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Chapter 8 Coercion and Inducement

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  In the following days, Lin Hong almost became a regular customer of the waste collection station. On the one hand, he continued to dig up the components he needed from the pile of waste, adding bricks and tiles to his first "stone radio". On the other hand, he did not stop learning about professional knowledge in this area.

  He often went to Lao Xu's house every few days to borrow a big book, and he devoured it day and night without distinction. His knowledge of electronics was also rapidly enriching.

  Although Old Xu found it strange that he kept borrowing all sorts of books, he never asked him anything and instead gave Lin Hong even greater privileges, specially assigning a key to him so that when he was out on business and not at home, Lin Hong could still go there to borrow books.

  Old Xu had asked Lin Hong several times about the progress of that mineral radio, and at that time, Lin Hong would scratch his head in embarrassment and reply that it was still being debugged.

  Although Old Xu often let him ask when he didn't understand something, Lin Hong was too embarrassed to bother him. Anyway, the knowledge was all in the book, and he'd rather solve it himself by reading.

  In order to avoid drawing too much attention from teachers and classmates, he gradually learned the doctrine of mediocrity, no longer being so special, his homework started getting done on time, and exams were no longer blank sheets.

  Of course, the accuracy of the questions is within his control range. He gradually climbed from last place to tenth from the bottom and then began to fluctuate up and down irregularly.

  Time slipped away unnoticed, and Lin Hong had already turned nine years old, smoothly entering the third grade without any controversy. Compared to other children of the same age who felt like they were just passing the days, Lin Hong didn't feel that way at all, because whether it was day or night, he was completely immersed in the magical world of electronics, greedily and thirstily absorbing the nutrients of knowledge.

  This time, Lin Hong once again finished reading the "Principles of Communication" which was a thick book with over 500 pages. He came to the waste collection station early in the morning, intending to return the book to Old Xu and then search for an electric cable among the used electrical appliances to finally perfect his "stone radio".

  Before he could even open his mouth, Old Xu spoke up first:

  "Lin Hong, you're just in time. I'm going to the county town today and need someone to keep an eye on things at home for Grandpa."

  "Okay. Uncle Xu, when will you be back?"

  "Hmm, it might be as early as tomorrow afternoon." Old Xu hesitated for a moment before saying, "If it's convenient in the evening, you can also stay here. I'll go and greet my father and ask him to help take a look."

  The current situation is no longer the same as before, and the social atmosphere has deteriorated a lot. Although a batch was severely cracked down on in previous years, there are still some idle young people who think about evil thoughts every day and do not take the right path.

  There are not a few things in the waste collection station, although they are all old items, but together they can be considered a considerable fortune. However, what Old Xu is worried about is not those things, what he values most is that bookcase and the wireless radio.

  Lin Hong often ran to this side, his father Lin Changming was aware of it. I don't know why, but the other party not only did not oppose it, but also very much agreed with it. He repeatedly reminded Lin Hong not to be naughty and mischievous at Old Xu's place, and in his words, he seemed to have great respect for Old Xu.

  Later, Lin Changming found that Lin Hong often read books at home. When he learned that those books were borrowed from Old Xu, he specially brought wine and meat to visit Old Xu several times. Of course, as for the specific content of the books, Lin Changming had never paid attention to it.

  Lao Xutou hastily left, and Lin Hong's uncooperative heart suddenly started pounding rapidly. The first thought that came to his mind was to try out Lao Xutou's extremely powerful wireless radio again.

  After that, although he had seen Old Xu standing beside the radio many times to listen to others' calls, he never took the initiative to respond. Lin Hong also didn't have a chance to touch this radio alone since then, but his heart was always tightly attached to it.

  So this time, Old Xu's trip away from home is a perfect opportunity.

  At this time, he was no longer the Amun of yesterday. He had already finished reading many thick books on wireless communication, so he also had some understanding of the indicator lights and knobs on the radio panel.

  With an excited heart, Lin Hong opened the door with his key and came in front of the wireless radio.

  Although he had a lot of basic knowledge, when facing such a complex operation panel again, Lin Hong still felt uneasy in his heart. He found the key switch and was about to turn on the radio when he suddenly heard someone outside shouting "Old Xu".

  "Old Xu is here—is he or isn't he?"

  His voice was extremely loud and high-pitched, but seeing no response from the other side, he shouted again:

  "Old Xu, where did he die?"

  This time Lin Hong knew who it was, he looked at the radio with some reluctance and got up to walk outside.

  "Grandpa Sun." Lin Hong walked out of the house and shouted at the person who was muttering to himself.

  The newcomer was Lao Sun, and the other party was still the same as before. He wore a large white horse cloak on his upper body and a pair of thousand-layered cotton shoes on his feet. Although he was already old and not very tall, standing in the middle of the courtyard, Lin Hong seemed to see a sharp and revealing long gun, but with a kind of majestic and powerful feeling.

  "Lin Hongxiao, is that right? Where's Old Xu?" Old Sun walked up to Lin Hong and stretched his neck to take a peek inside the house.

  "Grandpa Xu has something to do today and went to the county town."

  "He actually went to the county town... This old guy is really something, didn't we agree to play chess today?"

  Old Sun's face showed dissatisfaction, he ran here with great enthusiasm, but didn't expect to end up empty-handed.

  "Uncle Xu said that he will be back at the earliest tomorrow afternoon." Lin Hong was worried about the wireless radio and secretly prayed for Old Sun to leave quickly.

  From the neighboring village to here, the distance is not considered close. Old Sun was unwilling to make a trip in vain, so he stroked his somewhat white beard and finally fixed his gaze on Lin Hong, whereupon his eyes lit up.

  Lin Hong was stared at by his bright eyes, and he felt a little flustered in his heart, and quickly shifted his gaze. He had always thought that this old man's eyes were so bright that they made people afraid, always reminding him of the wolf dog's eyes in the village chief's house.

  "Haha, it's okay if Old Xu isn't here. Lin Hong, come and play chess with me."

  When Old Xu was around, Old Sun almost never won. The taste of losing every day wasn't pleasant, but he couldn't do anything about it. Who made him fall in love with this anyway?

  In their village, no one dared to play chess with him. Often, just a glance would make the opponent's legs go soft and admit defeat directly. Only Old Xu was brave enough to compete with him until his face turned red and his neck thickened.

  "I... I don't play chess." Lin Hong hastily declined, he didn't want to stay with this old man, for some reason, in front of him, he felt uncomfortable all over.

  Lao Sun didn't care about these things, and pulled Lin Hong over, saying: "It's nothing, I won't deliberately learn it. Grandpa is in a good mood today, let's play chess."

  Lin Hong struggled desperately, but how could he escape? Old Sun's hand was like a tiger's claw, pinning him down so that he couldn't move at all.

  "Grandpa Sun, I really don't know how to..." Lin Hong felt extremely wronged, struggling with all his might, his wrist hurt so much that it was about to break, and tears were almost flowing out.

  Lao Sun's eyebrows twitched and his face changed color as he shouted:

  "Don't cry!"

  Lin Hong was suddenly frightened and stunned.

  "A real man, a big husband, bleeds but doesn't shed tears!" Old Sun shouted with a stern face, "In his childhood, he was injured and left with a disability in his legs, but it is precisely so that one should be self-reliant and strong! In life, if you can't even look up to yourself, what right do you have to want others to look up to you? Wanting others to look up to you, becoming a superior person, first of all requires confidence and self-strengthening! What is disability? This is the heavens' test for one's will, 'Heaven will entrust a great responsibility to someone, but must first temper their mind and spirit, labor their muscles and bones, starve their body and skin, empty and weaken their body...'"

  Old Xu's words were like the Huangzhong Daliu, lingering in Lin Hong's ears for a long time. Although he only half understood these words at this moment, they were deeply engraved on his heart and had a profound impact on his life afterwards.

  After a long while, Old Sun turned his head to see Lin Hong still standing there speechless, his mind clear and he had come back to himself. He secretly thought that his habit of liking to scold people had acted up again.

  Then he hastily added with a forced smile: "Lin Hong, look at it this way... I'll let you have one of each of the car, horse and cannon. If you can win against me, I'll teach you a method to make your legs and feet more agile."

  Make your legs and feet flexible?

  Lin Hong didn't hear what was said at the beginning, but the latter half of the sentence made his eyes light up.

  "Really? Can it really make my legs and feet more agile?" he asked excitedly.

  "Of course, how could Grandpa cheat? Hehe, to tell the truth, Grandpa is a Kung Fu master! Do you know what Kung Fu is? Hoo-ha! Ha! Haaa!" As he spoke, Old Sun Head made several extremely powerful poses on the spot, with accompanying sound effects.

  "Good!" Lin Hong answered without hesitation, stretching out his small right palm and saying, "A gentleman's word..."

  Lao Sun's head slightly stunned, then reacted and stretched out his right palm to meet him, responding:

  "It's hard to catch up with a runaway chariot!"

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