Chapter 888 Installing the Phone 1

1.

In the past two years, with the rapid development of social economy and the continuous improvement of material life, the program-controlled telephone, which originally seemed unattainable, has slowly entered the homes of ordinary people.

The initial installation fee of the program-controlled telephone has slowly dropped from the initial 5,000 yuan to 3,000 yuan, and then to the current 1,500 yuan. Especially for those who do business, having a program-controlled phone at home makes everything quick and easy, and sometimes you can negotiate a business by phone without leaving the house.

Although there has been no major reform of teachers' salaries since 1993, salaries have been slowly increasing. Take spring as an example, the total salary at the time of distribution in 1993 was 212.5 yuan, and after seven or eight years of growth, the total monthly salary in spring has now reached 365.5 yuan, an increase of 58.1%. The salaries of some of the old teachers in the school have risen to four or five hundred yuan. In the case of Hushan Township, teachers' salaries are only slightly better than those of peasants facing the loess and their backs to the sky, and they are not at all comparable to those of free business operators and workers working in town-run factories or private enterprises.

But even so, program-controlled telephones inevitably began to spread in the compound of Toyama Middle School. Some wealthy masters, such as Liang Chao, who is in the business of printing test papers, and Han Changzheng, an accountant in the school cafeteria, have even used mobile phones.

The installation of the mileage control telephone in the compound of Hushan Middle School originally started with a wealthy family like Liang Chao, and then spread to dual-income families. Both husband and wife are teachers, and they have to earn close to 1,000 yuan a month, and they can install a program-controlled phone with two months' salary.

As a result, one pressed the program-controlled phone, followed by the second, the third, and finally, almost every house in the compound of Hushan Middle School installed a program-controlled phone. Of course, although there are a lot of program-controlled telephones installed in the family home, but every family regards the telephone as a baby, the telephone must be wiped every day, and then covered with a velvet cloth to prevent dust, and the telephone line must be unplugged when it thunders and rains to prevent lightning from damaging the telephone. You know, a program-controlled telephone is not cheap for one or two hundred yuan.

Going to someone else's house to borrow a phone is almost a bit of a problem. This is not to say that the teachers in the compound of Hushan Middle School are stingy, but the teachers know that although the program-controlled telephone is installed, the landline fee of 18 yuan per month is also a large expense, and the landline fee is not equivalent to the telephone fee, and the call needs to pay for additional money. Teachers are thin-skinned and try not to do things that harass others or take advantage of others. In this way, families learn from one family to another, and some families have to find a way to install a program-controlled phone even if they tighten their belts.

Compared with other teachers in the school's family home, Spring's family's financial situation has always been good. In the past, he ran an art tutoring class in the spring to make money, although the art tutoring class was stopped after getting married, Xu Dan made much more money in business than in the spring. Later, Xu Dan was also unemployed because of the demolition of the façade house on the street, and without Xu Dan's income, the family's life suddenly became a lot more tense. However, Spring still can't change his righteousness and extravagance, and Spring's salary is simply not enough for him to squander himself, let alone save money. Fortunately, Xu Dan has been in business for many years and still has a little savings in his hand, and his family's livelihood can barely be maintained.

2.

Looking at the installation of more and more program-controlled telephones on campus, spring is also tempting.

Because I made a lot of friends and classmates in the spring, the paging of spring is always "chirping" on weekdays. If it is normal working hours, you can also go to the principal's office or the education office to borrow an office phone in the spring. But if a classmate or friend is paging on a weekend or at night, the call back becomes a problem. On a few occasions, Spring was paged too urgently, so I had to cheekily go to the neighbor's house in the family home to borrow a phone. It's okay once or twice, but after a long time, I feel embarrassed in the spring. Although every spring is a few words to hurry up to end the call, each time it doesn't cost a few cents of the call fee, but the spring always feels that he owes a lot to the owner, and that feeling is indescribably uncomfortable.

So, in the spring, the idea of installing a program-controlled phone came to mind. However, in the spring, his salary will be squandered by the end of the month, and where can he get the 1,500 yuan initial installation fee? Go home and ask his parents for it? Not to mention whether Chun Shuli will give it, and they will still reach out to their parents to ask for money after they are married and have a family? Spring's cheeks are not so thick. After thinking about it, Spring set his eyes on the little savings in his wife's hand.

September 24th is the Mid-Autumn Festival, and in the evening, Spring and Xu Dan went back to Shimengouzi Village to spend a happy reunion festival with their families.

It was already nine o'clock in the evening after drinking, and Chun drove Xu Dan on a motorcycle and returned to Hushan Middle School in the bright moonlight. Maybe it was because of the festival, Xu Dan was suddenly interested that night, and she didn't want to sleep after returning to Hushan Middle School, but pestered Spring to accompany her to the school playground to admire the moon.

The moon of the Mid-Autumn Festival seems to be really different, the big and round moon is like a delicate silver plate, inlaid in the deep sky, and the silky moonlight gently sprinkles to the earth.

The playground was quiet at night, and the insects in the grass chirped tirelessly. Xu Dan and Spring sat side by side on the leading platform, Xu Dan leaned his head on Spring's shoulder with a happy face, and whispered to Spring while looking up at the moon.

As he spoke, spring brought the topic to the installation of program-controlled telephones. Spring originally thought that Xu Dan would be furious when he heard this topic, after all, Spring was reaching out to pick at Xu Dan's hard-earned savings to support his family.

But who knew that Xu Dan agreed without even thinking about it, and said that he would let the spring go to the telephone bureau early tomorrow morning to pay the money, and it would be best to use the weekend time of tomorrow and the day after tomorrow to pull the phone on.

Spring is a joy to hear.