Looking at the bewildered faces, Ling Chengyan wanted to laugh but held back.
She asked Zhang Wanxiang to browse the channels, and he actually found a channel broadcasting the news.
"According to Huaxin News Agency..."
As soon as the standard broadcaster voice ca out, the crowd went wild with excitent, their eyes glued and ears perked up, while talking to the person next to them.
"Hey, there really are people!"
"This is Beijing, Beijing, I saw T, A Gate... how co it’s gone? I haven’t seen the leader yet!"
"I saw it..."
Ling Chengyan held back her laughter: "That’s a photo."
Everyone laughed, but they weren’t willing to look away, afraid to miss a single fra.
Seeing everyone so engrossed, Ling Chengyan didn’t bother, went inside to grab a change of clothes, took a shower at the bathhouse, and when she returned, it was almost ten o’clock. Back ho, Zhang Wanxiang and the few with him had left because they had lights-out ti, but there were still a lot of family mbers at ho, not to ntion the many neighbor kids, almost filling the yard.
Wang Liansheng wasn’t too absorbed. When he saw his wife return, he followed her inside.
Ling Chengyan discussed with him about taking the eldest brother and so kids to the guesthouse.
Unexpectedly, the kids were too engrossed in watching TV and didn’t want to leave. The youngest, Hong Liang, was about to cry, and when they were in a bind, two words appeared on the TV: Goodbye!
Then the screen flickered off, turning into static.
The crowd was stunned, followed by disappointed murmurs and sighs...
Wang Liansheng explained with a smile that the program had ended and would be on again tomorrow, only then did everyone reluctantly get up, neighbors and their kids slowly returning ho.
Wang Liansheng turned off the TV without hesitation, and their kids got up reluctantly. Wang Liansheng ignored the TV, pulling the boys to the small bathroom for showers, while Ling Chengyan sent Xiaoyu with Xiao Xing for washing up.
When they returned, the second cousin and his wife were about to leave with their kids, Hong Ming and Hong Liang were reluctant, and the second cousin gave each a kick, making them cry out in pain, and obediently followed along.
Once the kids were done washing up, Wang Liansheng changed into comfortable shorts and a vest, brought a set for the eldest brother too, took Hongjun along, and headed to the guesthouse.
Ling Chengyan and Xiaoyu tidied up and went inside to rest. Checking the clock, it was already past eleven.
In her heart, she started to think that buying the TV seed like digging a hole for herself, and it was an enormous hole that she couldn’t climb out of.
The next day, Ling Chengyan and Wang Liansheng went out to drive to work as usual, while second cousin Wang Lianfa took the eldest brother for a stroll in the street, and the older kids followed along.
By the ti Ling Chengyan returned in the afternoon, the family was already neatly at ho. She noticed the TV was on the table inside but wasn’t on.
She quietly asked Xiaoyu and found out that there weren’t any shows at this ti, and they had bought a lot of picture books and comics during the day, so the kids were reading and weren’t in a rush to watch TV.
The eldest brother had been around all day, felt many things deeply, and saw only familiar faces and scenes in the village, thinking solely about the small patches of land, feeling truly constrained. Going out and seeing realized that many people had quietly started businesses.
Today, they t a lady selling buns on the street. Her couple had been quietly selling buns for more than three years. Not only did they renovate their house into a brick house, but they also married off two sons and flamboyantly married a daughter, becoming the wealthiest in the village.
After washing up, Ling Chengyan sat by the dining table, listening to the three brothers marveling at that woman’s boldness but not recklessness. Previously, she was cautious in business, always changing locations after a sale, never sticking around long, and had never been caught. Now they’re much more relaxed, and they have a relatively fixed stall near the vegetable market.
Listening to Wang Lianqi’s envious remarks, Ling Chengyan asked, "Do you want to sell food too, big brother?"
Wang Lianqi looked up at his fourth sister-in-law with a bit of unintended inquiry and said, "What does fourth sister-in-law think? I intentionally asked around today; selling food requires little capital, is quick to start, doesn’t burden with stock..."
Stock burden was sothing he learned from the second brother, who sold scarves and such, always worried about stock burden. Seasonal trendy goods wouldn’t sell once the season changes, not only tying up capital but might not sell the following season, losing money.
Ling Chengyan nodded, affirming the eldest brother’s comnts, but offered her own opinion: "Actually, there’s a way to earn money without spending even a penny of capital, big brother."
"Really, sothing like that?" The eldest brother was incredulous, his eyes wide.
At the sa ti, even second brother and Wang Liansheng looked at Ling Chengyan, waiting for her to say more.
Ling Chengyan chuckled and said, "You ntioned earlier, after earning money, what do people desire most?"
"Buying a TV!" Hongjun, eldest brother’s youngest son, quickly answered.
Wang Lianqi slapped his son with a playful scold: "You little rascal!"
Ling Chengyan laughed and said, "Hongjun’s right, aren’t we working hard to make money for a better life? Hongjun, you went to the departnt store today? Lots of good stuff right? Let tell you, there are more and better things in provincial city, Hai City, and Beijing departnt stores. Not only TVs, but also refrigerators, washing machines. In the future, when life improves, we’ll buy them, so your mom won’t have to wash clothes every day."
All the kids widened their eyes, and even Wang Lianqi and Wang Lianfa were filled with curiosity.
The youngest, Hong Liang, asked crisply, "Fourth aunt, is there a machine for cooking?"
He’s young, spending most ti with grandma and mom, thus sees won cooking and washing clothes the most. If laundry can use a machine, can cooking be done by a machine too?
Ling Chengyan smiled, patting Hong Liang’s little head, saying, "That I don’t know, but you grow up quickly, and when you do, you should buy a cooking machine for your mom and show her your respect, wouldn’t that be great?"
"Yes." Hong Liang replied crisply without hesitation.
Hong Ming and Hongjun, the older brothers, didn’t want to fall behind, quickly said, "I will show respect too."
" too."
"Hahaha, all good kids." Wang Lianfa said happily, patting his nephew and eldest son’s heads, then turned to look at the fourth sister-in-law.
After doing business, he understood his fourth sister-in-law more than his elder brother did. He didn’t think she was just good at her job; he vaguely knew she was sohow involved in Liu San and the gang’s business ventures.
From here, it was clear that the fourth sister-in-law wasn’t an ordinary woman; her insight was unmatched by n.
No, she was better than most n.
Sure enough, Ling Chengyan didn’t disappoint the second cousin’s expectations and finally spoke: "You ntioned earlier, that the woman who sells buns earned money and built a house back ho. Think, who in the village with money wouldn’t want to build a good house? There’s a saying, with a good house, one can better arrange marriages for sons. Good girls would be more willing to marry such a household, right?"
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