One hour later.
A sentence rang out from the loudspeaker.
"Hello everyone, if you need to call home, come to the commune office..."
The voice was brief, but it was clear that it belonged to the village chief, Gu Zhixiang. Over the years, his village had finally gained electricity and telephone service, and he couldn't hide his excitement.
And now there will be a loudspeaker, making it much easier for them to send out notices in the village.
Originally, every village had a loudspeaker, but unfortunately Qinghe Village was poor and remote, and there wasn't a single public vehicle. You had to rely on a donkey cart to get to the town; otherwise, these facilities would have been installed long ago.
After the power was turned on, the electric fan in the unfinished house started shaking again.
"Mom, are you going to schedule a time to make a phone call?" Lin Yuxi asked.
There were quite a few educated youth in Qinghe Village, so you definitely needed to queue up in advance to make a phone call.
"No rush, we'll do it after these two days." Lin's mother didn't even look up, continuing to help Lin's grandmother take off her clothes.
Sure enough, as soon as Qinghe Village heard that there was a phone call in the village, everyone rushed to the commune office, especially Zhao Xiaotong.
She and Zhao Xiaotong didn't live far apart; their houses were right across from each other, about 100 meters apart. You could see several pieces of clothing hanging outside her house from there.
Zhao Xiaotong didn't want to go out, after all, there had been such a commotion at noon. But when she heard the phone call, she showed up at the commune office that evening with a swollen and red face.
At this moment, a long queue had formed in the commune office, with everyone craning their necks in anticipation, clutching money in their hands, ready to make a phone call.
"Don't push when you're making a call. The phones were just installed today, so we can't make that many calls right now. Let's line up first."
"Six cents a minute. You guys calculate the time and try to keep it brief, giving other people a chance to make a call."
"It's 5 p.m. now. We can only arrange for a maximum of 40 people to make calls. If you can wait, you can line up here to get your tickets and wait. If you can't wait, come back tomorrow."
Making a call takes time, and getting it connected takes time; getting 40 people in an hour is really difficult.
When Zhao Xiaotong arrived, the area was already crowded with people, but many left after hearing that it cost 60 cents a minute.
Others from the village commune made arrangements, so Gu Zhixiang didn't stay long. After all, he had to go back to cook dinner later. Before leaving, he announced it over the loudspeaker.
"Fellow villagers and comrades, remember to go to Huangtupo to turn the soil at seven o'clock tomorrow."
The announcement was broadcast three times throughout the village before it stopped.
The next day.
Lin Yuxi walked out wearing clothes that her mother had altered for her, and today she was also wearing a straw hat to keep her cool.
The yellow earth slope was the same place where they harvested wheat last time, and Gu Zhixiang was waiting for them at the door again.
On the way, Lin Yuxi asked, "Uncle Gu, what should we plant after turning the soil this time?"
"We've cultivated a lot of corn seedlings this time. We'll plant them after we turn the soil. Our village doesn't have access to water, so we applied to build an irrigation canal for planting, but the approval documents haven't come through yet. We can only plant corn."
Lin Yuxi nodded, seemingly absentmindedly.
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