Upon hearing this, Ye Beiping thought about it and realized it might not be a bad idea.
Even just collecting money would be nice, since the salary has already been paid out.
"Alright."
"Okay, okay." Seeing that Ye Beiping had agreed, Aunt Li was finally relieved and immediately put breakfast on the table: "Then hurry up and eat breakfast."
"Meat buns?"
As soon as breakfast was placed on the table, Jiang He smelled it and ran over to the table to sniff it without saying a word.
Although I've had plenty to eat and drink these past few days while I've been with Ye Beiping, I've never actually eaten a meat bun before.
Seeing the river like this, Ye Beiping was speechless: "Go take a bath first, it stinks."
"Okay, okay."
After being told something by Ye Beiping, Jiang He scratched his head and went to the restroom, feeling a little embarrassed.
A dozen minutes later.
Ye Beiping and Jiang He sat down at the dining table.
Suddenly remembering that Aunt Li had been following Su Xinyi, Ye Beiping asked, "Aunt Li, has something happened to Xinyi? I haven't seen her."
They didn't mention what Grandma Qiu had said last night.
Aunt Li stopped what she was doing and recounted everything that had happened in the past few days.
"Just yesterday, it seems that Xinyi went to your hometown with her parents."
"My hometown? And you say I know important people?" Ye Beiping immediately fell into deep thought.
When asked about knowing important people, he immediately thought of one person.
Jin Aiguo!
Back in Pingba Village, if it weren't for Grandpa Jin Aiguo, Su Xinyi's matter would have been much more difficult to handle, and I'd probably still be in detention right now.
They even said it was Su Xinyi who brought it up. A classmate?
Ye Beiping was a little confused and planned to call Pingba Village after breakfast.
In those days, probably only the brigade had telephones. Luckily, Tao Qiuyan had given him the number before he left, otherwise he wouldn't have had any way to contact her.
"Aunt Li, I understand." Seeing that Aunt Li was busy, Ye Beiping could only say, "Don't bother, how about this?"
He glanced at Jiang He before continuing, "Aunt Li, could you get a tricycle? I can pay for it. I'll take Jiang He to the nearby market with the two boxes of goods."
"A tricycle?"
Aunt Li frowned, but quickly thought of something and agreed: "Okay."
Ye Beiping had originally planned to go to Su Qingwen to see if he could borrow a tricycle, but it would be best if Aunt Li could get one now.
He looked at Jiang He and said, "You go to the market with Aunt Li first. I'll go get some things and make a phone call while I'm at it."
Although Jiang He had been eating his meat bun with his head down, he had overheard some of it.
Jiang He assumed Ye Beiping was calling his wife, so he agreed.
At this moment, Ye Beiping was glad that Jiang He had come back to Hangzhou with him. If it had been Jiang Hai, he would probably have had to think twice before doing anything.
After breakfast, Ye Beiping, Aunt Li, and Jiang He went their separate ways.
Su Xinyi's family went to Pingba Village yesterday; they've probably arrived by now.
With that in mind, he found a small shop where he could make a phone call and dialed the landline of Pingba Village Brigade.
Beep beep beep!
Beep beep beep!
The phone rang for a long time before it was finally answered. A slightly noisy voice came from the other end: "Hello, who is it?"
But Ye Beiping immediately recognized Hou Yongping's voice.
"Uncle Hou, I am from Beiping."
Perhaps it was because the phone's sound quality was poor in this era, but Hou Yongping frowned and asked, "Who is it? What's your name, Ping?"
Helpless, Ye Beiping could only call out, "Beiping, it's me, Beiping."
"Oh, Beiping, what's the matter?"
"Uncle Hou, has my wife Su Xinyi gone back to Pingba Village?" Ye Beiping asked as loudly as possible, but he was afraid the shop owner would find him noisy.
There was a moment of silence on the phone before Hou Yongping's voice came through.
"Your wife? Oh, you mean that educated youth? She hasn't come back."
Didn't go back?
Ye Beiping frowned. Could the information be wrong?
"Uncle Hou, it's alright. If you see my wife, please tell her I've returned to Hangzhou. Also, please say hello to my mother and sister, and tell them I'm doing well. I'll send them some things back in a few days."
"Okay, okay, if there's nothing else in Beiping, then hang up. I have other things to do here." Hou Yongping said this and then hung up the phone.
Beep beep beep!
The dial tone filled Ye Beiping's ears. He took the microphone away, shook his head helplessly, and smiled: "Now he really has the air of a brigade party secretary."
Now that he had asked, he paid the shopkeeper 50 cents.
It's fortunate that I didn't leave the province, otherwise I would have had to go to the post office to make a long-distance call, which would have been a huge hassle.
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