Two days after Zheng Si came to the Jiao family's old house, he finally knew what the "New Year's flavor" that Jiao Yuan said and had been thinking about was in his heart.

In Jiaoyuan's definition, the flavor of the year is the smell of firecrackers.

Bang!

The sound was followed by the cheers of the children.

Zheng Si was lying on the roof tiles of the old house, looking at a vegetable patch in front of the old house, Jiao Yuan took Xiaoyuzi to watch a few children in the village set off firecrackers in the open space.

In the city, this kind of thing is strictly controlled, and it is not allowed to be placed indiscriminately, but after coming here, there is no restraint, and you can put it as you want, and this kind of gadget is sold in the town and the village market, and it is cheap enough. Some of the older boys were even able to make their own firecrackers.

The children are ripe when they play, in addition to catching rabbits, Xiaoyuzi is Jiao Yuan to play with them with firecrackers, many times Xiaoyuzi is just standing by and watching, for her, this kind of thing is relatively unfamiliar, fireworks and firecrackers are different, watching and setting off their own is different. Including Zheng Si, their experience is only to watch fireworks in the square, Zheng Si used to buy a lot of fireworks in order to pick up girls when he was a human being, but he really hasn't played with a wide variety of firecrackers like these children.

This is also a kind of folk entertainment that has been passed down for thousands of years, but unfortunately the danger is high, the environmental pollution is large, and the big city is strictly controlled, and many children living in the big city rarely come into contact with this kind of thing, even if they play, they are just playing some "gadgets" in the mouth of the children in the village. The villagers don't care much about the children, but these children have been exposed to this kind of thing since they were young, and they are very proficient. There are also many tricks to play.

Jiao Yuan obviously played with them every time he came here for the New Year, although he is now in junior high school. But it's not just a teenager who has a big heart. Several children who are about the same age as Jiao Yuan play with their young children, and parents are also relieved.

"Try it with this!"

A seven or eight-year-old child took out a small worn-out aluminum pot from a corner of the road, buckled it upside down on the ground, and then put a firecracker in it. Squatting down and lifting the aluminum pot, the child used the burning incense to light the fuse, lit it and got up and ran.

Xiao Yuzi and Jiao Yuan, who were standing in the distance, covered their ears.

Zheng Si, who was lying on the roof and looking at it, also raised his paws to cover his ears, the sound of the firecrackers was too loud, and his own hearing was good now, the sound was indeed very impactful.

Bang!

The small aluminum pot was lifted high. It's about one or two hundred meters. It's a pity that those children are not very satisfied, and what they say is not very powerful.

Zheng Si looked at the aluminum pot that fell from the sky, and it was all blown up.

These bear kids are really bold enough.

"There are few big ones, let's play the small ones, save some use, otherwise I won't have to play today." A child about Jiao Yuan's age said. He was holding a box full of firecrackers and stuff.

Several other children also had cardboard boxes of different sizes in their hands, but the firecrackers inside were not as big as his.

"Small ones aren't fun." A child of about eight years old muttered.

"Isn't it fun? Look at me! ”

A child looked around the surrounding vegetable garden and asked for the burning incense. Then take the firecracker box and walk to a vegetable garden not far away.

Since it was still a long way from the fields that were divided by the families, some of the vacant land around the houses was also reclaimed, and some people built vegetable gardens with fences.

In the garden where the child ran, the cabbage was growing just right. The weather was nice during this time. The temperature is quite high. Moreover, this place will not have a low temperature of minus dozens of degrees in winter like in the north, and it will not snow in a warm winter.

When he found the best Chinese cabbage, the boy broke the cabbage leaves. Put a small firecracker inside and light it with incense. Run.

Since it was a small firecracker, the children did not run too far. I didn't even cover my ears.

Zheng Si only heard a bang, and then saw the cabbage that originally grew well, and the cabbage leaves were broken.

Sure enough, it was a bear child. If this is seen by the owner's family, it is estimated that he will be so angry that his chest hurts.

Zhilu said that he couldn't do much about this, and the older child called the child who still wanted to continue frying the Chinese cabbage, and didn't let him harm other people's Chinese cabbage.

It's not that their own cabbage is fried and doesn't feel distressed, and it looks cool, but if their own vegetables are fried, these children will probably pull them with sticks.

"What do you fry without frying cabbage? Still going to fry fish? ”

"No, we were scolded for frying fish yesterday, you can only go to waterholes and rivers where there are no fish to fry, you can't go to fish ponds."

"What's so fun about frying without fish?!"

A few children were discussing fiercely over there, Zheng Si listened funny, these children blew up a few fish in people's fish ponds yesterday, and the host saw the big fish with white bellies in the fish pond, and they were so angry that their lungs were about to explode. Every year, they have to make such a fuss, these bear children remember to eat or not, and continue to blow up after being beaten.

Therefore, when the bear child encounters firecrackers, it is terrible.

Zheng Si was thinking about it, and there was already a way over there.

The target was a water tank resting in the corner of a vegetable garden.

Running water is now available in the village, but most people still prefer to use water from wells, and every household has this pottery tank to store water. The water tank in the corner of the garden must have been there for a long time, and the water in it was very muddy and smelly, probably the owner's house put it there for watering flowers and vegetables.

"Hey, I suddenly thought of a story from a language book." One of the children said.

"I know it! I know the truth! A little kid raised his arm and wiped his nose with his sleeve, "That's called Sima Guang Fryer!" ”

Zheng Si, Jiao Yuan, Xiao Yuzi: "......"

Good enlightenment!

The degree has been upgraded, and it is more ruthless than Sima Guang.

After frying the cabbage and frying the water tank, these bear children are really good at tossing.

A child pulls out a small firecracker the thickness of an adult's little thumb, covered with a layer of plastic skin, and the end is still pointed. Listen to these children, it is called "torpedo", waterproof, large and small, the explosion power is different, they use this kind of when they fry fish.

After lighting the "torpedo" with incense, the boy pinched it and threw it into the tank. It is easy to extinguish if thrown too early, and there are many accidents when thrown too late. As experienced players, they are familiar with this technique.

Others stood farther away. Although this firecracker is small, the water in the tank is too smelly. The kids just don't want to be splashed with stinky water.

I don't know if the age of this water tank is too long to be exploded, or the power of this "torpedo" is too great, in short, Zheng Si saw that the water tank was broken. The blackened stinky water inside flowed out of the hole in the water tank, and the stench was scattered.

The kid who lit the firecrackers didn't have time to run far, but his body was still splashed with water, smelled stinky, and hurried back to scrub it.

It's almost time for lunch, and the firecrackers at hand are almost gone. The bear children went back to their respective homes, finished eating, and then picked up some goods and went out to continue playing.

Jiao Yuan exchanged some firecrackers and firecrackers with a few children with snacks, no way, even if he had pocket money, he couldn't buy firecrackers for a while, there were no shops and shops nearby, even if there were, there were not many types of firecrackers, this is where it is inconvenient. You have to go to the market to buy something.

When exchanging firecrackers with these children, Jiao Yuan deliberately picked some long fuses, and when the time came, he went back to play with Xiaoyuzi, and he was not at ease when the fuse was short. Jiao Yuan is self-aware. Although he was older than the little boys who wiped their noses, in terms of experience, he was not as good as those little boys.

When I went back to the old house. Jiao's mother is making lunch in the kitchen.

The kitchen is the kind of old-fashioned stove with a firewood fire. The pot is also a big iron pot, and Mr. Jiao likes to use this. The coal stove is now used to cook braised vegetables and fried meatballs and lotus root clips, etc., and it is not used much on weekdays, and it is only lit during the Chinese New Year.

Jiao Yuan turned out a stick of incense and put it into the stove to light it.

"What are you ordering this for?" Jiao's mother frowned.

"Set off firecrackers." Jiao Yuan replied.

"Be careful not to get hurt, and don't scare the black charcoal." Jiao's mother was worried.

"It's okay, black charcoal is not afraid at all, he has been watching us play in the morning, and he knows how to cover his ears." Jiao Yuan grinned, lit the incense and went to the backyard of the old house with Xiaoyuzi to play.

The advantage of the countryside is that the place is large and there are few restrictions.

There was a tall firewood stack in the backyard, some cedar trees were planted sporadically, and the weeds and leaves on the ground had already been swept by Old Man Jiao.

There is also a water tank here, but Jiao Yuan didn't dare to fry his own water tank, in order to buy New Year's goods, Mr. Jiao bought some fish and put it in this water tank, and yesterday the fish was pickled, the water tank was cleaned, and some water was put in it and left there, and it was not touched for a while.

The old lady sat at the back door of the kitchen to fry lotus root clips, and looked at the two children in the backyard from time to time, although the children in the village often played with firecrackers, but her grandson was different from the gang of bastards in the village, and there was little contact with firecrackers, and the old lady was worried.

Zheng Si jumped on the firewood stack and looked down.

Jiao Yuan poked a small hole in the ground with a metal rod and inserted a small firecracker into it so that it could stand upright, so that it could be easily lit.

After being lit, the firecracker makes a "pop" sound.

These are smaller firecrackers, Jiao Yuan doesn't dare to play big in his yard, the first is dangerous, and it will scare the elderly. He's just having a good time.

In their backyard, Jiao Yuan and Xiaoyuzi let go a lot, and one of them played with a firecracker with incense.

After playing for a while, Xiaoyuzi looked at Zheng Si on the firewood stack and said, "Black charcoal, do you want to play?" ”

Zheng sighed and moved the tip of his tail, it seemed, there was a little itch in his paws.

"Here, black charcoal, you can play too." Jiao Yuan stood on tiptoe and handed the incense in his hand to Zheng Si.

Zheng Si looked at the incense, turned his head, and jumped off the firewood stack.

Xiao Yuzi took out a tissue and wrapped the end of the incense and handed it to Zheng Si.

It's still a little grapefruit who is considerate.

Zheng Si bit the incense wrapped in a paper towel and walked towards the firecracker that had been placed.

The corners of Jiao Yuan's mouth twitched, his cat's cleanliness habit was really awkward.

When the fuse was lit, Zheng Si was a little nervous, although it was a small firecracker with little power, but he had too little experience and was a little excited. When the fuse was sparkling, Zheng Si turned his head and ran.

Syllable!

Successful detonation.

The old lady who sat in the house fried the lotus root clip scooped up the fried lotus root clip with a colander, and took the time to look at the situation in the backyard when draining the oil, and happened to see the scene of the black cat in her son's very precious house holding a fragrant firecracker.

The big yellow dog squatting next to him flicked his tail happily and quickly rolled the lotus root clip on the ground into his mouth, which was not too hot. (To be continued......)

PS: (Supplement 1.30)