Chapter 293 Pager
Jiang Yanqing angrily shook off Qin Chen's hand, stopped arguing with him, and began to open the package with great interest.
It was a square cardboard box. I used scissors to cut the tape on it and opened it. I saw a neatly folded floral dress on top.
Jiang Yanqing picked it up and shook it open. It was a white dress with light red floral patterns. Small roses bloomed on the hem, which looked very lively.
Jiang Yanqing nodded with satisfaction. Fang Mingxiao has always had excellent vision and is trustworthy.
She put the skirt aside and looked into the box. It was a small paper box with a pair of white leather sandals inside. The styles were very similar to those of later generations, and in that era, they were at the forefront of fashion.
There was an even smaller box underneath. Jiang Yanqing opened it and saw a small gray square that looked a bit like a stopwatch. Qin Chen suddenly exclaimed, "Wow, little sister, is this a pager?"
Jiang Yanqing suddenly realized, yes, this is a pager, the earliest portable communication tool.
The late 1980s, and especially the 1990s, were the era of legendary popularity and the real era of huge profits from paging.
People who have never used a pager may not know how to use it. It is neither a mobile phone nor a PHS. When using it, someone is needed to pass the message.
For example, if Xiao Ming wants to call Xiao Hong, he still needs to use a public phone. Xiao Ming tells the customer service representative Xiao Hong's pager number, and the customer service representative will call Xiao Hong's pager and display Xiao Ming's public phone number on the top. Xiao Hong calls back, and then the two can officially talk. It is actually a bit cumbersome.
This is the earliest generation. There is also a digital pager, which is fully automatic and can directly find the other party's phone number.
However, you also need to use a public phone to make the call, or you can directly ask the human customer service to convert what you want to say into a text message and send it to the other party's pager, such as "go home early" or "reply quickly", and the other party will reply when they see it on the pager.
However, the word count will be limited, and only short sentences are allowed, and swear words are not allowed. Manual customer service will refuse to forward it.
The reason why Jiang Yanqing knew all this was that when she was with her grandfather, he would occasionally chat with her and tell her stories from the past.
Jiang Yanqing's little head memorized a lot of things, a little bit of this and a little bit of that. After her grandfather passed away, these memories became clearer and clearer.
Jiang Yanqing had previously discovered that the historical process of this parallel universe was faster, and it seemed to be true.
Obviously, the pager was not on the market yet, but Fang Mingxiao had already bought it and sent it back.
If he couldn't use it, it would definitely not be a waste of effort, which means that China had already opened a paging station at this time.
These were not things Jiang Yanqing needed to worry about. As soon as she opened the box, the pager was taken away by Qin Chen, who studied it over and over again.
He was still muttering, "Fang Mingxiao is quite good, he even got a pager."
Jiang Yanqing raised her eyebrows, stretched out her white and tender hand, and looked at Qin Chen with her palm facing up. Qin Chen looked up at her and put the pager in her hand.
"Stingy guy, you can't even look at it."
Jiang Yanqing curled her lips, "I see you're drooling, don't get my pager wet."
Qin Chen's face flushed when he heard this, and he glared at Jiang Yanqing, "What are you talking about, girl? I'm just curious, do you understand?"
The living room was quiet at this time, with only the sounds of the brother and sister bickering. Old Qin had been on the bus for two days and went out to eat during the day. After dinner, he went back to his room to rest.
Zhou Fengzhi also went out. I don’t know what happened, but she hasn’t come back yet.
"Then let me ask you, do you want this?"
Qin Chen's eyes lit up, "You are willing to give it to me? I know my sister is the best." Flattery never wears out, no matter how many holes there are.
Jiang Yanqing rolled her eyes and said, "You're dreaming. When I call Fang Axiao, I'll ask him if he can buy it, and then I'll buy you one."
Qin Chen hesitated again. "I heard this thing is very expensive, more than a thousand yuan each. Little sister, how about you consider this money as a loan from Fifth Brother? I'll do odd jobs every month and pay you back."
Jiang Yanqing looked at Qin Chen. This was the family education of the Qin family. No matter whether they were rich or poor, they did not think of taking advantage or relying on family ties to get something for free. This was their family!
He smiled and nodded in agreement, "Okay, if I can buy it, I'll pay for it for you first."
Qin Chen breathed a sigh of relief, knowing that his younger sister was wealthy from her business, and was really afraid that she would say she didn't want any money from him. However, as her brother, he couldn't take his sister's things for free, especially such valuable things.
Jiang Yanqing, on the other hand, stared at the pager in a daze, thinking that everyone in the Qin family had given her a gift, but she had not given any gift in return.
Although they probably won't mind, but you earn so much money, isn't it meant to be spent? If everyone has a pager, hehe, they would probably like it!
Just as she was thinking, the pager in her hand started beeping... Jiang Yanqing quickly looked down and saw that the pager's display screen lit up with a phone number on it.
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