Chapter 322 Telephone Installation Application
The wedding banquet in the evening was even more lively, and everyone in the Li family was also in high spirits.
After dinner in the evening, Deng Ming put aside the things that made him confused and started chatting about things in the city with the young people from the village who came to help.
"Uncle, uncle, and aunt, we have to go back. There are still a lot of things waiting for us in the city."
Zhao Yi looked at his two uncles and aunt and said.
"You guys are busy, it's good enough that you can spare some time to come and play, please drive slowly."
No one tried to try to keep him. Zhao Yi's family situation was different from that of others. If he didn't have a job, he would be busy working at home. It would take at least two or three days to visit relatives before he could leave.
Otherwise, these relatives will get up early in the morning to hide your pants and clothes and force you to agree to play for two more days before they return them to you.
"Anyway, you have to come to the city in a couple of days, so we can get together then."
Zhang Jing said with a smile.
Upon hearing this, Li Baoyu's face turned red and he didn't dare to look up.
Everyone in the Li family looked at Deng Ming with a smile, and the boy also acted like an ostrich with a red face.
"Master Zhao, thank you for making the trip."
Second uncle Li Dalin took out a pack of cigarettes and handed it to Zhao Laowu.
"What are you talking about, uncle? Brother Yi and I don't need to say these things. We will leave first and wait for good news from you."
Zhao Laowu also teased Deng Ming and Li Baoyu, then drove the tractor and took everyone to Shanyang County. My aunt and uncle got off the tractor at the edge of the city, and after saying a few words to Zhao Yi and Zhang Jing about their parents, they watched the tractor slowly disappear into the night.
It was ten o'clock in the evening when the group finally arrived at the department store.
"I'll take Xiao Deng home first, and we'll drink when I get back. Wife, please prepare the snacks."
Zhao Yi pushed out the bicycle, but of course he didn't ride the bicycle to send Deng Ming back, but just watched him go to the intersection.
When Zhang Jing got home, she had already taken out the wine from the top shelf in the utility room, made a plate of peanuts, fried some potato chips, then washed up and went to her room to rest.
“This wine is not cheap.”
Zhao Laowu looked at Zhao Yi and smiled.
"Your sister-in-law is not a stingy person. We are all brothers, not outsiders. Drink as much as you want."
Zhao Yi opened the Fenjiu, which was a high-end Fenjiu. It was sold at eight yuan a bottle in the department store. Most people couldn't afford it. This was a gift from someone when Zhao Yi was a maintenance man. It had been there for several years. After finishing these two bottles, there were still three bottles left.
Zhang Jing was reluctant to give it away as gifts, even when her father came she would give him some cheaper wine.
The three of them drank two bottles of wine, and then took out two bottles of loose liquor from somewhere. When they woke up, they saw the two people still lying on the table. Zhao Laowu smiled and pushed Zhao Yi.
"Three immediate retributions."
Zhang Jing had already prepared breakfast by then. She glanced over here and said.
"Wife, why didn't you call me yesterday so I could help them go to their room to rest."
Zhao Yi looked at Zhang Jing reproachfully and said.
"Come on, I've been yelling for who knows how long, and I woke up Xiaohui and the others. The four of us couldn't move the three of you even a little bit, and you even pushed Xiaohui away and almost fell to the ground.
I'm already drunk with just this little bit of wine, what a joke. Come on, Brother Liu, Lao Wu, let's continue drinking. ”
Zhang Jing looked at Zhao Yi in a sarcastic tone and imitated him.
Zhao Yi felt a little embarrassed, as if he remembered that he got drunk last night and still dragged the two of them to drink, and the two of them did the same. The three of them were reluctant to leave the table and picked up the empty bottles to continue pouring wine.
Zhang Jing asked Luo Hui and the others to go upstairs to rest and not to worry about the three retributions in this life.
The two felt a little embarrassed, so after eating, they said hello to Zhao Yi and Zhang Jing and left.
"In the future, you should drink like this. After drinking, you sleep anywhere. You are almost like the old man in the alley. He sleeps wherever he is drunk."
Zhang Jing pinched Zhao Yi and said.
"knew."
Zhao Yi quickly agreed.
"You know that? I told you to drink less. If you get drunk like this next time, I'll show you how I'll deal with you."
After Zhang Jing finished speaking, she prepared to rush back to the store, and before leaving she glared at Zhao Yi fiercely.
"You waited for me to come back."
Feeling a little dizzy, Zhao Yi returned to his room to rest.
When I woke up and looked at my watch, it was already past one in the afternoon. I quickly washed up, changed my clothes, and rushed to the store.
"Head of the household, go and apply to see if you can install a telephone at home. Zheng Hongtao called to place an order and said that it would be troublesome not to have a telephone at home."
Zhang Jing saw Zhao Yi rushing over and said quickly.
"Okay, I'll go ask now."
Zhao Yi nodded and agreed.
Telephone communication is not convenient nowadays. Normally, we have to write letters when we have something to ask, and it takes about seven days for a letter to be delivered.
If there was an emergency, I would go to the telegraph office to send a telegram. Telegrams were charged by the word count. Words were precious, so when writing a message I would always try to keep the number of words to a minimum, as long as it was understandable.
There are several public telephones in the city, but few people have telephones at home. If you want to make a long-distance call, you usually have to go to a public telephone booth.
Moreover, the other party may not answer the call immediately when you call. It is very likely that the phone you call is a landline in a public telephone booth, and it will take time for the other party to call someone to answer the call.
For example, it was not that troublesome for Zhao Yi to contact Zhang Zhiyuan. He could just call his office directly. Zhang Zhiyuan had told Zhao Yi what time he would be in the office.
Also, installing a telephone is quite expensive now, almost several hundred yuan, including the cost of the telephone line, the installation fee, and the landline network fee. The total price is about four hundred yuan. This price is acceptable to many families, but the monthly rent is a considerable burden.
Twenty yuan a month is equivalent to half of the salary of many people. This is not something that you don’t have to pay after you buy the TV. This is money that you have to pay for a long time.
When it comes to making phone calls, the best option for most people is a pay phone.
Zhao Yi went to the telephone office to apply for the installation of a telephone and submitted the installation application.
This will take two or three days, and the review and approval cannot be done immediately, but generally the application will be approved after submission. Once the application is approved, all fees must be paid.
"Done?"
Zhang Jing looked at Zhao Yi and asked.
"It's not that fast. It takes several days to submit the application."
Zhao Yi shook his head.
"Comrade Zhang applied for a phone number?"
Lin Zhi was a little curious.
In fact, she also wanted to apply. She felt it was really troublesome to run to the phone booth every day. However, none of the people she had met had a telephone at home, so there was no example to learn from.
"I went to the telephone company to inquire. A landline phone costs 300 yuan, and the monthly rental is 20 yuan. It will be more convenient to communicate this way."
Zhang Jing explained.
"It's not expensive. I'll apply for it once the house in front of the station is finished."
Lin Zhi nodded immediately when she heard this. This price was completely acceptable to their family.
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