Rebirth 1983

Chapter 85 Buying a TV
It rained and it was fine.

Chen Song took the money, picked up Xiao Yaoyao and went out, locked the door, and went out of the yard, and walked to the bus sign at the entrance of the village with Wang Yao.

Just after it rained, the path in the village was extremely muddy, with puddles in the yellow mud. Chen Song walked carefully with Little Yaotiao in his arms.

There was no one under the bus sign. Chen Song looked at the electronic watch in his hand. It was only 9:[-], half an hour before the bus arrived, so he put down the little girl and let her play for a while.

"We have the money to buy a TV, but we don't have a TV ticket. How can we buy it?"

Wang Yao didn't want Chen Song to buy a TV set, so he immediately put it into action. When he was out of the house and was about to go to the county town, he remembered that buying a TV set required a TV ticket.

In fact, cloth tickets, food tickets, and meat tickets are still in use, but there are a lot of homemade cloth in the countryside, and the local pigs raised by the family are all directly exchanged for money in private. There is no need for tickets like supply and marketing cooperatives and department stores.

So Chen Song has always forgotten that to buy these rare goods, you need a ticket.

"Don't worry, TV tickets. Although we don't have one, someone must have one."

Chen Song smiled mysteriously, making Wang Yao look at him curiously. He could only explain a few words: "Most of these tickets flow into the hands of collective enterprises and some government agencies. Occasionally, some of them are in the hands of ordinary people. No matter how bad it is, you can always find them in the black market."

Hearing what Chen Song said, Wang Yao felt relieved, she couldn't finish it all, and went to the county for nothing.

Just as I was saying this, the bus came.

Because it just rained, there was no one in the car, only the driver and the conductor.

Paid fifteen cents for the ticket.

Chen Song took the little girl to get on the bus, found a random seat and sat down, Wang Yao followed behind and also sat down.

An hour later, the bus wobbled into the bus center.

After getting out of the car, Chen Song led the people to the new No. [-] Iron and Steel Plant first, found the factory manager, and directly explained the purpose of coming.

"Come on, call me grandpa." Chen Song hugged the little girl and asked her to say hello.

"Grandpa, my name is Chen Yaoyao." The little girl was very face-saving and made the factory manager very happy.

The uncle is a man of style, he blinked at Chen Song, hinted at Chen Song and asked what is the relationship between the two of them now?

Chen Song secretly waved his hands, turning his back to Wang Yao.

The uncle took out a ticket from the drawer in his office and waved it around: "This ticket was originally intended to be used for my son to prepare three big things after he gets married, but this brat is not looking for a partner, and the marriage is far away. This ticket can be sold. Fortunately, you came early, otherwise I plan to sell it to the production director of our factory."

"That's a good relationship. We didn't meet by chance."

Chen Song chuckled, and took out 300 yuan to the factory manager.

The uncle was not polite, and directly took the 300 yuan into his pocket.

Chen Song looked at the TV ticket in his hand. It was a Feiyue brand TV ticket produced by Modu 18 Factory. The ticket had a light pink background with black characters, and the "Feiyue" trademark and words were in bright red, and the words "[-] inches" were stamped on it.

Simply put, this is an 18-inch black and white TV ticket.

It can be said that it is hard to find a ticket for this thing now. Originally, after the TV tickets are distributed to each unit, employees can register at the unit they belong to. Only one or two TV tickets and other electronic tickets can be distributed to every [-] people every quarter.

Because the number is scarce, many young people can only spend a few hundred yuan to find scalpers to buy tickets after they get married, even in order to get together the three big things, which is the underground black market that Chen Song mentioned before.

It is not an exaggeration to say that it is an underground black market. It is a remote place with some things that are not usually in circulation, including some tickets, antiques and other things.

Of course, trading from the master of the factory is definitely not as expensive as buying it from scalpers, so three hundred is already a good price, and the master of the factory didn't ask for a high price, so he just looked at Chen Song to give it.

The uncle issued another work certificate to Chen Song, indicating that the ticket was used for the employees of the No. [-] Iron and Steel Plant, so that Chen Song could go to the department store to buy goods with the reserved ticket of the No. [-] Iron and Steel Plant.

After the TV ticket was traded, Chen Song didn't stay any longer, and left the No. [-] Iron and Steel Plant with Wang Yao and the little girl.

department store.

The reason why I don't go to the supply and marketing cooperative is because the supply and marketing cooperative is too small and only has some daily necessities. Generally, only department stores and designated electrical appliances stores supply such large electrical appliances.

A group of people came to the department store and went straight to the TV counter.

There were quite a few people at the counter, but most of them gathered around watching the TV on the counter. Not many people really had money and tickets to buy a TV.

It was a Feiyue CRT TV, and it was quite old. It should be several years old. It was the first batch of TVs in the county. Later, it was put on the counter to show TV programs for everyone, which was regarded as a benefit for the department store.

In the plot of a certain comedy movie at the beginning of the year, a lot of people are scrambling to buy a TV... Actually, it’s a bit unrealistic. The cheapest picture tube black and white TV in this era is still made in China.

Think about the wages at that time. In the early 80s, the monthly salary of workers was around 80 yuan. In the mid-80s, it almost rose to around [-] yuan. It was only [-] yuan in the later period.With such money, plus food, clothing, housing and transportation, how much can the family save every month?Saving enough money for a TV is not that simple.

Chen Song took the TV ticket, went to the counter, asked the clerk to move a TV, took out the money and the TV ticket, and after comparing the clerk, he gave the TV to Chen Song.

The process of buying a TV was not complicated. Chen Song held the TV and walked out of the department store with the two of them.

In order to bring the TV home conveniently, Chen Song rented a tractor and paid ten yuan before the master was willing to take them to the countryside.

Another hour passed, and the tractor arrived at the entrance of the village.

The three of Chen Song got out of the car and checked the time. It was already past one o'clock in the afternoon, and the bus left the village at ten o'clock. They haven't eaten lunch yet, and their stomachs are already growling.

"If I knew it, I'd make do with it in the county." Chen Song hugged the TV box, feeling his stomach growling.

"Okay, I'll cook a delicious meal by myself later, go back quickly, you can't help but want to watch TV." Wang Yao gave Chen Song a blank look, and pointed at the little girl.

The little girl was staring at the TV in Chen Song's hand, looking forward to going back to watch TV immediately.

When Xiao Yaoyao was in the department store, when Chen Song and the others were choosing a TV set, they had already attracted their attention to the old TV set on the counter, and now they couldn't wait even more.

Chen Song looked at the little girl, smiled, and strode towards the house.

When I got home, I entered the yard, unlocked the door and entered.

Chen Song directly opened the box, and carefully took out the TV from the box. The little girl was bouncing around watching, her eyes sparkling with excitement. As for Wang Yao, she had already gone to the kitchen to cook.

"Okay, okay, don't worry, uncle will power it on now, and you can watch TV." Chen Song patted the little girl's head, signaling her not to worry.

"Then uncle, hurry up, I can't wait." The little girl twisted and grabbed the corner of her clothes, looking embarrassed after being caught.

Put the TV on the table, pull up the TV antenna on the upper right corner, and Chen Song plugs in the TV.

Turned on, the TV screen went blank, and then the sound was buzzing, and only a blurred screen with snowflakes was seen.

"Let me see what programs are available." Chen Song muttered, while operating the screw button on the right, slowly turning it, and saw a blurry picture began to appear on the screen, and as he turned the button, the picture began to become clear.

This happens to be a TV series of CCTV 12, a TV series of "Wu Song" adapted from "Water Margin".

"Yes, yes, yes!"

The little girl jumped up happily, and quickly pulled Wang Yao who had finished her work to sit down and concentrate on watching the TV series.

Chen Song didn't have much interest in these rough TV dramas at first, but seeing the two of them watching intently, they started watching them together.

The three of them watched TV while eating their late lunch, feeling warm and harmonious.

(End of this chapter)