In the silent night, only the kerosene lamp flickered and swayed. The sudden ring of the telephone gave Liu Dafu such a start that he jumped. He sprang up from his chair, causing his cigarette butt to drop to the ground, scattering sparks across the floor.
"Damn it! Who the hell is going crazy in the middle of the night? You scared the hell out of me!"
Liu Dafu’s first reaction was that the call must be from one of the other villages reporting information on the collections. He picked up the receiver, his tone sharp and impatient: "Don't you people sleep at night? If you’re so bored, why don’t you go crawl under the covers with your own wives?"
Chapter 190