Chapter 18 Watching a Movie
It is rare to have cloudy days in Beijing during the midsummer. Clusters of clouds surround the scorching sun, suppressing half of the heat.
Xiuzhu sat at the dining table, eating breakfast leisurely while listening to her cousin's plans for the day.
My cousin works at a newspaper, so I can only spend time with her on weekends.
These days she and Lin Yaowen have been hanging out together, along with Da Hu and Da Hu's sister Xiao Wei, and the four of them are hanging out in the military compound every day.
A little bubble of friendship has been established.
Lin Yaowen drank a mouthful of vegetable porridge and said, "Let's go bird hunting after dinner today."
When Xiuzhu heard that Lin Yaowen wanted to take her to hunt birds, she stopped drinking porridge with the spoon.
When she went there for the first time a few days ago, she was very curious and followed these people to a small woods near her home, and finally followed them to catch birds.
Of course she didn't catch any, the important thing was to participate.
Later, Da Hu kindly gave her a few with his face red from the heat and stammering.
Then, with a look of reluctance and contempt in her eyes, she just watched them roast her bird, and then... it smelled so good.
On the way home that day, many people were looking at her and the rate of turning heads to look at her was very high.
She was still thinking, could it be that she has become more beautiful after eating the bird meat?
When she got home she couldn't wait to look in the mirror and then she screamed in fright.
My goodness, there was a circle of black ash on her mouth from eating roasted bird, almost covering half of her face.
Before going out, her smooth braids became messy, there were several leaves on her head, and the back of her white short-sleeved shirt was covered with mottled grass-green marks.
She remembered that she had imitated Xiaowei and lay under a tree to enjoy the cool air.
Thinking back to the strange look Lin Yaowen gave her after eating the bird meat, Da Hu and Xiao Wei were hesitant to speak...
I thought it was her fault that she couldn't help but eat too much.
After all, there were six birds for four people, and she ate three.
It turned out that the brat was holding it in and must have deliberately not told her in order to take revenge on her ruthless orders over the past few days.
She immediately took the dirty shirt and asked her "servant" to wash it.
Xiuzhu quickly stopped Lin Yaowen from making arrangements.
After thinking for a moment, he said very generously: "It's a bit tiring to go bird hunting every day. To thank you for giving me roasted bird meat, I'll treat you to a movie today."
Aunt Lin knew that Xiuzhu had money and they were not short of a few dollars.
He did not stop her, but reminded her worriedly: "Don't get into a conflict with others while watching a movie. Awen, you have to protect your cousin."
There are people patrolling outside every day now, catching scoundrels and liu mang, but there are still hidden dangers, especially Xiuzhu's face is too eye-catching.
The more I thought about it, the more worried I became. But I couldn't bear to spoil her fun, so I could only remind her repeatedly: "Wear your scarf when you go out."
Xiuzhu nodded obediently and responded: "Don't worry, auntie, I will wear it every time I go out."
But in fact, she wears it because she is afraid of getting tanned.
When Lin Yaowen heard that he could watch a movie, he quickly showed four fingers and loudly assured his mother.
"Mom, don't worry. Da Hu and I will be on her left and right, always keeping an eye on Lin Xiuzhu."
Aunt Lin didn't have much trust in her youngest son's promise, but Da Hu was a reliable kid. Since it’s close to home, I just let them go.
Lin Yaowen was so excited that he didn't even eat his meal. He took half a multi-grain steamed bun and ran out of the house in a hurry.
He turned around and told Xiuzhu, "Cousin, I'm going to Dahu's house. Please pack up and we will pick you up later."
When Xiuzhu heard him call her cousin, she glanced at him with some disdain and said with disdain, "I know!"
She thought, it's just a movie, what a loser! She was planning to take them to a state-owned restaurant another day after the movie.
About 40 minutes later, the four-member team finally gathered together, and Lin Yaowen was getting impatient waiting downstairs.
I don't understand why Lin Xiuzhu always procrastinates while Xiaowei never has to wait.
But my cousin is rich and has a bad temper, so I didn’t dare say it to her face.
I only complained to Da Hu in private, but every time Da Hu would look at him with dissatisfaction and say, "Xiu Zhu is a girl, what's wrong with going slower? Why are you so petty?"
After hearing this, he was so angry that he wanted to break up with them. Who are his friends after all?
Xiuzhu wore a light green doll-collared braid with a waist-hugging design that perfectly outlined her waist, and she had two modified pigtails on her head.
She came downstairs coquettishly, saying, "Sorry to have kept you waiting."
In fact, there was not a trace of embarrassment on his face, and it was obvious that he was just saying it casually.
"No, no, don't wait any longer. We just arrived." Dahu had a red face and was still stuttering as he looked at Xiuzhu.
Xiao Wei blinked her big eyes and said sincerely: "Fairy sister, you invited us to watch a movie. Thank you so much."
Xiuzhu felt refreshed when she was called "Fairy Sister". Well, she is the fairy, that's right!
Xiaowei is a 12-year-old girl. With her sweet talk, she has won the favor of Xiuzhu and ranks second in the four-member team.
Seeing the useless looks of the two people around him, Lin Yaowen secretly curled his lips.
Unfortunately, Xiuzhu, who just turned her head, discovered it.
Then he handed over the green plaid bag in his hand without any hesitation: "Help me hold the bag."
Lin Yaowen took it obediently with both hands. There was nothing he could do about it as he really had to take it.
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They went to the cinema in the west district of the city, which was about 20 minutes away by bike.
Lin Yaowen carried Xiuzhu and Dahu carried his sister. They chatted and laughed, and soon they arrived at their destination.
Since it was a weekday, not many people came to watch the movie.
The cabinet at the entrance of the cinema sells snacks such as soda, melon seeds, peanuts, etc.
After parking her bicycle, Xiuzhu went to buy four movie tickets, four bottles of soda and some peanuts and sunflower seeds.
The total cost was 1.4 yuan, and she asked Qu Wen to pay with the money in her bag.
At that time, a pound of high-quality pork cost 70 cents. It was quite luxurious and eye-catching for Xiuzhu and her friends, whose average age was less than 15 years old, to spend so much money at once.
Da Hu and Xiao Wei felt a little embarrassed, but after spending a few days together, they realized that Xiu Zhu was the type of person who didn't like to hear people nagging or making excuses, so they accepted it generously.
Although Xiuzhu had a silk scarf around her head, she was dressed fashionably and had a slim figure, which still attracted other people's attention.
She has been accustomed to the attention of passers-by since she was 14 years old, and she is used to it now.
He walked in with a few friends without any care, found a good seat and sat down.
The film I watched was called "The Battle of Shangganling", and the war scenes were portrayed in an extremely vivid and realistic way.
The film brings the audience into the battlefield filled with smoke and gunfire.
When the scene played showing a severe water shortage in the tunnel, Xiuzhu felt thirsty as well.
He quickly untied his scarf, drank some soda, and continued to concentrate on reading the telecom report.
There was a couple sitting in the front left. The man kept looking back, which made the girl sitting next to him feel a little strange.
Unhappy, he asked, "What's wrong with you? Did you meet someone you know?"
The man pursed his nose a little awkwardly: “It’s okay, let’s watch a movie.”
After a while, he couldn't help but look back.
The female companion beside her immediately became alert.
She squinted her eyes and looked back in the direction the man was looking.
In the slightly dim light of the cinema, there was a very conspicuous girl in the crowd.
Under the interweaving of light and shadow, her facial features appear particularly three-dimensional and delicate, and there is an indescribable agility and cuteness between her eyebrows and eyes.
Li Yurou thought of the man beside her who kept looking back, and her expression was a little unclear.
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