Chapter 86 86 [Update 1]

Jiang Xi arrived at Wucheng Bus Station and carefully carried the desktop computer's Founder monitor, mainframe, keyboard, mouse and other accessories one by one out of the car, and then moved the things into the ticket hall. She asked the security guard to help her check it out before running out and calling a small tricycle. She asked the owner to help carry the things into the tricycle at the price of one yuan per person. Seeing that the owner's movements were rough and wild, she quickly shouted: "Master, be gentle, this is a computer, it costs thousands of yuan!"

She didn't say eight thousand directly for fear of scaring the master.

The master was in his forties. Although he had never heard of a computer, he was familiar with electrical appliances. The shape of the box and the pattern on it looked a bit like a TV, so he thought she had bought a TV and said with a smile, "What kind of TV costs thousands of dollars? The 19-inch color TV I just bought this year doesn't even cost thousands of dollars!"

The master emphasized his "19-inch color TV" with a show-off look on his face.

But not every household has such a big color TV. Note, it's a big color TV!

Many families still have 14-inch black and white TVs at that time. For example, the one in Jiang Xi's hand, in the eyes of the tricycle master, is obviously a 14-inch black and white TV. How could he not have a sense of superiority in front of Jiang Xi?

Jiang Xi also smiled and held it up and said, "Wow, Master, you are really amazing. You bought a 19-inch color TV for our family."

The master's proud chest was even higher.

Last year, a 25.6% anti-dumping tax was imposed on large-screen color TVs, and the path for Chinese color TVs to export to Europe was completely blocked. At the beginning of

this year, China made its first appearance in the color TV price war. Since the first month of the year, Changhong has led the entire Chinese color TV industry to launch an offensive, and has started a confrontation with Japanese brands headed by Dongzhi and Matsushima, so that the price of color TVs has been falling all the way, especially the 25-inch color TV newly launched by Changhong this year. The current market price is only 2,800, which has completely broken the high-end TV market of Japanese brands. Note ①

Because of the price reduction of large-screen color TVs, the owner of the car who had been driving around Wucheng to pick up people last year, who had been reluctant to buy a TV, finally bought a 19-inch color TV during the Spring Festival this year. In his opinion, his family's 19-inch color TV cost less than a few thousand yuan, and the little girl's suitcase looked like it could only hold a 14- or 15-inch TV at most, so how expensive could it be? She

even boasted that it cost a few thousand yuan.

But after knowing that there were electrical appliances inside, he still moved it to the back seat of the car for her carefully, and reminded her: "Sit tight and hold on, I will try to open it for you more steadily!"

At this time, a TV is considered a big item everywhere, after all, it is the first of the three major items at this time. He really broke someone else's TV, which would be troublesome.

The master was quite enthusiastic. He got off the car and helped Jiang Xi move the computer into the store.

There were only a few winter clothes left in Grandpa Jiang's store, so he started hanging spring, autumn and summer clothes.

These were all the inventory and defective items from Uncle Wang Yong's factory last year. They were packed in two large bags and sent to her together. Because they were inventory that had been pressed for a long time, they did not distinguish between spring and autumn items and summer items when packing them. They were mixed together, so it was quite troublesome for Grandpa Jiang to pack them up.

But he didn't have much else, just a lot of time.

Now the first and second year high school students haven't come to school yet, and the third year high school students are all in school and locked up. People nearby who need to buy new clothes have basically done so, except for the first two days after arriving in Wucheng. Some people wanted to buy new clothes a few years ago but had no money, and after returning home they finally had living expenses and New Year's money, so they came here to buy new clothes to wear. After all, boys and girls of this age, even if they usually wear shabby clothes, have self-esteem and vanity. When school started, they saw other classmates all had new clothes to wear, but they didn't even have a new piece of clothing, so even if they had to sell food coupons to pay the debt, they still made up enough money and bought each of them a new piece of clothing to wear.

This may be the first new clothes in their lives that they bought with their own money. They are of good quality and warm. They cherish them very much. Wearing them makes them feel like their chests are straightened.

But after a few days when the senior high school students returned to school, no customer came into the store even though Grandpa Jiang played the loud speaker every day.

Grandpa Jiang was so anxious. What should he do if he couldn't sell these clothes and couldn't pay the rent?

Grandpa Jiang was so anxious that he couldn't even enjoy his meals.

When Jiang Xi carried the computer into the store, he saw Grandpa Jiang with a worried look on his face. Unlike usual when he was lying leisurely on the rocking chair, he was now sitting on a small stool at the door of the store, looking at the empty street, hoping that someone would hear his shouting through the loudspeaker and come to his store to take a look.

Seeing that Jiang Xi had brought something in, Grandpa Jiang quickly stood up to help: "What did you buy? It's so big and heavy?"

Seeing the picture of a computer monitor on the cardboard box, he thought she bought him a TV: "Is this a TV? Why did you buy this thing for me? I have a radio!"

The radio that Jiang's father bought for Grandpa Jiang was very expensive. It was bought when Jiang's father opened the chicken farm when the business was the best. It cost a full 180 yuan. It was his big treasure, accompanying him to spend many lonely days and nights alone in the mountains.

Every day when he had nothing to do, he liked to turn on the radio. He would lie on the rocking chair, rocking back and forth and listening to the storytelling on the radio.

Televisions are expensive and tiring to the eyes, and they are not as good as his radio.

There is no computer desk in Grandpa Jiang's shop, only a small foldable table. Jiang Xi had to go to the second-hand market to find a desk and chair. In fact, the school desks and chairs are very suitable, but she didn't know if the school has any discarded desks and chairs for sale. Regardless

of whether there are any, she still went to the school to ask.

She asked the security guard first, and the security guard tilted his head: "Discarded desks and chairs? Of course there must be some, what do you want to do with the discarded desks and chairs?"

"A desk." Jiang Xi said with a smile, you know I rented a shop next door, I have nothing to do these days in the shop, and it is not convenient to read books and do papers on each desk and chair.

"You should ask Teacher Li from the logistics department, who is the manager of your library. She is in charge of these things. Go ask her. Go to the library and ask. She must be there."

No. 1 Middle School has a reading room and a library. The reading room is open to students. Students can go in and read books during the day when they have nothing to do, but they cannot take books away.

The library is only as big as a classroom. There are various tutoring books, world classics, and martial arts novels.

But generally few people borrow books, and they borrow world classics. Teacher Li does not borrow martial arts novels from outside. At most, teachers borrow them to read by themselves.

What if students read martial arts books? If the director of the political education department saw it, wouldn't she be torn to pieces?

Jiang Xi found Teacher Li from the library. Teacher Li was nearly 60 years old, with gray hair, glasses, and was not very tall. When he heard that she was here to buy discarded tables and chairs, he asked her what she was going to do with them. Jiang Xi gave the same answer.

Teacher Li asked her which class she was in, and she said she was in Class 3 of the first grade.

"From Class 3." Teacher Li lowered her eyes to a position slightly below her nose bridge and looked up at her: "What's your name?"

"Jiang Xi." Jiang Xi said with a very obedient smile.

"Oh." Teacher Li was surprised: "You are the Jiang Xi who beat Wu Zhong and got the first place in the exam?" She looked Jiang Xi up and down, "Good girl, keep working hard, I hope I can see you get the first place in the county next time."

She was in a good mood and locked the library door, and took Jiang Xi to a row of old bungalows behind the teaching building.

The classrooms in the bungalows were not big, and they were filled with abandoned tables and chairs.

She unlocked the door of a classroom during the semester and said, "Some of the tables and chairs in this classroom are still usable. You can pick them out. When you're done, come to the library and let me know so I can register."

Jiang Xi looked inside and saw that the tables and chairs were placed normally underneath, and they were stacked upside down on the tables and chairs below. Half of the classroom was filled with double tables and chairs.

Now No. 1 Middle School has replaced the single tables, where one person sits at one table and can put their things in the drawer of the table. The replaced double tables are not wasted. After the new dormitory building is built, each dormitory will have such a double table for students to read, study and store things.

In the old male dormitory, each dormitory has a double table, which is used by faculty and staff. The single apartment for faculty and staff built later also has a discarded double table.

The lobby of the cafeteria is also filled with such tables for students to eat. The

locked tables and chairs in the classroom next door are all broken and unusable. The double tables and chairs in this classroom are still usable, but the paint has fallen off, making them look mottled and old.

After Jiang Xi picked a table and chair, he first moved the table to the library in front, and then moved the chair over.

Teacher Li was sitting by the window of the library, holding a notebook in her hand: "Have you chosen? One dollar, take it away."

Although these tables and chairs were already discarded, they were the school's property after all, so Teacher Li couldn't just give them to the students.

Jiang Xi took out a dollar and handed it to Teacher Li. Seeing that it was time to end the class, he ran to Class 8 of Grade 3, found Jiang Bai and Tong Jingang, and asked them to help him move the tables and chairs.

Jiang Bai has always been a quiet person who works hard. When he heard his sister calling him, he didn't say a word and ran downstairs quickly with his long legs. Tong Jingang put away his books, opened the chair and followed him: "Wait for me!"

Hearing Jiang Xi say that the table and chair were bought from Teacher Li, Tong Jingang still had some nostalgia: "We had a table like this when we were in the first year of high school. Your second brother and I were at the same table. Later, we changed to a single table." He also separated him and Jiang Bai from sitting.

Jiang Bai was not so tall when he was in the first year of high school. He sat in the front and he sat in the back. Who knew that the boy behind him would grow faster and faster, and his height would directly catch up with him, and he was still growing. If he continued to grow, he would surpass him.

Tong Jingang lifted the table and held it on his head, running towards the front door. Jiang Bai also picked up the chairs and sent them to Grandpa Jiang's store, and then returned to school to continue his class.

The security guard knew what they were doing, and when he saw that they were sending the tables and chairs out, he didn't say anything, just said, "Go quickly and come back soon."

The two guys had long legs and ran very fast.

After Jiang Xi put the tables and chairs against the wall at the end of the bed, he took out the computer and placed it on the table, plugged in the sockets, and plugged in all kinds of keyboards and mice, and then turned on the computer. The

computer system is Win95, which is not yet popular in Wucheng, so it is the first in Wucheng.

She used the computer for a while. The important typing software, Wubi, Yahoo Mail, MSN, and the popular Minesweeper and Poker games were all installed in the Shanghai Science and Technology Bookstore.

Seeing that there was still time, she took a taxi to the post office.

Today, the postal service and telecommunications have not been separated, and China Mobile and China Unicom have not yet separated. The network cable still needs to be plugged into the modem (modem) through the telephone line to access the Internet. The Internet fee is also directly deducted from the phone bill. In other words, if she wants to go online, she must first pull a telephone line.

Nowadays, more and more people are installing telephones. Unlike a few years ago, you had to make an appointment a long time in advance to install a telephone line, and not everyone could do it. Now, not only is the price much cheaper, but the Wucheng Post and Telecommunications Bureau is even promoting it, with a telephone line costing only 2,500 yuan.

In addition, Jiang Xi also had to buy a 56K two-port modem to plug in the telephone line.

After all, Wucheng is a small city, and there are not many people installing telephones, otherwise the Post and Telecommunications Bureau would not have to promote it. She paid the money fairly quickly, but it is said that it will take a while for the service to be activated. After

Jiang Xi finished all this, she returned to the store and started typing. After typing, there was no internet, so she could not send it by email, so she saved it in the computer and sent it together after the telephone line was activated.

Anyway, there are enough manuscripts stored there to last for a long time. Moreover, with a telephone, it will be much more convenient for Wang Yong, the publishing house, and the TV station to contact her if there is anything. They don't have to go through Teacher Wang.

Grandpa Jiang watched his granddaughter tinkering with this computer all afternoon. He didn't know that Jiang Qi spent more than 10,000 yuan to buy a computer and install an Internet cable in order to write. Seeing that the display screen was only a little over 14 inches, he thought it was the same price as the small TVs on the market.

He is a little old man who is very curious and eager to explore all new things. When he saw his granddaughter playing with this computer thing, he did not preach. When he saw his granddaughter's fingers flying, typing on the keyboard for two hours, he watched with relish.

After his granddaughter was done, he came over curiously and asked her: "This thing can't watch TV or search for channels. What is it used for?"

Jiang Xi told Grandpa Jiang what a computer is, how to use it, the role it can play in technology, and how its appearance will change our lives in the future, just like Grandpa Jiang taught her to speak over and over again when she was a child, and how to identify various plants, flowers and birds on the mountain.

The future that Jiang Xi talked about sounded like Arabian Nights to Grandpa Jiang, but it also appeared so real in front of him. For example, in the past, only letters could be used to transmit information, but now people have learned to use telephones to transmit sounds over thousands of miles. In the past, only shadow puppetry could be watched, but now radios have appeared to listen to the voices of storytellers from afar, and to watch TV to see the images performed by people.

He himself entered the new era from the old era and personally experienced all the rapid development. He had no doubts about what his granddaughter said about the impact of computers on people's lives and technology in the future. He was just amazed and happy that he was also in this era and had the opportunity to see the arrival of such an era.

"That's great!" Grandpa Jiang's hand was shaking as he touched the computer monitor, as if he was afraid of damaging the computer that his granddaughter had praised so much. He also felt a little regretful that he was already old and frail when he saw these.

But he smiled at his granddaughter again.

Although he was not born in such a good era, he finally caught up with it and could see his grandchildren living in such a good era.

Good, really good!