The Old Lady smiled as she helped carry over the bowls of rice one by one. "There's time, there's time. Eat first, then take your time figuring it out. Setting this up will probably take ages, won't it?"
"We need to install an antenna, then use a bamboo pole as a mast outside to receive the signal. We'll try it later. Let's eat first."
Ye Chenghu's little eyes darted everywhere. This time, he didn't dare say a word, but he had made up his mind to stay home until he saw the television set up.
The little rascals next door wolfed down their food in a few mouthfuls, then ran straight over.
Mother Ye hadn't locked the courtyard gate after going out. The children crouched in front of the television inside, waiting and chattering excitedly as though their own family had bought it.
This made Ye Chenghu anxious. "You're not allowed to touch it! That's my family's television. None of you can touch it."
"We're just looking. We won't touch it."
His little eyes kept a fierce watch on the floor while he shoveled rice into his mouth, swallowing it dry without even eating any dishes with it.
Once he finished his bowl of rice, he didn't even bother licking the bowl clean. He tossed down his chopsticks and hurried away from the table.
Lin Xiuqing coughed twice. He promptly returned to his seat and licked up the remaining grains of rice before squeezing back in among them, declaring that nobody was allowed to touch it, that it belonged to his family, and so on, fiercely guarding it.
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