Chapter 661 Installing Broadband
Such a large group of deer walking on the road in the village is a very eye-catching thing.
The villagers in Changqing already knew that Zhang An’s family raised so many sheep and deer, so they were not very surprised. They just stepped aside to take a look at them when passing by.
But the people outside were not so calm. Everyone they saw basically stopped and watched, and a few even followed.
“Fellow fellow, are these deer from the deer park? Where are they going?”
Walking in front with Zhang An was a man in his arms who was about thirty years old. Year old Big Brother.
He was holding a three or four-year-old girl in his arms, and there was a woman in her twenties following him. They looked like a family of three.
Looking at their luggage, they should be tourists coming here to play from outside.
This season is not a suitable season for traveling. There are not as many people coming to Changqing Village as in summer, but there are still some people coming in twos and threes every day.
The family of three in front of them, whether they are a man, a woman or the little girl, while following Zhang An, they kept looking back at the deer following behind.
Especially the little girl, her eyes were wide open and she looked very curious.
“Yes, they were driven out of the deer park. I was just about to drive them home.”
Customers are God. Although tourists are not customers, Zhang An is very interested in coming to the village. The people who play are always very enthusiastic and answer all questions every time.
“Ah, we have to rush home? Are these deer bought from the deer park? Then can we also go to the deer park and buy one?”
Hearing Zhang An’s words Said, the man thought that Zhang An bought so many deer from the deer park and raised them.
Especially when he saw the lively little deer cubs jumping around among the deer, he couldn't help but want to buy one just to play with his daughter.
“Well, sir, you may have misunderstood. The deer in our deer park are not for sale, and these deer have been raised by our family for several years. There were not many deer in the village before. That’s why we were loaned to the deer park for everyone to visit. Now there are a lot of deer in the village, so we are coming back.”
After hearing what the elder brother said, Zhang An couldn’t laugh or cry.
It was not the people who came to Changqing Village to buy deer before, but those people basically wanted to buy them for the purpose of breeding.
This is the first time Zhang An has met this tourist who wants to buy one and take it home because he likes it.
But no matter who wanted to come to the village to buy a deer, Zhang Jianwen refused without hesitation.
He hasn't decided yet whether he will sell it in the future, but it will definitely not happen in the next two years.
Because the number of deer in the village is not large, it is still in the stage of expanding its scale.
In the deer park before, there seemed to be a lot of deer. That was because Zhang An’s group was there.
Now that Zhang An has driven him back, the deer park will be much empty from now on, and Zhang Jianwen will not be willing to sell one.
“Well, I’m sorry, I misunderstood. I thought you could buy deer in the deer park, so I planned to buy a small deer and take it home to play with my daughter.”
After hearing Zhang An's explanation, the man finally understood and smiled sheepishly.
When Zhang An heard this, he sighed in his heart, a rich person is a rich person.
If you want to buy a small deer, it is actually not worth much, but if you buy a deer, you must have a place to raise it, and that is the big head.
Although this is not a big deal in rural areas, if the other party is from the city, it is not simple.
Arriving at the gate, Dahua did not forget the way home.
It turned the corner and led the deer into the yard without Zhang An's prompting.
“Dad, I want to ride, I want to ride.”
Little Siqi, who was playing in the yard, wanted to rush into the deer as soon as he saw the deer entering the yard. Go, even if Wang Fang pulled him aside, those two eyes would not even blink.
"Okay, okay, if you want to ride, I will carry you up."
Zhang An knew that besides being a foodie, his son also liked riding horses very much.
So he picked it up very lovingly and put it on Dahua's back.
But when Dahua felt someone riding on his back, he actually lifted up his hooves and wanted to act wild.
It is not that it has never been ridden before. Several years ago, when Zhang An's family was still in the old house, Little Swallow often rode on its back to play.
But after Xiao Yanzi went to school, no one bothered him. In addition, he was the leader of the family's deer group. Over time, this temper developed.
Zhang An couldn't believe that Dahua, who was so docile before, actually got angry.
Immediately, I couldn't help it, stretched out my hand, and slapped Dahua on the butt twice.
You must know that among all the animals in the family, even Dahei, who has the most violent temper and dares to raise his hoof in front of Zhang Jianwen, must be as docile as the tiger cubs in front of Xiao Siqi.
After Dahua was spanked by Zhang An, it was probably because of the pain that he calmed down.
Then he turned back and looked at Zhang An, and then at little Siqi riding on its back, as if he wanted to make a note of this big shot that he couldn't mess with.
However, after playing on its back for a while, little Siqi lost interest and struggled to let Zhang An carry him off.
Because he had been scratching for a long time, but he didn't find that Dahua had the same mane as Dahei on his back that he could pull.
Back in the big circle, Zhang An didn’t want to close the fence in the circle, but wanted to leave it open as before.
It’s just that this time the deer herd is not as obedient as before. Except for the few doe deer, the other new members want to run out one by one, and some of the young ones even want to leave. The gate here is jailbroken.
When Zhang An saw this, he remembered that they were new members who had just joined the family and had not yet learned the rules from him.
So he could only pull up the fence again and wait until he had free time to teach those little guys the rules.
But he also remembered that the open space behind the big pen has now been built into a new sheepfold. From now on, the herd of deer seems to be free or not.
In the afternoon, not long after dinner, Chen Ze came over with the people who installed broadband.
"Zhang An, these are the masters who pull the strings. Take a look at where you want to pull the strings. You can talk to them first."
Chen Ze pointed to the strings he brought. The individual said to Zhang An.
Actually, there were quite a few people here. In addition to the two people who were in the yard with Chen Ze, there were several people outside. They were pulling a thick black wire to Zhang An's house.
This line is the main line of broadband. It is not all optical fiber in future generations. That kind of technology does not exist yet.
After the lines are laid into the village, there is no need to plant new poles. They can share the same pole with the village telephone.
"Then just go to the study room on the second floor."
Zhang An thought for a while, pointed to the room in the middle window on the second floor and said.
Although their bedroom room was very spacious, he had no plans to install the computer in the bedroom. After all, it is their place. If someone comes to borrow a computer, it is not good to refuse, and it is not good not to refuse.
The room he pointed to was their study room, where he planned to put the computer.
After the study room at home was completed, Su Ying only went there for the first time to prepare lessons and correct homework. Later, for convenience, she took it directly to the bedroom to do it.
And Zhang An only occasionally goes inside when he needs to enter the space.
Until now, although there are many books in the study room, they have always been idle.
But after installing the computer inside, the study room will definitely become more efficient.
Soon, the main line from the city was laid at the door of Zhang An's house.
They used the wall of Zhang An's house to install a large iron box, and then separated a thin wire from it and pulled it to Zhang An's study.
Because there were more people coming to lay out broadband, it caused a lot of noise, attracting many villagers to join in the fun, including Zhang Jianwen.
"Zhang An, what are you doing here?"
Zhang Jianwen looked at it for a few times and then asked Zhang An directly. The people next to him were also talking about it, just like when they installed the phone.
It’s just that when their home was installed with a landline, there were already two phones in the village, so it wasn’t too new.
“We are here to help install broadband.”
Zhang An didn’t need to speak, the masters next to him had already introduced themselves.
Although it is very expensive to install broadband now, broadband companies do not need employees to promote installation and get commissions.
But this is a new thing after all, and it is also the industry in which they will eat in the future, so they are willing to explain it to anyone who asks.
“What is this broadband?”
Zhang Jianwen doesn’t know what broadband is. Currently, there is only one telephone in the village committee.
Several masters explained professional terms for a long time, showing that their skills were very advanced, but Zhang Jianwen didn't understand those things, and after listening to them, he became even more confused.
"Broadband is the line used by computers. With this, computers can connect to the Internet, just like the telephone lines used by telephones."
When Zhang An saw this, he compared the telephone lines and explained. Be more informal.
"So that's it. In other words, this thing called a computer is just like a telephone. You have to plug it in before you can communicate with another person, right? I thought that thing was the same as a television. Just open it and you can watch it directly. "
Computers are a new thing, but more than ten years ago, after the old man said the phrase "you have to start with a baby", this thing has changed. It also began to be known to everyone.
Even if Zhang Jianwen has never been exposed to it, he has learned a lot from TV.
"Uncle, even if it's a TV, you still need to plug in an antenna or close the line to watch it."
Zhang An pointed to the antenna upstairs in his house and said to Zhang Jianwen.
"That's right. I didn't think it would work. By the way, this computer is said to be very expensive. It seems to cost tens of thousands of dollars to buy. What can it do?"
< br>In Zhang Jianwen’s eyes, a gadget that was similar to a TV set cost tens of thousands of yuan. It was almost the same as being made of gold. Seeing that Zhang An had it here, he wanted to ask how much money it cost. What can I do if I buy it?
"Well, the computer can access the Internet. It was sent by Chen Ze anyway. How can I be willing to spend this money."
Zhang An originally wanted to explain it to Zhang Jianwen, but in the end he found that he couldn't seem to explain it.
Although he knew the functions of computers and the Internet, he couldn't explain it to Zhang Jianwen.
It just so happened that the master of Broadband asked Zhang An to register his information and pay the installation fee, which saved him from this sea of misery.
Today's broadband is still the original ADSL network. The initial installation fee is 3,500, which is much more expensive than installing a telephone in the past.
If you live in a big city, this fee is not too expensive, but this is just a mountain village, and everyone nearby is stunned just by hearing this price.
Even though today's villagers can earn several thousand yuan a year from their orchards, they may not have much money left after the installation of this Laoshizi.
"Mr. Zhang, in addition to the initial installation fee, you also need a broadband fee of 150 yuan per month. You can pay the fee for a year at a time, or you can go to the post and telecommunications office to pay the fee every month. , we have someone there to collect it.”
After collecting the initial installation fee from Zhang An, the broadband master continued to talk to Zhang An.
Zhang An didn’t know what to think when he heard this figure.
In later generations, some broadband fees cost more than 100 yuan a month, which sounds like it’s not much different.
But Zhang An immediately shook his head, the more than one hundred now can't be compared to the more than one hundred in later generations.
"Well, please help us pay for one year first."
This fee is not cheap at all, but it is nothing to Zhang An.
It happened that he was too lazy to go to the post and telecommunications office often, so he simply took out the money and paid it in full for a whole year.
When the masters complete the installation and debugging, they cannot access the Internet because they have to go back and open an account.
And the line in Changqing has just been laid, so the installation master said that it has to wait until tomorrow.
“Just such a line costs more than five thousand, which is too expensive.”
Wang Fang looked at the money Zhang An took out and felt heartbroken. She had installed the phone in the first place. She had never been so heartbroken before.
"Mom, the 3,500 yuan is the initial installation fee. It only needs to be paid once. The rest is the same as the phone bill. It only costs 150 yuan per month. The ones I just paid, It’s for a whole year, so you don’t have to worry too much. I’ll make the money back next time if I sell ten more pounds of wine.”
Zhang An has long been used to his mother’s tendency to cherish money. , just words of relief from the sidelines.
Wang Fang felt better after hearing Zhang An's words.
In fact, she also knew that her son could make money. Not counting the orchard at home, he could earn tens of thousands of dollars just by selling wine every year.
It’s just that she lived too many poor lives in the past, and she can’t change it now.
"Zhang An, my grandfather said he wants to try your fruit juice. Please bring me a jar and take it back."
After installing the broadband, Chen Ze was ready to go back. .
But before leaving, he asked Zhang An for a jar of fruit stuffed wine.
After returning from Zhang An's house yesterday, he mentioned it to Mr. Chen, so he received such a task today.
"Okay, I'll get you a big jar, but please ask the old man to drink less. Although the alcohol content is not high, it is serious alcohol."
Hearing that Zhang An had made a lot of fruit wine, he gave Chen Ze a ten-pound jar without hesitation.
(End of this chapter)