Chapter 491: Experience It Yourself
Crackling...
Crackling...
The firecrackers exploded like thunder, and the air was filled with the pungent smell of burning firecrackers.
The whole Tubei Village was filled with joy, with the sounds of children playing and adults chatting loudly filling the air.
"It's Chinese New Year! It's Chinese New Year!"
"Gou Wa, San Ya, Brother Wu said he'd take us to the village entrance to set off firecrackers! Come quickly!"
"Here we are! Sister Tianbao has promised to take us through the miasma! I'll bring some cookies for you, brother and sister!"
"Kids, run slower! Come back to grandma's house to eat candy and get some envelopes! I wish you a good luck in the new year!"
"Got it, Grandma Su. My grandma fried some fragrant rice and said she'd bring it over later so we can have some oil tea together!"
"Oil-fried tea? Oh my god, I love it, I'm addicted to it! Xiu'er, your fried oil-fried fruit is so fragrant, make some more, I'll go get some of Xiaomai Sui's father's good tea!"
"Okay, I still have the oil pan I used to fry the braised pork belly. I can light some wood under the pan and fry the fruit!"
Year after year, the people in the village have long become like one family.
I don't know when the rule of not visiting neighbors on New Year's Day became obsolete here.
On the happiest day of the year, staying at home all day without visiting friends or chatting with them makes people feel that a lot of fun is missing.
In the end, we just do whatever we want, just to have fun.
A tea table was set up in the Huo family courtyard again, and two people sat opposite each other around the chessboard, fighting each other to the death.
Behind the Chen family vegetable garden, a group of men built a sweet potato kiln and looked forward to the prosperous scenery after spring in the cold wind.
At the gate of the Su family's courtyard, Mrs. Su and her two daughters-in-law were busy inside and outside. They set up a small square table and put melon seeds and candies on it to satisfy the cravings of children from the village when they came to pay New Year's greetings.
It's bustling everywhere.
Yan Changkong sat in the main room with earthen walls on all sides, with a small stool under him that made it difficult for him to stretch his legs. In front of him was a clay brazier with broken edges. The charcoal fire in the brazier was burning brightly, but the charcoal was not a good thing.
It is not the real charcoal that comes out of the charcoal kiln, but the firewood that is burnt in the big stove next door when people are cooking.
Before it is completely burned to ashes, the housekeeping woman shovels out the carbon particles and pours them into a clay basin to make a small brazier, making full use of the material and not wasting anything.
Yan Changkong lived for more than twenty years. Since he was born, he slept on a high bed with soft pillows, wore silk and satin, ate seafood and mountain delicacies, traveled in luxury cars, and stood in high halls and temples.
He never thought that one day he would end up in such a place.
But it doesn't seem to feel that bad.
Listening to the conversation between children and adults outside the yard, Yan Changkong smiled, picked up the fire tongs at his feet and moved the carbon stars to make them warmer.
"Quartz, today is Chinese New Year, a festive and auspicious day, so you won't pull out my hair, right?"
In the corner of the main room, Quartz, with her head and face wrapped tightly in black cloth, stood in the dark like a ghost, motionless, making people easily forget her existence.
But as soon as he made any move, she would jump out and restrain him.
Quartz was extremely responsible in keeping an eye on this matter and never slacked off for twelve hours a day.
Yan Changkong couldn't outlast her because Quartz didn't need to sleep.
"Quartz, do you think it's very lively outside? I want to go to the door and take a look. If you are worried, you can follow me. I will stay at the door and I won't run around. Okay?" There was no response. Yan Changkong was expecting this, but he was not discouraged and continued talking to himself.
"You've changed so much. You used to only be able to detect smells, but now you seem to be able to understand what people say. Miss Su is truly a very capable person. You like her too, right? Just like Wang Bai likes her."
"You and I are both new here. This is your first time celebrating New Year here, so we should follow the local customs. Come on, let's go and join in the fun. That oil tea... I've never heard of it. I don't know what kind of tea it is."
Yan Changkong spoke at a moderate pace, as if measured by an invisible ruler, and the intervals and pauses between each word were controlled very properly.
They were all brought up within the many rules of the royal family, so speaking at this tone and speed makes it more pleasant to the ears.
He stood up, glanced at the shadow in the dark, and then walked out.
He walked a little slowly for the first few steps, testing Quartz's reaction. After the other party didn't jump out and kick him back immediately, he sped up a little, and the corners of his mouth unconsciously rose.
During this period, he talked to Quartz every day, and the subtle influence was effective. Quartz now began to listen to his words.
As soon as I left the main room and the small brazier, the cold air immediately enveloped my whole body, making me shiver uncontrollably.
Looking around, from the low wall of the farmhouse, you can take in the surrounding scene at a glance.
The eaves, walls, courtyards and even the loess road in front of each house were cleaned spotlessly, with almost no snow to be seen.
There was only a layer of red confetti left on the road after the firecrackers were burned. After being trampled by people, they stuck tightly to the soil. Even this little mess exuded a festive atmosphere that only the Chinese New Year can bring.
Being in such an environment, I feel inexplicably relaxed physically and mentally, and have a sense of security that I am living a down-to-earth life.
Yan Changkong walked quickly across the courtyard, opened the half-open old wooden door, and stepped out.
The soles of his shoes had just touched the ground and he hadn't even stepped firmly when someone grabbed his neck from behind. If he took another step forward, his cervical vertebrae would be broken.
Yan Changkong sighed helplessly and retracted his foot. "Quartz, I'm just walking around the village. I won't run away, and I won't hurt anyone. The poison in my body hasn't been cured yet. Even if I leave this room, what can I do?"
Quartz responded by tightening his grip on his fingers a little more.
He just can't stand salt or oil.
It's frustrating.
At the gate of the courtyard, Du Buqin was walking towards this side surrounded by a group of children.
The old man took his signature 28-step walk, his hands on his hips, feigning impatience. "Oh no, there's really no more! I've finished all the stories I could tell! Why are you, a bunch of little brats, clinging to me so much?"
A group of little kids, about five or six years old, wearing small jackets and with pigtails, crowded around the old man's feet, some pulling at his sleeves, some hugging his thighs, and they were not afraid of the old man at all.
"Grandpa Du, tell me another story, tell me another one!"
"Grandpa Du, I'll peel some fruit for you and tell us a nice story!"
"I'll give you a leg massage!"
"I-I pinch my hands!"
The little old man raised his chin and squinted his triangular eyes, trying not to look fierce. After a moment, he smiled.
As his sight shifted, he inadvertently caught sight of Yan Changkong standing at the inner side of the courtyard gate. The old man rolled his eyes and laughed, "Oh my, here comes the story! Grandpa has remembered, there really is a story you haven't heard yet! The name of the story is 'The Prince Steals a Chicken and Loses the Rice, Losing Both the Lady and the Army!' Do you want to hear it?"
The children's eyes lit up and they said in unison in a childish voice, "I want to listen!"
Yan Changkong, "..."
No wonder when the countries mentioned the madmen on the wanted list, they were most afraid of Su Jiuni and most annoyed by Du Buqun.
The old man's ability to expose people's shortcomings and hurt their feelings in front of others is worse than seeing it in person.
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