After Ning Xiyue arrived in town to mail the package, she saw two people queuing up next to her and making a phone call. She looked at her watch and saw that it was still early and her mother at home had not yet finished get off work, so she simply went over to queue up.
According to the calculation, the special mushroom sauce sent a while ago should have been received by her family, so she had to call and ask about the situation.
Long-distance calls cost one dollar and ten cents per minute, and answering a call costs fifty cents, which is expensive. The first two people in front answered the call, and the second one made a call, and both were completed in about a minute.
Ning Xiyue finally saw how to say more words in one minute. The words she said throughout the whole process contained a lot of information, but it was all important information. Not a single word was nonsense. Her speaking speed was also very fast, so fast that she even stuttered, but she managed to stay in the conversation for a minute.
Especially the skill of the comrade who made the phone call in front of her really shocked her. He hung up the phone after he finished speaking, not a second more or less. If he said one minute, it was exactly one minute.
For Ning Xiyue to reach this level, it would be impossible to hit the target so accurately.
After the two men left, Ning Xiyue was the only one left. She handed the small piece of paper with the contact address, contact person and phone number to the staff in front.
"Hello comrade, I'm calling this place."
The staff member handed the phone to Ning Xiyue as soon as he answered it.
"Hello, Yue County Textile Factory."
Hearing the familiar voice coming from the phone, Ning Xiyue shouted happily: "Mom, it's me, Xiyue."
"Yueyue." Yun Xiulan heard her daughter's voice and shouted in surprise. Then she asked anxiously and worriedly: "Yueyue, are you okay? Tell me."
Yun Xiulan remembered that she had told her daughter to call her if anything happened. When she received the call, she couldn't help but worry whether something serious had happened to the child.
"Don't worry, Mom. My brother and I are doing well. I just missed you and called to ask. By the way, did you receive the mushroom sauce I sent you earlier? I made it myself. You must open it and eat it. You and Dad can eat it together. I also sent you some small things I made today. The purpose and instructions are written in the letter."
Ning Xiyue had plenty of money in her pocket, but the phone bill was too expensive. Thinking about the electricity bill of one yuan and one cent per minute, she felt a little painful.
She unconsciously imitated the speed of the man in front of her, speaking at a speed of 1.5 times her normal speed. She stumbled a few times, but ultimately could not reach twice the speed of that comrade.
Yun Xiulan was holding the phone and heard her daughter talking like a machine gun, even stumbling over her words. She had a doting smile on her face and felt at a loss for words.
"Don't worry, kid. Mom will send you some money. Remember to pick it up at the post office. Speak slowly."
Unfortunately, Ning Xiyue had already finished speaking, but she didn't know if her mother understood. She deliberately slowed down her speech: "Mom, there's no need to remit it for now. I'm done. Did you hear me clearly?"
"Listen carefully, your father and I received the mushroom sauce you sent. You made it very delicious, my daughter. We eat it every morning. Especially your father, he loves it very much. He will complain if I don't eat it for a day."
Yun Xiulan's face was full of smiles. She felt very happy to be remembered by her own daughter. From the words in the letter sent back, she could feel that her daughter was living a good and happy life in the countryside.
"That's good. I'll bring you some next time I come back for the New Year. There are a lot of mushrooms on the mountain here."
As Ning Xiyue was speaking, the staff member in front of her looked at her seriously and reminded her that it had been two minutes.
Ning Xiyue quickly converted it in her mind, that is two yuan and twenty cents, which can buy two and a half kilograms of pork at the supply and marketing cooperative.
"Mom, I'm done. I can't afford the phone bill. I'm hanging up now."
"Okay, take care of yourself over there."
"I know. Don't worry, I'm hanging up now."
After saying that, Ning Xiyue immediately hung up the phone, trying not to waste even a second. If it exceeded three minutes, she would have to pay for one more minute.
In this day and age, making phone calls is a money-burning endeavor. Time is money, and every second is more valuable than gold.
But it was worth it to talk to my mother at home, and I felt relieved knowing that they were eating that bottle of mushroom sauce.
It was getting late, and after paying her phone bill, Ning Xiyue rode her bicycle towards the countryside.
At the entrance of the village, we met Wu Laogen and his family who had just been released. Wu Laogen, Li Cuihua and their son Wu Dazhuang, all three of them were in low spirits.
The people sitting and chatting under the big willow tree saw the three people and started to mock them.
"Hey, isn't this the Wu Laogen family that had a traitor? Why can't your female traitor come back?"
One auntie even used her hands to spread the smell, and opened her mouth to express her disgust.
"You are a family of bad people. You deserve it. Why did they let you out? It's really a sin. We must stay away from you and don't let you get hurt."
Despite all the teasing and disgust from people under the big willow tree, the family didn't stand up to refute. Instead, they didn't say a word and buried their heads even lower.
An aunt saw Ning Xiyue coming and greeted her: "Xiyue, you're back."
Li Cuihua suddenly turned her head and saw Ning Xiyue riding a bicycle towards her. She suddenly ran out and stood in the middle of the road with her arms outstretched, fearlessly blocking the road.
The people who were sitting and talking under the big willow tree exclaimed in surprise when they saw this.
Ning Xiyue braked suddenly and stopped in front of Li Cuihua, staring at her with cold eyes: "Are you looking for death?"
Li Cuihua dropped her usual arrogance and knelt on the ground, weeping and kowtowing: "Ning Zhiqing, please save our Xiu Li. Please tell the police comrades that it was all a misunderstanding. Please, please be kind."
Ning Xiyue moved a little and looked at Li Cuihua with a crazy look.
"Wu Xiuli's arrest is none of my business. I didn't ask her to endanger national security. If you want to make a request, go to the public security comrades and see who can release someone who endangers national security and harm the country and the people."
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