Section 7 Open-air cinema
The company has to organize the soldiers to watch a movie every half a month, the film is supplied by the army system, and there is an army ** battalion four miles away from the company, the battalion is already very close to the county seat, and the ** battalion is also very scattered, there are four companies, which live in the mountains around the county seat, and only the battalion headquarters is on the outskirts of the county. Whenever a screening station came to show a movie, the battalion notified the four companies and, of course, the radar company to go to the movie. **There is no auditorium in the camp, and when movies are shown, they are shown in the open air.
Every time a movie is a festival for the company, before it is evening, in the afternoon, the driver Xiao Shi began to tinker with the old liberation. Sometimes the old liberation car still can't drive away until the night, and the soldiers are very disappointed, so they have to line up to run to the ** battalion under the leadership of the company commander, run and run, and still rush to the ** battalion before dark, and then the movie will be played.
**The battalion informed the radar company commander to watch a movie, which was a matter of noon. After answering the phone, the company commander wrote on the small blackboard: Tonight's movie "××××".
When the soldiers saw the small blackboard, they would talk excitedly about it all afternoon, and after dinner, the soldiers had to change into clean military uniforms, and the discipline buttons were also meticulously tied, and their faces were washed, and they were smeared with skin care cream. After arriving at the ** battalion, the soldiers followed the formation of the queue; Put down the "maza" in your hand and sit down before you sit down.
Because it is an open-air movie, you don't need a ticket to watch a movie, and the residents around the ** camp also came to watch the movie, and the screen was full of people nearby. Few of them are keen on what the movie shows, but more enthusiastic about chatting, the women chatting in the parents, the men some smoke, some take out the beer at home, put some peanuts in front of them or something, while drinking, while watching the movie without a match, anyway, it doesn't cost money to watch the movie, don't watch it in vain.
In fact, the soldiers are not keen on watching movies, and the films supplied by the army are always half a year or a few months later than the films shown in local cinemas. Some filmmakers have already spent money to buy tickets to watch the film on weekends, and when the film is performed again, they will also watch it without a match. His eyes were fixed on the young girl standing not far away.
Every time a movie is played, there are always some young girls gathered here, and they stand together in twos and threes, talking and laughing while watching the movie, and of course, glancing at the soldiers around them from time to time. The soldiers were young men, and the girls couldn't help but keep an eye on them. This is what the soldiers are most happy and most concerned about.
Every time the movie is played, the company commander sits in the front row, he is very attentive when watching the movie, and he always looks like he doesn't squint. He didn't care much about how the soldiers behaved, anyway, the soldiers who returned to the company were neat. He didn't have eyes in the back of his head, so it was impossible to see the performance of every soldier. When the company commander is attracted by the story in the movie, the soldiers start to slip away.
The soldiers took the opportunity to go to the toilet or buy packs of cigarettes to take a second look at the girls, or walk around them a few times in close proximity.
There were more daring soldiers, smoking cigarettes and spitting smoke rings, and a few words with the girls without saying anything.
That's how the soldiers usually start.
Bing said: What about watching a movie?
Sometimes the girls answered, sometimes they didn't, whether they answered or not, they all snickered.
Bing said again: Interesting, isn't it?
The girls said, "Play."
If the soldiers want to go further and "set porcelain", they will ask: What is your surname?
At this time, the girls often don't speak, huddle together and laugh, push and shove. The soldiers asked such nonsensical questions that the girls could not answer, and the girls still covered their mouths and smiled in the dark, and the light on the screen shone brightly on their faces and bodies.
The soldiers didn't want to ask again, but their hearts were still a little unwilling, they looked at the screen absentmindedly, threw away most of the cigarettes they had smoked, and took out another one in embarrassment, and in the process of smoking and igniting the fire, their hearts stabilized. Glancing at the girls, then at the girls. The girls knew that the soldiers were paying attention to them, so they looked serious, staring at the screen without squinting, but their hearts were still on the soldiers around them, and every pore of them was alert.
Until the end of the movie, Bing never found a chance to get close to the girls again, but it was enough to make them happy for a while. When they ride in the car or walk back, they all hum songs in their mouths, and they look youthful. This mood lasted for several days, and they looked forward to the next open-air movie.
The driver, Xiao Shi, met a girl when he was watching an open-air movie, and the girl's name was Xiaoqin. Xiao Shi just started to get in front of the girls who were gathered like those inexperienced soldiers, so naturally there was nothing to gain. Later, Xiao Shi learned more shrewdly, he no longer paid attention to that group of girls, but focused on looking for a single one, and soon Xiao Shi had a harvest and met Xiaoqin.
He found that Xiao Qin came in a car that night, and he parked Lao Jiefang aside, and at this time the soldiers had already gotten out of the car and walked into the open space under the leadership of the company commander. After he stopped the car, he found Xiao Qin, who watched Xiao Shi stop the car and come over again.
Xiao Shi didn't want to leave after seeing Xiaoqin, and the movie had already begun. In the process of watching the movie absentmindedly, he found that the girl turned her head and looked at him twice, which made Xiao Shi's heart pound, and he encouraged himself not to panic, what is there to panic about, but he still panicked. He thought about the words he had accosted the girl, and he had thought of the words a thousand times, but when he came out, it still turned into a nonsense.
Xiao Shi trembled and said: Watch a movie.
What I didn't expect was that the girl replied with a nonsense.
The girl said, "Well, watch the movie."
Xiao Shi was overjoyed, he wanted to say something more, but he didn't know what to say for a while.
After a while, the girl said, "You are the driver."
Xiao Shi said: Yes, it's the driver.
At that time, the soldiers who drove in the company always had some sense of superiority, and this was also the case to outsiders, after all, it was a craft, and in the early eighties of the twentieth century, it was a good job to be able to drive a car.
Speaking of the driver, Xiao Shi's mood stabilized, and he boldly asked: What is your name?
The girl replied: Xiaoqin.
In this way, Xiao Shi and Xiaoqin met.
As if an appointment, Xiao Shi could see Xiaoqin every time she watched a movie, and at first Xiaoqin stood in the light, but when she found out that Xiao Shi saw herself, she hid in the dark. After a while, Xiao Shi appeared beside her. At this time, Xiao Qin would look very embarrassed, pinching the ends of her hair or the corners of her clothes or something, and then talking to Xiao Shi shyly. In this kind of question-and-answer, both of them get to know each other.
Xiao Shi knew that Xiaoqin worked as a salesperson in a store in the county seat, and also knew that Xiaoqin had parents and an elder brother, all of whom lived in a small village near the county seat. The girl is the same age as Xiao Shi, both of whom are twenty years old. The girl naturally also knew some of Xiao Shi's situation.
Xiao Shi couldn't tell if he was in love, in short, after he met Xiaoqin, he began to become uneasy every day, and he was more eager to watch an open-air movie than anyone else.
The troops were disciplined, and the fighters were not allowed to fall in love in the local area of the garrison. The discipline of the troops was very prescient, because the state still practiced the household registration system, and demobilized soldiers from the war territory could only return to their hometowns, and if there was no such discipline, it would have a considerable impact on the household registration. Another point is that the soldiers are in love locally, which is not conducive to the management of the company. Because of such a discipline, many soldiers' love buds died.
Xiao Shi and Xiaoqin's love is an exception. No one found out that Xiao Shi and Xiaoqin were in love. Until Xiao Shi was demobilized and returned to his hometown, within two months, Xiao Shi came back and soon married Xiaoqin.
Xiao Shi first drove a taxi, and then bought a new Jiefang brand truck and started transportation. Xiaoqin is still working as a salesperson in the store.
The soldiers who knew Xiao Shi widened their eyes in surprise when they heard the news of Xiao Shi and Xiaoqin's marriage. No one expected that Xiao Shi, who looked like Lei Feng, would fall in love locally.
At present, the local garrison still retains the habit of showing movies in the open air, and nearby residents still watch movies with the soldiers at night. Sometimes Xiao Shi and Xiaoqin would watch movies hand in hand, and their children were already older and were playing around the movie screen with some of them.
Now when Xiao Shi and Xiaoqin watch the movie, both of them are very attentive, and as the plot develops, the two of them will involuntarily sigh. If you are careful, if you encounter a sensational movie, you will find teardrops overflowing from the corners of Xiaoqin's eyes. Now no one in the company can recognize Xiao Shi.
Xiao Shi sometimes looked at the soldiers around him, and always smiled understandingly.