Tian Cuie charged her 1.5 yuan for the two phone calls. There was nothing she could do; long-distance calls were expensive, and there was no room for sentimentality at this point.
Hao Caiyun had installed a telephone at home before the New Year and then wrote a letter to Zhuang Zhimeng to tell her. This time, Zhuang Zhimeng called home directly.
Now that the village has telephones, we can find someone quickly in case of an emergency, unlike before when writing letters and sending telegrams took a long time, even if the telegram was fast, it would still take several hours.
These past few days, the brigade leader has arranged for Shang Jingshu, Shi Jiashu, and Liu Huaying to take turns cleaning the livestock shed and carrying manure. They can only do this kind of dirty and tiring work; there's no way they can be assigned any easy tasks.
One evening, Zhuang Zhimeng and An Qingbai went to the cowshed again to deliver a thin quilt to Shang Jingshu. Zhuang Zhimeng specially sewed patches all over the outside of the quilt.
It's been raining these past few days, and the weather's a bit chilly. Zhuang Zhimeng is worried that Shang Jingshu's health won't be able to handle it, since he's still injured and hasn't fully recovered.
Shang Jingshu was deeply moved. His own child wanted to sever ties with him, but now his friend's granddaughter was taking care of him and giving him warmth. He seemed to feel that life wasn't so difficult anymore, and he planned to live a good life. He felt that life was still worth living!
"Zhimeng, thank you for thinking of this old man!"
"Please don't say that. I called my grandfather a few days ago, and he also told me to take care of you!"
"Then please thank him for me!"
"You should talk to my grandfather yourself. He'll be coming over in a while, and we'll arrange for you to meet then. You can tell him what you need to say!"
"Okay, I'll tell Lao Zhuang myself. I thought I'd never see Lao Zhuang again, but I never expected we'd meet again!"
"Don't be discouraged, you might be exonerated someday!"
"I can't even imagine it!"
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