CHAPTER 110: CHAPTER 110: TELEVISION

"Xiaoxiao, you’re back? Did you bring the TV?"

The two younger brothers squeezed out from the crowd with faces full of excitement.

A bunch of kids followed behind, immediately staring eagerly at Su Xiaoxiao, their eyes filled with clear admiration, as if she were some kind of savior.

Liu Xiaoxiao was dumbfounded. What’s going on here?

Before she could ask, Su Jianwu impatiently spoke up, "Xiaoxiao, did you bring the TV back? We called some classmates to watch TV at home."

As he spoke, he tiptoed and craned his neck to look at the back seat of Su Xiaoxiao’s car.

Seeing the empty back seat, the light in his eyes instantly went out.

Only then did Su Xiaoxiao remember that the village got electricity today, and she had promised her younger brothers to bring back the TV.

The TV was actually in her small warehouse, but with so many eyes watching, how could she bring it out?

While she was hesitating, she heard Su Jianwen say, "It’s okay, Xiaoxiao. If you forgot, you can bring it back tomorrow."

Even though he said that, his eyes were full of disappointment.

Seeing the two of them like this, Su Xiaoxiao felt a bit uncomfortable. As she was thinking about how to get the TV out, she saw a chubby kid with a runny nose squeeze out from the crowd.

"Their family is so poor they can’t even afford a radio. How could they possibly afford a TV? Maybe she’s lying to us."

The speaker was Wang Erzi, who always looked down on the Su family’s two younger brothers.

As soon as he finished speaking, someone immediately chimed in.

"Yeah, weren’t they going to show us a TV? Where is it? I haven’t even seen a hair of it."

"Honestly, we got excited for nothing. If I had known, I would have gone to Erzi’s house to listen to the radio instead."

A group of kids started gossiping, and the two younger brothers’ faces immediately darkened.

Su Jianwen stubbornly opened his mouth, "I’m not lying. If my sister says she can get it, she can get it."

Su Jianwu nodded in agreement.

"Pah, stop pretending to be rich when you’re not."

"Yeah, yeah, everyone scatter. Let’s go to Erzi’s house to listen to the radio."

Wang Erzi proudly straightened his back, "Who wants to listen to the radio? Raise your hand!"

As soon as he finished speaking, more than half of the people raised their hands.

Wang Erzi smugly thought that the Su family was so poor, how could they afford a TV that even his family couldn’t buy?

Su Jianwu bit his lip, "My sister wouldn’t lie to us. Maybe the TV is too heavy, and she left it at the department store for now."

"Hah, lying even at this point? You think we’re idiots?"

Someone’s comment caused the whole crowd to burst into laughter.

At this moment, a melodious female voice suddenly rang out from the crowd, "It’s just a TV, wait here, I’ll go get it."

After speaking, Su Xiaoxiao ruffled the heads of the two younger brothers, "The TV is too heavy, I asked someone to help bring it back, I’ll go get it now."

As she spoke, she smiled at the group of kids, "Anyone who wants to watch TV, stay here, the TV is coming soon."

As soon as Su Xiaoxiao left, the kids started discussing excitedly.

"Could she really have a TV?"

"How is that possible? Maybe she’s just stalling for time, her family can’t possibly have a TV that even Erzi’s family can’t buy?"

"But their sister is said to be a clerk at a department store in the city..."

Wang Erzi glared, "If they have it, why didn’t they bring it directly? I bet there’s nothing. We could wait here till dawn and not see a TV."

Hearing this, the kids started to have doubts again.

Su Jianwu puffed out his cheeks, "My sister never lies. Believe it or not."

Su Jianwen nodded along, "If you don’t want to watch, then leave."

"Alright, whoever wants to go home with me to listen to the radio, follow me."

Wang Erzi suddenly shouted, and immediately more than half the people followed him, about to leave.

Wang Erzi smugly glanced at the two younger brothers, leading the group away with swaggering steps.

The group hadn’t walked far when they heard an exclamation from behind.

"Wow, it’s really a big TV."

"I’ve never seen a TV like this before, it’s my first time."

"Can this be watched just by plugging it in?"

Several kids circled around Su Xiaoxiao, their eyes full of curiosity.

Upon hearing this, Wang Erzi and the others immediately turned their heads to see Su Xiaoxiao holding a big, boxy package, which looked quite heavy.

The paper wrapper on the box was printed with an image of a TV.

"Could she really have bought a TV?"

Wang Erzi’s eyes widened in disbelief as he walked up to Su Xiaoxiao and looked her up and down.

After a while, he frowned, "Isn’t the box empty?"

Su Xiaoxiao rolled her eyes at him, "You’ll find out if it’s empty soon enough."

After finishing her words, she handed the TV over to the two younger brothers, "You two take responsibility for moving the TV inside, I’m going to park the bike."

The two younger brothers, who had been hanging their heads, immediately perked up, quickly yet cautiously receiving the TV and inching it sideways into the house.

After parking her bike, Su Xiaoxiao turned around and exclaimed, "Geez, from the way they move, one might think crabs had turned into humans!"

Without hesitation, she walked over and gave each of them a light kick on the backside, "This isn’t porcelain, handle it with care but hurry up, don’t block the door."

The two younger brothers slightly quickened their pace, but their movements remained cautious. The group of kids following them held their breath, afraid a single sneeze might damage the precious TV.

Liu Cuilan came out from the inner room, just in time to see the two brothers cautiously carrying a big item into the living room, and asked curiously, "What on earth are you two carrying?"

The two younger brothers were concentrating so hard that Liu Cuilan’s sudden voice startled them, nearly causing the TV to drop on their feet, making their hearts skip a beat.

Su Jianwu immediately expressed his dissatisfaction, "Mom, what are you doing? We almost dropped the TV."

"What? Is there a TV inside?"

Liu Cuilan exclaimed in surprise, almost scaring the wits out of her sons.

She turned to glare at Su Xiaoxiao, "Such a precious TV, how can you let them carry it? What if they dropped it by accident?"

Speaking of which, she hurriedly shouted into the house, "Wenbing, Fusheng, come out quickly."

It’s the weekend, so Su Wenbing and Su Fusheng were both home. Hearing their mother’s urgent call, they thought something had happened and rushed out in their slippers.

As soon as they came out, they saw their brothers huffing and puffing with the TV and a large group of kids behind them, wondering what was going on.

Seeing them, Liu Cuilan quickly directed, "Wenbing and Fusheng, hurry up and move this to that table over there, and be sure to place it securely."

Just then, Su Fusheng’s hand slipped, nearly causing the TV to crash to the floor.