Chapter 324 Is the world outside so advanced?
In early spring, the northwest suddenly turns warm and cold. The snow has just melted, and green spots gradually appear on the gray-yellow ground.
Ma Biao drove the tractor back to the sheep pen on the mountain from the county seat. The back bucket of the vehicle was full of fodder.
He estimated that this cart of fodder, plus the hay he had stored at home, would be enough for a new crop of spring grass to grow.
For a sheepherder, the most difficult time of the year is over.
Thinking of this, the corners of his mouth turned up slightly.
As a 26-year-old young man, his choice to herd sheep in the mountains has never been understood by others.
But Ma Biao liked this kind of life. No matter how hard it was, he could still make money.
Last year, the price of meat was not high, and I earned nearly 200,000 yuan from raising more than 200 running goats.
Even if the price of meat does not go up this year, the income from lambs will increase the next year. Moreover, raising sheep by yourself will become more convenient, and the cost of fodder and maintenance will also go down.
After Ma Biao returned home, he used tree branches to draw out a few simple multiplication and division calculations on the loess. In the end, he came up with the same profit as last year.
“Isn’t this better than a boring job?”
I will earn another year this year, and the savings will be enough to renovate the old homestead, which will be completed by the end of the year at most.
I will almost come to propose marriage next year, and my wife has settled it.
The first half of your life will be fine, and you will save several years of detours.
Thinking of this, Ma Biao faced the sunset and smiled happily: "Life is still very beautiful."
In fact, neither his friends nor relatives around him approved of going up to the mountains to herd sheep.
There are just a few reasons.
Sheep herding is done by old men, and young people will be separated from society if they do it.
The conditions in the mountains are difficult and there is no money to be made.
This job is not respectable.
Bala, bala, baba, baba...
Ma Biaoxin said that you guys know nothing. It is better to herd livestock yourself than to let others treat you as livestock.
After he dropped out of technical secondary school, he also worked in a factory. He got up earlier than a chicken and went to bed later than a chicken. He earned less than a chicken and was yelled at. He was totally unhappy.
People always say that conditions in the mountains are poor, but in fact they have never lived in the mountains.
It used to be worse, with no electricity, water, or signal.
It’s much better now. The most important thing is that people still have to be able to toss.
He bought a few photovoltaic panels and a few energy storage batteries. The stored electricity was enough for daily life.
As for the signal, there was indeed no signal before.
But Ma Biao knows how to shop online. He bought a signal enhancement device online, which cost more than 300 yuan each.
In the past, you had to go to the highest mountain nearby to receive signals. Now with the amplifier, even if your sheep pen is in a mountain valley, you can still receive three or four signals. It is not particularly stable, but it is enough for daily life.
After a day's work, you put the sheep in the pen, eat well, wash the pots, and lie on the bed to watch a short video. Life is beautiful.
After dark, Ma Biao, as usual, lay on the bed and turned on Miaoyin, and there were several videos in a row of live broadcasts selling wine.
Ma Biao didn’t know the power of big data, so he felt a little strange.
It felt like Miaoyin had installed a surveillance camera in his head.
He had chatted with someone before and wanted to buy some wine for his future father-in-law.
That friend told him that it would be disrespectful to give him liquor or something like that, and he should give him foreign wine instead.
Ma Biao had never drank foreign wine, so he asked his friend what wine was good. His friend said that Royal Salute cost hundreds or even thousands a bottle.
As soon as Ma Biao heard the price, he stopped.
One or two hundred dollars of wine delivered from the local area is already worth the price. He really can't bear to part with several hundred. After all, he is his father-in-law and not his biological father.
But after that conversation, his phone seemed to be poisoned.
When you open every software, the first thing pushed is wine.
Even if it is not a shopping software, the opening screen advertisements are all kinds of alcohol.
Just like today.
The sisters who usually dance are off work, and no matter what, they can't escape the rule of "three, two, one, link".
Just when he was about to turn off the lights and go to sleep, the anchor's words suddenly made him linger.
“Brothers, here comes the royal salute, the biggest benefit of this game!”
“Yes!”
“Twenty years of storage, special supply to the army, It’s a great meal for comrades-in-arms gatherings.”
“The cards are full!”
"Pure and national standard high-quality wine, with strong aroma of five grains. Order today and get a full set of gift box packaging."
"Only today!"
"Brothers who want it will deduct one and let the backstage Sort out the inventory and get as much as you need , the original price will be restored immediately after the auction."
"Time is limited!"
"Hurry up, the Royal Salute is on the top link, the bonus price in the live broadcast is 69.9!"
"Get in the car!"
The singing and harmony in the live broadcast room made Ma Biao feel a little urgent at the time, and he followed the instructions to open the shopping cart and place an order.
Who said a royal salute costs hundreds?
This wine looks authentic at first glance.
The shape of a mortar, with a big five-pointed star painted on it.
You can tell it's genuine just by looking at it with your toenails.
However.
After placing the order, Ma Biao was also a little worried and typed questions in the live broadcast room while the anchor was not off the air.
"Anchor, can you reach remote areas?"
"My brother's benefit is free of charge nationwide. As long as the post office can reach it, we can send it."
"That's okay."
"Okay, brother, I will arrange delivery for you immediately after placing the order."
After hearing this, Ma Biao was satisfied.
This can be regarded as a solution to the problem on my mind. I will see the gift from my father-in-law next month and it will be settled.
When the courier arrives, I will go to town to buy some tea and snacks. Even if the etiquette is enough, they can't be picky.
However, Ma Biao had no hope as to when the wine would arrive.
The place where he is located is considered the most remote area in the northwest.
There are express stations.
It’s hard to describe the speed.
Four or five days is considered fast, a week is the basic exercise, sometimes ten days and half a month have happened.
So Ma Biao didn't worry about it after placing the order. Anyway, seeing that his father-in-law's life was still far away, he could receive it no matter what.
One morning three days later.
Ma Biao released the sheep from the pen and spent the whole morning rushing to the top of the mountain. Just as he was about to eat some dry food, he found a police car parked on the county road.
He subconsciously looked around. There was nothing in the wilderness. There was only a police car and two policemen. He thought that their car might have broken down.
So he put away the dry food and ran down the mountain in small steps.
"What's wrong with you? Is the car broken down? This place is thirty miles away from the place where the car is repaired."
"It's not broken down. We're just here to find you."
One person The policeman waved his hand, as if he had gone through all kinds of dangers.
It doesn't matter what he said. Ma Biao was a little panicked. In just a few seconds, he went through all the bad things he had done in his life.
“Have sex with me?”
"Don't be nervous. My name is Hong Xiang. I'm from the town police station. I have a mission."
Hong Xiang finished introducing himself and took out a leaflet from the car.
“There have been a lot of scams recently.”
“Last month, a farmer in Linxiang was defrauded of hundreds of thousands for buying livestock insurance.”
“Now There are a lot of people who are targeting cattle and sheep farmers to cheat. "Some say they sell livestock insurance, some say it's illegal to go grazing in the mountains and they need to be dealt with, and there's also someone who cheats on bank cards."
"You haven't encountered it before, have you?"
Hearing this, Ma Biao breathed a sigh of relief: "None of these. I am smart, and ordinary people can't fool me."
“People who have been deceived say that they I'm smart." Hong Xiang asked carefully while ticking the questionnaire on the flyer: "You haven't received any strange phone messages recently, have you?"
"No phone number, but one text message..."
Ma Biao took out his mobile phone and flipped through the text message he received in the morning.
[Delivery Notice: Dear Mr. Ma, in order to celebrate the 4833rd anniversary of the establishment of the Miaoyin platform, we are honored to inform you to become a lucky customer. We will upgrade the logistics service for your order (4025115623). This product is carried by Shunfeng Hourly Express and delivered by aerospace express. Please check it carefully. In addition, due to the anniversary of the platform, reporters will come to visit you. Our company will prepare additional gifts, and we hope you will receive them. Wish you a happy life! 】
Hong Xiang looked at the text messages on his mobile phone, his cerebellum shrank a little.
The focus of the office this year is on fraud prevention and bombing, so they have come into contact with a lot of criminals.
Scam text messages are also often seen.
I've seen outrageous things.
I have never seen anything so outrageous.
4833 days, is there any anniversary left?
The most outrageous thing is the space express.
That’s it, it’s unreasonable to deceive people!
Ma Biao kept confirming: "Is this a fraud?"
"Forget it, a standard fraud." Hong Xiang was speechless. "Have you done any online shopping recently?"
"Bought wine."
"I guess your order information has been leaked, don't believe it. Anyway, if there are any problems with online shopping, our official platform will contact you Yours."
Ma Xiaogua looked at the number in the text message: "This has Miaoyin written on it."
Hong Xiang frowned and saw that it was indeed the number that was authenticated.
"Maybe it's a fake thing created by a fraudster using a virtual number. You don't care about him. Here, this is an anti-fraud commitment letter. Please sign it for us."
Ma Biao nodded. head and wrote his name on the list.
After that, Hong Xiang and his colleagues got in the car and drove to the next village.
The work at the grassroots level is very complicated, but young people like Ma Biao are quite reasonable.
This kind of fraud is easy to understand, and when you finally get the anti-fraud commitment letter signed by him, the work is considered completed.
But there are not many young people like Ma Biao in the countryside, and there are more left-behind elderly people.
They really don’t understand.
You tell them not to believe in scams, what the hell do they ask?
Occasionally there are a few deaf people who are not afraid of anything.
They always say that if you live so long and have seen everything, you will never be deceived.
Then you can buy a cosmic energy stove for 398 each.
So Hong Xiang had a big head during this period. He went to the village to collect signatures. There were so many people that he was almost exhausted.
I finally collected all the signatures from my area. I was looking for a way to catch my breath, but the director called me to the office again.
“Xiao Hong, Majia Yangpo is your area, right?”
When Hong Xiang heard the director's question, his heart tightened: "It's mine, what? Someone was deceived?"
"No, these two are reporters from the E-commerce Times."
Hong Xiang then noticed that there were two bright young people in the director's office.
"Hello, hello!"
After the director introduced them to each other, he winked at Hong Xiang: "They are going to Majiayangpo for an interview. The roads there are not easy to get around. You can take them with you. When they go, they must cooperate with their work.”
Hong Xiang immediately cheered up and saluted: "Yes!"
He knew that this job must have been assigned by the township.
Perhaps the villagers feel that the environment on the sunny slope of Majia is harsh, and most of it is an uninhabited area, so the police station needs to be protected.
The work of the township police station is very simple, basically related to household registration, and there is rarely such reception work.
So the director attached great importance to it, and asked Hong Xiang to check it with various winks. The implication must be that the new rural style must be reflected.
Hong Xiang is also someone who wants to join the ministry. He spent the entire drive introducing reporters to reporters the achievements in new rural construction in Majia Yangpo.
But the reporter didn't seem to have a cold. After a while, he politely interrupted: "Can our hometown receive express delivery?"
"Okay." Hong Xiang held the steering wheel. "The town is well connected in all directions."
"Ouch? Can it all be covered door to door?"
"That won't work, because our area is very large and the villages are scattered. Four Links and One Link can only deliver it to the town, and residents can pick it up. The postal service can go to the village.”
The reporter conveniently wrote something on the notepad: "Can Shunfeng receive it?"
"No, Shunfeng only has outlets in the county seat, and our place is too remote."
"Then Villagers start from buying things to getting express delivery, How long is the general effect?”
Hong Xiang vaguely felt that there was a pit here, and after careful consideration, he said, “Three or four days.”
”Officer Hong felt that it would be three or four days. Is it slow? ”
"It's not bad, mainly because our place is too far away. Except within the province, express delivery within three or four days is already very good."
"You would be surprised if I said there is express delivery within one hour. "
Hong Xiang glanced at the co-pilot: "Our hometown?"
"I don't believe it." Hong Xiang shook his head firmly. "You've been asking about Bantian Express. Are you here specifically to interview Express?"
"Yes?"
"Then you should go to the countryside. There is no express delivery outlet in Majiayangpo."
The reporter smiled slightly: "You can still deliver express if you don't have an express delivery outlet."
"How to send it?"
"With rockets."
When Hong Xiang saw that the camera was not turned on, he thought the reporter was joking with him: "Hahaha, the reporter is really humorous."
"I'm not joking. The Mr. Ma Biao we are going to interview this time is Mr. Ma Biao." The first user of air express delivery in China, in two hours, his express delivery will be shipped from thousands of miles away..."
Not finished.
Hong Xiang applied the brakes and slowed the car down to 40 miles.
“Air express?”
"Yes, it is shipped by Miaoyin and carried by the wind. It can be regarded as a milestone in the field of e-commerce, so we came here specifically to interview and live broadcast the harvest of users."
For a while.
Countless memories began to attack Hong Xiang’s brain.
A huge number of brain cells die instantly.
The cpu started smoking on the spot. .
If he had no impression of others, Ma Biao knew it all too well.
Sheepherd!
He also remembers Space Express.
He even saved the ridiculous scam text message and planned to use it as a negative teaching material.
Available now.
Are you telling me the truth?
“Air express? Isn’t this a lie?” Hong Xiang’s voice almost broke.
The reporter replied seriously: "Of course, we have come all the way here, how could we lie? At this time, Miaoyin and Shunfeng are probably broadcasting live at the launch site."
< br>"Isn't it...a rocket delivers express? How do you deliver it?"
"Have you seen a space rocket launch? It's similar."
Hong Xiang nodded with dull eyes. He had seen space rocket launches before. The key is that this thing is used to deliver express...
It's too abstract!
He couldn't understand.
"I should go out for a walk. Working in remote villages and towns makes me look like a caveman. Is the world outside you already so developed?"
(End of Chapter)