Siheyuan: A Very Happy Era

Chapter 96 Radio

"Hadron, hadron!"

"Hey, Uncle Fu, you're here! Come in and sit on the kang!"

"No, no, I'm here to deliver a letter and a package to you. Please check first to see if there is any problem. If there is no problem, you can take the items away!"

Xu Guangfu stood at the gate of the courtyard, looked at Li Guoqiang who was jogging towards him, waved his hand hurriedly and spoke.

After saying that, he turned sideways, pointed at the sack on the sled, then took out a letter from his arms and handed it over.

Upon hearing this, Li Guoqiang first glanced at the somewhat exaggerated sack, then hurriedly reached out to take the letter and looked down. He found that it was sent by Luo Huijuan, and he instantly felt delighted.

"right?"

Xu Guangfu looked at the joyful expression on Li Guoqiang's face, laughed and asked.

"That's right!"

Li Guoqiang nodded, then smiled and said, "Thank you so much for bringing it to me from such a long distance!"

"Harmful!"

Xu Guangfu waved his hand, then said with a look of feigned anger: "We are all family, why are you being so polite to me?"

As he spoke, his eyes were suddenly attracted by four rabbit skins hanging by the courtyard wall.

If he remembered correctly, Li Guoqiang only brought two rabbits to entertain them yesterday, so how come there were four rabbit skins now?
Could it be that Li Guoqiang went into the mountains and caught a rabbit again today?
Thinking of this, he was suddenly surprised, and then he asked hurriedly: "Qiangzi, did you go into the mountains to catch rabbits again?"

"Yup!"

Li Guoqiang was slightly stunned, then nodded quickly and answered: "I went into the mountains to collect firewood today, and I took Da Huang with me and killed two rabbits."

"Originally, I was thinking of waiting for Auntie to prepare the rabbit meat before sending one to you, but I didn't expect you to send me a letter first."

"Please wait here for a moment. I'll get you a rabbit!"

After saying this, he turned around and ran into the house without waiting for Xu Guangfu to refuse.

After a while, he came back carrying a big rabbit that he had cleaned.

Then, he did not let Xu Guangfu hold it, but directly put the rabbit on the sled and unloaded the big sack at the same time.

"you"

Xu Guangfu looked at Li Guoqiang's series of actions and couldn't help feeling angry and amused.

Just when he was about to ask Li Guoqiang to take the rabbit back, Li Guoqiang smiled and said, "Hey, Uncle Fu, you just told me that we are all family. As a junior, I went into the mountains and hunted two rabbits. I will give you one as a filial gift. Is there anything wrong with that?"

Xu Guangfu: “.”

"okay!"

Seeing Xu Guangfu's speechless expression, Li Guoqiang quickly continued, "It's getting late now, so I won't invite you to come in and get on the kang. I'll invite you to my house for a few drinks later when I go to the county town to buy some wine."

"If you feel bad about it, then when I need your help in the future, you can just take care of it for me."

"Hey!"

Hearing Li Guoqiang's last words, Xu Guangfu's eyes widened, and he couldn't help but said in a somewhat unpleasant tone: "You are waiting for me here, kid?"

"Now everyone in our village says that you are not very smart. I think you are the smartest one and you live the most comfortable life."

"hey-hey!"

Li Guoqiang laughed a few times when he heard this, and then said seriously: "Then I am where I am today, thanks to your help and care!"

"okay!"

Seeing Li Guoqiang's lazy look, Xu Guangfu rolled his eyes, then said with a look of disdain: "Don't flatter me, just take the things into the house!"

After saying that, he didn't mention the rabbit again. He turned around and pulled the sled away.

Li Guoqiang looked at Xu Guangfu's hypocritical appearance and felt a little happy. Then he quickly picked up the sack and walked into the house.

"Qiangzi, this big bag is all the things your family sent you?"

When Qu Yinfeng saw Li Guoqiang carrying such a big sack in, she couldn't help but ask in surprise.

"Yes!"

Li Guoqiang nodded, and then said with some joy: "Actually, I didn't expect that they would send me so many things. When I saw it just now, I was almost scared."

After saying this, he carried the sack into the inner room and placed it directly on the kang under the curious gazes of Qu Yinfeng and Xu Dani.

Then, he did not rush to read the letter, but reached out to untie the sack and took out the things inside one by one.

Soon, most of the kang was filled with things.

Qu Yinfeng and Xu Dani looked at the dazzling array of things on the kang, and a look of surprise appeared on their faces. It seemed that they had never expected that Li Guoqiang's family would send him so many good things.

Among them, there were not only a new quilt, a new cotton-padded jacket, a new pair of cotton-padded shoes, a scarf and a base cotton-padded jacket, but also a bag of White Rabbit milk candy, two pieces of bacon, a bottle of vanishing cream, a bar of soap, a box of tooth powder and a large bag of nourishing herbs.

What made them most curious and puzzled was a small square iron box hidden in the quilt. On it was a beautiful piece of transparent glass with some numbers and words written on it. On both sides of the glass, there were three gears of different sizes.

And underneath the glass are silvery-white stripes that look like a mat.

After looking at it for a while, Xu Dani couldn't help but point at the small iron box and asked, "Big brother, what is this?"

"radio!"

Li Guoqiang came back to his senses after hearing this, and then answered with some surprise: "To be precise, this is a Red Flag brand semiconductor radio."

"radio?"

Xu Dani was slightly stunned, then asked with a puzzled look on her face: "What is a radio?"

"Forehead"

Li Guoqiang looked at Xu Dani's confused expression and suddenly didn't know how to explain it.

Although this radio was an antique that could not be any older for him, for Xu Dani, a child from the mountain village, it was a trendy household appliance that she had never seen before.

Just as he was about to try to turn on the radio to let Xu Dani open her eyes, Qu Yinfeng, who was watching from the side, suddenly said with a look of enlightenment: "So this is the radio!"

"Grandma, do you recognize this thing?" Upon hearing this, Xu Dani couldn't help but look at Qu Yinfeng in surprise.

"Grandma doesn't recognize me!"

Qu Yinfeng shook her head, then explained softly, "Grandma just heard from people that when people in the city get married now, they all want to buy something, including this radio!"

"It is said that this radio costs at least over a hundred yuan to buy, and you need a ticket."

"Over a hundred dollars? That's so much?"

When Xu Dani heard the price of the radio, she was instantly shocked.

"no!"

Seeing this, Li Guoqiang quickly waved his hands and explained, "It's not that expensive. This radio is only about 80 yuan, less than yuan!"

"Four dollars?"

Xu Dani was slightly stunned, then said seriously: "80 yuan is also expensive! Grandma worked in the fields for a year and only earned more than 40 yuan! It takes two years to earn 80 yuan!"

Li Guoqiang: “.”

"Ah!"

Seeing Li Guoqiang speechless after being confronted by Xu Dani, Qu Yinfeng couldn't help but chuckle, and then hurriedly explained: "Okay, Dani, Qiangzi is from the city, he is different from us in the countryside. 80 yuan is just over two months' salary for city dwellers, it's really not expensive!"

"Oh!"

Hearing this, Xu Dani nodded as if she understood, then suddenly raised her head and said seriously, "When I grow up, I want to be a city dweller, so that grandma won't have to work so hard in the fields!"

"Ha ha!"

When Qu Yinfeng and Li Guoqiang heard Xu Dani's innocent words, they couldn't help laughing.

Afterwards, before Xu Dani could figure out what was so funny about her words, Qu Yinfeng reached out and hugged her into her arms, then said with a pleased smile, "Then grandma will wait for you to become a city dweller so that grandma can live a good life!"

As soon as the voice fell, Li Guoqiang also nodded hurriedly and praised: "Dani, you are right. We should be more ambitious. Who says that country people can't become city people in the future?"

"Whee!"

When Xu Dani saw that Qu Yinfeng and Li Guoqiang both agreed with what she said, a very happy smile immediately appeared on her face.

After a while, Li Guoqiang suddenly remembered something important, and hurriedly reached out to pick up the radio, carefully checking it to see if it had been damaged during transportation, and also checking for batteries.

Perhaps because of the protection of the quilt, or perhaps because the quality of products these days was very high, in the end he did not find any damage to the radio.

Then, under the gaze of Qu Yinfeng and Xu Dani, he gently turned the switch with his fingers, turned on the power and turned up the volume. Instantly, a "sizzling" sound of electricity was heard from the radio, which almost scared Qu Yinfeng and Xu Dani.

Then he hurriedly turned the switch, and soon he heard a burst of singing with some noise.

So he quickly moved his fingers to the fine-tuning switch below and continued to adjust it, and soon the singing became clear.

[The East is Red, the Sun is Rising
He seeks happiness for the people. He is the people's savior.

He seeks happiness for the people. He is the people's savior.

"Grandma, Grandma, it can sing!"

When Xu Dani heard this high-pitched and passionate song, she was stunned for a moment, then she shouted in surprise.

As Qu Yinfeng listened to the songs coming from the radio, she soon couldn't help but hum along, her face full of excitement.

Seeing this, Li Guoqiang couldn't help but hum along quietly, feeling the unique charm of this era.

Soon after, the song finished, and a clear, passionate voice immediately came from the radio, which made people unconsciously concentrate and listen carefully.

After listening for a while, the song "Singing the Motherland" started playing on the radio again.

[The five-star red flag flutters in the wind, and the victory song is so loud;

Sing our beloved motherland, from now on towards prosperity and strength
Across the mountains, across the plains, across the surging Yellow and Yangtze Rivers;
The vast and beautiful land is our dear hometown.

Qu Yinfeng and Xu Dani were quickly mesmerized by this exciting song.

Li Guoqiang did not disturb them. He turned around and walked out. He sat in front of the stove and took out the letter sent by Luo Huijuan from his arms.

He tore open the envelope, reached in, and quickly took out three pieces of letter paper, five national food coupons with a face value of ten kilograms, and a photo.

Looking at the dignified, beautiful, gentle and charming woman in the photo, who had quietly tied up her hair, he couldn't help but reveal an extremely complicated look on his face.

Among them, there is pity, longing, emotion, worry, and a hint of melancholy.

In his previous life, he had always been surrounded by flowers without getting hurt by a single leaf. Now, suddenly there is a woman who loves him so deeply, and they have to wait for six or seven years before they can truly be together.

This made him feel a little uncomfortable all the time.

He originally thought that if he went to the countryside, perhaps Luo Huijuan would slowly forget about him, or perhaps Luo Huijuan would find someone she loved again.

However, when he saw this photo, he instantly understood Luo Huijuan's determination, which is why his mood suddenly became so complicated.

Perhaps, this is what the ancients often said about the great favor of beauty!
After a while, Li Guoqiang silently exhaled a breath of foul air from his mouth, then carefully put away the photo and focused his eyes on the first piece of letter paper.

The next moment, lines of beautiful handwriting came into his eyes.

【Hadron:
The letter you sent was received at home two days ago!
I have kept in mind what you said to me.

Now, everything is fine at home, you don’t have to worry!
Some time ago, I found someone to exchange all the tickets you gave me for national food tickets, cotton tickets, and cloth tickets. I bought you a new quilt and a new cotton-padded jacket, and also made you a pair of cotton shoes.

I heard that it's colder where you are than at home, so you must wear more clothes and be careful not to catch a cold.

In addition, I also prescribed some medicine for you. If you feel unwell, be sure to remember to boil some medicine and drink it!
Don’t ever forget what you promised me. I will always be waiting for you at home!

Also, this year the factory rewarded me with a radio ticket. I thought you might feel bored over there alone, so I bought the latest model radio, put it inside your quilt and sent it to you. When you receive it, remember to take a good look at it and don’t miss it!

If it is accidentally damaged on the road, take it to the county town and ask someone to repair it. If it really can't be repaired, then... just leave it alone for now!
Sometimes, when I walk down the street and look up at the sky, I suddenly wonder,
If I could have a pair of wings,

If only I could be like a bird,
If I could fly in the sky,
If I could turn into the wind and float around,
How I wish I could always be by your side!
——Your Juan’er】

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