industrial overlord

Chapter 52 Sister's Rice Cooker
"Brother, what good things did you bring me back?"

Lin Fanghua came home from school without putting down her schoolbag, so she hurriedly asked Lin Zhenhua.

On the first day, several leaders and masters who went on a business trip to Guangzhou had already returned. Although they kept an extremely low profile, rumors spread in the Hanhua factory that all the people on the business trip got gifts, and the factory manager got gifts. One was a cassette player, the others a radio.As for the source of this gift, there are different opinions, and the more it spreads, the more outrageous it is.

There is a saying that everyone believes more, that is, the gifts are sent by foreign businessmen.Everyone knows that foreigners are very rich. It is said that there are more than ten or twenty tape recorders in their homes. When they are dirty, they are thrown directly into the garbage dump downstairs. Now it is considered a gift to give one to the Chinese what?As for whether it is appropriate to accept gifts from foreign businessmen, the benevolent see benevolence, and the wise see wisdom.Since the reform and opening up, policy restrictions on accepting foreign gifts have been loosened a lot.Although there is a stipulation on the amount, but at the grassroots level, who will take it seriously.As long as you don't sell national interests, it's not wrong to accept some gifts.To take a step back, even if you have betrayed national interests, as long as you are not discovered...

Another way of saying it is of course the one made up by Lin Zhenhua, which is a story about rich friends and brave deeds.This story was spread one after another from people on this business trip, but those who heard this story were somewhat skeptical.

Kong Haijiang is very good at being a man. As soon as he came back, he took the initiative to run to Lin Fanghua and informed Lin Fanghua that her brother got off the bus and went to Tanzhou halfway, and he would not come back until a day later.Kong Haijiang also hinted meaningfully that her brother got more gifts than everyone else.Therefore, Lin Fanghua was looking forward to her brother's return all day long, so that she could see what new things he had.

Lin Zhenhua didn't bring the things shipped from Hong Kong with him. Except for the gifts for He Haifeng's family, he handed over the rest to Lan Wufeng for shipping back.So, when he got off the train at the train station, he first went to Lan Wufeng's house to retrieve some of his belongings.

When Lin Zhenhua arrived at Lan Wufeng's house, Lan Wufeng was not there. Aunt Lan told Lin Zhenhua that after Fengzi came back from Guangzhou, he couldn't wait to go out to sell those small commodities.He goes out early and returns late every day, but it seems that the sales are good. He takes out a large canvas bag every day, and the bag becomes shrunken when he comes back.As for how much money he earned, Lan Wufeng never told his mother. He said it was Brother Lin's business and he was just helping out. No matter how much money he earned, it belonged to Brother Lin.

The goods that Lan Wufeng brought back were all piled up in the inner room of the house. Aunt Lan used to live in that room, but now she had to move to the outer room.However, Aunt Lan didn't complain about this. Lin Zhenhua had helped their family so much, so it was only right for her to temporarily vacate a room for Lin Zhenhua to store things.

Lin Zhenhua chatted with Aunt Lan for a few words, went to the house to get some of his own things, and then went home.Not long after he got home and sat down, he heard his sister Xiaofang yelling into the room.

"Brother, what did you bring? Oh, the tape recorder, isn't it the same as the one at Zhu Xia's house?" Lin Fanghua saw a large tape recorder on the table at a glance. She threw the schoolbag on the bed, and a Yuyue threw himself at the tape recorder.The Zhu Xia she was talking about was Zhu Tiejun's daughter, who was also the number one student in the county, and had a good relationship with Lin Fanghua.

Lin Zhenhua stood aside, smiling without saying a word.Xiaofang pressed it for a long time, but didn't make a sound, and couldn't help shouting anxiously: "Brother, brother, how do you open this thing?"

"It's not powered on, how do you turn it on?" Lin Zhenhua said.

"What about the wires?"

"Here it is." Lin Zhenhua held up a power cord and teased his sister.

"Hate it, give it to me!"

"no!"

"why?"

"I use this radio for myself. If you want to listen to music, use your own."

"What?... You said I have one too?" Lin Fanghua was about to get angry when she suddenly heard Lin Zhenhua's voice. In the past six months, Lin Zhenhua had always spoken to her like this, and now she has developed the ability to make sharp turns.

"What do you think this is?" Lin Zhenhua took a gadget the size of a Xinhua dictionary from behind and handed it to Lin Fanghua.

"What is this?" Lin Fanghua took the gadget, eyes wide open, "Is this also a tape recorder? My God, why is it so small? The workmanship is so exquisite, like a handicraft."

"This is a small tape recorder launched by Sony Corporation of Japan last year. The model is TPS-L2, also called Walkman, which means you can wear it around your waist and listen to it while walking. I don't know how many there are in China, but I dare Guaranteed, in the entire Jiangnan Province, what you have is the first one!" Lin Zhenhua said proudly.

"Is this for me?" Xiaofang couldn't believe it.

"Try it quickly." Lin Zhenhua stepped forward, stuck the clip of the Walkman in his sister's clothes pocket, then plugged in the headphone cable, and put the headphones on her head.He lightly pressed the button, and a soft and sweet singing voice enveloped Xiaofang's body and mind in an instant:
"Small town has many stories
full of joy

If you come to the small town

gain a lot

looks like a painting
listen like a song
The realm of truth, goodness and beauty in life includes..."

"Brother..." Lin Fanghua only felt dizzy for a while, it was a feeling of happiness, she looked at her brother, tears could not help but drip down.

"What's the matter, what's the matter with you?" Lin Zhenhua didn't understand why this little girl started crying while listening to the song.

"Brother..." Lin Fanghua hugged her brother and buried her head in his chest, "You are the best brother in the world."

"Uh, alright, alright, giving you a Walkman will touch you like this, and I'll give you a BMW some other day, don't you want to faint?" Lin Zhenhua couldn't get used to this kind of Qiong Yao's tenderness, so he hurriedly interrupted.However, he was very relieved to see his sister happy like this.The price of a Walkman in Japan is 33000 yen, which is about 140 US dollars. Compared with the income level of people at that time, it is definitely a sky-high price.It's worth it to get my sister's praise of "good brother" with a thousand pieces of gold.

"I'm just happy." Lin Fanghua wiped away tears, and said a little coyly, "Brother, how do you know that I like Teresa Teng?"

Lin Zhenhua said: "Nonsense, don't you little girls just like this? But, let me tell you, you can't bring this thing to school. If you don't let other students see it, you must steal it from you."

"I don't take it with me, I'll put it at home and listen to it before going to bed."

"Also, you can't just listen to songs. I bought you Xu Guozhang's English and 900 sentences in English. You can practice your listening and speaking for me."

"Okay, my brother-in-law housekeeper." Lin Fanghua got through the initial emotion and regained the image of that naughty little girl.She carefully hid the Walkman, and then started to talk: "Brother, you haven't cooked yet, I'll cook."

"After washing the rice, use this to cook." Lin Zhenhua conjured a new thing out of nowhere. It was less than a foot high and cylindrical in shape. There was a wire coming out from the bottom, and a cover on the top. It looks like a refined steel pot, but it is much more beautiful than a refined steel pot.

"what is this?"

"This is the pot you mentioned that can cook rice automatically." Lin Zhenhua laughed.

"When did I say that?" Lin Fanghua couldn't remember.

"The day I just came back, you told me that the dream of your classmates in 2000 was to have a pot that can cook rice automatically. Put rice in it in the morning, and it will be cooked automatically at noon, and it's still hot."

"Is this the same with this pot?" Lin Fanghua remembered that she had indeed told her brother about it. She stared curiously at this common rice cooker, wondering how it could be so magical.

"Hurry up and wash the rice, then turn on the water, and the water will cover the height of a palm of the rice." Lin Zhenhua instructed.

Lin Fanghua also went to wash the rice, put it into the rice cooker, filled the water according to the standard Lin Zhenhua said, plugged in the power, pressed the switch, and waited patiently on the side.

"What are you doing?" Lin Zhenhua was angry and funny.

"I'm waiting to see how it goes out."

"Come on, it's 20 minutes and you're just staring at it?"

"Then I'll wash the vegetables first, and you must call me when the power is about to be cut off."

After more than ten minutes, the rice cooker began to emit steam, and the aroma of rice wafted out.Lin Zhenhua told Xiaofang that the switch would trip after cooking for a while.Therefore, Xiaofang refused to leave again, and stared at the rice cooker, wanting to see what tripping was called.

"Crack!" With a soft sound, the switch flicked, the indicator light of "cooking rice" went out, and the indicator light with the word "keep warm" next to it turned on.This rice cooker is made in Hong Kong, and the logo on it is all Chinese characters, so Lin Fanghua can understand it.

"God, it's really tripped!" Lin Fanghua shouted happily, reaching out to lift the lid of the pot.

"Wait!" Lin Zhenhua stopped her, "Just tripped, don't open the pot, let it simmer for a while, so that the rice will be more delicious."

In the evening, the brothers and sisters ate the rice made in the rice cooker, and Lin Fanghua repeatedly called it delicious.In the past, they used iron pots to cook rice, and it was often difficult to control the heat. Sometimes it was raw, and sometimes it was burnt.

"Brother, we now have a tape recorder and a rice cooker, is it like a foreigner's home?" Lin Fanghua asked his brother for advice.

"Cut, that's where it's at." Lin Zhenhua said disdainfully, "In a foreigner's house, there are refrigerators, washing machines, TVs, air conditioners, and cars. These are the minimum. We don't have any of these. .”

"By the way, brother, why didn't you get a TV back?" Lin Fanghua was looking forward to Shu, and began to get distracted.

Lin Zhenhua stared: "Television? To be honest, I really thought about it. However, I thought that if we got a TV back, our family would have many unemployed young people."

"Who is it?"

"You!" Lin Zhenhua said, "You must be lying at home watching TV every day, and then your grades are in a mess, and you will only be an unemployed youth in the future."

"No way!" Lin Fanghua retorted, "After we started school, we took a preliminary test, and I was No. 2 in the class. My goal now is to reach the top ten of the whole grade in the midterm exam. The final exam At the time, reach the top five in the whole grade."

"Really?"

"Of course, it doesn't matter who my brother is." Lin Fanghua said proudly, "Brother, you helped me with my homework during the winter vacation. I did it personally, and one of them was me, and the teacher praised me so much."

"Well, well, when you get into the top ten of your grade, I will reward you with 2000 yuan." Lin Zhenhua said generously.

"I don't want that much money." Lin Fanghua said. At this point, she suddenly said timidly: "Brother, I have something to tell you. Don't scold me, okay?"

"Why, did you fall in love early?" Lin Zhenhua asked openly.

"No! What nonsense are you talking about?" Lin Fanghua scolded.

"Then it doesn't matter. Everything else can be forgiven. Let's talk about it."

"You gave me 30 yuan last time, and I used up 8 yuan the day before yesterday."

"That's it?"

"Yes."

"Oh." Lin Zhenhua continued to eat rice, not even interested in asking.A 17-year-old girl reported to her family that she spent 8 yuan. In Lin Zhenhua's view, it was really ridiculous.However, in those days, this was definitely a big deal, and 8 yuan was almost a week's food expenses for a family.

"Brother, why don't you ask me what I spent my money on?" Lin Fanghua was annoyed.

"I have already said, the money is given to you, and you can spend it however you want. Don't say 8 yuan, even if you spend 30 yuan, I can give it to you again. Brother, the size is considered a money now." Lin Zhenhua road.

"I just bought one thing for myself. Brother, look, this is it." Lin Fanghua took out an object from her schoolbag showing off, handed it to Lin Zhenhua, and asked proudly, "How is it? very beautiful?"

"Cough, cough..." Lin Zhenhua choked a mouthful of rice into his throat when he saw this thing, and coughed violently.

It turned out that what Lin Fanghua showed off to him turned out to be an electronic watch.

(End of this chapter)