of thousands of young people to study.

Learning is the main theme of this era, and the slogan is to recover the lost time!

"The black fat man in his early twenties who sells meat in the supply and marketing cooperative is said to have tutoring with the teacher of Zidi Primary School every night. Like a handsome boy, I just think he loves to learn and is self-motivated!" Wang Weidong said.

There was a bit of sourness in his words, would it be great to be able to calculate four arithmetic problems?
In the evening, Wang Weidong called the leading cadres of the radio factory for a meeting.

"Today I talked to Comrade Shi Yueshuang. She told me that she was studying at TV University. I felt ashamed when I found out about this! The leader taught us to study, study and study! But I almost forgot!" Wang Weidong said bitterly.

"The workers in the factory are all disabled. In fact, when they were in school, they generally performed better than us naughty buns! But they couldn't go to college because of their disabilities! Now, the TV University has been established, and everyone has A chance to learn!" Wang Weidong continued.

"Director Shi, you can ask each one tomorrow. Besides you, who else is willing to enroll in the TV University? This year's time is over, so you can watch the lectures first and then sign up next fall. If there are more than five people, I suggest our factory buy one." In addition to TV University, you can also watch the news and receive education every night at [-] o'clock!" Wang Weidong said.

Wang Weidong's words infected everyone except the dumb girl, Liu Jianguo and Bao Qihang said excitedly, "I'll sign up too!"

"There are already three people, and I think it will be more than five people! Now let's make a decision with the leadership team, and those who agree to buy a TV raise their hands!" Wang Weidong raised his hand after finishing speaking.

The other three raised their hands immediately, and Chen Jihong didn't know why but followed suit.

"Tomorrow, the factory manager Shi will withdraw 600 yuan from the account and give it to me. On Friday night, I will go to Mushi to buy a TV. With so much money, it is not safe to bring a TV when I come back. Qihang will go with me. !” Wang Weidong said.

Bao Qihang nodded solemnly.

"You also have a lot of things to do at home. Buy wooden boards and ask someone to make a cabinet, the kind that is tall with a door, and lock the TV in when not in use. Buy two pine poles, longer ones, connect them together, and then find The old workers in the factory welded a TV antenna with steel bars!" Wang Weidong said to Shi Yueshuang and Liu Jianguo.

(End of this chapter)