country bumpkin

Chapter 384 Learning to Use the Internet

Three girls walked into the courtyard, which was filled with bicycles. They guessed these were bicycles parked there by students and freelancers who used the internet.

They walked to the main computer near the door and told the network administrator to set up three computers. Each person would play for one hour.

They each paid their share, and the group squeezed into the aisle with their number tags to find their own computer tags.

Qin Fangfang, the slender girl who was with Yunya, took the initiative to teach Yunya how to turn on her computer and apply for a QQ account.

To Yunya's left sat another tall, slightly chubby girl, Wang Lisha. The three of them sat side by side in a row.

Yunya was still awkwardly looking down at the keyboard, typing pinyin with one finger. Wang Lisha, on the other hand, had practiced so much that her fingers flew across the keyboard and she no longer needed to look at it.

Her eyes were fixed on the screen, but her fingers were on the keyboard, typing with fluid ease and grace.

After teaching Yunya, Qin Fangfang also focused on her own computer. Opening her friends list, messages from over a dozen close friends flooded in like a river.

Qin Fangfang was immediately busy and had no time to pay attention to Yun Ya.

Yunya could only figure out how to operate it on her own, randomly tapping here and there.

After about fifteen minutes, Yunya had basically figured out how to use this social media app.

Just then, she received a message from a friend request page. Yunya clicked on it, accepted the request without hesitation, and added the other person as a friend.

After the addition was successful, a message arrived instantly. Yunya typed on the keyboard with one finger, slowly replying to the message.

Ten minutes later, two more messages arrived, both friend requests accepted. Yunya added them anyway.

Time passed by unnoticed. Yunya was typing with her head down when the computer screen suddenly returned to the home page.

Yun Ya didn't know what was going on, so she looked up and glanced at Qin Fangfang and Wang Lisha beside her. They calmly started to get up.

Yunya was still sitting on the stool, wondering what was going on, when Qin Fangfang spoke up, "Sun Yunya, it's time."

Yun Ya then stood up and slowly moved out of the aisle. The three of them, still somewhat reluctant to leave, looked back at the internet cafe.

On their way back, the three of them excitedly chatted about their online friends while pedaling their bicycles.

At the fork in the road, the three said goodbye and went their separate ways.

Yunya turned and went to Xuanmei's dormitory. Inside, Xuanmei was organizing her Walkman and cassette tapes.

When Xuanmei saw Yunya arrive, she asked her, "Where did you go after get off work today? I haven't seen you."

Yun Ya didn't want to hide anything and replied, "Oh, Wang Lisha and Qin Fangfang took me to an internet cafe to surf the internet for a while."

Xuanmei, remembering what happened at the garment factory in another city, asked anxiously, "How did you end up using the internet? Don't you remember what happened at the garment factory in Qing City?"

Yunya said calmly, "It's okay, we'll just chat and not talk about online dating."

Xuanmei was still worried. "You say this now, but once you get hooked, you won't be able to control yourself. I think it's better to go to internet cafes less often in the future."

Yunya was a little disappointed. "Huh? We're not going? I've only just learned the basics, why can't I go?"

She thought for a moment and then suggested, "How about this, next time I go, I'll call you and we'll go together, then it'll be safer. You'll feel more at ease then!"

Xuan Mei nodded, "I think it's a good idea."

Actually, she really wanted to go online, but she couldn't find a suitable internet cafe. Some internet cafes were off-limits; they were too chaotic, with people smoking, drinking, and even arranging fights from time to time.

The internet cafe we ​​went to today was discovered by Wang Lisha. She found it through a recommendation from an online friend.

This place is relatively normal; there haven't been any fights or brawls. Most importantly, there are many students here, and almost no delinquent youths.

Nowadays, young people in society either dye their hair red or yellow, and some even dye their hair in all sorts of colors.

Her hair was so long and permed it was sticking up, and when she walked, it bounced around like a peacock's tail.

Some people say this is "non-mainstream," a trend!

However, Yunya always kept her distance from people dressed like that on the street. Kong Xiujuan had said, "Those people with dyed red or yellow hair are all bad people. They are all hooligans that their parents can't control. You should stay far away from them."

Although Yunya often argues with Kong Xiujuan, she still remembers what Kong Xiujuan says very clearly and listens to her.

Yunya stayed with Xuanmei for a while longer before riding her bicycle home.

When she returned home this time, Kong Xiujuan didn't say anything to her. Recently, she had been busy buying large pots, stoves, steamers, charcoal, and so on for her business. She simply didn't have time to care about Yunya.

Seeing that the storefront was just sitting idle, she decided to start selling breakfast. She decided to make small steamed buns!

It is said that when Gao Qinglian's eldest and second sons built new storefronts, she stopped selling large steamed buns.

Anyway, all the daughters are married, and only the two of us are left at home. We don't need to spend much money, so there's no need to work so hard to earn money.

All the tools she used for her business were old and some were broken, so she used them all as firewood and burned them.

The next day after get off work, Yunya went to the internet cafe with them as usual. This time, Yunya invited Xuanmei along.

The four girls walked into the internet cafe excitedly, paid their money, and started looking for their computers.

The group turned on the computer and started logging into their QQ accounts. Xuanmei hadn't played in a long time and had almost forgotten her own number.

Fortunately, she was prepared. She took out a mini notebook from her pocket, opened the cover, and began to enter her QQ number and password according to the numbers on it.

After successfully entering the information, you can log in immediately; the login process takes only one second.

Yunya used the same method, holding a piece of paper with her QQ number and password clearly written on it.

She wrote this down yesterday, using paper and a pen she borrowed from the internet cafe manager. She was afraid she'd forget it, and thankfully she did; otherwise, she would have forgotten it.

Wang Lisha and Qin Fangfang didn't even need to look at the slip of paper; they had played this game so many times that they were very skilled. They turned on the computer, sat down, opened QQ, and quickly entered their QQ number and password.

After connecting instantly, the two began chatting animatedly. Their online friends came from all over the world.

Xuanmei logged on and found that none of the online friends she knew before were there anymore, which made her a little disappointed.

But just a few minutes after she logged on, new netizens started sending her friend requests.

Her interest returned, and she started getting involved, chatting with people about all sorts of random things.

When she talked to someone named "Wind, Flower, Snow, and Moon" about wages, that person said that there were many factories in their area and the wages were high, so if she wanted to go out to work, she should choose their area.

Xuanmei felt a surge of interest, but then she remembered that they had only just met and she wasn't sure if what he said was true or false. She decided to chat a few more times before making a decision.