When the little ones heard this, they cheered happily and ran upstairs.
After a while, he came down dressed neatly.
After Xu Jianguo saw the five people coming downstairs, he planned to lead them to the yard, because the firecrackers and fireworks he had bought from the system mall were placed in the utility room in the yard.
After walking a few steps, Xu Jianguo seemed to have thought of something. He turned around and looked towards the second floor. He found that Xiao Hei was looking at them with longing on his face, and a smile appeared on his face.
"Xiao Hei, come down!" Xu Jianguo waved at it and shouted.
When Xiao Hei heard this, his big tail immediately started wagging and he ran down the stairs in three jumps and two hops.
Su Dingshan and Wu Tianlong had seen Xiao Hei more than once when they were at the Dawali base, so the two old men liked this extremely smart and human-like big black dog very much.
But it was the first time for Grandpa Zhou, Grandma Deng, and Wang Huaian to see Xiao Hei. In addition, the size of this guy was so exaggerated that they were inevitably scared.
"Old Su, is this the dog raised in Jianguo's family?" Old Master Zhou looked at Su Dingshan and asked.
Su Dingshan smiled and nodded, saying, "That's right. This dog was picked up in the woods outside their village during the founding of the country. It's very smart and humane, but a little big and looks a bit fierce."
"This is the first time I've seen such a big dog. Today is really an eye-opener!" Wang Huaian said.
"Xiao Hei!" Wu Tianlong smiled and called out.
When Xiao Hei heard someone calling him, he turned around and saw that it was someone he knew. Instead of going over immediately, he looked at his owner.
Xu Jianguo smiled, patted its big head, and said, "Go!"
"Woof~" Xiao Hei called out softly, then ran towards Wu Tianlong with a cheerful pace.
After coming to Su Dingshan and Wu Tianlong, Xiao Hei rubbed its big head against them. The two old men were not polite and directly reached out to stroke its shiny black fur with smiles on their faces.
Seeing this, Mr. Zhou and Wang Huaian also became interested. They turned to look at Xu Jianguo and asked, "Jianguo, this dog doesn't bite people, right?"
Xu Jianguo came over and said, "Don't worry, Xiao Hei is very human!"
After hearing what Xu Jianguo said, the two of them felt relieved a little, slowly reached out their hands, and gently touched Xiao Hei's broad back.
Xiao Hei turned his head around very considerately and used his big head to push Mr. Zhou's palm on his head, which immediately made the old man laugh.
At this moment, Erhei, who was on the second floor, also ran down carefully, walked along the wall to Wen Sitian's side, and jumped lightly onto her legs.
At this point, Xu Jianguo’s family can be said to have included everyone in today’s New Year’s Eve dinner.
After the old men had touched her enough, Xiao Hei first ran to Wen Sitian and rubbed against her, then ran back to the door and squatted next to Wen Wen.
After Xu Jianguo said something to a few elderly people, he led five people and a dog to the yard, and then took out a wooden box from the utility room.
The box was filled with firecrackers and fireworks. Considering the ages of the children, Xu Jianguo bought things suitable for children to play with, such as firecrackers, small whips, small fireworks and magic bullets.
After giving each child a stick of incense and helping them light it, Xu Jianguo stopped paying attention to them and let them do whatever they wanted.
After all, when they were at the Dawali base, these little guys would entertain themselves every New Year, and later they even led a large group of children in the family area.
After eating the New Year’s Eve dinner, children from each family would spontaneously run to Xu Jianguo’s yard with their own firecrackers and gather there. Then this group of children would start their happiest moment of the year.
At first, Xu Jianguo was still a little worried, but as he set off firecrackers more and more times, he gradually calmed down.
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While the children were playing and setting off firecrackers, the adults in the house had already eaten and drunk their fill.
After Xu Jianguo made the tea, he and Liang Chao carried the leftovers and dishes on the table into the kitchen. After clearing the table, they took out the dumpling fillings and dumpling wrappers that had been prepared in advance.
Next to the dumpling filling, there are two small bowls, one filled with sugar and the other with coins. These will be wrapped into the dumplings later. Whoever eats the dumplings with sugar will have a sweet and beautiful new year, and whoever eats the dumplings with money will get rich in the new year. In short, these are people's beautiful expectations for future life.
Taking hygiene into consideration, Xu Xiaoshi cleaned these coins with a brush and then sterilized them through high-temperature steaming, so there is no need to worry about them being unhygienic when wrapped in dumplings.
While Xu Jianguo was busy, Wen Sitian was not idle either. She placed the canned yellow peaches, apples, oranges, sugar cubes, melon seeds and peanuts that the family had prepared in advance on the coffee table, and poured tea into the cups of several elderly people before sitting next to Grandma Deng.
"Jianguo, Liang Chao, there's still time. You two can stop working and come over to chat for a while!" Su Dingshan shouted.
"Here I come, Grandpa Su!"
"Okay, Chief!"
Xu Jianguo and Liang Chao each agreed, then wiped the water stains on their hands and walked over.
Several people listened to the radio while drinking tea and chatting.
The topics among the old men naturally revolved around national affairs, while Grandma Deng held Wen Sitian's hand and whispered to her in private.
In the blink of an eye, it was already past nine o'clock in the evening. The little ones had finished setting off firecrackers and returned home. Their little faces were all red from the cold, which was very cute.
After they took off their coats and washed their hands, Xu Jianguo gave each of them a small bowl filled with canned yellow peaches.
Then Daya led them to the bedroom of Xu Jianguo and Wen Sitian on the first floor, where they ate canned food and read comic books.
The adults sat around the dining table again and started making dumplings.
Seeing the smiles on everyone's faces, Xu Jianguo went to the bedroom and took out the camera he had prepared long ago. After obtaining the consent of several elderly people, he took pictures of everyone except Liang Chao, permanently recording this precious and unforgettable scene.
After taking the photos, Xu Jianguo put the camera on the cabinet by the wall, washed his hands, and started making dumplings together.
While making dumplings, he would occasionally glance at the clock on the cabinet.
There are still two hours until midnight. According to Xu Jianguo's plan, he will detonate two ordinary-grade weapons installed in Fushan Port in South Korea and Niuyo Port in Magnesium when the New Year's bell rings to welcome the new year of 1969.
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