C77 New Year's Eve Fireworks
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The Taoyuan Village banquet had to start early, and a round of firecrackers should be set off before the banquet. Everyone knew that this house was about to eat.
Ye Zi also placed a string of small whips in the yard, and after a series of explosions, he turned around and went back into the house. The wolf cub turned around at his feet in a daze, and was blown away by the firecrackers.
Ye Zi turned around and moved the small hedgehog into the house as well. He said with a smile, "Grandfather, this can be considered a member of our family. Of course, we have to participate in the New Year's Eve meal as well."
He remembered that hedgehogs needed to hibernate even in the winter, but his family only knew to dig a hole in the backyard with the hottest temperature, so he was still conscious when the Qiuqiu made him come out from it from time to time.
Ye Wenbo was amused. Sun, this mischievous brat, as soon as the hedgehog was put down, he quickly crawled into a corner and curled up. Ye Zi went to the kitchen to cut some cucumber and carrot to get some chopped chicken.
This year's New Year's dinner was especially sumptuous for the grandfather-grandson pair, unlike before, when Ye Wenbo was also willing to give money to his grandson, he didn't want to waste too much. This year was different, many of the New Year's meals were bought by Ye Zi, it didn't matter if the weather was cold outside, they could eat slowly in the coming year.
Most importantly, there were quite a few fresh vegetables on the table. There was also a fruit bowl placed beside the table. The fruits within were extremely fresh, as if they had just been plucked from a tree. The family that Ye Zi was familiar with also sent some, saying that they were bought from the outside.
Ye Zi touched the glass of wine in front of Grandpa and said, "Grandpa, let me toast you. I wish you that Grandpa will grow younger the more he lives."
Ye Wenbo laughed. "Aren't you afraid that your grandfather will be laughed at by others as an old demoness?"
Ye Zi said, "No need to worry. It's too late for others to envy Grandpa." Ye Zi looked at his grandpa's black hair and felt extremely happy in his heart.
"Alright, stop making grandpa happy. Eat some food."
The grandfather and grandson duo chatted as they ate and ate. The television in the room was on as well, broadcasting the preparations for the Spring Festival Gala. Some of the previous gala's brilliant programs had been inserted, and the official gala had yet to begin.
In the middle of the table, there was an electric cooker. The broth had long been boiled, and was being adjusted to a minimum heat. Ye Zi had specially carried the electric cooker back, so Ye Zi was afraid that his grandpa would feel uncomfortable if he ate too much at New Year's Eve dinner.
Although their New Year's Eve meal was too quiet, neither father nor grandson felt that it was possible that they had gotten used to it over the years.
Wang Guilann ran over to the Wang Family Slope but was unable to bring the Goddess back. She found the place, but there were no other Goddess in the area, there was a fight between the two families, and in the end, Su Ergou's father found an old Chinese medical doctor from the outer village to take a pulse for the two unconscious people. The old Chinese medical doctor only said that it was an evil spirit that entered his body, but he could not do anything about it.
Before dinner, when they heard that the two of them had woken up, they were a little dazed. Anyway, the two families had been tormented to the point where they hadn't even cooked a New Year's Eve meal yet.
Qiuqiu squatted beside the table and gnawed on the strawberries and fish, and the size of the fish he raised in the space became the size of a palm. Other than giving the Qiuqiu more food, Ye Zi also took out a few pieces of fish soup, but the taste was so delicious that he almost swallowed it with his tongue. The wolf cub's appetite was not as big as the Qiuqiu, and its small body was already bigger and stronger than the Qiuqiu's. Therefore, at this time, it threw a big bone to the side to let it grind its teeth, afraid that it would eat more.
Both of them loved to eat fruits in their home, but these fruits all contained spiritual energy. Animals' senses were often sharper than humans'.
While eating, Wang Shujie ran over and brought Tyrant Tiger over. Without waiting for the grandfather-grandson pair to ask, he told them: "I told me to come over here to play."
After he finished speaking, he did not even need to be called to the table. He first drank half a bowl of hot soup from the hotpot, then let out a long breath and said, "This hotpot is good. Next year, I'll buy some for my grandpa too."
Ye Wenbo stopped them from washing the dishes and said, "You guys go to the yard and play. Didn't you guys buy some fireworks? Grandpa will be fine here by himself. There's quite a bit of hot water left on the stove. Go quickly."
Ye Zi had no choice but to put down the bowl and chopsticks in his hand and leave the kitchen with Wang Shujie. The latter rushed to the place where Ye Zi had set the fireworks and brought out a small box. Wang Shujie ran back while laughing out loud. The fireworks illuminated Ye Family's courtyard in all kinds of colors, and after a while, many children from the village came over to watch the fireworks. It was not as if everyone would be willing to spend money to buy something that could only last for a short period of time.
Ye Zi bought a lot of fireworks, the kind that he could play with in his hands, the kind that he sent to the children's hands, and let Wang Shujie light them up, one by one, they formed different patterns in his hands and compared them. Laughter filled the yard, Ye Wenbo was also happy to see it at the kitchen door, and many adults were also drawn over to watch the fireworks.
Wang Family's movement could be seen even more clearly than that of other people's. Ye Shijun wanted her father to take him to see it, but she didn't expect that she would be able to see the expensive fireworks in the city. Father Wang looked in the direction of the Ye Family and asked his father, "Father, isn't that the Ye Family? Why did the Ye Family buy all these fireworks this year? This must be a lot of money, why is Uncle Ye's bun house in the town so profitable? "
Grandpa Wang glared at his son. "What are you saying? How many fireworks can an old man and a young grandpa put on?" The bun house is already closed. Zi and his grandfather made some money selling vegetables at a big hotel. You don't even know that your Uncle Ye loves Zi the most. It's just a few fireworks. " Previously, when Ye Zi told him that his grandpa wasn't going to town, it obviously did not attract Wang Guoxin's attention. He only thought that Ye Wenbo, the school's winter break, had closed his shop and gone home.
How much money could he earn by selling vegetables? Could it be that his father was unclear about the price of the fireworks, but his youngest son was pulling him from the side. Seeing that his son was envious, he could only tell his wife to take his son to Ye Family.
Luo Fengjuan, however, had never looked down on Ye Family, and couldn't be blamed for being snobbish. If Old Man Ye's son was still alive, then this entire family would probably have to live in a big city, and she wouldn't even have the chance to meet them.
Now there were more and more university students outside. If she really had to wait until the kid next door graduated from university to work, then the yellow cabbage would have to wait for him to cool down. No matter how she looked at it, it was stepson who had a good relationship with the kid, so she was never willing to go over.
However, even she couldn't bear to buy her son so much fireworks on the new year. Looking at the two of them acting as if it was a matter of course, she felt more and more weird.
When they arrived at Ye Family and saw the situation in the courtyard, both Wang Guoxin and his youngest son were dumbstruck. However, they did not make a sound, and the two people in the middle, who were surrounded by the light of the kids, did not recognize them either. They only recognized them and chatted with them for a while.
Wang Shijun shook off her father's hand and ran into the yard. Wang Guoxin wanted to stop her, but then he remembered that his eldest son was there to take care of his youngest son. He turned around and found Ye Wenbo, who was standing in front of the kitchen door, and walked towards him.
"Uncle Ye." Wang Guoxin was really surprised when he saw Ye Wenbo. He remembered that Uncle Ye had a refined temperament, but because of his years of hard work, he looked even older than his father, but now that he looked much younger, it was unknown if it was because of the light from the fire. His face was also very red.
"Guoxin, do you want to sit inside?" When Ye Wenbo saw Little Jie's father, he thought of his own son. Ye Zizi and Wang Shujie had grown up close to each other, and his son, Ye Qin, had grown up in the kingdom.
"No need to trouble yourself, Uncle Ye. It just so happens that we can see them setting off fireworks outside. This year is going to be really lively." Wang Guoxin turned around and went into the kitchen. He found two short stools to help Ye Wenbo sit down, then he sat down on another stool. After a long time, he subconsciously fished out a pack of cigarettes from his pocket and handed one to Ye Wenbo.
Ye Wenbo was stunned for a moment, then raised his head to look at Wang Guoxin, who was dressed in an increasingly urbanizing manner. This was not a big deal, as long as they were in the city, they would need to be integrated, but the look in his eyes was not the same as before. In the past, he was still as silly as Jie, but now, he was a bit shrewd and sordid.
He pushed Wang Guoxin's hand and said with a smile, "You, Uncle Ye, I have never smoked before. You have good cigarettes and good wine to honor your father. But he's not young anymore, so it's better for him to smoke less."
Wang Guoxin then realized what he had done and started to deal with people on the outside. When they met, he used to smoke and drink first, but when he returned home, he also habitually brought out a set of things that Uncle Ye never touched. He even threw the matter of Uncle Ye never touched his cigarettes to the back of his mind and hurriedly took back his hand in annoyance, patting his own forehead and blaming himself, "Uncle Ye, look at me, I'm so muddle-headed, Uncle Ye, don't be mad at me, I didn't do anything right, you just teach me a lesson. According to Father, Jie also frequently came over here. It was all thanks to you and Zi taking care of him. Otherwise, with my parents' efforts, I might not be able to control him. "
Ye Wenbo looked deeply at Wang Guoxin. He had watched Wang Guoxin grow up, how could he not understand this kid's problem. Other than that, there was only one other person who had soft ears.
Ye Wenbo didn't want to talk behind his back. Guoxin had doted on his wife and children when Jie's mother was still alive, and no one would stop his wife from marrying anyone, after all, he was still young, but after all these years, he had watched Guoxin grow less and less fond of Jie, and it was no wonder that Little Jun's mother was selfish.
"Uncle Ye, don't look at me like that." Wang Guoxin was scared out of his wits.
Ye Wenbo retracted his gaze and continued to look at his grandson and Jie who were having fun in the middle of the yard. He said, "Do you remember how old Jie was when you left him alone in his hometown? "Such a young child is the closest time to your father. Don't come up with any excuses, just ask yourself. If you were to put Little Jun at the same age in your hometown, would you be willing to part with him?"
He didn't want to say anything more. The relationship between Jie and his father couldn't be changed in a short period of time. If Wang Guoxin didn't recognize where his fault lay, then he was destined to get further and further away from his eldest son. There was nothing wrong with a man valuing his wife, but to lose his judgment and allow his wife to lead him by the nose was a big problem.
Are you willing to part with it? Of course he couldn't bear to part with them, he didn't need to think about it at all. It was just like when he went out to work, he couldn't bear to part with his mother's eldest son.
What happened next?
After meeting Luo Fengjuan, they gradually emerged from the grief of their deceased wife, and the two of them helped each other to gain a foothold outside the city. When their relationship was settled, they naturally became family, and when he wanted to take his son from home, he learned that his second child was already in his wife's womb, afraid that his wife wouldn't be able to take care of him while he was pregnant, so he temporarily stopped thinking about taking care of him. Later on, when his son was older and came to the city, he became so mischievous that he was able to run back home after a few days.
At that time, he thought that if his eldest son stayed at home, he would be able to show respect to the two elders. In comparison, his youngest son was more considerate and understanding.
His son's words had awakened the joy in his hand when he was just born. How long had it been since he had a good look at his eldest son, in the blink of an eye, this son had grown so tall, he didn't even need to wait two years to be as tall as Wang Guoxin. Back then, when the son left him at home, this kid wasn't even as tall as the village kid who played with fireworks at the edge of the village, Wang Guoxin's heart suddenly throbbed.
Wang Guoxin finished the cigarette fiercely, threw the cigarette butt onto the ground and ground it with his shiny leather shoes. He got up and said, "Uncle Ye, I will go back first. Little Jun, let Jie bring the cigarette back." After that, he somewhat embarrassedly ran back.
Ye Wenbo looked at his back and shook his head. He felt like he owed someone now, but how long could this debt last? Did Jie's grandpa not say that in front of Guoxin all these years? And a momentary debt was equivalent to another mother and child swaying in front of his eyes for an eternity. This energy could easily be transferred over.
However, a moment of guilt could stop Guoxin from thinking about the money Old Wang got for Jie.
In fact, even if the children of junior high school were a little too narrow-minded and arrogant, they would be easily infected by the atmosphere in the yard. Wang Shijun saw that no one was paying attention to him, so she forced herself to ask her big brother to share a firework stick with him.
After the fireworks, the courtyard became dark. The children in the village were reluctant to leave, and another child asked Ye Zi if he would set off fireworks on New Year's Eve next year.
The child who asked this question was the grandson of Lin old village head, who was also the son of Lin Haiming, Uncle Lin, and Bao Lili: "Next year. Next year, Little Light should come earlier. Big Brother will keep it for you."
"Oh!" The child cheered. "I'll definitely be the first to arrive next year. I want to play the most."
Wang Shijun wanted to despise him, but seeing that the fireworks were all from Ye Zi's big brother, she could only swallow them down. She felt a little awkward in her heart and didn't want to admit it.
The adults and children left one after another. It was unknown who said, "It's snowing!" Ye Zi raised his head to look. Snowflakes had really appeared in the sky, and he hurriedly sent Little Light, this unwilling to leave, to his mother's side.
Only Wang Shujie's brother, Wang Shijun, was left standing dumbly in the yard, not knowing whether he had entered the house to avoid the wind or the snow. Wang Shujie's brother, Wang Shijun was left standing foolishly in the yard, not knowing whether he had entered the house to avoid the wind or the snow.
"Alright, I will send her to the door. She will be here shortly. "Let's go, I'll take you home." Wang Shujie waved at Wang Shijun.
After Ye Zi sent his grandfather into the house, he took out a large broom and swept the courtyard with it. The ground was covered in colorful shreds of paper. After sweeping a few times, Wang Shujie ran back in, took out a broom and swept for Ye Zi.
Ye Zi glanced at him: "You didn't even enter the house when you sent people back?"
"Nope." Wang Shujie didn't mind, "Anyway, even my grandma knows, I'm not comfortable staying in the same room as them."
Ye Zi glanced at him but didn't say anything. The two of them cleaned the yard quickly and the snowflakes became bigger. The two of them quickly went back to the house. They were worried that it wouldn't be convenient to go to the county tomorrow if the snow kept falling.