Uncle and Auntie, I'm leaving now. I've been bothering you these past few days

Baozi politely bowed and said goodbye to Aunt Jiang and Lao Zhou, even though she had been at Nan Ge's house almost all these days.

Old Zhou, who had rushed back from the company to have the New Year's Eve dinner, walked up and calmly looked at the girl. He couldn't help but genuinely love this obedient and well behaved younger generation. However, his secret to maintaining parental authority was to keep his emotions hidden, so he didn't show too much. He just pulled out a particularly thick red envelope and handed it over:

Happy New Year

This... Uncle doesn't need it anymore

Baozi was embarrassed and pinched, quickly lowered his head, his face turned red, and took advantage of this to quietly glance at his cousin——

As expected, my cousin remained expressionless.

Lao Zhou immediately said in an unquestionable tone:

Chinese New Year red envelopes, why refuse

Um... then thank you uncle

Baozi paused after speaking and immediately bowed to Aunt Jiang:

Thank you too, Auntie

Hehehe, you're welcome

Aunt Jiang smiled and nodded at Lao Zhou, saying, "This child is really well behaved and polite

Lao Zhou nodded in agreement.

He couldn't help but think of the frustration he felt after catching a small fish and returning home these days. In fact, being angry with Zhou Li was nothing, mainly because he couldn't refute it. In this situation, in order not to affect his parental authority, he had to pretend not to hear or understand every time he was angry, which made it even more uncomfortable.

So Old Zhou glanced lightly at Zhou Li standing next to him and said to Aunt Jiang, "If only one of our children had such politeness

He spoke casually and didn't care, trying to seek Aunt Jiang's approval.

Aunt Jiang smiled and said, "Our child is also very good

Um

Lao Zhou turned his head away, pretending not to hear and not looking at Zhou Li's expression.

You don't have to look to know, this kid must be very proud.

With a creak, the door opened.

The wind whistled in.

Upon hearing the sound of the suitcase being dragged, Old Zhou turned his head and glanced at it. He saw Zhou Li helping his little cousin pull the suitcase out of the door, with a calm and indifferent expression, without any hint of satisfaction.

Hmm?

Have you completely gotten used to it? Or is it already commonplace for you to make me eat flat? Or is that what you deeply believe in your heart, that you are very polite? Or are you just pretending to be indifferent to make me even angrier?

Lao Zhou frowned and many thoughts flashed through his heart.

At this moment, Zhou Li had already arrived at the door and stood with Nan Ge, saying to them, "Then we'll take Baozi to the high-speed railway station

Be careful on the road

Hmm

Zhou Li closed the door and looked at his little cousin.

My little cousin lowered her head and glanced towards the other side, feeling embarrassed to meet his gaze.

Zhou Li smiled at the situation:

Let's go

I came to Yancheng for a trip this winter vacation, and just like last summer vacation, I also gained a lot from the steamed buns.

On the 27th day of the twelfth lunar month, Zhu Bing arrived in Yancheng.

Since many cities and provinces lifted the ban on smoking last year, more cities and provinces have joined the ranks of understanding the ban this year, and more places can set off fireworks. In this land, the oldest romance and traditional New Year's atmosphere are gradually reviving - setting off fireworks can cause certain safety hazards and some pollution, but at the same time, it can also bring some things. Prohibiting it will indeed reduce a lot of trouble, and correspondingly, it will also lose the things it brings. There are always two sides to everything, and it is necessary to weigh which one is more important. This trend indicates that more and more people realize that a one size fits all approach is a lazy policy, and what people value is increasingly tilted towards tradition and spirituality.

This is a good thing.

Only after eating enough can one have the energy to think about other things, and only when one is strong can one have the confidence to solve problems.

Unfortunately, Yancheng is not included in this list.

Fireworks are still not allowed in the urban area of Yancheng, but Zhou Li buys some fireworks almost every day and takes his younger siblings to the outskirts of the city to set them off.

Because His Royal Highness Yu Wang loves fireworks and knows that Zhou Li is going to set them off, she takes Lord Tuanzi out to play every day and comes back on time before and after dinner. In the eyes of Aunt Jiang and her companions, Lord Tuanzi leaves early and returns late every day, and they don't know whether to say she is too wild or too obedient. There are some contradictions, but she is very likable.

In the blink of an eye, it was New Year's Eve.

Zhou Li bought more fireworks and went out to buy them early in the morning, afraid that he would buy them again in the afternoon or evening, as the beautiful fireworks would be sold out by others.

In the afternoon, I took a cart of fireworks to the village at the foot of Xiaoshan Village. I asked the cow Ma and Qinghe to bring the fireworks back and set them off for Xiao Zheng and Xing Hui Ji Bai Daomin to watch. The remaining half was their happiness tonight.

The sky is slowly getting dark.

Yancheng Suburban.

Zhou Li saw Zhu Shuang holding a large rocket, while His Royal Highness Yu Wang opened his hands and feet, firmly embracing the rocket.

Lord Tuanzi stood on the ground, also looking up high, staring at her highness without blinking.

Meow

His Royal Highness the King of Yu turned to Zhou Li and said, "You can ask your younger brother to light the fire

Zhou Li pursed his lips tightly.

To be honest, he was filled with confusion about this. On the one hand, due to the presence of Zhu Shuang and Zhu Bing, he found it difficult to express his confusion. On the other hand, thanks to Nan Ge's usual behavior, he had developed considerable resistance to such confusing behavior.

Glancing at Nan Ge——

Sure enough!

Nan Ge stared fiercely at His Royal Highness Yu Wang on the rocket, as if he wished he could become so small and ride the rocket into the sky with her.

Withdrawing his gaze, Zhou Li sighed and said to Zhu Shuang:

Click on it

Zhu Shuang nodded with emphasis, lit the lighter, and leaned closer to the fuse.

Shh

The lead burns quickly.

At the moment when Zhu Shuang burst out on Mars, he quickly withdrew his hand and turned his head, holding the wooden pole with almost no force to prevent the rocket from flying out.

His Royal Highness Yu adjusted the posture of embracing the rocket to hold it tighter.

Phew

The rocket suddenly soared into the sky, and the sharp and piercing sound almost drowned out the whimpering of His Royal Highness the Jade King.

Bang

A brilliant and bright flame bloomed in the deep blue night sky.

Tuanzi's small head was almost vertically tilted upwards, with wide open, round eyes and a slightly open mouth. The whole cat was stunned.

After a while, she slightly lowered her head to look at Zhou Li, but due to her height and standing too close, Zhou Li's face was not much different from the sky to her. She stuttered for a long time before saying a complete sentence:

Palace... Palace... Your Highness... bang

You just exploded

A voice came from the top.

Lord Tuanzi looked up again and saw a pitch black prince flapping his wings rapidly and slowly descending - it took her some time to find him.

Nan Ge spoke up and asked, 'How's it going?'

Have fun!

Stimulating

His Highness used two words in a row and added, 'It's even better than I imagined. I thought it would only be average, but after it got smaller and weaker, the speed was so fast for me. That bang also blew me up solid. Looking at the fireworks in the sky, they were so big. Hmm, it seems that choosing to become a little monster was indeed the right decision!'

Zhushuang thought that Nan was asking about the fireworks, and felt that no one had answered her for a long time. She couldn't help but glance at her brother strangely.

Zhou Li received it and pursed his lips, saying:

It looks pretty good too

An answer that is both possible.

But Zhu Shuang was still afraid that Nan Ge would not be happy, so he added, "It's just a bit expensive, and one can only be used once, and it's gone in one go. Compared to that, I still prefer the ones that can burn on the ground for a long time, and Gatling is also fun

I'm coming to play Gatling

Nan Ge picked up a firework tied up with many small sticks, took out a lighter from his pocket, and grinned.

Zhou Li picked up his phone.

Zhou Li: Did you set off fireworks?

Xiao Zheng: Not yet.

Xiao Zheng: Qinghe said that it's not completely dark yet and we need to wait for a while before releasing it. Lord Xinghui and the others have already arrived and are sitting in the courtyard drinking tea.

Zhou Li: How are your eyes

Xiao Zheng: The treatment has already started today, and Mr. Dao Min said it went much smoother than he had imagined. Almost no obstacles were encountered. It can be cured in about half a month. If you celebrate the Chinese New Year on the 15th of this month, my eyes may have already healed.

Xiao Zheng: Maybe.

Zhou Li smiled at the sight.

Miss Zheng is still accustomed to typing with voice commands and not accustomed to directly sending voice messages, but this can easily lead to errors.

For example, Qinghe becomes Qinghe.

For example, people in Yancheng are used to pronouncing January as' covering the moon ', but they cannot recognize it through voice recognition, so it becomes this month, and this month and even this year, today is already the last day.

In addition to errors, there is always a period after her sentences, sometimes an exclamation mark or question mark. Some people have this habit when sending messages, but Zhou Li does not. Sometimes her speech recognition is not very accurate, and punctuation can be a bit messy.

But Zhou Li can understand it.

Zhou Li: Did the treatment process go smoothly

Zhou Li: Does it hurt

Xiao Zheng: It doesn't hurt.

Xiao Zheng: It's just lying in a chair for half a day without moving, it's so boring!

Zhou Li: How about this

It seems that Miss Xiao Zheng said it didn't hurt because Lord Dao Min was nearby. A few days ago, Huai Xu rode a motorcycle to the mountains, and the retro car was made by him as KTM. When he came back, he said that during the treatment process, her eyes would be very cold and painful, like the feeling of putting her hand into ice water in winter. After the treatment, she would feel very swollen again.

Zhou Li: Nan and I have decided to come on the 10th day of the lunar new year until your eyes are cured. Then we will pack our things and go to Chunming together

Xiao Zheng: Huh?

Zhou Li: What's wrong?

Xiao Zheng: It's nothing.

Xiao Zheng: Okay

Zhou Li put down his phone and continued to watch the fireworks.

Fireworks are just too romantic.

This is the last day of the year and the most important festival of the year. It is reasonable to use this method to celebrate and conclude. Otherwise, without these rituals, this festival would be no different from other festivals of the year.

Although these rituals may seem optional, and although Zhou Li used to think they were optional, they are no longer so.