Chapter 38 Chapter 38 This movie has to be watched, right...

Early in the morning, Shen Moer got up, washed up, and went into the kitchen to cook porridge and pancakes. When breakfast was almost ready, Shen Shaoyuan also got up. The father and daughter hurriedly ate breakfast and went to the yard of the next brigade to ride a donkey cart.

Today is not the market day of the commune, but because Shen Moer is going to the county town, the brigade leader specially approved Uncle Liu to take her to the commune. Uncle Liu will wait in the commune until the afternoon and then pick her up. For the brigade, this is also a high-standard business trip treatment.

Shen Shaoyuan also benefited from this and no longer had to walk to the commune to work.

Because it was not a market day, not many people were taking the bus to the commune, so when Shen Moer passed by, she saw Zheng Jiamin leaning on the donkey cart and yawning crazily, and Fu Mingze, who was standing next to him with his hands on his knees and his face buried in his elbows, with only his head visible.

Zheng Jiamin yawned and greeted Shen Moer: "Comrade Shen Moer, come quickly!"

The head with thick black hair next to him immediately raised up, revealing a slightly sleepy and listless face. After seeing the person walking over, his eyes gradually became clear, and then for some reason his expression suddenly darkened.

Fu Mingze took the initiative to greet Shen Shaoyuan: "Uncle Shen Qi."

Then he nodded to Shen Moer expressionlessly, and soon buried his head back in his elbows.

Shen Moer was a little puzzled. She always felt that this person seemed to be in a bad mood this year. However, she saw Zheng Jiamin next to him yawning continuously, just like the old people in the village who often mentioned the addicts of smoking big cigarettes in ancient times. She guessed that it might be because he didn't sleep well.

She sat next to Zheng Jiamin. After the donkey cart started running, she saw Fu Mingze on the other side motionless, as if he had fallen asleep. She couldn't help asking Zheng Jiamin: "Did anything happen at your educated youth point last night?"

Zheng Jiamin shook his head, nodded, and said: "We found a nest of rats. It disturbed everyone in the middle of the night and we couldn't sleep. We had to get up and kill them."

So that's it.

Then why did you go to the commune so early in the morning? Can't you go another day?

Shen Mo'er felt strange, but she guessed that they might have something urgent to do and had to rush there today, so she didn't say anything more.

Staggering all the way to the commune, everyone got off the donkey cart. Several members of the purchasing station and the supply and marketing cooperative quickly left carrying bamboo baskets on their backs. Shen Shaoyuan hurried to work, gave his daughter a few words and then left. Shen Mo'er, Fu Mingze, and Zheng Jiamin were left behind.

Shen Mo'er said hello to the two of them and walked to the bus stop.

There is only one bus from Liuqiao Commune to the county seat. It leaves the commune in the morning and returns from the county seat in the afternoon. It only runs three times a week, on Wednesday, Friday and Sunday.

It is said that the bus was discarded from the county bus station, but even if it was a discarded bus, it was very popular and several communes were vying for it. Later, the county decided to let Liuqiao Commune and two nearby communes share the business. Liuqiao Commune got a bargain because of its good economic construction and got three days of business, while the other two communes only got two days.

It was impossible for the commune to build a station specifically for this bus that only ran three times a week. It only erected a sign on a small piece of land not far from the textile factory as a stop.

The original body had never been to the county seat, but the original body went to junior high school in the commune and was familiar with the commune's terrain. Shen Moer followed her memory and walked towards the stop. Not long after she walked, she felt something was wrong. She looked back and saw Fu Mingze and Zheng Jiamin walking slowly behind her. One was still yawning, while the other had a blank expression and gloomy eyes.

Shen Moer: "?"

She stopped and waited for them to come over, and asked, "Are you going to the textile factory?"

In this direction, the purchasing station and the supply and marketing cooperative have already passed. The sparrow market is in the other direction, and today is not a market day, so they can only go to the textile factory.

Oh, Qiaojie's home is in the dormitory of the textile factory area.

Just as she was thinking about it, she heard Zheng Jiamin say, "Let's go to the county."

Shen Moer was a little surprised, but then she was relieved. It turned out that they were going to the county. No wonder they had to get up even though they were so sleepy. After all, if they missed today, they would have to wait until next Wednesday to get a bus.

She smiled and said, "I'm going to the county too. It's a good opportunity for us to go together."

Zheng Jiamin: "I heard that you are going to the county to buy crayons and drawing paper for the children?"

Shen Moer nodded: "They are now practicing with fire sticks or pencils, and have not tried to draw colored pictures. I heard that the children of Dongfanghong Primary School all draw with crayons, and they can use crayons in the competition. I want to let them try it before participating in the competition."

Zheng Jiamin gave a thumbs up: "Come on!" He

remained silent. Fu Mingze suddenly interrupted: "Are you just going to buy crayons and drawing paper?"

Shen Moer looked at him. He seemed a little gloomy today. She thought it was because he didn't sleep well, so she didn't take it seriously. She said: "Yes, it's mainly to buy these two things. They are not sold in the commune. I heard that they are only available in the supply and marketing cooperative near Dongfanghong Primary School. Of course, I have never been to the county, so I just went to take a look. Fu Zhiqing, Zheng Zhiqing, how about you?"

Fu Mingze's face seemed to be better.

Zheng Jiamin had a look of despair on his face: "Let's go to the movies."

Shen Moer: "?"

She couldn't help asking: "Are there any particularly good movies recently?"

So good that if you didn't sleep well the night before, you would get up early in the morning and take a half-day drive to the county to watch them.

Speaking of this, Zheng Jiamin was even more speechless: "There is a new movie "Sha Jia Bang" released in August. My family mentioned it in the letter they wrote to me, but it probably hasn't been released here yet. We went to watch the old movie and re-accept the influence and baptism of revolutionary culture."

Oh, Fu Mingze's original words were: The countryside is indeed a broader world, but relatively speaking, the countryside is also a world with relatively poor culture. As educated youth, we must accept re-education from the poor and middle peasants and strive to train ourselves through labor, but at the same time we must not forget to frequently accept the influence and baptism of revolutionary culture, otherwise we will not be able to maintain high revolutionary enthusiasm at all times and truly make the best possible contribution to socialist construction.

As for why they had to go to the county on this tired and sleepy day, Fu Mingze said: If this little difficulty can knock you down, how can you build socialism.

After knowing each other for so long, it was the first time that Zheng Jiamin knew that Fu Mingze's ideological awareness was so high. He was very ashamed. After ten minutes of self-reflection, he firmly believed that he would make his greatest contribution to the construction of socialism and followed Fu Mingze to get on the donkey cart of the brigade.

At this moment, facing Shen Moer's indescribable expression, Zheng Jiamin couldn't help but have a little hesitation and doubt. His ideological awareness is now quite high... right?

Shen Moer didn't quite understand, but she quickly accepted Zheng Jiamin's statement.

She knew that the common people in this world have very noble moral sentiments, as well as a strong sense of conviction and honor. They are willing to make great sacrifices and contributions for the ideals and beliefs they speak of.

This is different from their Daliang. The common people in Daliang are more in awe of the imperial court, while the common people here really have a passion for their country.

She can't quite empathize with this feeling, but she thinks it's good.

Of course, it might be better if it could be a little less exaggerated.

The car was already waiting at the stop. It was the first time that Shen Moli saw a car up close. She didn't rush to get in the car, but stood outside and watched for a long time.

When Zheng Jiamin saw the car, he yawned and climbed up. Fu Mingze glanced at Shen Moer and then got into the car. After the two of them sat down, Fu Mingze used Zheng Jiamin's bag to find a window seat for Shen Moer in the front row. Then he leaned back and closed his eyes.

Shen Moer walked around the car for half a circle, marveling at it.

In fact, as a princess, she had seen all kinds of magnificent cars inlaid with gold and jade.

To be frank, the car in front of us is just a pile of iron shells and a few pieces of glass. No matter how rare glass is, it can be replaced by colored glaze. The iron shell is even less valuable... But the people in this world have the ability to turn decay into magic. The worthless iron shell can be turned into a car that can run by itself without the need for oxen or horses. In Daliang, this is a priceless treasure.

Shen Moer looked at it curiously for a while, and was about to get in the car when she heard someone calling her from behind: "Comrade Shen Moer."

She turned around and saw a somewhat surprised man: "Comrade Zhang Junliang."

Zhang Junliang asked with a complicated expression: "Are you going to the county?"

Shen Moer nodded: "Yes, I'm going to buy some things."

In her eyes, Zhang Junliang was just a stranger who had gone on a blind date with her once and had made it clear that she would not continue the relationship. It was enough to say hello, so she was about to leave, but Zhang Junliang stopped her again: "Comrade Shen Moer, Can we talk for a few words? "

Someone else was about to get on the bus at this time, so Shen Moer had to step aside and said, "Comrade Zhang,

is there something wrong?" Zhang Junliang asked directly, "Are you dissatisfied with me in some way?"

Zhang Junliang was very confident about this blind date. Shen Moer was good-looking and had decent conditions, but it was also true that she had a rural household registration, and her family also asked not to live in her husband's house but with her father-in-law. No matter from which aspect, Zhang Junliang felt that he should be the one with better conditions among the suitable candidates.

Especially after that blind date, Shen Moer also promised to consider watching a movie with him. Zhang Junliang thought that after watching one or two more movies and eating one or two meals together, the marriage should be settled.

But the next day, Section Chief Xu gave feedback, saying that the woman felt that the relationship was not suitable and rejected him.

Zhang Junliang was completely puzzled. He originally wanted to ask Section Chief Xu himself, but his mother became very emotional after knowing about it, and was determined not to let him contact Shen Moer again. He has been doing his mother's work these days. When he

suddenly saw her today, Zhang Junliang couldn't help it and asked directly.

It was unexpected, but also reasonable.

After all, apart from the blind date, she and Comrade Zhang had no other intersection. Shen Moer just didn't expect that Zhang Junliang would be so persistent in getting an answer to this matter that everyone knew about and generally no one would get to the bottom of.

She thought for a moment and said cryptically, "It's not that I'm dissatisfied with you, but that your family and personality are not suitable."

Zhang Junliang frowned, "We have learned about your family situation in advance."

He hesitated and asked, "Is it because of my mother? Are you worried that the relationship between mother

-in-law and daughter-in-law will be bad?" It was just a blind date, Shen Moer didn't want to comment on his mother, and only said vaguely, "Anyway, it's not suitable."

Zhang Junliang nodded, "I know."

Shen Moer breathed a sigh of relief and turned to walk towards the car door. When she was about to reach the door, she raised her eyes and met Fu Mingze's eyes who was looking out through the glass. Shen Moer smiled subconsciously, but Fu Mingze looked away expressionlessly as if he didn't see it.

People who didn't sleep well at night have a bad temper?

Shen Moer got on the bus. Comrade Zheng Jiamin, who also did not sleep well at night, warmly invited her to sit in the front row and saved a seat for her. He also gave her some fruit candies, saying that if she got carsick later, she would feel better if she put one in her mouth.

Passengers got on the bus one after another, and soon it was time to leave. Just as the door was about to close, someone ran up in a hurry.

Shen Moer leaned back in her chair and closed her eyes to rest, and she heard someone talking to the aunt sitting next to her. She opened her eyes and saw Zhang Junliang persuaded the aunt to sit in the back row with two green oranges.

She looked expressionlessly at Zhang Junliang sitting down next to her. Zhang Junliang was slightly embarrassed, and then explained palely: "My aunt's family is in the county, and I went to her house for something."

When he was talking, the driver suddenly honked the horn heavily, and the person standing in the middle of the road ran away quickly.

Shen Moer heard Zhang Junliang's explanation in the honking, but she didn't say anything, turning her head to look out the window.

She couldn't be so overbearing as to not allow people to visit relatives, right?

In the back seat, as soon as Zhang Junliang got on the bus, Zheng Jiamin nudged Fu Mingze with his elbow and said to Fu Mingze in a low voice, "Comrade Shen's blind date, they have an appointment, right? Oh, by the way, they agreed to go to the county to watch a movie."

Fu Mingze looked at the rumored textile factory technician expressionlessly. He heard him arguing with the auntie sitting next to Shen Moer for a long time, and finally exchanged seats for two oranges. He watched him sit next to Shen Moer, so half of his head was exposed above the car seat. He seemed to be saying something to Shen Moer... The sharp sound of the horn covered his voice.

Fu Mingze's face became darker and darker.

Zheng Jiamin was still whispering: "Should we not go to the movies? Comrade Shen will be embarrassed later."

Fu Mingze glanced at him calmly: "Is this your determination to accept the influence and baptism of revolutionary culture? A little difficulty and accident will make you retreat?"

Zheng Jiamin: "..."

You have to watch this movie, right!

Fu Mingze turned his head and ignored him. His eyes unconsciously fell on the gap between the front seat and the car window. In the narrow gap, the figure of the person in the front seat could be vaguely seen. She seemed to be looking out the window, as if there was something particularly attractive on the road.

The restlessness in my heart inexplicably dissipated a little.

Until the air was filled with the sweet and sour and refreshing aroma of citrus, Fu Mingze heard the man's voice: "Eat a few orange slices, it will make the ride more comfortable." Fu Mingze

frowned tightly.

After a brief silence, he heard Shen Moli's voice again: "No, thank you."

He didn't know if it was an illusion, but there was a bit of coldness and alienation in the voice.

Fu Mingze's wrinkled brows relaxed slightly.

Zheng Jiamin touched him with his elbow again, and said in an almost whisper: "The technician is quite proactive."

Fu Mingze closed his eyes directly.

In the front row, Shen Moli turned her head to look out the window again. In fact, she just closed her eyes and pretended to be asleep, and she probably thought that Zhang Junliang would be embarrassed to talk to her again. However, this was her first chance to see other parts of the world with her own eyes, and Shen Moer was unwilling to waste this rare opportunity because of Zhang Junliang.

The car sped along the road, raising dust all the way. On both sides of the road were patches of green and yellow farmland, and in the distance were villages of different heights.

Gradually, the buildings outside the window began to become denser, with more and more blue brick and tile houses. The houses looked more and more imposing. Then the farmlands disappeared, replaced by wide streets with people coming and going. At a certain moment, the car suddenly stopped with a bang, and the conductor raised his voice and said, "We have arrived at the station, get off--"

Zheng Jiamin had fallen asleep in a daze, and was frightened by the conductor's shout. He jumped up and woke up after a long while: "Hey, we're here!"

Then he shouted without thinking, "Comrade Shen Moer has arrived."

Zhang Junliang, who had just stood up, froze for a moment, turned his head to look at Zheng Jiamin, recognized him as the educated youth from last time, and his face suddenly became unhappy.

Zheng Jiamin didn't notice Jing'er at all. He greeted Zhang Junliang in a familiar manner and asked Shen Moer, "Do you want to buy the movie tickets first or the crayons first?"

In his opinion, since they had to watch this movie today, they would run into Shen Moer and the others no matter what, so they might as well be generous.

Zheng Jiamin didn't notice that after he finished speaking, Fu Mingze, who had just stood up, and Zhang Junliang, who was standing in the front row, almost simultaneously frowned.

Shen Moer had also stood up. She glanced at Zheng Jiamin and quickly realized that Zheng Jiamin had misunderstood. When she realized this, she couldn't help but glance at Fu Mingze.

Well, Fu Zhiqing was expressionless as always.

So she said, "Get off the car first."

After getting off the car, Shen Moer said coldly to Zhang Junliang, "Comrade Zhang, goodbye."

Zhang Junliang hesitated, and when he saw Zheng Jiamin getting off the car later, his expression became a little embarrassed, and he finally said, "Comrade Shen, I didn't expect you to be such a person."

After that, he turned around and left without looking back.

Shen Moer: "..."

Zheng Jiamin asked curiously: "Why did Comrade Zhang leave?"

Shen Moer replied: "He went to visit relatives."

Zheng Jiamin was surprised: "Ah, aren't you going to see a movie?"

Shen Moer looked at her with a "what nonsense are you talking about" expression, and asked back: "Aren't you the ones going to see a movie, to be influenced and baptized by revolutionary culture?"

She looked at Fu Mingze who was walking behind Zheng Jiamin, and her eyes indicated who were the two people who looked like they hadn't slept all night but were still determined to go to the city to watch a movie.

Zheng Jiamin: "..."

Although what Comrade Shen Moer said was normal, he felt inexplicably ridiculed.

Fortunately, he was not the only one who was ridiculed.

The two brothers stood on tiptoe and put their hands on Fu Mingze's shoulders: "Yes, we have firm ideals and beliefs, and we never forget to temper our will."

Fu Mingze, who had been gloomy and sleepy all the way, seemed to suddenly wake up after stepping on the land of the small county town. The autumn morning sunshine shone on his fair and handsome face, and seemed to make his eyes brighter.

He curled his lips and said, "The movie tickets can be bought later. Let's go buy crayons with Comrade Shen Moer first."

Zheng Jiamin turned his head and looked at him in confusion: "Buy crayons?"

Fu Mingze said as a matter of course: "As an educated youth in Yangliu Brigade, I should also contribute to the work of the brigade primary school."

Zheng Jiamin: "..."

I always feel that something is wrong, but it seems to make sense.

None of the three had been to the county seat and didn't know the way. Fortunately, the Dongfanghong Primary School was well-known in Jiangbei County. They found a passerby and she enthusiastically showed them the way.

They successfully found a supply and marketing cooperative near the Dongfanghong Primary School. Sure enough, there were crayons and drawing paper for sale. There were twelve colors of Hongzhuan brand crayons, and on the packaging box was a young boy holding a red gun with a heroic look.

The brigade approved a fee of three yuan, and crayons were ten cents a box. Shen Moer bought fifteen boxes directly, preparing two boxes for each person, leaving three boxes for mobile use. The rest of the money was used to buy drawing paper, pencils, and erasers.

After buying the crayons, today's main task was completed. Zheng Jiamin suggested going to the department store for a stroll, and Shen Moer and Fu Mingze had no objection.

The department store stood on the main street of the county town, with a total of four floors. It was the "landmark building" of Jiangbei County.

Unlike the commune supply and marketing cooperatives, where some shelves were often empty due to insufficient supply of materials, the shelves on each floor of the department store were filled with goods, which was a dazzling array.

Zheng Jiamin had just received a bunch of packages sent by his family. He had plenty of supplies at that time, so he didn't want to buy anything. Shen Moer and Fu Mingze were the kind of people who wouldn't spend money lavishly even if they had money in their pockets. So the three of them said they were just going for a stroll, and they really were just strolling.

Soon, they came to the place where bicycles were sold.

A row of seven or eight shiny black 28-bar bicycles were placed there, attracting many people to stop and watch. Someone whispered that these were a batch of Forever brand bicycles that had just arrived at the department store. It was a big brand and absolutely good stuff. Others said that despite the large number of bicycles, they would probably be sold out in a few days. Bicycles, especially those from big brands, have always been in high demand.

Shen Moer was very excited, but unfortunately she didn't have the precious bicycle ticket and didn't have enough money in her pocket to buy a bicycle, so she could only watch a few more times to satisfy her visual desire.

Fu Mingze saw her standing in front of the bicycle counter for a long time without moving, opened his mouth, and finally closed it.

The department store was not far from the cinema. With Zheng Jiamin's enthusiastic invitation and Fu Mingze's silent encouragement, Shen Moer agreed to watch the movie with them.

The main reason was that the bus back to the commune didn't leave until four o'clock in the afternoon, and the spare time in between was just right for watching a movie.

The three of them first had a bowl of noodles each at a nearby state-owned hotel, and then strolled to the cinema. The afternoon show happened to start in ten minutes, so they bought tickets and entered quickly.

It was an old movie, but Shen Moer was watching it with great interest. The original owner had seen this movie before, but seeing it in his memory was actually very different from seeing it in person. Moreover, this was Shen Moer's first time watching a movie, and it was much more interesting than the shadow play she watched in Daliang.

Zheng Jiamin had no idea how many times he had seen it, but seeing Shen Moer watching it seriously, he suddenly felt that he was still not aware enough, so he gradually became more involved in the movie.

Only Fu Mingze, in the bright and dim light and shadow, could not help but turn his head to look at the people around him.