"Qingqing, our team had a mobile outdoor movie yesterday, and they've specially approved a screening in the family compound's small square today. It should start after dinner when it gets dark. Do you want to go and see it?"
Meng Xiao had already watched it in the team yesterday. Since Shen Qingli had her own space and no shortage of movies to watch, he wasn't sure whether she wanted to go, so he still had to ask her.
Shen Qingli really had no interest, but Aunt Liu would probably like it. She looked at Aunt Liu opposite her:
"I don't really want to see it. Since this is a rare opportunity, Aunt Liu, go and see it. We can take the children out for a walk. Aunt Liu, are you coming?"
"I'd rather not go. I'll be at home taking care of the kids. You young people can go and take a look." Aunt Liu shook her head when she heard that.
She actually wanted to go, as watching a movie was such a rare occasion. But how could she go to the movies while her employer took care of her own children while she was being paid? No, no.
"It's okay, go and see it. It's a rare opportunity. Normally, you have to pay to go to the cinema. It's a waste not to see it for free. So, Aunt Liu, you go and see it, and we'll take the children for a walk."
Seeing that she wanted to speak, Shen Qingli shook her head:
"Just go and relax. A movie only takes an hour or two. It's okay."
"Well, I'll try to be trendy. After I wash the dishes, I'll go see what the legendary movie that can fit a person is like."
Since she couldn't refuse, she simply stopped refusing. It would seem a bit fake if she kept pushing it away.
"That's right, Auntie. We are a family, so there's no need to be so particular. You can go without worry."
"Oh, good!"
Even Meng Xiao spoke up, and Aunt Liu immediately agreed.
She was a little excited. In the past, in her village, every one or two years, people in the surrounding area would have a chance to have an open-air mobile movie.
But their brigade was poor and located in a remote area, so they had never encountered such a thing. Other places were far away, and it was not worth running over to see it late at night.
I heard that it is very magical, and it seems like people are contained inside it.
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After washing the dishes, Aunt Liu left with her sister-in-law who had come to watch a movie with Shen Qingli.
The couple also prepared to go out for some fresh air
"Push the crib. I don't want to hold the baby anymore. My waist hurts a bit today." Shen Qingli glanced at Meng Xiao who was about to carry the child out and stopped him.
"Back pain? Then..." Seeing Meng Xiao was about to put the child down and come over, Shen Qingli hurriedly explained:
"It's just a little painful, it's okay, just drink some spiritual spring water before going to bed. To be frank, isn't it all your fault?"
Meng Xiao touched his nose and didn't dare to speak anymore.
Blame him... well... there's nothing we can do about it~
The small square was filled with adults and children who came to watch the movie. The two of them tried to walk the child as far away as possible, for fear of running into people and talking or something, which would disturb others watching the movie.
It was fine when I went there. I didn't meet anyone along the way. Maybe everyone thought it was rare and went to watch a movie.
I walked around the staff quarters, and before I could coax my two kids to sleep, they were looking around like curious babies. In fact, no matter how hard they looked, they could only see a dark sky with only a few stars.
Shen Qingli felt that their vision should not be able to see as far as the stars.
Maybe the child is more sensitive to the surrounding environment, and the stroller is being pushed all the time, so he feels that it is different from home.
A somewhat hunched figure was walking towards him, but Shen Qingli didn't recognize him. After all, he didn't know many people in the staff housing complex.
"She's Captain Fang's mother. She's a nice lady." Meng Xiao had just finished speaking when he heard the old lady's voice, somewhat questioning and a little surprised.
"Is it Xiao Meng?"
"Auntie, it's me." Meng Xiao took two steps forward and only when he got closer to the old lady could he see her clearly.
"I was wondering, the figure looks like you. My old eyes are blurry and I was a little hesitant to recognize her just now. Who is this? Is she your wife? She's so beautiful. I only heard that you're married and have children, but I haven't seen your wife yet."
"Hello, Auntie. I am Meng Xiao's wife."
Shen Qingli felt a little embarrassed when he said this.
The joy on the old lady's face did not seem fake. She held Shen Qingli's hand affectionately and praised her by calling her "daughter".
Shen Qingli was not good at getting close to strangers or chatting about family matters, but she also knew that the old lady was friendly to everyone, so she forced herself not to pull her hand away.
Meng Xiao saw his wife's distress signal and said with a smile, "Auntie, why didn't you go to the movie? I saw everyone went."
As the topic changed, the old lady couldn't help but loosen her grip.
"I'm old and tired. I felt sleepy after watching for a while. I came back first. Why didn't you two go to the movies?"
"We took the kids out for a walk."
Meng Xiao said that the old lady just noticed that there were two children lying in the cart next to the two of them!
"Oh! This is your child. Auntie didn't see it just now. I thought you two got the little bed from Carpenter Liu's house. It's so beautiful. You are so lucky, my daughter, Xiao Meng."
The old lady loved the baby so much that she wanted to hug him, but then she remembered that she was sweating from walking, so she gave up.
"I'm all sweaty, I'll hug these two little darlings some other day."
The old lady was smiling and looked kind and friendly. At least in Shen Qingli's opinion, the first impression was not offensive. She was indeed a nice person as Meng Xiao said.
The old lady yawned
"Then you take the children for a walk. I, an old woman, will go back to sleep. I am old and not very energetic."
"Okay, Auntie, please walk slowly when you go back." Meng Xiao didn't say anything about seeing her off. His wife and children were here, and it was dark. He didn't dare to leave. The little girl was afraid of the dark.
"Okay, okay, I'm leaving."
Meng Xiao pushed the cart, Shen Qingli carried him on her arm, leaned her head on his arm, and said softly: "Meng Xiaoxiao, let's go home."
The man lowered his eyes and tilted his head slightly: "Tired? Then go home and I'll massage your waist."
"Yeah, okay!"
When I walked to the small square, although I had avoided the crowd, I still ran into a few family members who were traveling together. I didn't know them and had never spoken to them.
Shen Qingli just felt that their gazes were not very pure, but she didn't say anything after they passed by.
The two of them had very good hearing, so after walking a few steps, they heard the following words about them:
"Do you see that cot? It's got wheels. So stylish."
"They have money, so they can have any kind of car they want."
"That must be Meng Tuan, right? He said last time there's a little girl coming from out of town, so let's go find him. He's so good-looking, no wonder he can have two relationships at once."
"No, I heard my husband say it was a misunderstanding. Someone stole his photo and name and sent a letter to the girl. They cleared it up at a meeting. It's not okay to talk nonsense like that."
"Who knows? He's so young and powerful, how dare you say he doesn't have connections?
It's just a matter of finding a scapegoat. What's the point of being good-looking? You can only see a person's face but not his heart."
"His wife is so beautiful, that shouldn't be the case, right?"
"Stop talking, I'm standing there, did you hear me?"
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