Culture stands on the right side of the cinema, with a video hall downstairs, a library upstairs, and an office on the corner of the second floor. There are ten steps in the main entrance hall of the cinema, with the ticket office on the left and the screening hall behind the main entrance. The screening hall is built into a round arch, there is a big sky on it, there is a backrest row of seats below, there is a stage (rostrum) in front, there are two entrances and exits in the back, it is also the auditorium of the town government, the three-level cadre meeting, the mass mobilization meeting, the festival gala, the group art show, the knowledge competition, etc., large-scale activities are held here.

The stage is on the second floor, the projector is equipped with a film tape, the power is turned on, and the beam of light is projected through the film window to the white curtain hanging on the stage. From the stairs to the second floor, there is a corridor, there is no room on the wall of the street, there are three rooms on the side of the screening hall, the film table is in the middle, the left hand is the library, and the right hand is the office.

Yuan Qiuhua was reading a book in the library, and when the movie was playing, although he could not see the images, background music, and character dialogues, he could hear them clearly, just like listening to the radio. Listening to it, the book is fascinated, and the person sits at the desk, just posing. The eighth uncle did not object to her watching the movie, led her into the stage, said good things to the projectionist, and asked her to lie down in the window next to her to watch the movie. The projectionist was also happy to be accompanied by someone to laugh and go to the toilet, turn on the water, go home to eat, and someone to help with the shift for a while. has seen tragedies such as "The Story of the West Chamber", "Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai", "Peacock Flying Southeast", "Quanmei Case", "Tianxian Pei", "Xu Jiujing Promotion Sutra" and other tragedies, she always seems to be teased by an inexplicable compassion.

Yuan Qiuhua got acquainted with the projectionist and learned to play movies, so he often disappeared halfway. In the three years when Yuan Qiuhua was in junior high school, she almost showed movies, he took a salary, he also sold snacks to treat her, and acquiesced to her taking relatives and friends to watch free movies.

Before the popularization of television, watching movies was the biggest pleasure in the countryside, but it was necessary to pay two dimes to buy tickets to watch movies, and people were reluctant to do so, and pork was only sold for two dimes a pound at that time. Only the young people, retired cadres, literary and artistic personnel, intellectuals, station leaders, and township cadres are frequent visitors to the cinema.

Middle school students like to watch movies the most, and they have the least money to watch movies, whether they can "watch movies without spending money" depends on the closeness to Yuan Qiuhua, and she has become the most sought after by her classmates. Because I didn't buy a ticket, I couldn't go into the screening hall to sit down and watch, and because I was "unemployed", I couldn't be caught by the "public", so I could only sneak into the screening table, stand in the screening window, and look down. There are only two film windows, one for film and one for standby. Stand in the spare window to watch a movie, and watch it at the same time, only one left and one right, for two people. Helplessly, the classmates wanted to watch the movie too much, they couldn't watch it, they couldn't listen to it, they couldn't see it from the beginning to the end, they couldn't watch one of the paragraphs, they couldn't get out if they didn't agree, and she didn't want to do anything about their relatives, so she stipulated that the students took turns to watch it, ten people at a time, in case the "public" checked the post and was asked, they could only say "We came to the library to read books".

Movies are not shown every day, only on Saturdays and Sundays. Every Saturday (the school holiday is a day and a half, leaving school on Saturday afternoon, and arriving at school on Monday morning), the students who are in their turn chirp like sparrows, excitedly waiting for the holiday, and come to the library early in the evening, also chattering, probing their brains, looking forward to the arrival of the opening time. In fact, if you don't mention it, it's all sad tears when you talk about it. There are 52 weeks in a year, and the films shown in township cinemas are replaced with a new film every half a month, and at that time there is no continuous screening, that is to say, you can watch two new films a month, and if there is no shortage of venues in a year, like Yuan Qiuhua, she only watches 24 new films, and besides, a new film is changed every half a month, and it is only the prescribed action of the red-headed document, and the actual implementation is often a month, or two months, or even three months, before a new film is changed. Therefore, in the three years of junior high school, Yuan Qiuhua has watched less than 30 films, and his classmates have watched less than 10 (to say "listen", more accurately). This is the disadvantage of the iron rice bowl, as long as it is served, those who work and those who do not work, those who work more and those who work less, those who are capable and clumsy, the wages and benefits, the income of employees, and the distribution of benefits, all the same, in the long run, who is willing to work hard?

Villagers watch movies because of the open-air movies in the countryside. People do weddings, birthdays, birthdays, and other happy events, so they go to the cinema to spend money to invite movies, and let the projectionists go to the village to show movies and celebrate grandly. I heard that a movie was shown in a village, and the people in the nearby villages went out every time, with a low stool and a flashlight, they would help the old and the young, call friends and companions, and rush over the mountains and mountains.

In the barn field, the sun has not yet set, but it is already crowded. The nearest, the early arrivals, occupy the front row, and the farther, the later, are at the end. Because it is a "running film" (a film, one night, screened in several places. Or two machines, two projectionists, two simultaneous projections. If it is true that he has no skills, or asks for leave in an emergency, Yuan Qiuhua, an "unemployed" amateur, will be temporarily invited out to beg for "top shift", and the remuneration is five dimes a night), and the movie will not start playing until nine o'clock.

It's "Dream of Red Mansions". Soon after, it was a duet between men and women.

Sister Lin fell from the sky, like a light cloud just coming out;

It's just that he is reckless and frivolous in his belly, but it turns out that his bones are strange and not vulgar;

Demure is like a flower shining on water, and action is like the wind blowing willows;

The corners of the eyebrows and eyes are delicate, and the voice and smile are gentle;

There are outsiders in front of him, but he looks like an old friend in his heart.

The cold timbre, the clear singing voice, the audience is quiet, and the words and emotions are carefully experienced. Looking at the blue sky and white clouds, the red walls and blue tiles, the arches of the cloister, the small bridge and flowing water, grandma, wife, miss, Yahuan.

It's a good thing and a lot of grinding, less than a few minutes after the screening, because the wear was too bad, suddenly a wisp of black smoke came out, and the tape burned again. Under the bright and dazzling lights, on one side is the projectionist nervously engaged, and on the other side is countless pairs of trusting and expectant eyes.

The audience on the side couldn't help but cry out: Little master, do you want to help?

Yuan Qiuhua teased: Wukong, if you're hungry for the teacher, you go and have a meal.

Everyone burst into laughter.

Wang Zi'an is in trouble: she is engaged in literature and art, she is very pretentious, especially twisted, and she is only pleasing to women. As soon as I was happy, I put two films, and everyone was stained.

Yuan Qiuhua glared: A dog's mouth can't spit out ivory! I'm not the mayor of the town, if I want to add a piece, I can add a piece.

Zhao Furong looked angrily: Phew, dog legs, can't get on the stage. Truly in love, heart-to-heart!

Everyone was having a lot of fun.

Yuan Qiuhua sighed: Planting!

Wang Zi'an shouted: Framed!

Yuan Zhezhi clapped his hands and laughed: It's interesting to each other, and they are hard-mouthed!

Yuan Qiuhua stopped: Do you want to do it?

The prince reprimanded and asked, "What do you mean?"

Yuan Philosophy stomped his feet and laughed: Don't say it, don't say it, it's a sin to say it, and you two will understand the mystery.

Zhao Furong shouted: I understand it. Which one doesn't have eyes? Which one can't read? We all know what you two think.

Everyone laughed.

Yuan Qiuhua lowered his head to pick up the film, too lazy to take care of it.

The prince put on a grimace: Unjust case, God, snow in June, earth, wax moon flood, hey, don't care!

Behind his grimace is the innocence of a half-grown child, helpless and at a loss.

The film is picked up and the screening continues.

The prince was not idle, and from time to time he laughed and interjected, narrated, and transparent. One will say "talk about friends and feelings, get married and talk about the market", and after a while, he will say, "This era does not need perfect love, what is needed is sincerity, enthusiasm, sincerity, ambition, responsibility, and dedication to the country", and every other time he said, "The most virtuous person is always the first to die", and finally said, "Tragedy is to tear up beautiful things, and let everyone see in their eyes, hurt in their bones, and scarred in their hearts."

Because he jumped out from time to time to break things, turning all the pathos and sentimentality into a kind of bluffing funny.

When the movie ended, it was already eleven o'clock. On the way home, there was a lot of talk about movies. Wang Zi'an also has to make jokes. The adults are arguing, have Jia Baoyu and Lin Daiyu slept together?

He interjected: I slept.

Hurriedly asked him: How do you know?

He said: There is not such a scene, the two are lying on the same bed, back to back, butt to butt, playing noisily.

An adult scolded: Child, know a fart!

Everyone laughed, and the laughter startled the birds in the trees.

When I went to school again, the classmates in the class joked around, calling this "Brother Bao" and calling that "Sister Lin". For the sake of jokes, on the playground, there are more vivid scenes of you scolding me and laughing, and you chasing me.