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4. Phone

Brother Meng Zhao is also jealous of Meng Qingqing, not only jealous that Meng Qingqing studies better than her, but also envious that Meng Qingqing's uncle, uncle and aunt's family all work outside, and also jealous that Meng Qingqing's father is a high school student, so it is nice to give Meng Qingqing such a It has a foreign-style name, unlike her, Meng Zhaodi, which sounds very earthy at first glance, and often makes classmates laugh. But although Meng Zhaodi is also jealous of Meng Qingqing, she is smart and does not show too much like her mother. She is better at hiding than her mother.

Meng Qingqing took three trips to fill the water tank, because she had been doing this kind of work every day since she was seven years old, so she didn't feel tired. Grandma's noodles were cooked, and grandma specially gave Meng Qingqing After eating an egg, Meng Qingqing ate noodles, and seeing that it was already 7:40, she talked to her grandma and hurried to the village office.

From Mengjia Village to the village office, it would take an adult at least half an hour. Meng Qingqing couldn't wait to hear her father's voice, so she ran all the way, so she arrived at the village office in more than 20 minutes.

Panting, Meng Qingqing told the people in the village office that there was something urgent to call.

The people in the village office knew that Meng Qingqing was from Mengjia Village, shook his head and said, "In other villages, there are more or less one or two families with telephones in their homes, but in your Mengjia Village, you can't even afford a telephone."

Meng Qingqing thought, Dad has long wanted to install a landline at home, but their Mengjia Village is too remote, and there is only one family, and the telecommunications bureau is unwilling to pull the line. Later, Dad planned to take her and grandma to the provincial capital. To live, so let this matter go. So every time I make a phone call, I have to run a long way to the village office.

Meng Qingqing didn't explain either. When it comes to Mengjia Village, everyone nearby knows that Mengjia Village is the poorest and most backward.

Meng Qingqing dialed the phone, eager to hear her father's voice excitedly, and told her that she wanted to see him. He was sick in bed now, so she hoped to hear her voice too!

But the person who answered the phone was my uncle, and Meng Qingqing was as familiar with this voice as her father's.

"Uncle, why are you holding my dad's phone? Where's my dad? Let him answer the phone." Although she hates this beastly person now, Meng Qingqing can't fall out with him all at once. Now she is in the eyes of others I'm still young, so I can't take on many things.

"It's Qingqing! Your father has been busy with work these days, so he left the phone with me. If you have any questions, I'll tell him."

Obviously her father is lying in the hospital now, Meng Zijian is still perfunctory to her like this, even if he finds out later, he will find a reason not to tell her so as not to worry her, but he will not let Meng Qingqing know that her father is lying in bed She was in the hospital bed, and his real intention was to not let her have any contact with her father, and to know how much money her father had.

It seemed that Meng Zijian couldn't ask anything about his father's situation from Meng Zijian's mouth, and his father's phone was in Meng Zijian's hands, so he had to go to his father's side in person to know the real situation of his father. She must try her best to save her father's life, and she must not let her father's property fall into the hands of Mencius and his wife.

Meng Qingqing also said perfunctorily: "Uncle, it's nothing. I just miss my father, so I called him. Since my father is not here, I hung up."

Meng Qingqing put down the phone, thanked the people in the village office, and hurried home. She had to find a way to persuade her grandma to let her agree to go to Nanshi, the provincial capital, to find her father. In her previous life, when she was twelve years old, she didn't know that her father was sick, and she didn't know where his father was. Of course, she didn't dare to run so far alone to find her father in the provincial capital, but now she knows that her father is in the hospital now, and she also knows that he is in that hospital. In the ward of that department. So even though the uncle didn't tell her, she knew and was able to find it.

Meng Qingqing returned home while thinking, but grandma was not at home, she might have gone to the field. In the countryside, there is always endless farm work. Grandma fell on the ground in her previous life.

Meng Qingqing ran to the field,

Grandma was indeed there. Meng Qingqing patted her chest, bent over and said out of breath, "Grandma, give me some money for travel expenses. I'm going to see my father."

Grandma was weeding in the cornfield. She put down her hoe, beat her waist and said, "Did you call your father? What did he say?"

"Grandma, my father told me to go to the provincial capital for a few days." Meng Qingqing lied.

Grandma shook her head, "How do you go by yourself? It takes several trips for such a long road!" There are more than 30 kilometers of mountain roads from Mengjia Village to the town, and more than 70 kilometers from the town to the county seat by car. It takes more than ten hours to take a bus from the county seat to the provincial capital. Grandma has never been to the provincial capital, but she heard that there are as many people and cars in the provincial capital as densely packed as trees on a mountain. With so many people and cars, how did the granddaughter find her father?

Meng Qingqing could only continue to lie to grandma, "Grandma, my uncle just happened to be going to the provincial capital, so he took me there by the way."

Grandma felt relieved when she heard this, "It's good for your uncle to go with you, but you still need to walk to the town by yourself and take a bus. Ask if anyone is going to town today. You can go together."

Grandma carried the hoe and returned home with Meng Qingqing. After washing her hands, grandma went into the house and gave Meng Qingqing 300 yuan. "Qingqing, this is travel expenses, and money to buy food and food on the way. When you arrive at the provincial capital, don't run around. I heard that the provincial capital is very big. If you get lost, you won't be able to find your way home!"

Meng Qingqing has lived in the provincial capital for more than ten years, and she is already familiar with it. Of course, there is no problem of getting lost and finding her home, but she still nodded seriously in agreement with her grandma. She used to be ignorant, and always hated her grandmother's nagging. After becoming an orphan, she missed her grandmother's nagging words so much. No one was nagging her, so no one cared.

With 300 yuan in her pocket, Meng Qingqing set out on the road with her grandma's instructions. Along with her was the village head Uncle Mouse. He went to the town to do errands. Uncle Mouse was called Mouse because he was thin and thin. Although this Uncle Mouse was not very good-looking, he was a straightforward and straightforward person. Uncle Mouse helped her and grandma a lot. So Meng Qingqing had a good impression of him.

Uncle Mouse's steps were so big and fast that Meng Qingqing had to trot to keep up with him.

ps: Happy Lantern Festival everyone!

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