Under the enthusiastic guidance of Secretary Yang, Chen Fan finally dialed the phone.

However, it was not Jiang Tiantian on the other end of the phone, but the operator of the post and telecommunications office.

Secretary Yang stared at him without blinking, "How is it, have you got through?" ”

Chen Fan pursed his lips and smiled, "Not yet, the operator said that the line is busy over there, so you have to wait." ”

"Oh, wait."

Secretary Yang nodded, "By the way, I have to wait, someone called the police station before, and I couldn't get in here, so I could only wait." ”

He returned to his chair and sat down, took out a cigarette stick and filled it with tobacco, and said with a smile, "The last time we installed the loudspeaker, the post and telecommunications office also renovated our telephone lines, and other teams could not make phone calls when they broadcast the radio, but the telephones of our brigade headquarters were not affected, and through the exchange of the post and telecommunications office, they could be sent to all parts of the country." ”

His face was full of show-offs, "Hey, Xiao Chen, do you know what a switch is?" ”

Chen Fan was still holding the microphone and waiting to be connected, and when he heard his words, he blinked slightly, nodded and said, "I know." ”

Secretary Yang was slightly stunned, "You know? ”

Do you know how I still show off?

Chen Fan didn't have any eyesight, and said with a smile, "It's a machine used to connect to different calls, where to call, just plug the communication line into the corresponding hole." ”

After a pause, he smiled again, "You forgot, I'll fix the radio machine." ”

The corners of Secretary Yang's mouth twitched slightly, and he only cared about showing off, but he forgot about this stubble.

If it were at another time, Chen Fan would be quite happy to listen to him talk about the ancients, but now, I don't know how long it will take for a phone call to be connected, so it's strange that he can be in a good mood.

The telephone is a magnet-style hand-cranked telephone, so the switch naturally cannot be a program-controlled switch.

Although as early as 1970, France opened the use of the world's first digital program-controlled switch, but in China, it will not be until 1983 that the first program-controlled switch will be introduced, and the national popularization is after the mid-90s.

So almost all of the old magnet switches are used now.

This thing is all connected by a human operator, and the efficiency is naturally not much higher.

Chen Fan talked to Secretary Yang without saying a word, and waited for almost half an hour before the phone was finally connected.

It's so difficult to connect to the same area, how long do you have to wait if you make a long distance?

From the post and telecommunications office here to Yunhu City, connecting to the operator over there, Chen Fan once again reported the phone number Jiang Lili gave him, "Hello, please help me answer 2428." ”

Now Yunhu's phone number is only 4 digits, and only 20 years later, Yunhu's phone number has gone to 7 digits, which shows how fast the development is.

Just when Chen Fan's thoughts were flying, the phone was quickly connected, and an old man's voice sounded on the other side, "Hey, who are you looking for?" ”

Chen Fan, "Hello, I'm looking for Jiang Tiantian at No. 18, District 3, North Chang Road." ”

Jiang Lili's parents are both employees of the Yunhu Cotton Spinning Factory, and their family is also in the family area of the cotton mill, and the north road of the factory is the main gathering place of the family area of the cotton mill.

This phone number is not the phone number of their home, but the phone number of the store at the corner of the street.

Originally, Jiang Lili's family had a telephone, but after her parents had an accident, they moved from a small building in the family compound of the factory to Changbei Road, where ordinary workers lived.

When the old man who answered the phone heard that he was looking for Jiang Tiantian, he was stunned for a moment, "Are you looking for Jiang Tiantian?" Where are you? ”

Chen Fan couldn't help wiping a cold sweat, I'll just make a phone call to confirm that I'm safe, as for checking the household registration?

But he didn't dare to talk to the old man, otherwise he could only cry without tears when people put the phone away.

But you can't directly say who you are, Secretary Yang is an example just now, if there is no special reason, a man calling a woman will be the object of review.

Chen Fan suddenly thought of something that a teacher in the university had told them before the crossing.

When the teacher was in Inner Mongolia and became a youth in the Corps, his family introduced him to a target. After the two met, they both felt very good, but because they were more than 200 kilometers apart, it was inconvenient to meet at ordinary times, and he felt that writing letters was too slow, so he often called to contact, almost once every two or three days, and his monthly salary was not enough to pay the phone bill.

As a result, within a month, a letter of assistance from the Post and Telecommunications Office was sent to the unit, asking his unit to provide proof of the necessity of making so many phone calls and explain the relationship with the other party.

Not only that, but the letter of assistance was also sent to the girl's unit, causing a lot of turmoil.

Later, needless to say, the subject failed, and he still had to do a review of the whole unit.

Thinking of this, Chen Fan immediately calmed down and said softly, "Hello uncle, I am a staff member of Lujiawan in Nanhu Commune, Gufeng County, Jiang Tiantian's sister is in line here, there is something about her, I want to communicate with Comrade Jiang Tiantian." ”

Secretary Yang, who was sitting opposite, glanced at him, and the old god was smoking a cigarette on the ground.

When the old man on the other end of the phone heard Chen Fan say this, he immediately dispelled his suspicions, "Oh, then you wait, I'll call you." ”

There was another period of waiting, and about five minutes later, Jiang Tiantian's slightly wheezing voice came from the microphone, "Hey, I'm Jiang Tiantian, what's wrong with my sister?" ”

Chen Fan hurriedly said, "It's okay, it's okay, I'm Chen Fan, it's just that your sister is worried about the slippery road in the snow and wants to know if you have arrived home safely." ”

When Jiang Tiantian heard this, she immediately exhaled a long breath, and finally put her mind at ease.

Then he looked at the old man who was staring at him next to him, and said casually, "I understand, I know, I will write to her." ”

Chen Fan smiled, this girl was really much smarter than her sister.

Then he smiled and said, "Okay, I'll tell her later, you're home, and I'll talk about other things in the letter." ”

Jiang Tiantian turned around to avoid the old man's gaze, pursed her lips, and smiled slightly, "Well, thank you." ”

Chen Fan, "You're welcome, then, that's it?" ”

Jiang Tiantian, "Okay, goodbye." ”

Chen Fan, "Goodbye." ”

He paused for two seconds before hanging up.

Secretary Yang was not in a hurry to put on the telephone, he leaned back in the chair and raised his head to look at Chen Fan, "You have a good relationship with Xiao Jiang, I am afraid that she will worry about her sister, so I made a special call." ”

Chen Fan said seriously, "After all, she is a neighbor who lives in the same hospital, and she usually helps me a lot, plus today's situation is special, and the road is slippery on snowy days, so I really need to pay attention to safety, so I can only trouble you once." ”

Secretary Yang nodded, paused, and asked again, "I heard Yang Chuanfu say that the other educated youths in the Zhiqing Point are not coming back, so he let his daughter, as well as the niece of Accountant Liu and Custodian Huang, live there?" ”

Chen Fan was not surprised why he would know that for this kind of thing, Captain Yang would definitely have to communicate with the team headquarters.

The educated youth point is not a place that can be lived in casually, it must be agreed by the educated youth and the superiors, now the educated youth are only Jiang Lili alone, and she is the one who is on guard, so naturally she has no right to speak, and the rest is to ask for the opinion of the brigade department.

He nodded and said, "That's the case, and they said they would move here tomorrow." ”

Then he smiled, "The house they live in, Xiao Jiang has already cleaned up, in the room between me and Xiao Jiang, the beds, cabinets, tables and chairs are all ready-made, and you can live in them with a bed." ”

Captain Yang nodded, "It's okay, although it's only you who is a man, it's better than a lonely man and a widow." ”

Chen Fan's face changed deliberately, and he said aggrievedly, "Secretary, you still don't believe me." ”

Secretary Yang hurriedly smiled, "It's not that I don't believe it, that is, it's better to prevent trouble before it happens, just like our militia, we must always be vigilant against the sabotage of hostile elements." But that's on the outside, and you're on the inside. ”

The corners of Chen Fan's mouth twitched slightly, this metaphor is really not good.

Then he waved his hand, "You can rest for a long time, I'll go over there and have a look." ”

He was just about to leave, but he turned around again, "Oh, by the way, I'm going to take my classmates back to learn to cut pigs tomorrow morning, and you're at home in the afternoon, right?" I'm going to give you a New Year's greeting. ”

Secretary Yang immediately nodded, "Yes." ”

Then he pointed at him, "Don't you bring me a big turnip!" ”

(End of chapter)