Two days a month, troops can call home. Of course, home phones are the first priority.
Lin Weiwan got up early, ate the breakfast made by Ye Jibai, then packed up and prepared to go out.
As soon as I reached the door, I saw Liu Chunlan coming out with the child in her arms.
"Sister-in-law, are you going to make the call?" Liu Chunlan asked enthusiastically.
Lin Weiwan nodded and said, "Yes, I'm going to call home."
"Then let's go together."
"Okay, how old is the baby?" Lin Weiwan asked, looking at the soft baby in Liu Chunlan's arms.
"He's already five months old. He eats a lot every day and is growing fat." Liu Chunlan smiled dotingly as she held her five-month-old son in her arms.
Lin Weiwan couldn't help but touch the child's little hand. The hand was so fat that it was chubby. It was obvious how well Liu Chunlan took care of the child.
Lin Weiwan lined up behind Liu Chunlan, and not only their families but also the soldiers lined up to call home.
Liu Chunlan answered the phone, "Mom, how are you feeling lately?"
I don't know what was said on the other end of the phone, but Liu Chunlan nodded.
"Where's my dad?"
Lin Weiwan waited slowly, looking around as Liu Chunlan finished her phone call while holding the child.
"I'll wait for you under the shade of the tree over there."
Lin Weiwan agreed with a smile. The two telephones here were old-fashioned hand-cranked phones, which were different from the rotary dials at Jing Ye's house.
Lin Weiwan picked up the receiver and cranked the generator, waiting for the main station to receive the signal.
Not everyone can call the phone in the hospital. You can only call on two fixed days in a month.
Ordinary soldiers do not have the right to touch the phone, otherwise these two phones would not be enough.
After a while, a voice came from the receiver. "This is the operator, who's the call?"
Lin Weiwan blinked. Isn't this voice Fu Hong's? What a coincidence.
Lin Weiwan quickly said the Ye family's phone number and waited for the call to be connected.
"Hello, where are you?" A strange woman's voice came from the phone.
"I'm Ye Jibai's wife. Is this the Ye family? I'm looking for Bai Chunyi." Lin Weiwan didn't know who the woman who answered the phone was. She might be the new nanny.
"Looking for Madam, please wait."
"Okay." Lin Weiwan thought that this must be the new nanny.
"Hello? Is that Xiaowan?" Bai Chunyi's voice came from the microphone.
"Mom, it's me. How are you feeling lately?" Lin Weiwan asked the simple question as usual.
No matter where you call the military, you cannot talk about special topics. You can only send daily greetings. It's the same as writing a letter.
"I'm fine. How about you? Are you adapting there? How's the accommodation? How's the food? If you can't stay here, come back here."
Bai Chunyi asked worriedly. Her little daughter-in-law was so delicate and tender, and she was still worried about letting Ji Bai follow the army.
"Mom, I'm fine. Ji Bai takes good care of me. Don't worry. I sent some things home. They should arrive soon. They are some bamboo shoots I picked on the mountain and dried mangoes I dried myself. Remember to have grandpa and grandma taste them. How are grandpa and grandma doing recently?"
Lin Weiwan went to buy a bunch of mangoes some time ago and dried them in the sun. She also sent them back along with the bamboo shoots she had picked.
The gift may be small but the sentiment is great. The Ye family has everything, but since she is a wife, she still needs to maintain basic interpersonal relationships.
"Okay, I'll try it when the time comes. Xiaowan, over there..." Ye's mother wanted to ask if she could eat the meat, but then she thought, outside is not like home.
In Beijing, a fixed amount of meat and fish is delivered every day, but it is not the case outside.
"The new Zhou's wife makes delicious dried meat. I'll send it to you in half a day. You're out here all day, remember to take good care of yourself.
If you need anything, just give me a call and I’ll send it to you.”
Bai Chunyi was afraid that Lin Weiwan would be embarrassed to speak, so she quickly gave him some more instructions.
"Well, thank you, Mom. I remember, did you receive the letter I sent you before?" Lin Weiwan asked casually, remembering that she had written letters to everyone when she first arrived.
"A letter?" Bai Chunyi was stunned. This was the first time that Xiao Wanye and Bai Hui's troops contacted their family.
"Yes, I sent it back just two or three days ago." Lin Weiwan calculated the time and realized that even if the letter was slow, it should have arrived long ago.
"Xiao Wan, what did you write?" Bai Chunyi changed the subject.
"Oh, I just wanted to tell you that we've arrived. The sky is blue, and there are lots of flowers and plants. I also wrote two soup recipes for you.
Beijing is also starting to get hot, so I thought of preparing some dehumidifying and detoxifying soup recipes for the family." Lin Weiwan explained simply.
Bai Chunyi's face was a little stiff, but she still managed a smile.
"I think it was delivered and I forgot where it was put. I'll go look for it later.
"Xiao Wan, how have you been doing recently? I haven't seen any movement." Bai Chunyi still asked about something that concerned her.
Lin Weiwan... "Nothing... Nothing, but if anything happens I'll call you."
Lin Weiwan didn't react to what Ye Mu said at first, but after a moment's thought, he understood what Ye Mu meant.
"Well, you two little idiots, I'll take care of you for a few more years while I'm still young."
Bai Chunyi thought about what Xiao Wan'er would look like. This was a granddaughter, she would be so cute and beautiful.
"Well, thank you, Mom." Lin Weiwan didn't seem to deny Ye's mother's kindness. How could she keep quiet when she wanted to use contraception?
But what made her most suspicious was not anything else but the letter.
This year, people attach great importance to letters, and the Ye family is even more different.
How could the letter be misplaced or lost... Unless someone took the letter she wrote and did not give it to Yemu.
There are people in the Ye family who can do such a thing...if you think about it carefully, there are more than one person.
The new Aunt Zhou doesn't know the details, so it's possible that Shen Zhu and Ye Siyao are both involved.
Lin Weiwan never felt that these two people were as friendly as other family members. It always gave her a weird feeling.
Bai Chunyi put down the phone, sat on the sofa and sighed. She looked at the clock hanging on the wall and wondered what she was thinking.
Lin Weiwan hung up the phone and cranked the phone again to signal the switchboard.
The operator saw the signal light on and confirmed that the call was complete.
Fu Hong touched the red signal light and was pleasantly surprised. She had never expected that the Ye family would be at odds with Lin Weiwan.
She was lucky to escape last time, and it was also her fault that she overestimated Wu Xiulian.
It is said that she is good at manipulating people, but why doesn't it work when it comes to Lin Weiwan?
Lin Weiwan and Liu Chunlan walked back with the child in their arms, "Chunlan, you take the child back first, I'll go out for a walk." Lin Weiwan said goodbye to Liu Chunlan and walked west to the river.
Xiao Mi had eaten up all the dried fish powder. Ye Jibai was very excited, and Lin Weiwan didn't want to take the risk of doing anything under his nose.