During the Chinese New Year, the business of the Duge Township Cinema is as good as ever, and the peak season of the year is at this time, and a day can top the usual ten days and half a month.

Since the beginning of the Lunar New Year, Hu Mingchen's family has all gone to the cinema to help, but Hu Jianqiang and Zhang Qingping have not returned.

Phoenix Mountain has built a chicken farm, a pig farm a year ago, this must be taken care of, people for the New Year, those animals also have to eat, spend so much money to buy, can not be thrown on the mountain to starve to death and freeze to death.

Therefore, Hu Jianqiang and Zhang Qingping, as well as two local workers, stayed on duty to take care of them.

Hu Mingchen took a turn in the screening room, and saw that all the machines were running normally, and the audience outside the window was attracted by the big ship in the movie, Hu Mingchen simply closed the door and went out to breathe.

The movie that is being released now is "Titanic", although this movie has been released for two years, but it is in the city, the old and young masters here in Duge Township, most people have not seen this magnificent blockbuster with the highest box office in history, Hu Mingchen simply took it to be screened during the Chinese New Year.

Of course, Hu Mingchen played the Chinese version. It stands to reason that this film should be more flavorful if the original version with Chinese subtitles is played, but considering the cultural level of the locals, if the original version with English subtitles is played, it is estimated that most people will run out.

Coming out of the movie theater, there was a lot of noise outside, it was bustling, and there were people everywhere. Children in new clothes are running around, some are eating snacks next to them, some are holding a balloon and are very happy, and some little boys are throwing the guns in their hands out to be scary.

The young people, one by one, also put on the most handy clothes, no matter whether they have money or not, what they are holding in their mouths today is a pack of cigarettes for a few yuan, and they are discussing what movie to watch today or which girl in which village and which village is beautiful.

The girls were dressed in colorful colors, and some of them had unkempt hair, and today they either tied a red head rope or used a headband, and the hair should have been washed yesterday. They also got together in twos and threes, laughing crisply, smiling like flowers, and not throwing off those young men who were in heat on their faces, but their gestures seemed to be deliberately attracting their attention. If some bold boys take the initiative to pick up two movies, some girls will accept it with a few twists.

Some of the middle-aged men or women gathered together and bragged and chatted, and some simply sat at the food stall with a whole glass of wine.

Hu Mingchen stood on the steps and looked at both sides of the courtyard, and the business in front of each stall was booming, whether it was selling melon seed jelly, or selling toy cannonballs, or selling balloon candy, the vendors had to ask someone to help to get busy.

This year is already the third Spring Festival for the opening of cinemas, and the pomp and circumstance will not be as crowded as the first year.

On the one hand, watching movies in the cinema is not a big new thing in the local area, and many people have seen it to some extent. On the other hand, outside the movie theater, several families on the side of the road have also started various businesses, sharing the pressure of numbers. Anyway, if you buy a movie ticket, you don't need to crowd in the courtyard, you can wait until the opening time of the next show to enter the theater calmly. The third aspect is, of course, the attention of the police station, in order not to have a bad impact on public security cases during the Chinese New Year, the cinema has become a key monitoring place, Song Qiaoshan took leave to go back to the provincial capital, but the police station still sends people to the cinema every day to help maintain order, whether it is a petty thief or a Fei bastard who picks quarrels and provokes trouble, he has his tail between his tail in this area, and he does not dare to cause trouble, otherwise he will be taken to the police station for a few days, and then come out again, the excitement of the New Year will pass. Even if some young people want to settle personal grievances, they will avoid it.

Hu Mingchen came down the steps with his hands behind his back, bypassed a bunch of children, and walked towards a stall on the left hand side near the door.

The stall was very simple, with two stools on the ground and a large dustpan filled with half a pan of fried melon seeds and peanuts. At this time, a father and son behind the dustpan were busy giving people, one was busy dressing, and the other was busy weighing and collecting money. Beside them, two little ones were shouting as they ate from the dustpan.

"Melon seeds and peanuts are fragrant and crispy, men eat and fight fiercely, and old people don't get sick when they eat them. A boy shouted with his hands to his mouth and his teeth chewing on two peanuts.

"What are you yelling about, thinking it's a ginseng elixir?" said the other with a smile and a nudge on the other.

"How should you shout that? You have the ability to shout. The boy who was pushed quit and put down his hand and said.

"I'll come, I'll come, you dodge. The boy coughed his throat, and put his hands together to make a trumpet shape around his mouth: "Buy melon seeds, buy peanuts, those who have money hold a money field, and those who don't have money ......" Seeing Hu Mingchen coming over, he suddenly couldn't stop shouting.

"You don't have the money to make a scene, right? You're a girl, let you help, you two bastards seem to be here to eat, and you're just fooling around. Hu Mingchen said, and a burst of chestnuts knocked on Gu Xiaoqi's head.

These two shouting boys are Gu Xiaoqi and Luo Zhizheng, and the father and son who sell things are Mao Feng and his father Mao Daming.

Considering the difficulties of Mao Feng's family, Hu Mingchen simply set aside a space in the cinema for his family to use during the Chinese New Year, so that his family could make some money during the most prosperous period.

Mao Feng's grandmother used to sell melon seeds at the gate of the primary school above them, and this fried melon seeds and peanuts are familiar. I don't dare to say anything else, but during the Chinese New Year, I can earn 100 yuan a day. In order to take care of his family, Hu Mingchen not only did not charge a penny of venue fees, but also called Luo Zhizheng and Gu Xiaoqi to help.

Who knows these two guys, they will shout indiscriminately when they open their mouths.

"Boss, why are we just mischievous, aren't we shouting hard?" Gu Xiaoqi rubbed his brain and said unconvinced.

"You still say that it's not trick-or-treating, do you have such a shout for selling things, you have watched too many movies, right? It's selling melon seeds and peanuts, do you think it's an art?" After finishing speaking, Gu Xiaoqi glared at Luo Zhizheng again, and he was so frightened that he hurriedly retreated, for fear of being shocked by Hu Mingchen.

"And you, the man eats and fights, the old man can't get sick after eating, you are a fairy? ”

"Hehe, don't blame them, don't blame them, they're really helping, with their shouting, business is indeed better. After finishing busy with a customer, Mao Daming hurriedly smiled and helped Luo Zhizheng and Gu Xiaoqi defend him.

Listening to Mao Daming's words, Gu Xiaoqi and Luo Zhizheng immediately straightened up their small chests, as if they were little generals who had won a battle.

"Hu Mingchen, come, you eat peanuts, this is my family's own planting, but it's delicious, come, eat." At this time, Mao Feng held a handful of fried yellowed peanuts in both hands and sent them to Hu Mingchen.

These peanuts are plump and uniform in size.

"Put it back, put it back, I can't eat that much, keep it and sell it. Hu Mingchen pushed Mao Feng's hand back and said.

"You eat, it doesn't matter if you sell more or less, not to mention it's not much, you take it and eat, Mao Feng, hold more." Mao Daming took the peanut in Mao Feng's hand and stuffed it in Hu Mingchen's pocket.

Mao Daming thought that Hu Mingchen had helped his family, not only gave Mao Feng dozens of yuan to buy medicine before, but also provided the venue for free this time, and the benches and dustpans to be used every day were also placed in the cinema, and he felt that holding some peanuts for Hu Mingchen to eat was not enough to express his family's gratitude.

However, Hu Mingchen accepted half of it half-pushed, and Mao Feng held it again, and was directly shaken back to his dustpan by Hu Mingchen.

"Uncle Mao, I think the business is okay, half of it has been sold. Hu Mingchen said and peeled a peanut and threw it in his mouth, it was really crunchy and fragrant to chew.

"There are a lot of people during the Chinese New Year, no matter how much money there are adults and children, the expectation is insufficient, otherwise you can prepare more, and your movie will not be finished for a while, and there will be nothing to sell here. Mao Daming smiled a little regretfully.

"Today is the first day of the new year, and there are still a few days to come, until the fifteenth, and the streets are lively. Don't let these two boys eat, just their greedy appearance, one person can give you two catties to eat. Hu Mingchen pointed at Luo Zhizheng and Gu Xiaoqi again, "They are here to help." ”

"Two dolls, how much can you eat, hehe, they are Mao Feng's classmates and friends, even if they just meet, it doesn't hurt to eat some......" At this time, someone came to buy peanuts, Mao Daming hurriedly left Hu Mingchen and greeted the guests.

"You two should be content, you mean it, shout well, when will their house be sold out, when will you go to the theater to watch the movie, otherwise, you don't have your share, you know?" Hu Mingchen hooked his fingers and hooked Luo Zhizheng and Gu Xiaoqi to the command.

The two of them are willing to come to help during the Chinese New Year, on the one hand, they naturally have a good relationship with Mao Feng, and more importantly, Hu Mingchen promised that if they help out, they will let them enter the theater to watch a movie.

With such a good quid pro quo, the two boys were naturally enthusiastic, but they lacked the skills to shout.

Hu Mingchen didn't shout, and he didn't know how to shout, but it was not okay to make up such an exaggerated nonsense as they did just now.

"Xiao Chen, why are you buying peanuts here, I thought you were in the cinema, but I didn't see you when I went in. At this time, Qin Hu walked from behind Hu Mingchen.

"Oh, Director Qin, your brother is really diligent and hands-on, you are welcome to come to the cinema to inspect the work, hehe. As soon as he saw Qin Hu, Hu Mingchen smiled and joked with him.

"What a director, deputy director, deputy director. Although Qin Hu corrected Hu Mingchen, the spirit on his face was still difficult to hide.