Back in the 1980s, hiking in the mountains was also a way of life

Chapter 1038: Protecting the Autumn Grain and Fighting the Autumn Encirclement

When the bell rang, Wang An was not in a hurry to go to the garrison, but planned to unload all the things on the car first.

The main thing is that every time there is a meeting in the village, the villagers go there one after another. It is useless to go too early, and they will just be waiting there.

When Wang An was unloading things, Mu Xueqing beside him suddenly twitched her nose twice. It was obvious that she smelled the feminine scent on Wang An.

But it can be seen that Mu Xueqing didn't care. Instead, she said with a smile:
"I only know those two from Gu County. You haven't been to Sister Shen Wei's place for several days, right?"

When Wang An heard this, his body suddenly stiffened, mainly because he had clearly taken a shower at Fang Xiu'e's place.

Besides, on the way back, Wang An rode a sidecar all the way, so any smell on his body should have been blown away, but his wife's nose was really amazing. She could smell it even like this. There was nothing he could do about it.

Although his body was stiff, Wang An's expression did not change at all. Instead, he said with a sly smile:

"Wife, you are so nice. You still care about Sister Shen Wei. Hehehehe."

Mu Xueqing rolled her eyes at Wang An and said:

"Hmph, just wait and see, you are nothing."

Wang An smiled awkwardly and quickly interrupted with a smile:
"Well, wife, please help me find 6 batteries. I went to the county today and got you a good thing. You will definitely be surprised when you see it, hehehehe".

The good thing Wang An was talking about was naturally the tape recorder, but the electricity at home was not yet connected, so the tape recorder could only use batteries for the time being.

It must be said that these days, whether it is a radio or a tape recorder, their designs are very user-friendly, because these things can use both alternating current, that is, plugging directly into the power supply, and direct current, that is, batteries.

In this way, these things can be used even in remote mountain villages without electricity.

But then again, in that era, neither radios nor tape recorders were affordable for ordinary families, so this rather user-friendly design was actually of little use in rural areas.

Upon hearing this, Mu Xueqing immediately asked curiously:

"What did you buy again?"

Wang An smiled mysteriously, then raised his eyebrows and said:
"You'll know in a moment. Go find the battery first."

Mu Xueqing rolled her eyes at Wang An again before turning around and going into the house.

Soon, Wang An removed all the wires and other things, went into the house holding the military coat wrapped around the tape recorder, and Mu Xueqing also took out the batteries.

When Wang An opened his military coat and took out the tape recorder, Mu Xueqing said in surprise:

"Oh, you bought a tape recorder?"

As she spoke, Mu Xueqing looked at the single-card recorder carefully.

In fact, tape recorders have been sold in supply and marketing cooperatives for a long time, but at that time, tape recorders were almost on the same level as televisions. Not only were they extremely expensive to buy, but you also needed tickets or industrial coupons.

Wang An nodded and smiled:
"Yeah, I bought it especially for you, so you can listen to music when you have nothing to do at home, how nice, hehehehe"

As he spoke, Wang An took out the eight tapes from his coat pocket and said again:

"These are tapes. There are only a few of them. I took one of each. I looked and saw that all the songs you heard on the radio should be on these tapes."

After looking at it for a while, Mu Xueqing couldn't wait to say:

"Quick, how do you use this thing? Teach me." Wang An pointed to a row of buttons on the recorder and said:
"This is for opening the cover, this is for playing, this is for fast forward, this is for rewinding, and this is for recording. You need a microphone to record."

The tape recorder is very easy to operate. After Wang An demonstrated it once, Mu Xueqing knew how to use it.

After teaching Mu Xueqing, Wang An said:

"We don't have electricity at home right now, so you can just put the battery in first. When we have electricity at home, this thing can be plugged in."

As he spoke, Wang An put the batteries into the recorder and said:

"Okay, press play."

Mu Xueqing looked at Wang An with excitement, and then pressed the play button very carefully.

As Mu Xueqing pressed the play button, a divine song that almost all Chinese people have heard began to play:
"Sweet, your smile is sweet, like flowers blooming in the spring breeze, blooming in the spring breeze, where is it?"

It must be said that although the tape recorders of that era were expensive, there was a reason for their high price. In terms of sound quality, they were not inferior to the audio equipment of later generations.

Soon, Mu Xueqing started humming along, shaking her head as she sang, looking intoxicated.

Wang An looked at Mu Xueqing who was concentrating on listening to the song and said with a smile:

"How is it? Is this thing good? Do you want it? Hahahaha."

But after Wang An finished speaking, Mu Xueqing rolled her eyes at him, pointed at the recorder, and continued to hum along with her head shaking, as if she was afraid of missing even a word of the lyrics.

Wang An was stunned when he saw Mu Xueqing's performance. Then he raised his eyebrows, looked at Mu Xueqing with a smile, and listened to this familiar divine song together.

When the song ended, Mu Xueqing touched the outer shell of the recorder and said with emotion:

"It's better to listen to music on a tape recorder. There's no wa-wa-wa-wa sound or crackling sound. Every time I listen to music and hear that sound, I get mad."

What Mu Xueqing was talking about was actually the electric current sound of the radio.

Xing'an Township has a radio station that broadcasts, and although Kaoshantun is not far from Xing'an Township, the noise in the radio is still very heavy. Sometimes when the signal is not good, the noise is even louder than the normal broadcast sound.

The "wa la wa la" and "zi la zi la" sounds not only make people feel tingling in their ears, but also make their head buzz.

Although this sound is annoying, being able to listen to a radio in that era is already a great thing, so it did not prevent people from loving the radio.

Wang An couldn't help laughing when he heard this and said:
"Now we have a tape recorder, so you can use it to listen to music in the future. When our house has electricity, we won't even have to buy batteries. You can listen to music all day and all night long without anyone noticing."

In Wang An's view, everything is the same. Once the novelty wears off, people will gradually lose interest in it, just like television in later generations, which is completely a decoration and no one will even watch it.

Just as Wang An and Mu Xueqing were listening to music together, Wang Li suddenly ran over and shouted in the yard:
"Fourth brother, fourth brother, the village chief wants you to attend a meeting. It seems to be about protecting the autumn crops and harvesting crops."

When Wang An heard the shout, he sucked his teeth with helplessness on his face. Sure enough, the reason why Sun Dafu rang the bell at this moment was because he was waiting for him.

Thanks to “The Big Emperor of the Empire” for the reward, thank you very much!

Thanks to “Hei Aniu Ge” for the reward, thank you very much!

I wish you two brothers happy every day, joyful every day, and prosperous every day!
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(End of this chapter)