60s: I have a store

Chapter 91: Movie Show (Fifth update, please subscribe)

"Don't move, you little brat!" Zhou Yimin scolded.

That’s right! There was the kid sitting in front of the bicycle. He also wanted to go to the movies, so I had to take him along.

In fact, I came here not only to watch a movie, but also to ride a bicycle.

After leaving the village and the road conditions improved, Zhou Yimin sped up. In just about 20 minutes, he arrived at the Red Star Commune. At this time, a large number of people had gathered in the square of the Red Star Commune.

In addition to their local people, people from several small villages around also arrived one after another.

It's hard to imagine this scene just for watching two movies.

In this era, movies have a huge appeal to ordinary people.

"Grandma, please come with me and wait for me here. I'll go back and pick up grandpa." Zhou Yimin found a seat for grandma and said.

"Okay! Go ahead! Be careful when riding on the road." Grandma reminded.

Zhou Yimin gave Lai Cai a strict order, not allowing him to go out to play, and also threatened him that human traffickers would catch children.

It's not to scare people, human traffickers are rampant these days. However, human traffickers nowadays usually don't have a good ending, and if they are discovered, they can be beaten to death without being held responsible.

Unlike in later generations, the law seems to still be protecting human traffickers. A light sentence of three to five years is not a big deal, and it seems to encourage human traffickers to continue committing crimes.

Zhou Yimin rode his bike back to Zhoujiazhuang. On the way, he met the group of people who were setting out. They all greeted Zhou Yimin.

Wouldn't the whole village be mobilized?
When I returned to the village, my grandfather was waiting for me, and Laifang was standing next to him.

As for Lai Fu, he had already walked with his parents. Even the little girl Qian Qian was carried by her aunt to the movies. To Zhou Yimin, this was too crazy.

He thought to himself that he might as well hire a projectionist to come to Zhoujiazhuang to show movies one day so that grandparents wouldn't have to walk such a long way.

Zhou Yimin first let Lai Fang sit in the front, and then let his grandfather sit in the back. He pushed the pedal, the bicycle started, and he slowly rode on the country road.

Laifang sat in the front, constantly playing with the bike bell. Regardless of whether there was anyone in front of the road or not, he would press it from time to time. He found it very fun.

A bicycle is a bicycle. Zhou Yimin ran faster than anyone else in both trips.

Lai Fu was envious when he saw his elder brother carrying his younger siblings, but he didn't tell his parents and just followed them silently.

"Grandma is taking a spot over there, Grandpa, you guys go over there." After parking the car, Zhou Yimin pointed in a direction to his grandfather. He also needed to find a spot to park his bicycle.

"Yeah! Okay, come over here soon."

After saying that, the old man walked over there, holding the little girl Laifang's hand.

"Brother, please help me watch my bicycle." Zhou Yimin took out a half-pack of Daqianmen cigarettes.

The young man originally wanted to yell at people, but the moment he saw the smoke, he instantly became docile, and his eyes became much clearer.

"Brother, don't worry. I'll stay here and make sure the car isn't lost." The young man made the promise repeatedly, patting his chest and speaking in a sonorous and powerful voice.

Daqianmen!

Normally, if he wanted to smoke a cigarette, he had to beg for it.

Now, people directly give him half a pack of cigarettes, just to help watch the bicycles. With this half pack of cigarettes, what does it matter if he doesn't watch the movie?
Zhou Yimin took out two handfuls of melon seeds and said, "Come on, help relieve your boredom."

"Brother! Okay!" The young man's eyes became more determined, as if he wanted to join the party.

Tonight, even if the king of heaven comes, he can't touch this bicycle.

Zhou Yimin smiled and walked towards his grandparents with confidence.

As he left, two or three young men of similar age came over from a distance. "Hey! What are you standing here for? It's so far away, what can you see?"

"You guys go and have a look! I'll just stand here."

After saying that, he took out a handful of melon seeds that he had just put into his trouser pocket and started cracking them.

The three young men were stunned: "When did you buy the melon seeds?"

Peanuts and melon seeds are usually easier to buy before the Chinese New Year, when the supply and marketing cooperatives have more of them, but they can only buy them in limited quantities. So, for them, melon seeds are not always available.

"What are you buying? It was given to me as a gift."

The other three guys obviously didn’t believe it. Who would give you melon seeds?
"See this bicycle? Someone asked me to look at it and gave me half a pack of Daqianmen and two handfuls of melon seeds." He said with a proud smile.

The brothers then noticed that the guy's pockets were full.

No one was polite anymore. They started to touch him. Each of them took out a handful of melon seeds from his trouser pocket and also took out half a bag of Daqianmen. They took turns to share the seeds.

"Give me back the cigarettes, do you hear me?" He regretted it. If he had known this earlier, he would not have pretended to be so pretentious.

Forget about the melon seeds, the key is the cigarettes! He usually doesn't have the chance to smoke this kind of cigarettes. He finally got half a pack, but before he could even taste it, these bastards smoked it first.

Are you still human?

"We four were invited to look at the car together, so of course we have a share too!" one of the guys said confidently.

Zhou Yimin would never have thought that he could hire four "security guards" to help watch his car with just half a pack of cigarettes.

When he came to his grandparents, he was holding a bag of melon seeds, which must have weighed three to five kilograms, and stuffed it into his grandfather's hands: "Grandpa, take this and eat it."

Originally, it would be better to watch movies with popcorn, but now I have to make do with it!

Thinking of popcorn, he thought that next time if he invited a projectionist to Zhoujiazhuang to show a movie, he would make some popcorn himself and let everyone have some.

Making popcorn does not require any technical skills and does not necessarily require a special machine. You can also make popcorn in a pan.

The old man and the old lady felt that this grandson was very caring.

Unlike their son, their grandson really came to repay their gratitude. For a moment, the two elders' eyes almost brimmed with tears. It was a pity that Yimin's mother didn't get to enjoy happiness.

The movie was about to start. The projectionist was a middle-aged man who was probably experienced and skilled in projection. He was operating the projector skillfully.

The first movie I’m going to watch tonight is “The Battle of Shangganling”, which was released four years ago.

It tells the story of how the Eighth Company of a certain Volunteer Army unit, led by Company Commander Zhang Zhongfa, held their ground during the Battle of Shangganling, fought bloody battles with the enemy, and ultimately won the victory.

Ordinary people love to watch this kind of movie, and it is also in line with the current main theme.

As the movie was about to start, the noisy scene gradually quieted down. If someone was still talking, the people around would stop them. It was a rare opportunity to watch a movie, so naturally they wouldn't let a few bad apples ruin it.

Even the grandparents who were eating melon seeds stopped and looked ahead intently.

I was totally fascinated by it!

Zhou Yimin still underestimated the appeal of movies in this era.

As the movie played, the voice of the projectionist's explanation could be heard, and that voice reminded Zhou Yimin of the voice of the news broadcast in later generations.

It seems that one cannot be a good projectionist without some eloquence.

Thanks to brother Wanshiruyi1 for the 100 reward!

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