Send me to the countryside? Turn around and make you homeless!

Tan Yuan was not anxious, not at all. On the contrary, she felt a little sad. Even though the person on the other end of the phone didn't say a word, not even a sound, she knew that Grandma Wang was there. She must be holding the phone receiver in her hand, listening carefully to every word she said.

This is her grandmother, the grandmother who helped her in her previous life and gave her all her savings as travel expenses back to the city. This is the grandmother who has been silently caring for and supporting her in this life.

"I'm so sorry for not being able to go back to see you right away, grandma. Please forgive me, okay~"

She dragged out the last syllable of her words and acted coquettishly. This was a trick she learned from her boyfriend, Comrade Guan Jianguo. Tan Yuan didn't want to cry, but she couldn't help but speak in a sobbing tone at the end of her words.

"...No...it's okay, child. Grandma is fine. When I heard that you were okay, everything was fine. Grandma is waiting for you at the brigade. When you are settled, come and pick me up. Grandma is in good health now and will help you take care of the children in the future."

Qian Zhong is useless, and his granddaughter has no other relatives, so the responsibility of raising the child cannot be handed over to this old woman. She must take good care of her health, so that when her old bones are really needed in the future, she will not be useless.

Grandma Wang was so happy that she cried. When Tan Yuan heard Grandma Wang's voice, she was also very happy. It seemed that Grandma was really fine.

She continued to talk about her experiences. Of course, she couldn't mention the hurtful things anymore. If she had to talk about anything, she would only talk about the happy things. Suddenly, she remembered something.

"Grandma, are Zhong Longwa and the others okay? Did they listen to me and study hard?"

Although I didn't spend much time with those children, I still have some feelings for them. They used to call me sister and vowed that they would be my family members in the future and would help me fight back if someone bullied me.

Since they brought it up on their own initiative, then of course she could take it seriously and fight back with her fists?

Tan Yuan thought about Guan Jianguo's muscular body. If he turned into fat in the future, she wouldn't be able to bear to look at him and would just throw him away.

One must maintain one's figure, but fighting is not advisable. Moreover, just looking at Comrade Guan Jianguo's current hard work and the car he drove back earlier, Tan Yuan knew that it would be unlikely for her to beat him with fists in the future.

Then we can only start from other aspects. It is not so easy to support her.

"Very good, those kids are all good. A'mei's a strong girl and can control her brother. Don't worry."

Several children go to school every day, and work together in the brigade after school. Sometimes they will get wild vegetables, catch loaches, fish, shrimps, etc. and send them to her. They are a group of grateful people.

"Oh, and there's Xiao Si and San Ni from the Zhao family. They're the most familiar with the other kids and work with them every day."

Zhao Xiaosi has been sensible since he was a child. Since Grandma Wang has said so, there is nothing for Tan Yuan to worry about.

"By the way, grandma, where's Xiuxiu? How's Xiuxiu?"

Tan Yuan took the opportunity to ask Grandma Wang about what had happened in Huaiyin Brigade recently, especially those people who were close to her. Grandma Wang felt like her heart was about to melt, and she became much softer.

"Everything is fine, everything is fine. And there's little Panpan from the Lin family. I heard she's now a regular employee at the hospital. I heard she wants to be a doctor. Now when she's free, she comes back to the brigade clinic and studies with me. I'm thinking that when the hospital has an opportunity for further training in the future, she'll go too..."

The two talked about these topics. Xiao Lin looked around in the brigade and finally found Secretary Zhou who was helping with the work on the hillside.

After listening to Tan Yuan's instructions, he did not explicitly say that it was Tan Yuan who called back, but only said that someone was looking for Zhou Zhigang, the branch secretary.

Zhou Zhigang walked into the brigade headquarters. There was no one inside until he heard Grandma Wang's cheerful voice from the room near the corner where the telephone was.

Grandma Wang? Grandma Wang started chatting with the person on the other end of the phone, and she seemed quite happy. Zhou Zhigang had a guess in his mind.

"Zhigang is here, do you want to talk to him?"

Grandma Wang was really reluctant to hang up the phone, but when Zhou Zhigang came over, she suddenly realized that she had been talking for so long that even the telephone receiver had been warmed.

How much does this cost in phone bills...

Grandma Wang has rarely used the phone at the brigade headquarters since it was installed. The phone is charged by the minute, and every minute of talk costs a lot of money. This is also for the brigade, and the brigade has waived part of the fees, but her granddaughter Tan Yuan will not get any waiver of the fees.

Thinking of spending so much money, Grandma Wang, who was fine at first, suddenly felt distressed. Without waiting for Tan Yuan to answer, she left a message: "I've given the phone to Zhigang. You two should talk quickly. The phone bill is expensive."

Tan Yuan was at a loss whether to laugh or cry. She didn't seem to be so poor that she couldn't afford the phone bill.

Zhou Zhigang picked up the phone, and Grandma Wang reminded him again: "Zhigang, if you have anything to say, please be brief. Yuanyuan is doing well over there."

What I mean is to get straight to the point and not talk about other nonsense.

Zhou Zhigang: “…”

You didn't do that just now. You seemed to be having a very happy chat.

Grandma Wang didn't seem to notice Zhou Zhigang's resentful look. She urged him, "Hurry up... We'll be delayed for several more minutes."

"...Comrade Tan Yuan, I am Zhou Zhigang."

The call was actually made to Zhou Zhigang, the brigade secretary, for serious matters. After listening to Grandma Wang's words, Tan Yuan stopped chatting with Zhou Zhigang about family matters. There was nothing to talk about. She had already told her grandmother everything she wanted to know. Now she only needed to express her needs on the phone.

"Okay... okay... okay... when you want... okay... then let's do this."

A series of "okay, okay, okay", "okay, okay", it was indeed simple and quick, and I decided not to waste a penny on phone bills.

After finishing his words, Zhou Zhigang handed the phone back to Grandma Wang: "Comrade Tan Yuan wants to talk to you."

Granddaughter wants to talk to her? That's good, of course. Grandma Wang is old and has a great ability to hold back her laughter. Now she can't hold it back anymore, and the wrinkles on her face are smiling like a chrysanthemum.

There wasn't much to say, just words like take care of yourself and don't overwork yourself, but Grandma Wang felt perfectly fine.

After hanging up the phone completely, Grandma Wang took out a crumpled handkerchief from her trouser pocket.

Layer after layer, just like peeling an onion.

"Xiao Lin, show grandma how much the phone bill is!"