Su Aimin stared at the phone. Apart from those places at work, this was the first time he had seen a phone in someone else's home.
With a telephone, two people can talk instantly. One party can speak and the other party can hear. There is no need to wait for letters to travel over mountains and rivers, and telegrams are not just cold text. The telephone is really great. I wonder when their family will be able to use a telephone?
As soon as Su Qingyun saw her father's expression, she knew what he was thinking. She also took a look at the phone. The phone was a public telephone, which is commonly used in the army nowadays. The calls were manually transferred through the switchboard. These should be the internal lines of the army.
The telephones of other units outside are still hand-cranked phones. You have to ring the phone a few times, connect the call to the telephone exchange, and then transfer it to the unit, which is more cumbersome.
"Please ask the switchboard to connect me to Wu Chengcang." Xia Rong's voice was full of energy.
The call was quickly transferred over, and Xia Rong continued, "Old Wu, after get off work today, have Xiao Wang go to the cafeteria to get some more good dishes. Yingzi and her family of three are here, and it's too late for me to go buy groceries right now."
"Yes, they just arrived. The whole family is here."
"Okay, okay, come back early." Xia Rong said a few words and hung up the phone.
After hanging up the phone, she remembered something, "Oh, while talking to you, I forgot Jia Yan is still at home. He's sleeping upstairs. I'll go call him. He'll definitely be happy to know you're here."
"No need, grandma, I heard everything." As she was speaking, she saw Wu Jiayan walking down from upstairs.
"Hello Aunt Ying, Hello Qingyun, Hello Uncle Su." Wu Jiayan greeted them one by one.
It was the first time that Su Aimin was called uncle, and he nodded happily, "Hello, hello, you must be Jiayan, right? I heard your aunt mention him, he's so handsome, he's really a spirited young man!"
A spirited young man? Su Qingyun tried hard to suppress his laughter and turned his face away. Dad, this will not be a compliment in the future.
Xia Rong asked Wu Jiayan, "What time will your father be back today?"
"I don't know." Wu Jiayan thought for a moment, "It should be quite early. Their company isn't busy recently."
"That's good." Xia Rong smiled happily, "Today, our two families will have a good meal together."
Qin Ying smiled and nodded, "I'll do as you say."
Xia Rong turned around and started asking about the situation at Su Aimin's family. Although she had heard Qin Ying talk about it before, she knew that the child only reported good news and not bad news. Xia Rong wanted to hear if there was any discrepancy between what the two said, and also to get closer to each other.
The adults were chatting and laughing, and Wu Jiayan and Su Qingyun also started chatting.
"I heard that you are going to Country E for that math competition?" Wu Jiayan was a little curious.
"Yes." Su Qingyun nodded. "This is a joint mathematics competition among many countries, so the scale will be larger."
"What kind of topics are they?"
"Number theory, algebra, geometry, and combinatorics—these are pretty much all four categories."
“That’s amazing.”
Wu Jiayan's praise was sincere. It was such a great honor to be able to represent the country in competitions. Wu Jiayan envied and admired her. He and Su Qingyun were of similar age, and he was even older than her, but she had already reached a height that others could hardly reach.
"Keep up your game, I hope to hear good news from you then."
"Thank you, Brother Jiayan. I will try my best." Su Qingyun pursed her lips and smiled.
Not long into the conversation, Wu Xiangdong returned from get off work. He walked in carrying his briefcase. Seeing Qin Ying and her family of three, he was stunned for a moment, then revealed a look of surprise. "Yingzi, you're here?"
He had been hearing his mother talk for a long time recently, saying that Yingzi and her family were coming to Beijing again, but he didn't expect them to come so soon.
"Brother Xiangdong." Qin Ying immediately stood up and greeted him with a bright smile.
Wu Xiangdong approached and patted her shoulder. "You have to stay a little longer this time. You can't rush like last time."
"must."
Brother Xiangdong? Su Aimin, who was chatting with Xia Rong, frowned. Seeing how close the two were, he immediately stood up and extended his hand to Wu Xiangdong.
"Brother Xiangdong, I'm Su Aimin, Yingzi's lover. Hello, hello." Su Aimin separated the two of them calmly.
"Hello, I've heard Yingzi talk about you for a long time, and I finally meet you." Wu Xiangdong didn't think much about it and shook hands with him with a smile on his face.
He also looked at Su Aimin and saw that he looked in good spirits. He nodded in his heart. He thought that he and Yingzi were quite compatible, so Wu Xiangdong felt relieved.
"It's already so late, why hasn't your dad come back yet?" Xia Rong looked at the time, wondering.
"It should be soon." Wu Xiangdong said. His father was a very regular person in doing everything. As long as there were no important meetings or other important matters, his daily schedule was almost the same, and the time he came home was basically fixed.
"Why are you rushing me? I'm back, right?" As soon as Wu Xiangdong finished speaking, Wu Chengcang's voice rang out, full of energy.
"Didn't you say you wanted to go to the cafeteria to get some dishes? This will definitely waste time, and you're the only one who can arrange it." Wu Chengcang glared at Xia Rong and handed over the lunch box.
"The cafeteria has braised pork, steamed fish, and shredded pork today. I bought some of each."
The large aluminum lunch box has several layers and is very spacious, so it can easily hold several large dishes.
Xia Rong took it and said, "We still have the pork rib soup from lunch. I'll stir-fry two more dishes and it will be almost done."
"Auntie Rong, let me help you." Qin Ying followed her to the kitchen.
Su Aimin introduced himself to Wu Chengcang again. Wu Chengcang looked at him several times and asked, "Xiao Su, can you play chess? Play a few games with me."
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