My 1979

Chapter 221 Telephone Booth

Li He finally got off the train and returned home to find that He Fang had returned.

This woman, why does she like to sit on the recliner and swing her long legs so much?

Well...although her legs are indeed beautiful...

He Fang stood up and took the bag from Li He, "You can die if you come back early. You have to make sure the time is right."

"I also want to be early, but it's hard to buy tickets, and even if I buy a ticket, it may be a standing ticket. I really don't want to stand," Li He sat down on the chair and took the ticket from He Fang. After taking a few sips of tea, he asked, "Is there anything else to eat? Give me some, I'm hungry."

"Then you wait, change your clothes and find yourself. I'll boil water for you and you take a shower." After He Fang finished speaking, he went directly to the kitchen.

Li He took out the newspaper and letters from under the coffee table before dinner came.

There are telegrams from Yu Dehua, there are telegrams from Shouhou, and there are also telegrams from Su Ming.

Yu Dehua and Su Ming have expanded their business and nearly doubled their profits last year.

Shouhou had already left the country and went to Lao Maozi's territory, but he didn't rush to sell the goods himself. He only gave small quantities of goods to Maozi's second-rate dealers, and he hadn't made any money yet.

Everything was as expected by Li He, and there was nothing unexpected.

The most surprising thing was to receive a letter from Zhang Wanting, but after reading it, he still sighed. This girl is brave enough and really went to the UK. He didn't know how many three years he would have to wait.

Intellectually speaking, Zhang Wanting has a future and is capable, while Li He is proud and happy.

But from an emotional point of view, he still couldn't wait for Zhang Wanting to come back as soon as possible. Missing someone is a kind of torture.

"Eat quickly, it won't be good if it gets cold." He Fang quickly served two dishes to Li He and glanced at the envelope with a British postmark on the table, "You really have friends all over the world. Before We are friends in the United States, but now we have friends in the UK.”

"She sent it from England."

Seeing that Li He was unhappy, He Fang asked cautiously, "Is nothing wrong? Isn't she in Ukraine? Why did she go to England?"

She knew who that 'she' was.

"I'm going anyway." Li He sighed heavily again.

"Then I'll boil the water and take a shower after eating."

"Can you still help me wash it?" Li He blurted out without thinking.

It wasn't until I said it that I felt something was wrong.

He Fang sneered and said, "If you are brave enough, I dare to wash it for you."

Li He hurriedly ate with his head down, not daring to answer any further questions.

In the past few days, Shoushan's hotels have installed telephones, which makes him show off.

In the early years, people who wanted to install a telephone had to look at their level. Only leading cadres at the department or bureau level could apply to install a telephone at home. But there are too few lines, so many leaders can only wait in line. It is too common to rely on connections to find someone to approve the application.

After the reform and opening up, many new telephone lines were opened, and the number of telephone households doubled. However, it was still difficult to apply, and communications were always in a state of tension. The self-employed and literary stars who had just "entered the sea" were the first users to pay for phone packaging at their own expense. The problem of phone packaging suddenly became a social issue, and newspapers were full of lengthy reports.

Shoushan installed the telephone, which made many people angry. They called the telephone office: "Has your telephone office taken advantage of him? Why can't we apply for telephone installation for so long but can't install it?"

Shoushan said to Li He, "After you apply, it is common to delay for several months to half a year. Some people have not installed a phone for five years."

Li He smiled, picked up the phone, and called the school dormitory. The local line was still busy. He turned to the long-distance call in Shenzhen, which was also busy.

Dial again. Busy. Dial again. Busy.

Beep, beep, beep, beep...

Shoushan was a little embarrassed, "We mainly use this to answer the phone, order food and so on, but the line will not be busy at night. Do you want to try again?"

Li He said, "It will be fine sooner or later. It is convenient to have a phone. I can call you directly if I need anything in the future."

The telephone office has set up many aluminum alloy coin-operated public telephone booths at various major intersections, but they are destined to be a loss-making business.

Not long after, someone dismantled the phone body in order to steal the coins.

Of course, the fuselage can be sold for money, but the cables buried underground cannot be saved, let alone a phone booth.

Hard-working people can always find opportunities everywhere.

Later, in order to prevent theft, the phone casing was changed to plastic, and the phone was changed to an IC card public phone. When making a call, you can make a call by inserting the card into the IC card phone.

But this still couldn't save the phone booths. Many newsstands and small shop owners installed telephones and made money from the phones. Public phones blocked their business, so they deliberately destroyed public phone booths.

The only remaining phone booths are usually in schools or train stations.

After Li He started school, he was stunned for a moment when he got the course schedule for this semester and asked the eldest sister Chen Yun, "This elective course shouldn't be mine. What's the brief history of science?"

"A Brief History of Science" is an elective course for scientific literacy in colleges and universities, open to students of all majors.

Chen Yun said with a smile, "You still don't understand the principles of the first and fifteenth day of the lunar month."

Next to him, teacher Yang Hao, who usually rarely speaks, also said, "This is what you sow, and you will reap what you reap."

Li He asked, "Is it arranged by the Academic Affairs Office?"

"Nonsense, of course it's the Academic Affairs Office." Chen Yun replied.

Li He finally knew that this was the dean's revenge, but he had to swallow it up.

"This is public and private." According to the conditions and qualifications, Li He is not qualified to teach this course. The most important thing is that this course takes up more than half of his class hours and does not increase his salary.

Chen Yun didn't answer, as if she remembered something, and then said, "Oh, by the way, the son of the logistics director Jiang is getting married this month. Don't forget the share money."

"How much?" As long as Li He is alive, he must face the three major problems in life: borrowing money, paying bills, and following others.

Chen Yun said, "It's all up to your heart. If you decide, come and register with me."

Li He didn't know what was wrong with this elder sister today, why she suddenly started to control it, so he had to put a smile on his face and said, "No, sister, I am firmly focused on you. You But I can’t harm my brother, I still need your guidance.”

Suitability does not depend on feelings, but on the size of the red envelope.

If you give less, people will call you stingy.

If you give too much, you will overwhelm your colleagues and leaders and offend others.

Chen Yun felt comfortable and said directly, "It's nothing special, it's just the old rules. If it's an ordinary colleague, a married person like me will get three yuan, and an unmarried person like you will get two yuan." That’s it.”

"Then I'll give you 2 yuan?"

Chen Yun said, "Are you too honest? The 2 yuan is for ordinary colleagues. Are you unable to understand or something?"

"My sister, don't beat around the bush and just tell me, how much will you give me?"

"You're not married yet, are you going to split a room in the future?" Chen Yun saw Li He nodding and continued, "According to me, you can just pay five yuan."

Li He thought for a moment and said, "Then it's up to you."

In the next few days, he began to borrow books and lesson plans from the teacher who had taught Brief History of Science before, and read the course syllabus. He was familiar with the history of science, but was not familiar with the teaching scope and curriculum design.

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