Chapter 16
Gu Shian volunteered to be the queue man, while Lin Yao enjoyed her leisure time and leisurely ran to the shade of the tree to fan her hands and enjoy the coolness.
There was a Red Star cold drink factory at the entrance of the cinema. It was opened by Germans before liberation. After liberation, the Germans ran away, and the cold drink factory has continued to this day. The cold drinks in several small towns near Yunshui County and even the provincial capital are all supplied by the Red Star cold drink factory.
These days, the cold drink factory also has its own small vendors selling ice cream popsicles. Banana ice cream is packed in paper boxes and is more expensive, costing one dime. Popsicles are relatively cheap, with red bean paste popsicles costing two cents each and red bean popsicles costing three cents each.
However, banana ice cream these days has a lot of saccharin added, and it tastes so sweet that it makes you choke.
Lin Yao prefers to eat sweet red bean paste popsicles.
It was just getting cooler in the evening, but when we lined up, the heat rose again, and the leaves of the old locust trees on the roadside curled up.
Lin Yao's face was sluggish from the heat, and even the small handkerchief in her hand was not happy.
A new movie was released, and more and more young men and women lined up at the door of the cinema to watch the movie, including many parents with families. As the number of people increased, the small vendors on the street became crowded, selling melon seeds, salted peanuts, spiced broad beans, and cold soda and popsicles.
Although Gu Shian is a straight man, he is very thoughtful. He went to the street silently, and when he came back, he had a bag of spiced silkworms, two bottles of soda, and a red bean popsicle in his big hands.
He handed the snacks in his hand to Lin Yao.
Lin Yao was still fanning herself with her hands because it was too hot, and asked in surprise, "For me?"
Gu Shian nodded.
Lin Yao took it with a smile, and her mouth was so sweet to have something to eat, "Thank you, how do you know I like to eat red bean popsicles? Did Sister Chunmei tell you? Hey, Sister Chunmei really knows me, this spiced silkworm bean is delicious, do you want to try it?"
As she said that, she pinched a spiced silkworm bean with her slender and tender white hands and put it to Gu Shian's lips.
Thanks to the dark sky, people around were taking care of their kids or craning their necks to read posters. Their minds were not here. If it was in broad daylight, Lin Yao would not have been so open to give Gu Shian the silkworm beans. Don’t be
fooled by Gu Shian’s calmness. He ate the silkworm beans handed to him by the little girl naturally.
In fact, his handsome face was so hot that it couldn’t be hotter.
Lin Yao chased him and asked, "Are silkworm beans delicious? Do you want to have another one?"
For some reason, she liked to see Gu Shian embarrassed and speechless.
Gu Shian didn’t know whether to answer or not.
She chased too hastily and didn’t notice that they were too close in the dark. When she got closer, the corner of her lips touched Gu Shian’s thin lips.
Lin Yao: "!!!"
They were both stunned on the spot.
A silver-haired old lady happened to pass by. Seeing the two people looking at each other, she smiled and sighed to her husband, "Old man, young people are still good. Look how good the relationship between the young couple is."
The eldest grandfather also laughed.
"Young man, you are in a good time now. The young couple is really a good match. It is right to have a baby while you are still young."
"No..."
Lin Yao's face turned red. She finally realized what she was doing and ran to the tree with the broad bean in her arms without saying anything.
Gu Shian breathed a sigh of relief and continued to queue.
Because of this little episode, today's movie was a bit awkward. When the movie was playing in the movie, it was pitch black all around without any light.
The black and white movie screen flickered, and the light and shadow intertwined. Lin Yao changed her previous laziness and sat there to watch the movie.
Gu Shian sat next to her. The Yunshui County Cinema was in the shape of a ladder from north to south, divided into two sides, east and west. There were hundreds of hardwood seats on each side, and the space was narrow, leaving only one person to pass sideways.
On the one hand, this was to facilitate the young couples who came to watch the movie to hold hands and get close to each other, and on the other hand, it was to maximize the benefits. With more seats, the cinema's revenue also increased.
It was not so beautiful for Lin Yao. There was only a small fist between her and Gu Shian, and the surrounding area was filled with the cool and pleasant soap scent on his body, which inexplicably made her breath short.
Gu Shian sat upright, wearing a white shirt and green military uniform, which made him look like a tall and green cypress.
Lin Yao secretly glanced at Gu Shian, and couldn't help but move her butt and quietly adjusted her sitting posture.
Gu Shian glanced at her with the back of his eye, and noticed the little girl's private movements, and curled his lips slightly.
After watching a movie, it was already past eight o'clock when they came out.
Lin Yao had never come home so late before. She was afraid that Zhang Cuilan would worry, and she didn't care about anything else. She jumped on the bicycle in a hurry and urged Gu Shian, "It's so late, let's go home quickly."
Auntie and others were waiting at home.
The summer night breeze was cool, Gu Shian's white shirt was blown up by the wind, Lin Yao was swinging his feet in the seat, the street lights under the electric poles on the roadside were lit, emitting an orange glow, and the bicycle drove over the bluestone road, the years were as quiet as a landscape painting.
*
Sun Jialiang, holding a black briefcase, just came out of the director of the county light bulb factory in the dark night.
He wore black-framed glasses, had a gentle face, and his hair was gelled and combed neatly, black and shiny. He wore the most popular men's watch on the market. Anyone with a discerning eye could tell that he came from a good family, and he was probably the son of an official.
Sun Jialiang came to the county this time to work for the position of director of the light bulb factory.
The old director of the light bulb factory is over 50 years old and will retire next year. Once he retires, many people below him will be eyeing this position. Sun Jialiang was transferred to the county light bulb factory as a cultural officer not long ago. He didn't take such a light and small position seriously at all.
The cultural officer is a lowly position, and it is just a stepping stone for Sun Jialiang.
He has always been ambitious and good at research. As soon as he entered the field, he won the favor of the old factory director. As long as he appeased the leaders above, the position of director of the light bulb factory must be him!
Sun Jialiang has been busy for a while and hasn't touched a woman for a long time. At this moment, he felt relieved. Lin Hongna's bulging chest and soft waist appeared in his mind. The eyes behind the black-framed glasses raised a wicked aura.
It seems that it is time to go to Linjiazhuang and give the Lin family a little sweetness.
In fact, Sun Jialiang knew clearly that Lin Hongna was attracted to him because she was attracted by his family background and wanted to turn from a hen into a phoenix and live a good life.
There is no such thing as a free lunch in the world.
Sun Jialiang is shrewd and selfish, a thoroughgoing utilitarian. His marriage is also a bargaining chip for exchanging interests. To be his woman, she must have a good family background, a pretty face, or be smart and scheming, and be helpful to him.
Lin Hongna has none of these three qualities, so he just plays with her for fun.
It's not bad to play with a woman who comes here for nothing.
*
In the big compound, Zhang Cuilan lit a kerosene lamp and sifted cornmeal in the house.
Since the higher-ups asked them to eat in the commune canteen, the old Gu family has to hand over ten kilograms of rice and flour to the street every month. Now that the weather is hot, cornmeal will be left in the jar, which is easy to get moldy and infested with insects.
When Zhang Cuilan is free, she takes a sieve and sifts out the impurities in the cornmeal.
The sound of bicycles rang out outside, and then Lin Yao walked into the house with a red face, shouting like a little bird, "Auntie, I'm back."
Zhang Cuilan was waiting for the two children to come home, and hurriedly got up to greet them.
The night wind blew outside, chilly and damp, and the doors and windows in the big courtyard creaked in the wind.
Zhang Cuilan looked at the sky outside, and asked Lin Yao who was eating snacks in the house, "Yaoyao, was the movie good today?"
Lin Yao coughed, his eyebrows dodged, "...It's okay."
Lin Yao was afraid that Aunt Cuilan would ask more questions, so he ate the snacks in his hand in a few bites, and slipped back to his room without even drinking water.
Zhang Cuilan was suspicious and asked Gu Shian again.
Gu Shian just said, "Not bad," and then worked silently, refusing to say anything.
"You are so different from your father. Your father was also a taciturn person, but at least he knew to send a handkerchief or some fruit to your mother. But you, a bastard, don't even know how to chase a wife. Yaoyao is such a good girl, but you just sit there and don't seize the time to chase the girl you like. There are so many good guys in the world. When Yaoyao abandons you and becomes someone else's wife, you won't even have a place to cry..."
Zhang Cuilan was so angry.
Unexpectedly, Gu Shian said decisively, "Impossible."
Zhang Cuilan: "What's impossible?"
"She won't marry anyone else."
He has already kissed her, and he will never let go in this life.
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