That afternoon, Zhou Xiaoyun was sleeping in the house. The weather was sultry and people didn't want to go out, so they might as well sleep. At a sweet moment of sleep, Zhou Xiaoxia came to find her.

  "Big Ya——Big Ya——Big Ya——"

  Zhou Xiaoxia started shouting from her home and continued to shout at high decibels all the way to Zhou Xiaoyun's house, and Zhou Xiaoyun was a light sleeper who couldn't help but be woken up.

  When people are woken up from a deep sleep, they can't help but feel grumpy. Zhou Xiaoyun was no exception. She sat up in bed, rubbed her eyes and asked: "Sister Xiaxia, what's going on?"

  Zhou Xiaoxia was excited: "Da Ya, I have some good news to tell you, you'll definitely be happy when you hear it."

  "What good news?"

  Zhou Xiaoxia deliberately teased Zhou Xiaoyun's appetite and paused for a few seconds before saying, "Our village is showing a movie tonight."

  "Oh! I know, I'll definitely go see it then." Zhou Xiaoyun expressed her intention.

  Zhou Xiaoxia felt a bit disappointed and thought Zhou Xiaoyun's reaction was too calm: "Why aren't you excited at all? I heard Dad tell me that I was the first one to rush over and tell you."

  Zhou Xiaoyun hastily put on a smiling face: "I'm really excited, just woke up and was a bit dazed, my expression is a bit stiff. I love watching movies, thank you for telling me this good news, Little Xi Jie."

  That's about it! Zhou Xiaoxia was finally satisfied, and she chatted with Zhou Xiaoyun for a few more sentences about the movie. Finally, she reminded her to eat dinner early so they could go watch the movie together. Zhou Xiaoyun nodded repeatedly and finally sent Zhou Xiaoxia off.

  Zhou Xiaoyun got out of bed, combed her hair and washed her face. It seemed that she couldn't sleep anymore.

  As expected, Wang Jingjing arrived soon. Only then did I realize that Zhou Xiaoyun already knew about the movie screening and was a bit disappointed: "I thought you didn't know so I came to tell you specially!"

  Before she could finish speaking, Sun Min's voice came from outside the door: "Zhou Xiaoyun, there's a movie to watch tonight!"

  Zhou Xiaoyun and Wang Jingjing both burst out laughing, with Zhou Xiaoyun being the happiest. Look at this guy's social connections.

  Zhou Qianqian arrived the latest. When she got here, she saw three people chatting and laughing, and still wanted to show off a bit: "Do you know? Our village tonight..."

  "It's time for the movie!" everyone chimed in unison.

  Zhou Qianqian was startled and the several girls all burst out laughing.

  In the afternoon, several people naturally didn't leave and stayed at Zhou Xiaoyun's home to play until dinner time before dispersing. Before leaving, they agreed to call each other after dinner to go watch a movie together at the village's brigade headquarters.

  Dabao had learned from his partner about the movie release earlier and returned home on time for dinner after playing outside all afternoon.

  The whole family quickly finished dinner and went to watch a movie together, of course. It's not often that they all go out together, just once or twice a year is good enough, who wouldn't want to join in on the fun?

  Zhou Xiaoyun and Zhou Xiaoxia set off together, walked a few steps and bumped into Wang Jingjing and others who came to find her. Several girls with a small stool in hand chatted and laughed as they walked towards the place where the movie was being shown.

  From a distance, I saw a large open space in front of a row of low-rise houses with a tractor parked on it. The screen for showing movies was just a wide and long white cloth tied up high between two trees with several people fiddling with the movie projector.

  The children came relatively early and hurriedly found a good place to put down their stools and sat down.

  Zhou Xiaoyun and her friends were sitting close to the screen, and while the movie hadn't started yet, they chattered nonstop.

  Zhou Xiaoyun was also infected with the lively atmosphere and became excited, thinking that growing up to watch movies in a movie theater would be better, but it would always lack a kind of casual, relaxed and pleasant feeling compared to outdoor movies.

  It's great to see villagers gathering together, calling out to each other and chatting. Looking around, there are men and women of all ages, and everyone knows each other - they're all from the same village. Some are even related, like second uncles and third aunts, so it's a good opportunity to catch up and chat about everyday things, which is also a pleasant and relaxing experience.

  The adults also started coming one after another, and the noise became increasingly loud and lively.

  However, as soon as the bright light flashed, the movie started and the sound became smaller.

  The movie shown tonight is a war film, and both adults and children are watching with great interest. With the sound of gunfire, the timid child covers his eyes and dares not look at the bloody scene, but can't bear to miss it, so he secretly peeks through his fingers.

  Dabao and a group of boys mixed together, watching and commenting, their voices were a bit loud and disturbed others, they were scolded and became honest for a while, but couldn't hold on for a few minutes and returned to normal.

  Someone shouted: "Mom, I want to pee." The mother scolded with a smile: "Go pee on the side."

  A burst of laughter broke out, drawing the attention of those watching the movie over here.

  The second half of the movie had fewer viewers, and the adults started chatting and bragging.

  Mischievous kids ran to the front of the movie screen, making various gestures with their hands. The shadows were cast onto the screen and looked very interesting - sometimes a little bird flying, sometimes a small dog barking, and then suddenly transforming into a super giant monster.

  The boys shouted strangely and rushed up, chased by the person who was showing the movie, and played on one side.

  Nearby, I don't know whose haystack it is. Several boys climbed up, and the soft, tall, and high haystack can be climbed in just a few steps. Jumping, running, and doing somersaults on top of the haystack is the most enjoyable thing to do.

  Before long, more than a dozen boys had climbed up.

  It was so crowded that someone even fell down and started wailing loudly.

  The adult impatiently helped the child up and then turned around to chat with others again.

  Zhou Xiaoyun couldn't help but laugh out loud, it was even more exciting than a movie. Fortunately, she hadn't forgotten to bring something to eat, Zhou Xiaoyun thought as she took a bite of cucumber.

  Watching movies and eating snacks has always been her habit. This time, there was no dried pumpkin seeds or popcorn, so she washed a few cucumbers grown at home, put them in a plastic bag, and had already eaten one.

  Cucumbers are crispy and tender and sweet, better than any fruit, Zhou Xiaoyun ate with relish, attracting the attention of her companions around her.

  Zhou Xiaoxia spoke up first: "Da Ya, what are you eating? Share some with me."

  Zhou Xiaoyun divided the remaining few cucumbers into two portions and distributed them to everyone to eat. While eating, they chatted, and it's estimated that not many people knew what movie was playing.

  When the music started playing at the end of the movie, Zhou Xiaoyun suddenly realized that it was all over.

  The crowd dispersed one after another, and some men stayed on the spot smoking and chatting together.

  Zhou Xiaoyun looked for her family in the crowd, but after searching around for a while, she couldn't find them due to the throngs of people coming and going. So she decided to head home with Zhou Xiaoxia and Wang Jingjing first.

  When I got home and took a look, it turned out that Zhou Guoqiang and Zhao Yuzhen had brought back Xiaobao and Er Ya earlier. However, Da Bao was still playing with his friends and hadn't returned yet.

  Zhou Xiaoxia walked away with a sigh and said: "The movie is really good, it would be great if they showed it again."

  Zhou Xiaoyun listened and was speechless with laughter, what movie is this, do you know, sister?

  Maybe at this time people love not the movie but the atmosphere of watching movies!