14 Chapter 14 Post Office

Sunday

A week passed in a blink of an eye.

When Cheng Yongxing woke up, the room was already bright.Long-lost sunlight came in from the east-facing window.It took a while before he realized that today is Sunday and he does not need to do morning exercises.

This week, every day at 5 o'clock in the morning, I was called out for morning exercises. Everyone was fed up.Being able to wake up naturally and quietly is already a kind of happiness.

"what time is it?"

Cheng Yongxing stretched out his hand under the pillow and fumbled for a while, and found his watch. When he looked at it, it was almost 7 o'clock.He has adapted to life without a mobile phone, and the watch has become a necessity.

This digital watch was a gift from his mother's colleague, Aunt Zhang Hong, when he was in high school.Some of my parents’ colleagues are getting along well with each other. Many of the clothes and stationery that Cheng Yongxing brought to college were given by them and their relatives.

From the perspective of later generations, this watch can't be simpler.There is a small LCD in the middle of the watch, nothing else.This electronic watch has been with him for three years. The anti-rust paint on the case has fallen off in large pieces, and it has begun to rust. It needs to be replaced.But he still couldn't bear it. A better watch cost one or two hundred, which would cost several months of living expenses.

When I got up, most of the students in the room were still asleep, very quiet.Maybe they have already woken up, but they all chose to sleep back into the cage.

He also wants to go to sleep, because of a lot of exercise, it seems that he can't sleep well every day.But today is the time he agreed to talk to his home!I didn't dare to sleep, it would break if I slept a little too late.

After washing a little, Cheng Yongxing walked out carrying his schoolbag.There was no one in the corridor outside the bedroom, and there were few people in the noisy water room in the past, which was in sharp contrast with the previous Sunday.Everyone is sleeping in and enjoying a rare rest.

Walking out of this freshman dormitory area, the stairs and corridors became a little more popular.In front of Ershe and Sanshe gates, many students, like him, walked to the cafeteria with their schoolbags on their backs.But compared to normal days, the flow of people is still much less.

When he arrived at the cafeteria, Cheng Yongxing looked at his watch, at a quarter past seven.There are sparse people eating in the cafeteria, and the number of people is completely incomparable with usual.

On Sundays, some students will come late, while others will not eat breakfast at all. Therefore, there are much fewer students in the cafeteria on Sundays, especially in the morning.

The scheduled call time was ten o'clock. After the meal, he went to the study room to sit for a while before leaving.

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The University of Technology is located in the city center, and the surrounding facilities are relatively complete.Although the city is not as prosperous as later generations, banks, post offices are indispensable.

The traffic on Dazhi Street is full of the bustling atmosphere of a big city.

Bingcheng is now one of the largest cities in China, and its GDP can occasionally be in the top ten in the country.The various facilities in the ice city are among the best in the country!Many people in Bingcheng proudly claim that Little Paris in the East is not completely unreasonable!

The post and telecommunications office has not changed for decades, almost the same as when he left the ice city.The post and telecommunications have not yet been separated, and the post and telecommunications system is now the best system.Later generations separated several giant companies from this system: Telecom, China Unicom, China Mobile, Tower, Post Bank, etc.

When Cheng Yongxing arrived at the post office, just after nine o'clock, he could only come here if he wanted to call home.Last time in his four-year college career, he didn't figure out where to call from campus, but this time he did not find out.So I can only travel long distances to make long distances.

Now is the eve of the explosion of the telecommunications industry. Some new technologies have begun to appear, such as program-controlled telephones and magnetic card telephones, but they have not yet become popular.

Magnetic card phones already exist, but only in the post office.It should be widely spread soon.Before being hit by mobile phones, magnetic card phones once occupied the streets.But now, no!

Comparing with the insufficiency, let's compare with the below!To make long distance calls, you only need to buy a calling card, and you can call in a free phone room.This is much more convenient than before. It is no longer necessary to go to the front desk to fill in the form and transfer manually.

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Cheng Yongxing bought a 20 yuan phone card at the counter. It was a beautiful magnetic card with a chrysanthemum pattern, and it was still very delicately made.Some of the better quality phone cards in later generations are also valuable and worth collecting.But the cost of this collection is not low, think about it, forget it, let's use it.

The collection of phone cards probably started in the mid-1990s, not far from now.The plastic pieces that are thrown on the floor between the telephones and will eventually be swept away will be very valuable in a few years.With the ever-increasing expansion of the card team, many card products are in short supply, and the market price of phone cards continues to rise.The price of some rare phone cards has even appreciated by hundreds of times, while the value of individual cards has increased by thousands of times.

Even in 1991, that is, two years later, ordinary phone cards, even if they are used, can be sold for money.Most can be sold for around 5 to 10 yuan.In other words, the dozens of plastic pieces that were thrown on the ground in front of them were actually worth hundreds of yuan.

If you keep it until the 21st century, any one of these old phone cards will be worth more than 1,000 yuan as long as the quality is reasonable.The price of many old cards that were opened in the early days far exceeded the price of gold of equal weight.

The "Red Receiver" telephone card issued by SH City in February 1988, a full set of 3, with a total face value of 185 yuan, the price of a full set of old cards was once driven up to a sky-high price of nearly 200,000 yuan.

So now it can be said that there is gold everywhere.As long as he is willing to be cheeky and lower his head to pick it up, without cost, he can pick up a billionaire back.

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Staring at the plastic piece on the ground for a while, Cheng Yongxing turned his attention to the clock.He is too self-esteem, obviously can not shame to pick up the trash thrown by others.

He arrived very early for fear of missing time.

The unreality that had disappeared a few days ago reappeared.

It has been almost 15 years since the last call with my father.Now that he was able to turn back time and talk to his family again, he was filled with excitement and fear, not knowing whether this dream would end at any time.

There was a lot of noise in the hall on the side of the telephone room, and many people called loudly on the phone.Perhaps the quality of the phone is poor, or the person talking is angry, and some voices suddenly burst out, making it like a farmer’s market.

The ground was covered with paper and plastic, just like the scene in the movie before the national army evacuated. It was embarrassing and messy.

Looking down at the phone card for a while, his anxiety was relieved, and his heart returned to waiting.

The more time you look forward to, the slower you go.In the hall, the second hand of the wall clock went round and round, and it was as long as a century in less than an hour.

Waiting with anticipation.Cheng Yongxing felt sweating all over, especially his hands and palms.