My village can't be like this

Chapter 661 Installing Broadband

Such a large group of deer walking on the village road is a very eye-catching thing.

The villagers of Changqing already knew that Zhang An's family raised so many sheep and deer, so they were not very surprised. They just stepped aside and took a few glances when they passed by.

But the people outside were not so calm. Anyone who saw it basically stopped to watch, and some even followed it.

"My fellow countryman, are these deer from the deer park? Where are they being driven to?"

Walking in front with Zhang An was an older man in his thirties.

He was holding a girl of three or four years old in his arms, and a woman in her twenties was following him. They looked like a family of three.

Judging from their attire, they should be tourists from outside who came here to play.

This season is not suitable for tourism, and there are not as many people coming to Changqing Village as in summer, but there are still a few people coming here every day.

The family of three in front of him, whether it was the man, the woman or the little girl, followed Zhang An forward while constantly looking back at the herd of deer following behind them.

Especially the little girl, her eyes were wide open and she looked very curious.

"Yes, they were driven out of the deer park, and I was just trying to drive them back home."

Customers are God. Although tourists are not customers, Zhang An has always been enthusiastic towards people who come to the village to play, and he always answers their questions.

"Ah, we have to hurry home? Are these deer bought from the deer park? Then can we also go to the deer park and buy one?"

After hearing what Zhang An said, the man thought that all these deer were bought by Zhang An from the deer farm.

Especially when he saw the lively little fawns jumping around among the deer herd, he couldn't help but want to buy one just to play with his daughter.

"Um, sir, you may have misunderstood. The deer in our deer park are not for sale. These deer have been raised by our family for several years. There were not many deer in the village before, so they were loaned to the deer park for everyone to visit. Now there are many deer in the village, so we are coming back."

After hearing what the elder brother said, Zhang An didn't know whether to laugh or cry.

Those who went to Changqing Village to buy deer before were not like this, but those people basically wanted to buy them for breeding purposes.

This is the first time Zhang An has met a tourist like the one in front of him, who wants to buy one to take home because he likes the fish.

However, no matter who wanted to come to the village to buy a deer, Zhang Jianwen would refuse without hesitation.

He hasn't decided whether he will sell it in the future, but he certainly won't do so in the next two years.

Because there are not many deer in the village, we are currently in the stage of expanding the scale.

There seemed to be a lot of deer in the deer park before, and that was because there was Zhang An’s family’s group there.

Now that they have been driven back by Zhang An, the deer farm will be much emptier. How could Zhang Jianwen be willing to sell even one?

"Um, sorry, I misunderstood. I thought I could buy deer in the deer park, so I planned to buy a small deer to bring back to play with my daughter."

After hearing Zhang An's explanation, the man finally understood and smiled embarrassedly.

When Zhang An heard this, he sighed in his heart and said that rich people are rich people.

If you want to buy a fawn, it’s actually not worth much, but if you buy a deer you need a place to feed it, and that’s the big deal.

Although this is not a big deal in the countryside, it is not a simple matter if the other party is from the city.

When she arrived at the gate, Dahua did not forget the way home.

Without Zhang An's reminder, it turned a corner and led the herd of deer into the yard.

"Dad, I want to ride, I want to ride."

Little Siqi, who was playing in the yard, wanted to rush into the herd of deer as soon as he saw them enter the yard. Even though he was pulled aside by Wang Fang, he just stared at them without blinking.

"Okay, okay, if you want to ride, I'll carry you up."

Zhang An knew that his son, besides being a foodie, also loved riding horses.

So he picked it up very lovingly and put it on Dahua's back.

But when Dahua felt someone riding on its back, it actually lifted up its hooves and wanted to run wild.

It’s not like it hasn’t been ridden before. Many years ago, when Zhang An’s family still lived in the old house, Xiaoyanzi often rode on its back to play.

But after Xiaoyanzi went to school, no one bothered it anymore. Besides, it was the leader of the deer herd in the family, so over time, it developed this bad temper.

Zhang An never expected that Dahua, who had been so docile before, would actually show her temper.

He immediately didn't want to let it go and reached out his hand, slapping Dahua on the butt twice.

You have to know that among all the animals in the family, even Dahei, who has the most aggressive temper and dares to show off in front of Zhang Jianwen, has to be as docile as Xiaohu and the others in front of Xiao Siqi.

After being beaten by Zhang An, Dahua probably felt hurt and finally calmed down.

Then he turned his head back, looked at Zhang An, and then looked at little Siqi riding on its back, as if he wanted to remember this big shot whom he must not offend.

However, after playing on its back for a while, little Siqi lost interest and struggled to let Zhang An carry him down.

Because he tried to grab for a long time but couldn't find any mane on Dahua's back that he could pull on, just like Dahei's.

After returning to the big circle, Zhang Anben didn't want to close the fence inside the circle, and wanted to keep it open as before.

However, this time the deer herd was not as obedient as before. Except for those few female deer, the other new members all wanted to run away, and a few little ones even wanted to escape from the gate.

Seeing this, Zhang An remembered that they were new members of 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 time to teach those ignorant little guys some rules.

But then he remembered that the open space behind the big pen had now been built into a new sheep pen, so it seemed that it would not matter whether the deer were let free or not in the future.

In the afternoon, not long after lunch, Chen Ze came over with the people who were installing broadband.

"Zhang An, these guys are the masters who pull the wires. You can tell them where to pull them first."

Chen Ze pointed at the people he brought with him and said to Zhang An.

In fact, there were quite a few people coming. In addition to the two people 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, not the optical fiber of later generations, as that kind of technology does not exist yet.

After the lines are laid into the village, there is no need to plant new poles, and they can share the same pole with the village telephones.

"Then let's go directly to the study on the second floor."

Zhang An thought for a moment and pointed to the room with the middle window on the second floor.

Although their bedroom is very spacious, he does not plan to install the computer in the bedroom. After all, it is their place, and if someone comes to borrow the computer, it would be bad to refuse, and it would be bad not to refuse.

The room he pointed to was their study, where he planned to put the computer.

After the study room at home was completed, Su Ying only went there to prepare lessons and correct homework during the initial period. Later, for convenience, she took it directly to the bedroom to do it.

Zhang An would only go inside when he needed to.

Until now, although there are many books in the study, they have been idle.

However, after the computer is installed in it, the efficiency of using the study will definitely increase.

Soon, the main line pulled from the city was laid to the gate 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 many people coming to lay broadband, it caused quite a stir and attracted many villagers to join in the fun, including Zhang Jianwen.

"Zhang An, what are you doing here?"

Zhang Jianwen took a few glances and then asked Zhang An directly. The people around him were also talking about it, just like when the phone was installed.

It’s just that when their family installed the landline phone, there were already two telephones in the village, so it wasn’t too surprising.

"We are here to help install broadband."

Without Zhang An saying anything, the masters next to him had already introduced themselves.

Although installing broadband is very expensive now, broadband companies do not require employees to sell and install broadband in exchange for commissions.

But this is a new thing after all, and it is also the industry where they will make a living in the future, so they are willing to explain it to anyone who asks.

"What is this broadband?"

Zhang Jianwen didn't know what broadband was. Currently, there was only one telephone in the village committee.

Several masters spent a long time explaining professional terms, making it seem like their skills were very advanced, but Zhang Jianwen didn't understand anything about those things and became even more confused after listening to them.

"Broadband is the cable that connects computers to the internet, just like the cable that connects phones to the internet."

Seeing this, Zhang An used a telephone line as a comparison and explained it in a more popular way.

"So that's how it is. In other words, this thing called a computer is just like a phone. You have to plug it in to connect to another device, right? I thought it was like a TV. You can just turn it on and watch it."

Computers are a new thing, but after the old man said, "Learning about computers should start from an early age," more than ten years ago, this thing began to become well-known to everyone.

Even though Zhang Jianwen had never been exposed to it, he learned a lot from watching TV.

"Uncle, even if it's a TV, you still need to plug in an antenna or cable to watch it."

Zhang An pointed to the antenna on the upper floor of his house and said to Zhang Jianwen.

"Yeah, I didn't realize it really doesn't work. By the way, this computer is said to be very expensive, it seems to cost tens of thousands of dollars. What can it do?"

In Zhang Jianwen's eyes, a gadget that is not much different from a TV actually costs tens of thousands of dollars and is almost as good as being made of gold. When he saw Zhang An had it, he wanted to ask what it could be used for after spending so much money on it.

"Well, the computer can access the Internet. Anyway, it was sent by Chen Ze. How can I be willing to spend the money on it?"

Zhang An originally wanted to explain it to Zhang Jianwen, but in the end he found that he couldn't seem to explain it clearly.

Although he knew the functions of computers and the Internet, he was unable to explain them to Zhang Jianwen.

Just then, the broadband master called Zhang An to register the information and pay the installation fee, thus escaping from this sea of ​​suffering.

Today's broadband, or the original ADSL network, has an initial installation fee of 3,500 yuan, which is much more expensive than installing a telephone in the past.

If they lived in a big city, this fee would not be too expensive, but this is just a mountain village, and the people around were stunned when they heard the price.

Even though the villagers today can earn several thousand yuan a year through their orchards, they may not have much money left after installing this thing.

"Mr. Zhang, in addition to the initial installation fee, you will also need to pay 150 yuan per month for broadband. You can pay for the entire year in one lump sum, or you can go to the post office every month to pay the fee. We have people there to collect the fees."

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 number.
In later times, some broadband fees can be more than a hundred yuan a month, which sounds like not much of a difference.

However, Zhang An immediately shook his head. How could the current one hundred be compared to the one hundred in the future?

"Well, please help us pay for the previous year first."

The fee is not cheap at all, but it is nothing to Zhang An.

It just so happened that he was too lazy to go to the post office frequently, so he simply took out the money and paid the full amount for the whole year.

Even after the masters have completed the installation and debugging, they are not allowed to go online because they have to go back and activate an account.

Moreover, the Changqing line has just been laid, so the installer said that we have to wait until tomorrow.

"This line alone cost more than five thousand. It's too expensive."

Wang Fang felt heartbroken when she saw the money Zhang An took out. She had never felt so heartbroken when she installed the phone.

"Mom, the 3,500 yuan is the initial installation fee. You only need to pay it once. After that, it's just like the phone bill. It's only 150 yuan per month. What I just paid is for the whole year. You don't have to worry too much. I will make the money back the next time I sell ten more kilograms of wine."

Zhang An had long been accustomed to his mother's stingy nature and just spoke words of comfort.

Wang Fang felt better after hearing what Zhang An said.

In fact, she also knew that her son could make money. Not counting the family orchard, he could earn tens of thousands of yuan every year just by selling wine.

It’s just that she had lived in poverty too many times in the past, and she can’t change it now.

"Zhang An, my grandfather said he wants to try your fruit wine. Bring me a jar and take it back."

After the broadband installation was completed, Chen Ze prepared to go back.

But before leaving, he asked Zhang An for a jar of fruit wine.

After returning from Zhang An's house yesterday, he mentioned it to Mr. Chen, and thus, he received this task today.

"Okay, I'll get you a big jar, but you should tell the old man to drink less. Although the alcohol content of this stuff is not high, it is real alcohol."

When he heard that Zhang An had made a lot of fruit wine, he gave Chen Ze a ten-pound jar without hesitation.

(End of this chapter)