The heart of the pretender is sincere

For the first time, Ah Cheng felt that the days could be so long. It took Lingxi a month to receive his letter and another month to wait for a reply. The key was that Lingxi might not reply to his letter yet.Ah Cheng regretted that he shouldn't have written his reply in such a serious and restrained manner at the beginning, what if Lingxi read his letter and thought he was a boring person, but the letter had already been sent and could not be received.

He was wondering if he should also learn from Mingtai to send a card to the eldest sister, and then send a card to Lingxi by the way, but in what name should he send it?Unlike Mingtai, he is used to seeing the scenery he likes anytime and anywhere. When he arrives at a new place, he will send a copy to his elder sister. He and his elder brother usually write a letter seriously when they go back to Mingtai. In other words, the nearest festival is Tomb-sweeping Day, and the Dragon Boat Festival is too far away, so I can't wish others a happy Tomb-sweeping day.

After much deliberation, the problem went back to the original point. Just when Ah Cheng felt that his scalp was about to be scratched and his hair was about to fall out, the matter suddenly became clear again. The eldest brother received a domestic phone call from a French communication company. The huge envelope, when I opened it, I found that there were all kinds of documents, including Chinese and French, and even the eldest sister’s household registration information, and it was sent urgently through a special channel of the communication formula. The whole process took 23 days, and it took them a long time to find out. , this is the application document for installing an overseas telephone at home.

The eldest sister wrote in the letter that Lingxi read many documents and went to the French embassy and communication company to inquire many times. This is the first time that the embassy and communication company have encountered the application for civilian overseas calls. After all, the telephone charges for overseas calls are not The average family can afford it. Of course, the phone bill is not worth mentioning in the Ming family. In the end, the communication company agreed to install an overseas phone in the Ming mansion as the eldest sister entrepreneur. Although China is now in wartime, there are still many rich people. Well, with Mingjia's first case of successful overseas phone application, more people will apply in the future, which is a good thing for communication companies.

Now all the domestic application procedures have been completed, and all the required documents have been prepared. It is only necessary for the head of household in France to submit the corresponding application materials to the government and the communication company according to the process, and wait for the communication company to come. Just pull the wires and install it.

Lingxi wrote very detailed steps in the letter, and even wrote all the application materials that should have been written by Minglou, because there is still some preparation work to be done before submitting the materials, so the letter also made an appointment on April 4 At ten o'clock in the morning, they needed someone to go to the communication company in Paris to wait for the call. The domestic side would call from the French embassy to explain some important matters. This work naturally fell on A Cheng.

Minglou looked at the handwritten application form in all French, and couldn't help but lament the gap between people. On the other side was a talented girl who graduated from university at the age of 20 and studied in the United States but had first-class French. This side was written in Latin. Failed to pass the 18-year-old Mingtai who was still in high school and university and hadn't touched it yet.

April 4th arrived as scheduled, Ah Cheng came to the communication company with a feeling of apprehension, and arrived at the designated place according to the guidelines in Lingxi's document. I was thinking about what I need to say later, should I call Lingxi directly or Ms Li better, Mingtai was going to come with me today, but he spent a lot of time persuading him to leave, what do I really think when the phone is installed It's all done, so don't compete with him at this moment.

At [-]:[-], the phone rang punctually, and Ah Cheng hesitated for a moment before answering it. A young girl's voice came from the other end of the phone, which was soft and charming, just like the voice in his dream. The lines overlap.

"Hi, I'm Li Lingxi."

The corner of Ah Cheng's mouth raised unconsciously, he held back his excitement, and said in a deep voice, "Hello, I'm Mingcheng."

Hearing that it was Mingcheng, the other party was obviously taken aback, "Ah, isn't it Minglou? Many things need to be handled by the householder himself."

Ah Cheng explained, "Brother has a class to attend today, you can just tell me, and I will pass it on to my brother later."

"Oh, that's fine too."

The forced meaning of the word "ba" at the end is too obvious, which makes Ah Cheng's always happy mood become a little depressed, "Do you want the elder brother to answer this call, or do you not want me to be the one who answers the call?"

"That's not what I meant." Probably realizing that there was something wrong with her words, the girl hurriedly explained, "I made a bet with Axiang and the eldest sister, they said that the person who answered the phone must be you, and it is absolutely impossible to be Brother Minglou. I lost, hum!"

There was a bit of grievance and anger in her voice, Ah Cheng seemed to be able to see her pouting at the moment, her small face was puffed up like a puffer fish, he couldn't hold back a low laugh, and his mood suddenly jumped Much better again.

Hearing his laughter, the girl on the opposite side seemed annoyed, "Mingcheng! You're still laughing, it's all because you're too hardworking. Now I lost a meal to my eldest sister, and I also lost a hairpin to Axiang."

Ah Cheng held back a smile and cleared his throat, "Then I will pay you a card issuer, okay? There is nothing you can do about it. You have only come to Ming's house not long ago. You don't know that I am the big brother's personal butler. Some trivial things about the big brother I will do it, and I will not make such a bet in the future.”

"Okay, I get it. I was joking because I lost the bet and it has nothing to do with you. Let's get down to business first. There are many important points, and you'd better write them down with a pen."

Sure enough, the matter of installing the phone was very trivial. Ah Cheng took a pen to record and wrote several pieces of paper here and there. Lou also had a lot of headaches. There are still many places that he needs to go to personally, and there are many things that Ah Cheng can't do on his behalf.

In the end, Minglou also spent two weeks solidly and finally finished all the procedures, handed in the materials that should be handed in, and then sorted out the receipts and sent them all back to China. Now the telephone lines in France are all installed. Yes, just wait for the documents to be received in China and then call in.

And Ah Cheng really went to pick out a hairpin carefully. He remembered that Lingxi liked the sunflower bookmark, but he couldn't find a sunflower-shaped hairpin, so he picked a similar sunflower-shaped hairpin and went with him alone. Send the letter to Lingxi back to China together.

***

It was already early June when the first overseas call came from China. During this time, Lingxi received the card issuance and letter from Ah Cheng. She also wrote back to Ah Cheng. Then at the end of May, they passed the embassy and The communication company made a phone call and made an appointment for the first official call.

Because there is a 6-hour time difference between France and China, so the domestic call was made at 03:30 in the afternoon, while France was at 09:30 in the morning, and the three brothers of the Ming family in France sat in a row at the first Mingtai of Minglou The second, Ah Cheng, and the third, everyone counted the time and waited for the domestic call to come.

As soon as the time came, the phone rang on time, and before Ming Lou answered the phone, a young girl's voice sounded very familiar, "Mingcheng, I'm Lingxi, can you hear my voice?" ?”

Wen Yan Minglou smiled and looked back at Ah Cheng before saying, "Hi Lingxi, I'm Minglou, I can hear your voice."

Lingxi was also stunned, didn't it mean that Mingcheng was doing all the trivial things, why did Minglou suddenly change?She suddenly felt a little embarrassed, "Ah, brother Minglou, I'm sorry, hello, I thought it was Mingcheng who would answer the phone."

"It's okay, if you have something to ask, it's the same if you tell me." Minglou's voice is very calm and has a reassuring power.

"Well, that... Big brother is like this. The call we made today is for testing purposes. People from the communication company and the French embassy are here now. I will let the big sister answer the phone later, and you can chat casually. What, the main thing is to listen to the volume of the sound and whether there is any noise. If you hear an abnormal sound, just let us know. Today's call should be enough for an hour. If it exceeds an hour, then you need to Hang up the phone and try again."

"Okay, I get it." Minglou heard that the little girl was a little nervous talking to him for the first time, so she called her elder brother directly, and he suddenly felt that maybe Ah Cheng's little thoughtfulness was not just him, It might be two-way.

"Then I will replace the elder sister to answer the phone now."

"Okay, thank you Lingxi."

"Ah...hehe...well, you're welcome..."

After putting on Der Spiegel to answer the call, the atmosphere on the phone changed. It was more than two years ago that Der Spiegel flew to France to meet the three brothers. At first Der Spiegel could bear it, but the more he said Later on, she became more and more unable to control her emotions and tears fell down in big ones.Minglou's eyes turned red after comforting her on the other end of the phone for a long time, but soon he heard Lingxi's voice comforting the elder sister.

"Sister, don't cry, you don't charge phone bills during this one-hour test time, but what can you do if you cry over it? Isn't it a big loss? Don't cry or cry, wait until this hour is over, and we will be there every day in the future. It's okay to make a phone call, although our family is rich and doesn't care about the phone bill, but it's free, so it's useless."

Finally Minglou heard the eldest sister's laughter again, he suddenly felt that it would be nice to have another girl at home to accompany the eldest sister, at least the eldest sister would not feel lonely when they were away, and this girl seemed to be extraordinarily bright and intelligent. Capable, she alone did what the three brothers hadn't done before.

An hour seems like a long time, but in reality the chat was very short. Der Spiegel spoke to Mingtai not long before it was Ah Cheng's turn, so he was reminded that the hour was up and he needed to hang up the phone and try again. dial.

After Mingjing and Lingxi sent the people from the embassy and the communication company away, it was already 10 or [-] minutes after they called. Mingjing and Mingtai chatted for a long time before it was Ah Cheng's turn. He told him to take good care of himself and take care of his brothers and sisters, and Ah Cheng listened to the elder sister say it for the third time, and it took a long time before the babble was over.

In the end, even Ah Xiang came over to say a few words, and the phone finally came back to Lingxi.

"Did you lose the bet again?" Ah Cheng asked Lingxi.

"You know." The girl's voice was full of resentment and a hint of imperceptible coquettishness, "Mingcheng really blames you this time, it's not you who said that you did the trivial things Yes, hum!"

Ah Cheng imagined Lingxi's appearance in his heart, if only he was by her side now, he could touch her head to comfort her, "Silly girl, this is the first time I have made an overseas call today, even if it is just a test It can't be counted as a trivial matter, the eldest brother will naturally be the first to pick it up, so what bet did you lose today?"

"I only lost a bag of sugar-fried chestnuts. The eldest sister said that she would not participate in the silly bet between me and Axiang." At this moment, her tone was full of pride, as if she was not the one who lost the bet.

"Then should I buy some sugar-fried chestnuts and send them to you? After all, this time is also because of me."

"No need, the candied chestnuts are all ruined when they are sent from France, and the postage can even buy a basket of chestnuts, it's not worth it at all!"

Hearing this, Acheng laughed, and Lingxi who was opposite him also laughed. Acheng felt that there seemed to be some different tacit understanding between him and Lingxi, and something was breaking through their hearts, taking root, sprouting and thriving. .