Liu Hui and Guan Zanfu had no choice but to change their clothes again, remove a few patches, and wash their clothes. Finally, they decided to postpone their departure for a day.
Zhou Xiang didn't have time to deal with them because Zhou Yizhou had brought people to install the telephone.
Zhou wanted to ask his brother-in-law to take the key and follow him.
Father Zhou excitedly took the key from the wall and followed his little girl.
Zhu Hang also paused as he stretched out his hand to take the key, then called on his elder brother and younger brother to go and take a look together.
Liu Hui regretted going to the south again, but Zhou Xiang said that if he opened a shop and wanted to work with her, she agreed.
"Hurry, wash it, wring it out and hang it up to dry. We'll go take a look too."
To install a telephone, we had to pull a separate line from the post office. Apart from the post office, the grain station was the only unit in the town that had a telephone.
When the wire was pulled, the idle people in the town knew that the Zhou family, who had built a high-rise building at the food station, were going to install a telephone.
People who were bored and wanted to watch the fun followed the workers pulling the wires to see the strange thing.
Zhu Hang followed and observed which poles the telephone lines were hung on, so that he would not be at a loss when there was a fault that needed to be checked in the future.
Some people don't like to watch the string being pulled, so they follow Zhou's father and take the opportunity to see the new building.
After the Zhou family’s house was renovated, the door was often locked, so people couldn’t check in.
Father Zhou opened the door, listened to the compliments from the people behind him, and responded with a smile.
Seeing this, Zhou Xiang nodded secretly, thinking that his elder brother had indeed become much more stable after his father took him out once. He no longer grinned and laughed in an unpresentable manner like before.
Not only Zhou Xiang thought so, but Xie Lin, who was watching the fun with Zhou's father, also thought so: his cousin-in-law has changed a lot.
Those who wanted to see the Zhou family's house hesitated when they saw the gate open. Wouldn't they look out of place if they stood in such a beautiful and exquisite courtyard?
The Zhou family has already made them look up to them.
Zhou's father knew that the other end was pulling the string, so he took Xie Lin to visit the yard.
"I have to thank you for your strong support in building this building. Without you willing to sell me the land, we could only build one building at most."
Xie Lin shook his head. "These have nothing to do with me. This regulation makes it easier for people who have money and are willing to build their own houses."
"At least you didn't stop me, right?"
Xie Ling suddenly thought of Zhou Xiangxiang's plan to build a road, which he had stopped.
As soon as he said this, Zhou's father looked towards the "basin" outside the yard. Yeah! What if it rains or snows? Now that Xie Lin has stopped her, doesn't the little girl have any other ideas?
He didn't believe it. "You mean well. Such a long cement road is enough to pour several floors. Don't worry, she will find a way."
Xie Ling suddenly felt that it was too early for him to be relieved. Did Zhou Xiang really give up?
Zhou Xiang took Zhou Yizhou to visit the upstairs, and Zhou Yizhou handed her the property deeds. "You can only get two copies. I did it as I said before, but you can add people's names. If you want to add, I will take it back and re-issue it."
Zhou Yizhou felt a little embarrassed that he couldn't help his younger sister.
Zhou Xiang took it, opened it and took a look. There was no house number, only text descriptions.
It is indeed the eldest brother's name on the north building and the mother's name on the south building.
The other one is the book about Zhu Hang’s north-end building.
"It's okay, it's fine like this, you don't have to feel embarrassed."
"You've worked so hard for so long but don't have a name because you're small and a girl. But why didn't you write Uncle Zhou's name?"
"That grandfather of mine is a troublesome one. Without my father's name, we can have a legitimate quarrel."
Zhou Yizhou burst into laughter. "That Uncle Zhou is so pitiful. His father was thinking about his children, but he lost his title as a homeowner because of his father."
Zhou Xiang just smiled and took Zhou Yizhou to visit the building.
It's not that the 'old father' doesn't care about the child, but that he cares too much about the child. It's just that the child is not his own father.
After visiting the duplex, Zhou Yizhou was impressed by the furniture.
"The furniture is beautiful, the dressing room is very creative, and the curtains on this wall are even more luxurious. Did you buy so much fabric just to make these curtains?"
Zhou Xiang nodded, "Yes."
"It's too extravagant, but it's worth it. It looks great! When are you moving in?"
"Before November 19th! I'll send you the invitation on the 19th."
"No need, I'll come directly."
"That's fine. I'll call you the day before to remind you."
"OK."
After the tour, we went downstairs and found that the telephone line had been pulled to the gate of Zhou's courtyard. When the worker entered the courtyard, he was slightly stunned, and then he was convinced. When he came to the town to install a private telephone before, he thought that someone was just trying to show off their wealth, but he didn't expect that the family was really rich.
Zhou wanted to ask the installer to run the telephone line along the eaves of the first floor and along the top corner.
The worker nodded in agreement. This family would definitely not argue with him about the cost of the telephone line. Besides, it would be awkward to have a wire hanging in the middle of such a beautiful yard.
Sure enough, there were wires at the top corners of the eaves, secured with staples.
The line passed through the small hole reserved on the east side of the north building's main gate and then reached the TV cabinet. Zhou Xiang then let the telephone line drop vertically from the corner of the roof.
"Leave some more so that you can move it later if you feel it's not suitable in this location."
The worker wound it several times before cutting it. "What kind of phone do you want?"
"The dial."
The worker took out a red telephone from his toolbox and said, "This one's 300 yuan."
Zhou thought that this telephone was very similar to those in later generations, with a handle on the left and a round dial on the right.
"Okay, this is it, let's debug it!"
The worker was very happy that he had finally sold the most expensive telephone in his hand.
After debugging, the worker asked Zhou Xiang to try dialing, and Zhou Xiang asked Zhou Yizhou to make a call back.
Soon, Zhou Yizhou put down the phone and said, "It's fine. The voice is clear."
The workers finished their work, "The telephone line is over 200 meters long."
"Okay, let's count the money together."
The installer took more than 400 yuan and left five relatively good phone numbers and left.
When Mr. Zhou heard that the installation fee was 5,000 yuan and the telephone and wires cost more than 400 yuan, he felt a little distressed.
"Why is it so expensive?"
"Haha, this is required for installation. There's also a 6 yuan monthly rental fee. Calls are charged separately."
"So, you can't just let people beat you up?"
"Of course, it's the same rate as the post office, $1.20 a minute."
"Why do I suddenly feel that it would be better not to install a phone?"
"It's convenient when there's an emergency. It's also convenient for me to call home when I'm out. Here! Here's the phone number. Write it down or stick it next to the phone."
Zhou wanted to hand the note in his hand to his father.
Father Zhou looked at the number ending in 6 and nodded, "Not bad, this number is okay."
Zhou Xiang naturally knew that it was because of Zhou Yizhou, otherwise he would definitely give the number ending in 4.
The crowd watching the fun gradually dispersed. Unlike a television, the telephone could not broadcast to everyone. You had to pay for making a phone call. After watching the installation, you could leave.
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