Melon seeds and candies were placed on the table and they had just been cleared away. When New Year greeters arrived, Zhao Mei came to the door first: "Auntie, happy New Year."

"Plums, come on, eat some sweets." Yan Siqin grabbed a large handful of melon seeds and put them in his pocket.

I don’t know how many stores Meizi has visited in the morning. Both pockets were almost full. Meizi was not polite and opened the bag’s mouth to let her aunt put it inside.

This is what happens during the New Year. Children go to each house in groups to pay New Year greetings. Each house prepares snacks to distribute to the children. When the bags are full, they take them out when they go home and go out for shopping.

There are many children these days, and every family has several children. You give me what I give to you, just like exchanging snacks.

Zhao Mei held a piece of candy in her mouth and invited Shi Ke and her three brothers to join her in celebrating the New Year: "Keke, let me take you to celebrate the New Year."

Shi Ke first looked at Yan Siqin: "Mother."

"Do you want to go?" Yan Siqin held Shi Ke's little hand and asked.

Shi Ke had been at home for such a long time and rarely visited other people's homes. She was a little afraid of strangers and shook her head.

"Go, go, it will be fun." Zhao Mei strongly invited: "Zhao Yu and Zhao Chen are both going, let's go together."

Shi Ke was still hesitating, but Zhao Mei couldn't help but hold her hand and leave. Zhao Yu and Zhao Chen hurriedly followed.

The children had all gone out, and Yan Siqin began to urge Zhao Liangsheng: "If you don't hurry up, Meizi has already come home, and you are still writing ink at home."

The custom here is that women do not pay New Year greetings, but the men and children of the family go out to pay New Year greetings. Mainly on the first day of the Lunar New Year, the courtyard door cannot be closed, and someone needs to be left at home to receive those who come to visit.

Of course, if the male host doesn’t want to go out to pay New Year greetings, he can stay at home. However, New Year greetings are a way of communicating with neighbors in the countryside. Most people are not willing to miss this opportunity. Of course, there is no need to visit every house. Pick up some that are frequently visited in daily life and have a good relationship.

If it's good, just say hello. If you've been favored by someone in the past year and owe someone a favor, you must take the opportunity of New Year's greetings and come to express your gratitude.

Zhao Mei's small bag was full, so she took Zhao Yu, brother and sister back to her home first and poured out the loot.

As soon as he entered Zhao Mei's house, Zhao Yu shouted: "Second uncle, second aunt, happy New Year!"

"Uncle, happy New Year, auntie!" Zhao Chen didn't show any weakness and shouted after his eldest brother.

Shi Ke was shy and whispered to his two brothers: "Happy New Year."

"Ouch! Da Zhuang, Er Chen, Coco is here, come quickly, the second aunt will give you some candies." Mei Zi Niang grabbed three handfuls of peanut candies and filled the pockets of the three brothers and sisters.

Shi Ke was embarrassed to ask for so many things and thanked her hurriedly: "Thank you, ma'am."

"Good boy, you're welcome, you're so polite." Meizi Niang peeled off a peanut cake and put it in Shi Ke's mouth. She touched the top of Shi Ke's head with her hand, pushed aside the gaps in his hair, and looked for the injured area: "

Cocoa, does it still hurt?"

Shi Ke shook his head and whispered: "The pain has stopped a long time ago."

"Oh, I don't know which disaster star I offended, causing us to suffer all these sins."

How could the children resonate with the second aunt's sentiments? Their hearts had already flown outside. After Meizi unloaded the things in her pockets, she walked out without stopping. Meizi's mother was worried and followed the children for a few steps and shouted:

"Meizi, don't go too far. Don't go anywhere near Xiaoyan's house. That kid is too wild. If I encounter him, don't bully you again!"

Bullying us? Zhao Yuxin said, it’s okay if you don’t encounter them, but if you encounter them, you still don’t know who will be bullied?

It can be seen from the number of people paying New Year's greetings that Wu Mei's popularity in the village is also very poor. Except for a few relatives of Fang Hui's family who came to pay New Year's greetings, no one came to visit her anymore.

No children came to Fang Xiaoyan to celebrate the New Year with him. Fang Xiaoyan followed his father to a few houses, but found it boring and refused to go there anymore. He insisted on going home. Fang Hui coaxed him for a while, but it didn't work, so he had to send Xiaoyan home.

At the door, Xiaoyan was told to go home by herself, and then she turned around and left. The third grandfather hadn't gone to his house yet, so how could he go home?

Zhao Yu and four other people came out of the second uncle's house, setting off firecrackers as they walked. Shi Ke also had a firecracker, but it was a kind of firecracker, called a small goldfish. The firecracker was made to look like a small goldfish. He pinched one and threw it hard on the ground.

It will make a small "click" sound.

People in the village have been injured every year because of shooting off cannons. For safety reasons, Zhao Liangsheng bought the least dangerous small electric light for his children, not the powerful Dadihong. The small electric light does not make a loud sound when it is fired. He holds the tail of the small cannon.

, twist the medicine on the incense head and light it, then throw it out from a distance, and there will be a "pop" sound. Other people's cannons sound "all", but his one sounds "papa pop".

Yes, this made Zhao Yu very unsatisfied. After throwing away the small cannon in his hand, he picked up the unlit squibs when he passed by the door of someone else's house. After a while, he picked up a large handful of them.

Unable to hold it anymore, Zhao Yu stopped going to pay New Year greetings and found a flat place to start modifying his cannon.

Originally, Shi Ke was not willing to go out for a walk. When he saw that his elder brother was not leaving, she did not go either. Zhao Chen saw that his elder brother and sister were not going, so he also stopped. Mei Zi looked at it and found that there was no one to keep him company.

Anyway, she was tired, so she wouldn’t go if she didn’t want to go! Three children gathered around Zhao Yu to see Zhao Yu’s inventions and creations.

Zhao Yu divided the cannons in his hands into two categories, those with twists and those without twists. He put the twisted ones aside and dealt with the untwisted ones first. He found a piece of paper and peeled all the untwisted cannons apart.*

Pour the medicine onto the paper, connect the peeled gun twists, connect them into a long one, and pass it to the gun. Then roll up the paper, light the gun twist, and the three people run away and cover their ears.

, I thought that for such a big cannon, I didn’t know how loud it would be.

Zhao Yu plays like this every year, and he must know whether it makes a sound or not. Just watch him calmly move two steps to the side, and watch the medicine twisting "sizzle" to the end, and then there is a "pass" sound and a sudden sound in front of his eyes.

Liang then ignited a fire, and the results of half a day's hard work were wiped out.

Unexpectedly, three children ran back in a hurry. Shi Ke was curious about how such a big cannon could make such a loud noise, and asked Zhao Yu: "Brother, why doesn't it sound?"

"Seven leaks, eight leaks can't make a sound. Didn't you see that the front and back of the firecrackers we set off were tightly blocked."

"Oh." So that's it.

Compared to firecrackers with twists, there is still no danger. If you set off the firecrackers with twists, you have to be careful. Even if they have twists, the twists of the cannons are very short. Some are less than one-third. They have just been lit and people haven’t had time to do so.

If you turn around, it will explode, so you have to be extra careful when firing such a cannon. Although firing such a cannon is dangerous, it is very exciting. Calves are not afraid of tigers when they are born. Zhao Yu has never been jumped by a cannon, so he doesn't know.

sharp.

Picking out the long ones, Zhao Yu specially ordered the short ones. Watching the elder brother finish the order, as soon as he turned around, there was a "pass" sound from the other side. The elder brother was too powerful. Zhao Chen and Shi Ke had a look on their faces.

Exclaimed, Zhao Chen was envious, but no matter how envious he was, he didn't dare to touch it. Even the small whip in his hand had to be stretched far before he dared to release it.

Fang Xiaoyan didn't go home, and it was even more boring to go home. She wandered around the village and saw a few children playing there from a distance, so she wanted to come over here and play with them. She waited until she was close to them.

Realizing that this was not his enemy? Because of them, he was almost beaten by his father and mother, and he could not play with them. Fang Xiaoyan snorted, turned around and walked back.

Zhao Yu recognized Fang Xiaoyan when she came here. Just now the second aunt said that she would be bullied if she met her, so she asked you to see who would be bullied.

Zhao Yu picked a piece of earth red with a long twist, lit it on the head of the incense stick, then threw it towards Xiaoyan's heel.

"Tong!" The loud noise startled Xiaoyan, and she turned around. Zhao Yu pretended to have done nothing and was talking to Meizi.

Xiaoyan was a little confused and thought she had guessed wrong. She frowned and looked around, but she didn't see anyone suspicious, so she continued walking back.

What a fool. Zhao Yu was so happy that he took out another earth red one and threw it at Xiaoyan's feet. However, this time the accuracy was a bit lacking. It didn't make a sound on the heel, but directly on Xiaoyan's calf.

"Pass!"

"Ouch -" Xiaoyan was so frightened that she jumped up. She turned around and was sure that it was Zhao Yu who was responsible. She pointed at Zhao Yu and asked sternly: "How dare you hit me with a cannon!"

Zhao Yu would not admit it: "I didn't? Who saw it?" He pointed at Meizi: "Did you see me banging her?"

Mei Zi despises it! Don’t take it seriously if you dare to do it, but she and Zhao Yu are the same as the relatives, so how can you discredit Zhao Yu: "No, I didn't see it."

Although Zhao Yu refused to admit it, Xiaoyan didn't believe it at all: "It's you. There is no one else here. Is it you or who else?"

Zhao Yu refused to admit it, and said in his heart: I will not admit it, I will make you mad. He stepped on the stone platform with one leg, and shook his head: "Looking at what you said, if there is no one else, it must be me?"

This thing flies around when it is put up. Who knows where it comes from. I tell you, don't blame me, I am not the one who took advantage of you."

"That's right, we are having a good time, who has time to care about you?" Zhao Chen pinched his waist and said confidently.

The other party had a large number of people, and she was definitely no match. Fang Xiaoyan had the intention of retreating, and shouted sternly: "Wait, if you can, don't leave. I'll call my mother." After saying that, she took two steps forward.

A little leg, just run away.

You told me to wait and I just waited. I'm not stupid. Seeing Xiaoyan running away, Zhao Yu led his brothers and sisters to evacuate with a shout. The village is really so big and there is plenty of space. Why bother?

Have to play in one place.

Xiaoyan ran back home with a bang, found Wu Mei, threw herself into her arms and started complaining: "Mom! Mom! Someone hit me with a cannon."

"Who? Who dares to hit you with a cannon?" Wu Mei checked Xiaoyan one after another before, and was relieved when she found no injuries to the child. But that didn't work either. On the first day of the new year, she bullied her own head, so

Is it possible?

"Zhao Yubeng's."

Zhao Yu? The little brat of Zhao Liangsheng's family. When talking about Zhao Yu, Wu Mei remembered that he bit her twice. This turtle's mouth was poisonous, and the two rows of tooth marks have not been wiped away yet.

Wu Mei is also a bit soft and bullies, but tough is afraid. The last time she fought with Yan Siqin, she didn't take advantage at all. Later, she heard that Yan Siqin had martial arts skills. Thinking about the new year, she should not go to that person to feel uncomfortable.
Chapter completed!