So when the people came to install the telephone, the entire courtyard was stirred up. Everyone was filled with various feelings of envy, jealousy, and resentment.
Zhuang Lin hinted that Sun Chan was showing off.
"So many leaders' homes haven't had telephones installed, yet they're the exception? Isn't there a public phone downstairs?"
Her husband glared at her: "Are they the same as you? She has legitimate business to take care of, unlike you, always making idle chatter. I've told you so many times, stop gossiping about others for no reason, haven't you learned? Now hurry up and make dinner!"
Zhuang Lin was both angry and frustrated, thinking her husband's temper had become quite unreasonable recently. Whenever she mentioned anything about Sun Chan, he would lose his temper! But she didn't dare to say much more.
