60s: I have a store

Chapter 75 Radio

Can you boil water or cook food without burning wood or coal?

The residents of the compound all felt it was magical and even hard to believe it, but the fact that Yimin could invent this had already spread everywhere and was even reported in the newspapers, making him famous. It was not their turn to question it.

Therefore, before the water boiled, everyone was watching with suspicion.

Even Master Gu and others who were doing the finishing work couldn't help but look over here.

After about twenty minutes, the water in the kettle began to boil and tumble.

Except Zhou Yimin, everyone felt incredible.

"Yimin, this thing is great! What's the principle?" Luo Dapeng came over and wanted to touch it with his hand curiously.

"Be careful! Is this focusing solar energy to boil water? When we were in school, our teachers taught us relevant knowledge. They asked you to study and you just herd cattle." Zhou Yimin said to him.

Someone asked: "Yimin, how much does it cost to do this?"

Obviously he was moved.

After all, it doesn't require burning firewood or coal, and it's very convenient, it just takes a little longer. However, time is not worth anything to them.

In the long run, it will definitely be worthwhile to make something like this.

"I asked the factory to do this, and they didn't charge me. But our factory is ready to start production, and you will know when the time comes.

In fact, it is not necessary for every household to buy one. We only need to buy three for our courtyard house, one for the front yard, one for the middle yard, and one for the back yard for everyone to use.

By the way, there is one more thing, our factory is planning to expand its recruitment," Zhou Yimin revealed.

The latter sentence is undoubtedly a depth bomb. There are still several young people waiting for work in the hospital! The salary and benefits of the steel plant are obvious to all. Who doesn't want to go in?

The news of expanding enrollment has not yet spread completely.

Maybe the third uncle knew some inside information, but it was just hearsay, so he did not alarm the people in the hospital when he came back from get off work yesterday, and planned to ask for clarification when he went to work today.

An old man was in the infirmary, so the news was even more delayed.

"Yimin, how many students are being enrolled?" an aunt asked hurriedly.

“I heard it was 500 people.”

All Zhou Yimin could do was to disclose the news to everyone. He had no intention of selling the quota he had to anyone in the hospital.

As soon as he finished speaking, the young men on standby in the hospital hurried out.

Needless to say, they would definitely go to their father to discuss whether they could get into the steel mill, either by using connections or by paying money.

Not long after, Master Gu and his team completed the finishing work and asked Zhou Yimin to inspect it.

Zhou Yimin looked at it for a while and found it quite good.

The decoration was very attentive and the result exceeded Zhou Yimin's expectations.

"Everyone has worked hard these days. Here, take this meat, a total of 5 pounds." Zhou Yimin took out the pork that had been prepared earlier and handed it to Master Gu.

Master Gu and others were delighted.

He picked it up and immediately felt that it weighed more than 5 kilograms.

"Boss, this weighs more than 5 kilograms."

Zhou Yimin smiled and said, "Take it back and share it!"

After that, he stuffed a small bag of mung beans into Master Gu's pocket, which weighed about two or three pounds. This was a reward for providing him with information about antique furniture.

Master Gu understood tacitly and accepted it.

They took their tools, thanked Zhou Yimin again, and said goodbye.

"Yimin, this is the remaining sorghum."

When Second Aunt learned that Master Gu and his party were not going to have lunch here, she returned the remaining sorghum to Zhou Yimin.

Zhou Yimin waved his hand and said, "Second Aunt, please keep it! I've troubled you these days."

"Thank you very much, Yimin." The second aunt was very happy.

There are still two or three pounds of sorghum left!
If Master Gu and his friends eat here today, it would be just right. Then, Zhou Yimin went back to the house, took out a dustpan of peanuts, and distributed them to each household, giving each family a large handful, about half a pound. There have been many disturbances during the construction these days.

"Yimin, you are too polite."

"Yes!"

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Zhou Yimin put away the solar cooker, tied it tightly to the back of his bicycle, took the radio he bought with the radio ticket, and set off back to Zhoujiazhuang.

Two solar cookers were originally built, and according to Zhou Yimin's plan, one was to be placed in the courtyard, but the other one was requisitioned by the factory director and had to stay in the factory.

When we were almost at Zhoujiazhuang, he took out a ham.

As soon as he returned home, Lai Cai and Lai Fang came up to him and told Zhou Yimin that they had pulled out a lot of long worms.

Zhou Yimin wanted to say, actually there was no need to tell him this.

He had a deep understanding of the effects of pagoda candy in his previous life.

When the grandmother saw her grandson coming back, she plucked the bean sprouts without saying anything. They could have been eaten yesterday, but Yimin was not there, so she had to wait one more day.

Lai Fu looks after Qianqian very responsibly. As long as she is not studying, he helps take care of the child. He is truly a warm-hearted man.

Zhou Yimin took out a few pieces of chocolate and shared them with Lai Fang and the others.

I guarantee that no one in Zhoujiazhuang has ever eaten this. Even in the city, chocolate is considered a high-end product, and ordinary children cannot even touch it, let alone eat it.

Laifang broke off a small piece and ate it, then wrapped it up and took it home. Seeing that no one was at home, she furtively took out a box, which was full of various snacks that Zhou Yimin had given her.

Put the wrapped chocolates into the box, then quietly put it back to its original place and wipe off the traces.

Zhou Yimin hung the ham in the kitchen so that he could cut two plates to eat at noon.

"Grandma, I bought a radio to entertain you."

Zhou Yimin took out the radio, put in the batteries, turned on the switch, and heard a crackling sound.

Still need to tune the channel.

In his previous life, Zhou Yimin heard people say that some radios could receive foreign radio stations. He didn’t know whether it was true or not, but he had never tried it.

Just then, the old man came back.

He was originally wandering around the village, but when he heard that his grandson had returned, he immediately headed back home.

As soon as I stepped into the house, I saw my good grandson fiddling with a machine.

"What's coming from?"

The old lady said proudly: "Yi Min saw that I was bored at home, so he bought me a radio."

The old man has a watch and shows it off every day. Now, the grandson has also bought her a "big item". A radio is better than a watch, right?

Although I felt bad for my grandson spending money, I couldn't help but feel happy.

"Radio?" The old man's eyes widened and he immediately leaned over, showing great interest.

This is a table-top tube radio that is less than 40 cm long, less than 30 cm high, and more than 20 cm wide.

To be honest, this thing is a bit big, and it is far different from the palm-sized radio that Zhou Yimin saw in his previous life.

The outer shell is light wood grain, and the panel is covered with a layer of cream-yellow silk. There is a giant square in the upper right corner, which is a "cat's eye" indicator to show whether the channel is tuned correctly. There are three yellow knobs at the bottom, which are the switch knob, volume knob and channel knob.

Zhou Yimin was adjusting the channel carefully when he suddenly heard a sound. He quickly turned it back a little bit.

At this time, the sound is clear, but still a little small.

Zhou Yimin turned the volume knob and taught his grandparents how to use it.

Grandpa, grandma, and Lai Fu all found it magical when they heard the sound coming from the radio.

Thanks to book friend 190331123718038 for the 1000 reward, and brother 灬莫娪而失丶 for the 100 reward!

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