It's indeed a little swelling.

In 1990, when you lived a wealthy life, you could buy fish and meat, others would envy you for your superiority; you could also buy a TV or refrigerator, others would envy you for your luxury life; when you install a phone, others would only say that you are a fool while envious.

In 1990, I wanted to install a telephone in Ancheng, which cost 3,850 yuan, of which 3,000 yuan was the installation fee and 850 yuan was the cost of the telephone. Not only was the installation fee high, but the telephone fee was also outrageous. The local call cost was 70 cents per minute, and the domestic long-distance was 1,600 yuan per minute. The cost of making a phone call was enough for an ordinary family of three to have a day's meal expense, and it was also a meat and vegetables.

Do you think this is over? What do you think? In this era, if you have a lot of money, you want to be an old man. You look down on the post office too much. Is this kind of awesome unit where you can be arrogant with just a few bad money? If you want to install a phone, you have to apply first, then wait in line, and wait after paying the money. It is said that some people have to wait for more than a year. Even so, when others come to install, you have to greet them with a smile, serve them with good cigarettes and tea, for fear that the other party will be unhappy and leave, so you will find a reason to let you continue to wait.

You say that the customer is God? Sorry, we are materialists and don’t believe in that. Besides, God is not a Chinese. He doesn’t even have this Chinese passport and cannot believe in him.

This is not the most important thing, the most important thing is, who do you call? Who will call you?

Unlike later generations who have a mobile phone, communication is limitless. The use rate of telephone calls in this era is so low that it is outrageous. Letters are still the main carrier of long-distance communication. If you are anxious, you can send telegrams. One word is one cent four. Without emotional embellishment, no matter how big the matter is, there are more than ten words to explain it. What’s more important is that the popularity of telephone calls is very low. Two or three hundred households may not have one household with a telephone. For example, there are only two telephones in the entire village of Banshantun, one in the village committee office and the other in the Laoga family. Laoga family opened a small shop, and the telephone is used as a public telephone, which costs one yuan per minute.

Therefore, the use value of the phone is very low. Lin and Han wanted to install a phone number for Li Kai's family, which is definitely for the convenience of connecting in the future, because both the officialdom and the shopping malls are changing rapidly, and it may take a minute to lose, and the losses are dozens or millions.

"I said I didn't need that thing. Uncle Lin said, then let Uncle Han send you a 'big brother' to mail it. It can be used as a phone number, and it costs ten thousand yuan. I thought about it for a while and it would better agree to install the phone number." Li Yan defended.

Li Yan did feel that his life was so beautiful during this period. His work, life, his wife, son... Godson was good everywhere, but it was no longer a luxury to install a phone at home... This was not something that ordinary people could do.

"Well, it's quite convenient to have a phone call at home." Li Kai said.

"But that thing is useless."

"Don't worry, it will be useful, but it's quite useful." Li Kai said confidently.

"……All right."

...

"Squad leader..."

During the first class in the afternoon, Jona rudely drove away Li Kai's deskmate Chen Wen, sat in his seat, holding his chin with his hands and looking at Li Kai.

"Hmm?" Li Kai turned his head and looked at Jona with a red face, "Is there anything wrong?"

"It's a little bit... I want to eat sour and sweet meat bones, and sweet and sour meatballs. You promised to make it for me."

"Did I... agree?"

"I promised it, I promised it." Seeing that Li Kai refused to admit his account, Jona hurriedly grabbed his arm and shook it hard.

"Okay, okay, I'm afraid of you. Tomorrow, it's too late to buy ribs today, and the vegetable market is closed after school. Tomorrow at noon, tomorrow at noon, tomorrow at noon." Li Kai was so dizzy that he was shook and agreed hurriedly.

"No, just today, tonight."

"Girl, we have to talk about it. How to buy ribs when the vegetable market is closed? It's okay to eat it today, there are only sweet and sour meatballs."

"Actually... my dad has bought the ribs, just go to my house to make them." Jona said proudly.

"Haha, it turns out that there is a shortage of cooks. Aunt Miao hasn't tried to make it for you?"

"Don't mention it. I made it twice. My mother made it once. It was muddy. It was terrible and bitter. Another time it was made by my father. After adding too much sugar, the color turned black. It was not as delicious as you did."

"Well... Okay, let's go together after school, I'll make it for you. There's pork at home." Li Kai thought about it and decided to go there. He happened to ask Miao Yaqi for help if he had something to do.

"Some, some, one word is certain?"

"One word is certain!"

Jona left excitedly, and Li Kai also seized the time to run to the toilet.

Xue Yan behind her kept lowering her head and listening to the two of them. When she knew they had left, she raised her head and looked at Li Kai's back in a daze.

The last time Xue Yan went to Li Qianjin's house with a group, she did not obtain Wu Min's consent. Xue Qiming allowed her privately and asked her to take two big swallow mackerels from the refrigerator as gifts. After returning, Wu Min was very angry and arguing with Xue Qiming, which made the family unhappy for several days.

Xue Qiming thinks Li Kai is a good child. Of course, it is too early to think about these things, but if he really likes his daughter in the future, he will be happy to see it. Most parents are not superficial to find a son-in-law to see if they have a house, a car, and what job they do. What they care about is the other party’s character, personality and ability, and Li Kai is excellent in these aspects.

In addition, Li Yan's reputation is also very good in the machinery factory, so Xue Qiming did not deliberately target Li Kai. In addition to some necessary advice to Xue Yan, he basically did not interfere with the children's interactions.

Wu Min is not the case. I don’t know if it is because of the changes in her parents’ family in recent years, or because of Qu Yan’s distorted guidance, she has become a little snobbish and is increasingly looking down on the small place Ancheng, and of course, it also includes people living in this small place. Wu Min believes that Xue Yan will definitely marry into a big city in the future and enter a family that is either rich or noble, so in her eyes, the better Li Kai, the more he will be a stumbling block to Xue Yan’s happy life in the future.

In fact, she was really thinking too much. Li Kai in her previous life never thought of hindering Xue Yan from pursuing the happy life she thought, and Li Kai in this life did not have such thoughts.

Xue Yan looked at Li Kai's figure disappearing outside the door, feeling very upset. She just wanted to be friends with Li Kai, of course, to be good friends. Her mother was hysterical and her father was worried about her, but she had never thought about the things they were worried about.

But today, listening to Li Kai and Jona talk, she felt inexplicably uncomfortable and uncomfortable.

After school in the afternoon, Li Kai asked Chang Dalong to go home and say hello to Li Yan. He and Jona went to Qiao's house with him.

The Qiao family is a bungalow with a yard, next to Ma Juan's house. When I entered the door, Miao Yaqi was already at home. The working hours in the health center were very relaxed and took care of each other. As long as people were left at work, the rest of the people secretly left early.

"Xiaokai is here, and I have to work hard for you. Xiaona is just ignorant and very picky. I have done it for her once, but she is just dissatisfied and insists that it is far worse than what you did. We have no choice but to ask you, the master, to take action."

"It's okay, Aunt Miao, Xiaona likes to eat it. When I make it, you look at it a little. In fact, it doesn't have much technical content. You will understand it after reading it."

"Okay, see what else do you need to prepare?" Miao Yaqi asked, pointing to the meat and ribs on the chopping board.

Seeing that there were onions, ginger and garlic on the chopping board, Li Kai asked which jar was salt, which jar was sugar and other seasonings.

"Aunt Miao, the main ingredients and auxiliary ingredients are all in one place. Do you have rock candy at home? The color is brighter and looks beautiful when you make it with rock candy."

"Yes." Miao Yaqi said as she opened the cabinet in the corner of the kitchen to find the rock candy from it. Qiao Xiangdong's work characteristics are not short of daily necessities at home, and there are also some things that are not common in the north. Li Kai saw rare ingredients in the cabinet.

"Is that white vinegar? Using this to make sweet and sour sauce is better than using aged vinegar from the north."

"Yes, this is Jingkou white vinegar. It was brought by someone else, but it was not delicious," Miao Yaqi said, taking out the bottle, "I tasted it once and put it here. It tasted badly."

"It's just this taste. We northerners are not used to it. It doesn't matter. It's just right to make sweet and sour sauce."

Everything was all in hand, and then Li Kai's performance was performed. After a while, Qiao Xiangdong came into his house, the three dishes were ready.

When Li Kai saw that there was fresh rapeseed in the kitchen, he fryed it with a combination of meat and vegetables, and it was nutritionally balanced.

During this period, Jona went in and out of the kitchen several times, and had already eaten two pills and a piece of ribs with bare hands. She was so delicious that she belittled her parents' skills. Miao Yaqi slapped her several times on the back.

Li Kai ate dinner at Qiao's house. Qiao Xiangdong and his wife invited her warmly, but Li Kai did not refuse. Moreover, he had expected that he had already said hello when he asked Chang Dalong to come home to report.

Qiao Xiangdong looked at his beloved daughter squinted her eyes and greedily eating the dishes made by Li Kai. She had a circle of sweet and sour sauce on her mouth, like a little cat, and was very happy.

"Xiao Kai, I often come to my house to play in the future. Xiao Na's grades have improved a lot now and she loves to study. Thanks to you for helping her." Qiao Xiangdong said to Li Kai.

"That's fine. As long as Xiaona is willing to study, I will definitely help her and will definitely get her into the high school she likes, at least No. 2 Middle School and No. 3 Middle School."

"Then the relationship is good. I hope she can get into the No. 2 Middle School, which will make you worry."

"It should be that Xiaona and I are good classmates and good friends, so it is natural to help her."

"Good friends, good friends, Xiaokai, eat more vegetables. Xiaona, don't rob it." Miao Yaqi kept picking food for Li Kai's bowl, and Jona kept picking food from Li Kai's bowl.

"Aunt Miao, you have been working in the medical industry and have known many experts from hospitals in the city."

"I know something, is there something wrong?"

"I want to contact my parents for a physical examination. The kind that is comprehensive and professional is not the kind of physical examination organized by the factory, and then find an expert to see if there are any hidden dangers, especially the heart."

"What, do they have any symptoms?"

"No, it's mainly because of my dad, he has high blood pressure, high blood lipids and a little high blood sugar. I heard that people with these diseases can easily cause heart disease."

"Okay, I'll help you with this matter. Let's go to the Second Municipal Hospital. I have a classmate who is the director of the Heart and is an expert in this regard."

"Then I'll trouble Aunt Miao, the faster the better."

"Don't worry. Look at other people's children, and then look at your daughter, why am I..." Miao Yaqi pointed at Jonah with a grudge and said to Qiao Xiangdong.
Chapter completed!