In the Spring Festival of 1999, Hu Mingchen's family was extremely busy, other people's families spent the Spring Festival, it was the most relaxed and leisure time, you can go to the village to play everywhere, but Hu Mingchen's family is the opposite, in order to cope with the peak crowd of people watching movies during the Spring Festival, the whole family went into battle, even Hu Yandie and Hu Yujiao were not absent.

After going to junior high school, Hu Yandie seemed to be a lot more sensible, and Hu Mingchen didn't expect them to help anything, even if the two sisters wanted to go to play with their classmates, Hu Mingchen wouldn't have many opinions. However, they Hu Yandie volunteered to pull Hu Yujiao to take on the task of delivering food, and the lunch and dinner were all made at home, and they were packed in large bowls and lunch boxes and sent to the street respectively, which is equivalent to four trips back and forth on the road.

In the past two years, the great improvement of family life, Hu Yandie felt particularly deeply, not to mention new clothes in the past, even the symbolic New Year's money is difficult to guarantee, once the New Year, parents will quarrel because there is no money for the New Year, and even the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner can not be eaten as happily as other people's families. And now, none of this exists.

Seeing that the family, including his younger brother Hu Mingchen, was all engaged in intense busyness during the Chinese New Year, how could Hu Yandie be embarrassed to go around to play. So she also decided to do something, to do something to improve the family conditions, how to say that she is also the eldest in the family.

Xiong Xiaolin, who has become good friends with Hu Yujiao, did not show up on the first day of the Lunar New Year, and for several days from the second day of the Lunar New Year, she also worked with Hu Yandie and her two sisters. Accompanied by Xiong Xiaolin, Hu Yujiao restrained her playfulness and followed her sister Hu Yandie's back.

During this year's Spring Festival, Hu Mingchen made preparations in advance, coupled with the profound lessons of last year, the order of the Duge Cinema during the Chinese New Year was quite orderly, and there was no such fight.

Long Dayun and the others are still in prison and haven't come out yet, and no one wants to follow in their footsteps. Even if there are some personal conflicts to be resolved, choose to avoid the cinema, lest small things become big things and make yourself out of control.

From the first day of the Lunar New Year to the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, there are seven days when the Duge Township Cinema is full and full, and the other eight days, the attendance rate also reaches about ninety.

Due to the additional screenings, on average, the Duge Township Cinema earns more than 2,000 yuan a day.

It is true that not all the audience of the cinema in Duge Township come from Duge locality, and the locals in Duge Township probably account for half of them, and the other half are from Fanger Township, Pingzhai Township and even Yushe villages close to Duge.

Due to the distance between these towns and cities, the economic conditions are not very developed, and the cultural and entertainment life is very limited. The Duge Township Cinema has become a good place for many people to join in the fun.

Every morning, people walk or ride bicycles in groups along the trails or highways to Dug Township. Someone walked for more than two or three hours to watch a movie.

In this era, there is really nothing to say about the ability to walk, if ten years later, few people will walk more than an hour away, and there will be almost no people willing to walk more than two hours away. Whether you ride a motorcycle, take a private car, or take a tricycle if you can't do it, anyway, after walking less, everyone's ability to walk long distances is drastically reduced. Of course, that shows that ten years later, the life of the locals is much better than it is now.

"Xiao Chen, don't put it on again, there are still people watching. ”

At six o'clock in the evening of the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, after the fifth movie was played, Hu Mingchen decided not to play it anymore, everyone went home early to eat and rest, and Hu Mingyi persuaded him.

"Yes, although many people go back to eat, but after eating, I believe there will still be a lot of people to play on the street, and it is not much of a problem to put another show, today is the last day of the New Year, after today, the business will be much worse. Hu Jianqiang followed.

"These days, everyone is tired enough, anyway, it's the last day, one more and one less, it doesn't matter, the money will never be earned, I have asked my mother to prepare dinner, and my sister-in-law has also gone to help, let's clean up and go back to eat the Lantern Festival." Hu Mingchen insisted.

Hu Mingchen is not the kind of person who doesn't make money, but he is not the kind of person who has no bottom line in order to make money. Although one more game can be at least two or three hundred yuan more, but in Hu Mingchen's mind, there is no need to be too extreme, the Lantern Festival, the last day of the Spring Festival, there is no chance for everyone to sit down and have a good meal.

"Okay, then let's clean it up, Xiao Chen said don't let it go, then don't let it go, in the past ten days, everyone hasn't had a meal to eat, fifteen, let's all have a reunion dinner, do it, do it, and go to my house when it's over." Hu Jianjun followed.

Invisibly, Hu Mingchen has vaguely taken the lead in the family's affairs, whether it is Jiang Yucai or Hu Jianjun, they seem to have developed the habit of following Hu Mingchen's train of thought, and feel that what he said must be reasonable.

Of course, Hu Mingchen's strength or prestige is also put together bit by bit, or he has proved his ability and judgment with actual results, if it weren't for the continuous earning of so much money for his family, what he says now, Hu Jianjun would listen to it.

Since Hu Mingchen and his son have said so, there is no need to discuss it further, it is other people's business, of course, how good they say.

"Xiao Chen, Brother Hu, let's not go, I'll take Xiaolin home to eat, I prepared a lot of things before the New Year, and there is no shortage of food at home. Wu Chunli said.

"Wu Xianxian, I believe that everyone has food during the Chinese New Year, but it is not a question of whether there is food or not. You go back now, you have to do it freshly, if you can't get the fire out, we are all a family, the Lantern Festival, it seems lively to spend it together, why go back to Mr. Fire to make things, it's not too late to go back after eating. You've been here for so long, and you haven't been to my house yet, so you should go and recognize the door. Hu Mingchen persuaded.

Hu Mingchen's affectionate and polite words made Wu Chunli unable to find an excuse to refuse, so she could only reluctantly accept it.

Wu Chunli actually thinks that if she is an orphan and a widow, it would be good if people could earn some money for a job, but if she went to eat again, she would be a little too ignorant. From another point of view, although her family is incomplete, it is also a home with children, and during the Lantern Festival, Wu Chunli thinks that no matter how lonely it is, she should spend it in her own home.

"Dad, you guys get it first, I'll go out for a while. After Wu Chunli agreed, Hu Mingchen didn't sweep the tail with them, said hello and turned around and went out.

Hu Mingchen has to do two things, the first is to tell those vendors that they can collect their stalls and go home for the Lantern Festival, and tonight's movie will not be released.

As long as Hu Mingchen's cinema does not show movies, it will be difficult for those stalls who rent the venue to do small business anymore.

Secondly, Hu Mingchen wanted to greet the two assistant policemen sent by Qin Hu to help stabilize the field and maintain order.

Of course, it is impossible to rely on two auxiliary policemen alone, when there are many people during the day, there will still be a formal policeman, and even Qin Hu will come and go from time to time. However, if you stay in the cinema for a long time, you still take two assistant policemen.

The assistant police do not get much salary, but they do not do a lot of things, who calls them not regular, there is no establishment, in the police station, almost all the formal police can command them.

"Brother Zhang, Brother Liu, there will be no movies tonight, you should go back early. When Hu Mingchen walked out, the two assistant policemen were smoking and farting under the wall.

"Why don't you let it go?" asked the assistant police officer surnamed Zhang curiously.

It is not without benefit that they are on duty in the cinema, at least they can't take their money when they watch movies, even if they sometimes bring someone into the family, Hu Mingchen also acquiesces, and Hu Mingchen will throw them two packs of cigarettes from time to time to relieve their boredom. This back and forth, everyone is naturally familiar with it.

"It's the Lantern Festival, everyone will go to dinner and set off firecrackers, even if someone will come to watch the movie for a while, it's not necessary, it doesn't matter if you show one less movie. Thank you for all your hard work. Saying that, Hu Mingchen quietly handed them two red envelopes.

"Oh, this, usually you treat us well, but now it's still ......" The other party did not refuse the red envelope, but after taking the red envelope, it seemed that it was inappropriate not to say some kind words.

"Yes, it's the New Year, people are playing, but you are here to help, thank you, little meaning, you're welcome, New Year's Day, auspicious. Hu Mingchen said.

After Hu Mingchen left, the two assistant police officers opened the red envelope and saw that it contained 500 yuan in cash, and the two of them were warm in their hearts.

At the beginning, they were not very happy to be arranged by Qin Hu to do this errand, but later Hu Mingchen's family's practice gradually melted their unhappiness, and now they have given a red envelope of 500 yuan, which is more than their monthly salary, and the two are naturally very satisfied, and their favorability towards Hu Mingchen naturally rises.

When Hu Jianjun and the others finished cleaning up, some of the people who set up stalls outside also cleaned up about the same.

Although they really want to put it on for a while and make more money, if the movie theater doesn't show movies, it won't be much of a problem to continue selling. These people have some complaints about Hu Mingchen's house not showing night games, but the movie theater has already used the radio to broadcast three times the notice that there will be no movies tonight, and the wood is already in the boat.

There are also some businesses who plan to wait and see, after all, there are lights here, even if there are no movies, but if someone is still willing to come here after dinner, it is not good to say that there can be some business. If no one comes, it's not too late to pack up and go home.

It was not yet dark, and Hu Mingchen and a group of people walked along the path talking and laughing towards Huangni Village. It happened to be a meal, and there were no people on the streets, and there were no people on the paths.