Chapter 263 Phone Trouble 1
In the summer of the 1960s, the sky was even bluer, the paulownia trees smiled in the sunshine, and people who did not hold umbrellas to shade themselves walked hurriedly under the shadows of the paulownia trees. The clever cicadas also hid in the shade of the trees and sang.
Yike and Liu Baoer, two silly girls, came to the post office under the scorching sun. There was a mailbox at the door of the post office. The mailbox was a green cylindrical box with a small yellow square on the side facing outside, which showed the unpacking time, zip code and contact number. Above the door at the entrance were five big characters "Shanfeng Town Post Office".
The walls of the post office are painted green, and the postman wears green clothes, carries a green bag, and delivers mail on a bicycle.
Yike and Liu Baoer stepped into the lobby of the post office. There were people everywhere, some sending letters, some picking up packages, some sending telegrams, and some making phone calls...
"Cousin Baoer, don't these people take a break at noon?" Yi Ke asked.
"It's not that we don't have a break. We only have time to do these things at noon. We have to work at other times." Liu Baoer explained.
Yike looked at the computer room and found that there were only two telephones in it, and the telephones of this era were different from the telephones in Yike's previous life.
One of the two phones is black, and the other is gray. The landline phone has a dial for dialing numbers and a microphone.
There was only one female clerk working at the post office at noon.
"Comrade, I want to make a phone call to Kyoto. How much does it cost?" asked a smiling man.
"Do you want to fight or not? If not, don't ask?" the salesperson said impatiently.
"Comrade, please look at the big words on the wall before you speak." What I hate most is this kind of clerk who looks down on others. There are big words "People's Post Office is for the People" on the wall of the hall.
The salesperson looked at her like an idiot and said with contempt, "Young Master, stop talking nonsense. Country bumpkins like you just want to come in and touch the phone. Do you think I don't know? If you don't want to make a call, get out."
Liu Baoer was annoyed. He rushed to Yike and shouted at the salesperson: "You look down on others. Is this your attitude towards work? Does your boss know?"
The salesperson shrank back after hearing that, looked around to see that there was no one around, and realized that he was being scolded by a girl, which made him even angrier.
She stood up from the stool, pointed at Liu Baoer and Yike and yelled: "Get out, get out. You are a bunch of country bumpkins, so bold that you dare to yell in front of me, without even knowing where you are. Get out!" Liu Baoer worked as a salesperson in the supply and marketing cooperative, which was a job that did not encourage bullying. Today, she was scolded by a salesperson, and he did it in front of her cousin. She could not get over it and her anger was rising.
"Okay, okay, today I have seen your work attitude. This is how you serve the people. Where is your leader? I will go to your leader to seek justice and see if this work attitude of his staff is appropriate." Liu Baoer said as she was about to rush in. She wanted to go to the back office to find her leader.
Yike hurriedly grabbed her, and once he barged in, all that was right became wrong.
"Cousin, don't hold me back. I want to go to her leader to seek justice." Liu Baoer said, turning back.
"Cousin, don't go in. Just talk outside. Her leader will come out when he hears the noise. Even if he doesn't come out, we can wait at the door. He will come out eventually." Yi Ke said pretending to be very scared.
Sure enough, the salesperson was shocked when she heard that Liu Baoer was going to seek justice from the leader. Later, she became proud when she heard Yi Ke say that, because she knew that the leader went out through the back door most of the time, and Yi Ke and they would not be able to wait for the leader even if they waited until dark.
"Hmph, go find your leader. My leader is in the office. Come in if you have the guts. If you come in, I'll sue you for breaking and entering. Haha, you'll be in big trouble then." The salesperson said viciously.
Liu Baoer then realized that she had almost been fooled. Even if she had a point, she wouldn't be able to explain herself clearly. Fortunately, her cousin held her back. Liu Baoer thought to herself that it was a close call.
"Comrade, what's your attitude? You look down on us country folk," Yi Ke walked to the door of the post office and shouted, "Uncles, brothers and sisters, come and see, you are not conscious enough."
In this day and age, there are few entertainment activities, and any gossip can attract a large number of people, let alone such a big gossip.
With a whoosh, people passing by outside rushed in to watch the fun. People who were farther away saw so many people entering the post office and thought there was some excitement, so they hurried over to see what was going on.
The salesperson was just feeling proud that they couldn't wait for their leader and couldn't go to complain, but she didn't expect Yi Ke to do this. And she can't afford to wear this hat.
"Hey, what are you talking about, you country bumpkin? Get out, get out. Where did you come from, you country bumpkin, and why are you talking nonsense here?" The salesperson said as she walked out from behind the counter. She took a few steps to Yi Ke and reached out to push Yi Ke out.
Yi Ke stepped back, pushed into the crowd, and shouted even louder: "Did you hear that? She just looks down on the peasants. She thinks she is superior to them. Isn't this the thinking of the landlords in the old society? She looks down on the peasants who till the fields."
Liu Baoer also said loudly: "That's right, we came to call her, but she said we were country bumpkins and didn't call us. Isn't this a problem with her thinking?"
"Yes, such people are not to be trusted."
"Yes, yes. Now that we are liberated, how can such a person become a salesperson?"
"Yes, the leader of our production team came to make a phone call once, but he didn't get through and was scolded and kicked out."
"Not being able to make the call is not a big deal. I heard that her phone charges are ridiculously high, often charging an extra minute."
"One extra minute is nothing. One time, a woman from our brigade came to call her son who was a soldier. The call lasted only a few minutes, but she insisted that it lasted more than ten minutes. The woman cried and wrote an IOU, and went back to borrow money to pay it back."
…
The onlookers had sharp eyes and started to talk about the salesperson's great achievements.
The salesperson was so angry that her face turned blue and black. She was just about to use her ultimate move: using the broom behind the door to chase everyone out. A middle-aged man came out from the back office.
"What are so many people doing? Comrade Xiao Huang, what are you doing with a broom?" the middle-aged man asked loudly.
When the spectators saw the leader coming out, they retreated to the door in fear.
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
