There was no one in the courtyard in an instant. They were all at Xu Qing’s house. When there were more people, it was crowded.

It was so crowded that I couldn’t move my feet.

The third aunt took her granddaughter and hurriedly squeezed her daughter-in-law, Yu Li, to make room for the people at the post office.

Qin Huairu, the first aunt, and the second aunt also leaned to one side, for fear of delaying the people at the post office answering the phone.

Yan Jiefang and Yan Jiekuang took Yan Jiedi and followed Yan Bugui into the house. When the three of them saw that they could not squeeze in front of the phone, they took off their shoes and got on the Kang of Xu Qing's house. They stood on the Kang and walked forward from a high place.

Watch as you go.

Silly Zhu stood next to Xu Fengming, holding the screwdriver he had just taken out in his hand, watching the post office man connect the black wire end to the telephone, with a serious look on his face.

Yan Bugui, Yi Zhonghai, and Liu Haizhong stood beside Xu Qing, looking curiously with their heads raised.

No one had ever seen people at the post office install telephones, and Xu Qing was the first in the courtyard to install telephones. They all thought it was interesting and novel, so they rushed to see it in action.

Outside the door, the two brothers Liu Guangtian and Liu Guangfu also stretched their necks to look into the house, but did not go in.

One is that they don’t dare. The two brothers have made trouble with Aiguo and Fengming before.

Nowadays, Aiguo and Fengming are both cadres, but the two of them are ordinary workers, and they are timid.

Secondly, there were so many people in Xu Qing’s house that there was no place for them to stay.

As for people coming from other alley courtyards, naturally they can only stand beside the Liu Guangtian brothers and follow them to look into Xu Qing's house.

Five or six minutes later, the phone was answered, and people from the post office conducted an interview in front of Xu Qing. Everyone held their breath, listening to the voice coming from the phone, and everyone was excited.

"The phone is now installed and ready to use?"

Yan Bugui stretched out his hand to hold his glasses. He couldn't believe it. It was so fast. It only took a few minutes.

The person at the post office turned and glanced at Yan Bugui, "Old comrade, telephones are not that fast. If your hospital had never installed one before and needed wiring, we would have finished it long ago."

Yan Bugui, the old teacher, said oh and said nothing more.

After all, he was a layman in this area and didn't know anything. When the person at the post office said it, he immediately pretended to be calm and nodded to show that he understood.

But in fact, Yan Bugui didn't understand it at all. Even though he kept staring, he couldn't figure out the doorway after just a few glances.

I just saw something new.

Silly Zhu frowned, poked the phone with a screwdriver, and asked: "Won't the sound suddenly go silent?"

The people at the post office were busy for several hours with almost no breaks. Finally, they were done. One of them wound the remaining wires into a circle and slung them on his arm. The other one packed up the tools and put them in the tool box on his back while talking to the idiot.

Zhu said: "How could it be silent after it was just installed?"

Xu Qing took out the Peony cigarette and handed it to the three post office people who came to install the phone. The man carrying the toolbox reached out to take the cigarette, wiped the sweat off his forehead and said to Xu Qing:

"Comrade Xu Qing, if there is any problem with your phone in the future, please come to our unit to find us."

Xu Qing smiled and said hello, then turned around and asked his wife Jinghong to make a tea jar of Gao Sui Er for each of the three of them.

Jia Zhang glanced at the newly installed telephone in Xu Qing's home, her eyes rolled around, a smile appeared on her face, and she said to Xu Qing:

"Xiaoqing, can you use your home phone to call my grandson? My grandson, Bangge, went to the countryside to join the queue. I haven't contacted my family for a long time."

Before Xu Qing could speak, Feng Ming said directly: "Auntie, Banggeng went to the countryside to jump in line. Is there a phone number at his place? What is the phone number and how to transfer it? Do you know?"

Jia Zhang was stunned, and was stunned. Banggen had never said that before. She had mostly written letters before, and she did have the postal code, but what was the phone number and area code? Banggen never mentioned it when she came home from a visit to relatives. How could she know where to go?

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Qin Huairu glanced at her mother-in-law, so ashamed that she wanted to find a crack in the ground and crawl in.

In front of so many people, my mother-in-law wanted to borrow Xu Qing's phone. The phone had just been installed and she hadn't used it yet, so how could she let someone else make the first call?

I really think about it all at once, regardless of the occasion. It’s not like I can’t talk about it again in the future, so why do I have to say it now?

After Qin Huairu glanced at Mrs. Jia Zhang, she turned her head and stopped looking at her mother-in-law.

Mrs. Jia Zhang also realized that she had been too impatient just now, and her face was a little uneasy. She made an excuse and hurriedly squeezed through the crowd, left Xu Qing's house, and headed back to her courtyard.

The rest of the people continued to stay at Xu Qing's house until the person who sent Xu Qing to the post office left, and then they left together.

However, just as Xu Qing was delivering the people from the post office passing by the middle courtyard, Jia Zhang, who was coming back in front, ran out again holding the scissors and said:

"Comrades from the post office, I see there is still a lot of wires you brought. Can you ream a few meters for me so that I can use it to dry clothes?"

The person at the post office glanced at Mrs. Jia Zhang, then turned to look at the three stewards, Xu Qing and Yi Zhonghai, with confused expressions on their faces.

Xu Qing had no choice but to quickly explain to Jia Zhang:

"Aunt Zhang, these wires are all new. How can the post office rewind them for you?"

"Hey, it's just a few meters of wire, and it's not worth much. What's wrong with me hanging it in the yard as a clothesline?"

After Jia Zhang looked at Xu Qing, she rolled her eyes and muttered: "I don't want it for you!"

Xu Qing glanced at Jia Zhang coldly and was too lazy to respond.

Since she wants to feel uncomfortable, let her do whatever she wants.

The person at the post office smoked the cigarette delivered by Xu Qing, looked at Jia Zhang, pointed at the wires on his body and said:

"Old comrade, if you want it, come to our post office to buy it with your own money. Remember to bring the industrial coupons. We will give you as much as you want."

Jia Zhang's eyes widened, "How much money do you need for just a few meters of wire?"

"You, old comrade, are so easy to talk to, why don't you want it? Our wires don't come from nothing. If you want them, pay for them!"

Mrs. Jia Zhang suddenly lost her temper, pinched the scissors in her hand, and stared at the wires on the man at the post office with a look of displeasure.

Yi Zhonghai saw this and tried to smooth things over:

"Sister-in-law, don't embarrass the people at the post office. It's not like we don't have a clothesline in our courtyard. Even if you want to pull a new one, you have to find an old wire."

Seeing that the wire was not coming, Mrs. Jia Zhang showed dissatisfaction on her face and reluctantly turned around and went back into the house.

After Xu Qing sent the people from the post office out of the compound, he returned to his home in the backyard.

I grabbed the phone and called my old classmate Li Guohua.

Xiao Hongzhi stood in front of him, less than the height of the table where the phone was placed, blinking and looking at his father curiously.

It's just that when Xu Qing made the first call, the person who answered the phone was not Li Guohua, but a woman. She said that Li Guohua was transferred from the county to Sijiu City yesterday and asked him to call there.

Xu Qing was a little confused. Li Guohua had just been transferred. He didn't know what unit he was going to, and the woman didn't tell him just now.

Xu Qing then called Erniu again. Erniu worked at the Second Commercial Bureau of Xuanwu District in Sijiu City. The unit was in Chengxin Hutong on Caishikou Street. He graduated from college and has been working there for the past few years. His married daughter-in-law

They are also from the same unit.

The call was quickly transferred to the Second Commercial Bureau by the post office, but the person who answered the phone was not Er Niu, but a young comrade on duty.

Who knows, Xu Qing's two phone calls on this weekend were a bit embarrassing, but the other party said wait a minute, Er Niu came to the work just now, and he would call him over now.
Chapter completed!