Life in a quiet village in Xianshan

A large open space, a very large open space, almost as big as two standard football fields. I don't know what it is usually used for, but now it is an open-air cinema.

The entire open space is almost square, and it feels straight, but I don't know if it is actually like this, but even if it is a little crooked, it will not affect everyone's viewing of the movie.

There are two high-speed iron poles erected on the west side of the site, just like the flagpoles in Gu Siwei's impression. Each pole is about ten meters in length by visual inspection.

At this moment, a movie screen was hung between the two poles. The white movie screen seemed to be made up of several long white strips of cloth. It was obvious that there were vertical seams on it. Around the screen, there were black There are holes on the edge of the screen at regular intervals, and ropes are passed through the holes to secure the entire screen to the two poles.

The movie machine was very big. To be honest, this was the first time Gu Siwei had seen a real movie machine - a big box supporting two huge film reels.

I thought it was quite novel, so I went up to take a look, but before he could get close, the middle-aged man showing the movie started yelling at Gu Siwei.

At this time, Gu Siwei was like a curious baby, looking around and finding everything new. For him, it seemed that the scenes of the movie were more interesting than the movie itself.

When it got completely dark, the movie officially started.

At this moment, the entire open space was filled with people, and it was so dark that with so many people, there was a feeling that silence was better than sound. Even Gu Siwei, who was standing at the back, could clearly hear the loudspeaker at the front. character dialogue.

Movies are not interesting to Gu Siwei. The previous war movies and the facial makeup characters are really not to the appetite of Gu Siwei, who has been here decades later.

But Gu Siwei had to admit that the movie was acted very seriously at this time. Every actor spoke and enunciated very clearly. You could hear every word and every sentence, even without reading the subtitles.

It’s not like when Gu Siwei came, a few of them couldn’t even walk. They dressed up in ancient costumes and looked like a group of marmots. They performed on the screen for fear that others would not know what it means to wear a crown while wearing a monkey. The drama is so powerful.

It was okay to stand, so Gu Siwei had no choice but to watch the movie. Who would have thought that after watching it like this, he would slowly sink in, and eventually it would become enjoyable to watch.

After waiting for the movie to finish, Gu Siwei reflected on it and felt that maybe there were too few entertainment activities during this period, which made him feel that such an old movie was interesting.

After watching the movie, everyone moved their stools home and gathered together in twos and threes to discuss the highlights of the movie animatedly.

Gu Siwei was thinking about finding a place to rest for the night and wait for the store to open tomorrow to buy something before going home.

Since he was going to stay for one night, Gu Siwei followed the crowd and walked out. When walking, he tried his best to look around so as not to meet the villagers, otherwise he would have to make up lies and make excuses.

It was obvious that Gu Siwei was overthinking. He didn't meet any villagers along the way.

The reason is also very simple. There are about ten or twenty thousand people in the movie theater at this time. Those in the sixth group are all squatting in the front row. The chance of meeting Gu Siwei, who is standing in the back row, is very small.

After finding a remote place, Gu Siwei looked around and saw that no one was around, then climbed into the space and prepared to stay here until dawn tomorrow.

The plan was good, but Gu Siwei soon realized that he seemed to have chosen the wrong place, and a man and a woman got in within a short time.

They are obviously a young couple in love. The man is entangled and entangled, and the woman is pushing and pushing. It's called a grind.

Gu Siwei originally thought that the two of them were going to make a big deal, but it took him a long time to realize that the man's request was just a kiss, which made Gu Siwei almost jump out and yell at them to get out.

Fortunately, the two of them didn't quarrel for long. In less than ten minutes, the two of them got out of the house.

Gu Siwei thought that nothing would happen now, but within half an hour, another couple came in, still looking the same, which made Gu Siwei really want to jump out and scold them.

After the couple left, Gu Siwei couldn't bear it anymore and moved directly to the small forest at the foot of the mountain, thinking that no one would come here now.

It really made Gu Siwei guess. No one came over now, so Gu Siwei had a good sleep peacefully.

Emerging from the space, Gu Siwei took the meal ticket he had exchanged yesterday and ran towards the store.

Not long after walking, when I was about to hit the main road, I heard someone's voice on the roadside. I turned around and took a look, and found that there was actually someone selling things. There were quite a few people, about ten people, scattered in a line. A scattered row.

The items sold are all grown in the fields, such as potatoes, dried beans, and Chinese cabbage stored for the winter. In addition, there are also tofu sellers.

What surprised Gu Siwei even more was that in the very corner, squatting was a middle-aged man in his forties. He could tell at a glance that he was not from the countryside, and he was completely different from the man who came to sell vegetables and goods next to him.

The things that Hanzi sells also aroused Gu Siwei's interest, because what Hanzi sells are knives, kitchen knives, and hatchets that he made by himself. There are not many knives, only three. The knives are very thick, and you can tell at a glance what they look like. Something that looks rough but is very practical.

"Comrade, how do you sell this knife?" Gu Siwei walked over and squatted down, picked up the kitchen knife inside and started looking at it.

"Three dollars and five dollars a dozen." When the man saw Gu Siwei coming over, a smile appeared on his face, and he became more energetic. It seemed that he wanted to do Gu Siwei's business.

"It's a bit expensive," Gu Siwei said.

In fact, the price is not expensive, but when buying something, you have to complain that it is expensive, otherwise how can you bargain.

The man heard this and said: "It's not expensive at all. Don't look at the shiny knives in the store. They are actually not as good as my knife. My knife is made of bearing material. I don't know how much better it is than the kitchen knives in the store."

The man said it quite confidently. Gu Siwei was engaged in machine tool processing. He couldn't tell the difference. This knife was very good. The steel material tamped by the mechanical hammer was much stronger than the blacksmith. Although the blade edge It doesn't use clamped steel, but it is probably much better than clamped steel.

"How much does this knife cost in total? My money may not be easy to come by, can you let me exchange it for something else?" Gu Siwei likes this kitchen knife very much, and also likes the remaining hatchets, large and small.

Lao Gu's family is lacking everything now. These things can be considered as belongings, right?

"If you have food, that's no problem. I'll take all the fifteen kilograms of food and I won't ask you for money." The man opened his mouth when he saw Gu Siwei offering to exchange things.

Saying this, the man was a little disappointed. Seeing that Gu Siwei was well dressed, he thought his business was coming, but he didn't expect that Gu Siwei was just a piece of shit and had no money to buy it.

"Let's go and talk next to each other."

Gu Siwei turned around and saw that everyone in the circle was looking at the two of them, so he said to the man.

The man thought for a moment and hesitated a little, but finally put away his things and followed Gu Siwei to the side.

Gu Siwei asked the man to talk about it, and finally the unit of weight was changed to the unit of volume, and several scoops of wheat were used as the unit, and these tools were replaced.

Seeing that Gu Siwei really had food, the man was so satisfied that he took off his inner coat, tied up the two cuffs, poured the food in and wrapped it around his waist.

"Brother, do you need anything else? If you do, tell me and I will make it for you." When the man saw the food, Gu Siwei naturally became enthusiastic.

"Is it convenient for you? Once you have finished it, you can take it out of the factory?" Gu Siwei was a little curious, but he didn't think about where the things sold came from if he couldn't take them out of the factory.

When Gu Siwei saw the things, he understood that these things must be made with factory machines. A man's hands are not capable of making such things, let alone making them. It is impossible to melt this kind of steel. Ordinary soil There is no way the stove can have such a high temperature.

The man said: "If it's inconvenient, you can just bring it with you when you go to work. It doesn't take up any time at work. What I use are some scrap materials. As for how to make it, I can't tell you."

"I really need some tools."

Gu Siwei felt that he was so lucky. After meeting this man, he could make many of the things he wanted.

But Gu Siwei didn't know that this was not his luck. Workers in the factory would always sell something, and there were different men. This was just like farmers selling vegetables secretly nowadays.

When life is difficult, there will always be people who come up with ways to supplement their lives, whether they are farmers or workers.

Even if you don't meet this person, as long as Gu Siwei comes often, you will meet someone else.

"I want a chisel, something deeper...".

Gu Siwei gestured while talking.

After hearing this, the man realized that Gu Siwei wanted a lot of things, so he took out a pen from his pocket, took out a small book on horse dung paper, and asked Gu Siwei to draw it.

Gu Siwei took the notebook and started drawing without saying a word.

"Have you ever worked on a machine tool before?" The man opened his mouth and asked when he saw what Gu Siwei had drawn.

The so-called experts can tell if there is one at a glance. When a man sees what Gu Siwei has drawn, he knows that this young man has skills in his hands, and he looks like a person who can draw.

Gu Siwei smiled and said nothing. He finished drawing the thing on his hand, marked the approximate size and handed it to the man.

"The calligraphy is good, and the painting is also good. He will soon catch up with Master You in our workshop." The man took the notebook and said with admiration.

Gu Siwei laughed and said nothing.

He was also forced to practice this skill. When he was working in a factory, he wanted to become a master. The first test given by the master was to draw three views. The drawings must be good-looking and easy to recognize, and the annotations must be neat and standardized.

In fact, no one drew by hand at that time, and Gu Siwei also knew that the master was embarrassing him and wanted him to retreat.

But unlike others, Gu Siwei knew that learning the craftsmanship was equivalent to serving the food bowl himself. Otherwise, as a high school graduate, he couldn't spend his whole life driving screws on the production line.

So for more than half a year, Gu Siwei practiced whenever he had time, and finally passed the test. Only then did he have good handwriting and the ability to draw simple three-dimensional views by hand.