"Zhou Qiang, I am telling you, if you are late to pick up from the airport today, don't even think about coming home tonight," Xi Lijuan stood amidst the bustling airport, yelling into the public telephone at Zhou Qiang.
"Don't always tell me you are busy with work. How can you be a father like this? Last time, because of passport issues, it prevented both me and you from going abroad, and now you are saying there is a meeting at the bureau and you can't make it back. Our son comes back once every two years, isn't he more important than whatever lousy medication or permit you have under you. Enough said, the late airplane has arrived, figure it out yourself." Xi Lijuan noticed several airport staff nearby staring at her, and feeling embarrassed, she simply hung up the phone.
