Reborn with a Cell Phone 2007

"Miao Miao! Come to my house and play!"

On the way back to Qin's house, they passed by Haixia's yard. Haixia's eyes lit up and she kept waving at Ji Shumiao, asking her to go and play.

Qin Rong let go of her daughter's hand and said, "Go ahead. I'll call you when it's time for dinner."

Ji Zhenhua and Qin Rong went back first. Hai Xia couldn't wait to pull Ji Shumiao into her living room: "Is that a cell phone hanging around your neck?"

Ji Shumiao looked down and it was true.

When she went out today, Qin Rong gave her a phone to prevent her from getting lost. But after buying the phone, Ji Shumiao never used it once, and was not interested in it at all—and she didn't spend money on it for fun.

"Can I...can I use it for a while?" Haixia asked anxiously, "I want to call my mother. I haven't seen her for a long time. She and my father didn't come back during the Chinese New Year last year."

Ji Shumiao took off the phone and gave it to her: "Call, call, call whatever you want. Do you know the phone number?"

"I know." Haixia held the phone, blushing and whispering, "But I don't have any money, and the phone bill is very expensive."

The phone bill was expensive, so her mother didn't call back.

"Go ahead and fight, it's okay."

Qin Rong recharged her mobile phone with two hundred yuan, which was enough for her daily use.

After hearing what she said, Haixia picked up her phone and asked shamefully, "How do I use this?"

"Just enter the phone number and press here."

"Oh!" Haixia entered the numbers one by one with a sincere and serious look on her face. She checked carefully several times to see if there were any mistakes before pressing the dial button.

Ji Shumiao sat down on a small stool, looking at Haixia's excited and anxious expression while waiting for the call to be connected.

"Hello? Who is it?"

Haixia burst into tears as soon as she spoke: "Mom, it's me..."

"What are you calling for?" the woman on the other end of the phone asked impatiently, "What's the matter? Tell me."

"It's nothing, I just missed you."

The tone of voice on the other end of the phone dampened Haixia's enthusiasm a little. She continued, "When will you be back?"

"Oh, go back? I will never go back in this life. You don't know, your father is out there visiting prostitutes, I've been divorced from your father for almost two years. You are as useless as your cowardly father, you can't make any money and just cry, are you crying and cursing me?"

Haixia burst into tears without realizing it. She held the phone in her hand in a daze, and her feet seemed to be stepping on cotton.

There was a baby crying on the other end of the line, and Haixia's mother hung up in a hurry: "I'm married and have children, don't contact me anymore."

Hai Xia returned the phone to Ji Shumiao, then rushed into the bedroom and burst into tears. No matter how Ji Shumiao tried to persuade her, it was useless.

The adults in Haixia's family were out working, and Ji Shumiao stayed with her until her grandparents came home before telling them the whole story.

Ji Shumiao lowered his head sadly: "I'm sorry, it's all my fault, I didn't know it would be like this..."

"Good child, it's none of your business. It will be revealed sooner or later." Grandma Haixia sighed and went into the house to comfort her granddaughter.

Grandpa Haixia took out five yuan and stuffed it into Ji Shumiao's hand: "Girl, take this money. There's no reason to spend it on your phone bill."

Of course Ji Shumiao couldn’t accept it and ran away quickly.

After that day, the children in the village came to Ji Shumiao one after another to borrow his cell phone to call their parents who were working away from home. They were all excited before the call, but few of them could laugh after the call.

"Whose phone are you using?", "If you have anything to say, please tell me. The phone bill is very expensive.", "Don't call me unless you have anything to do.", "I'm at work. Otherwise, where will you get food and clothes?"...

That's pretty much how the conversation went.

That day in Zhang Zechuan's yard, another child returned his cell phone to Ji Shumiao with a look of disappointment, and thanked him sincerely with a sad face.

After everyone else left, Ji Shumiao poked Zhang Zechuan beside him and said, "I'm leaving tomorrow."

These days, Ji Shumiao comes to see Zhang Zechuan whenever she has time. When Zhang Zechuan is doing farm work or housework, she watches him and occasionally hands him tools.

"Yeah." Zhang Zechuan lowered his eyes, and his thick eyelashes concealed the emotions in his eyes.

"I'll send you something when I get back. You have to go to the post office to get it. Got it?"

"Ah."

During these days, Ji Shumiao persisted in brainwashing him, and now Zhang Zechuan would no longer refuse her request and became a qualified and obedient brother.

"Spend more time with Grandma Xiuying."

She doesn't have much time left.

Zhang Zechuan nodded.

"Will you miss me?" Ji Shumiao leaned close to him and asked, blinking his eyes, "Will you? Will you call me?"

Zhang Zechuan nodded: "Yes."

Ji Shumiao was satisfied and sat on the tall, long bench, swinging his feet.

Zhang Zechuan looked up at the blue sky and white clouds, and murmured, "If I don't call you, who else can I call?"

They all have their own parents, but Zhang Zechuan does not.

The shaking feet stopped, and Ji Shumiao asked: "Have you ever thought about finding your biological father?"

Zhang Zechuan shook his head: "No, I don't want to."

"why?"

"He must be a very bad person, otherwise why didn't my mother bring him back? She didn't even dare to say it out loud."

Come to think of it, if the other person is really someone you can entrust your life to, why doesn't Aunt Feiyan marry that person?

Ji Shumiao patted his shoulder and said generously: "Don't think about it, I will share my parents with you!"

Zhang Zechuan thought she was joking and burst out laughing.