I am a cripple in the Siheyuan. Who am I afraid of?

Chapter 88: Do you think this thing can be repaired?
Lou Xiao'e rolled her eyes at Song Wu. "This old lady is very nice. She is very affectionate to me. I like chatting with her." After saying that, she ignored Song Wu and turned back to the house.

Recently, Lou Xiao'e has a bad temper, and she must find a way to kill this unhealthy trend.

In fact, Song Wu was not very willing to let Lou Xiao'e have contact with the deaf old lady in the backyard. He always felt that this old lady was a bit evil.She is definitely not as kind-hearted as she appears on the surface, and she smiles and is kind to everyone she sees.

But this was just his own feeling, and there was no actual evidence. He couldn't tell Lou Xiao'e to listen to him now.

Song Wu entered the house and put away the books he read before going to bed last night.He also put the soldering iron, the accessories and bakelite boards used for yesterday's practice into his tool box, carried the tool box, and went to the front to open the door of the repair shop.

He is still studying at night school and is making great progress.On the other hand, his e-learning suffers from the lack of practical opportunities to practice, and theory has always been more important than practice.Now he no longer works on the ore machine. It is no longer interesting after playing with it too much. It is too simple.

He is still in the exploratory stage of the much more complex semiconductor radio. He has bought five or six new books alone, and has three or four notebooks of study notes recorded during his studies. The focus of them is on the knowledge of radio assembly.

However, radio accessories are not easy to get, although he can buy most of the accessories more easily than others because the street gives him the convenience of a sign.

But now new accessories are really too expensive and in short supply. Many accessories are often out of stock. For example, circuit boards are in short supply.You bought it today. If it gets damaged, you may not know when it will arrive next time.

Therefore, it is not easy for him to get all the accessories and use it completely.

He is still a novice, and it was common for him to break accessories in the beginning. Recently, things have gotten better, but the consumption of new accessories still makes him feel very distressed.

There are too few old spare parts now. Unlike bicycles, there are many on the market and have been available for decades. It is very convenient to buy some old car parts.Semiconductor radios are still a new gadget, and many old accessories are in high demand.

So until now, his repair shop, which repairs electronic products, is basically a decoration for the ears of the deaf, because few nearby residents have such things that he can use to repair them.

Some things just don't get talked about.

In the early morning, Yan Bugui mysteriously slipped into his repair shop with a cloth bag in his arms, his somewhat swollen face full of energy.

"Hey, why haven't you gone to work yet? Are you going to be late?"

"I don't have classes in the morning today, so it's okay if I go a little late." As Yan Bugui spoke, he put the cloth bag he was holding tightly on the round table next to Song Wu.

He pointed to the cloth bag and said to Song Wu: "Song Wu, can you see if this thing can be repaired?"

Song Wu curiously picked up the cloth bag and opened it while asking: "What is it? It's so mysterious."

As soon as he said this, he saw the contents of the cloth bag clearly, his hands trembled with fright, and he almost threw it to the ground.

The thing inside is a rectangular black wooden box, about thirty to forty centimeters long and more than 20 centimeters wide.This is nothing, the key is that there are several antenna jacks on the top of this thing, and the box is plated with two rows of English letters.

When he took a quick look, he thought it was a transmitter, so his hands trembled in fear.

"Where did you get this thing?" Song Wu wondered if he didn't read the almanac today and encountered such a thing as soon as he opened the door.

Yan Bugui didn't know what Song Wu was thinking, but with a proud expression on his face, he smiled and leaned into Song Wu's ear and whispered to him: "I went fishing in the North Sea this morning and caught it from the lake! "

Song Wu took the thing out of the cloth bag and looked at it carefully. After a while, he finally let out a sigh of relief.

"It turns out to be a shortwave radio."

After careful inspection, Song Wu realized that this was not a transmitter, but it looked a bit like it at first glance.

He looked at the English inscription and realized that it should be a shortwave radio made in the United States. From his understanding, this kind of thing was at least 20 years old.

"Can it be repaired?" Yan Bugui asked with concern from the side.

Song Wu raised his head and asked Yan Bugui: "Third uncle, do you know what this is?"

Yan Bugui said with a matter-of-fact expression: "Isn't it a radio? I've seen this thing before and I know it."

Yes, this kind of shortwave radio should have been quite popular in the past, and it was not unusual for Yan Bugui to have seen it before.

"Whether it can be repaired, I have to open it and check it. After all, you fished it out of the water, and you don't know how long it was soaked in it. I really can't guarantee it."

"Okay, then check it quickly and give me accurate information." Yan Bu Guigui was impatient.

But Song Wu was thinking about other things at the moment, and a memory suddenly flashed across his mind.A TV series he loved before he traveled through time was called "Latent".There is a plot in which Yu Zecheng and his wife used radios to receive information from their superiors. The radios they used were such short-wave radios, and such radios have been commonly used by lurkers for a long time.

The semiconductor radios on the market now basically only have medium wave and short wave, and short wave is not unusual.

However, an old shortwave American-made radio from 20 years ago was thrown into the lake again, which makes people wonder.

"This matter cannot be handled simply, we must be more cautious." Song Wu secretly made up his mind. In today's context, no amount of caution can be too much.

So Song Wu said to Yan Bugui: "Third Master, I have something to tell you. Whether this radio can be repaired is another matter. I suggest you fish it out and get a radio. , explain the situation to the street.”

Yan Bugui's face became ugly and his tone was unpleasant. He asked Song Wu: "Song Wu, what do you mean? I caught a radio from the lake. Are you angry?"

Song Wu was delighted.A broken shortwave radio, something from who knows when, does he care about it?
"Third uncle, I'm not afraid to tell you that this thing may be used by lurkers to receive intelligence. Of course, not all such radios will be used for this, but what if. You go to the streets Let me explain, if they say there is nothing wrong, I will fix it how you want it to be repaired. Even if it is damaged by blisters, I will find the parts and I will definitely be able to let you listen to the radio again."

Song Wu said as he put the radio back into the bag and handed it to Yan Bugui.

Yan Bugui's expression became serious at this time. He thought for a while and asked Song Wu in a low voice: "Is it really what you said?"

Song Wu nodded. "The third uncle is involved in something like this, so be careful not to get into big trouble just because of a small gain."

Yan Bugui silently held the cloth bag in his arms again. It could be seen that his expression was a little tangled, but after standing for a while, he finally seemed to have made up his mind, turned around and left the repair shop with the cloth bag in his arms.

Oh, what do you think this is?Finally, he had a chance to repair the radio, but he didn't dare to do it yet.

Song Wu was also in a depressed mood.

At this time, the postman Xiao Meng happily entered the repair shop.

"Look, I got something good."

Song Wu took it from his hand and saw that it was a lot of old stamps that had been postmarked.But these stamps are really rare, they are all stamps from foreign countries.

Now Xiao Meng has regarded Song Wu as a stamp collector. If he has any new gains, he will share them with Song Wu.

Song Wu looked at it and asked, "Where did you get it?"

Xiao Meng said excitedly: "Old Cao's house over at Tianshui Hutong. You don't know, but it's thanks to my intentions that I send him letters. Recently, I always see him putting such rare foreign stamps on the envelopes, so I tried to ask. Who knew, hey, he actually gave me so much at once, and the price was not too high, which gave me a big advantage."

Lao Cao's family?Tianshui Alley?

Song Wu thought for a while, and it seemed that the courtyard where Jia Dongxu had been was Tianshui Hutong, and that person's surname seemed to be Cao.

I don't know why, but today Song Wu felt a little bit like he was possessed by Di Renjie, and it was always easy to think too much in his mind.

He was wondering, what kind of envelope would have a foreign stamp on it?That must be a letter sent from outside.

And just now Xiao Meng said that Lao Cao has been getting letters like this lately. Looking at the stamps in his hand, there are quite a lot of them. I don’t know how long it has been since letters like this were sent from foreign countries?
These days, I always receive letters from outside. Isn’t it worth being more vigilant and suspicious?

Song Wu did not talk about this matter with Xiao Meng. He planned to go to Lao Cao's house secretly to see what was going on.

He didn't want to disrupt his peaceful life just because of one thing, but he couldn't let it go. If there was such a lurking person around him, he would feel even more uneasy.

So it’s better to figure things out for yourself first, and then decide what to do.

While chatting about stamps with Xiao Meng, Song Wu intentionally or unintentionally learned more about the situation of Lao Cao's family from his mouth.

After all, Xiao Meng is a postman. He walks on the streets every day, so he still has some understanding of the situation of each house.

According to him, this old Cao lives alone in a courtyard. He is usually very low-key and doesn't interact much with his neighbors, but he is a very nice person.He always spoke very kindly. Every time Xiao Meng went to his house to deliver a letter, he always chatted with Xiao Meng enthusiastically, chatting about this and that, and often took him to have a rest and drink a cup of tea.

Song Wu could tell from Xiao Meng's tone that he had a very good impression of Lao Cao.However, the more Song Wu listened, the more suspicious he became. From all aspects, Lao Cao became more and more consistent with the characteristics of a hidden person.

(End of this chapter)