The thirtieth day of the Chinese New Year's Eve is one of the most important festivals for the Chinese.

Last night, there was a snowfall, which wrapped Dazhai Village in a thick layer of white, and also added a touch of joy to this New Year.

Early in the morning, Liu Jianjun opened the gate and cleaned up the snow in the yard, and then called his daughter Xiaoran, and the father and daughter began to paste couplets and hang red lanterns in the yard.

In the yards of each house, from time to time a few two kicks jumped up to the sky, the explosion sound of "tom tom" in the air was endless, and the sound of "crackling" firecrackers sounded, which was full of New Year's flavor.

Chu Qing was busy with lunch in the kitchen, and Yu Fan's grandfather was leaning on the sofa in the living room alone, leisurely watching TV programs, holding a pair of polished hemp walnuts in his hand, looking at ease.

"Dad, I said my brother would be the first to appear tonight." Xiao Ran asked with some expectation while helping his father Liu Jianjun hang up the red lantern. Today's Xiaoran is no longer the little girl who dragged two lines of snot and combed two pigtails. This year, she is in the sixth grade of primary school, and she is well nourished, with a head of more than 1.5 meters, and she looks like a big girl. Wearing the new winter clothes of Xia Nell that my brother specially brought back from Beijing two days ago, she was more and more lively and beautiful. With the old brother as an example in front, Xiaoran's progress in practicing the piano is also fast, and now, under the guidance of Mo Yan, she has passed the tenth-level piano examination of the Central Conservatory of Music last year, and she also scooped a gold medal in the children's piano competition in Jianghai City. In ten miles and eight towns. Even the entire Fu'an County is a famous talented girl.

"I don't know, Brother Ling didn't say it, I guess it's a secret from Taiwan." Liu Jianjun posted the couplet on the side. He said.

"The two of you finished the couplet after a while, and put two whips at the door, Yufan likes to set off firecrackers at home, he is not at home, and no one sets off firecrackers." Chu Qing came out of the door and shouted at the two men at the gate. This year, my son is not at home for the New Year, although I know that my son is going to the Spring Festival Gala, which is a good thing to show his face. But she still has some bad feelings in her heart as a mother. Thinking that when his son was at home before, he had been setting off firecrackers since the twenty-third day of the lunar month, but now there were so many firecrackers that no one set off, Chu Qing felt uncomfortable.

"Got it. Hehe, I want to talk about my son again, he won't say it, I'll come back after the show, I'll be back. Hurry up and prepare more delicious food, and wait for my son to come back to eat. Liu Jianjun said with a smile, and then walked to his lower room and beckoned his daughter Xiaoran to carry firecrackers together.

The New Year in the countryside is lively. This firecracker setting off is naturally one of the important "activities", and which one can set off as many as possible. It also represents the "solid and not solid" of the family, and many people in the village like to see this. Especially at night, adults and children will run to their own yard or in front of the door, and put it on quickly.

Boys like to set off firecrackers, and Liu Yufan is no exception. When he was at home, he asked Liu Jianjun to buy him many firecrackers every year. In the past, when there were no conditions at home, I bought less, but since the conditions at home have been getting better and better in recent years, this firecracker has been bought more and more, and the more I buy it, the more advanced it is. And there is no need for Liu Yufan to do it himself, these little things naturally have Ma Wendong thinking about him well. Before the New Year passed, Ma Wendong personally drove his Hummer and brought a small truck to send them New Year's goods. Needless to say, chicken, duck, fish, and meat are all kinds of food, just the small half car of firecrackers made those little brothers move for a while, and the neighbors who were half old and half big were drooling. There are so many firecrackers, there are even more than those firecracker shops in the Zhuma Camp Daji, and many of them have never seen before. ..., Liu Jianjun took out a box of special "earth red", opened the cardboard box, and there were six plates of 10,000 firecrackers, which were red in the box. The half-grown children of the neighbors, seeing this situation, hurriedly rushed up like a bee, looking at the firecrackers and being greedy.

"Hehe, don't look at it, hang it one person at a time, and help lay it out." Liu Jianjun commanded with a smile.

"Oh, whip it~~~," the half-grown children said excitedly, and then one of them rushed to scoop out and hang it like a water pipe, from the wide yard to the door.

Liu Jianjun turned around and took out a few combined salutes from the lower room. I can't move by myself, those neighbors come up one by one to help, the rural people are so lively and enthusiastic, this kind of work, adults and children love to do.

"Alright, let's do it!" Liu Jianjun looked at the children who couldn't wait for a long time with a smile, and said with a wave of his hand.

The children, who had been prepared, took out matches or lighters one after another, lit firecrackers, and at the same time, several adults also lit more than a dozen combined salutes lined up. After a while, the six hangings lined up on the ground were red, and they began to sound "whoosh~~~", a thick burst of green smoke rose into the air, and the red confetti exploded all over the courtyard, so lively!

"Tom! Tom! A burst of low and powerful voices sounded, but it was the combined salute that began to wield power, spewing out "cannonballs" one after another. This kind of ceremonial special combination salute is more powerful than the second kick, and it sounds louder, and after a while, there will be a loud sound in the air, and at the same time, small "clouds" began to appear in the blue sky, which was the smoke of gunpowder when the cannonballs exploded. This combination of salutes hit high, the sound spread far away, and at this moment, more than ten of them sounded at the same time, and that kind of formation was really earth-shattering, and suddenly covered the sound of firecrackers in the whole village!

The neighbors in the back street walked out of the yard one after another, looking at the liveliness of Lao Liu's house, and those who set off firecrackers didn't care about putting them off, just looking at this side one by one. This situation is almost in time for the fireworks show!

The firecrackers were moved out one by one, and the half-sized children were excited, and they didn't care about the dust falling from the sky, shouting and screaming and began to spread out the firecrackers, lit them, and listened to the earth-shattering cannons, shouting and jumping excitedly. In the past, they had never tasted such a "hand addiction", a hundred small firecrackers hung every hundred, all of them were taken apart one by one, and a second kick was put into a big deal. But now, the 10,000-ringing earth red, ten hanging and ten hanging locations, is really cool!

A thick "red carpet" was soon laid out in the courtyard, which was a "masterpiece" made of countless artillery debris. Looking at such a formation, those neighbors sighed one by one. It's been many years, and I haven't seen anyone in the village have such a movement to fire guns for the New Year, how much does it cost?

The earth-shattering sound of cannons rang for more than two hours, and this formation attracted many villagers from the front street and the east and west streets, all of whom came to see the excitement, and their own firecrackers were not released.

"Hey, the formation of this old Liu family is really amazing, this cannon is fired, and it is almost time to open the cannon factory." A villager looked at the bright red courtyard and said loudly.

"Needless to say, people's sons are now in Beijing, I heard that he is a big boss, driving a big company, and sitting in high-end cars, what is this firecracker?" Another villager said half envious, half jealous.

"By the way, how old is that kid from the old Liu family this year? Did you say that the object? An aunt and the woman next to her asked curiously.

"It must be in your early twenties, and when I went to their house two days ago, I talked about it, and it seems that there is no object." The woman said, and at the same time remembered the day when she went to Lao Liu's house, looking at the luxurious palace-like hall, which she had dreamed of these days. ..., "Yo, my girl is also twenty years old this year, just graduated from college, his aunt, why don't you tell me." The woman said eagerly.

"I just don't know what people mean, other people's children are so capable, and they can't do it outside."

"My girls also work outside, and they are all regular workers, so it's not quite suitable. Her aunt, I'll give you a snack on this, if it's really done, I'll buy you the fattest pig thigh. ”

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The villagers watched and discussed, and the excitement did not gradually dissipate until nearly noon, but it was not that there were no firecrackers, but that it was time to eat.

Looking at the cannon chips in that yard, Chu Qing began to nag again.

"I said that the two of you don't have a break when you set off the cannons, this one is a small half a day, the cannons are full, and you can also leave a little wait for Xiaofan to come back at night and then put it, it's all gone." Chu Qing chattered while busy bringing the food to the table.

"Hehe, where is it, it's only been half of it, Wendong's kid pulled a small half of the truck that day, and Dongzhe and Xiaoyong sent it over, the three rooms in the lower room are almost full, if you don't put it quickly, you can't finish it." Liu Jianjun said with a smile. Looking at the red courtyard and covering the snow on the ground, this firecracker is really refreshing.

"You said that these children are too, it's okay to scoop something else, send so many cannons, the next room is about to become an ammunition depot, I said you can be careful, don't light it." Chu Qing said uneasily.

"It's okay, don't worry, I'll watch it. Those children of theirs, didn't they know that Xiao Fan liked this thing, so they desperately pulled here? Hey, wait for the evening, I still have several boxes of combined fireworks there, and when I put them up in the evening, it will be called a good look! Liu Jianjun said excitedly.

"Okay, okay, then adults are still like children, hurry up to wash your hands and eat, take a nap in the afternoon, save yourself from being refreshed at night, and watch your son on TV." Chu Qing chattered as he put a bottle of Moutai on the table and beckoned his family to dinner.

The family had a happy lunch, and then Liu Jianjun went to play mahjong with the neighbors, while Chu Qing turned on the TV and waited for the party to start.

It was getting dark, and the village was quiet for an afternoon, and the sound of firecrackers began to sound again. (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to (.) to vote for recommendation, monthly pass, your support is my biggest motivation. )