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Wang Yutong remembered that Qi Yin was very busy in the second half of summer vacation that year, and even when asked her to come out to play, she said she had no time.Seeing her less, the summer vacation has become even more boring.

Wang Yutong knew that Qi Yin did not take the money from his cousin, but only received the condolence money from the factory. Calculated based on Qi Yin's father's working years, the total was 800 yuan.

In 400, when the annual tuition fee was only 1997 yuan, the more than 2000 yuan was still very useful.

Wang Yutong was happy for Qi Yin, but Qi Yin just smiled and said, "Life is really worthless in exchange for this."

Wang Yutong didn't quite understand whether Qi Yin hated her father or loved her father. When talking about her father, she basically didn't have any feelings at all, but when she talked about her father's death, she seemed to be regretting something.

At that time, Wang Yutong's life had just begun, just like a kitten, full of curiosity about the world, wanting to try and understand everything.The mature, beautiful and intelligent Qi Yin is even more attractive to her because she still has family affairs that she wants to talk about.

At the same age as him, his father died and his mother was paralyzed, what should Qi Yin do in the future?Wang Yutong didn't know that Qiyin's mother had a real estate certificate in the room above the health center, which meant they could live here forever. Even without her father's labor force, her mother still had the disability allowance from the factory.Back then, the wages in state-owned enterprises were not high, but they were indeed guaranteed jobs. Employees were taken care of from birth to death. At least for 13-year-old Qi Yin, it was a great help.

At that time, Qi Yin already knew that it was not enough to sit and eat. Her mother's medical expenses were a big expense, and the disability allowance was not enough to stop her teeth. She started to find a job to make money by herself.

At that time, the supporting facilities in the big factory of this old enterprise were very complete.From the vegetable market to the canteen, from the movie theater to the health center, the living problems of the workers are basically solved, and the factory workers can easily live without going out.Of course, some employees who are not too busy with work or need to subsidize their families will also open some small shops, such as breakfast shops, tailor shops, shoe repair stalls, and even raise some poultry at their doorstep and bring them to the vegetable market for sale.

On the way Wang Yutong went to Qi Yin's house, she often saw some chicken and duck droppings, and she always carefully walked around those sticky things with light steps.

On the last day of summer vacation, Wang Yutong woke up from the heat at five in the morning. There were passers-by coughing and talking outside the window, and the dark red curtains were a little shimmering from the sun, clearly illuminating the rows of black shadows on the iron railings.The drowsy Wang Yutong felt sticky on the back of his hands, got out of bed and drew the curtains, and opened the window. It happened that a young man passed by and saw the little girl who had just woken up.

Walk out of the bedroom and go through her parents' room to open the door. The kitchen is at a [-]-degree angle in front of the bedroom. You need to open the door, put on slippers and walk two steps to get to the kitchen.Wang Yutong is lazy and doesn't like to wear shoes every time and just step over. A few times he kicked the door so painful that she burst into tears and didn't let her remember it.

She was so groggy all summer vacation, she walked to the kitchen with half-closed eyes and drank a full stomach of ice water before going back to bed to sleep.During the period, Qiu Xiuzhen came to ask her twice but failed to drag her up, so she couldn't bear to go to work, so she said: "Hurry up and turn back the time, I don't care if you can't get up for class tomorrow."

Wang Yutong vaguely heard this sentence, turned around and fell asleep again.When she woke up, she picked up the alarm clock and saw that it was past half past eight, so she quickly got dressed and went to wash up. After washing, she carried her schoolbag and ran to Qi Yin's house.

When I came to Qi Yin's house, I saw that Qi Yin's mother's bed was full of clothes. Qi Yin moved out of nowhere and was mending clothes with a sewing machine.

"Where did these clothes come from?" Wang Yutong put the schoolbag aside, sat on the ground casually, hugged the electric fan to his side, and let him take a good breath of heat first.

"I brought it from Aunt Liu's tailor shop opposite the health center. I can mend clothes and have a sewing machine at home. I said to help her mend clothes, and she will give me money later."

"I don't even know when your family had a sewing machine."

"It's been in the corner covered with a cloth, my mom used to use leftovers and it hasn't been used since she got sick."

"That's right... that's not bad, at least you can make money yourself, better than me! How much is a piece of clothing?"

"Five cents."

"Only fifty cents? An ice cream costs one yuan!"

Qi Yin smiled at her: "A little accumulation makes a lot."

Wang Yutong lay on the ground tossing and turning to try to cool down. Qi Yin's house was really stuffy.

When Wang Yutong turned over like this, Qi Yin saw that the shoulders of her clothes were a little open, so she asked her to take them off for mending.

"Really, I didn't notice when the line was opened." Wang Yutong turned his head and found it.

"Take it off and I'll sew it for you." Qi Yin reminded again.

Wang Yutong is wearing such a dress. If he takes it off, there will be a short vest inside.Wang Yutong was a little embarrassed touching his arm, and he didn't take it off for a long time.

Qi Yin saw through her thoughts and said with a smile: "You don't need to take it off, you can sit here and you can sew without taking it off."

Wang Yutong moved a small bench and sat next to Qi Yin, who leaned over with a needle and thread and helped her sew it carefully.

Qi Yin's body temperature made Wang Yutong, who was afraid of heat, even more uncomfortable, but Wang Yutong, who rarely gets close to each other, didn't want to waste such a good opportunity, so he endured it no matter how hot it was.Qi Yin sewed the clothes stitch by stitch, while Wang Yutong counted her eyelashes one by one...

Qi Yin got down and bit off the thread, and when he raised his head, he saw Wang Yutong staring at her intently.

"What are you looking at?" Qi Yin pinched her nose.

"Look at you." Wang Yutong touched the pinched place and muttered.

Qi Yin stood up and was about to put the sewing box away. Hearing what Wang Yutong said, he looked back at her with a sly look in his eyes: "How pretty is it?"

"The most beautiful place in the world!"

Qi Yin didn't continue teasing her, the pile of clothes on her mother's bed needed to be sewn.

Qi Yin continued to sew clothes, Wang Yutong took the schoolbag, poured out the summer homework and put it on the table, and copied Qi Yin's homework.

"Don't you know how to do it yourself? What will you do after copying homework all the time?"

The sound of the sewing machine was grinding back and forth in Wang Yutong's ears. A lot of clothes were almost finished, and Wang Yutong hadn't finished copying his homework.

"My hands are sore... I'll talk about it later. I don't know if I can finish my homework today. Who wants to tomorrow." Wang Yutong had a popsicle in his mouth, copying homework while sucking it.

"I'll let you copy it for the last time. If you have any problems in the future, come and ask me, and I'll teach you. Copying homework is not good. You will never know how to solve these problems without thinking about it with your own brain."

Wang Yutong threw the finished bag of popsicles into the trash can: "I'm not as smart as you, I can do everything."

Qi Yin said: "If you study well in class, you will too."

"I can't concentrate in class." Wang Yutong spoke eloquently.

Qi Yin turned over the last piece of clothing and turned to look at her: "What are you thinking about?"

"I'm thinking about you."

Qi Yin was amused by her: "Miss me? Be careful not to get married."

Wang Yutong rolled over to Qi Yin's side, leaned over and looked at her with round eyes: "If you can't get married, you will rely on you and ask you to marry me."

"Don't be ashamed, who wants to marry a lazy and stupid girl?"

"Qi Yin!" Wang Yutong hit her with the pillow, but Qi Yin blocked her and said, "Stop making trouble."

"You think I'm lazy and stupid!"

"Yes, yes, I was wrong." Qi Yin sighed, "The people who tell the truth suffer the most these days."

Wang Yutong rushed forward: "It doesn't matter! No matter how lazy or stupid you are, I will rely on you. Anyway, you are hardworking and smart. Lao Yao said that we should learn from each other's strengths and make progress together." Lao Yao is their class teacher.

"Okay, okay, hang on. You get up from me first, I'm about to be crushed to death by you." Qi Yin's hair was loosened by her, and the two of them rolled on the ground for a long time before they got up out of breath and exchanged words. Glancing at the other party with disheveled hair, he smiled for a long time.

When they were young, Wang Yutong and Qi Yin grew up together in the old factory, and their favorite place to go was the movie theater in the factory.

Movie theaters show movies every other day, and two movies in a row on weekends.There is a bulletin board next to the movie theater, with the posters of the movies that will be released that night. Below it is colored paper, and the name of the movie and the name of the leading actor are written with a brush.Every day when the movie is shown, after school, Wang Yutong will take Qi Yin to see what movie is going to be shown.

Of course, the so-called screenings are not real releases. After all, the movies shown in the factory are different from those shown in the first-tier theaters in big cities. Whatever movies are shown, Wang Yutong can watch whatever is shown.

Wang Yutong doesn't know how much the movie ticket costs. Her father knows that she loves to watch movies, so she buys a monthly ticket every month. There is no limit to the number of shows, and she can watch it whenever she wants.

The charm of cinema is not limited to movies.

The sounds of melon seeds, drinks, and everyone whispering in the dark big room... These sounds are very intimate and fulfilling, just like she likes to open the windows on the first floor.She likes to hear the sound of footsteps and conversations, and she likes the sense of fulfillment brought by the crowd. Every word spoken by a stranger's voice or even a small movement can make her imagine.That is the key to her colorful little world.

Most of the movies shown in the cinemas are Hong Kong movies. The 90s was the era when a hundred flowers bloomed in Hong Kong movies. There were a lot of talented directors and high-quality actors at almost the same time.For people of Wang Yutong's age, the Hong Kong movies at that time were of great significance. Children in small cities saw a completely different world through movies, which also allowed the little soul in her heart to slowly soak and germinate.

Compared with the current blockade of radio and television, the films shown in factory cinemas back then did not consider rating restrictions at all.The two parts of "Golden Branches and Jade Leaves" with a strong gay plot were screened one after another, and "Green Snake" made Wang Yutong mesmerized.

The bustling big city, the beautiful adults, the psychedelic martial arts world... The dazzling and wonderful plot is a distant voice, calling Wang Yutong to grow up quickly, and come to the colorful big world to have a look Look, take a look at how exciting the world of adults can be.

Wang Yutong, who was promoted to the second grade of junior high school, was also ready to go.

Not only Wang Yutong is ready to go, but her father is already paving the way for her future life.

Recently, uncles whom she doesn't know have been coming to the house to find her father for dinner and drinks. Wang Yutong is a little skeptical. Once someone comes, she asks her mother to help her pack food and bring it to the room to eat.

Wang Yutong asked Qiu Xiuzhen what those uncles did, and Qiu Xiuzhen said that those uncles were all friends of her father, and that her father wanted to do business, and these were his business partners.

"Father wants to do business?" Wang Yutong asked.

"That's right, this factory is probably going to die soon, and it's about to collapse."

"Why is it about to die?"

"The reason for this is very complicated. It's useless to tell you a child so much. You don't have to worry about these things. Study hard. We will definitely make your life better with us in the future."