Shi Han didn't expect that Grandpa Ye still remembered his grandfather. Suddenly, he understood why his grandfather wanted to go home?
For an old man like him, no matter how good foreign countries are, it will always be a foreign land for him.
What he still misses are the people and food of his hometown and his attachment to his homeland.
"He's in a sanatorium abroad." Shi Han said with some sadness: "Do you want to talk to him? But he may not remember who you are?!"
Grandpa Ye asked, "Can we talk on the phone?"
Shi Han glanced at the time on his watch and said softly, "I can call the nurse at the nursing home."
His grandfather has been living a life of constant rest since he was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease.
It is not entirely true that his days and nights are reversed. Instead, he has returned to the life of the imperial capital.
Day and night in the conventional sense can no longer satisfy his yearning for his homeland.
"Here's a phone number, call now."
Grandpa Ye was very excited. He really wanted to hear his brother's voice.
Shi Han picked up the phone and dialed the number of a sanatorium abroad.
In this day and age, it is very troublesome to make overseas calls.
After Shi Han dialed the number, he found out that... the Ye family's phone did not have the international long-distance calling function.
"The operator said that overseas calls are not possible." Shi Han hung up the phone.
Grandpa Ye instinctively looked at Ye Linlang. Ye Linlang didn't quite understand this either, but fortunately Xie Xuning did.
"You can make international long-distance calls at the post office."
Grandpa Ye immediately made a decision: "Linlang, let's go to the post office."
With Xie Xuning as the driver, Grandpa Ye and Grandma Ye immediately went to the post office fully armed and took Xiao Hongdou and Han with them.
After arriving at the post office, the group found that the staff were having lunch.
The staff on duty said that the staff responsible for international long-distance calls would not be available until 2 pm.
The heating was on in the post office and it was warm inside.
Ye Linlang suggested, "Grandpa, Grandma, Brother Shi Han, how about we go to the roast duck restaurant next door for lunch and come back to play later?"
"I don't want to eat. I don't have much appetite."
Grandpa Ye was stubborn and refused to leave.
He wanted to talk to his brother on the phone more than having lunch.
Ye Linlang glanced at Xie Xuning helplessly. Xie Xuning said to Ye Linlang, "I'll make a phone call."
After Xie Xuning came back from a phone call, he said to Grandpa Ye, "Grandpa, you can call now. The staff on duty has got the key for the international long-distance phone."
As soon as Xie Xuning finished speaking, Grandpa Ye walked briskly to the international long-distance phone. He picked up the phone and was about to dial when he turned his head to look at Shi Han who was standing beside him.
"Shi Han, what's your grandfather's phone number?"
Shi Han fluently gave out a string of phone numbers.
Grandpa Ye dialed the phone skillfully.
There was a series of "beep, beep, beep" sounds coming from the microphone. The sound was as if someone was holding a small hammer and hitting Grandpa Ye's heart again and again.
Grandma Ye held Grandpa Ye's hand tightly, silently comforting him with her actions.
The other end of the phone.
No one answered the phone.
Grandpa Ye asked unsurely, "Shi Han, are you sure it's this number? Why is no one answering?"
Shi Han took the phone from Grandpa Ye, hung up the call that no one answered, and dialed another number.
After a brief conversation, Shi Han handed the receiver to Grandpa Ye.
Grandpa Ye took the microphone and said in a hoarse voice: "Brother, I am Kaixuan!"
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