1979: My fiancée is a goddess

Chapter 87 On the eve of release
Wutong Courtyard.

February 12th.

Two days have passed since "Xiao Fang" was broadcast on Central Radio.

Coupled with the report in the Yanjing Daily, many people also knew about this song and the novel Fang Cao.

And the instigator of all this was lifting the roof of his house.

After buying the TV yesterday, I tried it in the evening, but the antenna signal was very poor in the main room and the picture was not very clear.

So Cheng Kaiyan ran to the department store early in the morning and got a fishbone antenna, which she connected to the TV.

I'm debugging the antenna on the roof right now.

"Mom - is there a channel? Is it clear?"

"Kaiyan! Adjust the antenna again..."

Xu Yuxiu shouted in the main room.

"What? Fairy? Where did the fairy come from?"

Cheng Kaiyan built a ladder and climbed up to the roof of his house.

The wind outside was howling and blowing hard, bringing with it sand, and he almost misunderstood what his mother said.

Where can you find a beauty now? Let’s wait until we get married and have children.

He looked at a fishbone antenna standing next to him. Under the antenna was a red brick with a hole in it, and the antenna was tied to a bamboo pole and inserted into the hole.

Then he took a few large bricks and pressed it on top to ensure that it would not be blown by the wind, and then adjusted it towards the direction of the TV station's signal tower.

The so-called fishbone antenna is an antenna used to receive UHF (ultra-high frequency) television signals. It is named because of its shape which resembles a fishbone.

In Beijing, television has gradually become popular in every household, and people's demand for television has become greater and greater.

Televisions are equipped with indoor antennas, commonly known as "ram horn antennas", when they leave the factory, but such antennas usually do not work well, especially in indoor environments.

In order to receive more TV channels and better TV signals, many families install fishbone antennas on the roof.

Especially in Guangdong, Fujian and other regions, due to their geographical proximity to Hong Kong and Taiwan, local residents often install fishbone antennas in order to receive television programs from Hong Kong and Taiwan.

As a result, many incidents arose.

The Yangcheng Evening News will publish an article titled "Hong Kong Television and Others", describing Hong Kong Television as "cancer of the soul" and advocating the removal of the "herringbone antenna". Theorists are arguing endlessly about the pros and cons, good and bad of Hong Kong Television.

There are many "fishbone antennas" in urban and rural areas of Guangdong. In order to deal with the "invasion" of Hong Kong television, many places have dispatched fire trucks to work at high altitudes to forcibly dismantle the "fishbone antennas".

Later, Shu Ting, a popular "Misty Poet", wrote in her poem "Evening Star": "Chimneys, cables, and fishbone antennas set up a network in the incomplete sky."

"Okay! We have a stage!"

After hearing this, Cheng Kaiyan fixed the antenna and climbed down the long ladder.

He brushed the dust off his hands and turned around to find that many people in the yard were looking at the new thing on the roof with curious expressions.

"Kaiyan, did your family buy a TV? They even got the herringbone antenna."

Wang Cuihua was lying on the window, with her big fat head tilted up, her face full of curiosity.

Oh my goodness, this is a TV!

I guess Cheng Kaiyan earned a lot of royalties when he went to Jiangcheng to revise the manuscript this time, right?
I can even afford a TV, which costs several hundred dollars!
"Yes."

Cheng Kaiyan carried the ladder to the corner of the courtyard wall, turned around and said indifferently.

"Well... can I come to your house to watch TV? I'm not well educated, I just want to see some high-tech stuff."

Wang Cuihua pointed at the door of Cheng Kaiyan's house with a smile and said shamelessly.

"Yes! Brother Kaiyan, can we come watch TV? Your family is the only one in our courtyard that has a TV. I heard that they are currently showing The Man from Atlantis. It's really good."

Xiao Wenyuan, with his pointed chin and monkey face, and his three sisters, Zhaodi, Laidi and Pandi, stood at the door of their house and said with a grin.

"Kaiyan, our Jianjun has helped you a lot, otherwise how could the song you wrote have spread to Beijing so quickly and even appeared on CCTV! Is it okay to watch your TV?"

Aunt Zhao, who was squatting beside the ditch, felt unhappy.

The day before yesterday, she came back from the vegetable market and finally heard what had just happened.

My son really just wrote a letter and received a letter, there was no other benefit.

Even the song he recommended was written by Cheng Kaiyan, which was a good thing for her.

Being a broadcaster was all fake, and the last bit of fantasy in my heart was shattered.

What an idiot! No wonder he only went to a technical secondary school.

But Aunt Zhao thought about it and didn't care much. After all, her Ruixue was the first college student, the only one of her kind, and that was enough for her to be proud of.

Before the holiday this year, I even got a scholarship!

"Hey, we're all neighbors, watching TV is nothing, come on~ Each person just needs to pay a few dimes for electricity, this thing is good in every way except that the electricity bill is too expensive, otherwise you can watch it as much as you want!"

Cheng Kaiyan patted his chest and spoke in a very bold tone, which made people happy just by hearing it.

Hearing this again makes people frown.

Everyone was secretly complaining in their hearts, what the hell, they just let us try out a TV and still make us pay a few dimes for electricity?

Are you a capitalist? You are such a blood sucker!

……

Cheng Kaiyan looked around, but no one responded.

It’s just a few dimes, enough for one or two meals. Who would be willing to spend that money to watch TV?

Cheng Kaiyan achieved her goal, then turned around and went into the house, closing the door, deliberately leaving only a tiny gap.

On the table, the TV screen was pitch black.

Everyone sat around the TV, including Aunt Wang Qiang and Uncle Zhan, Mom, the little girl Zhan Xinyu, and Zhao Ruixue and her brother.

"Brother Yan, let's watch TV."

Seeing Cheng Kaiyan coming in, the little girl finally couldn't help but run over.

The little face looked at him pitifully, blinked its big eyes, and acted cute and pitiful.

She didn't want to pay and had no money to pay.

"Why was it turned off just now?"

"You said we should pay the money, can we not close it?"

Zhao Jianjun said with a dark face.

"Hey, I'm just kidding, go ahead and take a look."

Cheng Kaiyan waved his hand, speechless.

This silly kid is just like a fool, that's all I can say.

"Got it!"

Zhan Xinyu's face lit up with joy, and she pressed with her little hands in a very skillful manner.

Click, click, click!

The TV screen flickered, and then a clear black and white picture appeared.

A European and American man wearing sunglasses and a windbreaker appeared in front of me.

It was "The Man from Atlantis".

Television broadcasting had just emerged in recent years, and people's demand for television programs was gradually increasing. By 1980, there were more television programs. Previously, there were programs broadcast only at night, but now there are also programs broadcast during the day.

The Man from Atlantic City, this science fiction blockbuster from the United States, was officially broadcast on CCTV on January 5 this year.

It is broadcast every Thursday at 8 o'clock in the evening. Because it is so popular, CCTV will replay it during the day.

As soon as it was broadcast, it amazed everyone!

Jeans and sunglasses suddenly became fashionable items for many young people across the country.

Due to the scarcity of cultural industries, TV dramas are the hardest hit.

The first TV series in China was "A Bite of Vegetable Pancake", starring Sun Peiyun, who played the White-Haired Girl and Liu Hulan, a veteran artist.

However, there are no domestically produced TV series in China. It will have to wait until next year before CCTV will produce its first TV series, "Eighteen Years in the Enemy Camp," which will only have nine episodes in total.

A few years later, there were Teacher Liu’s classic 1982 version of Journey to the West and the 1987 version of Dream of the Red Chamber.

The popular Blood Doubt did not enter the mainland until 1984.

……

Cheng Kaiyan watched TV for a while, but as he was used to the eye-catching skits of later generations, he found it boring.

The little girl on the side was watching with great interest, without even blinking.

Uncle Zhan and Aunt Wang Qiang were watching and commenting on the paintings. Uncle Zhan had been to the United States to study oil painting, so he knew more about it.

In short, everyone enjoyed watching it.

Cheng Kaiyan glanced back and saw a few dark shadows squatting in the crack of the door, peeking inside, which made him want to laugh.

"Ahem, you guys watch first, I'm going to go out for a walk and return the watch."

Cheng Kaiyan coughed twice and said to her mother Xu Yuxiu. This scared the people who were peeking outside the door.

Figures flashed and people ran away in a swarm with the clatter of footsteps. One person even fell down with a soft thud.

After hearing the noise, everyone knew what was going on.

"Kai Yan, I've got the monkey stamps you mentioned last time. Just come with me to CAFA on the 15th to get them. You don't have to queue up at the post office."

At this moment, Uncle Zhan suddenly thought of something and turned around to call Cheng Kaiyan.

After Cheng Kaiyan talked to him that day, Zhan Jianjun took it to heart and talked to Professor Huang Yongyu, and they agreed to give some monkey stamps to Cheng Kaiyan.

"Thank you very much, Uncle Zhan. It's the 15th, right? Just call me then."

Cheng Kaiyan nodded, then turned around and pushed her bicycle out.

I rode my bicycle and turned into the alley. I was now on my way to Ye Shengtao's house. After all, it was the old man who reviewed the document personally, so there was nothing wrong with going to his house to inform him.

"The monkey stamps will be released on the 15th, and the fragrant grass will also be released on the 15th. What a coincidence! There are only two or three days left!"

While Cheng Kaiyan was thinking, he rode past the Wangfujing Bookstore on his bike and found that there were many young people gathered inside, it was very lively.

He stopped the car and took a look.

"Comrade Salesman, give me a copy of January's children's literature!"

"Comrade salesman, do you have Jiangcheng Fangcao magazine? Give me one!"

"One copy each!"

In the bookstore, the clerks were very busy. They didn't expect so many people would come to buy books so early in the morning.

There was a very long queue, and you couldn’t see the end of it at a glance. The queue was almost stretching to the People’s Daily!

These people also specifically asked for "Children's Literature" and a magazine called "Fragrant Grass". It's really strange!

"Comrade, what's going on?"

Cheng Kaiyan then pulled over a young female college student and asked curiously.

"You don't know yet, do you? Xiaofang, have you heard it? It was the one that was broadcast on China National Radio two days ago. Comrade Liu Xiaoli from Jiangcheng Song and Dance Theater sang it. It was so beautiful.

After everyone knew that Xiao Fang came from the novel "Fang Cao", they rushed to bookstores to look for the book. But when they asked, they found out that it had not been published yet!
I decided to settle for the next best thing and buy a copy of Fang Cao. This morning, someone spread the news that the author of Fang Cao and Xiao Fang is from Beijing, a young writer named Cheng Kaiyan, who had published a work in the previous issue of Children's Literature, so everyone came to buy it. "

The female student in the bright red jacket explained quickly.

"So that's how it is! Thank you, comrade."

Cheng Kaiyan nodded.

"You're welcome."

Suddenly, in the bookstore, a young man holding a book, his face flushed with excitement, read aloud to the long line of people, his voice high and excited:
“I once had talent, but it was too strong for me to use it to achieve any kind of career in reality.

Once you have it, reality is insignificant and there is no joy greater than those fantasies.

My flame was extinguished at the age of sixteen, and the so-called career I have achieved in the rest of my life is nothing more than a few wisps of smoke rising after the flame was extinguished. "

The young man, who was wearing glasses and holding two pens on his chest, was so excited that his hands were shaking and his teeth were chattering as he recited.

This era is reserved, euphemistic and modest.

No one has ever heard such a straightforward, arrogant and contemptuous sentence.

It comes from a young man who is as young, vigorous and passionate as them. How can it not resonate with people, how can it not make people fascinated! How can it not make people bow down to it!
After hearing this, the young people in the queue all silently recalled and pondered over it in their hearts.

"Too amazing! Too arrogant! Too young and full of vigor! What kind of man can possess this level of talent? Is it just a wisp of smoke after the flame is extinguished?"

Someone looked at the book in his hand with blank eyes and said in shock.

"Who is Cheng Kaiyan? When will Fangcao be released?"

"Oh! I remember now. Mr. Ye Shengtao once wrote a review article specifically for this novel in the Yanjing Daily!"

"Give me a children's literature book and the Yanjing Daily of January 3rd! Comrade clerk!"

"I also want!"

……

"Oh my god, this is so crazy, run away quickly."

When Cheng Kaiyan saw this, she was very happy, but she didn't dare to stay any longer and quickly rode away on her bike.

When she arrived at Ye Shengtao's house, Cheng Kaiyan walked into the door carrying a box of Daoxiangcun snacks.

The family was basking in the sun in the small garden when they saw Cheng Kaiyan.

Ye Zhicheng immediately stood up and shouted, "Kaiyan, you're finally back! Xiaofang has become so famous in Beijing! When will the book be released?"

"The 15th, New Year's Eve, the 29th day of the twelfth lunar month."

Cheng Kaiyan handed over the box of snacks and replied, "This year's New Year's Eve is on the 29th, not the 30th."

"Two days left? Then we will definitely buy one copy each." Ye Shengtao took it and said with a smile.

"Okay, I have something else to do so I'll leave first. I just saw a lot of people buying children's literature when they couldn't buy herbal remedies in the bookstore. The sales of children's literature must have been good in the past two months."

"Editor-in-Chief Hu and Editor Xiao Xu must be smiling from ear to ear. This is all unprovoked popularity. Go ahead and be happy."

Ye Shengtao was a little surprised. He didn't expect it to be so popular. He could already foresee the situation after it was published in a few days.

After leaving the yard, Cheng Kaiyan headed towards the Beijing Normal University dormitory.

Go upstairs and knock on the door.

"Boom boom boom!"

"Who?"

Jiang Ting, dressed in home clothes, appeared in front of him, "Kaiyan, you're back?"

"Yes! Aunt Jiang, I'm here to return your watch. It's a great help."

Cheng Kaiyan spread out her palm. She was worried about scratching the glass surface of the watch, so she wrapped it with a handkerchief.

"It's okay, as long as you can use it."

Jiang Ting took it and put it on. She glanced at the watch on Cheng Kaiyan's hand and asked calmly, "Did you buy a watch? A BJ brand one, right?"

"Yes."

"This trip to Jiangcheng... everything went well, didn't it?"

Jiang Ting paused and said with concern.

Cheng Kaiyan's trip to Jiangcheng this time was naturally not just to revise the manuscript, but she was bound to meet her niece Liu Xiaoli.

She knew Xiaoli's character. She looked gentle on the outside, but was very opinionated on the inside and her mind could not be easily shaken.

Cheng Kaiyan is similar, seemingly kind, but actually hard to get close to.

If the two met, Jiang Ting was worried that a serious conflict and quarrel would break out between them.

Cheng Kaiyan pondered for a while, then said with a smile: "Don't worry, we have both made our relationship clear. We have said everything clearly. Now we both know the relationship very well. When I went there, the theater leader introduced a blind date to Sister Xiaoli..."

"That's good... Phew, I'm worried about you two now, just make it clear."

Jiang Ting breathed a sigh of relief. If she were to name two people that she cared about, Cheng Kaiyan and Liu Xiaoli would naturally be the two that deserved it.

"Aunt Jiang, will you still be alone during the New Year?"

Cheng Kaiyan looked through the crack in the door and saw that the room was cold and lonely, without the atmosphere of worldly life, so she asked.

Jiang Ting didn't say anything, but pulled Cheng Kaiyan into the house and made two cups of hot tea in the kitchen. "Have a cup of tea, the cups are all clean."

"Thank you."

The two of them sat side by side on the sofa. Cheng Kaiyan understood at this point that her aunt was the only one who was alone.

"How about Aunt Jiang come to our house to celebrate the New Year this year? My mom and I will definitely welcome you with open arms. We even bought a TV yesterday, so we can watch TV together on New Year's Eve!"

Cheng Kaiyan suggested.

Jiang Ting looked at him in surprise, her heart warmed, but she still shook her head calmly, "The New Year is naturally a time for the whole family to celebrate together, how can I, an outsider, go? Forget it."

"Come on, who says we are not a family?"

But you are my aunt, Sister Xiaoli’s dear aunt!

"Ok."

Jiang Ting looked as if she couldn't do anything about him, but the corners of her soft mouth were slightly raised, and there was a faint smile in her cold eyes. To be honest, she felt a lot of warmth from this child.

Thinking of this, Jiang Ting began to regret why she went to cancel the engagement that day.

Jiang Ting suddenly said, "Kaiyan, can I introduce you to someone?"

"Let's talk about it after the New Year."

Cheng Kaiyan neither nodded nor refused.

After returning home, I eat, drink, play and watch TV. My life is very comfortable and leisurely.

Time flies and it is February 15th, New Year's Eve.

Like a bolt from the blue, the much-anticipated "Fragrant Grass" is finally here!
Today is gone

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(End of this chapter)