After driving in the county for more than half a year, Song Defa now starts to take the route to the provincial capital occasionally.
There are four trucks in the factory now. As an experienced driver, he is accompanied by a trainee driver. He kept talking about some precautions while driving and seemed very reliable.
The truck first dropped Secretary Ji off at the commune and then drove back to Xiaojing Brigade.
Because the weather had been bad for several days, the truck sank again as expected.
Song Defa hurried downstairs and called for people to come and help push the cart. It was winter and the villagers had nothing to do, so they came as soon as they were called.
With strength in numbers, the truck was pushed out quickly.
The car continued to move forward, and Jiang Wanyue noticed that many people who helped push the car did not disperse.
She asked doubtfully, "Do they have anything else to do?"
"Ahem!" Song Defa looked embarrassed. "Yes, I have something to ask me."
He didn't even dare to look at Jiang Wanyue.
Seeing his expression, Jiang Wanyue had nothing to understand. This train must have brought things from the provincial capital for the villagers.
The reason why everyone is scrambling to be a driver these days is because drivers can make use of their position to make some money. This is a common practice in the industry, but it is a bit difficult to explain if you say it bluntly. As long as it does not affect her job, Jiang Wanyue will not say anything.
The main reason was that in that era, it was very difficult for rural people to go to the city. Most people went to the supply and marketing cooperatives to buy things. If they wanted to go to the county town, they needed a note. To go to the province, they had to have a very formal reason. For example, reasons like "visiting relatives" were absolutely not acceptable. It was almost impossible to buy things in the province. With Song Defa's help, everyone used things from the province, and Song Defa could also make some money. It could be said that he had the best of both worlds.
When Jiang Wanyue got out of the car, she saw the group of people surrounding Song Defa.
Seeing that she didn't leave, Song Defa didn't dare to do anything. He waited until she walked towards home before he took the things out of the car.
Jiang Wanyue passed by his house, walked in, and reminded Hu Zhaodi: "Second brother brought some things back from the county and the province for everyone. It's a good thing of mutual benefit, but don't be too ostentatious. If someone gets jealous and reports it, I can't protect him, and the driver's position will be taken by someone else."
Hu Zhaodi got anxious when she heard this: "Wanyue, don't worry, I will definitely talk to him tonight and I will definitely not cause any trouble for you!"
Jiang Wanyue knew her character and was cautious. In order to keep her job, she would definitely ask Song Laoer to keep a low profile.
She ignored the matter and when she returned home, dinner was already ready.
Song Huaizhi's cooking skills are getting better and better, and the dishes on the table are mouth-watering.
"The New Year is coming soon. What are your wishes for this year?" Jiang Wanyue asked after finishing her meal. "I heard that there will be a movie released during the New Year. Shall we go watch the movie?"
Song Huazhi clapped his hands happily: "Great, I love watching movies the most."
Song Yunying also smiled: "I like to watch it too. Can I buy a bucket of popcorn when the time comes?"
Jiang Wanyue nodded: "Of course."
Song Huaizhi paused and said, "Mom, this year, we asked Song Dazhu to help sell our eggs. Last year, he heard that I watched a movie, and this year he wanted me to take him to watch it. He will pay for the car and the movie tickets. Is that okay?"
"By the way, my classmates also said they wanted to watch a movie." Song Yunying followed up, "They have New Year's money, but their parents don't have time to take them to the county."
Jiang Wanyue thought for a while and smiled widely: "This is easy. This year, our entire team will go to the movies together!"
The next morning, she took a bus to the county film studio.
All the factories under her name have been closed for holiday because it has been too busy this year and everyone is exhausted and it's time to rest, but the workers in the county are still working.
She went to the film studio to have a chat.
The next day, which was the 26th day of the twelfth lunar month, a truck from the film studio drove to their Xiaojing Brigade. They began to set up the stage and put up the curtain at the main entrance of the brigade, which was the flat ground of the threshing ground.
All the idle people in the village gathered around.
"Hey, what's this for?"
"I saw Lianhu County Film Studio written on the box. Is that where movies are shown?"
"What is a movie?"
"Hey, how come you don't know this?"
"Then tell me quickly, what is a movie?"
"That's right, that's right, hey, let's go ask Song Huaizhi, he's seen it, he knows!"
This time, the movie was paid for by the Xiaojing Non-staple Food Processing Factory, which showed the movie for three days.
Xiang Lingxiao heard about this and arranged a play performance in Xiaojing Brigade in the name of the bamboo weaving factory.
So I sang opera during the day and watched movies at night.
In order not to miss any movies or operas, people from surrounding brigades and communes came to stay with their relatives in Xiaojing Brigade. Some people who had no connection with the brigade at all also shamelessly stayed at the homes of people they knew, bringing their own quilts and other things. The empty houses at the educated youth site were also snatched up by people.
You know, these days, watching movies is a pastime for rich people. Even in the 1990s, many people in rural areas didn't know what movies were. Now that movies have reached the grassroots, and a movie is shown in the village for the first time, everyone wants to join in the fun.
There are also operas, and the old people love to listen to operas. During the day, the venue is full of people, and it is so crowded that it is impossible to move in.
Jiang Wanyue found a few skilled craftsmen to fry melon seeds in the square and invited everyone to eat melon seeds in the name of the processing plant and the bamboo weaving factory.
"It's so lively, so lively!" Song Dahai exclaimed, "As far as I can remember, our village has never been so lively."
Tian Youliang nodded: "Who said it wasn't true? They even watched the movie. Look, the people from all over the country, who wouldn't envy the people in our Xiaojing Brigade?"
Jiang Wanyue smiled and said, "I heard from Aunt Zhao that it's easier for the young men in our team to find wives, and it's easier for the girls to get married, too. Everyone wants to marry someone from our village."
"Of course!" Song Dahai said, "Every household in our village has workers, and the elderly go to the fields to earn work points in exchange for food. That means all the money they earn from working in a year can be saved. If we can save 300 yuan, we can buy a bicycle and a sewing machine. Many families in the county can't do that!"
A few days ago, Jiang Wanyue actually saw two families in the village buying bicycles, and another family bought a sewing machine. Everyone's lives are indeed getting better and better.
While watching movies and operas, New Year's firecrackers popped, and the year 1977 came to Jiang Wanyue.
Before she knew it, this was already her third Spring Festival she had spent here.
People still pay New Year's greetings in the first month of the year. On the seventh day, the opera and movie theaters are closed and then work officially begins.
At the same time, the major project of road construction in the county also began to be implemented.
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