I recently saw on the Internet that a black and white TV can only receive TV signals by swinging the antenna left and right. This reminds me of the old 17-inch black and white TV I had at home twenty years ago.

I bought that Suzhou-made Peacock brand black-and-white TV set after my family had just completed the construction of a building with three floors and three floors. Originally, after the building was completed, there was no extra money. My parents were surprised when they saw other people’s homes. I bought a TV, and some people have already started to buy a 21-inch color TV. In order not to fall behind others, my parents saved 300 to 400 yuan and spent 300 to 400 yuan to buy a 17-inch black and white TV. 300 to 400 yuan. In the early 1990s, that would have cost several months' salary.

It was relatively late for me to have such a TV at home. My parents are afraid that after adding this new gadget to their family, they will indulge in it all day long and not go to school properly, which will damage their eyes and affect their reading. Especially on weekends or during winter and summer vacations when my parents go to work and I am left alone at home, my father will use a big towel to cover the TV and make a mark. If the towel is turned over and the mark disappears, my father will come home from get off work at night. A beating and scolding is inevitable for me.

I am naughty and active, so how can I bear this loneliness? At that time, the TV screen was full of martial arts movies from Hong Kong and Taiwan, and the hey-ha-he martial arts dramas were full of infinite temptation. Being crazy, I secretly took off the big towel. After watching a good TV for the day, it was time to calm down. I also knew that my father was going to come home from get off work. I then covered the big towel without anyone noticing, and the marks were restored. In the original position, my father didn't notice it several times, and I was secretly happy.

I am obsessed with watching TV. Sometimes my grandma comes over and asks me to go to dinner, but I refuse to do so. Grandma is so strong that she insists on dragging me over to eat. I just don’t want to, and I just don’t listen to you. Yes, I was so stubborn and disobedient at a young age because I was addicted to all kinds of TV.

The knob that turns the channel on the black and white TV is turned 360 degrees like pinching the ears. If the knob is broken, use a vise to clamp it and turn it 360 degrees again. The black TV has to move the antenna on the back seat left and right to receive the TV. Sometimes it is blurry like snowflakes, and I can't see clearly the image or hear the sound. I lose patience when I look at it, so I turn off the TV in a fit of anger and stop watching. Sniff the TV!

The old-fashioned black-and-white TV set that relied on fiddling with the antenna was no longer a thing of the past. When my family’s financial situation improved and I was able to afford it, I bought a 21-inch color TV set. I got married ten years ago and bought a 55cm LCD TV.

Now there are four LCD TVs of different sizes at home. This is not only a sign that the family’s economic and living conditions are becoming increasingly affluent, but also a change of the times. Society is developing, technology is progressing, and the country is getting stronger.

Chapter 6 of Qiyue Dream Large Community