Liu Xue'e and Liu Mingyuan walked to the cinema in silence, both looking unhappy.
Liu's ticket was for "The Little Chef of Shengjing", but Liu Mingyuan wanted to watch "The Best Under Heaven".
This martial arts movie was so popular in the market that everyone who had seen it talked about it with relish.
Liu Xue'e's ticket was for "The Best Under Heaven", but she also wanted to watch it.
The elder sister, who had always given in in everything, mustered up the courage to refuse her brother for the first time.
Liu Xue'e was going to get married at the end of the year, and after she married into her husband's family, she might never have the chance to go to the cinema again.
This might be her last chance, and she didn't want to leave any regrets.
Liu Mingyuan was shocked and very upset.
Along the way, neither of the siblings took the initiative to speak.
They arrived at the cinema entrance, and the second screening had just begun. When they stepped through the transparent glass door, they heard Lu Yao talking.
She said that the event tickets were for women only, and men were not allowed to watch the movie with the tickets.
Liu Mingyuan stopped in his tracks, and his face turned pale.
Last night, Liu Xue'e said that this ticket was an event ticket, and it was only for women, but he didn't take it seriously, thinking it was an excuse. It turned out that the cinema would really point it out to him in person.
At the ticket checkpoint, Li's husband's face flushed, and he stiffened his neck and glared at Lu Yao, "How do you know I didn't buy this ticket?"
Lu Yao said calmly, "Every ticket sold in the cinema has a number. I personally drew the event ticket, so I naturally know the number. Tickets numbers 31 to 40 for both theaters are event tickets. If a man comes to watch a movie with an event ticket, our theater will not recognize it."
Li's husband lowered his head to look at the ticket number. He couldn't read, and after looking for a long time, he didn't know where the number Lu Yao mentioned was.
The person waiting in line behind him for ticket inspection looked over and said, "Number 35, it's really the promotional ticket number the shopkeeper said."
Li's husband stamped his feet in dissatisfaction and shouted, "Why do you only give tickets to women? Are men born to be the suckers and have to buy tickets to enter your lousy cinema?"
This man, who works at the dock on weekdays, is a big and strong man. He relies on the fact that all the people waiting to buy tickets behind him are men, and shouts loudly, hoping to force the shopkeeper to give in.
Lu Yao looked up and saw some women standing at the entrance of the lobby, holding tickets in their hands, but tiptoeing and not daring to step forward.
She let out a breath, her tone a little stern: "Who said there are no activities targeting men? The day before the cinema officially opened, there was a preview of "Number One Under Heaven", free viewing, three events, and all those who picked up tickets were men."
Although the preview event did not specify gender, it was indeed all men who came.
This person didn't know that today, many regular customers came to watch "The Little Cook of Shengjing", and many people watched "Number One Under Heaven" for the first time on the preview day.
When Lu Yao said it, they remembered it.
After all, it was their first contact with something called "movie", and they were deeply impressed.
When the shopkeeper mentioned it, they suddenly realized that except for the people in the theater, they seemed to have never met women who came to watch movies in the theater.
Lu Yao's eyes moved slightly from the group of men waiting in line for ticket inspection to the women watching in the lobby, "The movies played in the cinema are watched by men and women. But it's strange. My cinema is obviously not a shameful place. Why don't women come? Don't they want to? Don't they like it? Or is there someone who doesn't let them come? You ask why I only give tickets to women, there is no special reason. As a woman, I think the movie is good and interesting, and I want to let them watch it."
Her purpose is so simple, to invite the women of the Dawu Dynasty to watch a movie and try to enjoy this form of entertainment.
After that, she looked at the man with the event ticket, "I also have something to ask, since you are a man, why do you want to take the event ticket that is exclusively for women in the cinema? If you want to watch a movie, why don't you buy your own ticket?"
The hall was quiet for a while, and the people of the Dawu Dynasty seemed to be frightened, regardless of gender.
"Men holding event tickets will be invalidated." Lu Yao stopped looking at the man and looked up at the door. "Girls and ladies, come here to check your tickets. The movie is about to start. Check your tickets and you will get free popcorn and Coke."
The man felt so embarrassed being watched by so many eyes, especially since the group of women at the door were all acquaintances who lived on the same street. They were so angry that they suddenly stood up and punched Lu Yao.
Ku Ba was right behind Lu Yao. He moved past her very quickly and caught the fist with one hand. Then he twisted his hand and grabbed the man's wrist and pinned him to the ground. "He didn't get the advantage but still wanted to hit someone. This is embarrassing. Shopkeeper, what should we do with this man?"
Lu Yao: "Get him out."
There was some commotion in the crowd. In the long line on Zhu Zhu's side, several men quietly withdrew.
Needless to say, they were all people who had taken tickets for the women's activities and wanted to watch the movie for free.
Liu Mingyuan stood at the door, his face red, and he didn't know whether to go in or out.
The girls and women all went to Lu Yao to check their tickets. Liu Xue'e looked at Liu Mingyuan and said, "I'm going in."
Liu Mingyuan lowered his head and said nothing.
Liu Xue'e walked out a few steps, then stepped back, pulled out the purse hanging on her waist, counted out thirty copper coins, and handed them to him, "Use it to buy a ticket, you can still watch the next show. Send the ticket of "The Little Cook" back quickly, and ask my mother to come over."
Liu Mingyuan looked up, his face stunned: "Where did you get all this money?"
Liu Xue'e: "I saved it from embroidering handkerchiefs over the years. Yesterday Zhu Zhu told me that the tickets cannot be given to others, and Lu the shopkeeper will not recognize them."
Zhu Zhu especially liked Lu Yao and often talked to Liu Xue'e about it.
She also knew a little about Lu Yao's personality, and guessed that there might be no room for maneuver in giving away the tickets, so she gritted her teeth and counted some money before leaving.
Liu Mingyuan's face flushed red, and he could no longer raise his head, "Sister, I'm wrong."
Liu Xue'e stuffed the money into his hand, "The cinema is so good, I want to come, let alone you. Let's talk about this when we get back, you go back quickly and ask mother to come. Mother said she has to take care of business, how could she not want to come?"
Liu Mingyuan turned around and ran away, he was too embarrassed to talk to Liu Xue'e anymore, and he felt even more embarrassed when he thought of Liu.
The event ticket incident did not cause much disturbance, after the ticket checking was over, Lu Yao personally led the women who came to watch the movie into the theater.
She picked up tickets in a whole row, and after these women entered the theater, they just sat down according to their ticket numbers.
No one noticed that an extremely luxurious carriage had stopped at the door of the cinema.
The maid returned to the car and bowed her head respectfully and replied: "Master, I have found out everything."
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