Songan Academy has one day off every ten days and three days off in a month.
Before the holiday on this day, the students were particularly noisy and could hardly sit still.
Master Lin sat in the front with a somewhat ugly look on his face.
Recently, a theater called the Movie Theater opened on Songan Street, making people restless.
These monkeys talk about it every day, just waiting for the holiday to go to the theater.
Little do they know that the theater charges a high price, 30 coins per ticket.
Ordinary families have a hard time supporting a student, so how can they be willing to spend that spare money to let them watch a play.
Master Lin heard other teachers in the same academy talk about the movie theater many times, and originally planned to go and see it.
Later, he heard that the ticket price was extremely high, so he gave up.
External things can easily disturb the mind, so it is better to read a few more books at home and calm the mind.
After finally getting through school, Songyuan student Zhang Ziqi and his friend Liu Mingyuan packed up their school supplies and ran out of the classroom.
Zhang Ziqi smiled like a flower: "Finally, we have a holiday. Let's go to the cinema!"
Liu Mingyuan followed him, his feet were fast: "I saved two cents, I can buy a bucket of popcorn tomorrow."
Every day when he passed by the cinema, he could smell the sweet fragrance. He had been craving that smell for a long time.
Zhang Ziqi: "My brother is on holiday tomorrow, I asked him to take me to the cinema to buy tickets to watch the feature film."
Liu Mingyuan showed an envious look, "I wish I had a brother too."
Zhang Ziqi: "Your sister is not at home, ask her to take you."
Liu Mingyuan lowered his head and shook his head, saying, "My sister is at home sewing the wedding dress."
His family is different from Zhang Ziqi's. Zhang Ziqi's brother is the captain of the city patrol guard team, and all the vendors ask him for help.
His brother has a monthly salary, so watching one or two movies is nothing.
Zhang Ziqi was silent for a while, and said, "Then I'll go and watch it, and I'll come back to tell you what happened next."
Liu Mingyuan's eyes lit up: "Okay!"
Cinema.
After the last movie screening in the afternoon, Lu Yao called Zhu Zhu, Wen Jian and Gou Zi, pointed at Ku Ba and said, "This is Ku Ba, the new ticket inspector. Wen Jian will take care of him when he has time. He is mainly responsible for checking tickets, guiding guests and cleaning."
The theater has not found a suitable cleaner, so the cleaning work is temporarily divided and handed over to each employee.
Lu Yao thought for a while and said, "I found that many guests don't know how to use the toilet. Ku Ba is here, and there are extra people. When it is time to leave, one person will take turns to guide the door of the toilet."
At first, there were written instructions for every place in the toilet, and later pictures were added, but many guests still didn't understand and had to be guided by someone.
Ku Ba couldn't help laughing and looked at Lu Yao with a strange look, "Shopkeeper, are you kidding? Who doesn't know how to use the toilet? Are the people of Liangjing all fools?"
Wen Jian, Zhu Zhu and Gou Zi looked at him with a calm and tolerant look.
Ku Ba: "Why are you looking at me like that? Was I wrong?"
Lu Yao waved at Wen Jian and Gou Zi, "You two please take the trouble to take him to the cinema and the toilet, and teach him what he will do tomorrow. The first show of "The Little Chef of Shengjing" will be released tomorrow, so don't offend the guests."
Ku Ba was taken away by Wen Jian and the others. Lu Yao waved to Zhu Zhu to come closer: "Do you have any sisters who want to come and watch the movie?"
Zhu Zhu nodded repeatedly: "A lot. Sister Xiaohua who lives next door to me knows that I work in a cinema, and she has been talking to me frequently recently. And sister Xue'e who lives opposite, secretly stuffed a handful of peanuts into my hand this morning and asked about 'Ye Qingzhou'."
Lu Yao frowned slightly, "That's strange. Why are all the customers who have come to the store in the past few days men? I haven't seen a woman."
She has been observing every day recently, and there really is no woman coming to the cinema.
Occasionally, there were women standing by the roadside looking around. When Lu Yao walked out and took the initiative to talk to them, they immediately avoided him.
Zhu Zhu and Lu Yao had been together for ten days, and she knew that the shopkeeper had a very weak sense of discrimination between
men and women. Not only that, in her eyes, there seemed to be no difference between men and women.
In the half month she had worked in the store, the shopkeeper treated her the same as the others.
Zhu Zhu never revealed that she worked in a movie theater, but in fact many neighbors talked about her behind her back.
Her parents were confused and worried, and at one point they didn't want her to continue working here.
Although Zhu Zhu was young, she had worked with Aunt Zhu since she was a child, and she had seen how difficult it was for people working outside.
In her eyes, the job in the cinema was better than being a maid in a rich family, so she was very determined.
No matter what her parents said, she refused to resign, and even learned some of Lu Yao's rhetoric to block them.
They may not have listened to her, but they couldn't find any words to refute, so Zhu Zhu wasted her time day by day.
Zhu Zhu thought for a while and said, "It's not that they don't want to come, but it's inconvenient for women, and the money is in the hands of my parents. I didn't mean to say that the ticket price is high."
She has watched the movie and felt that the price was not expensive from the bottom of her heart.
The shock brought by the movie cannot be described in any language.
Until now, when Zhu Zhu thought of Ye Qingzhou and Junior Sister Ningshuang, she still felt depressed and unhappy. Lu
Yao lowered his eyes and thought.
She knew that this era had limitations, but seeing that there were women doing business on the street, she thought it was not that serious, so she was still optimistic.
When you open a door to do business, whoever comes is a guest.
She never cares about the gender, age or identity of the guests.
But cinemas have been opened in this era, and Lu Yao selfishly wants to let the women here have a look, at least to have a chance to understand.
She took Zhu Zhu to the ticket counter, operated the machine to print out 40 tickets, wrote down the ticket numbers, and made a magic mark on the tickets that ordinary people could not detect.
Lu Yao turned around and handed over the tickets in his hand, "Here are 20 tickets each for The World's Number One and The Little Chef of Shengjing. Please do me a favor and pass these 40 tickets to the girls I know, and tell them that the cinema invites them to watch the movie for free."
Zhu Zhu twirled her hands together and didn't take them immediately, "Boss, are these tickets free?"
Lu Yao nodded, "Yes, the time is the second show in the morning and the second show in the afternoon tomorrow. Bring your tickets directly to the ticket office and you will get an extra Coke and popcorn set. But remember, these tickets are only for women. I won't recognize them if a man brings them to me."
The ticket price of "The Little Chef of Shengjing" was cheaper than "The World's Number One", 20 wen per ticket, 40 tickets added up to 100 yuan, and free food was given as an extra gift.
Zhu Zhu felt that the shopkeeper was too generous, and she couldn't figure out why she did that.
The theater was full every day, and many people lined up but couldn't buy tickets. There was no need to attract business so generously.
Zhu Zhu didn't understand, but she believed Lu Yao.
She took the ticket, squeezed it in her hand, and whispered, "Shopkeeper, can I give one to my mother?"
Her mother was worried about her every day, and she refused to buy tickets at the theater. This opportunity was just right for her to understand that the theater was not a frivolous place.
Lu Yao: "Of course you can. You can also give some tickets to Aunt Zhu and let her give them to the aunts she knows, and then they can come together."
"Thank you, shopkeeper!" Zhu Zhu bowed to Lu Yao, smiling so hard that her eyebrows were hidden.
Lu Yao: "Can all the forty tickets be distributed?"
Zhu Zhu: "Don't worry, there are many people who want to come to the cinema on the street where I live. These tickets are free, and they will definitely be willing to come."
Lu Yao asked doubtfully: "Is it not inconvenient?"
Zhu Zhu: "Most of those who are inconvenient are women who have not yet married. If they come out with their mothers and elders, no one will gossip."
Lu Yao was relieved: "Thank you for your hard work. Once this is done, I will bring you delicious food tomorrow."
Zhu Zhu was even happier when she heard that there was delicious food.
I don't know how the food the shopkeeper brought out was made, but every one of them was so delicious that I wanted to bite my tongue.
After finishing the conversation, Ku Ba, Wen Jian and Gou Zi also came back.
Ku Ba's face was calm, no longer chattering, he raised his eyebrows and glanced at Lu Yao, thinking that she didn't notice, he glanced again.
He had lived for eighteen years, and this was the first time he saw a toilet that was cleaner than the kitchen.
That would have been fine, but the pit was so peculiar, when you squatted down and stood up, water would flow out, and it would wash away the dirt, and no one knew where it went.
And the paper, it was so soft, much more useful than the small bamboo pieces.
Ku Ba had to overturn his thoughts before coming here, this store was indeed very mysterious, and the female shopkeeper was also very suspicious.
Lu Yao ignored the crying and called Gouzi over, "Come over early tomorrow and show me how to operate the popcorn machine and the beverage machine. If there are no mistakes, you will be officially employed."
Gouzi's eyes lit up: "Thank you for the promotion, boss."
The clerks were not very old and had a relatively strong ability to accept things.
After Gouzi came to the cinema, he was not as smart as when he was a beggar. He was honest and hardworking, and he worked silently.
But he was originally a beggar, so he still acted rudely, which could be seen from his daily meals.
He noticed it himself, and was afraid of being disliked, so he secretly learned to speak like Lu Yao and Wen Jian.
Recently, he inexplicably spoke maturely and always in a literary way.
Lu Yao saw it and didn't say much.
After arranging things, it was getting late, so Lu Yao let the clerk go.
Ku Ba left the cinema, hurriedly found an inn to stay in, wrote a long letter, and sent it back to Ling Xiao Pavilion overnight.
He would stay in Liangjing City for a long time this time, so he didn't write much else.
Even if he wanted to expose the shopkeeper, he had to wait until he had long purple hair.
He liked the nostalgic purple color since he was a child. He loved wearing purple clothes and purple boots, and even the tassel on the handle of his knife had to be purple, but he never thought that even his hair could be made purple.
Many things he saw in the cinema today were very novel, but what Ku Ba wanted most was purple hair.
Zhu Zhu went home with the 40 movie tickets Lu Yao gave her. She went to the kitchen to find Aunt Zhu and said, "Mom, I'm back."
Aunt Zhu didn't even turn her head. "Go wash your hands and eat right away."
Zhu Zhu walked over and said, "Mom, I have something to say."
Aunt Zhu raised her head and had some bad thoughts in her mind. "What is it?"
"Mom, the shopkeeper gave me some movie tickets." Zhu Zhu took out a stack of tickets from her sleeve.
"What tickets?" Aunt Zhu was puzzled.
Zhu Zhu told her what Lu Yao had told her.
Aunt Zhu sat on a low stool in front of the stove, at a loss, "Why should we go to see those? Besides, we have to do business."
"One show at noon and one in the afternoon. Our duck blood vermicelli usually sells best at noon. There are fewer people in the afternoon, so you can go then. Call Aunt Wu and Aunt Liu along, it will be more lively." Zhu Zhu tried to persuade.
Aunt Zhu was still hesitant, "Oh, why did your shopkeeper give away tickets for free, and only to women? Is there something going on..."
"Mom!" Zhu Zhu stamped her feet, "The shopkeeper is just kind-hearted, you just think too much. You have always been worried that something might happen to me in the cinema, and this time I have a chance to go and watch it, and I don't have to spend my own money."
Aunt Zhu thought about it and it was true. Zhu Zhu was determined to stay in the cinema, and it was useless for her to talk to her father. She might as well take this opportunity to go and watch it, anyway, it didn't cost any money.
Aunt Zhu asked Zhu Zhu which show she wanted to watch, and Zhu Zhu thought about it and recommended "The Little Chef of Shengjing".
She hadn't seen the feature film yet, but the chef in the trailer had great cooking skills, and her mother also loved to prepare food.
Zhu Zhu gave ten tickets to Aunt Zhu, five for each of "The Best in the World" and "The Little Chef of Shengjing", and kept one ticket for "The Little Chef of Shengjing" for herself, and gave the rest to women she knew.
Before the curfew, Zhu Zhu gave away all the dozens of tickets she had.
Xiaohua, who often came to see her, also had a younger sister, and she gave them two tickets for "The Little Chef of Shengjing", and Liu Xue'e, who stuffed peanuts into her in the morning, a ticket for "The Best in the World".
Liu Xue'e finished talking to Zhu Zhu at the door, and happily took the tickets back to the house.
Liu Mingyuan heard the voice and saw the ticket in his sister's hand at a glance, which looked vaguely familiar.
"Sister, do you have a ticket for the cinema?" Liu Mingyuan strode closer, unable to believe that his sister actually had money to buy movie tickets.
Liu Xue'e: "Zhu Zhu gave it to me. She said the cinema owner wanted to invite some women to watch a movie."
Liu Mingyuan was puzzled: "Why only women?"
Liu Xue'e shook her head: "I don't know."
Liu Mingyuan looked at his sister eagerly.
The ticket said "The World's Number One". With this ticket, he could also go to see it with Zhang Ziqi.
Liu Xue'e held the ticket in her hand and lowered her head. "Zhu Zhu said that this ticket is only for women, and it is useless for men."
Liu Mingyuan said nothing, turned around and went back to the house angrily.
Liu Xue'e stood there, at a loss.
In the room, Liu Mingyuan lay on the table, tears falling.
Mrs. Liu came back from outside, holding a movie ticket in her hand, with a happy face. Seeing her daughter standing motionless in the yard, she asked, "Why are you standing here? Where is Mingyuan?"
Liu Xue'e turned around, weakly, "Mom, Zhu Zhu gave me a movie ticket."
Mrs. Liu raised the ticket in her hand, "Just now, your Aunt Zhu also gave me one to watch "The Little Chef". I'm so happy."
Liu Xue'e: "Mingyuan wants to go too."
Mrs. Liu frowned, "He is going to the academy, not to watch a movie."
Liu Xue'e: "He has a day off tomorrow."
Mrs. Liu was silent for a while: "Then you two go, and I'll give him this ticket. I have to do business, and I'm worried that I don't have the time. It's just right for you two to go."
The next day, the cinema opened on time, and "The Little Chef of Shengjing" premiered.
The glass wall on one side of the screening room was divided into two parts, with two posters pulled up, one for "Number One in the World" and the other for "The Little Chef of Shengjing".
A long line formed at the entrance of the cinema early on, and the tickets for the first show of "The Little Chef of Shengjing" were sold out in less than a cup of tea.
Ten tickets for the second show were already taken, and the remaining thirty were also quickly sold out.
Chen Jingshan heard that the cinema was going to show a new film, so he came early to grab tickets and got tickets for the first show as he wished.
The shopkeeper of Rongxi Shuzhai and the owner of Chunxilou next door also lined up to buy tickets early in the morning.
"The Little Chef" premiered in Hall 2, and the audience lined up to check their tickets to enter. After the advertisements and safety information were played, the main film began.
As soon as the movie started, the guests who had watched "The World's Number One" were amazed. This story is really completely different.
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