Chapter 4 Chapter 4 Movies Women Like

noon the next day.Molina lay listless, and Valenti began to care about him. "You should have some lunch." "I don't want to eat anything." "Molina, why don't you go to the infirmary? Maybe they can give you some medicine and you'll be better." "I've been feeling better... Valenti, talk to me. Come." "No, it's study time, I have to stick to my study plan, you know." "My mother used to say that an idle mind is the devil's workshop...I want to see my mother today. Anyway, just for a while." "Hey, please be quiet, I still have a lot of books to read.

Don't you have a nice magazine? " "Don't worry, I feel dizzy and uncomfortable when I see that word." "I'm sorry, but if you feel unwell, you should go to the infirmary." "Yes, Valenti, you read, you're 100 percent right." "Molina, we can chat freely at night." "You tell a movie story." "No. I don't remember any movies. Besides, I have to study." "You know what I'm thinking?" "What are you thinking?" "I'm thinking of a movie story. It's totally romantic, the kind of thing women love, and you don't like it. That way I'll have something to do," "That's a good idea."

Molina was busy remembering a movie, a story he didn't want to tell Valenti. (Inside) "In the depths of the dense forest, there are scattered stone huts with slate roofs. On an autumn day, guests gather in spacious and comfortable cars from all directions to the small stone huts. The beginning of the stone huts Candles were lit in the living room, and all the armchairs were turned towards a sandalwood grand piano. The blind pianist sat in front of the piano surrounded by guests. Tonight, he will play a new song for the first time for his friends. In order to give them an idea of ​​the background of the piece, the blind men told a love story that happened in the same forest... "It happened one autumn morning.I was walking through the forest when I heard slow and timid footsteps coming from our direction. 'I don't know, sir, are you and your dog the owners of this house, or have you strayed here? 'A girl's sweet voice rang out, her demeanor was so gentle, she was as lovely as a newborn sun.So I took off my hat and greeted her.The poor blind old man doesn't know that I'm just a maid, the girl thought, and he's the only one who keeps me from hiding my ugliness.

'Do you live in this cottage, sir? ''No, I walked past here and stopped for a while. ''Are you lost?If so, I can show you the way, because I was born in this village. ’ The girl’s mother, who also worked as a maid, went to Boston with her infant daughter.After she died, she left her daughter alone.The daughter went back to the forest of her hometown to find a single woman who needed a maid.While talking, the hinges of the door rattled, and the voice of an elderly spinster came from inside the door. 'Who are you looking for? ' The blind man left, and the ugly little girl went into the queer old house.She handed a letter of recommendation to the spinster, who kept her and ordered her to do something.A pair of lodgers were coming, and she had until the afternoon to get the room tidy and scrubbed.The spinster supervised the little girl's work sternly, and complained incessantly when she found that she was not very good at any task.After complaining, she often hastily apologized, 'I'm sorry, I was so bossy.

But I was so nervous that I couldn't control myself. ’ Just when the girl finally finished packing and washed the last thing—the old maid’s beloved vase, a car stopped outside the door.A young man and a woman got out of the car. The blond woman was well dressed, wearing a mink fur coat.The little girl stuck her head out of the window, only to see a young man closing the door with his back turned to her.Desperate to see the new tenant, she went to arrange the flowers in such a hurry that she almost broke the vase, causing a pool of water to spill on the floor.She had to get a mop and clean the floor.The spinster led them into the house.The young man sounded very excited, but his fiancée was not satisfied with the house, saying that living in the jungle would bring a sense of isolation.However, she couldn't convince her fiancé, and they decided to rent the room anyway.The little maid was still nervously planting those flowers in the room, and the young man sent her out.He was eager to sit next to his fiancée by the window, hold her soft, well-maintained and elegant hands, and watch the forest scenery outside the window together.They saw a few lines engraved on the thick casement, which were the names of a couple, and the year 1914 was signed below. The young man was inspired and asked his fiancée to take off the engagement ring and hand it to him. The diamond-shaped gemstones of the city are also engraved on the casements.While engraving the fiancée's name, the stone slipped from its setting and fell to the floor.Neither of them said a word for a while, but they both felt a different omen.They also saw the figure of the old maid cast in the courtyard below.After a short time, the man and woman leave, promising to return soon, but they cannot overcome their fear of the outcome of their fate.Autumn can also be sad at times, for the sunny afternoons are shortened and the twilights lengthened.In a slightly mournful atmosphere, the spinster told the little maid about her own past. 'I almost got married myself,' she said. When the Great War broke out in 1914, her fiancé died at the front.At this time the preparations for the wedding were all arranged, the small stone house in the forest, the beautiful dowry, the tablecloth, bed sheets and curtains embroidered by her own hands.Almost thirty years have passed, but her love has never changed, and the words written by her fiancé when he went to war are still written on the casement. 'I've been thinking about him like it was only yesterday'.But in the afternoon of that day, the radio broadcasted a bad news: the whole country will join another war—the Second World War.What happened yesterday is happening again today.A few days later, the spinster received a letter from the young man.The letter stated that he had enlisted in the army and became an air force, and the wedding had to be postponed, and he hereby apologized to the landlord for failing to keep his promise.History has literally repeated itself.Now the old maid guards an empty house alone, without a tenant, and the little maid is quite superfluous.But thinking of the maid being homeless, she agreed to let her stay.From then on, the two depended on each other, with infinite sorrow.

"The cold winter is coming, and there is only silence in the forest except for the snow on the ground. The sound of the car running outside the window disappears in the white snow. There is fog inside the window, but it is covered with frost outside. The maid's hand is on the window At this moment, she saw a young man closing the car door with his back turned to her, and the maid ran to the front door ecstatically to meet him. She thought to herself, the energetic, handsome and unrestrained young man finally Came with his gaudy fiancée. 'Ah! Excuse me!' The maid felt ashamed of herself for not being able to contain her disgust. The pilot had an X-shaped scar on his face from From the forehead, across an eyebrow and eyelid, to the other cheek. The young man talked to the spinster about the battle, his scars, and the eventual mental breakdown that prevented him from returning to the front. This time he came to borrow the house It's just that he lives alone.

"One day, the pilot's parents came to visit the son, and he locked himself in an upstairs room. 'Tell my parents, I don't want to see them.' My parents just left, and my fiancée came.' Tell my fiancée, I don't want to see them." to her.' The fiancée pleaded from downstairs, 'Let me come up and see you, my love, because I swore that your scars are all right.' Her voice was false, spoken Every word is hypocrisy. A few days passed, and the boy shut himself up in his study, and drew a picture of a snowy forest looking out of the window. The maid brought him coffee and donuts, and spoke to Paintings on the easel received unexpected reviews.

After listening to the girl's proper evaluation of the painting, the pilot realized that the ugly maid actually had a beautiful soul.He also met a blind man who told him that he was slowly succumbing to the fate of being blind.One night not long after, he made up his mind to propose to the maid, "You and I are both lonely, and we should have no demands on life, neither love nor happiness."Maybe this will help each other, because I have some money, which can provide you with peace, and you can take care of me a little, because my health will not improve anymore.I don't want anyone who is sad for me to approach me, and I don't want you to be sad for me, because you are as sad and lonely as I am.The reason why the two of us can get together is just a contract, like an arrangement between friends. On the day of the wedding, two candles were lit on the altar, there were no flowers in the church, the pews for the congregation were empty, the stools for the organist were empty, and the seats for the choir were empty.In the blessing of the priest alone.A pair of lonely people become relatives.At dusk, they returned to the quiet stone house.The doors and windows are wide open, and the refreshing summer breeze blows in.The young man's bed was moved to his study, the maid's bed was moved to his bedroom, and the old maid had arranged a wedding table for them.She bade them good night, with a grimace on her lips, expressing her doubts about their hopes for love.The newlyweds sat down silently, and the candle holders emitted more and more strange lights, and everything they touched was covered with hazy smoke.The maid's face was covered in white mist.When the mist slowly disappeared, her face became beautiful.The thick eyebrows became as fine as those drawn by eyebrow pencils, the eyes were shining brightly, the eyelashes became longer and curled upwards, and the skin was as smooth as porcelain...

The young man's face also became as vibrant and handsome as before.Their four trembling hands were put together, their lips moved closer to their lips, the first warm and moist kiss, and the two hearts beat to the rhythm of the starry night. "The lovely girl and the handsome young man tried to avoid the old maid. They were afraid that the old maid would say something unlucky to spoil their happiness, and they went to the forest every day before dawn. This morning, footsteps suddenly sounded in the forest.They could not hide because the trunks were too small.It was the heavy and slow steps of a man followed by a dog.Thank God it was the blind man.From the affectionate and sincere greeting they greeted him, the blind man sensed a change.The three returned to the magical stone house, and the girl went to prepare breakfast, leaving only the blind man and the young man sitting opposite each other.The blind man asked what had happened, and at first there was a burst of joy when he heard it. Suddenly, a black light of fear flashed on the white retina of his eye.It turns out the youth was saying: 'I'm going to contact my parents so they can come and see me and my dear wife. ' At last the parents came, and they happily followed the spinster into the house, for the son wrote to tell them that he had recovered completely, and had regained his youthful, handsome face.However, they were extremely disappointed that the scars on the young man's face remained the same, and his bride reverted to a lowly, ugly, clumsy servant.After a few awkward minutes, the young man wondered if maybe neither of them had changed at all.He glanced at the spinster, hoping she'd admit that he was as handsome as ever, but the queer look came back to her mouth.The bride quickly ran to find a mirror, and the ruthless facts were in front of her.She hid in her original bedroom, and the young man was completely desperate.One autumn evening, the spinster called the blind man.They decided to have a good talk with sick young men and ugly girls.They turned off all the lights in the house, and everyone couldn't see each other's faces clearly.I only heard the blind man say: "Please wait until I finish speaking, and then you will look at each other as before." ... To put it simply, you are all beautiful in your eyes, because you love each other, and you see nothing but your soul.

Now I won't let you look at each other, look at each other after I'm gone, without the slightest doubt, because love is dancing among the stones of this room, and it's working a miracle: make you blind, no Look at the body, only look at the soul.After speaking, the blind man walked away facing the last rainbow light of the setting sun.The girl set the table, and the young man went back to the bedroom to tidy up and prepare for dinner.The old maid walked into the maid's room with firm steps, and while combing the maid's hair that was too messy to comb herself, she said: "I heard the words of the blind man."What I want to say to you is that he is right.My fiancé died in the trenches in France and never came home, so my house has always been a shelter for two people who are in love.Now you two have been chosen.Love is such a thing that whoever loves the other without expecting to be rewarded will be the most beautiful.I believe that if my fiancé came back today, he would still find me as beautiful and young as ever.I fully believe it, because he died out of love for me. The dining table was set by the window, and the young man stood by the window and looked out. He heard his wife's footsteps, but he didn't dare to turn his head to look at her.He took her hand, took off her ring, and carved her name on the window pane.Then he stroked the silky smooth and soft hair and the porcelain-like skin.His smile made him look handsome, and she smiled too, showing her perfectly aligned teeth.They kissed happily and tenderly.

Then the sonata sounded.Outside the door, another pair of men and women came in with light footsteps.Are they the young man and the girl?They look graceful and elegant from behind, but it is impossible to tell whether they are beautiful or not from behind.None of those present realized that they were the protagonists of the story just narrated. "Mom was hooked when she saw the movie, and so was I. It's a good thing I didn't tell that story to Valenti the son of a bitch, and I certainly wouldn't tell him a word about how I Loved this movie. I can't let him laugh at me for being weak. We'll see if he gets weak. I won't tell him my favorite movie next time. I'm just in my heart Silently, that way, so his swear words won't taint them. The son of a bitch, bah! What's his revolution!"