"Exactly, this child is bound to achieve great things in the future, and you’ll enjoy the benefits with her."
As Grandma Li spoke, she moved closer to Jiang Mianmian, her face glowing with eager tenderness, and asked, "Mianmian, could you also make a color TV for Grandma Li? Don’t worry, I’ll pay for any materials and components you need, and I’ll pay you for your labor too."
On hearing this, others also chid in, "Right, Mianmian, please make one for Aunt Wang’s family too. Aunt Wang will pay you for your work."
Jiang Mianmian responded with an embarrassed look, "It’s not that I don’t want to help you make them, but the materials needed to make color televisions aren’t available in our town. The materials I used for this TV were brought over from the Capital City by Brother Yu."
Upon hearing this, the neighbors unconsciously glanced at Yu Cheng, who stood to the side with a bit of a cold deanor, and they didn’t feel he would help them bring materials from the Capital City.
Thus, they could only express their regret with full faces, "That’s really too bad."
"Yeah, after getting used to this color TV, I don’t feel like watching the black and white ones anymore."
"No problem, sister, you’re welco to co over and watch at my place whenever you have ti," Su Wanyu said warmly.
Neighbors: "That’s really nice of you. If you don’t find botherso, I could co over every day."
"Co, it’s better to co every day; the more people, the rrier," Su Wanyu sincerely offered, and she didn’t mind the extra electricity cost.
Neighbors: "Xiao Su, if you say so, then from now on we’ll all co over."
They stayed at Jiang Mianmian’s ho until it was ti to cook dinner, and then everyone left reluctantly for their own hos.
At dinner that evening, Su Wanyu suddenly ntioned, "Brother Hai, your birthday is in just two days. Are we celebrating it here in town, or are we going back to the village?"
Jiang Changhai slapped his forehead, suddenly rembering, "Ah, wife, I would have forgotten about my birthday if you hadn’t ntioned it. Let’s celebrate here in town. Let’s invite Dad, Mom, the second and third brothers—all of us can have a grand ti together."
"Okay, it’s your birthday, so you call the shots. Whatever you say," Su Wanyu agreed.
Yu Cheng, upon hearing that Uncle Jiang’s birthday was nearing, wondered what birthday gift to give. He noticed that both of Jiang Changhai’s wrists were bare and an idea ford in his mind.
Early the next morning, Jiang Mianmian and Yu Cheng went to the steel mill again.
Having gained experience, they worked together even more seamlessly than before.
In just two and a half days, they had completed the second color TV set.
After testing it and finding no issues, they moved it back to the Jiang family ho and placed it in Yu Cheng’s room to take back to the Capital City when he returned.
Soon, Jiang Changhai’s birthday arrived. Since there wasn’t much to do in the village during winter, the whole Jiang family had breakfast and got ready to head to town.
Zhang Guihua might have been an old lady, but she was quite particular about going out. By the ti she was ready to leave, the rest of the Jiang family had already been waiting for a while.
Zhang Guihua scanned the group and not seeing Zhaodi, she frowned and asked unhappily, "Second son, why hasn’t Zhaodi co out yet? That child is so slow, go hurry her up."
"Mom, Zhaodi has a stomach ache and can’t go to big brother’s house. Let her sleep in at ho," Zhao Xiaojuan explained.
Zhaodi, of course, was feigning illness. After all, she had once sworn in front of Jiang Mianmian that she would never accept any charity from the main house.
Even if she starved to death, she would never eat a bite of food from the main house!!
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