Kneeling in front of my wife’s tombstone and crying bitterly, I was reborn

Long-distance calls in the 1990s were still manually transferred, which not only made long-distance calls expensive, but also often required long waiting times.

It could be a few minutes, ten minutes or even longer.

At that time, few people made long-distance calls unless necessary.

Chen Shubao had been on business trips for so long that he had made many long-distance calls. Of course, he knew how difficult it was to make long-distance calls.

But Luo Rong didn’t know.

She looked at her son in astonishment, thinking that this was his excuse for not doing so, and said unhappily, "How expensive can a phone call be? I think you just think I'm nagging and don't want to call me every day!"

Although she was a teacher and had a telephone in school, she had never made any phone calls. Even after Shen Qiansan installed a phone at home, she rarely made any calls.

She had asked Shen Qiansan before, is the phone bill expensive?

She asked Shen Qiansan, and the result was predictable.

When Luo Rong asked about this, Shen Qiansan was still worried that his mother-in-law was afraid to spend money and dare not use the phone, so he told her that it was not expensive and she could call anytime.

Now, Chen Shubao said that it was expensive to make a phone call. She believed Shen Qiansan's words and naturally thought that Chen Shubao was making excuses.

Chen Shubao: “…”

He didn't expect that his mother would react so strongly just because he told the truth.

He could understand his mother's feelings.

But he felt bad being misunderstood by his mother.

What's more, he will be leaving on a business trip soon, and he doesn't want to have an unpleasant argument with his mother before leaving.

So, he wanted to explain but didn't know how.

If I try to explain, my mom will accuse me of quibbling and it will be even harder to explain myself.

He couldn't help but look at Shen Qiansan.

He knew that Shen Qiansan must know that what he said was the truth, and he also knew that his mother trusted Shen Qiansan. As long as Shen Qiansan helped to say a few words, the problem would be solved.

However, when he looked over for help, Shen Qiansan turned his gaze away, as if he was avoiding him on purpose.

That’s right, Shen Qiansan dodged on purpose.

It was easy for Chen Shubao to explain it clearly, but Chen Shubao was a salesperson. The most common thing in sales work is customers' difficulties and misunderstandings, which the salesperson needs to solve by himself.

Now that he is here, he can help Chen Shubao.

But when facing customers, he can't always help them solve the problem!

That's why he avoided it.

At the same time, he also wanted to see how Chen Shubao would resolve this contradiction.

"Brother-in-law..."

Seeing that Shen Qiansan actually dodged, Chen Shubao became very anxious and shouted quickly.

The voice was not loud, but contained a hint of pleading.

He never thought that Shen Qiansan was testing him, he just thought that Shen Qiansan didn't see it or didn't understand what he meant.

Shen Qiansan naturally heard Chen Shubao's cry for help, but since he wanted to test his brother-in-law, he naturally did not respond. Anyway, Chen Shubao's voice was low, so he pretended not to hear it. He did not even look at Chen Shubao, but smiled and said to Shen Dandan: "Eat some more!"

"No more, I'm full!" Shen Dandan shook her head, put down her bowl and chopsticks, and said, "I'm going to get my schoolbag!"

"Okay, then slow down!" Shen Qiansan said slowly.

When Chen Shubao saw this, he became very anxious and prepared to ask Shen Qiansan for help again.

"I'm talking to you, why are you calling your brother-in-law?!"

Before he could open his mouth, Luo Rong took the initiative to attack.

At this point, Chen Shubao no longer cared about asking Shen Qiansan for help, and said hesitantly: "Mom, it's not that I don't want to call you every day, it's just that it's really difficult..."

"It's not that difficult to make a phone call. I see you just don't want to..." Luo Rong didn't want to listen to his explanation at all. She glared at Chen Shubao and said angrily.

Chen Shubao: “…”

At this moment, he realized that home was really not a place to reason, because it was difficult to explain.

He felt that dealing with conflicts at home was much more difficult than dealing with those clients.

He even thought about agreeing first.

As for whether I can do it after I promise, we’ll talk about it later!

Anyway, he was in Shenzhen at that time, and Luo Rong couldn't do anything to him.

But he quickly rejected this idea, as it was not as if he would not come back to Shenzhen.

Once you promise and don't do it, when he comes back, then...

He didn't even dare to think about it.

"All right!"

Just when he didn't know what to do, Chen Wentao spoke up, interrupting Luo Rong and saying, "Old woman, please don't embarrass Shubao!"

Luo Rong was stunned for a moment, and said unhappily, "I just asked him to call me every day. How did I embarrass him?"

She was really angry. Her husband didn't stand on the same side with her in this matter, and even spoke for that bad boy.

Although she was angry with her son, she couldn't say anything harsh to him as he was about to go on a business trip.

But she was not so polite to Chen Wentao. She spoke angrily and aggressively.

If you don't tell me the whole story, I'll never let you go.

I always treat my spouse as a punching bag.

Chen Wentao didn't get angry with Luo Rong and said, "Shubao is right. It's very expensive for him to make a long-distance call from Shenzhen."

After a pause, he said, "Well... I guess it's about two or three dollars a minute!"

Chen Wentao was the chief engineer of a state-owned leather shoe factory. He had made long-distance calls and therefore had a better understanding of the situation.

Luo Rong was shocked when she heard this and blurted out, "So expensive?"

Her monthly salary is only over 100 yuan. If she makes a long-distance call at this price, she will spend all her monthly salary in more than an hour!

However, this is not over yet.

Chen Wentao continued, "You have to transfer when you make a long-distance call, and the transfer time is also charged. If you transfer from Shenzhen, it will probably take about ten minutes."

"That is to say, even if you only talk to Shubao for one minute each time, you will be charged for more than ten minutes."

"At least... more than thirty dollars are gone!"

what?

It still has to be like this!

Luo Rong was even more dumbfounded.

By this calculation, her salary of more than 100 yuan would be gone in three or four days if she only talked on the phone for one minute a day, let alone for more than an hour.

How can I afford such an expensive long-distance call?

She looked at Shen Qiansan in disbelief. He clearly said that making a phone call was not expensive!

"oh oh……"

Seeing his mother-in-law's gaze, Shen Qiansan touched his nose awkwardly. He didn't expect that his father-in-law would come out to help Chen Shubao.

He is still waiting to test his brother-in-law.

This kid is lucky to have escaped.

But at this point, he had no choice but to speak up: "Long-distance calls are only a little more expensive, but local calls are very cheap!"

Seeing Shen Qiansan say the same thing, Luo Rong knew that what the old man said was true.

Long distance calls are so expensive!

My son didn't lie to me!

"Then... I'd better not call!"

"too expensive!"

Luo Rong said in a low voice that she began to feel bad about the money again.