Chapter 350: Who is taking advantage of whom between us?
The moment she heard her voice, Shen Xiu'e's attitude changed immediately.
Obviously very excited.
"Weiwei?? It's Weiwei?? You've been to the East Province, right? Have you seen Tingyue? Are you all right? Are you okay?"
A series of questions made Song Shi's lips curl slightly.
She wiped the tears from her eyes and smiled.
"Mom, it's okay, I'm fine, Tingyue... is fine too, he has returned to the army now!"
Hearing that they were all fine, Shen Xiu'e finally put her heart at ease.
"Okay, okay, okay, it's okay, it's okay!!"
At this moment, a voice suddenly came from the side: "Mom..."
Song Shiwei was suddenly stunned, and even Shen Xiu'e on the other side of the receiver was stunned.
After reacting, Shen Xiu'e excitedly said, "Xiao Ba, what did you just say? Say it again?"
Song Shiwei had a vague feeling that it was Xiao Ba, but she was not sure. When she heard Shen Xiu'e calling Xiao Ba, she finally realized that it was really Xiao Ba!
It was Xiao Ba who shouted "Mom!!"
Maybe it was because Xiao Ba was sitting on Shen Xiu'e's lap, very close to the microphone, so she heard it very clearly!
He yelled "Mom!"
At this moment, tears could no longer be controlled and she covered her mouth tightly to prevent herself from crying out loud.
Old Li was a little worried when he saw her crying so hard.
But because she was still on the phone, he didn't dare say anything.
Fortunately, Song Shiwei adjusted his state quickly.
"Xiao Ba, you called your mother, right?? Mom is so happy!! I finally heard you call me mother!"
Shen Xiu'e was also very relieved.
"Yeah, I never thought that our little Ba would call mom! Can you call her again to make her happy?"
But no matter how much Shen Xiu'e coaxed him, Xiao Ba didn't say anything and just concentrated on playing with the little dinosaur in his hand.
Song Shiwei was also sad. After all, it was a big progress for Xiao Ba to be able to call her "Mom".
"Mom, are you, Dad, and the kids all right?"
Shen Xiu'e smiled and said, "Okay, okay, everything is fine, the children are fine too! It's just that the little ones all miss you so much. The four older ones are better because they know that their parents are busy and they can't make trouble. But the four little ones make a fuss every day. Even Xiao Ba doesn't sleep for a long time at night. He plays with the dinosaur in his hand and looks at the door from time to time with a pout. He won't say it, but I can see that he misses you!"
Song Shiwei felt a pang in her heart, how could she not miss them too!
But Zhou Tingyue didn't know what was going on. She was caught in a dilemma and felt very uncomfortable.
"Mom, how about letting Xiaocao bring the kids over? I want to stay here for a while!"
She didn't dare to say that she was worried about Zhou Tingyue, because she was afraid that her family would worry too, so she could only find an excuse.
"It was Uncle Li who helped find Tingyue and the others. I promised Uncle Li that I would cook for him for a year, and I can't go back on my word!"
Of course, this was not a lie, she did agree to Uncle Li.
But when Old Li heard this, he suddenly frowned. He opened his mouth and wanted to say something, but when he thought that she was still on the phone, he had to give up.
Shen Xiu'e on the other side of the phone also nodded.
"Is that so? Then we should really thank them! How about this, don't let Xiaocao take us there. She's young and I'm worried if something happens on the way. Anyway, I don't have anything to do, so I'll take the kids there instead of taking the train because I'm afraid it's not safe on the road. I'll call your dad later and see if Xiaozhang or Xiaosun has nothing to do tomorrow and ask him to take us there directly!"
This arrangement would be great. Song Shiwei was originally worried about safety issues on the road. If the driver from her father's unit could help her take the baby, she would feel relieved.
I told her the specific address of Uncle Li's house and asked her to write it down, and then she hung up the phone.
Although Old Wang didn't want any money, she was calling from Beijing, where the phone bill was quite expensive, and she didn't want to take advantage of him.
Take out a dollar and put it on the table.
"Uncle Wang, thank you!"
When Old Wang saw that she gave him one dollar, he quickly picked up the money and prepared to return it to her.
"No, no, no, no, I've been friends with Old Li for many years, how can I ask for money? And you gave me so much, it's too much!"
Song Shi smiled and said, "Not much. I'm calling Beijing City, a long distance call. If you have extra money, I'll add some to buy a pack of cigarettes for my uncle Li!"
As she spoke, she took out another dollar and put it on the table.
In this era, the cigarettes that ordinary people smoke are as cheap as a few cents a pack, or even one or two yuan a pack. Of course, there are also imported cigarettes that cost eight or ten yuan.
But Song Shiwei took a look at the cigarettes in this remote rural sales outlet, and they all seemed to be cheap cigarettes. There was a pack that she had seen Grandpa Zhou smoke at home, which cost just over one yuan a pack. She pointed at that.
"Just take this?"
Old Wang nodded happily: "Okay!"
But Old Li returned the dollar to Song Shiwei with a sullen face.
"Where can I get such good cigarettes? Just give me the three-cent ones!"
When he went out, Old Li also took a box of matches from Old Wang, which made him feel distressed.
"I'm telling you, Old Li, you're always taking advantage of me!"
Old Li took out a cigarette, lit it, then turned his head and glared at him.
"Tell me, who is taking advantage of whom?"
When Old Wang heard this, he immediately laughed.
"Okay, okay, I won't say anything. Take it, take it. It's just a box of matches!"
Usually, when Old Li gets good medicinal herbs, he helps resell them. The money he makes is more than tens of thousands of boxes of matches.
Just from that hundred-year-old ginseng, he earned hundreds of dollars from Old Li!
He still wants to continue making money from him!
After leaving the sales outlet, Old Li took a long puff of his cigarette and suddenly spoke.
"I asked you to cook for me at that time just to give you more hope and not to be so sad. Now that your husband is fine, forget about this promise! When I saw you, I thought of my little granddaughter. She lived with me at home for a few years. When she was in junior high school, her parents took her away. After she left, she never came back........."
Hearing Old Li suddenly say this, Song Shiwei's eyes suddenly widened.
He stared at Old Li with an expression of disbelief.
Unexpectedly, he also has a granddaughter who has lived with him for many years.
Did grandpa miss me like this back then? Otherwise, why would she go up the mountain to pick her favorite wild strawberries and end up rolling down the cliff?
Whenever he thought of this, Song Shiwei's heart ached.
"So, where is your granddaughter now?"
Old Li looked up into the distance, took a deep puff of the cigarette in his hand, and waited for the smoke to slowly dissipate, blurring his eyes.
He then sighed softly: "She got married and went to the south. Maybe she will never remember me as her grandfather again..."
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