Siheyuan: After being reincarnated as a master's daughter

After they finished buying and paying, the salesperson enthusiastically packed the TV and the signal dish carefully. Yi Zhonghai and Sha Zhu lifted the two treasures with satisfied faces and prepared to take them home.

Sha Zhu even tied the red silk he brought with him to the TV box and went outside to look for his wife and daughter. They felt the envious gazes from the people around them and couldn't help feeling a surge of pride in their hearts.

This TV was the most advanced technology product at that time, and not many families could own it. Now they not only bought such a rare color TV, but also equipped it with a signal dish, which allows them to watch more channels and programs. This treatment makes them feel like they have become pioneers of the times.

When they walked down the street carrying the TV and the signal dish, many people could not help but stop and curiously look at the treasures in their hands. Some even came forward to ask about the price and performance of the TV, expressing their admiration for them. Yi Zhonghai and Sha Zhu proudly showed them their new gadgets, enjoying the glory and pride of this moment.

Yi Jiale looked at the tightly wrapped TV in the wooden box and the red cloth tied outside, and felt that it was too solemn.

When they returned to the gate of the courtyard, everyone in the courtyard saw them bringing the TV series and came out to watch the fun, discussing it excitedly.

"Lao Yi, how much did you pay for this TV?"

"Uncle, I heard that the televisions in our city are all color ones, which were imported from foreign countries. Is yours a color one? Turn on the TV and let us open our eyes!"

Yi Zhonghai responded with a smile: "Yes, it is colored. The saleswoman said it was a transistor colored one, imported from abroad."

"How much is it? Oh, that's really expensive. It cost me more than 600 yuan."

Everyone took a breath when they heard this.

Sha Zhu immediately said, "You don't know, there are only two TVs left. One is a 14-inch black and white one, and this one is a 14-inch color one. I asked my uncle about the price. The 500-inch black and white one is only over 600 yuan, and this one is over yuan."

"And you have to hurry and buy it. If you don't buy it first this time, the salesperson said that you will probably have to wait a long time before foreign color TV sets are available again."

Everyone looked at the box wrapped in red silk with curiosity.

"Come on, don't look at them one by one. Can't you see my hands are sore from carrying all this stuff? Two good-looking guys, go to the old man's house and carry out a table. I have to put the TV on the table and take it apart for everyone to see."

Two young men immediately smiled and rushed into Yi Zhonghai's house first, carrying out a table.

While Shazhu and Laoyi were showing off outside, an old lady took her daughter home and prepared to set off the firecrackers she had bought earlier.

Seeing the two young men coming in, the aunt pointed to the table that had been vacated yesterday and said, "You two can move that table out and put the TV there!"

"Okay, Auntie." The two young men immediately ran out happily holding the table with their big grins showing. They could not hide their desire to watch color TV.

The table was quickly placed at the door of Yi Zhonghai's house. The young man put the table down and shook it with his hand to see if it was stable so as not to break the TV.

Soon Shazhu put the box on the table.

Just as Yi Zhonghai was about to go up and take it down at this much-anticipated moment, he was stopped by an old lady holding a firecracker: "Old Yi, wait a minute, don't take it down yet, the firecrackers haven't been set off yet! This is a big happy event!"

Yi Zhonghai stopped immediately and asked Sha Zhu to get the bamboo pole and hold the whip while he went to light it.

After a few minutes, after setting off firecrackers, Yi Zhonghai took apart the TV under the expectant gaze of everyone.

They couldn't wait to install the TV and signal dish. From time to time, loud shouts could be heard from the yard.

"Move over a little!"

"Come closer!"

"Alright, we have a picture, don't move, it's just right now, the signal is just right!!"

While the adults were adjusting the signal, Yi Jiale had already consciously led his friends home to move stools and sit in the front seats.

Soon, the TV was installed.

As the picture and sound were adjusted step by step, everyone finally saw a clear color image. At this moment, everyone was very excited, with excitement flashing in their eyes.

Each household brought out their own stools and placed them in the yard. Usually, the front center seat was reserved for the Yi family and the He family, because the TV originally belonged to them. Other families were just there to join in the fun, so how could they have the nerve to grab the best seat? Therefore, everyone consciously chose to sit down at the surrounding seats.

Everyone was concentrating on watching the Peking Opera performed on TV, and the old men would exclaim from time to time.

"You can even see the color of the singer's face and clothes."

"No wonder this color TV is so expensive."

Only the old people like operas, and most of the children don't like to watch them. Many young people shouted, "Uncle, can you please change the channel and see if there is any program?"

"Yes, uncle, we also want to see how many channels this TV can receive!"

Yi Zhonghai could only respond to most of the requests and start changing channels. Channel switching could only be done on the TV, without the remote controls of later generations.

Yi Zhonghai turned to the next TV show, which was obviously a show from the past few years. There was a sign next to it saying "A Bite of Vegetable Pancake". Yi Zhonghai couldn't help but stop, and when he saw that no one else objected, he sat back in his seat.

Everyone started to cry as they watched, remembering the hardships of those years. Who didn’t have a hard time back then? Who didn’t go hungry?

Yi Jiale was born in 1964, three years after the famine, so he had never suffered any hardship since he was born. Yi Jiale had never watched such an old TV series, so he was fascinated by it and watched it with tears in his eyes.

Yi Jiale threw himself into his mother's arms, raised his little face with tears in his eyes, and asked, "Mom, were you also so miserable before? Didn't you have enough to eat?"

The aunt wiped away her daughter's tears lovingly and said, "Silly girl, mom is okay, your dad is capable. Although we suffered from hunger at that time, it was not as difficult as other families. There were even cases of starvation to death!"

Yi Zhonghai felt bad when he saw his daughter crying. He walked over with a stool and gently pinched his daughter's face: "It's okay, the dumplings are gone. Our country will get better and better in the future. There will definitely be no more people starving to death in the future." (He walked straight over because he was afraid of blocking her view of the TV)

Yi Jiale wiped his tears with his sleeves and said firmly, "Yes! There will definitely be no more starvation in our country."

(A Bite of Vegetable Pancake was broadcast on June 1958, 6, and is the first TV series in my country. A Bite of Vegetable Pancake is adapted from the novel of the same name published in the New Observation magazine. It tells a story of remembering the bitter past and thinking of the sweet past, and describes the image of a great mother who saved her only vegetable pancake to save her daughter, and finally died of hunger and cold. Readers who want to know more can go and have a look!!)