Chapter 197
"For the New China, charge!" The movie was nearing its end here. Everyone's eyes were wet as they watched their great ancestors being blown into flesh and blood on the battlefield. Several girls even cried.
"For the sake of New China, we must be strong!" Some people were already shouting excitedly with their little ones in hand, while others stood up and sang the national anthem.
The movie screen turned gray, the projectionist put away his tools, Yang Guojun came over to them, and took out five yuan from his pocket. "This is a promise to you. I hope we won't charge you so much next time."
"Don't worry, the reason we charge so much is because it snowed heavily these past two days and the roads are not good. Your..." The projectionist was about to say something, but was stopped by Yang Guojun's eyes. "If you hadn't invited us to come, I wouldn't be interested."
"Why don't you guys have a meal here and spend the night? It's not safe to go back so late on the road." Jiang He stretched lazily and almost fell down, but was held by Lu Feng next to him around the waist.
The projectionist glanced out the window. It gets dark quickly in winter. Although it was only 4 o'clock, it was already half dark. The two looked at each other and saw the other nod. He didn't act pretentiously and said, "Okay, after dinner, we'll show another movie. It'll be dinner money."
"Oh!" The educated youths in the cafeteria smiled when they heard this. Some boys jumped up and down. One of them leaned over the food window and shouted, "Master Liu, did you hear that? Don't let the projectionist starve. There will be another movie later."
One of the chefs in the canteen was from Wafang Village. The head chef had gone back home for the New Year, so he stayed behind in the canteen. When he heard someone calling him, he didn't refuse and said, "Okay, there's plenty of food."
After getting assurances from the canteen chef, the educated youth told the projectionists, “Masters, please listen.”
When the others heard him say this, they couldn't help but burst into laughter. The projectionist also laughed and said, "Then I have to eat my ass back."
"Okay, let's eat quickly. After dinner we have to clean up and watch a movie." Master Liu interrupted them and then gave the three masters a full spoonful of soup. The others didn't think much of it and also followed suit happily.
"I heard there's a movie here?" At this moment, a head suddenly appeared at the door. They were a few young people from the village, one of whom was Haozi. The others quickly called them in. They were also here that night. After dinner, everyone helped Master Liu clean up the cafeteria. After everyone finished cleaning up, more than a dozen people from the village came in with small stools.
These days, Fang Yuan would be invited to show a movie only when there was a big event in the family, or the village cadres would invite people to show a movie during the New Year and everyone would have fun.
The key point is that sometimes, even if you have the money to invite someone to come and show a movie, you may not be able to do so, just like the last time Chunying and her husband got married, her mother-in-law didn't invite anyone.
"Master Sun, what movie is playing this time?" asked a villager sitting on a small stool in the front row, with his hands in his pockets.
"Tunnel Warfare." Master Sun sorted out the reels, turned on the projector light, and projected the image onto the screen. Everyone stared at the numbers on the screen, gradually changing from ten to one, as they were all staring at the screen, afraid of missing any exciting scenes.
Jiang He was not very interested. He had watched this movie no less than 30 times in his previous life, all because his grandfather loved to watch it. In order to please his grandfather, he stayed with him and listened to his stories about his youth.
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