Reborn in Changbai Mountain, I rely on my divine eyes to dig ginseng and hunt

The village chief and militia captain also came driving a large horse-drawn carriage. Liu Xia Lian still lacked experience in collective actions of more than a hundred people.

People these days have good physical fitness and are thin, but they don’t have the three highs and they eat healthy food.

One by one, they shouted, "Sister, sister."

"Okay, okay, the children are great. Now that they are here, both boys and girls can go. Has everyone brought their lunch boxes?"

"I brought everything, a big teacup and corn cakes."

"It's too cold. We can't walk on an empty stomach. Let's have breakfast now. Each person will have a bowl of porridge with pickles."

Everyone started to eat, and the village chief took this opportunity to arrange the teams, with ten people in each team and a team leader. If anything happened on the way, the team leader would be responsible for counting the number of people, which happened to be exactly 130.

The village chief said, "Xia Lian, the group walks slowly. If you want to deliver the fish, go first. We'll wait for you at the cinema after you've delivered the fish."

"Okay, I'll arrange a cinema when we get there, and you can just sign up for my name and go watch it."

The big black mule was so fast that it arrived at the forest farm in more than an hour. Liu Xia Lian first delivered the fish to her own restaurant, then to two familiar restaurants. The remaining few small fish were given to the Meili Clothing Store for employee meals.

Li Damei came over and asked, "Sister, what happened today? Why are you in such a hurry?"

"Hey, the news about the 100-year-old ginseng has spread. The village chief has given me a promotion. The female militia captain is here with the children for training. I'll invite them to a movie at noon. I have to make arrangements quickly."

"I see. No wonder you're in such a hurry."

"I have too many children. I am too busy to take care of them. Now the clothing store has an accountant. Come with me to the cinema and we can take care of the children together."

It was already ten o'clock in the morning when Liu Xia Lian and the other two arrived at the cinema. Today was the weekend, and the Linchang Primary School and Junior High School were both closed, so there were many people watching the movie.

Liu Xia Lian asked the ticket seller: "What movie is showing today?"

"Plain Guerrillas and Five Golden Flowers from Changchun Film Studio, how many copies do you want? It's about to start."

"One hundred and forty."

"There is only a small hall open now that can accommodate 100 people. This is not a big event, so there are not so many seats and tickets. Go to the office in the back and find the leader to ask him to open a new hall for you."

In the back office, the leader in charge of the cinema was drinking tea and reading a newspaper. Seeing Liu Xia Lian coming, he smiled and said, "Isn't this Xia Lian? I'm your Uncle Zhang."

They were all my father's colleagues, but Liu Xialian really couldn't remember them. The cinema was a supporting industry of the forest farm. In those days, large enterprises had everything, including canteens, cinemas, schools, bathrooms, bathhouses, fleets, and so on.

"Uncle Zhang, I organized a group of children from the village to watch a movie today. There are 140 of us. Let's book a theater."

"The hall can hold 100 people, so you can just use some newspapers to pad the aisles on both sides. The hall is 15 yuan, which is the lowest price set by the factory."

"Okay, Uncle Zhang, I'll book the show. It's not easy for the kids to come out, so we have to let everyone see it well."

Liu Xialian gave the money to the accountant. When the accountant saw the two big unity tickets, he suggested: "One show is fine, two shows is fine too. Director Zhang, these are all family members. Let's just pay 20 yuan for the children to watch two shows."

"Okay, but Xia Lian will have to spend five dollars more."

"That's ok, let's go for the next two games. Thank you."

The profitability of forest farms took a sharp turn for the worse, and these industries also began to think about making money and profits.

It was already half past nine when the children arrived. They walked for three hours in total. It was very cold, and they walked for two and a half hours carrying shovels. Children of that era were strong and brave.

Liu Xialian said, "Children, put your shovels on the horse carriage and let's go to the movies."

One child said, "It's so dangerous to leave the shovel here. What if someone steals it?"

The village chief said, "The captain and I will be on guard here, you can go in and take a look without worry."

Two parents who came with their children said, "We can't trouble the village chief. We'll be guarding here. You all can go in and take a look."

Liu Xia Lian arranged, "How about this, I'll book two shows, one for the Plain Guerrillas and one for the Five Golden Flowers. The two parents will be on duty here, and the head of the second factory will be on duty here."

The village chief nodded: "That's settled."

The children were immediately organized to line up for admission, and they entered the cinema with high spirits. Ninety percent of the children were going to the cinema for the first time in their lives. In the village, you can only watch open-air movies, and there are only cinemas in forest farms or county towns. For children in the village, asking parents for 20 cents to watch a movie is unthinkable.

Liu Xia Lian distributed three flashlights, and Li Damei, Li Hu and Xu Xiong each took one. They checked the door and escape door of the screening room and felt relieved only when there were no obstacles.

Xu Xiong nudged Li Hu and said, "I used to think that the boss's success was accidental and due to good luck. Today I understand that his thinking is far beyond ours. He can even think of checking the escape route while watching a movie. Can you do that?"

Li Hu shook his head: "I can't do it. I am convinced by Sister Xia Lian."

Da Ya and Er Ya sat in the last seat in the back row. There were no stools, so they just put some newspapers on the seats. In the past, the children always made fun of them for their shabby clothes, but now no one dared to laugh at them. Liu Xia Lian's top hunter ate fish and meat every day, big white steamed buns for every meal, and had horses and carriages to go out. Two girls, seventeen or eighteen, came to share snacks with Da Ya and Er Ya, and the two accepted them all.

People respect the rich, and dogs bite the poor. The ancients were right.

After a while, the movie started, beginning with the children's exclamations.

Li Damei asked: "It's almost twelve o'clock after the movie. It's time for lunch. Are there enough pickles in the car? How about I go to the restaurant and ask Gan Zi to fry some?"

"No, the canteen at the forest farm is very big and the food is cheap. Each child can eat a full meal for only 20 cents. If you want to do good things, you must do them to the end. Doing half of it is not good."

Two hours later, the kids finished the show, still wanting more, and reluctantly walked out of the cinema. Each team checked the number of people in the group to make sure no one was missing.

Liu Xialian said: "Everyone performed very well this morning. Now everyone is lining up to go to the cafeteria to eat. If everyone performs well, we can watch another show in the afternoon."

The children were shocked when they heard this: "What? We can still watch one in the afternoon."

"Yeah, that's great."

The children were so happy that they lined up and went to the cafeteria.

The village chief said, "Xia Lian, that's a bit of a waste. Just take the children to see a movie. We have some dry food with us, so just eat some. Going to the canteen is very expensive. You can't come without 15 cents per person."

"Now that we are here, we should let the children have fun. Let's go to the cafeteria together."

The cafeteria was busy at that time, so Liu Xia Lian simply packed a bowl of shredded potatoes, a bowl of shredded radishes, and a big steamed bun for each child.