Chapter 178: The New Year is Over
On the first day of the Lunar New Year, although all the movie tickets in the Duge Township Cinema were sold out, many people who bought tickets did not watch the movie.
On the third day of the Lunar New Year, Hu Mingchen, Hu Mingyi and Tong Bailiang resumed the normal operation of movie theaters.
When the loudspeaker of the cinema sounded, although something unpleasant happened on the first day of the Lunar New Year, it still failed to stop the enthusiasm of the local people for the New Year, and soon many people gathered at the door of the Duge Township Cinema.
In order to avoid lessons from the past, Hu Mingchen looked for Qin Hu and asked him to find two assistant policemen to come here to help and maintain order.
When Qin Hu vaguely mentioned this matter to Song Qiaoshan, Song Qiaoshan not only agreed, but also praised Qin Hu, saying that he knew how to do the work in front and was a comrade with ideas.
Qin Hu wondered in his heart, how did he meet Hu Mingchen, and the special case became a good thing?
On the one hand, there are two uniformed assistant policemen, who have a little bit of deterrence, and on the other hand, the tragedy on the first day of the Lunar New Year still sounded the alarm for many people.
There are still a lot of people who buy tickets to watch the movie, but Hu Mingchen explained to Tong Bailiang that only 180 tickets are sold for each show, and 20 tickets have to be empty.
Does Hu Mingchen want to reward people and show them to some people he knows?
Of course not, those vacant seats Hu Mingchen are reserved for the people who bought tickets on the first day of the Lunar New Year and didn't see it, since people have spent money, no matter what happens, they can't let their money be spent in vain.
Sure enough, there were people with movie tickets for the first day of the new year to ask to see every show, and for these people, Hu Mingchen and Hu Mingyi were all allowed to go.
Hu Mingchen's approach has been unanimously praised, even if some people lost their movie tickets, they were not blocked, which made the reputation of Duge Township Cinema recover as quickly as possible.
During the entire Spring Festival to the fifteenth day of the Lunar New Year, the movies played by the Duge Township Cinema every day are almost full, and during the entire Chinese New Year, the Duge Township Cinema has not only become the most talked about place for the people of Duge Township, but also in the minds of the people in the surrounding towns and villages, it has also become a fashionable place, and many people take motorcycles or even walk for two hours during the New Year to see the excitement of the movie.
If the business is good, the income will naturally be high, and in just more than ten days, the Duge Township Cinema has sold a total of more than 20,000 yuan of tickets.
At this time, Hu Jianqiang and Hu Jianjun's injuries were basically healed, at least on the outside, they had recovered to more than eighty percent of their previous appearance.
On the fifteenth day, after the last movie, Hu Mingchen, Hu Mingyi and Tong Bailiang went home with flashlights, although they were not doing physical work, but it was still very hard to receive so many people in a day, and just talking could make the population dry.
During the entire New Year, there are two most important meals for ordinary people, one is the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner on Chinese New Year's Eve, and the other is the dinner on the 15th Lantern Festival of the first month, which represents the end of the New Year.
It's just that Hu Mingchen and the three of them have been busy in the movie theater on the street, and it is impossible to sit down at the table to eat well, and the lunch is still the boxed lunch sent by Hu Yandie and Hu Yujiao.
For their hard work, especially Hu Mingyi and Tong Bailiang, Hu Mingchen's family did not forget them with peace of mind, and when they returned home in the evening, Jiang Yucai had prepared a table of meals waiting for them, and the family did not eat in advance.
When they arrived at Hu Mingchen's door, Tong Bailiang and Hu Mingyi wanted to go home separately, but it was Hu Jianjun and Jiang Yucai who persuaded them to stay alive.
"Actually, you don't have to wait at all, it's ten forty now, Xiao Chen invited us to eat on the street, and we're not hungry at all. Tong Bailiang sat down in a chair and said.
"I think so, today we have prepared meals in every house, even if we are hungry, it is the same to go back to eat, there is no need to be so troublesome. Hu Mingyi, who sat down next to Tong Bailiang, followed.
Since the attitude is to help in vain, in addition to eating the lunch sent by Hu Yandie and Hu Yujiao at noon, in the evening, both of them also avoid eating at Hu Jianjun's house, that is, when they are thirsty on the street, they are more often drinking the tea they brought in the morning, and refuse the drinks provided by Hu Mingchen.
"Usually when you go back, we don't dare to force us to stay, but today is the Lantern Festival, you are busy and come back so late, you will be here at once, why go back and trouble them. Leaving you for a meal is also to express our gratitude, come, serve the table, there is no special preparation, it is just an ordinary dish. Hu Jianjun said.
Although it was not specially prepared, this meal still killed a chicken, and there were drinks and drinks, which was basically not much different from the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner in the thirtieth Chinese New Year's Eve, the difference was that the meal was eaten late and was carried out with candles.
"It's all a table of dishes, it's practical, I don't need to say thank you or not, everyone is a person at the foot of the slope, one by one, it's nothing to help each other. Tong Bailiang said politely.
"Second uncle, that's what I said, but how many people can be truly selfless, your heart and kindness, our family will not forget. Hu Mingchen picked up the wine bottle, poured a glass of wine for Tong Bailiang and Hu Mingyi and put it in front of him, and then poured another glass for the third uncle Hu Jianqiang, who had not yet come.
Hu Yujiao had already called Hu Jianqiang with a flashlight, although he had already eaten dinner, Hu Jianjun did not forget him, and sent Hu Yujiao to ask him to come and sit with him.
As soon as the wine was poured, Hu Jianqiang came.
"Second brother and Mingyi are back, and they worked hard today. As soon as he entered the house, Hu Jianqiang took the first step to say hello.
"It's not hard, third uncle, it seems that you are recovering well, come, sit down and have a drink." Hu Mingchen moved his position and gave up a vacant seat to Hu Jianqiang.
"Sit down, you don't have to move...... A glass of wine is no problem, in fact, I would have been well a long time ago, if it hadn't been for the family to stop me, I could have helped you a week ago. Hu Jianqiang pulled over a bench and sat down next to Hu Mingyi.
Hu Jianqiang's so-called home blockade refers to Zhong Ying. Zhong Ying kept asking him to go out when he was all right.
Zhong Ying didn't think that Hu Jianqiang would lose face when he went out with a bruised face, he just felt that since there were two people willing to help in vain, there was no need for him to join in the fun.
Hu Jianqiang made this statement clear, a bit of a taste of relieving suspicion.
"It's good to take a little rest, I'll start school in two days, you're here, just in time to pick it up." "Tong Bai Grain Road.
"Come, come, come, let's have a drink and talk while eating. Hu Jianjun sat down at the top of the seat, raised his glass and invited.
Today's meal, Hu Yandie and Hu Yujiao did not serve the table, but each made a bowl of chicken soup, sandwiched some vegetables and ate them by themselves.
In the local countryside, children and women, especially girls, are generally not allowed to serve at the table if there are outsiders, and this is not a rule, it is just a custom.
Usually this kind of rule is not implemented by Hu Mingchen's family, Hu Yujiao and Hu Yandie can go to the table, but they can't just mess around with vegetables, especially can't stretch their chopsticks to the other side of the table to pick up vegetables, they can only eat a few dishes in front of them, and they can't casually turn over the dishes in the bowl alive. To a certain extent, there is a patriarchal mentality at work.
However, today they were going to drink, Jiang Yucai greeted Hu Yandie and Hu Yujiao first, but Hu Mingchen could sit at the same table with Hu Jianjun.
At the dinner table, Hu Jianjun toasted first, and then Hu Jianqiang followed suit, saying words of thanks. And Tong Bailiang and Hu Mingyi are naturally self-humble and polite.
Hu Mingchen accompanied him with a drink.
Maybe it was a little strange that the time was almost over, and the two of them hadn't gone home yet, and after a while, Li Xiumei took her son Tong Zhiwei, Long Cui'e took Hu Xiaomin, and they found Hu Mingchen's house one after another.
Jiang Yucai and Hu Jianjun persuaded them to eat, but of course they refused after dinner, and in the company of Jiang Yucai, they sat on the side and chatted by themselves, and at the same time listened to Hu Jianjun and a few of them talking at the wine table.
On the night of the Chinese New Year's Eve, relatives and friends do not visit each other, but the Lantern Festival does not have this taboo, but some people with good relations will sit together after dinner to chat and talk, talk about a plan for the New Year, and so on.
"Actually, to be honest, the role of the two of us is not as big as Xiao Chen's, don't look at his young age, but he has a lot of ideas, and the machine that plays the movie is basically what he is doing, the two of us are just doing it. I have been teaching in primary school for so many years, and I have never seen a doll as sensible and knowledgeable as Xiao Chen. Tong Bailiang put down the wine glass, took a cigarette handed by Hu Jianjun and lit it, and pointed at Hu Mingchen with emotion.
"I didn't think much about it before, but after going like this every day for the past ten days, I also think that Xiao Chen is really not simple, you see that my Hu Dehua is two years older than him, but when it comes to doing things, it is really far worse than Xiao Chen. Hu Mingyi pointed to Hu Dehua, who was drinking behind him with a drink.
shouted that Hu Dehua didn't eat, but when he saw Hu Mingchen drinking drinks, he still wanted to drink, so Hu Mingchen poured a few glasses and distributed them to a few children.
Hu Mingchen secretly said in his heart, it was the other dolls you met who were not reborn and came back, if they were the same as him, then they wouldn't say that.
It's just that Hu Mingchen can't say this kind of thing, he can only say a few words of shy modesty.
"I also know that if it weren't for the support of the two of you, he wouldn't have done anything he wanted to, and anyway, I really want to thank you for this time. After today, Jianqiang and I can also pick you up, Bai Liang has to go to work, Mingyi also has his own things to do, and Xiao Chen is about to start school. Hu Jianjun said a little embarrassed later.
Now it's time to ask someone to leave, and of course it's hard to say.