Reborn as a New Farmer of the 1980s

Reborn during the early days of China’s reform and opening, the narrator finds himself in the 1980s countryside. In this setting, the past is still a cold reference, yet it is also a fresh start....

Chapter 599: The Woman Who Loves to Set Off Fireworks

"Feng'er said that after the New Year you will take her back to Longjiang to visit your parents?" Qiuyue asked.

Wan Feng nodded: "Of course!"

"Feng'er has probably never left Hongya in her lifetime. This time, she can follow you to see the outside world."

Yes, since Luan Feng grew up, Hongya is probably the farthest and most prosperous place she has ever been to.

How boring it would be if one spent his whole life looking at this small piece of sky above his head.

"We'll have plenty of time in the future. When we get married and go on our honeymoon, we can travel around the country and see the beautiful mountains and rivers of our motherland."

Luan Feng's little face was so red and her eyes were almost filled with tears.

How romantic it is to travel around the country on your honeymoon!

"Then why don't you invite Luan Feng to your house for the New Year this year? You live alone in your new house anyway, and you don't even have a cook. So let Luan Feng cook for you for a few days."

"Qiuyue, your question is filled with malicious intent. Luan Feng and I haven't even gotten engaged yet, and I invited her home to celebrate the New Year. Are you already prepared to gossip about us behind our backs?"

Qiuyue chuckled: "You are smarter than a fox."

"Actually, if Feng'er and I don't care, then it wouldn't matter if we were invited over to celebrate the New Year. As long as we don't give birth to the child, nothing you say will matter."

"Bah! What are you talking about?" Luan Feng couldn't stand it anymore. Although she really hoped that Wan Feng would just call her back to celebrate the New Year without caring, why did this matter of having a baby come up?

"Some things are more complicated when they are kept secret. If you just bring them out there, it will just be a mess. I'm already thinking about asking you to go home for the New Year on the fourth day. Let them talk."

"The more you talk, the more excited you become. Who lets you go home for the New Year? Go away quickly and stop talking nonsense here." This guy must be driven away. If he starts talking, all kinds of nonsense will come out of his mouth, and maybe he will cause some trouble.

Someone was deported just like that.

Wan Feng visited several more houses and returned to his grandmother's house for dinner at noon. After dinner, he lay down on the kang and slept until his uncle came to call him for dinner.

The first people to arrive after dinner were Yang Qilang and Yuan Zhuzi. Yang Qilang came to discuss borrowing Wan Feng's motorcycle to ask Gu Qiaoling to come and celebrate the New Year on the fourth day of the New Year.

This guy has never ridden a motorcycle before, so Wan Feng didn't dare to lend him the motorcycle. It would be a tragedy if he fell into the ditch on the way back.

Then a group of men and women came to Wan Feng's home. Wan Feng's home was spacious and the kang was big, so they could sit on it without feeling crowded.

Wan Feng prepared plenty of fried peanuts, fried melon seeds and candies, and the whole room was filled with the sound of people cracking melon seeds.

Luan Feng naturally sat on the head of the kang next to Wan Feng to declare her sovereignty.

"The kang in your house is so big that you and Luan Feng won't fall to the ground even if you roll on it in the future." A girl named Guo Ling said this without saying a word, causing everyone to laugh.

This look is very clear and strange. How did she make this association?

"Bah! Damn Guo Ling, even melon seeds can't stop your mouth. I hope you and your partner will roll on the ground in the future." Luan Feng scolded with a smile.

There was no New Year's Gala in 1982, and the News Broadcast showed a series of New Year's celebrations in various places.

In fact, only three places are displayed: Beijin, Guangzhou and Harbin.

The scenes of Beijin include Beijin Station and Chang'an Avenue with colorful lights hanging on it. They mainly show the colorful lights hanging on the buildings, but on the black and white TV, all you see is a clear black and white scene.

"Wow! Look how beautiful the scenery of the capital is!" someone exclaimed.

Then some people also praised it.

How do they see beauty in a black and white picture?

Next is the flower market in the Flower City. The picture is full of people, both men and women, holding flowers in their hands and looking happy.

This excited the women again.

"There are flowers in Guangzhou in winter!?" someone was surprised.

"I want a flower too." Someone dreamed.

The last one is Ice City Harbin, which mainly performs ice lanterns.

"How far is your home from Harbin?" Luan Feng asked a question that was related to her.

"It's still a thousand miles."

"It's still so far away!"

"It's going to be a three-day train ride. Are you prepared?"

“Is the train ride fun?”

"Haha, you'll know when you sit down."

"I've never been on a train before."

After the news broadcast, some festive programs were played on TV, including crosstalk and opera, narrated by one person, which was somewhat similar to the Quyuan Zatan that appeared more than ten years later.

The show made everyone laugh from time to time.

This program was followed by a TV series. At that time, there were not many TV series except "Eighteen Years in the Enemy Camp" and "Wu Song". Even these two TV series would not be broadcast for two months.

People started to leave around ten o'clock, because every family would have to start the purple-lighting ceremony around eleven o'clock, and people went home to prepare for the purple-lighting ceremony.

Luan Feng did not leave. Her father was already at home. It didn't matter to her whether she went back or not, and it didn't matter to her whether she was at home or not. But she had to stay at the garment factory because it was hers.

Luanfeng noodles and Wanfeng dumplings, this is what we will have for this year’s New Year’s Eve dinner.

Wan Feng is responsible for making Luan Fengbao buns.

Wan Feng made the dough very quickly, and soon he had made two bowls of dumpling wrappers. Then the two of them worked together to quickly wrap a whole bag of dumplings.

These dumplings are enough for the two of them.

When it was already dark at eleven o'clock, Wan Feng was setting off firecrackers outside and Luan Feng was cooking dumplings in the house. There was really a homely atmosphere here.

Firecrackers began to go off all around, and soon the air was filled with the smell of gunpowder.

Wan Feng raised two whips on the whip rod and lit the fuse when the time came.

A crackling sound rang out in the yard.

When the firecrackers sounded, Luan Feng went to the yard to burn incense and paper to offer sacrifices to heaven and earth.

After the dumplings were cooked, Luan Feng brought them to the table, and the two of them sat at the table on the kang and ate the dumplings.

Wan Feng gave Luan Feng a bulging red envelope, and Luan Feng also gave Wan Feng a deflated red envelope.

"Fuck! Ten dollars!" Wan Feng's eyes were as big as balls. He gave Luan Feng a thousand yuan.

Luan Feng took the red envelope given by Wan Feng, quickly put it in her arms and laughed triumphantly.

"Why don't you get a hundred yuan? How dare you give me ten yuan? You bitch, you deserve a beating. I'm going to teach you a lesson after the New Year."

"That was after the New Year. Even if you cleaned up the money, I still made a profit."

Luan Feng was not embarrassed at all. After dinner, she lit a long incense stick and ran outside to set off fireworks.

Wan Feng bought a lot of fireworks. This time she had a lot of fun. She put a big pile of them on the steps in front of the door and set them off one after another. She jumped and danced when the fireworks went off.

Wan Feng sat on the kang and watched Luan Feng dancing outside, feeling speechless.

Which old lady likes to set off firecrackers?