Song Jin was in low spirits today and had no interest in doing anything.
Chen Liang asked several times but couldn't get the reason. Seeing that she didn't want to say more, he finally kept silent.
He just kept telling her jokes.
But the joke is not funny...
"People are more civilized nowadays. For example, if you go to a foreign place and can't find a place, you will inevitably ask the locals for directions.
When asking for directions, everyone is polite, "Hello! How do I get to such and such place?"
In ancient times, some people were used to being domineering and speaking rudely. They especially looked down on country people and spoke to them with contempt.
There was a man like this, whose dynasty it was unclear. Anyway, his family was rich and powerful, and he was used to looking down on others.
Once, he had to go to the next county town on horseback on urgent business. In a hurry, he took shortcuts and got lost. Just as he was getting anxious, an old man happened to come by carrying a shoulder pole.
He went up and asked.
Logically speaking, you should be polite when asking, bow, call someone by name, etc. This is basic courtesy.
He refused! He mounted his horse, rushed in front of the old man, pulled the reins, and the horse's hooves rushed wildly, scaring the old man.
He shouted at the old man: "Hey! Old man! How far is it from here to the county town?"
The old man calmed down and said to him, "The county town? I don't know how far it is. I once went to the county town and measured 10,000 shoulder poles, but I still couldn't reach it!"
The man was puzzled and said, "You are so weird, old man. How can you measure the distance by the carrying pole?"
The old man asked him, "What should I press?"
The man said, "Of course it's by the li!"
The old man said: "According to the rules, you should call me uncle!"
The man knew he was in the wrong and was anxious to get on with his journey, so he changed his tone and became more polite. He sat upright on his horse and asked, "Sir, which way is the county town?"
The old man said, "The road to the county town is not easy! My horse gave birth to a colt, and I have to hurry back to take care of it. Otherwise, I can take you to the main road."
The man was even more puzzled and asked, "How could a horse give birth to a donkey? A horse should dismount."
The old man said, "Yes! I don't know why that beast didn't get off the horse!"
After Chen Liang finished speaking, he burst into laughter.
After he finished laughing, he realized that the expression on Song Jin's face was a little hard to describe.
Isn’t it funny?
He racked his brains, and suddenly his eyes lit up, and he started again
"There was a village woman who had never been to the county town. One day, she had to go to the city to do some business. As soon as she arrived, she felt a stomachache and wanted to go to the toilet.
But she searched for a long time but couldn't find the toilet. Finally, she had no choice but to go to the police station and ask for help: "Comrade, there is a public toilet up ahead. Where is the female toilet?"
This time Song Jin smiled politely.
It wasn't that funny, she just didn't want to see Chen Liang jumping up and down anymore.
As a modern person, she has seen so many jokes that she can publish a collection of jokes.
She actually used to have a very low sense of humor. Whenever she heard a joke that particularly tickled her, she would want to share it with her friends. However, before the joke even started, she would have to laugh for ten minutes first.
Her friends usually waited in confusion until she finished laughing before listening to her stumbling story.
She still remembers the two that impressed her the most.
One story is that there was a couple in school before, the boy was over 1.9 meters tall and the girl was over 1.5 meters tall.
One day it snowed heavily and everyone went out to play, and this couple also went.
The girl was wearing a red dress. When it was time to go back to the dormitory, everyone had left and only the two of them were left, holding hands and strolling in the snow.
Later, the teacher on duty became anxious and said on the radio: Boy, why don’t you go back to the dormitory in the middle of the night, but wander around the playground with a red kettle?
"Puff!"
Song Jin couldn't control himself again, it was so funny.
Help, Red Kettle, hahahaha…
There is another one that also made it to Song Jin's joke list
The man saw a couple arguing on the side of the road. The boy looked at the girl and smiled without saying anything.
Then the girl threw herself into the boy's arms, hugged him and said: You can't even have a fight, what are you going to do in the future?
The man was envious. One day, he had an argument with his wife. He was quietly watching her smile. Suddenly, she slapped him in the face: How dare you smile like that?
The more Song Jin thought about it, the happier he became, and his stomach hurt from laughing.
Chen Liang next to him...
This joke...
Is the aftereffect so strong?
In the afternoon, the team leader announced on the loudspeaker that the commune would arrange for someone to show a movie in the team tonight, and people from the neighboring team would also come. Those who wanted to go should go early to reserve a seat.
At that time, you could watch movies in your own brigade, but it was not like modern times or in the county town where you could go to the movies whenever you wanted. It usually took a long time to watch a movie.
Because the film projection team would go to each commune or brigade to show the film, if you didn't catch the film this time in the team, you would have to go to another brigade to watch the film next time. So for the villagers at that time, watching a movie was a luxury.
Song Jin had never seen an outdoor movie at that time and showed great interest in it.
Starting in the afternoon, people started burying tree trunks and bamboo poles in the village threshing ground. As soon as everyone saw the buried tree trunks and bamboo poles, they knew that there would be a movie to watch tonight.
After dinner in the evening, the two of them carried their small stools to the brigade's threshing ground early.
They arrived early, and Song Jin observed and found that it was very simple to show movies now. All you needed was an old projector, a white screen, and two wooden or bamboo poles.
First, bury the bamboo poles, use ropes to pull the four corners of the white screen apart, and shine the projector's beam on them, and a blurry movie image will appear.
When the first beam of white light hit the screen, many children quickly ran around in front of the screen, trying hard to leave their own shadows on it.
The long-waiting crowd made a loud buzzing sound. After a while, the majestic opening music sounded, a flashing five-pointed star appeared on the screen, and the buzzing sound suddenly died down.
The movie would suddenly stop while it was playing, which meant it was time to change the film, and there would be a wave of boos from the audience.
It was a bit windy during the filming. When the wind was strong, the screen was blown unsteadily and the faces of the people who appeared on the screen were distorted.
Gradually, the children around seemed to lose interest and ran to play behind the screen.
The surroundings started to get noisy again, and from time to time the voices of parents scolding their children could be heard.
The joy on the threshing floor ended with a big "End" appearing on the screen.
After the movie ended, there was chaos. Some parents suddenly found that their children were missing, so they nervously shouted their children's names.
Song Jin also felt a little nervous after hearing this. She remembered that human traffickers seemed to be rampant at that time. The more crowded and chaotic the situation was, the more likely it was that children would be stolen.
Good things don't work, but bad things do. Soon after returning home, he heard the sound of gongs and drums in the village. Song Jin listened carefully and found that several children were missing.
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