“I’ll go answer the phone!”
Seeing the ringing phone, Wang Pangzi rushed into the house to answer it.
Telephones in this era were quite inconvenient, still the dial-up kind, very old-fashioned. If not for Bai Tian Yu’s insistence on having Da Jin Ya install it, Da Jin Ya would have probably forgotten about this thing.
“Hello, it’s done. If it wasn’t for your father, how could I be slacking off!”
“…………”
Five minutes later, Wang Pangzi came out grumbling and yelled.
“Lao Hu, my father is looking for you!”
“Huh? What does Uncle want?”
Lao Hu scratched his head, not knowing why Wang’s father was looking for him.
“Go answer the phone, why so many questions!”
Rolling his eyes, Wang Pangzi had no idea what his father was up to.
“Little Hu, you’re back!”
As soon as he picked up the phone, Wang’s father’s gentle voice came from the other end, completely different from the sternness he used when scolding Wang Pangzi.
“You, you’re so impulsive. Otherwise, you wouldn’t have been forced to retire!”
“Uncle, I don’t regret it!”
Faced with Wang’s father’s words, Lao Hu showed no remorse.
“Sigh, you really are just like your father!”
“Right, I called you over to tell you something!”
Wang’s father then remembered why he called Lao Hu, continuing.
“I heard you’re going to the Kunlun Glacier. You served there before, and something happened. You’re scared of that place, I understand!”
“But from what I know, the avalanche wasn’t caused by you guys firing your guns. It was triggered by a small-scale earthquake!”
This time, Wang’s father called to comfort Lao Hu. After hearing from Pangzi about Lao Hu’s heart knot, he asked someone to investigate.
It turned out that it wasn’t as Lao Hu had reported, but an earthquake.
“Really!”
Lao Hu had always thought that the avalanche was caused by firing their guns, so he had been blaming himself all this time. Who would have known it was a natural disaster!
“Yes, my old friend told me. He’s from the geological bureau!”
“So, Little Hu, don’t carry everything on your shoulders!”
“That Kai Xuan kid is also there, you learn from him. That guy is carefree all the time, how great!”
“………………”
Then, Wang’s father kept rambling on and on, making Lao Hu’s head spin.
Faced with Wang’s father’s nagging, Lao Hu could only nod, constantly humming in agreement.
“You, alright, I’m too lazy to say anything more. Your father asked me to take care of you, but you came and didn’t even see me. Well, you’re still good. Let that smelly brat, Xiao Bai, answer the phone!”
Wang’s father couldn’t do anything about Lao Hu. He wasn’t his own child, so some words were too harsh to say.
“Alright, Uncle, take care of yourself!”
As soon as Lao Hu heard he had to call Bai Tian Yu, he immediately dropped the phone and ran out, like he had been granted amnesty.
No matter what era, older generations love to nag their younger ones, especially since the three families used to be so close.
If Bai Tian Yu’s parents hadn’t died on the battlefield, they would probably be having a three-way meeting now.
“Lao Bai, Uncle is looking for you!”
As soon as Lao Hu went out, he yelled like Wang Pangzi, clearly indicating that he had also been tortured.
“Alright, you guys pack your things. We’ll leave after I finish this call!”
“Miss Yang, just wait a moment.”
Nodding at Xue Li Yang, Bai Tian Yu went into the inner room.
Xue Li Yang had come here fully equipped, making her the most relaxed person here.
“Mm.”
“Uncle Wang, long time no see!”
Bai Tian Yu picked up the phone and said happily.
Since Bai Tian Yu lost his parents when he was young, Lao Hu and Pangzi’s families would often invite him over for meals and things like that.
Whenever anything happened, the parents of both families would take charge. In other words, Bai Tian Yu was considered a joint son of both families.
Bai Tian Yu had no fear of Wang’s father.
“You little stinker, you still remember your uncle. Do you know how worried I was when you didn’t go down to the countryside for your university placement?”
As soon as Wang’s father picked up the phone, he scolded him.
“…………”
“You, you just left and went into the mountains without a care, if I didn’t know you weren’t being reckless, I would have gone into the mountains and dragged you out!”
Before Bai Tian Yu could respond, Wang’s father started nagging again.
“Do you know how worried your Aunt Wang was about you? She kept mentioning you at home, you really didn’t even tell us you were going to the mountains, how can you be so careless!”
“You three little stinker, you used to be the most well-behaved, now you’re the most troublesome!”
“What exactly are you thinking!”
Faced with Wang’s father’s incessant nagging, Bai Tian Yu didn’t feel any annoyance, instead, he felt a bit of nostalgia.
Some things are only missed when they are gone.
From childhood to adulthood, Bai Tian Yu had never been scolded by Wang’s father or mother, including Hu’s father and mother.
Because Bai Tian Yu’s parents died saving them, they naturally showered their only child with endless love.
They spoiled him so much that Lao Hu and Wang Pangzi almost thought that Bai Tian Yu was their son, and they were the ones who were adopted.
“I know, I won’t do it again.”
“Sigh, you’ve always been very opinionated, I’m too lazy to say anything more to you!”
“You plan to cooperate with the country to open candy factories and clothing factories, I’ll help you with that, especially for the plan to cooperate with the military, I’ve agreed. When you send someone over, give me a call.”
The Wang’s father on the other end of the phone was also helpless. This kid really wasn’t ordinary, if not for Wang Pangzi, they wouldn’t even know that Bai Tian Yu hadn’t gone to the countryside.
And he had even become a monk. Later, Wang’s mother went to see him, luckily Bai Tian Yu was living happily. Otherwise, Wang’s father would have sent someone to bring him back to the military camp.
“Yeah, okay, Uncle Wang, can you give a heads-up to the Kunlun Military District?”
Although Lao Hu had served in the military, his influence couldn’t compare to Wang’s father’s. A call from him would be much more effective than Lao Hu.
“Alright, you guys must stay safe, if anything happens, you must protect yourselves!”
“Come to our house when you’re safe and sound. Your Aunt Wang misses you!”
“You really are something else, you came back and didn’t even see us!”
“Alright, phone calls are expensive, we’ll talk about this later.”
Seeing that Lao Hu and Wang Pangzi outside were all ready, Bai Tian Yu hurriedly interrupted Wang’s father’s nagging.
“Alright, stay safe!”