Wang Huicheng's inspection of Fule Wine Industry was rushed, and he left just as quickly. After taking a tour of the second branch factory, he got straight into the car and left.
As he watched the convoy drive off, Han Songlin's gaze was thoughtful.
Xu Lu stood next to Han Songlin and said, 'There was no hint of Mayor Wang's visit this time! I received the notification and immediately rushed over from the first factory.'
He Yuqiong looked at Han Songlin and Xu Lu carefully and said, 'The phone line was being repaired today, so I didn't receive any calls from the main factory.'
Han Songlin waved his hand, as he naturally knew about the phone repair.
The current phone line was previously specially moved over for Yuanle Winery.
Nowadays, if you want to notify someone in the countryside, to be honest, the easiest way is to shout through the loudspeaker.
The rural loudspeakers are still in use.
A decade or so ago, the rural broadcasting system was abandoned due to ageing equipment.
A few years ago, the music box reinstalled the loudspeakers.
Every day, they play songs, news, and tips on farming and planting.
They broadcast three times a day, morning, noon and night, and the elderly in the countryside like to listen to them.
The landline doesn't work, so do you have a wireless phone?
Sorry, there's no signal in the countryside.
This was before China Mobile, Unicom and China Telecom had signal coverage across the country.
Except in cities, mobile phones and pagers basically didn't work anywhere else.
'That's fine. Xu, what do you think Wang Huicheng meant when he said that today?'
Xu Lu thought for a moment and said, 'It was just what he said at the beginning, hoping that you can take over some factories.'
Seeing Han Songlin hesitate, Xu Lu mentioned: 'Jiangzhong has quite a few industrial enterprises, you might want to consider them.'
Han Songlin: 'I want to consider them, but I don't have the money!'
Without money, what's there to consider!
Currently, the development of Fuxing Industry is entirely supported by bank funding.
Han Songlin is certain that the bank definitely does not want Han Songlin to expand recklessly.
Unless, that is, the agricultural vehicle project at Fuxing Industrial comes to fruition soon.
Speaking of which, what exactly is the situation with the on-road testing?
School started on the first of September; of course, the kindergarten also started at this time.
Han Ting continued to go to the county kindergarten in Yuechi.
Yuechi is also close to Yanghe, and with the road having been cemented and hardened, it takes a maximum of an hour to drive there.
It was quite convenient for her to commute back and forth.
Another thing was that Fuxing Industry was now on the right track, so Han Songlin didn't need to keep an eye on it all the time.
Liu Yuyan also wanted to stay in Yuechi personally, as Liu Yang and the others were in their third year of high school.
In order to take better care of them, Liu Yuyan asked Liu Yang and Tang Yan not to board at school when they were in their third year, but to commute instead.
After all, the school was just a short walk from their home.
In order to save them both time, Liu Yuyan also bought them bicycles.
Liu Yang was quite willing to commute, after all, there was a computer at home.
Tang Yan, on the other hand, didn't care about that.
What did bother her was that Liu Yuyan had actually asked her to move upstairs.
She would be living in the room that Liu Yang had previously occupied.
Why had there been such a change?
Han Songlin couldn't say for sure, perhaps because Liu Yuyan thought that Tang Yan was a good person?
Or perhaps Tang Yan had come first in the last final exam?
Han Songlin thought to himself that Liu Yuyan might be worried about Tang Yan and Liu Yang being alone together in a room, and that they were both only in their teens.
They were completely immature, and they might do something on impulse!
That would be a big deal.
That night, Han Songlin was curled up on the sofa, embracing Liu Yuyan.
The fan was blowing on one side, and even though it was September, the lingering heat of summer was still there.
Anyway, they were both lying close together, so they weren't hot?
Could it be that peace of mind naturally cools the heart?
At this moment, the phone rang. Han Songlin was slightly startled. Who was it?
It was already 9 o'clock at night, and they were still calling?
A nuisance call?
Don't think about it too much, there are very few of these kinds of calls nowadays.
Besides, phone bills are expensive, too high in terms of the cost involved.
Han Songlin picked up the phone: 'Hello!'
At this time, caller ID was naturally not available.
'It's me!'
Who are you?
The sound on modern phones is distorted, unlike in the past, when you could tell who was calling just by the sound of their voice.
'Who is this?' Han Songlin heard that it was a woman on the other end, and several voices came to mind.
Then it settled on Zhou Tong.
Because it seemed that only Zhou Tong would speak like that.
'I, Zhou Tong!'
'Oh, Zhou Tong! It's so late, and you're still awake!' Han Songlin sat up straight and glanced at Liu Yuyan.
Sure enough, Liu Yuyan leaned in a little.
Han Songlin laughed and pulled Liu Yuyan closer to him.
Liu Yuyan obediently leaned in. She really wanted to hear what she wanted to talk about so late at night.
Work?
They had all day to talk about work.
'I can't sleep!' Zhou Tong's voice sounded a little melancholy and heartbroken.
Han Songlin said, 'I can't sleep either. At that time, I would lie in bed counting sheep. Why don't you try it? You will definitely fall asleep when you reach a thousand!'
Counting sheep, Han Songlin had never reached a thousand.
Liu Yuyan burst out laughing. When did this person ever have trouble sleeping?
It was clear that every day after work, after a little chat, he would go to sleep.
Liar!
Is he lying to me too?
Liu Yuyan narrowed her eyes and looked at Han Songlin. The more she looked, the more she felt that Han Songlin must have lied to her.
Han Songlin didn't know that he was talking nonsense and making Liu Yuyan think so much.
Otherwise, he would definitely shout that he was being wronged.
When he said he couldn't sleep, he didn't mean in this life.
Silence, long silence; Han Songlin took the phone away from his ear and looked at it, but naturally he couldn't see anything.
Well, it's not a mobile phone, so there's no way of telling whether the other person has hung up or not.
'Are you still there?'
'I'm here!'
'So, you called because you couldn't sleep?' Han Songlin felt that this was not normal.
Before, it wasn't as if he hadn't spoken to Zhou Tong on the phone, she wasn't like this today.
There were times when they spoke on the phone, but there was a long period of time when they didn't speak.
Unless...
Something's happened.
'I'm getting married!'
Getting married?
Han Songlin didn't react at first, but Liu Yuyan suddenly sat up.
Then she stared at Han Songlin, leaving him a little overwhelmed.
What's going on?
'Congratulations!'
Zhou Tong's voice didn't contain the joy of someone getting married: 'Aren't you going to ask?'
'Oh, when is your wedding banquet? I'll definitely go.'
Liu Yuyan looked at Han Songlin in shock. At the moment, she didn't know what to say.
There was another moment of silence, and then Zhou Tong's voice came over the line: 'October 8th, at the Capital Hotel. I hope you and Sister Yuyan can come.'
After that, Zhou Tong hung up the phone.
Hearing the tone in the receiver, Han Songlin put the phone back on the hook.
He said with some confusion, "It seems that Zhou Tong doesn't really like her own wedding!'
Liu Yuyan looked at Han Songlin deeply and laughed lightly, "Haha, I thought you didn't realize it!'