I don't know when. A firecracker was lit next door. Amidst the crackling sound, Yatou and Tongtong ran out of the villa. The two sisters shrugged their noses and smelled the smell of gunpowder wafting in the air. They thought it smelled good.
The girl turned to her father and asked, "Dad, will you buy fireworks for me and my sister? I want to set off fireworks too."
Xia Zekai nodded: "I bought it. I bought a lot for you."
The two sisters were so happy when they heard this. They jumped up and down, clapped their little hands and circled, and said, "Dad, it's the Chinese New Year, isn't this the Chinese New Year!"
"Dad, the Chinese New Year is coming soon, have you returned the New Year's money to me?" Tongtong asked directly.
Xia Zekai quickly said: "Here, why not give it."
"Okay, Dad, I like you." Tongtong happily gestured in a middle-class pose.
Xia Zekai felt particularly at peace at this moment. He thought that as long as such a good life could continue, he did not need to be the richest man in the world, nor did he need to be the richest man in China. He even wanted to give up the title of the richest man in Jidong Province.
Already.
He just wants to live happily with his family.
Yatou and Tongtong saw their father in a daze, and Yatou called him: "Dad, where are the fireworks you bought? Take them out quickly, I want to show them to my younger brothers and sisters."
Tongtong said ‘hmm’: “I want to light some fireworks too.”
Seeing her eagerness to try, Xia Zekai suspected that Tongtong's violence factor was increasing sharply every day.
"Xiao Wang, go and bring some boxes of fireworks." Xia Zekai greeted Wang Yi.
Without saying anything, Wang Yi called for people to move out five fireworks boxes from a separate storage room.
The names of "Tie Shu Yin Hua", "Wan Jia Leng Lan", "Auspicious Ruyi", etc. are all very nice, but I don't know what the effect will be.
After setting up the fireworks, Yatou and Tongtong went to their father: "Dad, give me a lighter."
"Don't worry, call your mother, brother, and sister over first."
At this point, he added: "Would any of you call grandpa, grandma and grandpa over here, let's watch the fireworks together, okay?"
Tongtong nodded: "Okay, dad, I'll drive and call grandpa and grandma."
After saying that, she went to drive her toy electric car.
The girl also ran into the villa to call her mother and brother, but her sister was gone.
"Xiao Wang, follow Tongtong and don't let her hit something." Xia Zekai said to Wang Yi.
The sisters' toy electric car has now also been given a new look.
Tongtong's imitation Mercedes-Benz G was originally a convertible version. It was too cold in winter to play with. Xia Zekai was ingenious and found someone to modify the two cockpits for the sisters. At least they can protect themselves from wind and rain when people get in.
Amidst the buzzing sound of the electric motor, Tongtong drove her Mercedes-Benz G and ran out of the villa. She pushed the accelerator to the bottom and reached a speed of 10 kilometers per hour.
While still running on the road, she shouted at the top of her lungs: "Grandpa, grandma, watch the fireworks."
On the other side, the girl also ran into the villa and called her mother out. After learning that she wanted some fireworks, Luo Xiyun went back and pushed the three siblings over in a trolley, and looked outside through the glass door of the villa.
"Dad, please give me the lighter quickly. I'll light one for my mother, brother, and sister to see." The girl stretched out her little hand excitedly. She couldn't wait any longer.
But Xia Zekai said: "No, wait until your sister comes back and order again."
"Dad, good dad, just order one." The girl started to act mean.
When Xia Zekai saw the girl hanging on his clothes, his body shook. It was not that he was weak, but that the girl had grown up.
"Here, please pay attention to your safety." Xia Zekai was defeated by the boss's coquettishness. He handed her the lighter and taught her how to use it, but the girl shouted: "Dad, I know how to use it."
Tongtong was still with her grandpa and grandma calling them to watch the fireworks. She didn’t know when she suddenly heard a bang. She didn’t pay attention to it, but then the room became colorful, and Tongtong let out a strange cry.
: "Wow, who is setting off the fireworks? They are so beautiful."
"Grandpa, grandma, hurry up and leave!" Tongtong also hurriedly went back to let go.
Zhou Yinghong and Xia Weicheng had nothing to do with their granddaughter. Seeing Tongtong's anxious look, they followed her over.
The two old men Xia Shande and Zhou Lin didn't go. They put on thick clothes and sat on chairs in the yard to watch. They even told Tongtong that they could see it from here.
Tongtong seemed to understand but not quite.
She drove her Mercedes-Benz G back home again, and she thought about letting her grandpa and grandma sit in her car. However, after the cockpit was modified, the space inside was very small and there was no room for other people.
"Grandpa, grandma, when I grow up, I will buy a big car and I will take you to play with me." Tongtong said.
Hearing what she said, Zhou Yinghong and Xia Weicheng nodded happily: "Okay, we'll be waiting."
Xia Zekai saw the second son's Mercedes-Benz G coming back, and his parents were still following behind him, but he didn't see his grandpa and grandpa. He asked: "Tongtong, where are your grandpa and grandpa?"
"They're not here anymore. They say they can be seen at home," Tongtong said.
After Xia Weicheng came over, he said: "Your grandpa and grandpa are old, and it's so cold at night. Don't let them go back and forth."
"Hey, that's it. After lighting these, I'll go over to your place to set off some fireworks."
Tongtong suddenly heard her father say this, and her eyes widened: "Okay, okay!"
The colorful fireworks soared into the sky like a goddess scattering flowers, blooming in mid-air, rendering the sky into colorful colors.
Yatou and Tongtong, who had lit the fireworks themselves, were extremely excited. They leaned against their father and kept shouting about lighting more.
In the villa, Luo Xiyun watched the three siblings twisting back and forth happily on the trolley. They pointed outside, wanting to go out.
"No, it's too cold outside, you three should be more honest." Luo Xiyun flicked the head of the most active youngest, causing his brain to collapse.
But this boy thought his mother was playing with him, and he wasn't afraid at all. He didn't even watch the fireworks, and turned around to grab his mother's hand.
On the other hand, the third and fourth siblings kept staring outside.
In the villa to the west, two old men, Xia Shande and Zhou Lin, looked at the fireworks that suddenly rose into the sky in the east. Xia Shande said with a smile: "The days are so good now."
"That's right, I can't even think about it these days." Grandpa Zhou Lin said.
Xia Shande said: "At that time, we were in hiding during the war, and later we didn't have enough food or clothing to keep warm. It's nothing like now, where we celebrate the New Year every day."
The two old men began to recall their past here, and looking at the present, they seemed to have a lot to say.
…
The next day is New Year's Eve.
Early in the morning, his brother Xia Zejiang came over with a cart full of things.
My sister-in-law Shen Jiayi is in confinement at home.
"Brother, sister-in-law." Xia Zejiang greeted him warmly as soon as he walked in.
Luo Xiyun asked him: "Zejiang, is Xiao Shen fine at home?"
"Sister-in-law, don't worry about her. She is doing well at home. My mother-in-law takes care of her and has a full-time confinement nanny. She will not be tired at all." Xia Zejiang said with a smile.
"Has the child been named yet?" Xia Zekai asked him.
Xia Zejiang shook his head: "I haven't decided on a name yet. Brother, why don't you choose one for me?"
"Forget it about my level. If you really can't think of it, find a professional name. The name has a meaning, is not repetitive, and sounds good." Xia Zekai said.
Xia Zejiang said 'hmm' and said, "Let's study it further."
"Okay, after you have chosen a name, tell me." Xia Zekai said.
He stood up and walked towards the study on the first floor. After a few minutes, he came out with a small box wrapped in red silk.
He said: "This is a gift for my niece, an emerald Buddha. You can take it back to her."
Xia Zejiang was not polite: "Brother, let me thank her uncle on behalf of the little guy."
When Tongtong heard this, he suddenly said: "Second uncle, why do you call me daddy?"
"puff!"
Luo Xiyun was caught off guard and spit out a mouthful of water.
After wiping the water from the corner of her mouth, she said, "Tongtong, don't be naughty."
"Isn't it? That's what the second uncle is called." Tongtong said with a smile.
