Sun Xiaohui raised her hand to stroke Ruan Yuejin's back, and only breathed a sigh of relief when she saw him calm down. She looked back at the old tailor's house with the basket in her hand, thought for a while and said, "Forget it, let's go back first, we'll come back in the afternoon."
Ruan Yuejin had just had a quarrel, and even if he hadn't quarreled with the old tailor, it would not be appropriate to go back immediately, as the old tailor probably wouldn't be able to say anything good. If they quarreled directly in anger, they would not be able to become his apprentice.
After Ruan Yuejin calmed down, he didn't say anything about being angry and not learning. Moreover, he really couldn't adjust his mentality and go in to curry favor with the old man with a smile, so he went home with Sun Xiaohui first.
After arriving home, Sun Xiaohui took an egg from the basket, went to the ground to pick a scallion, and made a scrambled egg with scallion for Ruan Yuejin.
The scrambled egg was brought to the table and placed in front of Ruan Yuejin. Sun Xiaohui coaxed him, saying, "Don't take it to heart. Just think of it as a fart. How many people in the mountains have been pissed off by him, not just you. If it weren't for learning the craft, would we care about him?"
Ruan Yuejin picked up the chopsticks to eat the egg. The egg was oily and had the fresh fragrance of scallions. It was tender and smooth on the tip of the tongue, and when it went down his throat and stomach, his depressed and bad mood immediately improved a lot.
Sure enough, there is no bad mood that can't be solved by delicious food. His
mood improved. Looking at the scrambled eggs with spring onions in front of him, which he had rarely eaten, he thought again, after learning how to cook, he would have good food and clothes every day, so it was not completely unbearable to be a little angry now.
He had a temper and wanted to save face, but he was not short-sighted and could see far ahead.
If he could endure the old tailor's temper and learn the craft from him, he would be able to live the same life as the old tailor in the future.
The old tailor dared to be so arrogant on Fengming Mountain, wasn't it just because he had this craft, what else did he rely on?
Did he rely on the fact that he was an old bachelor, homeless, without
people to take care of? If he relied on this, he would have been beaten to death long ago.
There was not much left from the scrambled egg, and he ate it clean in two or three bites.
Ruan Yuejin was still not satisfied after finishing the scrambled eggs, but he felt completely comfortable in his heart. He put down his chopsticks and looked at Sun Xiaohui. He changed his tone and expression and said seriously, "Mom, don't worry, I won't give up. When I learn the skill, I will take you and dad Yuehua to enjoy the good life together."
Sun Xiaohui was happy to hear this, and said with a smile, "I knew that our Yuejin is a promising child."
Ruan Yuejin regained his confidence. "I will go there by myself in the afternoon, you don't have to send me. After the experience in the morning, I am mentally prepared now. No matter what bad words he says, even if he points at my nose and scolds me, I will not get angry. I will just treat it as fart."
Sun Xiaohui smiled with wrinkles on her face, "That's right!"
Hearing some bad words will not hurt you. What matters is that you can learn and eat meat.
At noon, Ruan Changgui came back and saw the half basket of eggs still at home. He knew that Ruan Yuejin had not been able to become his master, which was also within his expectations. When they were eating, they sat at the table. He looked at Ruan Yuejin and asked, "Does the old tailor not want you?"
Ruan Yuejin said, "It's not decided yet. I'll go over in the afternoon."
Ruan Changgui sneered, "Don't bother. It's not easy to be the apprentice of the old tailor."
Sun Xiaohui raised her hand and patted Ruan Changgui, whispering, "You are discouraging your child again. It's not easy to be the apprentice of the old tailor. How did Xiaoxi become one? If she can do it, can't your son? Yuejin should be a boy
, right?" Ruan Changgui certainly hoped that his son could do it. If Ruan Yuejin could do it, and become a tailor after learning, wouldn't he be the one who would be proud and have a good life in the future? He is Ruan Yuejin's biological father.
Just because he also had hope, he did not stop Sun Xiaohui from borrowing eggs. If
he really didn't agree, Ruan Yuejin would not be able to go to the old tailor's house to become his apprentice.
He stopped saying those discouraging words and just said, "Okay, I won't say anything more. Yuejin, don't embarrass me. Your mother has spent a lot of time and effort on your affairs. Even for your mother, you have to learn this craft."
Ruan Yuejin nodded with bated breath, "I will learn it."
Ruan Changgui patted him on the shoulder, "Just have confidence!"
In the afternoon, Sun Xiaohui and Ruan Changgui went to work together, Ruan Yuehua went to have fun with his group of children of the same age, and Ruan Yuejin went to the old tailor's house again with half a basket of eggs.
He came at the wrong time. The old tailor was taking a nap at home with the gate locked.
He knocked on the door for a long time but no one answered, so he put down the eggs and sat on the doorstep to wait.
There was nothing to do while waiting, so he picked up a small stone and shook it in his hand, throwing it out, catching it, and throwing it out again.
He didn't know how long he waited, but heard the sound of the bolt from the gate. He hurriedly picked up the basket and stood up. He turned around to face the gate of the yard, and when the gate opened, he happened to stand face to face with the old tailor.
When the old tailor saw him, he paused for a moment, didn't give him a good look, and turned directly into the yard.
Ruan Yuejin followed him in carrying a basket and said, "Master Song, please think about it again. I came to you because I really want to learn a skill. I also brought you half a basket of eggs that I have saved at home for a long time."
The old tailor sat down on the rocking chair and looked at him. "You are not cut out to be a tailor. Don't waste your time with me here. Go and do what you should do while I am in a good mood and can speak nicely."
Ruan Yuejin was not convinced. "You haven't even taught me yet. How do you know I'm not cut out to be a tailor? Is Ruan Xi a tailor? You probably recognized her because she is a girl, pretty, sweet-mouthed and can act nice, right?" The
old tailor's eyes darkened and he stared at Ruan Yuejin.
Seeing that he was scolding her without opening his mouth but just staring at her with that look, Ruan Yuejin suddenly felt goosebumps all over his body, the hairs on his body stood up, and he subconsciously held his breathing.
The old tailor did not scold him for the first time. He suddenly said, "You seem to look down on that girl."
Ruan Yuejin adjusted his breathing and said, "It's not that I look down on her, but she doesn't have any ability. What kind of ability can a girl have? She can only do laundry, sew, mend and cook at home, but she can't even do the sewing work well."
The old tailor smiled and said, "From what you said, you know her well."
Ruan Yuejin said, "She is my cousin. We grew up together. Of course, I..."
As he said this, he suddenly remembered what Sun Xiaohui said. Sun Xiaohui asked him not to mention his parents and family because Sun Xiaohui had misunderstood Ruan Xi before, and the old tailor might not have a good impression of her. He was afraid that it would affect his apprenticeship.
He stopped talking and wanted to bite off his tongue.
The old tailor just stared at him without showing any emotion. He just said, "So that's how it is..."
Ruan Yuejin's heart was pounding, thinking that the old tailor might not have taken the previous incident seriously, and didn't remember his mother Sun Xiaohui. After all, he was so old, in his seventies, it was normal for him to have a bad memory.
He steadied his breath and continued, "It's like this."
The old tailor lay down on the rocking chair, "Okay, then, put the eggs down, and go clean my room first, inside and outside. No one has cleaned it for a few days, and it's very dirty."
Ruan Yuejin wanted to be happy but didn't dare to be happy, holding his breath to confirm: "Are you willing to teach me?"
The old tailor: "Of course I am willing to , you are so smart, if I don't teach you, isn't it my loss? It's just right for you to compete with that girl Ruan Xi to see who of you learns better. You can't be worse than a girl, right? "
Ruan Yuejin didn't understand the meaning of the old tailor's words, and laughed directly, saying: "That's definitely not the case!"
After saying that, he immediately turned around to find a broom, picked up the broom and rushed into the house to sweep the floor excitedly.
The old tailor lay on the rocking chair, closed his eyes, and whispered: "Precious weapon."
The sun fell to the west and fell to the edge of the horizon.
Ruan Xi and Ling Yao had walked on the mountain road for two days, and they were no longer as excited as at the beginning. But the two of them didn't look tired or annoyed. They encouraged each other along the way, saying that they would be there soon if they held on for a while.
Both of them knew the principle of "looking at plums quenches thirst", so they imagined that there were a bunch of plums not far away.
Ling Yao remembered the way up the mountain. He looked at the road, then at the setting sun and said, "We are really going to get there this time."
Ruan Xi smiled at him and panted slightly, saying, "Then let's keep going, and do it in one go."
Ling Yao said "hmm" and stretched out his hand to Ruan Xi.
Ruan Xi put her hand on his palm, and then the two of them held each other's hand and continued to walk step by step towards the commune. It didn't take long for them to walk like this, and they really arrived at the commune.
After successfully reaching their destination, the two of them became happy again and instantly felt refreshed.
At this time, the sun had not completely set. Ruan Xi and Ling Yao walked around the small street of the commune. While walking, they saw a noodle stall, so they sat down and ordered two bowls of dandan noodles. It was also a good time to take a breath and rest.
While sitting at the small table waiting for the noodles, Ruan Xi kept bending over and rubbing his legs.
Ling Yao folded his arms and rested his chin on his arms, and the whole person was in a state of emptiness.
Ruan Xi raised his head after rubbing his legs. Seeing him like this, he couldn't help but smile and asked, "Are you tired?"
Ling Yao's expression was still empty, and his eyes didn't move. "Living in the mountains is really not easy."
Ruan Xi sighed and replied, "Yes."
So walking out of the mountains is not as easy as it sounds. It's so difficult to walk out with your legs, let alone walking out in terms of life. In this era, the possibility of walking out is even slim.
Ruan Xi was also very tired, so she folded her arms and placed them on the edge of the table, and lay down to rest.
With her chin resting on her arms, she faced Ling Yao and made eye contact.
The two looked at each other in the same posture for a moment, and it was unknown who laughed first, but they suddenly laughed together.
Ruan Xi stopped laughing first, looked at Ling Yao and whispered, "Hey, you are really good-looking, the kind of handsome brother that everyone likes." As she spoke, she stretched out her hand and pinched Ling Yao's face, "So tender."
So tender and well-behaved, if he was her own brother, she would have to pinch him a few more times every day.
Ling Yao was slightly stunned, and a hot spot unconsciously appeared on his ears.
But before it spread to his face, their dandan noodles were ready.
Seeing the noodles being served, the two of them straightened up.
After two days of eating dry food and walking for two days, it was rare to eat something hot and delicious. Ruan Xi couldn't wait to pick up the chopsticks on the bowl and directly picked up a chopstick of noodles and ate it, with a happy light in her eyes.
But she felt it was not spicy enough, so she called the stall owner again: "Do you have red oil chili?"
The stall owner brought her a small bowl of chili, and she added half a spoonful to the bowl, and then she felt it was tasty enough.
Ling Yao only ate the chili in the bowl, which was enough.
Ruan Xi looked at his red lips and face, and couldn't help laughing: "You can't eat spicy food?"
Ling Yao swallowed the noodles in his mouth, "I couldn't eat it before, but now I can eat it, but it's too spicy."
Ruan Xi took a bite of the meat sauce in the bowl and asked Ling Yao: "I forgot to ask, where are you from?"
Ling Yao said: "Shenhai."
Ruan Xi blinked - yes, he is indeed a kid from a big city.
She continued to ask: "It must be very beautiful there."
Ling Yao nodded, "Yes."
The two of them took a bite of noodles, and suddenly said in unison -
"I will take you to see it if I have the chance..."
"I will take me to see it if I have the chance..."
The last syllable was not finished, and the two looked at each other's eyes for a moment, and then laughed together tacitly.
The setting sun disappeared the last ray of light, and the sky was getting dark.
Ruan Yuejin dragged his tired body from Jinguan Village to Fengyan Village. When he got home, Sun Xiaohui had just finished preparing dinner. He was very tired, and without even saying hello, he went straight into the main room, put down the empty basket, and went to the room to lie on the bed.
Sun Xiaohui and Ruan Changgui did not call him. After the dinner was served on the table, Ruan Yuehua came in with chopsticks and called him, "Brother, get up and eat."
Ruan Yuejin took a breath, climbed out of the bed, and went out to sit at the table.
Sun Xiaohui handed the chopsticks to him, looked at him and asked, "What's wrong? The old tailor still hasn't agreed to teach you?"
Ruan Yuejin pointed to the empty basket on the side, "He even kept the eggs, how could he not agree?"
Sun Xiaohui's eyes lit up when she heard this, and her tone of voice suddenly changed: "So he is willing to teach you?"
Ruan Yuejin was a little proud and nodded, "Of course."
Sun Xiaohui slapped her thigh happily, and said with a smile: "Oh, that's great! I said a long time ago that you are much better than Xiaoxi, how could the old tailor not agree!"
Then she asked again: "What did he teach you today?"
Ruan Yuejin was a little unhappy when talking about this, and sighed, "He didn't teach me anything. The old bachelor made me do things for a long time. Sometimes I was sweeping the floor, sometimes I was wiping the tables and benches, and sometimes I was asked to weed the fields. He treated me like a cow."
Sun Xiaohui's mouth drooped unconsciously, but immediately raised it again, "He must be testing you, you just have to hold on. There's nothing wrong with helping him do some work, as long as I can learn the skill."
Ruan Yuejin nodded, "I think so too."
Ruan Changgui said in approval, "You can do this!" "I think it means you have grown up. Since he promised to teach you, you should follow him and learn well. Don't complain about being tired after a little hardship. This is much easier than mining."
Ruan Yuejin knew that he would have to go to the mountain to mine even if he couldn't learn it, so he nodded again, "I will, Dad."
The invisible tail behind Sun Xiaohui rose up, and she was a little carried away. She said happily: "Study hard, study hard, you will definitely be better than those people taught by the old tailor before, and it would be best if you can squeeze out the stream."
Before Ruan Yuejin could respond, Ruan Changgui's face suddenly turned gloomy.
He looked at Sun Xiaohui unhappily and said, "Sun Xiaohui, what's wrong with you? Have you forgotten about the grape incident last time? Now you are trying to sow discord between Yue Jin and Xiaoxi as siblings. Don't forget that you are Xiaoxi's second mother!"
Sun Xiaohui was scolded and immediately frowned. She lowered her voice and whispered, "I am her second mother, but I don't see her treating me as her second mother. Does she treat you as her second uncle? You followed the old tailor to make clothes and brought back half a chicken and a dollar. Did you taste a piece of chili? You are really her second uncle and second mother. You can't even be polite? Even if I misunderstood her and offended her, you and Yue Jin and Yue Hua did not do that. Why doesn't she know how to be polite?"
Ruan Changgui looked at Sun Xiaohui and held his breath, but said nothing.
This incident really made him angry for several days. He smelled the aroma of spicy chicken all night, but he didn't eat a single bite, not even a sip of the juice. It was really unpleasant.
Seeing that he didn't say anything, Sun Xiaohui continued, "You treat her as your niece, but she treats us as outsiders, or even enemies. If the old tailor only teaches us to jump in with one person, and then we jump in with delicious food and drinks, and get our wages, so that they can only drool with envy, then will the anger be relieved?"
Ruan Changgui was completely speechless. He lowered his eyebrows and stuffed a piece of kohlrabi into his mouth, biting it with a crunching sound.
Ruan Yuehua was young but could understand what was said. He suddenly said loudly, "Mom is right! We also want to eat meat. Don't let them eat it! Let them drool! Let them cry!"
He cried all night that day, and his fifth uncle and his cousin laughed at him!
Sun Xiaohui sneered at Ruan Yuehua, "Be quiet, don't let your grandma hear, I don't want to quarrel with her."
Ruan Yuehua also knew that his grandma was powerful, so he pursed his lips and didn't say anything.
After a long time, Ruan Yuejin suddenly said, "I will."
The breath he was holding back was really coming out.
In the side room, Ruan Zhigao, Liu Xinghua, Ruan Changsheng and Ruan Jie were also having dinner. They heard Ruan Yuehua's voice, but after all, they were in two rooms, separated by two walls, so they didn't hear clearly what he said.
They were not interested in what Sun Xiaohui and Ruan Changgui said, their hearts were all thinking about Ruan Xi. Ruan Zhigao said while eating, "If Xiaoxi hadn't been stuck on the road, she should have reached the commune by now."
Ruan Changsheng looked very dissatisfied, "My eldest niece is not loyal enough. She went to the commune to play by herself, and didn't even bring me, her fifth uncle, with her. I usually treat her so well and give her all the delicious food. If she took me with her, I would carry her on my back and we would have reached the commune in one day."
Ruan Zhigao rolled his eyes at him. "Yes! You can fly!"
Ruan Changsheng snorted and laughed, "Of course not."
He was puzzled again, "What do you think she is thinking? Recently, she likes to play with the little fool in the hanging building, and even takes him with her to the commune. That silly boy is just a... fool except that he looks good!"
Ruan Zhigao was too lazy to pay attention to him. Ruan Jie said beside him: "Fifth uncle, Ling Yao is not a fool, he just looks a little stupid. Looking stupid does not mean that the person is stupid. Sister said that he is cute and adorable."
"What do you mean by cute?"
Ruan Changsheng rolled up his sleeves to show off his arm muscles: "A man should look like a man!"
Liu Xinghua almost couldn't help wanting to slap him, and hurriedly told him: "Hurry up and eat, eating can't stop your mouth."
Ruan Changsheng put down his arms and snorted, "You didn't even know that your granddaughter was kidnapped."
Liu Xinghua rolled her eyes at him: "What nonsense are you talking about, a thirteen or fourteen-year-old kid, what do you know?"
Ruan Changsheng pointed directly at Ruan Jie, "Ask her, ask her if she understands."
Ruan Jie reached out and hit Ruan Changsheng's hand, "Fifth Uncle, eat your meal quickly!"
Ruan Changsheng became even more excited, "See, she doesn't let me speak!"
Ruan Zhigao really annoyed his noise, and suddenly kicked him hard under the table, making him scream, and said with disgust on his face: "Do you know that you are so noisy! Shut up!"
Ruan Changsheng rubbed his leg and shut up.
The table was quiet for a while, and Liu Xinghua spoke again: "I heard that today Sun Xiaohui took Yue Jin to Jinguan Village to find the old tailor to be his apprentice, and brought half a basket of eggs. When Yue Jin came back just now, I saw that the eggs were gone."
Ruan Zhigao was slightly stunned, and looked at Liu Xinghua, "Why? He also wants to be a tailor?"
Liu Xinghua said: "Seeing Xiaoxi taking grapes, roosters and wages home, someone must be jealous, I'm afraid it's bleeding. While Xiaoxi is away from home at the commune these days, take advantage of the opportunity to find the old tailor to be his apprentice."
Ruan Zhigao: "Yue Jin is also your grandson, don't say such weird things. If he can learn, it is his own ability, and it will also be a good thing for our Ruan family. All the grandchildren will have a promising future."
Liu Xinghua: "If he only wants to learn the craft, I have no objection. I am afraid that Sun Xiaohui has bad intentions and will instigate Yue Jin to not learn well, not to focus on the right things, and think of ways to bully Xiaoxi."
Ruan Changsheng heard this and said, "If he dares, I will be the first to hammer him to death!"
Ruan Zhigao thought about Sun Xiaohui's recent performance, took a breath and said, "If she does something bad behind my back again, and Yue Jin also fails to learn well, I will do what I say and kick the four of them out and let them fend for themselves!"
Liu Xinghua couldn't help sighing, "How did you raise such a thing as the second child?"
Everyone is a wise person, and she doesn't protect her son. Sun Xiaohui was able to do this again and again because Ruan Changgui supported her from behind. If it weren't for Ruan Changgui's tacit approval, Sun Xiaohui might not dare to do this.
The couple are of the same kind, except that Sun Xiaohui is more cunning and has more ideas, and she always takes the lead in everything. Ruan Changgui was silent behind the scenes, as if he had nothing to do with it, but it is impossible that everything has nothing to do with him.
Ruan Zhigao said: "A dragon has nine sons, and there is always a leper."
Ruan Changsheng burst out laughing when he heard this and asked Ruan Zhigao: "Then what am I?"
Ruan Zhigao: "You are a fly!"
Ruan Changsheng's expression was cold: "..." Ruan
Zhigao: "It's endless, buzz buzz buzz buzz..."
Ruan Changsheng: "..."
Ruan Jie held the bowl, looked at Ruan Changsheng's face, and laughed so hard that his whole body was shaking.
Ruan Xi and Ling Yao finished their noodles at the noodle stall and strolled around the street.
The part about the commune in her original memory was very vague, and Ruan Xi didn't know where her third aunt's home was. So she asked for her third uncle's name along the way, and when the dusk deepened, she took Ling Yao to find her third aunt's home.
Seeing that the door was half open, Ruan Xi raised her hand and knocked on the door a few times.
No one answered, so she knocked a few more times and shouted: "Is anyone home? Aunt and uncle, are you home?"
This time someone answered, and just asked: "Who is it?"
Ruan Xi watched a woman walk out of the house. She had short hair and wore a gray cloth dress. She looked exactly like her third aunt Ruan Cuizhi in her memory, but she was a little older, so she smiled and said: "Third aunt, it's me."
Ruan Cuizhi hadn't been back to her parents' home in recent years, and she was stunned when she saw Ruan Xi. Then after a while, her eyes lit up, and she grabbed Ruan Xi and said, "It's Xiaoxi, you've grown up so fast, I almost didn't recognize you."
Girls grow up very fast in the past few years, and their height and figure change every year.
Ruan Xi smiled and said, "You haven't been back for a long time, grandpa and grandma miss you so much, they asked me to come and see you."
When it comes to going back to her mother's home, Ruan Cuizhi couldn't help but sigh, but didn't say much, and directly let Ruan Xi into the house. Seeing that there was a little boy behind her who looked unfamiliar, she asked again, "Who is this?"
Ruan Xi introduced her, "My friend, from the village."
"Oh." Ruan Cuizhi nodded, "Come in quickly."
Ling Yao greeted politely, "Hello, ladies."
Ruan Cuizhi led Ruan Xi and Ling Yao into the house, took out two white porcelain bowls, and poured a bowl of boiled water for each of them.
Ruan Xi and Ling Yao sat down to drink water after entering the house. After the water moistened her throat, Ruan Xi realized that Ruan Cuizhi was the only one in the house. It was quite late, and she was a little curious, so she put down the white porcelain bowl and asked, "Where are your uncle and cousins?" When
Ruan Xi asked this, Ruan Cuizhi suddenly remembered and said hurriedly, "By the way, you came at the right time today. There will be a movie on the playground of Tianfeng Middle School tonight. Your uncle and cousins have gone to grab seats early. Do you want to go and see it?" Showing
a movie?
Ruan Xi turned her head and looked at Ling Yao, and the two looked at each other for a moment.
No one goes to show movies on the mountain, and Ling Yao has not watched a movie in the four years since she went up the mountain. The original body also had no experience of watching a movie. She had come to the town once with Liu Xinghua before, but she didn't catch up with such a good thing.
After looking at Ling Yao, the two stood up from the bench together.
Ruan Xi said, "Then let's go and take a look."
Ruan Cuizhi stood up and said, "If you want to go, hurry up. There are probably no good seats left now. You have to squeeze at the back and may not be able to see the pictures. If you can't see, listen for the sound, put down your things, go quickly, and come back after you finish looking."
Hearing this, Ruan Xi took off his schoolbag, and Ling Yao also took off his schoolbag and water bottle.
Ruan Cuizhi took their schoolbags and water bottles, and then remembered something and asked hurriedly: "Have you eaten yet? If not, take the steamed buns from home to fill your stomach, and I will make you some food when I come back."
Ruan Xi hurriedly said: "Aunt, we have eaten, and we haven't finished the dry food in the schoolbag yet."
Ruan Cuizhi didn't say anything else and told them to go quickly.
She knew that the children in the village had never seen a movie, and it was a rare opportunity to encounter this, so she had to let Ruan Xi go to see it.
As a person who has already integrated into this era, Ruan Xi really wanted to watch a movie, as if she had never seen a movie in her life. So she didn't waste any time, took Ling Yao out and ran away. It just so happened that
when they were asking for Ruan Cuizhi's house just now, they passed by the vicinity of Tianfeng Middle School, so there was no need to ask for directions now, they just ran straight to the direction of Tianfeng Middle School. Because there was something new in front of them, Ruan Xi and Ling Yao temporarily forgot about being tired. They ran to Tianfeng Middle School and saw that the playground was crowded with people. Because they were short, they couldn't see the whole screen at the back, they could only see a small part of it. Ruan Xi tried to tiptoe, "I can't see it at all." Ling Yao was taller than her, but he couldn't see the whole screen either, "I can't see it either." He tried to tiptoe, wondering if he could lift Ruan Xi up or something, so that he could make a sound and let Ruan Xi see the screen. As a result, he turned around and suddenly found that Ruan Xi, who was standing next to him, was gone. His heart sank, and he turned around and looked around, shouting: "Xixi!" After shouting a few times, he didn't find Ruan Xi, but he heard Ruan Xi's voice calling him: "Zi Zi! Here!" Ling Yao tried hard to identify the direction of the sound, but because there were too many people around and the sound was noisy, he couldn't hear where it came from. So he tried to listen to the sound and looked around. Finally, he saw Ruan Xi on a tree. It was a locust tree next to the playground, with branches and green leaves like a hat. Now it was past the flowering season, and there were no strings of flowers hanging on the tree. He ran to the bottom of the locust tree in a few steps and looked up at the tree. Ruan Xi sat on a branch and lowered his head and called him, "Boy! Come up quickly!" Ling Yao responded and tried to find the posture and feeling of climbing a tree below, but he failed to climb up after several attempts. He has never been a naughty child since he was young. He doesn't know how to break into doors, pick locks, climb trees, or fight. Seeing that he couldn't get up, Ruan Xi had to come down a little and handed his hand to him so that he could hold on to it and climb up. Ling Yao pulled Ruan Xi's hand and finally climbed up, sitting opposite Ruan Xi on the tree. Exhaling, Ling Yao held the tree trunk and said, "I didn't expect you could climb trees."
Ruan Xi chuckled, "It's quite unexpected that I can actually climb trees."
This is not her own ability, but a physical memory.
After the two of them sat down, they adjusted their breathing for a moment and looked down from the tree. Although it was a little far from the movie screen, at least they could see the entire picture, and it was quite clear. The sound was naturally audible because there was a speaker.
The movie hasn't started yet, and the light and shadow of the projector are projected on the white screen. There are many people and children who are crowded and scrambling to play with shadows. Some are jumping around pretending to be rabbits, and some are using their fingers to make a pigeon, flapping their wings and flying.
Ruan Xi looked at the shadows on the screen and asked curiously, "I don't know what movie it is."
Ling Yao came here with her and had not communicated with anyone since arriving here, so he naturally didn't know what movie it was, so he continued Ruan Xi's words and said, "We'll know in a minute."
Ruan Xi leaned her head against the tree trunk and said, "I'm lucky this time. I haven't seen a movie in my life."
Ling Yao said, "I haven't seen one in a long time either."
The two of them sat on the tree and waited for a while, until the image on the screen suddenly flashed, and someone shouted loudly, "Hurry up and sit down, don't play, the movie is starting!"
The child in front was obedient and soon sat down and disappeared.
The projector squeaked and the voices gradually became quieter, and the playground soon became completely quiet.
The music with a very old-fashioned feel started to play. Ruan Xi perked up a little and looked at the subtitles on the screen that were shaking slightly. Movies of this era seemed to be like this, with the subtitles shaking slightly.
The name of the studio was followed by the name of the movie. Ruan Xi looked at the screen and read it out in a low voice: "Heroic Sons and Daughters, adapted from Ba Jin's novel "Reunion."
After reading, she looked at Ling Yao, "Have you seen it?"
Ling Yao nodded, "I have seen it before, but I can't remember the specific plot."
Ruan Xi smiled, "Then watch it again."
In the era when there were very few entertainment programs, no one would feel bored even if they watched it ten or twenty times, let alone twice. Watching movies was almost a sacred thing at that time. People would watch whatever the projectionist showed.
The profession of projectionist was also a good job, and everyone respected it and had a high status.
No matter where the movie is shown, the local officials will treat them with delicious food and drinks.
After the movie started, no one spoke loudly, and those who spoke quietly could hardly be heard, so Ruan Xi and Ling Yao stopped chatting. The two of them sat on the tree, looking at the movie screen from a distance, and immersed in the plot of the movie with everyone else.
Ruan Xi was quite excited when she heard that there was a movie on the playground, but when she actually sat down to watch it, she gradually became less excited. After all, this was not her first time watching a movie, and she had watched countless movies.
If it was really her first time watching a movie, she would probably be so excited that she would watch the movie from beginning to end, and she would watch the whole thing without missing a minute even if it was shown all night. But now she was no longer excited and began to feel sleepy.
She had walked for two days on the mountain road to get here. She slept very little last night near the hot spring. The movie scene in front of her could not stimulate her excitement, so it slowly became a hypnotic.
Ruan Xi wanted to hold on and shook her head a few times to keep herself awake.
But after shaking her head a few times, this trick was completely ineffective. So she put her forehead on the tree trunk and blinked slowly at the movie screen. Her eyes became smaller and smaller, and slower and slower, and finally she fell asleep against the tree trunk.
Ling Yao didn't notice at first, but when he saw that she closed her eyes, he called her twice.
Realizing that Ruan Xi was so tired that she fell asleep, he didn't make a sound to wake her up. He found a convenient position on the tree, holding Ruan Xi's arm with one hand to prevent her from falling asleep, and reached out with the other hand to cushion her face.
He used his palm to separate her face from the bark, preventing her face from rubbing against the hard and rough bark.
The sound of the movie echoed throughout the town, and Ruan Xi fell asleep on the old locust tree.
After sleeping for a while, she seemed to feel uncomfortable. She moved her head slightly and rubbed her face on the back of Ling Yao's hand a few times.
After rubbing, she stopped moving and slept more and more soundly against the back of Ling Yao's hand.
The sound of the movie in the speaker was very loud.
Ling Yao felt that the whole world had quieted down.
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