Chapter 50 Freedom of Telephone
Although the color TV was bought, Xia Li decided not to use that old-fashioned antenna anymore,I can't receive a few stations, not to mention,I can't receive a signal at all in windy and rainy weatherγ
Out of the gate, I walked towards the family that operated cable TV in the village.
Although the village is not small, the location is not very convenient, and the cable TV has brought in the charging staff is a problem.
So I chose a family agent in the village, and charged a fee once a year, and then the people above just came to summarize it.
Xia Li's small village can have cable TV thanks to the village next door, when the cable was pulled to the next village, by the way, the small village seven or eight miles away was also pulled, otherwise the small village in the deep mountains will be idle and the egg hurts to pull it for you again.
I found someone who was a cigarette and asked for directions, but the adults in the family were not there, only an eleven or twelve-year-old child, who was told that his parents had gone to the town.
Xia Li had no choice but to give up, so he took a three-wheeled motorcycle at the entrance of the village, and the cement road drove to the Huanshan Road in a short time.
I got off the bus at the Huanshan intersection, paid the three yuan car, and then took the shuttle bus to the town.
When he arrived in the town, Xia Li went straight to the telecommunications business hall where the telephone was installed, and since there was a cable TV, he pulled the telephone line together, and it happened that the computer network was also needed.
At this time, the computer network still had to be dialed by telephone.
When the staff of the movie heard that someone wanted to install a phone, they were also very enthusiastic about Xia Li, after all, it was very expensive to install a phone at this time, and she could also have a lot of commissions.
After buying the things he needed, the most was the telephone line, and he was afraid that the line would not be enough, so he bought an extra bundle.
In addition to the village department, there is a store at the entrance of the village, because his house is too far away from the entrance of the village, so he chose a relatively close village.
When pulling the telephone line, Xia Li ran to the house with cable TV.
This time the person went home, and the men in the family were also very enthusiastic when they heard that Xia Li was going to install cable TV, because they could get a commission for each installation of one, and they would also collect cable TV fees from Xia Li's home every year.
These wires are at the end of the village department, so when he came to install, Xia Li found a few people to help pull a few wires along the wire to his house.
After answering the line and trying to have no problem, when Xia Li gave the young man who installed the phone an extra Chinese New Year's Eve yuan, it can be seen that he has just graduated from school, maybe he is just an intern, and it is not easy to come all the way here.
After sending away the installers, Xia Li did not let go of the few people who came to help, and called the family to help move the solar water heater and put it on the roof of the bathroom house built under the eaves of the back house.
The villagers didn't come to help for money, and Xia Li didn't give anyone money.
That was a bit of a feeling that your family had a lot of money and oppressed people with money, so he took out the good cigarettes he had bought in the city from the house and threw them away.
In the second half of the day, Xia Li removed all the wires at home, the previous wires were a little old, and the quality was not good, and there were more electrical appliances at home in the future.
At that time, if the wires cannot bear the load, it is easy to cause fires, and if such houses are mostly made of wood, there are still fires, which is a disaster.
It wasn't until dinner time that everything was done. Not only is it safe to reassemble the wires, but the house is also much more beautiful, no longer like a spider pulling eggs, string by string.
After the phone was installed, he first called Uncle Eleven in the city and told him that this was his home phone number.
Since Xia Li didn't contact him last time, Uncle Eleven told him the private phone number at home, and asked him to contact him if the store couldn't find him in the future.
Early the next morning, a large group of leather children came to the house, the eldest doll was about ten years old, and the younger one was only more than three years old than Yaya, and was still wearing open crotch pants.
They all sat neatly in front of the 28-inch large color TV, staring intently at the color picture on the display.
In fact, there are no longer a few families with TVs in the village, but they are all small-screen black-and-white TVs, and none of them are color.
Not to mention any cable TV, there are only two or three stations in the whole village. How can there be a TV like Xia Li's home that can change countless channels at will, so they all gather in front of the TV with Yaya.
They ignore the computer at the head of the bed, have never touched the computer, and do not understand the magic of the computer.
Xia Li asked Yaya to take some melon seeds, peanut candy and other snacks for the dolls, and then took some fruits.
These candies are obviously different from the usual hard candies, which are mostly milk candy, and are soft with a milky flavor wrapped in a fruity flavor.
But the children didn't show the craving for candy they used to have, because their whole minds were drawn to the TV show.
Not only did the children not gather at Xia Li's house, but some adults also came to visit when they were fine, touching the brand-new TV, and their eyes were full of envy.
The daughter-in-law next door walked in with a shouting voice and said, "Xiaoli has also installed a phone at your house?" β
Now the installation of a telephone not only requires a thousand yuan of boot costs, but also a landline fee of ten yuan per month, a certain price that ordinary people are really reluctant to install.
What's more, I don't know who to call in the small village, and I don't need it once or twice a year and a half.
"Xiaoli, why do you have two TVs at home?" The woman asked, pointing to the computer at the head of the bed.
Xia Li replied: "This is not a TV, it's called a computer." β
"Computers? What is a computer? β
"The computer can be connected with the outside world, it is the window of information, and you can find answers to anything you don't understand."
The woman was even more surprised when she opened her mouth: "So amazing? β
Seeing the novelty, the neighbor was like a primary school student, asking everything, and Xia Li replied a little big.
Fortunately, at this time, the mother who was calling others outside walked in to help him out, and pulled her to change the topic.
In fact, at the beginning, Xia Li pulled these household appliances over, and the family was as surprised as this group of outsiders, after all, at this time, the family's money was put on that piece of land, and they didn't understand why Xia Li suddenly had so much money.
Xia Li could only explain to them that some medicinal herbs and monkey wine were dug up in the mountains some time ago in exchange for money.
His family still believes in him very much, and besides, the money is not a blind spending, but it is all about buying something useful.
Only Xia Mu was still a little displeased, and said in her mouth: "I bought it early, I should buy it when I get married." β
But in the end, she was also amazed to see the colorful figures on TV, and there were fewer words of complaining.
50,000 yuan didn't expect to be so unspent, it was less than half of a trip, and the workers would be paid in a few days, and he was also thinking about buying a motorcycle after a while.
"It seems that the monkey wine in the space can't be kept."