Looking at the commotion around him, Ye Yaodong felt that this was what life was all about.
After beating the child, under the eager eyes of the two children, Lin Xiuqing put away all the canned fruits, cakes, cigarettes, alcohol and dry goods that people had sent her, so that they wouldn't have to stare at her and miss their meals.
Ye Chenghu was beaten up and was so angry that he glared at his father from time to time while eating. Ye Yaodong found it funny. This kid has quite a temper.
"If you keep glaring at me, I'll give the canned food to your brother after dinner, not you."
"Hehe... Mom will definitely distribute it evenly."
Lin Xiuqing said unhappily, "Hurry up and eat your meal. No one can eat the canned food until you finish eating."
After she had been troubled by the issue of buying cloth, cotton, and a sewing machine, she no longer cared about money. In fact, she had just thought about saving some money so that she would have something to give away if anything happened at home.
But seeing that both kids were so greedy, I thought there was no need to do so. Our family is indeed not in financial difficulty now, and we have just received a large sum of money. If anything needs to be bought, we can just buy it.
"Then give us canned food after we finish our meal." This was the tone of statement.
The couple ignored their eldest son, so Ye Chenghu simply took it as their consent and happily started eating with big mouthfuls.
After finishing their meal, the two of them sat there, looking at Lin Xiuqing eagerly.
"Give it to them. Take one first and share it with them. It's not a rare thing. Just eat it."
The two brothers nodded happily in agreement with their father, and continued to look at their mother.
Lin Xiuqing had no choice but to give them a can and two small bowls for them to share.
Ye Chenghu was so cunning that he walked towards the door holding the bowl.
Of course he has to eat at the door. If others don’t see him, how would they know that he is eating canned food
By the way, I went to my aunt's house and my second aunt's house for a stroll...
Ye Chengyang wanted to follow suit, but he spilled the juice all over the table as soon as he raised his bowl. He was scolded and didn't dare to move.
Lin Xiuqing finally had time to ask him, "How did you save people at sea?"
Ye Yaodong brushed it off with a few words, but Lin Xiuqing was not one to be trifled with. "You didn't have much strength in your hands at that time, did you? How dangerous it was? What if that woman dragged you into the sea?"
"Don't be afraid. I just heard the other two young men say they were going down, so I took off my clothes too. Three people should be able to rescue one person, right?"
"Be more careful next time. It's okay to save people, but don't be so stubborn. Think about your wife and children at home."
"Well, you should eat more. Sardines eat the smart ones. It seems that this is the case with your two sons. Try to have another smart one."
Lin Xiuqing glared at him in reproach, "You can't blame the child for your lack of education."
"In a few days, I will take advantage of my free time to sign up for a literacy class and set a good example."
"Ah?" Lin Xiuqing was immediately surprised. "Why do you do whatever you want?"
"It's very inconvenient if you can't read. You can only read the first two three four five words when you want to read a newspaper."
If anything happens in the future, it will be troublesome if you don’t know how to read, and you will be easily cheated.
Lin Xiuqing thought that going to a literacy class and learning some common characters was not a bad thing. She happened to be free recently, and if she went out to sea, she could go there for an hour or two in the evening without any delay.
"We used to have literacy classes in our village, but in the past two years, villagers have dropped out after just a few days. The number of students has been decreasing, and the teachers have left. Now the literacy classes seem to have to go to the neighboring Dongqiao Village, which has twice the population of our village. Now everyone has to go there."
"Well, I'll go over and ask tomorrow."
When Lin Xiuqing had almost finished cleaning up the dishes, she pulled her eldest son, who was still showing off outside and had not finished his meal for a long time, back to take a bath.
The next day, the sky, which had been gloomy for several days, suddenly cleared up. Ye Yaodong had a rare moment of leisure. After dinner, he had nothing to do, so he wandered around the village and listened to the gossip in the village.
As a result, the villagers were still talking about the sardine storm two days ago, saying that someone in the village had struck it lucky and got rich...
He estimated that if nothing new came out, everyone would continue to talk about the same thing over and over again for a few days.
At this time, someone came back from the dock and ran while shouting, "The movie is on, the movie is on, the movie will be on at 7pm in the threshing ground."
The villagers on the road immediately stopped him with shining eyes and asked, "Is there going to be a movie in the village?"
"Yes, the loudspeakers outside the dock are broadcasting that a mobile projection team will be showing movies in the threshing ground at 6:30 p.m."
The whole village was in an uproar. Showing movies was the most anticipated form of cultural entertainment at that time. It was everyone's spiritual food, and everyone ran around excitedly to tell each other.
Not long after, the commune arranged for another person to ride a bicycle and shout that a movie would be shown in the evening.
There were few entertainment activities at that time, so mobile projection teams were very popular and the commune also attached great importance to them.
Ye Yaodong felt nothing, but he hurried back to tell his wife the good news. This was indeed good news for the villagers at that time.
The eldest son also jumped up excitedly at this time, "Ah, the movie is playing, the movie is playing."
My younger son didn’t understand, but he was even more happy…
By the afternoon, every household finished their meal early and moved their stools to the threshing ground to reserve their seats early, for fear that if they were to arrive late and occupy a seat at the back, their view would be blocked by the people sitting in the front and they would not be able to see the movie.
Ye Yaodong and his wife were urged by their children to have dinner early, and then went to the threshing ground with wooden stools.
The children of Mrs. Ye's and Mrs. Ye's families had not finished their meals yet. When they saw them leaving, they didn't want to eat anymore and immediately ran after them. They couldn't be stopped even if they were called.
The threshing ground was full of children running and jumping around. They arrived earlier than the adults and looked even happier than during the Chinese New Year.
The couple arrived relatively early. Ye Yaodong saw that Xiaoxiao and Fatty A Zheng had also arrived early with their wives and children, so he took a seat next to them and waited while chatting.
"Dongzi, I heard that you and A Guang got rich again a few days ago?"
"The money hasn't arrived yet, and I don't know how much I can earn."
"I envy you so much. You just changed to a bigger ship and got so lucky."
"Good luck also has its price. My arm will be useless for a few days. After two days, when I get the money, I can lift my arm again. Can I cook some dishes for everyone to have a gathering? I see you guys have been very busy recently."
"Okay… "
"I can't go out to sea to collect the nets recently. The traps are left there. Go and collect some when you have time."
“This can have…”
Soon, the threshing ground was packed with people and the noise was everywhere.
After hearing about it, villagers from surrounding villages also rushed over in the evening. It was still light at that time and the projectionist had not arrived yet, but it did not affect the villagers' high enthusiasm at all.
The projectionist finally arrived!
A cart was pulling a projector, generator and other equipment. As soon as it arrived at the threshing ground, many children came to greet it. The happy children ran and shouted: "The movie projector is here!"
The village cadres had been greeted early and hurriedly took the cart, expressing their gratitude profusely as they walked. The scene was no less than that of welcoming a leader higher up to inspect their work.
At that time, projectionist was a high-level profession.
The children followed him around excitedly, and the village cadres drove them away with laughter and scolding. Then they asked people to help load and unload the equipment, so the projectionist didn't have to do it himself.
Ah Zheng said with envy, "This projectionist is really popular. Every village welcomes him wherever he goes."
"Isn't it? There are only two movie boxes in the whole village. This projectionist is like a hot bun. Look at those young girls and wives, who doesn't like to go up to him and talk to him?" The fat man was also envious when he saw it.
"Look, look, wow... They even sent him food and drinks, and even worried that he would be cold, so they sent him clothes to wear..."
"Don't be jealous. There's no point in being envious. You already have a wife at home. Be content..."
Ye Yaodong listened to his friends' conversation and looked around, feeling it was quite fresh.
After the screen was pulled up, the generator was started, and the projector was played, the crowd gradually quieted down.
The movie being shown was a very old film called "Tunnel Warfare". Ye Yaodong had seen it many times, but he still enjoyed it very much. He originally liked watching war and martial arts films, and today's scene was particularly nostalgic.
The scene was dark and crowded with people, everyone was concentrating on watching the movie. Fortunately, they came early and had seats near the front, otherwise the seats in the back could not see clearly. The children sat on the adults' necks, and some even climbed up trees. It was really lively.
After one film was over, everyone was still not satisfied and clamored for another one. Unexpectedly, the projectionist was very easy to talk to and actually showed "White Haired Girl" again.
Perhaps it is the credit of the young girls and wives around.
The villagers watched the second part after finishing one. Some of them had to go out to sea at night, but they were still watching with great interest and did not move at all.
It’s a rare opportunity to watch a movie, who would be willing to leave
Until the movie ended at 10 o'clock, the children in the village were still asking the projectionist where the movie would be shown the next day.
When they heard it was the neighboring Dongqiao Village, they all cheered excitedly and said they would go to see it again tomorrow...
The villagers were also a little reluctant to leave. They excitedly discussed the content of the film as they walked, and were happy to think that they could watch it again tomorrow night.
Ye Yaodong took his wife and children with him, and was not in a hurry to squeeze with the others. He planned to wait until most people had left before leaving.
After there were fewer people around, he saw that his father, mother, old lady, and younger sister were all still there, and A Guang was there too!
Damn, no wonder I didn’t see him after looking around just now.
Isn’t this too shameless
If you don’t know, you would think he is a live-in son-in-law!
Ye Yaodong walked over and glared at him several times, "Why are you coming here instead of watching with your father and your sisters?"
Ah Guang smiled awkwardly, "Isn't this just a coincidence? I thought I'd send the old lady home before going back."
"old lady?"
Ye Huimei blushed.
"You can't even lift your hands, and you can be knocked down with just one punch. How dare you send others home?"
Lin Xiuqing smiled and tugged at his shirt hem, "Why are you taking it so seriously? I told you, we just met by chance."
Father Ye smiled and said, "Everyone's hands have been sore these days, otherwise your uncle Pei had said he would come to visit us in the next two days."
"What's the hurry?" Ye Yaodong said unhappily.
"There aren't many people here. Let's go back first. Let Guang take my parents and the old lady here."
"You guys go back, we are going back."
Ye Yaodong glanced at Ah Guang warningly and said to him, "It's late, you should go home early too."
"I know, I know..." A Guang said happily.
Only then did he get pulled away by Lin Xiuqing unhappily.