The movie ended with the song "Shaolin Shaolin...". While the projectionist Xiao Li was changing the tape, everyone rushed to drink water and go to the toilet. Some people even shouted while running.
"Uncle Xiao Li, please slow down! Wait for me~"
Projectionist Xiao Li smiled shyly and said, "Okay, I won't show it yet. Let's wait until everyone finishes going to the bathroom."
The threshing ground was filled with noise and chaos.
Sanni also put down the basket on her knees and planned to go back to the bathroom. When Chen Chunhua saw her stand up, she also stood up.
"I'll go with you."
As she said this, she put her arm around Sanni and walked out, which surprised Sanni. When did she and her aunt become so close?
Chen Chunhua mainly wanted to tell Sanni some of her true feelings, but there were too many people over there and it would be inappropriate to say too much.
As for using the toilet, the men would find a corner or bush and use it, and the children would follow their parents into the fields and squat there to apply fertilizer. The main users of the village toilets were still sensible women.
Chen Chunhua saw from afar that people had already started queuing outside the toilet, so she pulled Sanni aside and said, "Shall we wait?"
Sanni was very well-behaved and obedient in front of her aunt who had always been helping her sisters. She nodded and said, "Okay."
"Sanni," Chen Chunhua looked at her, "you know about the night school in the village, right?"
Ma Sanni smiled. "I know, aunt, you're talking about literacy classes, right? A few years ago, there were always officials coming down to promote it, saying anyone who couldn't read could attend. We didn't go for a while, but Wuni and the others came home from school and taught us how to read and write. They were better than the teachers at school, and we all know how to read now."
Not only did she and Si Ni know each other, but Da Ni and Er Ni knew them too. Fifth and Six Ni were very busy back then, attending school during the day, raising ducks after school, and then working as teachers when they got home. They used an exercise book over and over again, erasing it once it was full and continuing.
Although the four girls in front of them had never been to school, their literacy and arithmetic levels were definitely more than enough compared to those in the literacy class.
Dani once said that the tuition fees paid by Wuni and Liuni were a huge profit.
"I'm not talking about the literacy class," Chen Chunhua came closer and whispered to Sanni.
"Your uncle said that besides literacy classes, there are many other things you can learn in the village night school now! They teach you writing and arithmetic. But not that kind of arithmetic, it's similar to the junior high school courses."
"You can also learn technical skills, such as locksmithing and electrical engineering. Most of the time, men go there, but there are also courses on farming and breeding."
"Do I need to learn how to farm?" Sanni looked at Chen Chunhua in confusion. She had been able to stand up by touching the rice since she was a child. Did she still need to learn this?
"Of course I have to learn!" Chen Chunhua disagreed with her "self-righteous" behavior.
"Even though I'm a semi-illiterate aunt, I know what it means to learn until one dies. Isn't it all thanks to the research of great scientists that we can increase our rice yields? They've spent their entire lives studying and researching! Why don't they need to learn?"
Sanni thought about it and it made sense. No one is born with the ability, but,
"So you want me to go to night school to learn farming?"
Chen Chunhua: ...
"No! What I mean is that there are many things to learn in night school. You can go and take a look and choose what you want to learn. Going to class at night won't interfere with your work in the fields during the day."
"But..." Sanni was a little reluctant to give up her extra income. At 1.5 cents a sweater, she could sew four or five in one night if she worked quickly. If she went to night school, she would lose 20 or 30 yuan a month.
Chen Chunhua knew what she was thinking, and said with a serious face,
"Sanni, chopping wood doesn't prevent you from sharpening your knife. You let your sisters go to school, isn't it because they can earn money with education and don't have to come back to farm? How much do you make for sewing clothes all night? If you go to night school and learn a skill, maybe you can make several times more money with it in the future!"
"Your family's conditions aren't that bad now. Your elder and second sisters are married, Si Ni is working in the factory, and Wu Ni and the others are earning a lot. Don't always think about others. Sometimes you should think about yourself too."
"Knowledge is power, culture is money. The more you learn, the more options you have when you need to find your way in the future!"
Sanni might not listen to other things, but she still listened to them, saying that she could earn several times more money and that knowledge was money.
Isn't that the truth? No matter how cowardly her father was, he was still a high school student and could be the village secretary, earning forty or fifty yuan just sitting there.
Uncle Jinshui's son, Chen Chuanguo, did not get into university, but because of his high educational level, he was sent to the electroplating factory to learn a craft. Now he is an important figure in the factory.
So, you still have to learn.
Sanni gritted her teeth and looked at Chen Chunhua.
"Aunt, is the night school tuition expensive?"
"It's not expensive, it seems to be only half of the elementary school tuition. After all, there's not much time in one night."
"Then I'll go to the village tomorrow... in a couple of days, after I finish sewing these sweaters."
Chen Chunhua finally laughed out loud.
"Sure! Do you know the way? Do you want your uncle to take you there?"
"That's not necessary. Isn't that night school the school Wu Ni attends? I recognize it!"
"Hey, why don't you two go to the bathroom? The second round is about to start!"
When Wang Jingui came out of the toilet with his pants holding up, he saw the uncle and nephew still standing there. He called out to them from a distance, and then Chen Chunhua realized that there were not many people in front of the toilet.
"Come on, let's go to the bathroom. Hey, Jingui, what are we watching in the second show?"
"It seems to be a foreign movie, I can't quite remember the name. Oh well, hurry up, both of you."
"I know, I know, right away!"
…
The second movie was "The Great Escape," a comedy and an old movie that had been shown several times before. But everyone still sat there and watched it again with gusto.
The aftereffects are quite strong. Every time after watching "The Great Escape", all the children in the village would learn to cross their eyes for several days. When they saw people, they would greet them with a strong nasal sound and cross-eyed voice. They would have to be scolded twice by the adults at home before they would stop.
But today, those little monkeys are obviously still obsessed with the first performance of "Shaolin Temple".
Lin Shuchao was doing somersaults all the way back, and he was doing magic with the small tree fork which was thinner than a pencil in his hand.
"Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey!"
Then Jia Wenchang jumped out from the side, holding a broken branch in his hand.
"Take my three-section staff!"
"Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha!" A bunch of radish heads rushed up from behind and a melee broke out.
Chen Chunhua felt her head buzzing and her eyes hurt!
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