Chapter 696 Business mutual support
“Brother Sun, how could you have done nothing? You built the house, you managed the equipment, and Sister-in-law Sun and Second Sister-in-law were watching those little chickens during the New Year. I just helped out with some ideas. It’s not right that Brother Sun and Second Brother have the greatest credit, but there’s also Sister-in-law Sun and Second Sister-in-law.”

Sun Bingwen and Sun Bingshan waved their hands and said, “We just did what we could, it’s nothing…”

The two sides pushed back and forth, and Wang Tianxue nudged Lin Chuxia, “What do you call this?”

Lin Chuxia blinked, “Business mutual praise?”

“I think so.”

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Having said that, Wang Tianyu did perform very well in this matter.

Wang Tianyu has been following the process from the initial planning and construction of the incubation center to the subsequent inspection of equipment and technology, all the way to the hatching of the first batch of chicks.

Lin Chuxia also saw the great potential of this young man.

The atmosphere in the room was lively, but a series of “beep beep beep beep” sounds put the lively atmosphere on pause.

Everyone looked at the source of the sound, which seemed to be Sun Bingnan.

Under the gaze of everyone, Sun Bingnan carelessly lifted up his coat.

I saw a small rectangle on his waist, which made a “beep beep beep beep” sound.

Zhang Guilan seemed to have discovered a new world and circled around her.

“Oh, Sun Bingnan, how can you be born with something stuck on your waist?”

Sun Bingnan smiled proudly, “Sister-in-law, this is called a pager.”

“What is a pager? What is it used for?”

Her question clearly expressed the thoughts of everyone present.

Everyone else stopped talking and looked at Sun Bingnan.

Sun Bingnan took Xiong Wuji off his waist and shook it in front of his eyes. “This thing is used to find people.”

Zhang Guilan suddenly realized, “You carry it with you. As long as it beeps, we will know where you are.”

After saying that, he felt something was wrong again. “The sound of your little thing is too small. Everyone in the room can hear it. If it’s farther away, who can hear it? But if it’s so close, and you’re right in front of me, do I still need to listen to the sound to find you? This thing is for fools, right?”

This sentence made everyone laugh again.

Sun Bingnan didn’t get angry and patiently explained to Zhang Huilan.

“You didn’t come to me just because of the sound, sister-in-law. Don’t underestimate this thing, it’s very useful. As long as you call me when you have something to do, I will receive the message. No matter where I am, I can get in touch with you as soon as possible.”

Zhang Guilan widened her eyes in disbelief, took the pager from Sun Bingnan’s hand, and turned it over and over to look at it.

“My goodness, it’s just such a small thing, and it doesn’t even have a phone line. How did it know that we were calling you?”

Qin Han also didn’t believe it. “Bring it here and let me see. It’s such a small thing. Can it ring when I call it?”

It’s no wonder that they didn’t believe it. Pagers had just appeared in those days, and Lin Chuxia and her friends rarely saw this thing in Yan City, let alone a small county like Ancheng County.

Sun Bingnan immediately went to find a phone and said, “Don’t doubt me, I’ll call you right now and try.”

After the house was built, for convenience, a telephone line from the agricultural supply store was pulled into the house.

Nowadays, both my home and the agricultural supply store have telephones, one main unit and one secondary unit. When a call comes in, both sides can ring, and both sides can also make outgoing calls.

Sun Bingnan picked up the phone and dialed the paging station.

When he dialed the number, he smiled slyly at everyone and said, covering the phone, “These girls at the paging station speak so sweetly. I have never heard a prettier voice than theirs in my life.”

Qin Han couldn’t sit still any longer. “Let me listen, let me listen…”

He walked quickly forward, but before he had taken two steps he stumbled and almost fell to his knees at Sun Bingnan’s feet.

Turning back, he saw Zhang Guilan calmly retracting one leg and glaring at him fiercely. Qin Han: “…”

I was so excited that I forgot my wife was there.

Sun Bingnan smiled and pressed the speakerphone button.

After two busy tones, the operator’s sweet voice came, “Hello~, Guotong 37~”

Sun Bingnan winked and made eyes, and the other men either raised their eyebrows or smiled subtly.

Zhang Guilan rubbed her arms and shuddered.

Sun Lanlan was right next to Lin Chuxia. When she heard the voice, she whispered to Lin Chuxia, “No wonder my mom asked my third brother to go on a blind date during the Chinese New Year, but he said he wouldn’t go no matter what. Could it be that he has fallen in love with the girl? Look at his mean look. If he doesn’t like her, what could he be?”

Sun Bingnan didn’t speak immediately, and the pager girl on the other end of the phone was still asking questions.

“Hello sir, how can I help you? This is Guotong Xunhu Station. What is the number you want to call?”

Sun Bingnan then cleared his throat and said, “Please call 39581 for me.”

“OK~, 39581~, sir, please leave a message~, do you want the other party to call you back?”

“Well, ask him to call me back.”

“Okay, what’s your phone number?”

Sun Bingnan directly reported his home phone number.

“Okay, is there anything else you need help with?”

“Nothing.”

“Okay sir, bye!”

“Yeah, bye, bye.”

After Sun Bingnan hung up the phone, the pager in his hand started beeping.

Qin Han grabbed the pager and widened his eyes in disbelief. “It really rang. The phone number on it is also ours. What does 01 mean?”

Sun Bingnan straightened his chest and said, “01 means please call back. This is the codeword inside the paging station. Only after you buy a pager will you know what these codes mean.”

Qin Han was full of admiration. “I see. This is just like the way we used to send coded telegrams to underground workers.”

“That’s pretty much what it means.”

Sun Lanlan pouted and shook Lin Chuxia’s arm. “What about the code and secret code? Xia Xia, please ask my brother later who the woman who answered the phone was. Seeing him like this, only you can find out. If he really found a woman outside, his family will definitely not object. Bring her back to get married. You know my mom is going crazy because of his marriage.”

Sun Bingnan is already 27 or 28 years old and still single. At this age, he is considered an old man in the village.

Lin Chuxia patted Sun Lanlan’s arm soothingly and said, “I’m afraid I really can’t help you with this.”

Being a paging lady is a profession, not a job for any particular user.

The relationship between us and users is just a service relationship, just like that between a shop assistant and a ticket seller.

As to why it was that sound.

As far as Lin Chuxia knows, since the first civilian wireless paging station was established in the capital in 1985, the paging girls have used microphones when answering the phone to make their voices sound sweeter.

Later, all paging stations used this tone.

The picture below shows the first paging station in the 1980s

Paging stations in the 1990s
Speaking of paging stations, the author still has some feelings about them.

The author’s first job was as a pager. At that time, the paging industry was already on the decline, so he was a witness to the decline of the paging industry (the author worked on the bankruptcy of two paging stations).