Everyone else was busy eating noodles, ignoring her complaints. He Chunsheng picked up a piece of pickled vegetables for her with his chopsticks and said, "Eat it! It's rare for the children to be happy. Didn't you say that Xiaojie suffered a lot at your parents' house? As parents, shouldn't we show some appreciation?"
"Oh, she's only been at Old Wang's house for a few days and she's already complaining about suffering. Then wouldn't I have spent the first half of my life in misery? There should be a limit to how much you can spoil a child."
Wang Taozhi frowned. "I wanted to give her something good to eat, but you insisted that I do it all. Are the others going to have to suffer too if they follow you and me?"
"We're all family, so there's no reason to let Xiaojie eat all the food alone. Stop saying these things in the future. It's not good for family unity."
"Oh, you only know how to talk about morals, but I haven't seen you bring back anything practical. Did you have people working overtime again today? I wonder what gifts your disciples can give you this year to repay your care as their master."
"Don't worry, when I accept a disciple, I first examine his character, and I can't be wrong." He Chunsheng said in a firm tone.
"Humph, no matter how good your character is, it's useless if you don't have the ability. If you accept the deputy director's nephew, our daughter will still have to worry about her job?"
"Ignorance! How can you say that? Not to mention that he loves gambling and is not a good person, someone has already written a letter to report the deputy director for secretly accepting money to help people transfer positions.
Just look at them. Within this month, their whole family will be sent to a farm. They are in the spotlight right now, and I wish I could get as far away from them as possible."
"Really? Where did you hear that? You weren't the one who reported it, were you? He Chunsheng, we can't get involved in this mess."
"Me? Do I have the ability to hand the letter directly to the second-in-command of the Revolutionary Committee? Don't worry, he can't get away."
Wang Taozhi rolled her eyes and said, "Once the deputy director retires, the higher-ups will definitely appoint a new leader. You might be able to move up and become a team leader. Regardless of your rank, it's still an official."
At least I can get a few more dollars in salary every month.
He didn't want to talk much, "My affairs are not urgent, the important thing is our daughter, Xiaojie. Don't think your mother doesn't care. Before you graduated, she went to the street office to inquire about going to the countryside, and after she came back, she couldn't sleep all night.
I had a nightmare once, and when I woke up, she kept saying she would give me the job and that she absolutely couldn't let me go to a place in the countryside where I didn't know anyone. I asked her what she dreamed about, but she wouldn't tell me. It definitely wasn't a good thing."
Wang Taozhi was embarrassed and glared at him fiercely, "You must have heard it wrong because you were confused during sleep."
"Okay, I heard wrong. Come and eat. If the noodles are not enough, I will steam some more steamed buns for you."
"Still eating? Eat more at noon and less at night. How much money can you save by saving your stomach for food from the factory?"
"That also depends on the food in the factory being delicious."
He Xiaotuan made a bitter face and stuffed a large lump of noodles into his mouth.
He suspected that the factory didn't want to take advantage of them, so they deliberately made the dishes taste bad and wasted the ingredients.
"It's good enough to have enough to eat. Have you forgotten the time a few years ago when you were so hungry that you couldn't walk?"
Wang Taozhi shook her head, realizing that this amount was indeed not enough to fill her up, so she steamed a few steamed buns for tomorrow morning and broke off half a piece for each person.
"Eat, eat as much as you can, everyone is here to collect debts."
In the end, they really listened to her and not only used the steamed buns to scrape off the grease in the bowl, but also used the bottom of the pot.
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On the weekend, He Ruixue took He Xiaojie for a stroll outside. When they passed by a movie theater, they suddenly wanted to feel the atmosphere of the era, so they walked in.
Due to the influence of the turbulent times, movies that were popular in the past are not shown very often.
In 1967, cinemas mostly showed news briefs and documentaries, which were not prone to errors, and people who went to the movies would not be labeled as petty bourgeoisie.
The more you watch it, the sleepier you get. Last year, the original owner was invited by classmates to watch several shows, and he slept soundly every time.
The situation has improved this year. The operas shown are the so-called model operas, such as "Taking Tiger Mountain by Strategy", "The Red Lantern", "Sha Jia Bang"... The movie posters are hand-painted, and the portraits are very energetic, with faces like red apples.
Cinemas are crowded during holidays, and people are very enthusiastic about watching movies. After all, this is the only activity for couples to date and family reunions besides taking a walk. Therefore, movie tickets are not easy to buy, and sometimes you need to find staff to buy "internal tickets".
As for what movie to watch, there is no choice!
Of course, you can watch whatever you can find.
They were lucky today. There were still a few tickets for "Red Lantern" available, each costing 25 cents. The ticket counter also sold melon seeds and drinks, so the two of them bought orange-flavored soda, intending to drink it while watching the movie.
The air in the cinema had not been circulated for a long time and there was no fresh air system like in modern times, so the smell was not very good.
The movie in front of me is in black and white, not to mention the sound quality, and occasionally there are problems such as cards and black light.
The song was nice, and she had heard many of her classmates sing it, but she had seen the IMAX 3D giant screen and heard the Dolby surround sound, so now she just watched it for fun.
Except for Wushan, there are no clouds.
I took a sip of the soda. Compared to the various milk tea drinks of later generations, the soda of this era had a very obvious flavor of blended essence.
Compared to her boredom, He Xiaojie was watching the movie with great interest. She stared at the movie screen in front of her, listened to the projectionist's explanation, her face was excited, and her hands were gesturing along with the heroine's movements. It seemed that she couldn't wait to get in and act in the movie.
After leaving the cinema, He Ruixue took her to a state-owned restaurant and ordered two bowls of vegetarian noodles, probably because she was thinking about the braised pork at home.
He Xiaojie didn't react at all to the braised pork with preserved vegetables on someone else's table. After quickly finishing her meal, she was in high spirits and wanted to drag He Ruixue to the park to play.
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