Ronin: Start with the cotton

Chapter 2 "Smart Escape"

"Hey! The one who plays cotton!"

The rough voice of an aunt woke up the drowsy Qiao Shan.

The youngest also shivered, stood up straight instantly, with a warm smile on his face, stepped forward and agreed:
"Would you like to flick cotton?"

"Yes! My home is right there, come with me."

The aunt held the dustpan in one hand, and pointed the other finger behind her. She glanced at the two of them, and couldn't help but look at Qiao Shan more.

"The young man is quite handsome, it's a pity...my daughter is already married..."

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Qiao Shan is also looking at Auntie,
He could see very clearly that there were dried sweet potatoes that had shriveled in the sun in the dustpan!
"Okay! Come right away!" The youngest voice could not hide the joy: "Shunzi! Uncle Shunzi! We have work to do!"

Qiao Shan finally woke up and stood up abruptly!
Have work to do?

That means there is food to eat?
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After half an hour,

Qiao Shan squatted by the water tank, gobbled up three sesame seed cakes, and swallowed them with cold water. Then he breathed a sigh of relief and rubbed his stomach contentedly.Especially looking at the dozens of biscuits wrapped in white cloth in the shoulder pocket in front of me, a sense of satisfaction arises spontaneously!

This is the fruit of labor!
Playing cotton was more labor-intensive than he had imagined. It took the two of them a long time to pop out a quilt. This was because Qiao Shan had the memory of Shunzi in his mind, and after a little familiarity, he could get started quickly.

But if you are full, your IQ will come back.
Qiao Shan finally remembered who the youngest and Shunzi were!
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What he didn't expect was that this was actually the movie world of "Ben and Escape"!

Speaking of which, this movie was one of Qiao Shan's favorite movies when he was a child.

At that time, my family was poor and the countryside was underdeveloped. Apart from a few CCTV channels, the big head TV at home could only watch county satellite TV and provincial satellite TV, and there were only five or six channels in total.

Qiao Shan, who didn't like watching Jinkela's commercials when he was a child, was the happiest when he came home every weekend and watched movies at home.

What I watched was not the movie channel of Six Princesses,
It was the DVD player that the family bought with huge sums of money at that time.

At that time, there could be more than [-] movies on one DVD, and the living expenses that Qiao Shan saved every month when he was in school were used.It is also through these DVDs that Qiao Shan witnessed the glorious period of Hong Kong. He got to know what the Four Heavenly Kings are, the elder brother and the star master, and also saw the high-rise buildings and luxurious life that cannot be seen in rural areas!

At that time, the little boy sat in the dim little room and thought silently:

If only I were the main character in the movie.

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It is no exaggeration to say that these DVDs accompanied Qiao Shan throughout his youth.

Later, as he grew older, his video discs gradually increased, and he had already filled the entire shoe box.The scope of his viewing is no longer limited to Hong Kong movies, war movies, funny movies, ghost movies, romance movies, action movies, sex movies are gradually involved.

In addition to domestic actors, he also knows that there are Schwarzenegger, Marlon Brando, Sorai Cang, Shengze Mariya...

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Later, with the rapid development of technology, everyone used smart phones,

To watch movies, you only need to download the app and open a membership.

However, Qiao Shan found that at some point, he had no more movies to watch.

Going to work, leaving get off work, saving money, house, car, face, rivalry among neighbors, estrangement of friends, changes in the family...

He didn't know when he had grown into an adult.

Also because of this,

Qiao Shan didn't immediately think that this is the world of movies after traveling.

The reason why I was able to remember it just now is also due to the clip of playing cotton that suddenly became popular on the short video platform in later generations.

The image of "Sima Yi playing cotton" is so classic!

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The origin of the story in this movie is that an injured Eighth Route Army traffic officer stuffed the oilcloth bag containing the Japanese army's strategic offensive map into the hands of his younger brother Erzhu, and told him to deliver it to the comrades who were picking up at the train station.However, in desperation, Erzhu mistakenly remembered the contact code "There is no way out if there are many mountains and rivers" as "Look for eight ways with beautiful mountains and rivers", which caused a series of funny accidents.

The main characters who appeared on the scene were Qin Gui, the second shopkeeper who was appointed by the shopkeeper to go to the train station to intercept the strategic attack map in the county; Shunzi and the youngest uncle and nephew who were going to defect to the Eighth Route to join the anti-Japanese team; and the storyteller in the teahouse And the little devils chasing after them trying to regain the strategic offensive map.

This is a classic film that presents serious themes with comedic presentation.

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No matter how classic and funny,

Qiao Shan couldn't laugh at all at the moment.

A movie is a movie after all, and he can't expect the big wooden plate on his back to really block all the bullets. In the original plot, Shunzi could escape with the youngest, but it's not necessarily the case with Qiao Shan.

It's not that Qiao Shan underestimated himself,
But he understands a truth: real war is always heavy!
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Qiao Shan chewed and swallowed the last bite of biscuits, took a few breaths, and with a pure smile on his face, he asked the aunt who was picking sweet potato slices to dry in the yard:
"Sister Yu, is there a teahouse in our village?"

"Yes! It's at the entrance of the village!"

Aunt Yu's heart was called "big sister", and the sweet-mouthed Qiao Shan soon learned the exact location of the teahouse from Aunt Yu.

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Life made Qiao Shan understand,
In the village, you must have a good relationship with the aunts and aunts.

Maybe they don't know the important affairs of the country and the battle situation on the front line, but they definitely know who in the village has lost a chicken, who has a dog, and whose children hold hands.

"Youngest, let's go!"

Qiao Shan, who had a full meal and rested for a while, finally regained his energy.He got up and carried the big wooden plate on his back, and pulled up the elder nephew who was squatting next to him to get up and go on his way.

it's time to go,
If he doesn't leave, Aunt Yu will introduce him to the girls in the village!

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"Please, two guest officers!"

The proprietor of the teahouse is a thin middle-aged man with a vicissitudes of life, he looks almost the same as the youngest, like a little old man.

People these days are like this,
Life is hard, and the age of thirty or forty is often matched with the face and body of fifty or sixty.

Seeing the two of Qiao Shan come in, the owner of the teahouse greeted him with a smile, and yelled openly at the waiter who was walking around the room refilling tea:
"Have some tea!"

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Qiao Shan looked around silently along the way, observing the route in the village, and was the first to look for a hiding place when he entered the teahouse.

Especially when you first entered the teahouse,

Seeing the appearance of the storyteller in the teahouse, Qiao Shan scratched his head helplessly, confirming his guess completely,

This is actually the world of movies!
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The teahouse is very simple, it is the common people remodeling their own farm yards, but it is an absolute entertainment center for young and old in the village in this era.

The men in the village would gather in teahouses to talk and talk when they finished their work or were not working in the field every day.

Storytellers who run the rivers and lakes often use this kind of teahouse as a foothold, stay here for ten and a half months, and tell a piece of storytelling regularly every day.

Today, there is red paper pasted on one wall of the teahouse, which is very eye-catching.
It says the song that Mr. Storyteller said today,

It is "The Complete Biography of Yue Fei"!
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At this time, an elegant middle-aged storyteller wearing a long robe and shaved crew-cut head on the stage was talking about storytelling with eloquence:

"...In other words, Marshal Yue Feiyue should take advantage of the victory and pursue after he defeated the Jin soldiers in Zhuxian Town! It's a great time to advance to the Central Plains, let's not show it for the time being! That dog Qin Hui heard the news in the capital, hey~ what kind of Qin Hui is this? Where is the Lord..."

"gentlemen!"

As soon as Qiao Shan sat down, he interrupted the storyteller, saying:

"Tell me about the current situation on the front line."

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(End of this chapter)