And Jiang Mianmian had also been assembling a TV for the whole day, using both her mind and her body, feeling both tired and hungry.
When it came time to eat, at the dining table, the two kids took turns, you one bowl, I one bowl, eating merrily.
However, Jiang Mianmian was still young, and being a girl, she couldn’t eat as much as Yu Cheng, and after just two bowls of rice, she was full.
In the end, Yu Cheng ate all six dishes Su Wanyu had made, and only then did he lean back in his chair with satisfaction, patting his stomach.
The next morning, Yu Cheng and Jiang Mianmian rode their bicycles to the steel mill again, leaving home after 7 in the morning and not returning until 3 or 4 in the afternoon, keeping the two kids on their winter break even busier than Jiang Changhai, a worker with a regular job.
It took them three whole days to finally complete the color TV.
When she saw the TV take shape, Jiang Mianmian could hardly contain her excitement. Suppressing the thrill in her heart, she shook Yu Cheng’s arm, "Brother Yu, the TV is done. Let’s try it out quickly."
"Okay," Yu Cheng was also a bit excited.
Over the past few days, he had watched at Jiang Mianmian’s side as she assembled all sorts of big and small parts together and, through soldering, turned those small components into the TV in front of them. Now, he just wanted to turn on the TV quickly to see if it really was in color.
Yu Cheng carried the TV back to the leader’s office, Jiang Mianmian connected the power and antenna, and then pressed the power button on the TV.
Both held their breath, focusing intently on the screen in front of them, waiting until the familiar snow flurries appeared.
Jiang Mianmian crouched down, starting to tune the TV one station at a time.
When she had tuned the TV and saw the colorful images on the screen, her heart finally settled.
Great, she had finally made a color TV in reality.
Seeing the colorful images, Yu Cheng couldn’t help but step forward as if to take a closer look, to see if the TV in front of him was really in color.
After he confirmed once more that the TV really was in color, he looked at Jiang Mianmian in amazement.
Little Lamb had actually made a color TV, and had succeeded on the first try!
Jiang Mianmian gently patted the color TV and looked at Yu Cheng proudly, "Brother Yu, how’s that? I’m amazing, aren’t I?"
Yu Cheng nodded sincerely, then stretched out his hand to ruffle Jiang Mianmian’s hair, "Little Lamb, when you have time, make one for me too. Grandpa still has a black and white TV at home."
The girl didn’t realize what making a color TV meant; he would have to report it and take the credit on her behalf.
"Sure, Brother Yu, there’s still some of the material you brought over left, and I think making another one shouldn’t be a problem," Jiang Mianmian said, looking at the remaining materials.
The materials Jiang Mianmian needed were only available at the TV factory, and Yu Cheng, afraid he wouldn’t bring enough and it wouldn’t be sufficient, bought several sets of everything, regardless.
This would allow Little Lamb several chances to experiment.
But he hadn’t anticipated that Jiang Mianmian would succeed on her first try, so now the remaining materials were more than enough to make another TV.
"That’s great, when I bring this TV back for Grandpa to see, he will definitely be very happy," Yu Cheng said joyfully.
"Yeah, then Brother Yu, let’s come back tomorrow and make the TV for you," Jiang Mianmian suggested, looking up.