Entering the cinema, Lin Qinglan discovered that there were a lot of people watching movies today.
Cinemas in the 1970s were really shabby, and there were really few movies shown. Standing in front of the ticket office, my eyes swept across the small blackboard, on which was written the name of the film being shown today, "The Flower Girl".
Lin Qinglan hasn't seen the movie Flower Girl yet, so today she just wants to enjoy an old movie from the 1970s. "Have you seen Flower Girl?"
"No, this movie was just released this morning and I heard it's pretty good. Please wait here for a while while I go buy the tickets."
Xu Zhiwei joined the queue to buy tickets. There were too many people and everyone was squeezed together, almost squeezing him out.
"Comrade, I want two movie tickets."
"There's only one ticket left for this show. Do you want to buy it? Or should you wait for the next show?"
"One for each! How much?"
"One dollar and two cents, and the movie starts in half an hour."
Xu Zhiwei handed one dollar and twenty cents to the ticket seller, and then squeezed out of the crowd with a movie ticket.
He was a little overwhelmed now. They had agreed to watch a movie together, but he only bought one ticket. "There's only one ticket left. Why don't you go in and watch it by yourself? I'll stay here and wait for you."
Lin Qinglan rolled her eyes at Xu Zhiwei. She came to the cinema to fall in love, not just to watch a movie. "How can you leave a girl alone in there to watch a movie? How about we not watch a movie and go shopping in the department store?"
"Ah, then I'll go and return the ticket!"
At this moment, a young man came up to them and smiled at them, "Comrade, I have two tickets here. A friend was going to watch it with me, but he had something urgent to do and couldn't come! How about I sell the tickets to you?"
Xu Zhiwei and Lin Qinglan looked at each other, their eyes full of surprise.
"How about you sell us your two movie tickets and you can take the ticket in our hand. The movie 'Flower Girl' is pretty good." Xu Zhiwei generously handed the ticket in his hand to the young man. He was able to watch a movie with his girlfriend today thanks to the other person giving up his ticket.
"Just give me the money for one ticket. Since you said this flower girl is pretty, I have to go and see her." The young man exchanged the two tickets in his hand with the one in Xu Zhiwei's hand.
After Xu Zhiwei took the movie ticket, he thanked him quickly, then took out 1.2 yuan from his pocket and gave it to him.
The two of them entered the cinema with their movie tickets and found seats to sit down. Lin Qinglan felt sweet in her heart. Under the dim light, she quietly held Xu Zhiwei's hand.
After watching the movie, Lin Qinglan and Xu Zhiwei went to the state-owned restaurant. After lunch, Xu Zhiwei sent Lin Qingmei to the station again.
After Lin Qinglan got on the bus and left Nancheng County, Xu Zhiwei reluctantly rode his bicycle back to Linjia Bay.
South Island
The car drove into the family compound and stopped in front of a two-story building.
Lin Qingmei looked at the retro little house in front of her with curiosity. This was where the top military commander lived!
"Qingmei, this is our home. Let's go in quickly. Aunt Liu should have prepared the meal."
Aunt Liu was a relative of Captain Liu of the family compound. In order to entertain Lin Qingmei, He Qi gave her a pound of brown sugar and asked her to help cook a table of delicious dishes.
"Now that you mention it, I'm really hungry. Aunt Liu's cooking skills must be very good. I can smell the fragrance before I even go in." Lin Qingmei followed He Qi inside with a smile on her face. She did smell a faint fragrance.
Just by smelling the aroma, you can tell that Aunt Liu is making soy sauce duck. It seems that her future mother-in-law must have known her taste in advance.
Knowing that she likes soy sauce duck, I specially asked someone to make it for her today.
"You have a really good nose. Today I asked Aunt Liu to prepare a table full of your favorite dishes. You'd better eat more later. You look so thin that you are just skin and bones." The more He Yi looked at Lin Qingmei, the more he liked her. It was a pity for such a good girl to be with her son.
He Xufeng: If you want to praise your daughter-in-law, just praise her. Why do you want to slander me? You are really getting better and better at praising one and criticizing the other.
"Mom, I'm actually not thin at all. I might have eaten a lot."
Lin Qingmei pinched her round face playfully. She had gained a lot of weight recently and was almost getting a double chin.
Walking into the house and seeing the table full of delicious dishes, Lin Qingmei couldn't help swallowing her saliva. The food cooked by Aunt Liu was indeed delicious.
"Deputy Minister He, Mrs. He, you're back. The food is ready, I'll serve it out right away." Aunt Liu saw that Mr. He and Mrs. He were a little restrained. Deputy Minister He was such a high-ranking official, but she didn't dare to talk to him.
"Thank you for your hard work today, Aunt Liu. You can go back first when the meal is ready! By the way, didn’t I buy half a pound of pork belly extra today? You can take that piece of pork belly back!" Today, their family was having a dinner together, and it was not convenient for Aunt Liu to stay for dinner, so she bought the piece of pork belly specially for Aunt Liu.
"You already gave me a pound of brown sugar yesterday, so how can I have the nerve to ask for your things? You should keep this piece of pork belly for your family to eat!" The old lady shook her head. She said that she would not accept rewards without doing anything. She had to accept the reward as agreed upon yesterday.
"Take it. Even if you don't eat it, the children at home will have to eat it." Aunt Liu was really honest. It was just a piece of pork belly, but she kept pushing it away and was unwilling to take it.
Miss Liu had no choice but to accept the pork belly because she wanted to take care of her grandson. Her son was the only one who had a job and his salary supported the whole family.
We rarely see meat at home. I'm going to go home tonight and stew some pork belly with potatoes. It will definitely taste delicious.
"Okay, let's eat!" With He Qi's shout, everyone started to eat. Lin Qingmei first looked at the roast duck on the table.
During the meal, He Ji kept picking up food for Lin Qingmei, nagging her to eat more.
After dinner, He Xufeng took Lin Qingmei for a walk in the yard to help digest the food.
The yard is full of various flowers and plants, and the breeze brings bursts of floral fragrance.
He Xufeng suddenly took out something wrapped in a delicate handkerchief from his pocket and slowly opened it. It was a simple but exquisite silver ring. "Qingmei, this is for you. I got it by accident before."
Lin Qingmei's face suddenly turned red, she nodded shyly, and stretched out her finger for He Xufeng to put on the ring.
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