Starting at six o'clock in the afternoon, scattered snowflakes fell from the dark night sky.
An old man in the bungalow walked to the door, looked up at the snow, and shouted:
"Auspicious snow heralds a good harvest, a good thing, a good thing!"
It means that next year, crops will be harvested and farmers can live a good life.
Xue Yuantong put on small cotton shoes on her feet and ran outside with a handful of firecrackers in her hand.
She threw a firecracker and hit it on the ground, making a crisp sound.
This is a cannon drop. You don't need to light it. Just drop it on the ground and it will make a sound.
When Xue Yuantong was a child, relying on her "powerful power", she would always throw cannons to scare people, and she always succeeded.
Aunt Gu stood behind Xue Yuantong. She still remembered clearly that many years ago, she bought Xue Yuantong a cracker, which was the kind of firecracker connected by a string.
Just pull it with a little force and it will explode.
Tongtong got a lot of crackers, so she took advantage of the night and ran outside a rogue's house in the village and tied a dozen crackers on the door knocker of the rogue's house.
The next day when the scoundrel came to open the door, he was met with a "bang!" sound and smoke billowing out.
The scoundrel frightened him half to death, and he almost collapsed on the ground. He was so angry that he yelled and cursed in the village for half a morning.
Thinking of that time, Aunt Gu couldn't help but laugh.
Xue Yuantong threw the firecrackers outside for a while, and then took out a firecracker with wings that looked like a butterfly or a bee.
She put the little bee firecracker on the ground and stabilized it to make sure it didn't tilt.
"Mom, I'm going to start."
Xue Yuantong pressed the lighter and lit the fuse.
The little bee emits sparks, its wings rotate, faster and faster, the sparks become more and more brilliant, and it flies into the sky with a buzzing sound!
Xue Yuantong chuckled.
After she finished setting off the little bees, she tried other firecrackers and had a great time.
"Okay, it's cold outside, let's watch TV." Aunt Gu saw her daughter playing for a while and was worried that she would catch a cold.
Xue Yuantong ran to watch TV obediently, and the family gathered around the bedroom. His mother and grandparents chatted about the crops in his hometown, the chickens he raised, what happened in the village, and whose family was having a happy event after the new year.
From time to time I would ask Xue Yuantong.
A tea basket was burning on the stove, and Xue Yuantong huddled on an old-fashioned large wooden chair. A fluffy blanket wrapped her whole body. There were candied fruits and dried fruits on the table next to her, ready to eat. The water cup was filled with steam.
The New Year's party was played on TV, and laughter could be heard in the room from time to time.
When encountering a program that is not funny, Xue Yuantong will put aside the blanket and set off firecrackers outside.
After coming back from outside again, she came to the main room, looked at the Kongming lantern on the table, and sighed. She planned to buy it and put it with Jiang Ning.
During the Chinese New Year in Yuzhou, it is popular to light Kongming lanterns. It will not be until a few years later that the lighting of Kongming lanterns will be completely banned because it will cause fires.
At twelve o'clock in the morning, as the countdown ends, the Lunar New Year has arrived.
Suddenly, the sound of fireworks rang out from all directions.
The night sky in Yuzhou was illuminated by colorful fireworks, and even the white snowflakes in the sky were reflected, making them appear pale and weak.
A flying boat passed through the night sky. Jiang Ning stood on the boat, overlooking the fireworks blooming on the border of Yuzhou.
Due to the ban on fireworks, fireworks in urban areas are far inferior to those in counties and towns.
Xue Yuantong admired the fireworks for a while, then she went out holding the Kongming Lantern.
Under the river dam are endless green wheat fields, and it is very safe to put up Kongming lanterns.
At this time, not only Xue Yuantong, but also the young man next door were holding Kongming lanterns and flying them.
Xue Yuantong looked at several young people helping each other to hold up the Kongming lanterns. She pursed her lips. It would be great if Jiang Ning was here. She would have companions to put up the Kongming lanterns together.
Now she can only ask her mother for help.
"Xue Yuantong, why don't you let go?" Jiang Ning came from the snowy night.
As soon as she heard the familiar voice, the Kongming lantern in Xue Yuantong's hand fell to the ground. She couldn't believe it at first, but then she turned her head.
The moment he recognized Jiang Ning, Xue Yuantong's eyes widened, as if he had seen a ghost, and his face was full of shock:
"How did you come back?"
Jiang Ning said: "Of course I flew back."
"You're lying to me!" Xue Yuantong shouted, but because of this, she was sure that the person coming was Jiang Ning, who liked to lie to her.
She carefully looked at Jiang Ning's whole body and found that he was intact, so Xue Yuantong picked up the Kongming Lantern and urged:
"Why are you still standing there? Why don't you come and help me put out the Kongming Lanterns? I'm telling you, I can't do it alone. I just want you to come back and let you enjoy the joy of setting off the Kongming Lanterns."
Jiang Ning walked over, and Xue Yuantong gave her the lighter.
Jiang Ning waved her hand and refused: "I don't need it."
Xue Yuantong reacted quickly. She thought of the New Year's Day party and said in anticipation:
"Are you going to perform that?"
"Yeah." Jiang Ning nodded.
"Great!"
Xue Yuantong spread his arms and stretched the Kongming Lantern into shape.
Jiang Ning pinched his fingers, and a flame was produced, which ignited the square wax block in the Kongming Lantern. The heat rose in the Kongming Lantern, causing the Kongming Lantern to bulge.
Xue Yuantong felt the power coming from the Kongming Lantern. As soon as she let go, the Kongming Lantern flew into the sky and mixed with the snowflakes in the sky.
"Wow wow."
"Jiang Ning, let's put two more in quickly." She suggested.
Xue Yuantong made two more Kongming lanterns, and Jiang Ning lit them and raised them to heaven.
Three sky lanterns formed a straight line in the night sky.
Xue Yuantong took out the small magnetic flowers she bought. They looked more like welding rods and were difficult to ignite. However, they burned instantly under Jiang Ning's spiritual fire, giving off beautiful little flowers.
Xue Yuantong held a small flower in one hand, swinging her arm, and she jumped in the snow. The flower in her hand danced with her movements, and the orange-red Kongming Lantern rose higher and higher in the night sky.
Finally, Xue Yuantong put one foot on the ground, tilted his body slightly, and blessed:
"Jiang Ning, Happy New Year!"
… The fifth day of the Lunar New Year.
Jiang Ning said goodbye to his parents from Wencheng and rushed back to Yuzhou.
Last New Year's Eve, he came back to accompany Xue Yuantong after setting off the Kongming lanterns, and then flew back again. This time he was really back.
As soon as Jiang Ning arrived at Heba, his spiritual consciousness discovered that there was an extra girl at the door of Xue Yuantong's house.
Xue Chuchu leaned against the wall, lazily bathing in the sunshine. She was holding her mobile phone, and an English word was displayed on the screen.
After Jiang Ning arrived home, Xue Yuantong greeted her.
"Specialty." Jiang Ning was carrying a big bag.
"Jiang Ning, you are so kind." Xue Yuantong did not pick up the big bag, but supported Jiang Ning, then helped carry the backpack and sent him back to his room.
Xue Yuantong pointed to the clean house and asked for credit:
"When you were away for a few days, I cleaned the room for you and provided you with quilts. On sunny days, I have them for you every day!"
"So hardworking." Jiang Ning said.
Xue Yuantong was proud: "Don't you see who I am?"
"And your crappy formula cost me two days, so I sent it to you via QQ."
Jiang Ning rubbed her head: "Thank you for your hard work."
"So I took the few snacks in your house to supplement your nutrition." Xue Yuantong was confident.
"Fine."
Jiang Ning tidied up the room for a while, then turned on the computer and started looking at the formulas given by Xue Yuantong.
Based on the previous hypothesis of 'searching for people on the Internet', Jiang Ning first determined a formula involving spiritual power, divine consciousness and hexagram techniques based on the results obtained from the research.
Afterwards, he felt that one was not enough, so he continued to think and settled on three in total.
He sent the three formulas to Xue Yuantong and asked her to use public tables to deduce the correctness.
At this time, looking at the results given by Xue Yuantong, two of the above were successful.
Jiang Ning activated his magic power, referenced the two formulas with each other, and determined it to be the 'Yuan San formula.'
He practiced spells according to the steps of the 'Yuan San Formula'.
Colorful spells flashed in the room.
After a long time, Jiang Ning stopped.
Yuan San's magic is completed.
He was finally able to use hexagram techniques and add some spiritual consciousness and magic power to determine the address of the person on the other end of the network through electromagnetic signals and signals.
However, due to his own cultivation level, it is currently only effective within a range of fifty kilometers, which is similar to the current range of 'Spiritual Sense Search'.
After all, his talent is not very high. Some powerful people in the world of immortality can even create space spells at will. Compared with this, his achievements are not worth mentioning.
Even in the real world, Jiang Ning could only look up to the theories created by some of the top scholars in history.
The road ahead is long.
After the spell was successful, Jiang Ning walked out calmly.
At the door, Xue Yuantong was holding a slingshot in her hand. She pulled the rubber band with all her strength and aimed toward the distance, indicating the distance, direction, wind direction, and landing point.
"Jiang Ning, I am a magic archer and can also shoot explosive bombs." Xue Yuantong said.
"real or fake?"
"Oh, I'll perform it for you right away."
Xue Yuantong took out a red and green round plastic firecracker the size of a glass ball from his pocket. The ball also had a lead attached to it.
"This is a 'small landmine'. It explodes very loudly. I put the small landmine on the magazine and launch it out, and it will explode in the air. Wherever I point it, it will hit. Do you understand the long-range strike?"
"Xue Yuantong showed her theoretical level.
"Small landmines are extremely powerful. If you put them on the ground and light them, with an iron basin for eating on top, they can blow up three meters high!"
She deliberately emphasized power to set off her boldness.
As she spoke, Xue Yuantong held the handle of the slingshot with her left hand and placed the small mine in the slingshot's magazine pocket with her right hand. With her white and tender index finger and thumb, she pinched the magazine pocket and gently pulled the rubber band.
In order to show Jiang Ning, she shouted: "Chu Chu, help me light the fire."
Xue Chuchu put down her phone, with hesitation on her face and worry in her eyes:
"It's too dangerous. How about we stop trying?"
"Chu Chu, after so many years of our relationship, don't you believe in my strength?"
"Okay, okay."
Xue Chuchu held the lighter and reminded: "Be steady."
"Don't worry, I've always been reliable." If both hands were not busy, Xue Yuantong would definitely pat her chest to show her magnanimity.
Xue Chuchu reluctantly believed Xue Yuantong once. She pressed the lighter and lit the fuse of the small mine.
Xue Yuantong looked at the rapidly shortening small mine fuse. She aimed her slingshot at a 45° angle at the wheat field in the distance. The tight rubber band suddenly loosened and shouted:
"Let me take off!"
With a flick of the rubber band, the small flaming landmine was sent forward and hit her finger impartially. The small landmine was blocked, bounced twice, and landed at Xue Yuantong's feet.
He also rolled twice.
Xue Chuchu next to her saw this scene, and her expression suddenly changed:
"Oops!"
She knew very well how loud the small landmine exploded. The power of the explosion at such a close distance was absolutely terrifying!
Xue Yuantong's face was also pale. At this moment, her mind was so confused that she never thought that she had made a mistake!
Got the rubber band!
At this time, Xue Yuantong and Xue Chuchu were so stimulated that their bodies had no time to react, so they were forced to accept the fate that the small landmine was about to explode under their feet.
When the two of them were in despair, Jiang Ning suddenly stepped out and used his magic power to destroy the small landmine.
He looked at Xue Yuantong: "Are you performing a face change for me?"
