Chapter 24 The call cannot be made
Chapter 24 The phone call is not connected
"Have the children left?" Liu Guangqing looked out curiously.
"Let's go. We've been gone for almost ten minutes."
"What are you worried about?"
Liu Guangqing was unhappy and was worrying about nothing.
"What do you think I'm worried about? Don't you know what's going on with our boss?"
"The eldest daughter-in-law is a person who particularly cares about her reputation. If she finds out, the Liu Bing family will never be able to live in peace again!"
"How dare Du Yumei! How can that woman be good? Before she married my son, she was divorced and she was not a virgin."
Cai Suifen threw the rag on the table and said without a single polite word: "If my son knew she was divorced, he would definitely not marry her."
"A foreign woman, after attending Shanghai University for a few days, thinks she can win against us Shanghainese!"
He looked at Chen Lijuan vaguely, "She always thought she was marrying down! How many people want to settle down in Shanghai but don't have the chance! The two-bedroom, one-living-room house they live in was bought for them with our pension money! The house is still registered in our name. If she dares to say no, I will make her go back to her hometown."
"It took half a day to come up with a golden egg..."
Chen Lijuan also echoed: "Yes, brother, why don't you tell us that you have a son in Yunnan?"
Seeing that the old woman was getting more and more outrageous, Liu Guangqing was really afraid that the matter would get out of hand and affect Liu Lang.
I quickly stopped her: "Alright, alright! Just be more kind with your words. Don't offend people so much."
"I'll make a phone call and ask him to come home today."
"That's fine. Don't tell that woman for now, lest she make a scene. When the time is right, call her home and see what her attitude is."
After finishing the call, Liu Guangqing walked back somewhat dejected.
Granny Cai asked, "What's wrong, old man? What did Liu Bing say?"
"He said he's busy at the factory lately and doesn't have time."
"Have you told him about the grandson?"
"No. I'm worried that if he gets to know the news and Du Yumei accidentally finds out, that would be bad."
Then he picked up the phone again and said, "Let me contact the parents of the other children."
"Meixia's father, Lin Weihua, has been found a job as an editor at a literary magazine."
"Hey~!" Chen Lijuan was surprised: "Meixia's father is doing so well? He is a writer and editor, so awesome."
Grandma Cai didn't think so: "What's so great about that? I think those people who hold pens, draw, and sing are all bad people. Otherwise, why would they leave their own children in the countryside and not bring them back?"
"Oh~, Mom, if you say that, you'll scold my eldest brother as well."
"When did I...say anything good about him?"
"..."
Chen Lijuan treated the old man as someone with a sharp tongue but a soft heart.
"Hello~ Is this the Harvest Literary Society? I'm looking for Lin Weihua."
……
"Editor-in-Chief Lin, someone is looking for you."
Lin Weihua was communicating face to face with the author of a manuscript. I don’t know how this person got his email address and was able to submit a manuscript to him.
He has been the editor-in-chief for a year and now doesn't care much about manuscripts from new authors.
Mainly we commission articles from some of the old authors, and the editors below will sign the articles from the new authors.
But the quality of the manuscript this person sent was really good, which made his eyes light up. It was very innovative and the writing was fluent, which gave him a strong sense of involvement.
So I made an appointment with the author, who is also from Shanghai, for a meeting.
About the same age as him.
"I didn't expect you to have the same experience. I would say that it is difficult for people who have not had that experience to write about it."
"Editor-in-Chief Lin, can my manuscript be published?"
Lin Weihua was holding the manuscript and thinking for more than ten seconds. His heartbeat could be heard in the air.
Finally, he said, "Okay."
Xiang Yunjian breathed a sigh of relief, looked at Lin Weihua eagerly and said, "How much is the fee?"
"Our Harvest's manuscript fees are generally the best among the peers. The national standard is 40 per thousand words, but now that prices in Shanghai are so high, the remuneration we pay is very competitive with our peers, 50 per thousand words." Lin Weihua asked again, "Do you have any other job now?"
Xiang Yunjian shook his head. "Our factory just went bankrupt. We have no choice but to pick up the pen I used when I was young and write a few words."
"I suggest that you try to find a stable job when you have time, and use the evenings or rest time to write."
Xiang Yunjian nodded in agreement, "I know."
"That's all for today. I have a phone call."
"Editor-in-chief, please take care of yourself and don't worry about me."
At work, Lin Weihua is a very dedicated person. He will only take on the next task after he finishes the one at hand.
"Hello, I'm Lin Weihua."
……
"Hello Mr. Lin, my name is Liu Guangqing, and I'm the father of your former classmate Liu Bing."
"Oh, Uncle Liu, hello." Lin Weihua still had some impression of Liu Bing. They had gone to school together and had a class reunion together.
He was a little confused as to why his old classmate's father was looking for him. "Uncle Liu, what can I do for you?"
"It's like this, I want to ask if you know Lin Meixia?"
"What?" The voice in the receiver was a little buzzing.
"Uncle Liu, I can't hear you clearly."
Liu Guangqing's phone was disconnected after a beep.
"Why did the phone suddenly go silent? Hello?"
Grandma Cai asked, "What do you mean?"
"The phone is silent and I can't make a call."
"It can't be broken. Go to your neighbor's house and try it."
Liu Guangqing came to Jiang Gangdong's house and said, "Gangdong's wife, I want to borrow your landline to make a call. I don't know why my landline can't make a call."
"It's okay, Uncle Liu, you can hit me as you like."
While Liu Guangqing was dialing, Aunt Gangdong asked casually, "Is Li Kang still at Uncle Liu's house?"
"Yes, he's staying at my house temporarily. I asked Liu Jun to take him out to play today."
Liu Guangqing dialed the number, but still couldn't get through. "I can't get through to your home phone."
"How could that be? I just called him."
Aunt Gangdong tried but the call didn’t work.
"I'll go out and try. Maybe the line is broken. Report it to the neighborhood committee and ask them to find someone to fix it."
The takeaway shops in the alleys have pay phones that charge ten cents per minute.
It is usually used by migrant workers, while locals all have home landlines.
Before Liu Guangqing walked out of the Shikumen, he found several wires hanging in the middle of the road ahead. "Who is so wicked as to cut off other people's telephone lines?"
The neighbors all heard it, and when they came out to see that their phone lines had also been cut, they started cursing.
"It's really immoral. Anyone who does this will live in poverty for the rest of his life."
"Tell the telephone company and have them send someone to connect the line."
Liu Guangqing was upset by this matter and wasted his time. He came to the front of the store and had to queue up to make a phone call.
It seems that everyone around me is having the same problem.
Only a small number of people's home phones can still be reached.
"What's going on? I have to wait in line just to make a phone call."
"The boss is going to make money today. Maybe he did it himself."
"Keep your voice down. This boss is from another place. He's very fierce and has been in fights before."
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