After dinner, Fan Xinping suggested: "Let's go see a movie. I heard that the movie "Old Stories in the South" was recently released and it's very good."
Cheng Xiang nodded and muttered: "It's indeed very beautiful."
"Have you seen it?" Fan Xinping asked.
Cheng Xiang quickly shook his head: "No, no, I haven't seen it."
"I want to watch a movie. I haven't seen a movie yet." Zhou Yang shouted
"Why haven't you seen it? There were tunnel battles in the village before. Didn't you always occupy the front row?" Zhou Tianxing said.
"That doesn't count, I'm talking about the cinema." Zhou Yang muttered.
Cheng thought: "It's a rare Sunday, so let's go and see it."
The ticket price during this period is 2 cents each, and children under 1 meter are free, so everyone except Qing'er needs to buy a ticket.
Although it is only two cents, for city people, it is equivalent to the cost of a breakfast. For rural people, spending money to watch movies is simply a waste of money. If only the seven aunts and eight aunts in the village knew , and I don’t know how to arrange Cheng Xiang’s prodigal family.
The so-called movie ticket is just a narrow piece of paper with red letters on a white background, which simply and clearly states the number of rows and seats. It is not as fancy as the movie tickets of later generations with advertisements.
After buying the tickets, Fan Xinping bought each of the children a bottle of orange soda.
Several children drank happily, walked into the cinema, and found their seats.
The second-class seats they bought had a pretty good view. Since it was Sunday, there were more people, including young couples in love and parents with their children.
Before the movie started, the whole cinema was buzzing with chatter. A six-year-old child sat behind Fan Xinping. He kept yelling and kicking Fan Xinping's stool.
Fan Xinping looked back several times and reminded her several times, but it seemed to be of no use.
After the movie started, the entire theater fell silent, except for the child who still made bursts of noise from time to time and kicked Fan Xinping's stool.
"Comrade, please take care of the child, it's affecting my movie watching." Fan Xinping reminded in a low voice.
The woman said impatiently: "The child is so young, what does he know? How can you, an adult, compete with a child?"
Fan Xinping said angrily: "He has affected me."
The woman said nonchalantly: "There are so many empty seats, why don't you find another one?"
Fan Xinping was about to get angry when Cheng Xiang stopped her and said, "I'll switch with you."
Cheng Xiang hugged Qing'er and changed places with Fan Xinping. The naughty kid behind him didn't show any restraint. He kept kicking the stool, wanting to drink soda and eat popcorn. Her mother was coaxing him and going back and forth. He ran out.
Others were also very disgusted, but the parents of the bears protected their children and said nothing was of any use.
When the movie was about to end, Cheng wanted to ask a few children: "Do you know how the movie is projected onto the curtain in front?"
"I know, there is a projector, hey, why didn't you see it?" Zhou Yang looked back and forth looking for it.
"This is different from the projector in the village. It is a very fun and magical thing." Cheng Xiang said pretending to be mysterious.
The naughty kid behind her was also attracted by her words, and came over to ask, "Why is it so magical?"
Cheng thought about it and said, "I can't explain it clearly. I don't understand this principle either. I'll know it when I see it."
"Where are you looking? I can understand it at a glance." The naughty boy's eyes lit up.
"This kid is so smart." Cheng Xiang looked at the naughty kid and complimented him.
The naughty boy raised his head proudly: "Of course, I am an inventor. I have taken apart all the radios at home and studied them."
"Wow, that's amazing. Look at this kid's strong thirst for knowledge. He will definitely be a great inventor in the future." Cheng Xiang still praised him.
"Tell me where to watch the projector." The naughty kid urged.
"It was in the screening room at the back." Cheng Xiang pointed to the front and said.
"Mom, I want to see it too." Zhou Yang looked at Cheng Xiang eagerly.
Cheng Xiang didn't say anything, and Zhou Tianxing said from the side: "When the movie ends, the projectionist will go out, and then you can just sneak in and watch."
"Really?" Zhou Yang asked excitedly.
Zhou Tianxing smiled slightly and nodded. Cheng Xiang glanced at him, pursed his lips, smiled and said nothing.
The naughty kids in the back really wanted to know some big secret, so the second half was very quiet.
After the movie ended, Cheng wanted them to leave with the child, but he spotted the naughty child sneaking towards the screening room. His mother was still packing her things. When she looked up and couldn't see the child, she shouted, "Mingming, Mingming."
Cheng thought that when they walked out of the screening room, they heard a roar from inside: "Whose child is this? Why did he come to the screening room? Oh my God, my projector."
After a commotion, the naughty child's mother came out cursing and grabbing the naughty child by the collar. The cinema staff followed behind: "Comrade, your child broke the projector. Please come with us to discuss compensation."
The woman said angrily: "The child didn't do it on purpose. The child is still young and not sensible."
The naughty boy still raised his head arrogantly: "I just want to see how the projector works. I want to be an inventor, so of course I have to study it."
When the woman heard this, she slapped her son hard on the head.
The staff said: "The child is ignorant, and the parents are also ignorant? Come on, come with us to talk, otherwise we will call the police."
"No, no," the woman followed the staff to the office dejectedly.
Some of the people watching around were those who had been disturbed by naughty children in the theater just now, and they all had expressions of gloating on their faces.
"She deserves it. A child with such little education must be treated like this because of her parents." Fan Xinping said bitterly.
Cheng Xiang and Zhou Tianxing looked at each other and smiled.
After coming out of the cinema, Zhou Yang was still immersed in the sadness of the film: "Xiuzhen and Niuer are so pitiful."
"Do you think Niuer is Xiao Guizi?" Zhou Yang squatted on the steps sadly.
"It should be." Mengmeng said slowly: "First, Niu'er and Xiao Guizi are about the same age. Second, Niu'er was picked up by her adoptive parents in Qihuamen, and Xiao Guizi was picked up by her adoptive parents in Qihuamen. Throw it away. Thirdly, Xiuzhen told Xiaoyingzi that there was a birthmark on Xiaoguizi’s neck, which was in the same position as Niuer’s birthmark, so Niuer is most likely Xiaoguizi.”
After Mengmeng finished speaking, everyone was stunned and looked at her blankly.
"Mengmeng, are you looking at it so carefully? Your analysis makes sense." Cheng Xiang couldn't help but praise.
Mengmeng smiled sheepishly and continued: "Actually, it doesn't matter whether Niu'er is Xiao Guizi. Xiuzhen feels that she has found her daughter, and Niu'er feels that she has found her mother. Although they are both gone in the end, they have no regrets. of."
After hearing what she said, everyone nodded silently. They were also watching a movie. Some people would only say it was pitiful, but some people could feel the difference in a movie review.
Cheng Xiang shook his head and looked at Zhou Yang who was squatting on the ground.
Zhou Yang was still squatting on the steps, holding his chin with both hands, feeling sad for Xiuzhen and Niuer.
At this time, Qing'er walked over, stretched out his head and asked Zhou Yang: "What are you doing? Oh, I understand, are you taking a dump?"
Qing'er imitated Yingzi's lines in an adorable way, making everyone laugh out loud.
It was getting late. After saying goodbye to Fan Xinping, Cheng Xiang drove the children home.
The car drove to the gate and as soon as I got off the car, I smelled an overbearing aroma.
Zhou Yang sniffed his nose and said, "It smells so good."
Cheng Xiang also smelled it, and she smelled the fragrance coming from her own home.
