Chapter 23: Open-Air Cinema (Revised)

At dinner, Liu Lulu shouted outside the window of Chen Xiaoyu's house, "Xiaoyu, Xiaoyu, let's go." ”

Xiaoyu raised her voice in response, put the washed dishes into the cupboard, shook off the water droplets on her hands, and grinded with her grandmother, "Go, grandma, it's not far away, it's in the big playground of the school." ”

Grandma shook the banana fan, "Nong go by yourself, I'll wash my clothes at home and rest." ”

"You haven't taken a shower yet, what kind of clothes are you washing, and when you come back later, you will smell of sweat. I'll wash the clothes when I come back. Xiaoyu pulled her grandmother's arm, and her body twisted around like a candy, "Go, go, Lulu said, today is the movie "Little Flower", you must go and see it, or say that I am a sunflower." ”

"Hey, the sunflowers are pretty good, too. At least it's a flower. Grandma laughed and slapped her on the head with a banana fan.

"Grandma Chen, you can go with Xiaoyu, otherwise she won't be at ease." Liu Lulu snuggled by the door, persuading through the screen door, and holding a small bench in her hand.

"Yes, yes, it's been a long time since you've been to the cinema, isn't it just the projection team coming to condole, and don't buy movie tickets, how cost-effective." Xiaoyu crossed her fingers and settled accounts with her grandmother.

Two cents a movie ticket is enough to buy three catties of tomatoes, and it is almost impossible to ask grandma to exchange three catties of tomatoes for a movie ticket.

Xiaoyu said as she secretly gave Liu Lulu a look and asked her to persuade her again. Grandma is a person who wants to save face, and outsiders' words are even more effective.

"Yes, yes. Grandma Chen promised Xiaoyu to go with her, she was filial, and she told me in the morning, she must go with you to see it. Liu Lulu understood, and hurriedly beat the side drum at the door.

"Lulu, why doesn't Mrs. Liu go?" Grandma Chen was entangled by the two girls, so she had to get up to find clothes to go out, while Xiaoyu was busy bringing her a fan and a small bench.

Grandma's words reminded Xiaoyu that the two old ladies watched a movie together, and they happened to have a companion, so they didn't have to feel bored with their children.

"Ah, by the way, you should go back and call Grandma Liu with you, my grandmother also has a companion. We met at the gate of the courtyard. Xiaoyu instructed, Lulu answered, and rushed home to find Grandma Liu.

Grandma found a plain short-sleeved shirt to cover over her undershirt, changed into a pair of black poplin pants, and found a comb, facing the mirror, and seriously curled her hair neatly.

Xiaoyu looked at her grandmother's every move, and felt a trace of sadness in her heart.

It can be seen that grandma actually likes to go to the movies. It's just that in recent years, the places she has gone to are either vegetable farms or commissaries, and when she returns home, she cooks, cleans, mops the floor and washes clothes, and is busy all day long. Leaning on a rattan chair in the afternoon and taking a nap in a daze is considered a rest, and the entertainment is to open a semiconductor and listen to the opera program. There is also passing by the gatehouse of the compound and standing in the crowd to watch black and white TV for a while.

It seems that no one in the family has ever remembered that the old lady should also go out to watch a movie and go shopping.

If she can't change the rest, let's make the old lady happy.

"What's the story of this movie?" While waiting for Mrs. Liu and Lulu at the gate of the compound, Grandma suddenly asked.

"It's the story of a girl named Xiaohua looking for her brother, who is a member of the People's Liberation Army and is separated from her." I can't remember what this movie is talking about, Xiaoyu can't remember it, but I only remember the theme song of the movie called "Sister Looking for Brother Tears", which was sung with emotion and heart.

"Oh." Grandma nodded.

After a while, my grandmother said, "The last time I watched a movie was the Yue Opera "Dream of Red Mansions" I watched last year, Xu Yulan and Wang Wenjuan acted well and looked good." The corners of her mouth showed a childlike smile, and a glimmer of brilliance flashed in her eyes, as if she was back in the cinema.

Xiaoyu looked at her gray hair reflected in the sunset, her heart was slightly sour, and she quickly clenched her palm, "Grandma, I will definitely take you to the theater next time." In addition to Dream of Red Mansions, there are many beautiful dramas. ”

It was the first time that Xiaoyu came to the school where her grandfather worked.

At the end of the boulevard is a majestic semi-Chinese building, with carved beams and paintings, solemn sΓΉmu, blue-gray brick walls, granite steps, and exquisite stone carvings. On both sides of the road are beautiful single-family buildings nestled among the greenery.

"Grandma, have you ever been to school before?" Xiaoyu asked lightly, she saw that her grandmother's gaze was as curious as herself.

"I came once, and when it was a special period, I was pulled to the auditorium to hold your grandfather's criticism meeting." Grandma smiled bitterly and said lightly.

"Well, it was a big difference then and now." Mrs. Liu pointed to the library and teaching building on the side of the road with a fan, "At that time, there were capitalist roaders and counter-revolutionaries in this place, and shouts and cries could be heard every night. ”

As soon as she finished speaking, a few street lamps on the boulevard "crackled", and the shade of the trees became thicker.

"Oh, grandma, why are you scary when you come." Liu Lulu dragged her arm and quickened her pace, "Hurry up, hurry up, the movie is about to start." ”

After passing through the teaching area, there is a large playground, which is actually a standard football field, surrounded by concrete stands.

On the open-air basketball court on the side of the playground, a wide silver-white screen was raised, and the front of the screen was surrounded by a crowd of black oppressors, and there were still people rushing there one after another, and several naughty children put the bench on their heads, squeezing it inward, while shouting, "Boiling water, boiling water, be careful of boiling water." "Rampage.

Xiaoyu and Lulu helped the two old people to find a gap in the crowd, just found an empty seat, bent over and prepared to put a stool to sit down, a few children around them rushed over, almost rushed to the grandmother, Xiaoyu instinctively used her body to cover, but she was knocked over, almost fell, was blocked by her hand, her waist was hot, and then she was quickly let go and staggered to her feet.

"Xiaoyu, Nong is okay, right?" Grandma was shocked and trembled and helped Xiaoyu.

"It's fine." Xiaoyu said and turned back to find the person who helped her just now, only to see a big boy standing behind him, a white shirt, khaki cloth pants, a pair of ghostly linlin, black eyes were looking at her with a smile, seeing Xiaoyu's gaze on himself, he stretched out two fingers and gestured a "two", which meant the second time.

Xiaoyu's face was slightly hot, she wrinkled her nose at him, snorted, and continued to find a place to settle Grandma and Grandma Liu to sit down, while she and Liu Lulu found two places to sit next to her.

It was already completely dark, only the dim street lamps emitted a faint light in the gaps in the leaves, the music in the movie sounded, and the little flowers on the screen caressed the braids, watching the advancing troops, anxiously looking for the figure of the elder brother, and the big eyes were full of tears.

"It looks very similar to your family Xiaoyu." Grandma Liu whispered to her grandmother.

"It's like, in fact, I always look at the wall calendar and think it's a bit like it. However, girls can't always listen to good words, especially praise for good looks and vain. Grandma said.

Xiaoyu pursed her lips and smiled slightly.

"Huh, huh." Liu Lulu smashed her arm and said mysteriously, "Look, look, over there." ”

"Which way?" Xiaoyu looked at her inexplicably, "What are you looking at?" ”

"Over there, Deng Yinan." Liu Lulu said excitedly, "Grandpa Deng's grandson." Over there. ”

Xiaoyu followed her gaze and saw that the boy was sitting two or three places away from them, staring intently at the big screen.

"Oh, what's wrong?" Xiaoyu replied undetently.

"Don't you think Deng Yinan is very handsome?" Liu Lulu stared at her suspiciously, paused, and said, "And he has been staring at you just now." ”