●Jiao Likun
This New Year, I returned to my hometown, a small village near the sea on the Jiaodong Peninsula in Shandong Province. On the first day of the Chinese New Year, the first words of the brothers and sisters who have not met for a long time are not "How many big treasures did you eat last night", but "How many red envelopes did you grab?" The red envelope here refers to the "shake" on the WeChat of the Spring Festival Gala Chinese New Year's Eve, and the cousin snatched 10 yuan and was as elated as if he had won the jackpot.
In addition to this national entertainment, relatives also set up a WeChat group and played a game of grabbing red envelopes in the group.
Initially, we, the younger generation who "broke in", threw a small red envelope into the group for entertainment. I didn't expect the enthusiasm of the older generation to be high. My aunt in my hometown complained that there were too few red envelopes, you grabbed them too quickly, and you had to take care of my old man's home. "Wait a minute for me!" The third uncle who was far away in the northeast silently grabbed several rounds of red envelopes and shouted, "Quick teach me how to send red envelopes." "In the happy red envelope game of the juniors, the second uncle, who also can't go back to his hometown for the New Year, finally can't hold back." The uncle calmly threw out a few red envelopes, laughing at the second uncle and the third uncle in the big city who had been OUT. A red envelope may only cost a few dollars, but it has swept the three generations of the family, middle-aged and young, and built a bridge of family affection in Shandong, northeast and northwest.
Grabbing red envelopes requires the support of smart phones, and more and more villagers have used large-screen smart machines. The cousin is holding a 4G mobile phone, he said that in addition to popular brand mobile phones such as Samsung and Xiaomi, there are also small partners using the iPhone 6 plus. In the Spring Festival gift list, there is no shortage of large-screen mobile phones for parents.
I was also pleasantly surprised to find that the mobile 4G signal had already covered the town and even the village. The uncle's family has broadband WiFi, because the children are out of town and need to video frequently. His WeChat was taught by his son.
This is a scene of mobile life in a small village in jiaodong peninsula, which is a microcosm of the great changes in the mobile Internet in the land of Shenzhou, and we are all witnesses.