"It's okay." Yan Shuhua said that he was not so delicate that he would not be able to walk after falling.
"Look how much strength he used to hurt you like this?" Xiao Jinchu felt sorry for his wife, so he turned around and squatted down.
Xiao Jinchu made a move to carry her on his back, but Yan Shuhua really didn’t dare to let him carry her on his back. Last night, there were not many people watching, but now there are so many people. If he carried her on his back, it would make the headlines , wouldn’t it? After all, now everyone is very secretive about the relationship between men and women. Not to mention hugging, they don’t even dare to hold hands. When two men and women meet, they are like thieves. How dare they carry each other on their backs or hold hands openly? Seeing that she was slow to come up, Xiao Jinchu urged her, but Yan Shuhua said no. He pretended to be a little angry: "We are husband and wife, why do you still care about this?"
"It's embarrassing to be here with so many people around. Besides, I can walk by myself!"
The town is very lively at this time, with the sounds of vendors hawking and all kinds of people walking back and forth. Because the college entrance examination will be resumed, there are a lot of students to be seen on the streets. There are also many self-employed people who will hold a book and read it while selling things. You can tell at a glance that they are going to take the college entrance examination.
The news of the resumption of the college entrance examination was like a spring breeze, bringing smiles to people's faces.
There were too many people around, so Yan Shuhua naturally had to be more reserved. He couldn't ask Xiao Jinchu to carry him everywhere. If he did that, people would think he was a hooligan!
Seeing her lower her head shyly every time she mentioned this, Xiao Jinchu smiled and said, "Okay, I won't tease you anymore. Let's go quickly."
When Xiao Jinchu stood up again, Yan Shuhua suddenly found a small notebook slipping out of his pocket.
Yan Shuhua picked it up and saw that it was the most popular newspaper at that time, "Zhongzhou Screen". Such a small copy cost 15 cents.
Because in that era of material scarcity and few entertainment facilities, listening to the radio and reading movie newspapers were considered quite entertaining. These newspapers would often publish information about movies that were about to be released, and this newspaper just happened to stop at the page of "Bear Tracks".
Why is Xiao Jinchu feeling bored now and reading this kind of newspapers?
Xiao Jinchu didn't notice that Yan Shuhua had taken his newspapers away. He just held her hand and walked forward quickly.
Yan Shuhua felt that she was really unlucky for encountering a robber even when she went out. She originally thought about going home, but she didn't expect that Xiao Jinchu would take her to the cinema instead of home.
"Jinchu, you are not going to see a movie, are you..." As expected, people who have received higher education in Kyoto are different and have different perspectives. He came to the cinema that even rural people dare not go to.
"What? You don't want to watch it?" In order to watch this movie, Xiao Jinchu flipped through newspapers for a long time and finally found a movie that he thought was quite exciting.
"But what about my pharmacy..." Yan Shuhua was still thinking about her own pharmacy. After all, she had been away for so long, and she couldn't let Shen Hongmei stay at home all the time to watch over it. What if a customer came for acupuncture?
"Shuhua, didn't you just promise me that you would accompany me for the whole day? You are not going to regret it now, are you?" Xiao Jinchu held her hand tightly and refused to let go.
Both of them were wearing military uniforms, military caps, and cloth shoes, as if they had just got off work from some unit. Plus, there were so many men and women together that many eyes were paying attention to them, and Yan Shuhua felt very awkward.
"A movie lasts almost two hours." It was already evening when we finished.
Xiao Jinchu didn't say anything, but he held her hand tightly and refused to let go. He looked at her with eyes full of expectation. Finally, he took a deep breath and said, "Shuhua, it was really not easy for me to buy this ticket..."
Yan Shuhua certainly knew that at that time there were very few movie theaters, and there was only one in the entire town. A movie ticket cost 25 cents, which was unaffordable for many people, but naturally there were also some who could afford it.
Look again, even though it's Monday today and it's almost afternoon, there's a constant stream of people coming to see the movies. Some people want to watch a movie but can't buy tickets, so they have to wait at the door of the cinema to see if they can get a refund.
The entire cinema was packed to the brim, almost as crowded as the train station.
"Look, the movie is about to start, let's go." Xiao Jinchu took out a movie ticket from his pocket and handed it to her, then grabbed her and took her in.
Movie tickets in this era were very casual. In order to save paper, cinema tickets were printed on the back of waste paper from the printing factory. They were just a small piece of paper. When the movie went in, the duplicate ticket was given to the ticket inspector and the cinema kept the original ticket for themselves.
The movie ticket was a little green, with the name of the movie written on it, the row and number below it, and the ticket price of 25 cents printed in the bottom corner.
This was the first time Yan Shuhua saw a movie ticket from the 1970s. She found it very rare. It was also her first time coming here with Xiao Jinchu, so she carefully kept the ticket as a treasure.
The hygiene level of the cinema still needs some improvement. There was foot odor and sweat odor, the stench was overwhelming. Some people were eating melon seeds and whispering to each other. As a result, Yan Shuhua almost vomited after watching the movie.
Fortunately, the movie Xiao Jinchu picked today is quite good, and its name is "Bear Traces."
It tells a story about catching spies. In this era, everyone hates spies, and the most hated ones are spies. So everyone is very excited to watch this kind of spy catching, especially at the end, the whole audience is boiling and cheering.
During the whole process, Xiao Jinchu sat next to her, because in the cinema, most of the people were couples, and they could hold hands and hug without having to consider other people's expressions.
Outside, if you do anything intimate, it's like committing a political crime, and there are always people stabbing you in the back, which is why everyone likes to go on dates to the cinema.
Yan Shuhua finally understood why Xiao Jinchu came here... because from the very beginning of the movie, his hands had been restless, first on her shoulders, then he hugged her, then moved to other places, and finally leaned his head over.
They have already obtained a marriage certificate, but they still act like thieves when dating.