Chapter 71 It's better to arrive at the right time than to arrive early.
Not long after Bai Tang and the others finished breakfast, they heard someone knocking on the door and calling, "Tang Tang, open the door."
It is Gu Yu.
Gu Yu entered the room and then said to Bai Tang, "Tangtang has now fully restored communication with other bases in the base."
This is firsthand information; satellite phones can be connected at the base's information department.
Once you connect to the other base, they will help you locate the person you are looking for and then notify them to come and pick you up.
A satellite phone call costs 100 contribution points. It's so expensive because the entire base can't use it all at once.
The only way to temporarily limit the number of people is to use high prices.
I can talk to my dad and let you use it first.
Bai Tang: "Yu~ It's so good to have you~ I still want to thank you."
Gu Yu: "Why are you being so polite with me? Let's go to the Information Department together after you've had lunch."
Bai Tang: "Okay, after lunch, Mr. Gu and I will come to find you."
After seeing Gu Yu off, Bai Tang returned to the house and looked at Gu Yanxu: "Now you can talk to your parents."
Gu Yanxu: "With my parents around, I'm very reassured about my grandfather's condition. They're not pushovers either."
But I'd still call to check on things, just to be on the safe side. Grandpa always says I've forgotten about him now that I have a wife, and it's not the time for him to be eager to hold his great-grandchild anymore.
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Grandpa Gu, who was far away at the base in Beijing, sneezed.
Grandpa Gu thought to himself: Is it that brat Xiao Xu who is talking bad about me?
Hearing the sound, a distinguished middle-aged man entered, carrying a blanket. He covered Old Master Gu with the blanket while saying:
"Dad, it's getting colder now, be careful not to catch a cold."
Grandpa Gu pulled the blanket tighter around him and said, "Didn't you say the base's communication signal was fixed? Why didn't you call Xiao Xu to ask?"
Gu Jingfeng said, "Aqing has already made the arrangements. We should be able to talk to that brat on the phone tomorrow."
Grandpa Gu: "Hmm, that's alright."
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Gu Yanxu was also sneezing because of what his father and grandfather were saying behind his back.
Bai Tang asked worriedly, "Won't you catch a cold? Drink some cold medicine later to prevent it."
Gu Yanxu: "Okay, drink it before dinner later."
Bai Tang took out a packet of cold medicine for Gu Yanxu and told him to brew it and drink it.
Bai Tang then took out their lunch from the space.
Cabbage and Three Delicacies Soup, Fresh Mushrooms and Cabbage Hearts, Potato Pancakes, Stuffed Green Peppers, Twice-Cooked Pork Rice Bowl.
Each dish was prepared in a large bowl, so that there wouldn't be enough to eat.
As the saying goes: "A person who eats rice has a rice-eating soul, and a person who eats rice needs a basin to eat."
Bai Tang's family has many members, so there's naturally a lot of food. They don't need to worry about etiquette; they just use bowls to hold the food so they can eat their fill.
After lunch, they simply relaxed at home.
Bai Tang and Gu Yanxu drove to Gu Yu's house.
Just as Bai Tang was about to knock, the door opened.
Gu Yu: "What a coincidence, I was just about to go out to find you."
Bai Tang: "Then get in the car, ride in my car."
The two got into the car and sat in the back seat, with Gu Yanxu driving.
Following Gu Yu's directions, they soon arrived at the base's information department. After parking the car and getting out, they found that there weren't many people at the entrance of the information department.
Gu Yu: "This news hasn't spread yet, so I brought you here first to strike first."
Bai Tang smiled and said, "That's not how you use that phrase."
Gu Yu: "Anyway, you understand what I mean, so who cares? Let's go."
"Let's go in first. My dad should be inside too, watching them set up the equipment."
Bai Tang and Gu Yanxu followed Gu Yu into the lobby of the Information Department.
Upon entering, I saw staff members adjusting the equipment, and then Gu Yu said:
"Those two want to call the Beijing base. How's the setup going today? Are you able to get through?"
The staff member said, "You've come at just the right time; we've just finished testing it."
Gu Yu: "That's really great. It's better to arrive at the right time than to arrive early."
Bai Tang approached the staff and asked, "How many contribution points does it take to play once? How long can we play?"
The staff member replied, "We charge 100 contribution points for each successful call, which lasts about ten minutes."
If you successfully connect but no one on the other side accepts the call, don't contribute points.
Gu Yanxu: "Then please connect me to the Beijing base. I need to speak with Gu Jingfeng, Wen Qingqing, and Gu Weiguo."
The staff quickly connected them to the Beijing base.
Then, after explaining to the staff on the other end who they were looking for, the staff at the Beijing base quickly found the three people in the base's system.
Then, they broadcast a message directly from the base: "Please have Gu Jingfeng, Wen Qingqing, and Gu Weiguo come to the base communications department hall immediately."
Please have Gu Jingfeng, Wen Qingqing, and Gu Weiguo come to the base's communications department lobby immediately.
Staff at the Beijing base made the announcement twice over the base's public address system.
Because the signal at the Beijing base station has been restored relatively well, many people have been able to make phone calls and have been notified via broadcast.
Grandpa Gu and Gu Yanxu's parents also heard the base's broadcast immediately.
The three of them quickly drove their own SUV to the base's communications department.
Gu Jingfeng was driving in front, and Grandpa Gu said, "It must be that brat Xiao Xu calling us."
Gu Yanxu's mother, Wen Qingqing, said, "Dad, don't get agitated. It must be Xiaoxu. Since he made us prepare things in advance, he must be fine on his own."
Grandpa Gu stubbornly insisted, "Who got excited? I didn't get excited at all."
But Old Master Gu's trembling hands betrayed his thoughts.
They soon arrived at the communications department by car, where Wen Qingqing and Gu Jingfeng helped Old Master Gu walk into the lobby.
Gu Yanxu waited patiently until finally a voice came from the other end.
"Xiao Xu, are you and Tang Tang doing alright over there? Grandpa is so worried about you."
Gu Yanxu could no longer contain his excitement: "Grandpa, I'm fine here, Tangtang is fine too, and are you and Mom and Dad in good health?"
Gu Jingfeng answered the phone: "You brat, you still remember your parents, huh?"
Wen Qingqing: "Xiao Xu, your dad, grandpa, and I are all doing well. We're just worried about how you and Tangtang are doing over there."
Bai Tang: "Mom, don't worry, Xu and I are doing fine. You two take care of yourselves too, and we'll come to visit you when we have the chance."
Wen Qingqing tugged at Gu Jingfeng's arm: "Honey, honey, my daughter-in-law called me Mom!!"
Before, when she called, Bai Tang still called her Aunt Wen.
Bai Tang heard her mother-in-law's voice on the other end, and then her father-in-law's voice came through:
"What should Tangtang call me? She can't still call me Uncle Gu, can she?"
Bai Tang also called out, "Dad, please take care of yourself too."
"Cough cough cough." Old Master Gu, who was standing to the side, was displeased.