The moment she heard her voice, Shen Xiu'e's attitude changed immediately.
Obviously very excited.
"Weiwei? It's Weiwei? You've been to the Eastern Province, right? Have you seen Tingyue? Are you all okay? Are you alright?"
A series of questions made Song Shi's lips curl slightly.
She wiped the tears from her eyes and smiled.
"Mom, it's okay, I'm fine. Tingyue... is fine too. He's back in the army now!"
Hearing that they were all fine, Shen Xiu'e finally put her heart at ease.
"Okay, okay, it's okay, it's okay!!"
At this moment, a voice suddenly came from the side: "Mom..."
Song Shiwei was suddenly stunned, and even Shen Xiu'e on the other side of the receiver was stunned.
After reacting, Shen Xiu'e excitedly said, "Xiao Ba, what did you just say? Say it again?"
Song Shiwei had a vague feeling that it was Xiao Ba, but she was not sure. When she heard Shen Xiu'e calling Xiao Ba, she finally realized that it was really Xiao Ba!
It was Xiao Ba who shouted "Mom!!"
Maybe it was because Xiao Ba was sitting on Shen Xiu'e's lap, very close to the microphone, so she heard it very clearly!
He yelled "Mom!"
At this moment, tears could no longer be controlled and she covered her mouth tightly to prevent herself from crying out loud.
Old Li was a little worried when he saw her crying so hard.
But because she was still on the phone, he didn't dare say anything.
Fortunately, Song Shiwei adjusted his state quickly.
"Xiao Ba, you called your mom, right? Mom is so happy! I finally heard you call mom!"
Shen Xiu'e was also very relieved.
"Yeah, I never thought our little Ba would call Mommy! Can you call her again to make her happy?"
But no matter how much Shen Xiu'e coaxed him, Xiao Ba didn't say anything and just concentrated on playing with the little dinosaur in his hand.
Song Shiwei was also sad. After all, it was a big improvement for Xiao Ba to be able to call out "Mom".
"Mom, are you, Dad, and the kids all right?"
Shen Xiu'e smiled and said, "Okay, okay, everything is fine, the children are fine too! It's just that the little ones all miss you so much. The four older ones are better because they know their parents are busy and can't make things worse. But the four little ones make a fuss every day. Even Xiao Ba is like that. He doesn't sleep for a long time at night, playing with the dinosaur in his hands. From time to time, he glances at the door and pouts. He won't say it, but I can tell that he misses you!"
Song Shiwei felt a pang of pain in her heart. How could she not miss them too?
But Zhou Tingyue didn't know what was going on. She was caught in a dilemma and felt very uncomfortable.
"Mom, how about letting Xiaocao bring the kids over? I want to stay here for a while!"
She didn't dare to say it because she was worried about Zhou Tingyue. She was afraid that her family would worry too, so she could only find an excuse.
"It was Uncle Li who helped find Tingyue and the others. I promised Uncle Li that I would cook for him for a year, and I can't go back on my word!"
Of course, this was not a lie, she did agree to Uncle Li.
But when Old Li heard this, he suddenly frowned. He opened his mouth and wanted to say something, but when he thought that she was still on the phone, he had to give up.
Shen Xiu'e on the other side of the phone also nodded.
"Is that so? Then I really should thank them! How about this, don't let Xiaocao take us there. She's young, and if something happens along the way, I'd be worried. I'm fine anyway, so I'll take the kids there instead of taking the train. I'm worried the road might be unsafe. I'll call your dad later and see if Xiaozhang or Xiaosun is free tomorrow so he can take us there directly!"
This arrangement would be great. Song Shiwei was originally worried about safety issues on the road. If the driver from her father's unit could help her take the baby, she would feel relieved.
After I told her the specific address of Uncle Li's house and asked her to write it down, she hung up the phone.
Although Old Wang didn't want to charge, she was calling Beijing, and the phone bill was quite expensive, so she didn't want to take advantage of him.
He took out a dollar and put it on the table.
"Uncle Wang, thank you!"
When Old Wang saw that she gave him one dollar, he quickly picked up the money and prepared to return it to her.
"No, no, no, I've been friends with Old Li for years, how can I ask for money? And you gave me so much, it's too much!"
Song Shi smiled and said, "It's not much. I'm calling Beijing City, a long-distance call. If you have any extra money, I'll add some to buy a pack of cigarettes for my uncle Li!"
As she spoke, she took out another dollar and put it on the table.
In this era, cigarettes smoked by ordinary people are as cheap as a few cents a pack, or one or two yuan a pack. Of course, there are also imported cigarettes that cost eight or ten yuan.
But Song Shiwei looked at the cigarettes in this remote rural sales outlet and they all seemed to be cheap cigarettes. However, there was a pack that she had seen Grandpa Zhou smoke at home, which cost just over one yuan a pack. She pointed at that.
"Just take this?"
Old Wang nodded happily: "Okay!"
But Old Li returned the dollar to Song Shiwei with a sullen face.
"Where can I find cigarettes this good? Just give me the three-cent ones!"
When he went out, Old Li also took a box of matches from Old Wang, which made him feel distressed.
"I'm telling you, Old Li, you're always taking advantage of me!"
Old Li took out a cigarette, lit it, turned his head and glared at him.
"Tell me, who's taking advantage of whom?"
When Old Wang heard this, he immediately laughed.
"Okay, okay, I won't say anything. Take it, take it. It's just a box of matches!"
Usually, when Old Li gets good medicinal herbs, he helps to resell them. The money he makes is more than tens of thousands of boxes of matches.
Just from that hundred-year-old ginseng, he earned hundreds of dollars from Old Li!
He still wants to continue making money from him!
After leaving the sales outlet, Old Li took a deep puff of his cigarette and suddenly spoke.
"I asked you to cook for me at that time just to give you more hope and not to be so sad. Now that your husband is fine, let's forget about this promise! When I see you, I think of my little granddaughter. She lived with me at home for a few years, and then her parents took her away when she was in junior high school. After she left, she never came back..."
Hearing Old Li suddenly say this, Song Shiwei's eyes suddenly widened.
He stared at Old Li with an expression of disbelief.
Unexpectedly, he also has a granddaughter who has lived with him for many years.
Did Grandpa miss her so much back then? Otherwise, why would he go up the mountain to pick the wild strawberries she loved and end up rolling down the cliff?
Whenever Song Shiwei thought of this, his heart ached.
"So, where is your granddaughter now?"
Old Li looked up into the distance, took a deep puff of the cigarette in his hand, and waited for the smoke to slowly dissipate, blurring his eyes.
He sighed softly, "She got married and went to the south. Perhaps, she will never remember me as her grandfather again..."
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