Chapter 184
A PHS costs NT$4,000.
Jian Feng spent such a large sum of money, of course, because he had seen the convenience of this thing.
Mobile phones are too heavy and sometimes I forget to take them with me and I can’t get in touch if something happens.
This is great, you can put it in your pocket and take it with you anywhere.
Jian Li took out a pager without saying a word.
Last year, the three major operators separated. Xiaolingtong came out of nowhere a few years ago and has expanded rapidly in the next one or two years. Even in the next seven or eight years, this thing will continue to be popular.
In her previous life, Jian Li came into contact with PHS at the end of her college years.
But she never thought that her life would pass so fast.
Jian Feng said happily: "This way you don't have to use the pay phone all the time when you go to school."
There are yellow telephone booths at Peking University that accept cards or coins. Jian Li makes a phone call once a week, and in a few months she bought seven or eight phone cards, each costing twenty yuan. She spent more than two hundred yuan on phone bills in one semester.
With a PHS, you can keep in touch anytime.
Jian Feng told Wang Mengmei how to use it. Wang Mengmei took the thing in her hand curiously and looked at it from left to right.
"Such a small thing, can it make a phone call?"
Jian Feng: "Why not!"
He picked up a gun and said, "I'm going to go out. Let's try it through the door."
After saying that, he closed the door and walked out.
Jian Li and Wang Mengmei: …
"What is my dad doing outside?"
If I want to audition, can't we each have our own room?
Wang Mengmei: "Let him be."
The older you get, the more your brain goes offline.
The Xiaolingtong phone started to ring.
Jian Li picked up the phone and heard Jian Feng's cheerful voice.
"How is it? Is it clear?"
Jian Li: ...How could she not be clear? She could still hear her father's loud voice outside even after she hung up the phone.
Jian Feng: "I'll go a little further away."
"Can you hear me?"
Jian Li: “…I can hear it.”
"I'll go a little further."
Jian Li: “…”
Jian Feng was very proud: "I can hear..."
There was a click and the phone went silent.
Wang Mengmei thought something was wrong.
Jian Li, however, was not surprised.
“That’s the signal.”
Or maybe there was a catchy saying in my previous life.
I stood in the wind and rain with my cell phone in hand. I switched from left hand to right hand, but the call just didn't go through.
At that time, this thing had a nickname: Wai Wai Kao.
Every time he answers the phone, he says something weird first and then starts to talk about Chinese culture.
The signal is so poor that it is outrageous.
…
However, Jian Li soon experienced the benefits of having a pager. At least every day when she worked in the museum, she could receive calls from Wang Mengmei and Jian Feng after get off work.
Sometimes he would tell Jian Li to go somewhere and wait for him because the family had an event. Sometimes he would tell her that he would be home late and let her go to bed first. Even if he wanted Jian Li to go home and bring back some green onions, Jian Feng would call.
Jian Li held the pager and muttered to the person on the other end of the phone amid the envious looks of others.
"Mom, I hope my dad won't call me next time he runs out of toilet paper."
The level of his addiction is such that when he gets a smartphone in the future, he will have to install an anti-addiction system.
The New Year atmosphere is back in Leshan, and this year’s New Year is a little different from previous years.
Although there were many welcoming and sending-off events last year, the gifts were still simple, with more instant noodles, milk and drinks.
This year, Jian Feng gave out a lot of gifts and received a lot of gifts as well.
Various liquors, cigarettes, supplements...
Set aside a room at home specifically for these things.
Jian Li would also keep a few of her favorites for herself.
After opening a box of Wahaha that day, Jian Li noticed that there was an empty row inside.
Wang Mengmei couldn't even remember who sent it.
But it doesn't matter who sent it.
During the Chinese New Year, a batch of goods can be transferred to several hands.
I don't know where it came from, but the kid at home secretly drank it and then sealed it.
Jian Feng originally planned to book a table outside for this year's New Year's Eve dinner, but was rejected by Wang Mengmei.
"The food out there isn't as good as mine. Besides, there are three of us, so there's bound to be a lot left over."
Might as well eat at home.
Wang Mengmei cooked a table full of dishes and ate while watching TV. The lively Spring Festival Gala was on until after ten o'clock.
Jian Feng said he was going to set off fireworks.
Last year, when Huang Guihua passed away, everyone else was setting off fireworks, but Jian Feng didn’t.
This year Jian Feng bought a bunch of fireworks and placed them under the corridor in the yard.
The small pottery-like buckets could spray for several minutes. Jian Feng bought forty or fifty of them.
I bought about ten of the big ones that hold dozens of bullets.
There are also single-shot ones, small rockets, magic whips, fairy wands...
Jian Li was carrying a plastic bag, which contained various gadgets and firecrackers that Jian Feng had prepared for her.
Jian Feng is going to Changqing Street to set it off.
Merchants on Changqing Street had already started setting off fireworks, especially after 11 o'clock, when the air was filled with smoke.
Jian Feng arranged the troops and placed the large and small fireworks he brought in different places. He set them off one after another.
It was soon twelve o'clock, and Jian Feng lit all the fireworks one minute in advance.
Seven or eight fireworks were launched at a time, exploding in various colors in the sky.
Jian Li and Wang Mengmei watched from a distance. The sky looked like a canvas. When the time came, there were not only fireworks, but also firecrackers set off by every household. On the black sky, it looked like a cluster of flowers.
The dense exploding fireworks herald the arrival of the new year.
"Happy New Year!"
…
When we went to Wangjiazhuang again this year, both Jian Feng and Wang Mengmei no longer had that feeling of holding their breath to prove that they were living a good life or to hide the fact that others didn't think they were living a good life.
Driving the Santana, we arrived at Wangjiazhuang.
Wang Mengmei bought some gold for Zhao Chunlan.
"What else does she lack? Gold is the only thing that makes her happy."
When people get old, they still have enough food and drink, and the most important thing is to show off in front of their old sisters.
Wang Mengmei also understood Zhao Chunlan's thoughts, so she didn't buy the supplements that she didn't like, but bought her a set of clothes, a gold ring and a gold necklace.
The necklace is not thick enough, but Zhao Chunlan finds it beautiful.
She calls Jian Li a good girl.
In Wangjiazhuang, everyone knows that Zhao Chunlan is lucky.
Two granddaughters, one goes to the Provincial Medical College and the other goes to Peking University!
My granddaughter also went to the capital.
Three college students in one family!
Not to mention Wangjiazhuang, even in the entire county, there are few families like this.
Even the worst one, Wang Chengcai, has the title of a college graduate.
"It all depends on this family's grandson."
If Wang Shuai can also get into university, Zhao Chunlan will be successful in the future.
It is a very small probability that all grandchildren will be successful.
Some people are waiting to see the joke.
"This kid doesn't look like a decent person."
Wang Shuai's actions in the early years were seen by everyone. When it comes to being naughty, there is no one more naughty than him in the whole village.
When Jian Li saw Wang Shuai again this year, she couldn't help but frown.
It's only been half a year since we last met, but Wang Shuai has become very different from before.
If Wang Shuai was a child who only grew in height but not in brains before, now Wang Shuai is like a hedgehog covered with thorns.
Because of Jian Li's arrival, many relatives came to visit.
Although I have met Jian Li before at the graduation banquet, everyone wants to hear what the difference is between a top university and an ordinary university.
Jian Li is neither arrogant nor impatient and speaks slowly and calmly.
Wang Yunyun was also one of the people questioned.
After all, Jianli's university was a place where you could not get into even if you tried hard. But Wang Yunyun went to a place where if you worked hard and studied hard, there was still a glimmer of hope for the future.
After Wang Yunyun and Jian Li finished speaking, the others couldn't help but praise Wang Shuai.
"Handsome boy, you must study hard. This year it depends on you."
This sentence made Wang Shuai extremely angry.
The pressure in the third year of high school is great. Even a good student like Wang Yunyun is exhausted, not to mention Wang Shuai whose grades have always been mediocre.
Jian Li saw the pressure Wang Shuai was under.
Pulling Wang Yunyun over, he asked, "How long has Wang Shuai been like this?"
Wang Yunyun: “It’s been like this since I came back.”
Wang Yunyun still took care of his younger brother as usual, but Wang Shuai was already under a lot of pressure, and when he saw his always outstanding sister, he finally couldn't control his temper and got angry at Wang Yunyun.
"You just want me to study hard, but I don't know what the point of studying hard is! I don't even like studying!"
Wang Shuai doesn’t know why he goes to school!
Wang Yunyun likes reading, but he doesn't like reading at all!
Especially with Wang Yunyun's example, people around him were reminding him unconsciously.
You have to study hard and you can't lose face for your parents.
But who asked him what Marshal Wang wanted?
Jian Li glanced at Wang Shuai, who had stubble on his lips, and asked, "What are you going to do?"
Wang Shuai’s problem now is nothing but one word: confusion.
He was not a good student to begin with, but his family had high hopes for him because of the outstanding performance of the previous children.
If he was like Wang Yunyun, knowing what he wanted early on, he would work hard from the bottom of his heart.
But Wang Shuai didn't know what he wanted at all.
It would be nonsense to say that you can study well under such circumstances.
Wang Yunyun pondered for a moment and said, "I want to... bring him to Beijing with me after the New Year."
Jian Li: “Ah?”
Wang Yunyun sighed: "Of course I know it's useless to beat him now. He didn't make any mistakes. He just lost his way. But I can't find the direction for him."
Everyone has his or her own path to take. Previously, Wang Yunyun took over Wang Shuai’s education for the sake of her family.
But in the final analysis, Wang Shuai still has to walk his own future path.
You can’t let anyone take the college entrance examination for you.
So Wang Yunyun had to change her mindset. She felt that if Wang Shuai continued to stay in the environment of his hometown, he would sooner or later come into conflict with his parents.
Wang Yuedong and Sun Cuifang are both people who did not finish their education themselves and so have high hopes for their children.
They are already in their third year of high school, and they are more nervous than Wang Shuai.
If Wang Shuai couldn't say anything, Wang Yunyun could imagine what her parents would say.
"I provided you with food and drink, and now you can't say anything about it? Who can you be worthy of?"
"Why don't you know why you study? To live a good life! Do you want to make a living like us?"
"Look at your sister, learn from her! Don't make us so worried."
Wang Yunyun thought that she couldn't let things get to that point.
Once some words are spoken, even if we are a close family, they will still hurt from time to time.
Why bother?
Jian Li also felt that Wang Yunyun's idea of taking Wang Shuai to the capital was right.
Even if Wang Shuai really doesn't want to study anymore, at least let him see what the bigger world is like.
Jian Li was talking to Wang Yunyun.
Wang Shuai, who looked like a wandering ghost, came here at some point in time.
Wang Shuai, who was originally irritable, saw the pager in Jian Li's hand and immediately forgot all the unpleasantness and reached out to take a look.
Jian Li handed it to him, and he looked at it again and again, his eyes shining.
"Sister, how much does this thing cost?"
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